Even a twist of fate can’t keep lovers apart. Watch love pull these couples together over and over again!

Another Life, Same Love

How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern society?
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Shim Cheong (Jun Ji Hyun) is a mermaid who follows her one true love, a nobleman’s son named Kim Moon from the Joseon Dynasty to modern-day Seoul. Moon’s modern doppelgänger is Heo Joon Jae (Lee Min Ho), a highly-skilled scam artist who first becomes interested in Shim Cheong because of a jade bracelet worth $6 million that she wears.
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With nowhere to go, Shim Cheong is taken in by Joon Jae, who also finds his con partners, Jo Nam Doo (Lee Hee Joon) and Tae Oh (Shin Won Ho), hiding out in his home from a vengeful past victim of their scams. Shim Cheong discovers a rival for Joon Jae’s heart in Cha Shi Ah (Shin Hye Sun), a researcher at KAIST who deals with ancient artifacts.
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The plot takes a sinister turn when a dangerous killer named Ma Dae Young (Sung Dong Il) is sent by Joon Jae’s stepmother to murder him in order to make her own son the heir to Joon Jae’s fortunes. Can Shim Cheong survive her strange new environment while also helping Joon Jae avoid the dangers that await him?
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“The Legend of the Blue Sea” is a 2016-2017 South Korean drama series directed by Jin Hyuk. The story is inspired by a historical tale about a mermaid contained in a short story anthology known as Eou Yadam by Joseon-era scholar Yu Mong In.

The Legend of the Blue Sea

The Blue Sea

Betrayed by the king he faithfully served, Kim Shin (Gong Yoo), a decorated military general from the Goryeo Dynasty, is forced to watch his family die before being transformed into a goblin by the higher powers. Cursed with the lonely burden of immortality, Kim Shin dedicates the rest of his long life to saving people with his supernatural abilities. Still, he wanders through his days searching for the prophesied Goblin bride. The bride is the only one who can pull out the sword piercing his body which will finally set his soul free to rest in peace in the afterlife.
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19 years ago, Kim Shin saved a woman from a life-threatening accident. From then on, the woman’s daughter Ji Eun Tak (Kim Go Eun) gained the ability to communicate with beings from the other side. Despite this, she grows up well and remains an optimistic high schooler who works a part-time job at a chicken restaurant. The restaurant’s owner, Sunny (Yoo In Na), finds herself falling in love with a grim reaper (Lee Dong Wook), who is also the goblin’s roommate.
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Unknowingly, the lives of these four individuals intertwine to reveal a fated story more complex than any character could have imagined. Will Kim Shin’s bride finally release him from his eternal misery?
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Also known as “the Lonely Shining God” or “Goblin”, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God is written by fan-favorite writer Kim Eun Sook, the pen behind other successful series like “Heirs” (2013) and “Descendants of the Sun” (2016).&nbsp;If you’re a fan of well-written romance stories with a twist, this Kdrama is a must-watch. The numerous awards, high ratings, and rave reviews received by this show speak for itself.&nbsp;

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

The Immortal Team

KBS02

Life, death, and second chances take center stage where three people whose intertwined destinies travel through space and time with haunting results. It's the 1980s, and Detective Cha Hyung Bin has devoted his life to criminal justice and his heart to Ha Eun, a bookshop owner suffering from heart disease who keeps her illness a secret. But Hyung Bin isn't the only one pining after Ha Eun: serial killer Ji Chul has also fallen in love with her. Their lives collide with tragic results, but 30 years later, they're reincarnated, and fate brings them together again. The more time passes, the more their new lives become tangled in the devastating web of history.

Born Again

Reborn Love

Love has a way of drawing you toward a particular person.

“HIStory 1” is a 2017 Taiwanese web dramas series that explores the different manifestations of fated love. It comprises three separate stories in three episodes: “HIStory: My Hero,” “HIStory: Stay Away From Me” and “HIStory: Obsessed.” The series was followed by “HIStory 2” in 2018.

