Lovely runner has become one of my favourite kdrama of all time . Sunjae and imsol has one of the best chemistry i have ever seen in a kdrama series❣️ and i really love all the ost in the series. my personal fav is sudden showers, 10cm spring snow and like a dream.
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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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A Perfect Guide to a Rom Com done so well and right!
I went into this drama blind... And I am coming out of this drama with so much love in my heart for it!I never thought I would give this drama a 10/10, but here I am giving this one a perfect 10 because this drama deserves it all.. the praise, the rave reviews, the mad obsession and being the talk of the time from start to the finish line.
As always, I watch the first two episodes of every drama before deciding if I want to continue or drop it. First episode went well and I thought ok, this would be a nice rom com, but then episode 2 came and that ending rolled around and there I was... seeing the twist, the yearning, the innocent love and thinking to myself, this could easily be one of my fav dramas if things go well.
I am always skeptical about dramas once they reach around ep 8, since I have seen so many dramas go downhill during the second half and there I was holding my breath and trying not to jinx this drama with my outpouring love for Sun Jae.
Oh dear Sun Jae.... If I start talking about you, then I would get distracted and sound like a broken record, confessing my unrequited love for a fictional character over and over again. The sweetest cutest greenest flag to ever grace on a silver screen. Sun Jae... setting standards miles ahead that from now on, I am gonna compare every rom com lead with my dearest Sun Jae and see if they will ever come close... which I doubt. I don't think there would be a character that could out rival this.
Ahh... he got my whole heart and I think I love this drama mainly because of Ryu Sun Jae. Ok, half bcoz of him but the other half bcoz well this drama was written and directed. There was never a dull moment. This drama made me laugh in every single episode. And episode 8 was my favorite since I laughed the most during that one.
All in all... this drama was heavy at places but then balanced it out on the next and maintained what it does best. Comedy and Romance... and a lil mix of fantasy and this one is the perfect guide for anyone who is thinking of making a rom com in the future.
Ep 16 of this drama was what I hoped Queen of Tears would have had been. This drama did the finale episode so well that it never made me feel like there was any filler scenes, like we find in other dramas especially in the last episode.
I am in a sugar coma... after the finale... and I want to profess my love to my favorite character ever... Sun Jae yah... I love you!!!!!
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My favorite Kdrama of 2024 and maybe ever
So delightful! Great mix of romance, comedy, angst. I had all the emotions watching and had such a hard time waiting for new episodes every week. I actually watched previous episodes every week to get me through the painful waiting! The FL is wonderful - even things I may have found cringe in other dramas - she pulls off with a surplus of charm and talent. The ML pulls off his best performance to-date and I was very impressed with his comedic timing and eye acting. The chemistry between the leads is no joke - best I've seen. I was giggling and crying every episode. It is very rare for me to love a kdrama the whole way through but it finally happened with this one! Missing it a lot now.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Lovely Runner: a romcom do ano
Primeiramente, queria agradecer o byeon wooseok e a hyeyoon por terem entregado um casal com tanta química e com a melhor dinâmica possível para uma comédia romântica.A Sol e Sunjae foram responsáveis pelos meus surtos das segundas e terças. Cada momento deles juntos foi maravilhoso de assistir.
Minhas considerações finais é que amo plots de viagem no tempo, mas essa trama conseguiu entregar tanto a comédia quanto drama e suspense na medida certa. O que dizer de um vilão que só teve falas no último episódio mas que eu odiei do início ao fim?
E depois de ler o web novel só posso dizer que a adaptação ficou infinitamente melhor. Apesar de alguns furos de roteiro (que estarei ignorando por motivos pessoais), a trama teve um desfecho incrível e conseguiu me prender semanalmente e com certeza sentirei saudades de ter meu humor definido com base no desenrolar de algum episódio de lovely runner.
Uma surpresa agradável e o papel da vida do Wooseok, sem dúvidas!!
