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"Like Mother, Like Daughter" is a psychological thriller manhwa about manipulation, toxic relationships, and the thin line between love and control. The story's strongest point is its intricate character dynamics, particularly the twisted, suffocating relationship between the mother and daughter at its center.

Every interaction is filled with deception, gaslighting, and power struggles, making you feel just as trapped as the protagonist. Beyond familial manipulation, the story's psychological warfare spreads to friendships and romantic relationships, where trust is an illusion and motives are never what they seem.

What truly distinguishes this manhwa is its unpredictable plot twists; just when you think you have everything figured ... out, it turns the entire story on its head. And I am writing this review because CHAPTER 77 contains one of the best plot twists in Manhwa history. If you enjoy thrillers that keep you guessing, characters who feel disturbingly real, and storytelling that manipulates the reader, Like Mother, Like Daughter is a must-read.

I made the decision to write a positive review because every other review on here is negative. First and foremost, you must watch both films together. Although the watch order is not really important, your experience will vary greatly depending on which movie you watch first.
That being said I highly suggest you to watch ''To Me, The One Who Loved You'' before ''To Every You I've Loved Before''

Both films deal with ''Time-Shift Paradox'' and ''Multiverse theory''. It all begins when the main character ''Koyomi'' must decide whether to live with his mother or father. Due to Koyomi's decisions, each film focuses on various versions of ... the character. He will experience various outcomes depending on his decisions. Each choice he takes expands the range of potential outcomes. Koyomi's father works in a lab where extensive ''time shifting research'' is being done. Koyomi and Kazune (Koyomi's co-worker) began working on ''time shifting research'', and throughout the movies, they were able to switch between many parallel realities to accomplish their objectives. Obviously, each version of each character wants to achieve something different. Because even within these two primary versions, there are many other outcomes based on each decision, the movies focus on many various versions of each character rather than just these two.

''To Me, The One Who Loved You'' - Focus on Koyomi's efforts to save Shiori, his childhood sweetheart who suffered an accident while they were attempting to conduct a universe jump and whose consciousness became trapped in a parallel universe. With Kazune's assistance, Koyomi dedicated his entire life to figuring out how to save Shiori.

''To Every You I've Loved Before'' - In this alternative universe, Koyomi doesn't meet Shiori; instead, he encounters two Kazunes—one from his own universe and the other helping Koyomi from the other parallel universe to save Shiori. In this world, Koyomi loves Kazune, or perhaps I should say all of her ''versions''.

The series' charm resides in how the two films intertwined with one another. The fact that everything happens simultaneously and that one movie enhances another is what I find to be the movies' strongest appeal. It shares some concepts with the famous movie ''everything everywhere all at once''

To be quite honest, I don't think both movies will appeal to everyone, but if you can get a broad idea of the plot, I think it is well worth it. The conclusion is so astounding and moving.