In “HIStory: My Hero,” a dead woman’s spirit takes over the body of a young man, and she has only one week to make her old boyfriend fall in love with her new male body!

In “HIStory: Stay Away From Me,” a meddling friend tries to make sparks fly between a superstar and his new stepbrother.

“HIStory: Obsessed,” a young man who dies in an accident and becomes reincarnated tries to keep himself from falling for the same man all over again!

HIStory 1

Sohu TV

An immortal soul, with the ability to communicate with spirits that roam the earth, yet doomed to spend eternity in deepest poverty, Wu Xin (Elvis Han) wanders the world hungry, penniless, and alone. Desperate to escape this miserable life, he heads to the mountains in search of a place to rest. Falling asleep at some point during the Qing dynasty, Wu Xin wakes to find the world around him changed dramatically, in more ways than one.

Making her way to the mountains in a desperate attempt to escape an arranged marriage with the most unpleasant man, Li Yue Ya (Jin Chen) stumbles across sleeping Wu Xin. After Yue Ya falls asleep next to Wu Xin, the immortal wakes to find himself lying next to a beautiful woman, nearly fifty years in the future. Taking pity on this lost soul, Yue Ya offers Wu Xin her food, which he accepts gladly. 

In exchange for her kindness, Wu Xin takes Yue Ya under his wing. Under the guise of a monk and his sister, the pair sets out into the world, to make their fortune as monster hunters. Taking jobs as they come, the unlikely duo fights some of the world’s most vile creatures, finding adventure, fortune, and love along the way.

Based on Ni Luo’s novel of the same name, “Wu Xin: The Monster Killer” is an action-packed 2015 fantasy drama directed by Lin Yufen and Gao Linbao.

Wu Xin: The Monster Killer

Gone with the Shirt Team

iQiyi

Ten thousand years ago the God of War, Jiu Chen (Chang Chen), fought the vile demon lord in a battle so intense, it pushed him to the outermost edge of his limits. Desperate to save the world from the all-consuming evil of the demon lord, Jiu Chen fought with all his might and in the end, managed to seal the foul demon away for good.

Exhausted after his victory, the God of War fell into a deep slumber, his sleep a guarantee to the people that they were safe. And so they were until the young fairy maiden, Ling Xi (Ni Ni), accidentally wakes him from his slumber.

Despite his irritation at being disturbed, Jiu Chen can’t help but notice the fair maiden’s beauty. Smitten from the very beginning, the two soon fall in love but their happiness together is short-lived. Born with an evil miasma that can free the demon lord from Jiu Chen’s seal, Ling Xi is the living embodiment of everything evil in the world; her very existence, a dangerous threat to the world.

Encouraged by the gods to end the world’s suffering before it begins, Jiu Chen has two choices before him: save the woman he loves, or let the world fall to darkness. Forced to make an impossible decision, Jiu Chen struggles against his destiny, knowing that whatever he chooses, the fate of the world rests solely in his hands.

“Love and Destiny” is a 2019 historical fantasy romance drama directed by Lin Yu Fen.

Love and Destiny

Divine Destiny

Nestled deep in the heart of Seoul’s thriving downtown sits a curious hotel, the like of which no one has ever seen before. Old beyond measure, the building has stood for millennia, an ever-present testament to the fact that things are not always what they seem. Running this hotel is Jang Man Wol (IU), a greedy, suspicious soul who has spent the past thousand years acting as the establishment’s CEO.

Cursed for a sin she can no longer remember committing, Man Wol is doomed to spend all of the eternity running this odd establishment, catering to the needs of a most peculiar clientele. Her only hope of escape is to find someone who has committed a worse sin than her own but after a thousand years, she’s beginning to lose hope.

