Brave New World (2026)

• A modern-day chef’s soul gets trapped in the body of a Joseon queen.
• Hilarious, gender-bending, and full of palace politics and romance.
• Similar in that it features possession + Joseon + bold female energy.

• Set in a fictional historical world with soul-shifting magic.
• Features a fierce woman possessed by an assassin’s soul.
• Strong female lead, deep romance, fantasy twist.

– Both women come from other realms (Joseon/historical ? modern, Hell ? modern).

– Both feature intense, bickering relationships with cold modern men.

– Strong female leads clash with equally powerful male leads (chaebol/lawyer).

– Supernatural women adjusting to life, love, and work in the present day.

– Both women are seen as villains or judges but get a chance to change or be understood.

– Both have spirits taking over human bodies.

– Both leads seek justice or revenge in the modern world.

– Characters struggle between who they were and who they are now.

– Their painful pasts drive their new missions.

The male lead gets possessed by a spirit and so does the female lead in brave new world and both leads experience internal struggles and transformation after being overtaken (or influenced) by another spirit.

Both in head over heels and brave new world feature a powerful supernatural female presence (shaman & seductress) who disrupts the male lead’s life.

The romance in both dramas starts with conflict

Both male leads are emotionally distant and cold at first Gyeon-woo because of his dark fate, Se-gye because of his ruthless chaebol personality.

Both have Supernatural (rich?) female leads and Rich male lead.

Both have a strong supernatural female lead. Jang Man-wol (Hotel del Luna) is a centuries-old ghost with a tragic past and Shin Seo-ri is a Joseon-era seductress who possesses an actress in the modern day. Both women are seen as villainous or dangerous but have deep emotional scars underneath.

Both are set in the modern world, but tied to historical past. Man-wol is stuck in the modern era because of her sins from Joseon and Seo-ri’s spirit enters the modern world after her Joseon execution.