The Legend of the Blue Sea

Series Similar to The Legend of the Blue Sea

If you enjoyed The Legend of the Blue Sea, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Queen In Hyun's Man

   2012 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Kim Boong Do is a scholar who had supported the reinstatement of Queen In Hyun when Jang heebin's schemes resulted in her being deposed and replaced as King Sukjong's queen consort. He travels 300 years into the future of modern Seoul and meets Choi Hee Jin, a no-name actress who is expecting a career renaissance through her role as Queen In Hyun in a TV drama.

2. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

   2016 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Guardians are always whom we fear. Surely not this time. A guardian living in Seoul in 2016 is the sexiest chick magnet. More than a hundred years old in reality, he hangs out with the young. But not many people know that he is hollow inside. He has been searching for the ‘goblin bride' for decades, but she is no where to be found. Then one day, he keeps getting summoned by Eun-tak. There, he sees the Reaper, not knowing that they are to become roommates. That's where the story begins. A Goblin, trying to protect a girl who should have been dead a long time ago. A Reaper, desperately wanting to take the girl to complete his task.

3. My Girlfriend is a Gumiho

   2010 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem, also on SBS.

   Cha Dae Woong is a spoiled brat with plans to become a successful action star. One day, on the run from his rich grandfather's latest fit of rage towards him, he accidentally frees a nine-tailed fox, Gu Mi Ho, who has been imprisoned in a painting for 500 years. Frightened at first, he runs away to the woods and ends up getting seriously injured. Feeling indebted to him, Gu Mi Ho gives him her " fox orb " a powerful part of her life force, to heal him. When he wakes up, the two form an awkward partnership, as Dae Woong begins to rely on the power of the orb to shoot his action sequences, while also giving in to Mi Ho's request to teach her how to act human. Though Dae Woong is initially acting out of fear, things start to change as he gradually begins to fall for her. However, Mi Ho will be faced with a terrible choice as her time in human form runs out in this heart-wrenching comedy.

4. Beautiful Gong Shim

   2016 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem, also on SBS.

   Welcome to the life of Ahn Dan Tae. A life of ups and dows as he gets wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit and is sentenced to prison. Afterwards, he becomes a human rights attorney and successor of a large company.

5. Chicago Typewriter

   2017 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Chicago Typewriter is a story about three writers who lived during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, and are reincarnated into the present as a best-selling writer in a slump, an anti-fan and a ghostwriter.

6. Twinkling Watermelon

   2023 · Fantasy, Music, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Twinkling Watermelon follows a story about CODA, (a deaf child born under deaf parents) a boy born of natural talent for music, and Eun Gyul, crash-landing into an unfamiliar space through a suspicious musical instrument store. Eun Gyul forms the band Watermelon Sugar with the youth he met there and communicates with them through music.

7. Rooftop Prince

   2012 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem, also on SBS.

   A prince from the Joseon era, Lee Gak, is catapulted 300 years forward into the future in Seoul 2012 with his entourage, which includes Song Man Bo, Do Chi San and Woo Young Sul, when he tries to investigate the suspicious circumstances which surround the death of the girl he loved. In the present, he finds a girl who looks exactly like his beloved crown princess...

8. Cherry Magic

   2023 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Meet Achi, an extremely ordinary employee at a stationery company. He is single and a virgin because he has never been in a relationship in his life. On his 30th birthday, Achi is shocked to discover his superpower to read minds by touching people. Of course, it's not something he wants. Believing mind reading is only going to give him headaches, he avoids touching anyone at all costs. Unfortunately, Achi's situation takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally reads his handsome, perfect colleague Karan and learns that this guy who is always in a good mood and has a smile on his face is falling for him. To stop things from going too far, Achi tries to keep a distance from Karan.Achi goes to his 30-year-old writer best friend Jinta for advice, considering he might be a love expert. At first, Jinta thinks Achi has probably worked too hard and imagined things in his head. On Jinta's birthday not long after, it turns out that he is also a virgin with the same superpower. More importantly, Jinta is currently falling in love with a delivery guy named Minwho is almost 10 years apart. The two best friends are caught up in a love mess. Also in the picture are Rock, a younger staff member who seems very close to Achi and gets Karan into his possessive mode, and Pai, a cute single girl at the office whom everyone roots for to date Achi. However, Pai is a boys' love fan who can't help but notice that there's something going on between Karan and Achi in secret. How will the love story of 30-year-old virgins unfold? 

9. Destined with You

   2023 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   The irresistible romance between a civil servant who obtains a forbidden book that was thoroughly sealed 300 years ago and a popular lawyer who becomes a victim of the forbidden book.

10. Splash Splash Love

    2015 · Fantasy, Romance, History · ended

    Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

    Senior High school student Dan Bi has to take the College Scholastic Ability test. While failing a different study due to stress, she falls into a time lapse on the day of her exam and arrives in the Joseon Era. Lee Do is a king who can't be stopped and is trying to put effort in everything as he received the throne at his young age.