Timey-wimey shows I love
TV series involving time travel, timeslips, or repetition of events.
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1. Lovely Runner
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
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2. Queen In Hyun's Man
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
"This will always be my favourite (Korean) time-travel piece." Haha! So I thought - before 'Lovely Runner' existed.
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3. Reset
Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes
A masterpiece of the time loop story.
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4. The Moment of Meeting Again
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
Still watching this, and really enjoying it. I like what they've done with the timey-wimey thing.
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5. Perfect Marriage Revenge
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Still watching this, as well; but it's definitely shaping up to be a 'best'. Fun, funny, endearing, exciting - because you don't know what's going to happen, but you can trust the story/the characters, and you want to see them get revenge, and develop and grow. I think Yi Joo will realise that revenge isn't everything, and she might not want all the revenge she thought she did. But what she's getting is so satisfying.
Just really good elements, characters, story, and acting, all put together. A tight, pacy, fun piece.
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6. Bumped Into You
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
Particularly good in the way it lets the main characters go back and both learn about - and understand - and fix things in the past, so that they and their families could have a better future.
Some things they couldn't change, as should be; it was nice that they did change others, though. Satisfying and sweet.
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7. Splash Splash LOVE
Korean Special - 2015, 2 episodes
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8. An Ancient Love Song
Chinese Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
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9. Faith
Korean Drama - 2012, 24 episodes
I didn't love this series, in the way I did/do the others, but it had a certain something to it (mostly Lee Min Ho as the hero) that makes it stick in my mind and heart. The series itself could have been a lot better; but elements of the story, including the sort of star-crossed lovers (being separated by era and time) were beautiful and easy to love, and the hero was very heroic and loveable.
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10. My Divine Envoy
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
Chinese adaptation of Splash, Splash, Love
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11. The Princess Royal
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
A thoughtful, intelligent drama, with excellent lead actors. They either travel back in time, or are-incarnated as their younger selves. It's not really defined; a kind of mix of the two - like Perfect Marriage Revenge. It's really interesting watching them being their older selves in their younger bodies - and acting this. Both are impressive.