- Both movies are about a cheating husband
- In both the husband fells in love with a much younger boy
- In both the MLs met in their workplace
- In both their lives change a lot after they met
- In both their relationship is quite innocent
- Both have a beautiful cinematography

- Both movies are about a cheating husband
- In both cases, the husband fells in love with a much younger man
- In both the young lovers gets manipulated
Note: the relationship between the two MLs is quite different: in "Kuroi Gashu: Shogen" it's mostly a sexual relationship, in "Method" is more innocent.

- Both movies are about a cheating husband
- In both the husband fells in love with a much younger boy
- In both the husband has a child/children but he doesn't care about them
- In both the husband feels sad, pathetic and hopeless for most of the time
Note: "Kuroi Gashu: Shogen" is way darker than "Sad temptation" and the relationship between the two MLs is a bit different (in "Kuroi Gashu: Shogen" it's mostly a sexual relationship, in "Sad temptation" it's a slightly romantic bond).

- Both dramas have 3 MLs and one is a child (teenager in Tengu's Kitchen), one is his older brother and the last one is an office worker how comes to meet them every weekend
- Both dramas are mostly set in the countyside
- Both dramas are focused on cooking and eating together
- In both dramas the two older MLs help the child/teen to grow more indipendent.

- In both dramas the lead loves BL
-In both they see couples everywhere
- In both the lead is delusional
Note: Boys!Please Kiss Him, Instead of Me is more focused on the FL's life and it's a reverse harem drama.

- In both dramas the lead loves BL
-In both they see couples everywhere
- In both the lead is delusional
- Confusional ending (in the end you can't really tell if it's all in their mind or it's real)

- In both dramas the lead loves BL
-In both they see couples everywhere
- In both the lead is delusional
- Confusional ending (in the end you can't really tell if it's all in their mind or it's real)

- Both movies start in a very similar way
- In both movies the ML is depressed/has suicidal thoughts
- In both movies the ML mets someone who helps him an make him feels better
- The characters of both movies look very similar
- The setting is similar (both movies are set, at least for a part of the story, near the ocean)

-Both movies are about a teenager who has a passion/hobby
- Both are teenagers facing difficulties of becoming an adult
- They both have family issues (in both cases the topic is not that explicit or relevant in the story)
- They both are helped by an adult
- The adults care about them more than their own parents
- The adults support the teenager's passion
- Both are set in a school
- In both movies the teenagers have a strong bond with the adults (in "My heart leaps up" the girl has a crush for the teacher; in "Karaoke Iko" the boy's feeling can be considered slightly romantic)

- Bromance contents ( very close to BL)
- Episodes are extremely short
- MLs are forced to live together/staying close to each other
- Enemies to "lovers"
- Comedy

- ML has depression and lives in bad conditions
- In both the ML met someone who helps him to get better
- The second person is an old friend
- In both there's a lot of bromance (BL in Kabe Koji)

- ML has depression and lives in bad conditions
- ML doesn't have any life goal's
- In both the ML met someone who helps him to get better
- In both the "savior" is (metaphorically or actually) an angel
- In both there's a lot of bromance