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18 Again

★ 8.1 5K votes 2020–2020 1 season · 16 episodes Ended JTBC
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 8/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 8/10RedemptionThe long road to earning back a lost self.This show: 7/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 7/10WholesomeKindness and decency at the core, with barely a trace of cynicism.This show: 7/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kim Ha-neulYoon Sang-HyunLee Do-hyunRoh Jeong-euiRyeounKim Kang-hyeon
Starring
Kim Ha-neulYoon Sang-HyunLee Do-hyunRoh Jeong-euiRyeounKim Kang-hyeon
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A do-over fantasy about noticing your own family again"

A struggling, about-to-be-divorced father in his late thirties wakes up one day looking eighteen again, and uses the disguise to go back to high school, reconnect with his estranged family, and rediscover who he used to be. It's a warm, occasionally goofy fantasy-drama that leans hard into nostalgia and family sentiment rather than romance twists. The pace is gentle, the tone swings between broad comedy and genuine tearjerker moments, and it works best if you enjoy earnest, feel-good Korean dramas about second chances and appreciating the people you take for granted.

Watch it for

the lead's charming double performance as both a weary adult and a wide-eyed teen.

Maybe skip if

you find family-centric sentimentality or slow-burn domestic drama tiresome.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12020
8.61K1618h 19m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Life Goes On8.0
11468 min
▶2About The Things That Made You Smile8.9
9868 min
▶3A Story about Rain and You8.8
8867 min
▶4The Boy We Loved Back Then8.8
8472 min
▶5First Loves Never Come True8.5
8272 min
▶6A Sincere Heart of Her Number 1 Fan8.8
8075 min
▶7Someone Who Gives Courage to Me8.6
7867 min
▶8The Story Only I Didn't Know8.8
11067 min
▶9Things You Notice Only After You Have Lost Them8.6
8174 min
▶10If I Love Again8.8
8467 min
▶11Lost Love8.5
8267 min
▶12Half-moon8.6
8069 min
▶13Man That Makes My Heart Flutter8.5
7568 min
▶14I Miss You8.5
7463 min
▶15Confession8.6
7869 min
▶16Life Continues8.5
8166 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kim Ha-neul Jeong Da-jeong
Yoon Sang-Hyun Hong Dae-young
Lee Do-hyun Go Woo Young, Hong Dae Young
Roh Jeong-eui Hong Si-ah
Ryeoun Hong Si-woo
Kim Kang-hyeon Go Deok-jin
Lee Mi-do Choo Ae-rin
Choi Bo-min Seo Ji-ho
Hwang In-Youp Goo Ja-seong
Bin Chan-uk Bang Gi-yong

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