Umi no Hajimari (2024)

Because along with Meguro Ren, there are a lot of actors from Silent joining him in Umi no Hajimari— Sou’s father, coach— and it’s the same screenwriter. So if you like Umi no Hajimari, you’ll definitely like Silent. Vice versa

Because Ren and Kasumi’s chemistry first started in this movie— the juicy love affair finally got a decent romantic story that the two characters deserve

Both are about a young man meeting and taking care of a little girl at a funeral. Both are very similar...........................................

The ML dates an older woman (his tutor) in high school, She suddenly tells him she has to go away and he pines for her for years sending her letters that are continuously returned. He finds out she dies and that she gave birth to his daughter. His ex's Mother asks him to take in the daughter to see if he can raise her.

Both have male leads who are single daddies. Both leads are from Sutato agency, the black rangers of their respective groups, Snow Man’s Meguro Ren (member color: black) and SixTONES’ Matsumura Hokuto (member color: black). Plot wise, well, very different. With Umi no, you’d probably cry every episode. With Sionji-san, it’s a total laugh trip. I’m still watching episode 2 but it’s really funny. It’s a good balance.

Despite the main plot difference, Umi no hajimari's first 2 episodes (I love ep 2 btw) reminded me of the plot of Ano Ko no Kodomo since both are about having the same troubles of unexpected pregnancy.