-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

- Both are based on slowburn (very slow) romance
- Both BL
- MLs are college students
- Based on cooking
- Hearthwarming drama

- Based on cooking
- Domestic ambience
- Talks about cohabitation
- Both are BL
- Slice of life (most of the plot is based on cooking and random events)

- Both are BL
- Based on cooking
- Slice of life (plot is mostly based on cooking together and getting closer)
- Talk about choices for the future

- Absurd plot with random funny moments
- Weird and parodistic scenes
- Parody of a BL
- Weird characters
- Stereotyped characters and situations
- BL themed

- Based on political issues
- Absurd plot and weird scenes
- Bromance/Bl content
- Parodistic
- Eccentric characters
- Random singing/dancing moments

- Based on the changes in the ML's life
- Twisted/weird relationship between the two MLs
- Dark atmosphere
- Inner monologue and (a lot of) metaphores
- Bl content

- Fujoshi protagonist
- Boys mistaken as couple
- Male characters fake loving each other
- Funny drama

- Set in a all boys institute
- The institute is in a forest near to a lake/pond
- BL/Bromance content
- Inexplicable things happen during the movie
- Open/confusing ending