It's definitely DASH but just another sports lol
Yeah it is similar but honestly could be coincidence. Its not like both author just up and started a new series without any plan. a lot of time for research is put behind the scenes before we even get the very first chapter. I'm sure Pibi knew about the similarities and just stuck with it.
And I read a very similar story in a bl Manga, i forgot the title but its very similar to this and Dash. When I read melting point the first thing I remember is that manga and not dash lol, since I just found out about Dash here in the comments lmao.
That's probably the case, but I haven't read any other story that follows this exact premise:
youth doing a sport > younger kid starts said sport and looks up to older one, then falls for them > youth quits the sport and it's partially bc of the younger kid being a prodigy in comparison > they lose touch and younger kid lives mostly abroad, then comes back to kr and signs for the company the mc works for, with the latter being roped into handling his account bc seemingly the ml is holding a grudge against him> ml adds personal conditions to their professional relationship and keeps trying to get mc back into the sport
And so on and so forth. The similarities aren't your typical ones. I'm thinking this might the birth of this very specific trope and like I said, I'm not complaining, but it's interesting enough to talk about it
I've been legit wondering if pibi asked the Dash author to recreate the novel in a non-omegaverse setting lol. The timing for it to be released so close to the dash webtoon adaptation also makes how similar they are more pronounced.
Ofc melting point is just starting and they already have differences (mostly faster progress and the ML being more forward with his advances), but the similarities are so many. They're not just two sports bl stories, the premise is almost exactly the same, the initial plot events too.
Episode 4 introduces the journalist friend and I'm sure he'll play a similar role to the tv producer friend from Dash. The gym scene with the weights that's literally the same?? I swear the coincidences are alot.
Don't get me wrong, I like them both and I'm not suggesting someone is copying, it's just really surprising!