K-Dramas Like Way Back Love

Loved Way Back Love (2025), tvN, and want more with the same feel? It is known for grim reaper, friends to lovers and first love. Here are 10 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.

Grim ReaperFriends To LoversFirst LoveHealingBantering RelationshipSecond Chance
  1. 1

    Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

    역도요정 김복주

    2016 · MBC · 16 episodes · Drama, Romance, Sports

    A story of love and dreams between three young potential athletes: weightlifter Kim Book Joo, swimmer Jung Joon Hyung, rhythmic-gymnast Song Shi Ho, and the nutritionist Jung Jae…

    Same feel: Bantering Relationship, Friends To Lovers, Healing, First Love

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  2. 2

    Tomorrow

    내일

    2022 · MBC · 16 episodes · Action, Thriller, Drama

    Jun Ung cannot get hired anywhere and is about to give up when he saves a stranger on the edge of a bridge.

    Same feel: Grim Reaper, Fantasy

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  3. 3

    Fight for My Way

    쌈 마이웨이

    2017 · KBS2 · 16 episodes · Business, Comedy, Romance

    Dong Man once dreamed of becoming a fighter, and his childhood friend Ae Ra of becoming a TV anchor, but life has led them to very ordinary jobs.

    Same feel: Friends To Lovers, First Love, Romance

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  4. 4

    If You Wish Upon Me

    당신이 소원을 말하면

    2022 · KBS2 · 16 episodes · Romance, Life, Drama

    Kyeo Re has grown up through abuse, orphanages and prison, and is close to giving up. His court-ordered community service at a hospice changes everything.

    Same feel: Second Chance, Healing, Romance

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  5. 5

    Reply 1997

    응답하라 1997

    2012 · tvN · 16 episodes · Comedy, Romance, Life

    In 1997, Shi Won is a high school fan of a famous boy band, and she and her five friends in Busan share everything.

    Same feel: Friends To Lovers, First Love, Romance

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  6. 6

    18 Again

    18 어게인

    2020 · jTBC · 16 episodes · Romance, Life, Drama

    Dae Yeong is a tired, laid-off father of twins whose marriage has hit the rocks after years of small regrets.

    Same feel: Second Chance, First Love, Fantasy, Romance

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  7. 7

    Perfect Marriage Revenge

    완벽한 결혼의 정석

    2023 · MBN · 12 episodes · Business, Romance, Drama

    I Ju is a painter who feels overlooked by her adoptive family and finds out her husband loves her younger sister.

    Same feel: Second Chance, Fantasy, Romance

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  8. 8

    Still 17

    서른이지만 열일곱입니다

    2018 · SBS · 32 episodes · Music, Mystery, Comedy

    Seo Ri was a violin prodigy at seventeen when a bus accident left her in a coma. She wakes thirteen years later, thirty on the outside but still seventeen inside.

    Same feel: Healing, First Love, Romance

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  9. 9

    365: Repeat the Year

    365: 운명을 거스르는 1년

    2020 · MBC · 24 episodes · Thriller, Mystery, Drama

    Every year, a mysterious rule allows ten people to go back in time and relive the past twelve months. When they use it, their choices ripple out in strange and dangerous ways.

    Same feel: Second Chance, Fantasy

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  10. 10

    Marry My Husband

    내 남편과 결혼해줘

    2024 · tvN · 16 episodes · Comedy, Romance, Drama

    Ji Won is a hardworking wife whose life falls apart when she discovers her husband is cheating with her best friend, and she dies soon after.

    Same feel: Second Chance, Fantasy, Romance

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About Way Back Love

Hui Wan is twenty-four and has lost her will to live. Then her childhood friend and first love, Ram U, appears in front of her. He died four years ago and is now a grim reaper. See the full page, cast and where to watch →

Questions about dramas like Way Back Love

What are the best dramas like Way Back Love?

Our top picks are Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Tomorrow, Fight for My Way, followed by If You Wish Upon Me. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as grim reaper, friends to lovers and first love, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.

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