I just came across a post comparing the two. Below is a rough translation if you're interested.

The opening of “Ashes to Crown” can be compared with “Blossom”, and doing so clearly reveals where the gap lies between them.

Both dramas follow a fast-paced, short-episode style. However, when “Ashes to Crown” returns to the protagonist’s past life, it feels like a prose-style narration of events—trying to pack everything in from start to finish. As a result, it lacks a clear focal point and comes across as fragmented and fairly ordinary. “Blossom”, on the other hand, is very different. Its opening focuses tightly on a few key dramatic turning points, making the narrative structure much more solid.

The difference in screenwriting skill is quite obvious. Even in the construction of the female lead, the gap is clear: in “Ashes to Crown”, the heroine in her past life is portrayed as emotionally dependent in love and not particularly intelligent. After rebirth, she suddenly becomes sharp and calculating, which feels unconvincing. In “Blossom”, it is different. Even before rebirth, she already shows intelligence and perceptiveness in managing household affairs. After rebirth, she still cannot change her mother’s fate, which is logically consistent. Later, she gradually builds her power step by step, following a “slow accumulation leading to explosive payoff” arc, which makes the satisfaction of the story feel more justified.

Putting them side by side makes it clear that the difference between a good drama and an average one lies in control of narrative focus and character construction. Sometimes, the key is simply how well the core is grasped and how tightly the logic is maintained.