lovelaughter

I felt that FL struggles are well explained in the drama. She had tons of responsibility as a kid and growing up, and now she's acting like an over-responsible adult who is actually inherently very warm and kind. Even with the breakup, she takes responsibility and plans to quit her job. She honestly does not think they belong together in the future, even though she struggles and has strong feelings. It is complex, but how is it a red flag? It seems realistic and human.

Oh! That makes sense!

That happens often with romcoms. As long as overall you enjoy it, I think it’s worth watching

It’s the same director, so makes a bit of sense

Oh, for some reason, I though he had a wig in all those episodes

It looks like that to me as well. But for once it would be nice if he weren’t and we got a love/life story between people with more common background.

Does the rating really matter much at this point? It's been only 2 episodes, so it's not representative of the show

I hope it gets better tomorrow (fingers crossed)

So accurate about music, it felt empty sometimes. I am debating whether to continue watching or to wait towards the end. I guess I will see how it goes tomorrow..

haha, that's a good description, like local family fighting play

yes, it felt like a chore to me towards the end as well..

Am I the only one who didn't enjoy the first episode much? I was really looking forward to it, and I love both leads, but I found myself not invested by the end of the first episode...

Not related to CE, but I loved Yumi’s Cells! Those cells were so cute :) I kind of felt like knowing why things were hapenning was helpful to accept what was hapenning.

Thank you!

Anyone has recommendations of what to watch next?

I think she did and was joking in the end

Still, it's a very good rating! LR has 9.8 on viki, which might be the highest for the number of reviews

From my experience, there are not many rom-coms that are as lightly and nicely written and filmed as Lovely Runner. True Beauty matches the style, as they come from the same writer. So, the recommendations below are somewhat different in style and genre.
1. Park Hyungsik dramas: Doctor Slump, Soundtrack #1, Happiness, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon. His characters tend to be supportive and very warm towards the FL.
2. First Love: Hatsukoi - it's Jdrama about fated love.
3. I second Castaway Diva - it's one of the best 2023 dramas for me.
4. Lovestruck in the City - while often overlooked because of a new concept, I appreciated the way leads explained their decisions and feelings through interviews. Also chemistry is amazing,
5. Marry My Husband - this is a revenge drama with nice but more introverted ML.
6. When I Fly Towards You - very sweet, coming out of age Cdrama.
7. I second Someday or One Day - it's a masterpiece.

Yeah, I was thinking the same after finishing the drama — that he remembers all of his lives and was wondering if that does not create conflicts in his mind and confusion in his life. In a way, remembering things connected to Sol only is simpler, but I am not sure how that works since he seemed to spend a lot of his time thinking of and loving her. Remembering things that are only in the script might be the easiest of all.

True, also in his chats with Tae Sung and Sol's family, he brings up memories from the timeline where they spend the most time together.

It seems like somehow he selectively chose what to focus on as his present life, maybe indeed looking at it from Sol's perspective based on the script.