Lovely Runner

선재 업고 튀어 ‧ Drama ‧ 2024
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Mnovika21
21 people found this review helpful
May 29, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Memories will never disappeared. They will engraved to your soul!

I decide to watch this drama out of curiousity, but turned out to be my top list favorite drama..

Like Sol and Sunjae, I feel like meeting this drama are like destiny. It is surprisingly give me wonderful impact.

Story,
This drama have such a beautiful and unique story which I can't find in K-Drama land nowadays. Time traveling with so many things that make it more beautiful. The story was easy to follow and light-hearted, but it's make me both cry or laugh so hard. Respect to production team especially writer-nim. Thank you for making such a beautiful story for us.

Acting/Casting,
Byeon Wooseok, I can't believe I spend my whole life missing this talented artist. His acting skill, how he potrayed his character, his gesture, his effort to bring the character alive, all about him bring me undescribable feeling. It is such a blessing I get to know you Byeon Wooseok. He shows that effort and hardwork will never betrayed us. Thank you Wooseok for bringing Sunjae alive for us so perfectly.
Also I want to shout out for Kim Hyeyeon for all of her work for this drama. She is such a talented actrees until I believe that Im Sol is made just for her. I can't imagine other Im Sol besides her. Wooseok and Hyeyeon really made such a great chemistry that can spread their impact around the world.
I can proudly say myself as a fan for any person who act in this drama. All of the actors doing really great job. I didn't skip any moment and scene cause all of them are incredibly enjoyable.

Music,
I love all of the soundtrack. From Eclipse's songs, and other ost. Each song really suit the mood of each scene. Beside that, sometimes the soundtrack seem trivial and production team just unbothered and put the song carelessly. This drama really an exceptuon. The music departement really doing a great effort to match the mood both of the scene and the song itself. And they chose the singer of their soundtrack perfectly.
I can proudly say that if Eclipse really debut, I will be a hard fan. All of the soundtrack already being a permanent resident on my daily playlist.
And my favorite is Sudden Shower or 소나기 of course. This song along with A Day from ATEEZ's Jongho Never failed to make me cry.
p.s, if any production team read this, please bring Eclipse to music show, their live perfornance really blown me away. I need their performance video!

Rewatch Value,
I will proudly put this for my number 1 on my top favorite drama. I plan to rewatched it for sometime, maybe for some months until I'm ready to move on from this beautiful masterpiece.
Overall I can say that such a blessing get to know this drama, the story, the character, the actor, the soundtrack, and other aspec to. This is my most perfect drama that really suit my preference!

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Cutie_Lovely
23 people found this review helpful
May 30, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

My fav drama from now on!!

I'm so in love with this kdrama that I can't-
It was such a beautiful experience. I don't even know when I finished 16 hours of watching! I started this because people recommended it and I'm glad I watched this at this time 🥰 Actors are the best and their acting is marvelous. The chemistry between mains is INSANE. I'M TELLING YOU IT IS EXTRAORDINARY 😉
🫣☺️🥹
If you like comedy then this is a good choice. You will laugh your lungs out 💀💀💀

Music - thrilling, incredible, mind-blowing; I think I will get addicted to the OST.
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Aimi13MD
18 people found this review helpful
May 29, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

PLEASE GO AND WATCH THIS AMAZING DRAMA >~<

First and foremost, the cast in this show did an extremely amazing job! The main leads, Byeon Wooseok who plays Ryu Sunjae and Kim Hyeyoon who plays Im Sol, are such amazing actors as they put all of the emotions into this show. Their chemistry is no joke, like they suit eachother so well. I am so surprised this is their first project together and hopefully more to come in the future !! :D
Furthermore, I can’t stop listening to the osts (especially Spring Snow by 10CM, ITS LITERALLY SO GOOD I CANT!) the lyrics makes me want to cry everytime I listen to the songs as each song provides lyrics that corresponds to what’s going on in the drama😭
The storyline is great and I love watching Sunjae ’s loser moments . The balance between humor and angst in this drama is crazy, it’s literally never boring. Please watch it, you will love this show!!
☂️ 🌸 ⭐️🌧️🌈

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alilearthling
18 people found this review helpful
May 28, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Two souls in love who runs into each other in every timelines of their life.

