2016
Toho / CoMix Wave Films
Romance Fantasy Drama
A Tokyo boy and a rural girl start swapping bodies — and through each other's lives, fall in love with someone they've never actually met. Then a comet appears. Makoto Shinkai's ma…
If you loved The Door into Summer's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Your Name delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
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 The Door into Summer's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Tune in for Love delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
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.
If you loved The Door into Summer's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Lovely Runner Season 2 delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2023
10 eps
TBS Japan
Sci Fi Drama Survival
At 8:23 AM, a commuter train in Tokyo suddenly transports its passengers to an uninhabited wilderness — 35 years in the future. With no return ticket, no infrastructure, and no cer…
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.
2024
16 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Drama
Sol is a lifelong fan of K-pop idol Ryu Sun-jae — his music has been the thing she returned to every time she needed to feel okay through years of chronic illness. Then she wakes u…
If you loved The Door into Summer's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Lovely Runner delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2020
16 eps
MBC
Thriller Mystery Sci Fi
A man in 2020 and a woman in 2019 are mysteriously connected by a one-minute daily window across time, working together across the temporal gap to change both their fates.
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.
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 The Door into Summer's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Love Beyond delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2019
32 eps
KBS2
Romance Fantasy Drama
A mischievous, rule-breaking angel is assigned his final mission: make a cold, injured ballerina fall in love and rediscover her joy before he loses his wings forever. Lee Yeon-seo…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2024
16 eps
tvN
Fantasy Romance Mystery
A photographer who can capture the souls of the dead in his studio encounters a mysterious woman who is slowly disappearing from the world, and must solve the supernatural mystery …
If you loved The Door into Summer's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Midnight Studio delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2005
14 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
A love story between two people who meet in Macau and face obstacles including a terminally ill character.
If you loved The Door into Summer's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Sad Love Story delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.