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 Way Home's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Lovely Runner Season 2 delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances and love — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
18 eps
JTBC
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A middle-aged man on the verge of divorce wakes up 18 again and must decide if he wants to reclaim his past.
Like The Way Home, 18 Again is built around second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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 Way Home's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Go Back Couple delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2019
12 eps
JTBC
Romance Fantasy Drama
A young woman gains a watch that controls time and uses it to help others, but each use costs years of her own life.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: time. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Drama Romance Family
A seemingly perfect family unravels when all four members secretly want to change their lives, leading to unexpected revelations.
Like The Way Home, it leans hard into family drama. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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 Way Home'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 — second chances and grief — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2025
8 eps
Netflix
Drama Romance Family
The next chapter of Ae-sun and Gwan-sik's multigenerational family saga, following their descendants as they navigate love, hardship, and hope in contemporary Korea.
Like The Way Home, it leans hard into family drama. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2021
50 eps
MBC
Romance Drama Family
A widower with three children hires a nanny. The nanny is a bright, cheerful young woman who wins over the children before she wins over their guarded father. A long-form family me…
Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2015
16 eps
MBC
Fantasy Drama Romance
A young woman who lost her cat meets a cat that only she can see, who helps her deal with a personal crisis.
Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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 …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: second chances and love. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.