2023
16 eps
SBS
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A demon who feeds on human desires loses his powers and enters a contract marriage with a fearless heiress.
If you loved Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)'s two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, My Demon delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.
2016
20 eps
KBS
Fantasy Romance Comedy
A mermaid from the Joseon era and a con man karma-reconnect across lifetimes in modern Seoul.
Both are built around fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2019
16 eps
tvN
Fantasy Romance Drama
A hotelier bound to a hotel for ghosts gets a new human manager and confronts her painful past.
Like Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God), it leans hard into supernatural romance. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2019
32 eps
KBS2
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A mischievous heavenly angel is given one last mission before earning his wings: find the one person a cold, blind prima ballerina can truly love. The catch? He's strictly forbidde…
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.
2010
20 eps
SBS
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A pompous CEO and a stuntwoman swap bodies and discover they may be connected by fate and a magical garden.
If you loved Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)'s two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Secret Garden delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.
2025
14 eps
SBS
Fantasy Romance Comedy
A contemporary woman who works as a wedding planner begins seeing a man who appears only in liminal moments — doorways, crossings, the space between sleeping and waking. He turns o…
If you loved Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)'s two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Fox Bride Star 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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
16 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A civil servant finds a spell book sealed for 300 years and accidentally binds herself to a cold lawyer through a love spell.
If you loved Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)'s two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Destined with You delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.
2017
16 eps
tvN
Fantasy Romance Comedy
The water god Habaek descends to the human world to retrieve divine stones — and by ancient prophecy, a human woman named So-ah is destined to serve as his guide. The problem: she'…
If you loved Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)'s two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, The Bride of Habaek delivers exactly that. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.
2010
16 eps
SBS
Romance Comedy Fantasy
A young man accidentally releases a nine-tailed fox spirit who has been trapped in a painting for 500 years — and strikes a deal to let her stay in his body while he searches for t…
Like Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God), it leans hard into supernatural romance. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. Same whimsical energy throughout.
2020
12 eps
Netflix
Fantasy Comedy Romance
A thousand-year-old supernatural woman runs a mysterious pop-up bar that appears in people's dreams. Cursed to resolve 100,000 han (resentments) before she can rest, she reluctantl…
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.