Let’s take a look at the similar and different points between tvN’s “Crash Course in Romance” and KBS2’s “When the Camellia Blooms”.
It has been mentioned that “Crash Course in Romance” is similar to KBS2’s “When the Camellia Blooms” since its first broadcast. They are similar in that they mark the returns of the two “rom-com queens” Jeon Do Yeon and Gong Hyo Jin, that the two actresses play single mothers who do not lose positive energy even in difficult environments, and that they provide healing with warm family love.
The most similar thing is that thriller is added to the sweet romance genre. In “When the Camellia Blooms”, the serial killer “Gabuli” harasses Dong Baek (Gong Hyo Jin), the only witness and survivor, and even kills Hyang Mi (Son Dam Bi), Dong Baek’s friend. “Gabuli”, who made viewers sweat with his creepy behaviors, was Heung Sik, an ordinary neighbor.
Here, the difference between “Crash Course in Romance” and “When the Camellia Blooms” occurred. The culprit in “When the Camellia Blooms” was a third figure who did not have a deep relationship with the main character. However, the culprit in “Crash Course in Romance” was Ji Dong Hee, the closest person to the main character Choi Chi Yeol.
Source: nate
