2023
16 eps
ENA
Romance Fantasy Drama
Do Ha is a young actor whose sudden breakout fame sits uneasily on him — in part because the soul of a Silla Dynasty warrior named Eunseom keeps surfacing inside him, complete with…
Like Chicago Typewriter, Moon in the Day is built around love story that refuses to end, even across lifetimes. The emotional territory — reincarnation and past lives — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2016
20 eps
SBS
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A modern-day con artist crosses paths with a mermaid who has traveled from the Joseon era — and the two discover they were star-crossed lovers in a previous life. Lee Min-ho and Ju…
Like Chicago Typewriter, Legend of the Blue Sea is built around love story that refuses to end, even across lifetimes. The emotional territory — reincarnation and sacrifice — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
12 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Drama
A woman who remembers all her past lives searches for her soul connection from her most recent life.
If you loved Chicago Typewriter's love story that refuses to end, even across lifetimes, See You in My 19th Life delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — reincarnation and past lives — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
12 eps
Netflix
Romance Fantasy Melodrama
A grieving young woman is transported back to 1998 and inhabits the body of a girl who looks exactly like her — and meets a boy who looks exactly like her dead boyfriend. A time-sl…
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2024
14 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Supernatural
A spirit who has wandered the same stretch of Seoul for three hundred years discovers that the woman who just moved into his territory is the reincarnation of the person he couldn'…
If you loved Chicago Typewriter's love story that refuses to end, even across lifetimes, Love Beyond delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — reincarnation and sacrifice — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2012
16 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Historical
A Joseon-era scholar facing execution discovers a mysterious talisman that transports him to modern-day Seoul each time he opens it. In the present, he meets a warm, struggling act…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2021
20 eps
KBS2
Historical Romance Drama
A crown prince dies unexpectedly, and his secret twin sister takes his place — ruling as king for years while hiding her identity. When a new court tutor arrives, the "king" finds …
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2013
24 eps
MBC
Historical Fantasy Romance
The son of a legendary nine-tailed fox who was betrayed by humans grows up hiding his supernatural nature in the Joseon period, longing for the mythical book that will make him hum…
If you loved Chicago Typewriter's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Gu Family Book delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2021
16 eps
MBC
Historical Fantasy Romance
In Joseon Korea, a legendary female painter blessed with the ability to see demons and a brilliant blind scholar connected to an ancient evil are drawn together by fate, prophecy, …
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2025
16 eps
KBS
Historical Fantasy Romance
Joseon's most powerful queen dowager made a pact four hundred years ago that she is still honoring — at a cost she has learned to pay but never learned to accept. When a young roya…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.