HEARTWARMING STORY. EXCELLENT CAST. GREAT CHEMISTRY. SOOTHING OST.

This drama gave me butterflies in a long time. Their love and their efforts to love and save each each other in all timelines made my heart and soul happy and sad throughout the drama. This kinds of drama's are rare and such cast with such a heartwarming chemistry is also so refreshing. Thankyou for this heart touching story of love. I will remember this drama for a very long time. <3
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tabnoid
35 people found this review helpful
Jun 5, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 3.0
Story 1.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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A show for a non imaginative viewer. Waste of good acting

Let me contribute to give this 9.2 show the rating it truly deserves. I gave it a 3. 2 stars for two amazing actors and 1 star for good OSTs.

This is literally my first review, I wouldnt mind to make one anywhere but I just had to considering it's just such an insult to mislead people to open MDL and see that this show is above 9.

16 episodes of one dimensional writing, unintelligent dialogue and literally zero character arc or development. This is not hating I swear. But I imagine that if you watch this show with your eyes open it might just be the best romcom ever then you suddently open your brain and start to see many missing components of a story. A short sighted story but the writer decided to confuse viewers that it's a long one. From the leads to the supporting characters we never know anything about the characters themselves because they dont share with other characters or the viewers atleast, their humane thoughts.

Kdramas really need to stop with their murder mystery as the conflict or else i'm gonna lose it. This drama did not even bother to give the villain a motivation nor any background. He's just labeled as psycopathic but it's literally just an excuse for lazy writing. Moving on.


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Hyunjin
13 people found this review helpful
Dec 19, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

loved it

Hye Yoon and Woo Seok have acted in this series so naturally and have cried so beautifully that everytime they cried it made me cry. Woo Seok definitely needs to get a lot of male lead roles after this. he has reached to the top of my favorite actors list.So happy to be ending 2024 with this beautiful series. Time travel kind of a story is generally not my cup of tea as it is very confusing. but that was not the case with this. looking forward to more such beautiful series in 2025. thank you to the whole cast and crew for putting such a masterpiece together
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John Paulo Javier
8 people found this review helpful
Aug 29, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5
this drama is a great drama tho. it kept me hooked within the story and currently rewatching it after i finished it. The main villain kind of frustrated me tho leaving me with no specific reason why is he doing all those things. Thw chemistry of the main cast is great too. The casting i may say are a great roster to the drama. Would recommend it to others who enjoy this kind of genre
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Dejes
8 people found this review helpful
Sep 9, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 8.0
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I'm in love with the main couple and I will sure as hell be watching their other projects. I'm a big fan of them both. It was super cute, engaging and well-paced but the plot was at some point too frustating and took the easy path. It was always the same sh*t happening... Ending was really simple in the end so not very satisfying imo. That being said, Lovely Runner has one of the best last episode but not because of how things wrapped up plot-wise (with the Villain) but because we finally had our MLs happy without worrying about anything or breaking up or whatever !!! Liked it overall

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bunnytweety
8 people found this review helpful
Jul 17, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.0
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similarities and easter eggs from True Beauty

One thing I liked the most was that even though there was a huge suspense element in the kdrama, they didn't make the suspense the whole plot of the drama. It was just something going on in the background, and despite the murder mystery and death, it had a very cute rom-com theme. I heard that this kdrama has the same screenwriter as True Beauty, and throughout the drama, you'll find many similarities in the characters, plot, and Easter eggs, especially between 2nd leads Kim Tae Sung and Han Seo Jun.
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Ongoing 16/16
vik
54 people found this review helpful
May 19, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 2
Overall 1.5
Story 1.5
Acting/Cast 3.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

