isekai and/or time traveling <3
- These dramas are "transporting." Limiting myself to listing only dramas I've reviewed or mostly watched.
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1. Love Game in Eastern Fantasy
Chinese Drama - 2024, 32 episodes
THE chinese drama isekai. A modern day office worker gets pulled into a fantasy novel mid-posting a negative review of it online. She becomes the villainous second female lead and is given a secret mission from the "System" controlling the novel: "conquer" the antihero/villain by becoming his true love. Cute goofy romance (so far, still airing)
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2. The Romance of Tiger and Rose
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
THE chinese isekai. A script-writer is pulled into her own world and wakes up as a secondary villainous character who gets killed off early in the plot. The script-writer has to survive with the help of the antihero romantic lead who originally killed her. Cute romance, very meta. The still-airing "love game in eastern fantasy" is gunning for this one's top spot (in my heart).
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3. Mr. Queen
Korean Drama - 2020, 20 episodes
Kdrama. Male chef gets transported into the body of a Joseon queen!
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4. Story of Kunning Palace
Chinese Drama - 2023, 38 episodes
Cdrama. "Evil" empress dies and then wakes up as her 18 yo self. She has to survive and navigate her life a second time, hopefully for the better with her previous incarnation's insider knowledge. Drama, Bai Lu lovely as always, and a red flag romance that can be seen from outer space but the vibes fit.
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5. A Man Who Defies the World of BL
Japanese Special - 2021, 1 episode
A college student realizes that he lives in the world of BL !! He is determined to not fall into a BL plot but just live a peaceful NPC life (hilarity ensues).
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6. Extraordinary You
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
Kdrama. Characters in a comic start to wake up in the "off stage" world of their webtoon and try to change their story's plot. Very meta, existential, emotional.
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7. W
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
Kdrama. A surgeon gets pulled into her father's webtoon and begins a romance with the comic's leading man. Emotional rollercoaster. I loved the romantic first half, not a big fan of the action/drama packed last section.
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8. Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
The crew of the kdrama "Tale of the Nine-Tailed" time travel to 1930s Korea.
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9. The Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
Cdrama. A modern real estate agent wakes up in the body of a period era woman. Hilarity ensues. Lots of comedy, romance, fantasy, drama, etc. I dropped this at around the 20 ep mark when the fantasy got a little too wild for me.
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10. Marry My Husband
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
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11. When Destiny Brings the Demon
Chinese Drama - 2025, 33 episodes
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12. Echoes of the Self
Chinese Drama - 2025, 22 episodes
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13. The Tower of Whispers
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
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14. The First Night with the Duke
Korean Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
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15. How Dare You!?
Chinese Drama - 2026, 32 episodes














