My eastern historical drama set in a han dynasty analog featuring cultivation, politics, and grand strategy has somehow been considered similar to a modern smut-fic centered in Los Angeles.
Like... the only way to be even less similar is if it were a sci fi mecha smut fic!
My opening: An academy headmaster addressing the new student body to talk ambition and honorable civil service in the empire before switching into a little political intrigue foreshadowing.
Their opening: raunchy sex in an alleyway and a girl wondering why she became so addicted to sex.