Write Your Life: Heroes Who Defy Destiny
This curated list features dramas and movies where the main character changes their fate through various intriguing methods :
- Time Travel: Protagonists travel back /future to key moments in their past/future to alter events and change their fate.
- Rebirth: Reentering a previous chapter of your life or in another body after a near-death experience, armed with knowledge of what lies ahead.
- Reincarnation: Characters are reborn into new lives in new body, often retaining memories from their past lives. continuation or renewal of life after death
- Alternate Realities/Parallel Universes : Characters discover or accidentally enter parallel universes . They can interact with their alternate selves .
- Soul Transfer/Transmigration : In transmigration stories, a character's soul is transfer or switch into another body, without altering the timeline . Same Time Period ,New Body .
- Prophecy and Fate: Characters confront prophecies that predict their futures, leading them to make choices that defy or fulfill those predictions.
- literary transmigration/fictional immersion/isekai : refer to the concept where characters are transported from their own reality into a fictional world—often through books, movies, or games—allowing them to interact with the story and its characters directly.
- Dream Sequence : occurs when a character experiences events unfolding within their dream or subconscious mind.
- Time-Bridging Communication : An exchange of information between individuals in different time periods(past and present), as if they exist simultaneously, influencing each other's decisions.
Feel free to explore these fascinating stories, and suggestions to expand this list are always welcome!
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1. Story of Kunning Palace
Chinese Drama - 2023, 38 episodes
Time Travel
Rebirth
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2. Lost Track of Time
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
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3. Lost Love in Times
Chinese Drama - 2017, 56 episodes
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4. Twisted Fate of Love
Chinese Drama - 2020, 43 episodes
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5. Hei Yue Guang Wen Na BE Ju Ben
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
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6. Again My Life
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
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7. Lovely Runner
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
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8. Vuoi sposare mio marito?
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
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9. Perfect Marriage Revenge
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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10. Huang Fei Wei He Na Yang
Chinese Drama - 2023, 32 episodes
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11. Jiang Jia
Chinese Drama - 2023, 26 episodes
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12. The Princess Royal
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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13. The Only Girl You Haven't Seen Season 2
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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14. The Only Girl You Haven't Seen Season 1
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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15. The Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
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16. Tale of the Nine-Tailed
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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17. Signal
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
Time-Bridging Communication
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18. Scent of Time
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
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19. Reset
Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes
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20. Renascence
Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
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21. Chasing Love
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
Time Travel
Reincarnation
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22. Xiao Ting Tai
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
- Time Travel
- Rebirth
- Duration: 03:57:00 complete
- Translation: good translation by tencent
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23. Xian Jun You Jie
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
【FULL MOVIE】Immortal Destiny | Conquering the Cold-Blooded Killer | 仙君有劫 - YouTube
literary transmigration/fictional immersion/isekai
- Duration: 03:45:00 complete
- Translation: good translation
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24. The Queen of Attack
Chinese Drama - 2021, 18 episodes
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25. The Queen of Attack 2
Chinese Drama - 2021, 18 episodes
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26. The Dangerous Lover
Chinese Drama - 2024, 26 episodes
Prophecy and Fate
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27. The Boss’s Menu Table
Korean Drama - 2024, 2 episodes
literary transmigration/fictional immersion/isekai
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28. Splash Splash LOVE
Korean Special - 2015, 2 episodes
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29. Jin Yi Cheng Huang
Chinese Drama - 2024, 27 episodes
literary transmigration/fictional immersion/isekai
Duration: 04:52:00 complete
Translation: Accurate
Remark: Good
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30. Mei Ren Mou
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
Soul Transfer/Transmigration
Rebirth
Duration: 04:24:00 complete
Translation: Accurate
Remark: Average
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31. Lin Yuan Yi Meng
Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes
[An Empty Dream] FULL | Romance in the Demon King's court | YOUKU - YouTube
isekai
Duration: 04:24:52 complete
Translation: Accurate
Remark:
Note: this is the first drama i have notice where ML is transported to anime
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32. Wo Jia Jiao Qi Bu Hao Re
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
Duration: 01:21:45 complete
Translation: Accurate
Remark:
Note:
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33. Supervisor Husband
Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes
[Full Verision] Supervisor Husband : #cdramatv #ZhangMuxi | 2023 Latest Romantic #Cdrama - YouTube
Duration: 02:43:35 complete
Translation: Accurate
Remark:
Note:
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34. The Origin of Eternity
Chinese Drama - 2022, 23 episodes
Reincarnation
Duration: 03:18:34 complete
Translation: Accurate
Remark: Excellent
Note:
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35. Death Kaleidoscope
Chinese Drama - 2024, 78 episodes
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36. Jiang Dui Dui Chong Sheng Ji
Chinese Drama - 2025, 38 episodes
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37. Jiu Chong Zi
Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes
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38. Welcome 2 Life
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes