2023
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Fantasy
Park Yeon-woo is a Joseon-era noblewoman who falls into the sea on her wedding day and wakes up in modern Seoul — where she promptly gets served with divorce papers from a husband …
If you loved The Heavenly Idol's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, The Story of Park's Marriage Contract 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 hilarious and heartfelt energy throughout.
2022
16 eps
KBS
Fantasy Romance Comedy
Seul-bi is a woman who brings miraculous good fortune to anyone she touches — but has been locked away from the world by the powerful family that exploits her gift. When she escape…
If you loved The Heavenly Idol's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Jinxed at First delivers exactly that. Same warm energy throughout.
2019
16 eps
OCN
Fantasy Mystery Romance
When two people are murdered on the same night, a magical marble resurrects them — but in new bodies. A lonely prosecutor wakes up as an averagely-looking man. His beautiful neighb…
Like The Heavenly Idol, it leans hard into opposites attract. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
2023
16 eps
MBC
Fantasy Romance Comedy
Han Hae-na has a family curse: if she kisses someone, she transforms into a dog until she gets another kiss from the same person to break the spell. This is a problem when she acci…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same warm energy throughout.
2021
16 eps
tvN
Fantasy Romance Comedy
A 999-year-old fox spirit accidentally swallows a college student's fox bead and they must live together.
The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
2024
10 eps
Netflix
Comedy Romance Fantasy
Min-ah, an ordinary woman, walks into a mysterious machine and is transformed into a chicken nugget. Her devastated father and her devoted colleague Ryu Sun-man will stop at nothin…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same hilarious and absurd energy throughout.
2025
10 eps
Netflix
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A woman who has transmigrated into a romance novel realizes she's been cast as the villain's kidnapping target — and must outwit both the plot and her dangerously compelling captor…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.
2026
10 eps
Netflix
Romance Comedy Fantasy
An overworked, loveless webtoon producer signs up for 'Boyfriend on Demand' — a VR service that generates the perfect virtual boyfriend. When she discovers her impossibly perfect v…
Like The Heavenly Idol, it leans hard into opposites attract. The emotional territory — self discovery — is the same. Same heartfelt and warm energy throughout.
2023
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Fantasy
In Hae-won, a vampire who has been sleeping in a coffin for 200 years, awakens to find his body is slowly becoming human — a fatal process unless he can find a way to reverse it. H…
Same warm energy throughout.
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…
If you loved The Heavenly Idol's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Legend of the Blue Sea delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — fish out of water — is the same. Same warm energy throughout.