2006
24 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
In an alternate modern Korea where the monarchy survived, a clumsy art-school girl is suddenly betrothed to the cold, aloof Crown Prince per a childhood arrange…
If you loved Rooftop Prince's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Goong (Princess Hours) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2019
16 eps
OCN
Fantasy Mystery Romance
When two people are murdered on the same night, a magical marble resurrects them — but in new bodies. A lonely prosecutor wakes up as an averagely-looking man. …
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2012
20 eps
MBC
Fantasy Romance Historical
A ghost girl with no memory of her death enlists a reluctant young magistrate — the only human who can see ghosts — to help her discover how she died and who ki…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2016
20 eps
KBS
Fantasy Romance Comedy
A mermaid from the Joseon era and a con man karma-reconnect across lifetimes in modern Seoul.…
If you loved Rooftop Prince's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Knight Runner delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — reincarnation and identity — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2022
12 eps
tvN
Comedy Fantasy Drama
The soul of Korea's most ruthless CEO gets trapped inside a smartphone, forcing him to manipulate a bumbling but kind-hearted employee to reclaim his company fr…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.