2020
48 eps
iQiyi
Historical Mystery Bromance
Tang Fan is a scholar-official with an exceptional eye for crime in the Ming Dynasty, partnered with Sui Zhou, a military commander whose methods are blunt wher…
Like The Company, The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. Same warm and dramatic energy throughout.
2022
40 eps
Dragon TV / Tencent Video
Action Wuxia Drama
A young man with sealed powers and no memory of his past wanders the martial arts world and accidentally assembles a crew of equally impossible people — a cold …
If you loved The Company's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, The Blood of Youth delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. Same adventurous and warm energy throughout.
2023
16 eps
tvN
Romance Drama Fantasy
Eun-gyeol is a CODA (child of deaf adults), growing up communicating between two worlds. When he stumbles through a music shop and finds himself transported bac…
If you loved The Company's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Twinkling Watermelon delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and identity — is the same. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.
2021
16 eps
KBS
Fantasy Comedy Drama
Han Yoo-hyun is 37, broke, exhausted, and completely adrift — her bright, ambitious 17-year-old self would be horrified. When that 17-year-old actually shows up…
If you loved The Company's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Hello, Me! delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.
2018
16 eps
OCN
Crime Thriller Sci Fi
A meticulous 2018 detective is hit by a car and wakes up in 1988 as a young cop in a rural city. Trapped between a time he knows nothing about and a case he can…
If you loved The Company's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Life on Mars (Korean) delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and identity — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.