Alternate Universe or Timeline
Sometimes it's two different worlds; sometimes it's unraveling the mysteries of two simultaneous stories
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1. Live Up to Your Name
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
Magical acupuncture needles that take you back and forth from the past
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2. Mystic Pop-Up Bar
Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
What really happened all those centuries ago?
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3. Tunnel
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
Past and present, united by the same cop and serial killer
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4. Chicago Typewriter
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
What really happened to them all back then?
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5. The King: Eternal Monarch
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
Crossing between two worlds with alternate histories
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6. W
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
What happens when you get sucked into a comic book world?
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7. The Legend of the Blue Sea
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
Are you dreaming of the past or are they dreaming of the future?
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8. Healer
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
The next generation unraveling the mysteries of the previous one
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9. My Love from the Star
Korean Drama - 2013, 21 episodes
How did an alien get stuck in Joseon?
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10. Hello, Me!
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
How on earth did Ha Ni of 2000 become the Ha Ni of 2020??
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11. 18 Again
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
We've got almost 20 years of one family's particular drama to mine
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12. Must You Go?
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
Can't have a reincarnation drama without an alternate storyline
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13. King2Hearts
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
Hey look! A South Korea with a king!
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14. Reply 1997
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
Drawing out the mystery of who is married in the present long after it's become obvious and the fake outs are just ridiculous
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15. Reply 1994
Korean Drama - 2013, 21 episodes
The 'who's the husband' mystery got real old real fast
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16. Queen In Hyun's Man
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
Past and present playing out at the same time - and occasionally changing (oops)
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17. Life on Mars
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
What's a man from 2018 doing in 1988? Is he dead? Dreaming? Does it matter?
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18. From Now On, Showtime!
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
Flashes of past lives and spirits who are still around all these years later
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19. The Heavenly Idol
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Body swap shenanigans across dimensions
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20. The Package
Korean Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
Unraveling everyone's backstories little by little
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21. My Perfect Stranger
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
Best not to dwell too much on the time travel logistics, and more just focus on happily making the future a better place
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22. See You in My 19th Life
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Putting together the pieces from various lives
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23. Nine: Nine Times Time Travel
Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
Change the past, make things worse in the present
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24. Destined with You
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
Just what is this destiny that's tying them together for 300 years?
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25. Twinkling Watermelon
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
Trying to change the past - in all the ways that really matter
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26. Go Back Couple
Korean Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
Original timeline, new timeline - changed for the better?
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27. The Story of Park's Marriage Contract
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Why do all these people in new Jeoson look the same as those in Joseon?
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28. Lovely Runner
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
Hard to keep all the timelines straight when you keep changing things
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29. Signal
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
Change the past, change the present
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30. Kairos
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
Two timelines a month apart, plus multiple iterations of the future