Romantic do-over time travel BL/GLs
One of my favorite supernatural gimmicks. It allows an author to slightly tweak circumstances or character motivations and show how drastically differently things play out then. It also multiplies the number of 'firsts', which always feel like emotional high stakes moments; first confessions, first kisses, first moment it falls apart again. And it necessitates character growth, which y'know, should be a given in any plot, but lazy writing means that sometimes gets forgotten.
These are only the shows in which characters travel back to an earlier stage of their own life.
For gays getting shunted to an unfamiliar past or future, see this list: link.
For gay period pieces in general, see this list: link.
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1. Triage
Thai Drama - 2022, 13 episodes
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2. Be My Favorite
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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3. Reset
Thai Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
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4. Reverse 4 You
Thai Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
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5. Once Again
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
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6. Rearrange
Thai Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
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7. Head 2 Head
Thai Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
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8. Reverse with Me
Thai Drama - 2025, 8 episodes
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9. Always Meet Again
Korean Drama - 2026, 8 episodes
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10. I'll Turn Back This Time
Chinese Drama - 2025, 6 episodes
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11. To You, for Me
Chinese Movie - 2015
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12. Absolute Zero
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
The creepiest way to do this trope, just fall in love with a teenage version of your lover as a full grown adult.
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13. Time
Thai Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
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14. HIStory: Obsessed
Taiwanese Special - 2017, 4 episodes
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15. Rebirth
Chinese Movie - 2017
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16. W: King
Japanese Drama - 2025, 42 episodes
Really confusing plot but I think it belongs here
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17. Love beyond Dreams
Thai Drama - 2026, 7 episodes
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18. Journey with You
Chinese Drama - 2026, 8 episodes

