However, things take an interesting turn when Goo Chan Sung (Yeo Jin Goo) shows up. Once the youngest assistant manager ever to work at a multinational hotel corporation, Chan Sung finds himself forced to manage the Hotel del Luna because of a deal his father made with Man Wol years ago. A stickler for rules and regulations, he’s a perfectionist to the extreme but that may be exactly what this odd establishment and its cursed CEO needs.

A tale of old curses, lost souls, and unexpected surprises, “Hotel Del Luna” is a 2019 mystery, romance, fantasy drama directed by Oh Choong Hwan.

Hotel Del Luna

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Black Knight is a love story between a woman who is waiting for the love of her life and a man who is willing to do anything to protect his love. The story spans over two hundred years. Moon Soo Ho is a businessman with a pure heart, but he never shows his true colors to anyone except for Jung Hae Ra, a travel agent who has never traveled abroad. Soo Ho and Hae Ra grew up like siblings in Hae Ra's house, but they got separated later. They meet each other after they grow up and love approaches them as if it were fate. Will their love survive despite all the faltering events?

Black Knight

A guardian of the stars, Chi Yu (Zhang Ming En), is charged with maintaining the balance of power in the cosmos. When he loses the key to his power, the precious Sun Moon Jade, he’s forced to wander the realm of mortals in a desperate attempt to find it.

Wandering Earth, he finds himself drawn to a strong female general who eventually captures his heart. Desperate to keep her with him always, Chi Yu attempts to rewrite her fate and in so doing, dooms her to die at the age of thirty in each of her subsequent lives.

As punishment for his actions, Chi Yu is imprisoned in the stars for 3,000 years. Once free, he vows to fix the problems he caused and so returns to Earth. Lifetimes have passed since his last visit and much has changed but none so much as the reincarnation of his lost love. A big-time film producer, Wen Xi (Xu Lu), is nothing like the woman he remembers, but Chi Yu refuses to let her go until he’s made amends.

Will Chi Yu be able to right millennia of wrongs? Can a fate so detrimentally entwined really end in true love? 

“Destiny’s Love” is a 2019 fantasy romance directed by&nbsp;Lin Hong Jie&nbsp;and Tao Sheng.

Destiny’s Love

The Designers

Mi Young is a Post-it Girl secretary who takes orders from everyone in no short of kindness. On Mi Young's big break from her law firm, she bumps into Gun, who hopes to propose to his long-term girlfriend, Se Ra. However, he bumps into Mi Young a tad bit too hard, and they end up with a complete turnaround of plans after Mi Young mothers Gun's child. They go through rough patches in their relationship, and their lives change even after they get married.

Fated to Love You

The Fated Team

Dragon TV

Queen of Qing Qiu, Bai Feng Jiu (Dilraba Dilmurat) is the only known nine-tailed fox in the world. As such, she grew up pampered by those around her but it was only in front of those she truly loved that she showed her more spoiled side. To the people over which she ruled, she was a strong, brave woman and a good queen.&nbsp;

One day, while seeking cultivation in the mountains, Feng Jui is attacked by a savage beast. Caught in a precarious situation, Feng Jui is saved by the sudden appearance of the unifier of worlds and Emperor of Heaven, Dong Hua (Vengo Gao). Grateful to the Heavenly Emperor and feeling she owes him a great debt, Feng Jiu accompanies Dong Hua on his quest to fight the rebelling Demon Lord.

As the two spend more time together, Feng Jiu begins to realize her gratitude towards Dong Hua has slowly changed to love. Unfortunately for her, Dong Hua is long forgotten what love is but that doesn’t mean all hope is lost. Everyone knows even the coldest of hearts can melt with time but will countless lifetimes really be enough to bring these two hearts together?

Based on the novel of the same name by Tangqi Gongzi and the sequel to the popular 2017 drama, "Eternal Love", “Three Lives, Three Worlds, The Pillow Book” is a 2020 fantasy romance drama directed by Chu Yui Bun.&nbsp;

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