It’s been more than 2 years since the last episode of Crash Landing on You, and the arrival of a 2nd season is still uncertain, so viewers have a lot of time to try out shows like Crash Landing on You that will make them experience similar feelings. To be honest, it is not easy to replace this series with any other show as it seems to be one of South Korea’s most successful shows in viewership numbers.
Nonetheless, this does not mean that viewers should stay away from other Korean shows of good quality. That’s why we have a list of Korean shows like Crash Landing on You that will help viewers wait for the show’s Season 2.
1. Memories of the Alhambra
Memories of the Alhambra
The 1st series you should watch before Crash Landing on You Season 2 arrives is Memories of the Alhambra (2018-2019), another series with fans waiting for the 2nd season. The romantic sci-fi/drama series follows the CEO of an investment company, a young man named Yoo Jin-Woo. When he travels to Spain to experience a brilliantly designed AR game about medieval Alhambra, he meets with the creator’s sister and learns the creator’s missing. While the lines between the real world and the game’s world start to blur, the 2 find themselves entangled in mysterious incidents.
2. Legend of the Blue Sea
Legend of the Blue Sea
Legend of the Blue Sea (2016-2017) is the 2nd series on our list of shows like Crash Landing on You. This one is a fantasy series that has Crash Landing on You‘s romance and comedy. It follows the love story of a mermaid and a con artist. When a mermaid from the Joseon period suddenly finds herself in the present day, she meets a swindler who may have a link to someone from her past.
3. The King: Eternal Monarch
The King: Eternal Monarch
From a long list of recommendable Korean TV shows, The King: Eternal Monarch (2020) is one of those that shines out. This romance/fantasy is centered around 2 alternate realities: in one, there is the Kingdom of Corea, and in the other, there is the Republic. The main character is Emperor Lee Gon, who rules over the Kingdom in the modern day. Everything changes when he discovers a secret portal into an alternate reality where there is no Kingdom but the Republic of Corea instead.
While trying to understand the existence of these 2 worlds, Lee Gon also fights against his half-uncle, who had assassinated his father and now wants to live an eternal life.
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4. Suspicious Partner
Suspicious Partner
Suspicious Partner (2017) is also on the list of shows you must watch before Crash Landing on You Season 2. The show follows a young woman training to become a prosecutor, Eun Bong Hee, as she becomes a murder suspect. Noh Ji Wook is a prosecutor wanting to help Bong Hee on her case but loses his job. Nevertheless, Bong Hee is found not guilty, but the real murderer is still on the loose. Bong Hee manifests her love for Ji Wook, but he doesn’t return her love, although he offers to help her to find the actual murderer, who appears to have amnesia.
5. Something in the Rain
Something in the Rain
Something in the Rain (2018) is also among popular Korean TV shows. About a 30-something woman who can’t find real love, Something in the Rain is about how a successful and intelligent businesswoman navigates a life where her culture and traditions pressure her. The woman, Yoon Jin Ah, never had a stroke of luck in her dating life until she meets someone from her childhood and is amazed at how mature and masculine he is. She quickly falls madly in love with him despite an age difference, and this is their story about accepting their differences and learning to be comfortable in public together.
6. The Innocent Man
The Innocent Man
The last of Korean TV shows you can watch before Crash Landing on You Season 2 is The Innocent Man (2012), a series about a young medical student Kang Ma-ru, who is in love with his neighbor Han Ja-hee. But when Ja-hee meets a wealthy CEO and gets rid of her poverty, Ma-ru does not takes it well and becomes a changed man. Especially when he meets a young heiress named Seo Eun-gi, about to take over her father’s company, Ma-ru decides to take revenge on Ja-hee through Eun-gi.
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