Lovely Runner

The romance here is so good, and so strong, I could overlook a lot . . .

Byeon Woo-seok as Ryu Sun-jae steals the show as the ideal traditional romantic male. Putting our main character's safety above his own, being strong, handsome, and famous while still earnest, honest and sentimental. Kim Hye-yoon as Im Sol has great chemistry with him, but her character and acting is a bit one note on its own.

This drama will go down as one of my all time favorite romances, but unfortunately not one of my favorite shows overall. The premise of a 'groundhogs day' is somewhat unique to start, but there's a lot here rehashed from the K-Drama plot bin including serial killers, slapstick comedy about working class people, etc. as the scenario repeats, and repeats, and repeats it starts to wear thin.

BUT YET! I could watch Ryu Sun-Jae being in love with Im Sol for 50 episodes if need be, that's how good the romance is here. It's worth a watch despite the flaws. Music is strong and there's some scenes worth a rewatch.

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Easily one of my favorites

I've watched K-Drama consistently as far back as Full House (with Rain and Song Hye Kyo) - I have to say, Lovely Runner has become one of my absolute favorites.

If you're the type of watcher that likes to overanalyze plots, is extremely bothered by 'plotholes' that arise because of the time slip concept — forgetting that time travel is preposterous to begin with — and the type that needs a back story for every single character that appears, including the villain (how many psychopaths are just what they are because they are? Answer: a lot), then some aspects of the drama will bother you.

I and a lot of others, found it refreshing, extremely charming, and difficult to part with the characters, just because they have grown so much on us, and we rooted so much for Sol and Sunjae's love to come true. I never felt such a satisfying end to a K-drama I loved all throughout years of watching as I did with this one. I have also never had such bad post-drama depression lol. I literally can't watch anything else even 2 weeks after it's ended because I'm so hungover on Lovely Runner.

Now, there are a lot of recently posted negative reviews for the drama. While I can get it may not be everyone's cup of tea — if you're reading this review, go give it a try anyway. Don't let reviews dictate what you might feel about a drama. After all, at the end of the day, it's all about personal preference.

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IMSOL CHARACTER IS NOT ANNOYING!

She's doing anything that she could to make everyone's life better, and not only focus on Sunjae only like yall try to said. Girl preventing her house from burning and saving her mom's hand from getting burned, treating her mom better than her old self before, making his brother get the lottery so that he can have a better life, asking Tae Sung to focus on his study and not being a bad boy as he used to be, like cuz of Im Sol's advice, boy graduated high school and became a policeman, and obviously saving Sunjae's dad from becoming depressed from losing his one and only son yet yall saying her character is too much, annoying or only focus on a man lol what a joke.
PLUS
I won't tolerate any slander against Kim Hye-yoon, either her character or her personal life personality. She's endured a lot of mistreatment and misogyny throughout this drama. BWS solo stans have been trash-talking her since the show started when their oppa was unknown in the entertainment industry, while Hye-yoon is already recognized as a rising star and being given future Chungmuro nicknames already. It's ridiculous that his new fans belittle her, saying BWS is too good for her. If yall just wanna watch cuz of him,then just shut ur fucking mouth and watch quietly no need to talk trash about hy. This drama is told from Im Sol's perspective, as the title (Piggyback Sunjae and Run) literally coming from her fanclub nicknames,so of course she'll protect her love interest no matter what happens. Also, both her character and Sunjae are sunshine and bubbly, yet people find her annoying while yall worshipped and idolizing him lol.

Sunjae character is annoying too, always prioritise his lover without thinking his own health and his dad's advice, doing anything for a girl she just met, ignoring everyone advice just for a sake of a girl, always being an overdependence towards imsol, lack of personal growth but of course yall not gonna say anything about that since the thing yall care is hot man only.

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Cute watch, angsty but not the best in the crime part

I am some one that drops dramas (especially romcoms) once it gets boring, pretty easily. But i did not drop this, and that itself says a lot about this drama.

Just finished. I personally liked it. There are flaws but not enough to make me drop it. Maybe i liked it cause this was my comeback drama after i didn't watch any new dramas for almost a year.
The crime part did not really felt like it fit in the story. The characters especially ml and fl could have had a depth, it felt like fl and ml's entire life revolved around each others. Fl was disable and time travelled back when did not have disability, this could have been a good opportunity for her to try going in depth about enjoying her life with the working legs she had but instead she went after ml. Same with ml, we could have gone in depth about his passion for swimming, he literally almost got to join the olympics for god's sake! but no. he just gave up and went after his crush. The killer didn't made me feel menacing because we don't even go in depth about the killer (what he does, how he does this, what was his life before, how did he started killing etc.

