2017
12 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Fantasy
A married couple who hate each other travel back to their college years and rediscover why they fell in love.
If you loved Architecture 101's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Go Back Couple delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — first love and nostalgia — is the same. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2013
21 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
University students from across Korea share a boarding house in Seoul during 1994, while a future-flashback teases which of the men the central female character eventually marries.…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love and nostalgia. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2012
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Six friends navigate high school in Busan in 1997 — the height of the first K-pop idol wave — while a flash-forward wedding reveals that one of the men in the group married one of …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love and nostalgia. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2019
Jung Ji-woo
Romance Drama
Two young people meet and keep missing each other over a decade as fate and circumstances keep them apart — until one radio show brings them back together.
If you loved Architecture 101's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Tune in for Love delivers exactly that. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2015
20 eps
tvN
Slice Of Life Comedy Romance
Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.
Like Architecture 101, it leans hard into coming of age. The emotional territory — first love and nostalgia — is the same. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2020
18 eps
JTBC
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A middle-aged man on the verge of divorce wakes up 18 again and must decide if he wants to reclaim his past.
If you loved Architecture 101's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, 18 Again delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — regret and second chances — is the same. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2022
16 eps
tvN
Romance Coming Of Age Sports
In the late 90s, a fencing prodigy and a young reporter form a deep bond during Korea's economic crisis.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love and youth. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2025
12 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Drama
The continuation of Sol and Ryu Sun-jae's time-crossing love story, as new temporal complications threaten the future they fought so hard to create together.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: second chances. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2024
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Two childhood best friends who went separate ways reconnect in adulthood and discover their feelings run deeper than friendship.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: second chances. The pacing is wrapped in a nostalgic warmth that feels earned rather than manufactured.
2014
20 eps
MBC
Melodrama Romance Drama
Two childhood sweethearts are separated after a tragic accident gives a blind girl her sight — twelve years later, a firefighter returns to find her, not knowing she's become engag…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.