Trust the Japanese to get down to the nitty gritty themes: dark undercurrents, obsession turning to lust, great acting - not this manga adaptation kind of overdramatisation- slow paced, open ending.

The love story of 2 friends, when one is enrolled in the military. Both have a cute, light vibe and both are short movies

both awesome Taiwanese BL's with great chmistry and eye candy. Because of you follows 3 couples, which is why it has less depth than WBL but they make the most of it. It also has the added advantage of being a Korean co-production and both languages get used by their native speakers.

If you had an issue with the YongjiexXingsi storyline due to the consent issue you can try watching Lovely Writer. It swings the other way: the leads are very concious of the importance of consent and it is highlighted many times. If you had no problem with YongjiexXingsi you might still like Lovely Writer, because of the age gap and the playfulness/maturity interaction of GenexNubsib, which reminded me YongjiexXingsi but does not offer any of the ravishing seduction from History.

Both stories are about a 30-something woman wooed by a much younger man and she is torn between adventure and depenadble ML choices.

Music, romance, very sweet characters. Kanojo wa Uso Wo Aishisugiteru is a bit more mature and slightly melodramatic (but only very slightly). Make sure you watch until after the credits ;) while Ai Ore! Is more superficial and scripted to fit the label 'cute' (as with many manga adaptations)

Another High School romance. MARS is slightly more angsty (but nothing too bad) and the feel is similar. And I would swear the filming location is identical.