Dramas with a fan or Mary Sue theme, or the characters become aware that they are in a fiction

Fandom dramas

Im Sol (Kim Hye Yoon) is devastated by the sudden and tragic death of her favorite star, Ryu Sun Jae (Byun Woo Seok), a former swimmer turned K-pop idol. But in the midst of her anguish, she magically time slips back to 2008 – when Sun Jae is still only 19 years old! Delighted that she has a chance to help him avert his unhappy future fate, Sol makes it her mission to change the future... and maybe find love along the way. Will her efforts to divert the course of the past prove successful – or could they have unexpected consequences? This 2024 South Korean drama was adapted from a web novel named “The Best of Tomorrow” by Kim Bbang and was directed by Kim Tae Yeop and Yoon Jong Ho.

Lovely Runner

✨ The Marvellous ✨ team

Sung Deok Mi (Park Min Young) is a dedicated art gallery curator who’s even more dedicated to her “job” as the fansite owner for boy group member Cha Shi An (Jung Je Won). While Deok Mi keeps her fangirl activities a secret at her day job, the new gallery director Ryan Gold (Kim Jae Wook) manages to discover her extracurricular activities. As Ryan learns more about Deok Mi's secret, he disrupts her carefully guarded life, sparking unexpected changes. With her personal and professional worlds colliding, Deok Mi must navigate the complexities of love, fandom, and her secret. Can she keep her passion concealed, or will it redefine her life forever? This 2019 Korean drama was based on the webtoon “Noona Fan Dot Com” by Kim Sung Yeon, and was directed by Hong Jong Chan.

Her Private Life

The Undercover Sasaeng Team

Ling Miao Miao (Esther Yu) unexpectedly finds herself transported into the world of a fantasy novel called "Chasing Demons" as a villainous supporting character. To escape and return to the real world, she must complete a series of tasks – including winning the heart of Mu Sheng (Ding Yu Xi), the female lead's adoptive brother with a possessive love for her. Teaming up with expert demon catchers, they battle creatures, level up, and gradually work to dissolve an age-old animosity between humans and demons. As Miao Miao and Mu Sheng grow closer, can they rewrite their stories in favor of redemption... and possibly even romance? This 2024 Chinese drama was directed by Zhao Yi Long, adapted from the web novel "The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus" by Bai Yu Zhai Diao Gong.

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy

💖My Beloved Demon Team 💖

Once high school sweethearts, Kazunari Hira (Riku Hagiwara) and Sou Kiyoi (Yusei Yagi) now live in bliss as adults. As they live together, they are able to support each other through life’s ups and downs, but not everything is perfect. As graduation approaches, Hira's lack of job experience leaves him feeling lost, while Kiyoi’s acting career is soaring. Will their love withstand the pressures of adulthood, or will cracks appear in their once-perfect relationship?

My Beautiful Man Season 2

🥂The Ginger Ale 🥂 Team

Bae Ta Mi (Im Soo Jung), a brilliant tech director at search engine platform Unicon, sees her career crash after being betrayed by her mentor, Song Ga Gyeong (Jeon Hye Jin). Desperate to repair her reputation, she joins rival company Baro, although their director Cha Hyeon (Lee Da Hee) often comes across as a contrarian. As she navigates corporate politics and romantic interest from Park Morgan (Jang Ki Yong), a talented video game music composer, Ta Mi must determine if she can balance the thrill of revenge with the complexities of love. This 2019 South Korean drama was directed by Jung Ji Hyun and Kwon Young Il.

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Actress Song Xiao Yu (Li Yi Tong) is trying to rise to the top of the industry. Her life takes an absurd turn, however, when she mysteriously transports into the plot of the script she's reading and becomes the heroine Song Yi Meng. Because Yi Meng's fate in the story ends in tragedy at the hands of the male lead Nan Heng (Liu Yu Ning), Xiao Yu tries to change the plot. Unfortunately, no matter what she does, she seems to wake right back up where she started – in Nan Heng's control. In a last-ditch attempt to create a better ending for Yi Meng, Xiao Yu decides to hatch a plan to kill Nan Heng. Will this final attempt bring her the ending she wishes for, or is there a different twist in store for her?

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