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Still Shining(2026)

Also known as Shining (2026) • Syaining

Archived · JTBC

1010 eps
S01
DramaRomance
ON AIR: MAR 6Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Still Shining is a reunion romance that takes its time, letting a decade of separation carry real weight before the two leads find their way back to each other. Grief and personal growth are threaded through the love story itself, not set aside once the romance begins, so the emotional ground keeps shifting even as the relationship rebuilds.

Beyond the central couple, brother-brother and father-daughter bonds give the story additional pressure points, each relationship shaped by loss in its own way. The show moves at a measured pace, trusting that the distance between who these people were and who they have become is enough to hold attention without manufactured urgency.

Best for

slow-burn reunion, quiet grief romance and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Romance

Commitment

Season 1 · 10 episodes

Where

JTBC

Official Premise

Two people shaped by loss and the passage of time drift apart when they’re young, then reconnect ten years later. As they face love, grief, and the challenges of growing up, their old bond becomes a steady light that helps them move forward.

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