Mystery C-Dramas Like Derailment: Reset, Someday or One Day & More

Mystery C-drama Derailment has made a buzz among Chinese drama lovers with its unique and complicated storyline. It has elements of thriller, sci-fi, and romance. Derailment premiered on December 14, 2023, and featured popular actors Liu Haocun and Lin Yi. The drama follows the story of Jiang Xiao Yuan (Liu Haocun) traveling through parallel universes in search of her real identity.

Does the uniqueness of Derailment make you wonder if there are more C-dramas like it? Well, we have got you covered. The list below contains Chinese dramas that follow a similar concept. It includes Reset, Someday or One Day, I Don’t Want to Be Friends With You, etc.

1. Reset

This 2022 mystery C-drama is a fan favorite. It follows the story of Li Shi Qing (Zhao Jinmai). Shi Qing finds herself stuck in a never-ending time loop. She always finds herself stuck in the same place, a public bus that is about to explode. Desperate to find a solution, she drags a fellow passenger Xiao He Yun (Bai Jingting) into the loop with her. Together they try to find a way to escape their tragic fate.

Reset is available for streaming on Tencent Video.

2. Someday or One Day

This 2019 series garnered much attention from both domestic and international C-drama fans. Ko Chia Yen plays the role of Huang Yu Xuan who is heartbroken after her boyfriend’s death. On the other hand, in 1998, a girl named Chen Yun Ru is hopelessly in love with a boy who doesn’t share her feelings. On her birthday she wishes to turn into the girl he loves. A mysterious cassette player interchanges these two girls’ lives. Someday or One Day is a story of lost love, friendship, and heartbreak.

Viewers can watch Someday or One Day on Viki.

3. I Don’t Want to Be Friends With You

This C-drama came out in 2020. Li Jin Bu (Sabrina Zhuang) is extremely close with her mother, Chen Hao Yu (Li Qing Tong). A strange phenomenon takes her 20 years back and she meets her mother as a young woman. Even though they belong to different generations, the two quickly form a strong bond. The duo experience many things together. Li Jin Bu meets her mother in a completely new light and respects her even more.

Viewers can watch the drama on iQIYI.

4. Shining for One Thing

In this 2022 iQIYI original series, Lin Bei Xing (Karlina Zhang) is heartbroken after her fiancé, whom she has been in love with since high school cancels their engagement. She goes back to her old high school to relive memories. It starts raining all of a sudden and Bei Xing activates her old phone. But strangely she travels back in time and finds herself stuck in her eighteen-year-old body.

5. Scarlet Heart

Scarlet Heart is a 2011 historical drama. The original broadcasting network of this series was Hunan TV. After Zhang Xiao (Liu Shishi) meets with an accident, she is sent back in time. Her life turns upside down when she wakes up as Maertai Ruoxi, a Qing dynasty aristocrat. Even though she wants to stay away from powerplay or politics, she gets involved. Things get out of hand when she falls in love with the fourth prince.

Viewers can watch it on Viki.

Some other C-dramas that follow a similar concept of mystery and time travel are Step Into the Past, The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow, Legally Romance, etc.

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