so predictable

just like many other time travel dramas. same story and repetition of plots. FL keeps going back in time and failing every time, recycled stalker plot again. not to mention the 32-year-old actor playing a teenager. all success comes down to the handsome ml and couples height difference. ost is perhaps the only positive thing followed by the actress good acting, which ironically is downplayed by fans of the drama who treats her like a rookis, even though she already has an established career.....
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aad
20 people found this review helpful
May 28, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5

best k-drama of 2024

Lovely Runner is honestly the best K-drama of 2024, at least in my opinion. I loved each and every single episode and the chemistry between Kim Hye Yoon )KHY) and Byeon Woo Seok (BWS) was ON FIRE. Other than the main leads and their superb acting, the supporting characters acted well and the OSTs were fantastic. Here's a breakdown of the ratings for each part of the drama:

Story:

Im Sol is a fangirl who is disabled and during her toughest times, her Idol Ryu Sun Jae gives her the motivation to live. However, one day her idol dies and she has 3 chances to save her idol by traveling to the past. During this time, she finds herself falling in love with him. However, twists and turns cause obstacles between them. The story was amazing! The writer combined mystery, comedy, and romance very well. I LOVE time travel dramas when they are done well, and this one was one of those!

Cast/Acting:

The main leads' acting was everything! I've only watched 2-3 dramas of Kim Hye Yoon but I can't imagine any actress playing Im Sol other than Hye Yoon. I loved her character in Extraordinary You which was another fantasy drama, and her character here reminds me of Dan Oh too, but she portrayed Im Sol's character amazingly and brought her character to life.

Byeon Woo Seok did a great job in playing Ryu Sun Jae, who's a loser boy in love in all the timelines LOL. Additionally, his versatile acting from 20th Century Girl to Strong Girl Nam Soon, in this drama, he played different characters and portrayed all of them well.

Kim Tae Sung, played by Song Geon Hee, is one of my favorite second leads. he's one of those characters where I wished he didn't get the main girl but he gets his happy ending. Initially, I didn't like his character but he grew on me later and in the college timeline and the present timeline, he became one of my favorite characters ever. he's one of my favorite second leads because he respected Im Sol's boundaries and never made her uncomfortable, which is a HUGE GREEN FLAG. I loved that!

Music:

The OSTs were a 10 out of 10! The OSTs make the drama more memorable but one fact I loved was that Byeon Woo Seok himself sang some of the songs and one of my favorites was Sudden Shower! Here is a list of some of my favorite songs in the drama:

"Sudden Shower" - Eclipse (Byeon Woo Seok)
"Like A Dream" - MINNIE
"Star" - N.Flying
- Another one of my favorite supporting characters was Baek In Hyuk played by Lee Seung Hyub - the leader of N.Flying
"A Day" - Jong Ho
"Spring Snow "- 10CM

Rewatch value:

I've rewatched episode 8 a LOT, especially that scene (iykyk hahah) because of their incredible chemistry!!! I've also rewatched up to episode 13 while waiting for the other episodes and I'll definitely rewatch this drama if I need something to watch. I'd definitely rewatch it as I feel like I'd find many details that I had missed out on before. overall, I'd PAY to watch Lovely Runner for the first time again 😭

Overall:

This was one of the best dramas of 2024 if not the BEST. It deserves the high ratings it's receiving and even higher ratings, especially on MDL. Lovely Runner was everything to me, and I wanted to share my review because I completely enjoyed every episode, and the acting and OSTs to the story were OUTSTANDING!

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dc123
20 people found this review helpful
May 28, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

BEST K DRAMA 2024

I loved everything about this drama, the actors, the music, the side characters. The last episode was perfection, that's how a rom-com should end, full of lovely moments and focused on the leads relationship. I will re-watch it for sure. The chemistry was there, I laughed and cried, not a lot of dramas will make me laugh, but this one did. Lost of funny moments, ML relationship with the FL family, his friends, the SML was great, not forced. Best kdrama I have watched this year
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