This list does not include time-travel. The only exception is Faith because some characters have powers.

FANTASY DRAMAS

Eun O, a son born out of wedlock of the former Chancellor Kim, travels around the nation as he is interested in nothing, even women, money, or fame. Since his childhood, Eun O has been able to see and talk to ghosts, and this ability has bothered him so much. Eun O meets A Rang, a clumsy, brazen, yet lovely ghost. A Rang strives hard to find out who she was when she was alive, only to face despair. But she teams up with Eun O, a district magistrate, clears up cases one by one, and gets close to a big shocking truth.

Tale of Arang

Marang

KBS02

It is a fantasy medical drama that tells the growth story of a vampire surgeon in his mid-20s who struggles for justice and dignity of life by treating terminally ill patients in one of the best cancer hospitals in Korea. As the story progresses, we all can feel that the true value of life does not lie in just a simple extension of life but in how we live. What choices do we have to make when we stand in the position of the strong? This society is like a vampire sucking up people's blood. A reality scarier than we imagine unfolds now.

Blood

Bloody team

After being found in 918, the kingdom of Goryeo faced a critical existential crisis when the powerful Yuan dynasty tried to subjugate them. In the fictional setting of this drama, a warrior living in the timeline of Goryeo meets a plastic surgeon living in the present day. The plastic surgeon gets kidnapped by the warrior who got an order from the king to find a doctor who can cure the fatally injured queen. The two individuals who were not meant to coexist are brought together to fight their way through the ordeals on the land of Goryeo. The warrior makes a promise that he will return her to her world, but a scheming royal advisor persuades the king to force the surgeon to stay as she can be useful to him. There, the surgeon falls in love with the warrior who is the leader of the royal guard. In this era of change and chaos, love that transcends time and space blooms.

The Great Doctor

The Faith Team

Within the Moonlight Garden resides a majestic creature that led to the birth of Kang Chi. He's a Gumiho who doesn't know about his abandoned past. He meets a quirky woman who dresses up as a man. They fall in love and fight the battle of love, curses, and the fact that they're of different origins. The journey to their peace takes forever, but the love that forms between them makes each step worth fighting for.

Kangchi, the Beginning

The Gumiho Lovers Team

Hunan TV

One hundred years after a great war between the Ice Tribe and the Fire Tribe, the only two remaining royal heirs of the Ice Tribe struggle for power. 

Prince Ka Suo (Feng Shao Feng) and his younger half-brother, Yong Kong Shi (Ma Tian Yu), are the only pureblood illusionists and royal heirs left in the Ice Tribe. Ka Suo reluctantly ascends to the throne to help rebuild the kingdom, but he wants nothing more than the freedom to be with his love, Li Luo (Victoria Song), who can never marry him despite rising to become a powerful sorceress because she was born a commoner. 

Kong Shi does everything in his power to take the throne away from Ka Suo, while Yan Da (Zhang Meng), the only daughter of the Fire Tribe royal family, is willing to give up everything for Kong Shi. 

When both Kong Shi and Li Luo suddenly go missing, can Ka Suo protect his kingdom alone when another war breaks out? 

“Ice Fantasy” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Ju Jue Liang. It is based on the novel City of Fantasy by Guo Jing Ming.

Ice Fantasy

Gone with the Shirt Team

A boy has the psychic power to read other people's minds. Because of that ability, he learned how irrational our world is and how many aggrieved people there are. The boy wants to help them using his power, but the problem is the boy is still a minor. However, there is a woman who overcame the adversity of poverty and became a public defender. Sometimes those who lack their ability become perfect heroes. These days, when rewards and punishments are not fair and desperate people suffer, we want to hear the story where justice is served. This is a 21st-century fairy tale where you can meet a hero who finds happiness by helping others.

I Hear Your Voice

JTBC

Can a young royal physician change the fate of a cursed princess? 

When Queen Sim (Jang Hee Jin) is unable to conceive, she visits the shaman Hong Joo (Yum Jung Ah). Hong Joo’s powerful black magic helps the Queen give birth to a twin boy and girl, Soon Hwae (Yeo Hoe Hyun) and Seo Ri (Kim Sae Ron). 

But the dark sorcery comes with a price when Seo Ri is cursed, causing her to be abandoned and left for dead by the Queen. Seo Ri is rescued by the father of Poong Yeon (Kwak Si Yang), who becomes her only friend as she grows up in hiding. 

With Poong Yeon and her helper, Choi Hyun Seo (Lee Sung Jae), by her side, Seo Ri grows up as a witch, all the while trying to figure out how to lift the evil curse on her life. When Seo Ri meets the royal physician Heo Jun (Yoon Shi Yoon), will he help her change her fate and reclaim her rightful place? 

“Mirror of the Witch” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Jo Hyun Tak. The series is inspired by the Mirror of Eastern Medicine (Dongui Bogam), a book compiled by the royal physician Heo Jun and published during the Joseon Dynasty and considered a classic in the study of Korean traditional medicine.

Mirror of the Witch

Team Bewitched

Tencent

How far back do their destinies cross in history? Xue Ling Qiao (Kim Tae Hwan) is a mutant man with superpowers who has been roaming the Earth for 500 years but has been trapped in a deep sleep for the past 100 years. When B-actress Tian Jing Zhi (Wu Qian) gets into a car accident, Ling Qiao is released from his sleep trap. He uses his powers to heal her wounds and bring her back to life. With nowhere else to go, Ling Qiao forces his way into rooming with Jing Zhi in her apartment, becoming embroiled in her crazy world of trying to make it as an actress under the shadows of a perfect A-list star. As they bicker their way to a better relationship, they are shocked to learn that their fates have been entangled by a conspiracy that spans many centuries! “My Amazing Boyfriend” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Deng Ke.

My Amazing Boyfriend

The Mutant Team

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Dae Woong dreams of becoming an action movie star. He goes to a temple to pursue this dream, where he releases a nine-tailed fox trapped in a painting for 500 years. Even though she has collected the life force of 100 men for youth and eternal life, the nine-tailed fox does not intend to steal Dae Woong\u2019s energy, yet ends up losing her orb to him due to an accident. To reclaim it, she sticks close by, learning that if Dae Woong bears the orb inside for 100 days, she can become a human being. With her life in peril and sweet strife while living together, can the nine-tailed fox actually become human?

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