In both of these dramas, the female lead holds a restaurant establishment and for various reasons, does not want her business promoted on social media. However, this does not stick, bring her a lot of attention that she is initially very against.

Both of these romcom dramas center around a chef lead who is growing a small but loyal following of regulars. The other romantic lead has a vested interest in their food and initially rubs the chef the wrong way.

In both of these Japanese titles a straight female lead and a gay male lead incorporate a third party into their dynamic.

Both of these mature queer films involve a close pair of main characters seeking out a third party to be intimate with to add some excitement to their lives.

Both of these messy and explicit BL dramas explore the dark side of some jobs and the various things people will do in order to succeed and get what they want. They also have the same producer and screenwriter, making for a similar viewing experience.

In both of these dramas, one of the MLs discover a passion for photography that they decide to make a career, especially with the help of the other male lead who he enjoys photographing.

Both of these Japanese food productions center around 2 male leads who live together and already have a distinct way of life and dynamic together that doesn't really change through the course of the story, as the plot conflict doesn't deal with their relationship to each other. The leads enthusiastic about food in both stories, with the highlight of their day being eating together for dinner (or occasionally breakfast).

Both of these Japanese food titles center around two male leads who enjoy cooking and eating together, with romantic tones between them (it's more clear in Naked Dining/Zenra Meshi than in Let's Eat Together). The degree of enjoyment/reactions to the food is very similar.

In one of the anthology stories of 140 ji no koi, the ML's fictitious self works as a proxy break up service. The unique job choice reminds of the proxy Job Quitting Service in Lost.

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In both of these dramas, after a bad fight and breakup, one of the leads gets in an accident resulting in amnesia. This results in persistent amnesia that makes him forget the person he was dating right before the accident, but continues to live in close proximity to them and realizes romantic feelings all over again.

Both of these anthology dramas have a story where ML's significant other dies. While he initially tries to refuse giving love a second chance out of loyalty to the deceased, the deceased is still present as a ghost and is cheering the new romance on.

In these 2 minidramas, long time best friends find their dynamic shifting after one receives his military enlistment letter.