2023
12 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Fantasy
Pontifex Lembrary, a saintly religious leader in a high fantasy kingdom, is transported into the body of Wild Animal — a notoriously arrogant K-pop idol with scandals stacked to th…
If you loved The Story of Park's Marriage Contract's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, The Heavenly Idol delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — fish out of water and identity — is the same. Same hilarious and warm energy throughout.
2023
16 eps
MBC
Romance Fantasy Historical
On her wedding night in Joseon Korea, noblewoman Park Yeon-woo drinks poison and wakes up in 2023 Seoul — with no idea what happened or how to get home. She encounters Tae-ha, a qu…
If you loved The Story of Park's Marriage Contract's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, The Story of Park's Marriage Contract delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel — is the same.
2012
24 eps
MBC
Historical Romance Fantasy
A medieval general travels forward in time to bring a modern Korean doctor back to Goryeo to save the queen — and falls in love with her. A time-travel historical romance that uses…
If you loved The Story of Park's Marriage Contract's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Faith (The Great Doctor) delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and fish out of water — is the same. Same warm energy throughout.
2012
20 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Fantasy
A Joseon crown prince whose wife is murdered mysteriously is transported 300 years into the future — arriving in modern Seoul with three loyal retainers — and discovers his reincar…
If you loved The Story of Park's Marriage Contract's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Rooftop Prince delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and identity — is the same.
2020
20 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Historical
A vain modern-day chef wakes up in the body of a queen in Joseon, navigating palace politics and unexpected romance.
If you loved The Story of Park's Marriage Contract's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Mr. Queen (Mr. Queen: The Crazed Chef) delivers exactly that.
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…
Like The Story of Park's Marriage Contract, it leans hard into cold male lead melts. Same warm and light energy throughout.
2022
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Oh Woo-ri has kept a virginity pledge since high school, waiting until marriage. During a routine procedure, she is accidentally artificially inseminated by a fertility specialist …
Like The Story of Park's Marriage Contract, 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. Same warm and fun energy throughout.
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 The Story of Park's Marriage Contract's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Go Back Couple delivers exactly that.
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 Story of Park's Marriage Contract's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Jinxed at First delivers exactly that. Same warm energy throughout.
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.