Both about national treasure, secret factions, selling to the Japanese

Both are adapted from novels

About a group of talented youths with different backgrounds who end up meeting in a special school and then forming a clique, they then go through various challenges

Same screenwriter, Wang Juan

Only difference is DC has the fantasy element whilst YB does not.

Also about a bunch of youths with different characters+background that become a clique.
They all first meet because they go to a ‘special school’

Also a production by Wang Juan.

Very similar premise but Live is a Korean production…. Very realistic, but I actually preferred the Live plot. It had a lot more depth… and I really ended up crying….

The background and premise of the plot is almost exactly similar except one is the husband disappeared/ran away and another is a sudden “accidental” death….

Only key difference is one is basically a legal drama, another is more of a thriller/mystery….

Both are about a bunch of youths, different levels/phases of martial arts, lotsa good fighting, solid CGI but the differences are….. The CGI of Duoluo Continent is closely related to animals because their cultivation is tied to nature, there is no political theme, production budget isn’t as high, just cos BoY has superb beautiful sets and costumes.

- Main theme on redevelopment and progression of a small town/village in Mainland China.
- Highlights life choices, career path, importance of education, differences in thinking between different generation of Asians, how Asian women have evolved over the last 20 years.

Differences: There isn’t much of a focus on romance in Story of Xing Fu, choices made by women was still an important theme but the script of Story of Xing Fu was apparently majorly edited hence why. Meet Yourself has quite a bit of humour but not in SoXF.

1. Very similar in the sense that they are both very technical, detailed and realistic wrt to the subjected industry…. One of them is in business trading, while the other is in a newer industry which has recently become the top pick of a lot of graduates… fund management/venture capitalist.

2. Highly recommended watch for those university students/graduates pursuing a career in an office environment regardless of industry (bank, tech company, trading, insurance, pharmaceutical etc). In short, a white collared employee. Misaeng being more general whilst MoMO is niche and specific to venture capitals. Reason being is it provides a lot of advice, tips and guidance which you wouldn’t learn at school and neither at home.

3. Provides a bigger picture than just from a graduate perspective… it provides a vision to what happens in 10 yrs, 20 yrs etc, when you continue doing something similar in an office environment.

4. Both provide insights to a female in a workplace setting. Unfairness, bias, prejudices and how to go about them.

Differences: MoMO has a romance theme, Misaeng does not.
: Mainland culture vs. Korean culture.

This was the TV adaptation of the 1st volume of all the books. All the leads were different actors though so likely was produced by a different group of people then. I believe all the TV adaptations belong to Tencent though….

1. Both male leads are warriors/generals, I.e always have to go to war
2. An uncommon thing in dramas is ML and FL don’t have that much screen time together
3. Main reason why they don’t have much screen time together is because both have to serve their own fate…. They were born with heavy responsibilities. I.e it is clear that they have a greater purpose in life regardless of male or female.

Both highlight businesses that deal with the dead or people that have passed which is always a taboo.
Both are “slice-of-life” kinda genres

There is a heavy focus in terms of siblings love/relationship and a complicated Chinese family.

Also highlights and depicts how marriage is extremely important to women as it changes the course of a woman’s life especially back in the day…