The Best Hit – A Typhoon Hit and I Ended Up in the Future!

KDramaHQ AdminMarch 17, 2025

“The Best Hit” (aka “Hit the Top”) is a 2017 Korean drama series with 32 episodes (about 35 minutes each), categorized as Time Travel, Youth, Idol Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural, and Comedy; and streaming on Viki and KOCOWA+.

SUMMARY: No, you’re not dreaming. Yes, I know you’re old and I haven’t aged. But I really am who I say I am!

♦ Bro! IT’S REALLY ME!!

In “The Best Hit”, the year is 1993, and K-pop was in its early stages, and the music genre was beginning to gain traction. Yoo Hyun-jae was making his mark as a pop star and then … one day … he vanished. Nobody knew what to think. Did he die? Did he run away? There’s no trace of him. He had a pager but he can’t be reached. A pager? Uuhhh … yeah. It’s 1993. Or rather … it was 1993.

Fast forward to 2017. Wait! How did I get here? Let’s try to backtrack.

There was a typhoon.
I had a board in my hands almost big enough to be a surfboard.
The wind blew, I fell onto the board and next thing I remember I was surfing down several flight of stairs.
A door opened, I landed on the street and almost got hit by a car.
Looked up, saw faces of strangers and then I passed out!
When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed.

OK! That much Yoo Hyun-jae can recall. Then he heard someone say there were reporters in the hospital and tried to sneak out! Well, because he’s famous! The reporters must be there for him. Right? WRONG!

Yoo Hyun-jae didn’t get it. Nobody recognized him. WHY? He left the hospital, went out into the wonderful world, and … everything looked different. The only thing that looked familiar was the pager he had in his pocket. Eventually, he realized that he had somehow managed to travel 20 years into the future.

He was no longer about to be a famous K-pop idol. Instead, the story about him was that one day Yoo Hyun-jae just disappeared. They never found a body but most people think he died. BUT HE DIDN’T DIE! He’s alive and he needs to get to the people he knows.

It’s a small world. You know those people who almost hit him with a car? It turned out that one of them was his son. A lot happened in 20 years. He doesn’t even know he has a son. The place where he used to live? His son lives there now. In fact, the important people he knew, who think he died, all live in the same place.

Oh yeah. His life story gets better. Although, it gets worse first. LOL.

Main Characters:

Yoo Hyun-Jae (played by Yoon Si-Yoon, “Train”, “Psychopath Diary”, “Nokdu Flower”, “Your Honor”, “Grand Prince”, “The Prime Minister and I”)
Choi Woo-Seung (played by Lee Se-Young, “Motel California”, “What Comes After Love”, “The Story Of Park’s Marriage Contract”, “The Red Sleeve”, “Kairos”, “Memorist”)
Lee Ji-Hoon (played by Kim Min-Jae, “Dr. Romantic 1, 2, and 3”, “Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist 1 and 2”, “Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency”)
Lee Gwang-Jae (played by Cha Tae-Hyun, “Brain Works”, “Along With the Gods”, “The Grand Heist”, “Police University”, “Moving”, “Jeon Woo-Chi”)
Hong Bo-Hee (played by Yoon Son-Ha, “Six Flying Dragons”)

Where to Watch

Viewership and Rating:

My personal rating is the same as the Viki viewers.

“The Best Hit” is just PLAIN OLD FUN!! I am kind of disappointed because I was searching for a K-drama with Cha Eun Woo. He does have a role but it’s support and I didn’t get to see his gorgeous face that much. But it’s OK. The other male actors were cute too! LOL.

One more thing. Korean drama scriptwriters must have a special book titled “Ten Thousand and One Time Travel Plots”. They come up with a bazillion different ways to go through a time portal.

Per Drama Panda: The series had “a slew of cameo appearances, quirky comedy, and a witty script”. A slew of cameo appearances? Really? The only cameo I remember was Jang Hyuk. Probably because I love this guy and didn’t expect to see him! His face was a pleasant surprise.