Please recommend dramas like The Untamed and The Legends where: one of the leads (Lead 1) dies and comes back to life years later (or is widely believed to have died for a long period of time), Lead 2 was in love with Lead 1 before Lead 1 died, and Lead 2 either continues to pine for / mourn Lead 1 for years without moving on or refuses to believe Lead 1 is dead and waits for them to return. 

Bonus if Lead 2 defends / honours Lead 1's memory or looks after Lead 1's child or legacy after Lead 1's death. 

  • Eternal Love 

You most likely already watched/dropped this but it's the only one I can think of rn. I also want to see recs for this trope :P

 lanzhanya:
You most likely already watched/dropped this

I have, but thank you anyway :)

 lanzhanya:
I also want to see recs for this trope :P

Hopefully we'll get some more recs ^^

  • Ancient Love Poetry
  • Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter: Also fulfills your bonus requirement since the female lead has been taking care of their kids for centuries after the male lead's death.
  • Tae Pang Korn: Involves multiple reincarnations between the male and female leads but the male lead does wait to meet the female lead again in one of his lives.
  • +1 Ancient Love Poetry
  • General and I
  • Gunman in Joseon
  • Mysterious Love
  • Doctor Stranger
  • Memory Lost (not dead but everyone claims that the FL doesn't exist)

Thank you for the recommendations Sonme and EvilSupportingCharacter ^^!