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★ 8.0 19K votes 2016–2016 1 season · 17 episodes Ended MBC
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10Puzzle plotNonlinear timelines, twists and structural games that reward attention.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 7/10Fast-pacedRelentless forward momentum that rarely stops to idle.This show: 7/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Lee Chae-kyungHan Hyo-jooLee Jong-sukLee Tae-HwanKim Eui-sungJeong Eu-gene
Starring
Lee Chae-kyungHan Hyo-jooLee Jong-sukLee Tae-HwanKim Eui-sungJeong Eu-gene
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About

"A love story that interrogates its own author"

A young doctor is pulled through a strange portal into the pages of her father's hit webtoon, where she meets its charismatic hero just as he starts realizing he might be trapped inside his own fictional story. What begins as a slick serial-killer thriller quickly mutates into a genre-bending romance about fate, authorship, and whether a character can escape the page. The tone swings between breezy rom-com banter and genuine existential dread, carried by magnetic leads and a premise audacious enough to forgive its wobbles. Twists reward patience more than tight logic.

Watch it for

the audacious premise about a fictional hero realizing he might escape his own story.

Maybe skip if

you dislike plots that prioritize a bold concept over airtight internal logic.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12016
8.13K1713h 4m
After being pulled into the webtoon world created by her father, a surgical resident gets entangled in a murder mystery involving the story's hero.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Oh Sung Moo Has Disappeared!8.2
241—
▶2Find Her, the Key to My Life8.2
210—
▶3I'm Someone Who Will Do That8.0
19962 min
▶4What Is This World Where You Live in?8.4
20561 min
▶5I've Come Here. To Your World.8.3
20162 min
▶6Save Kang Chul! Save Him!7.9
18761 min
▶7I Was Scared. That I Wouldn't Be Able to See You Again8.2
19159 min
▶8Oh Yeon Joo, Forget Me Now7.9
17759 min
▶9The Person Is the Sole Man Kang Chul Will Accept8.0
17860 min
▶10Are You Suspecting Me Now?8.1
17262 min
▶11CEO Kang Has Been Looking for You, Oh Yeon Joo7.9
16861 min
▶12From Now On, I Summon Myself7.9
16360 min
▶13The Finale of W Begins Now7.9
16459 min
▶14She Is Dead a While Ago7.9
15959 min
▶15We Should Decide Now to Make Ending7.6
15759 min
▶16I Love You7.9
166—
▶17Unfinished Story8.9
82—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lee Chae-kyung Nurse Jung
Han Hyo-joo Oh Yeon-joo
Lee Jong-suk Kang Cheol
Lee Tae-Hwan Seo Do-yoon
Kim Eui-sung Oh Sung-moo
Jeong Eu-gene Yoon So-hui
Lee Si-eon Park Soo-bong
Kang Ki-young Kang Suk-bum
Nam Gi-ae Gil Soo-seon
Park Won-sang Han Chul-ho

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