But all that said , the acting was good. No one else can act like Im sol other than kim hye yoon. Same with byeon woo seok as sun jae. Their romance was too sweet to not do "awww" especially with the ost.

THE OSTs ! for some reason Spring snow by 10CM makes me cry in a good way? every time even if the song is cute idk why. same for Like a dream by MINNE and A day by Jongho from ateez's vocals. 10/10! Also Byeon Woo Seok is a great singer.

why did the killer just died? They killed him off after all that in the first 5 minutes of the final ep....makes no sense. He is the main villain and he just got hit and died? Could have done better in that.

good watch ,made me cry in the end, will only rewatch for nostalgia that's it.

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MOST FAVORITE OF THEM ALL

words can’t describe how this kdrama left me after every episode😭i was in complete shock😭it was like no other dramas. it made me experience the sea of emotions whether it was sad, happy, amazed, angry and etc. i’ve watched quite a lot kdramas but like this one??? NEVER it’s something else really😭😭 also the actors, they were so pretty which made it more exciting, also the music which made me cry EVERY TIME 😭😭😭😭 i can’t even realize it ended that quickly 😭 i wish it would never end, i wish when the next monday comes they will still upload their 17th episode 😭😭😭 even though i know it will never happen.. goodbye Sol, goodbye Sun Jae 😭🤍🤍🤍🤍 it was nice to be with you this 8weeks💗💗 i will never forget any of you 😭💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

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My On Repeat Watching KDrama

I know it might be boring and so typical it drama, but somehow we need this kinda drama where Kdramas out there getting more intense and somewhat sometimes out of the box!

But for sureeee this drama sooo FUN! I really enjoyed watching this drama and been rewatching this drama like multiple times in the nearest gap!

ImSol and SeonJae really love and care each other with their own way, but their communication getting better and growing day-by-day. I just love how they get mature from 19yo to 34yo. So far this one of some KDrama that I keep rewatching until I'm gonna feel bored.

If you love high school to early adult romcom drama with the hint of time travel and a little thriller, GO WATCH this drama!

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MY MONDAY'S ARE GONNA BE BLUE AGAIN T-T

**IF UR CONTEMPLATING WHETHER TO WATCH THIS OR NOT- SAVE UR PRECIOUS SECONDS AND GO WATCH THIS RN (DOESN'T MATTER IF UR A 10 YR OLD MIDDLE SCHOOLER OR A 50 YR OLD AHJUSSI, GO FUCKING WATCH THIS)*
So as for the review: Every once in a while, there comes a drama or a movie that you get super attached to, something uknow will become your comfort place for the future. Lovely Runner was this for a lot of netizens out there. The amount of love it has received is totally justified by what it has provided to us.
LR has made my mondays worth waiting for for the last 2 months and as much i was anticipating the ending and couldn't wait to see it, i can't let it go. My Monday's will be blue again and my tuesday's will feel empty.
It has been a long time since I have obsessed over a drama like this. Even looking at all the bts and interviews.
Most dramas are a one time watch and over a few days we tend to forget them. But there's some, like this one, which we'll find ourselves coming backk to.
The focal point of this drama is the chemistry. If you're a hopeless romantic like me, u need to watch it. The romantic timing is so damn good in this and ur gonna be feeling all kinds of butterflies everywhere.
The main reason LR is loved by all is the family friendly storyline, the heartfluttering romance and the relatable characters. Watching this, there wasn't one second of "what is this scene" or "this scene is unnecessary".
I feel like no matter how good a story is, if u cannot present it properly to the world then it's useless. On the contrary, no matter how cliche the story is, if u add ur elements and enough spice the story will become a hit. That is what happens with any romcom. We all know what the end is gonna be but all we're watching for is the kisses (uknow it's true).
I would like to appreciate the hardwork of everyone behind this amazing kdrama, especially the directors and writers cuz they've done an amazing job here.
SO THE MAIN REASON TO WATCH THIS IS THE CHEMISTRY (BOTH ON AND OFF SCREEN)
GO WATCH THIS OR ELSE SUNJAE WONT COME IN UR DREAMS!!!
SOLSEON SUBEOM FRVR <3

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