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Laughter, tears... and a bit of anger.
I started this drama after a couple of months without watching any dramas, and it has basically been a breath of fresh air in my life. I must say it's perhaps a bit nostalgic, I suppose because it's been a while since I've seen something with such a beautiful and adorable romance.But I can't deny that it's been a rollercoaster of emotions, both in a good and a bad sense. I've laughed and cried in the same episode, and I think they've balanced the sad and comedic scenes very well, placing them at just the right and necessary moments. However, I've also felt quite angry, especially at the ending of episodes 13 and 14. I was very upset because of this episode; I think the direction the story took was unnecessary, and I know I'm not the only one who was upset with how they developed this part of the story.
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Firstly, SungJae didn't have to die, I mean, he wouldn't have fallen off the cliff if Sol or the police had run towards him, but for some reason Sol stayed still, and the police gave more importance to the killer than to the person who was about to die. Perhaps he could have been saved at the hospital, but no. Second, I really liked the main character, but at many points in the story, I felt she was very selfish, not thinking about what he wanted but only about what she wanted, especially at the moment when she goes back to the past and definitively decides to change the fact that he met her in the future. She thinks it's for the best, but it's not, and he gets a little upset with her, and rightly so; he didn't want to forget about her, no matter what.
Finally, I really enjoyed the final episode, starting from the beginning with the pesky killer and giving us a dose of sweet, beautiful love with a touch of comedy, which is what we needed to finish this wonderful drama.
Some were expecting something softer, full of love and comedy, so they were surprised by the serial killer twist. In my case, I was pleasantly surprised; it's not something that displeases me, and as I've already said, I think they more or less managed to balance the moments.
It's been an incredible journey, so I would definitely recommend it, even if people get mad at me when they reach a certain episode, lol.
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Lovely Time
if you like True Beauty, you should watch this. if you like A Time Called You, you should watch this. if you watched A Time Called You and feel disappointed, you should watch this.It’s been a while since I watched kdrama because I’ve moved to cdrama, but I’m glad I picked this up. This is a typical yet epic kdrama love story. I cried, I laughed, the actors moved my heart. the cinematography is beautiful, the story is fictional yet plausible. the physical contact is cringe yet endearing. good job BWS and KHY for giving me back the feeling of watching a drama. when most kdrama nowadays focuses on thriller, zombies, devil, makjang, LR is like a fresh cool mineral water after a long and tiring run on a sunny day ?
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Time Travel Romcom
Lovely Runner is a perfect mix of time travel, romcom, and angst. Every episode will have you rooting for the two main leads, and BWS and KHY will have you crying, smiling and laughing along with them. The chemistry was off the charts, and the OST was amazing and something I can imagine myself listening to over and over again outside of the drama.I do have to note though - this is time travel so there has to be a certain suspension of belief. While not everything made 100% logical sense, I feel like the writers have done a great job in executing the storyline to bring everything together. The back and forth between the different timelines felt seamless and natural, and the multiple flashbacks throughout the show never felt unnecessary.
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Almost perfect fate breaker
First of all, this drama not only has high production value, great acting, and a logically refined plot without understatements and suspension of disbelief, but also the closeness and tenderness of the main couple. Usually, high production value goes hand in hand with historical dramas and high political figures that don't show much emotions. Also approach of the inevitability of fate, man's powerlessness against heaven, and an unhappy or bittersweet ending (aka Alchemy of Souls).For me, the perfect breakaway plot would be a case where a person not only creates their own destiny despite the consequences but also creates their own happiness. This depends on whether we insist on facing our destiny alone for the good of others or whether we trust in the strength of those who believe in us.
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The only route she didn't try, knowing that meeting him and acting along wouldn't work, was to be brutally honest and trust that staying together would save them both. Sure, she was afraid she would disappear from the past on the third run, but she didn't in the fourth, so they could have had a life together. Already in the third time, she learned that distancing herself from him didn't work, but she didn't understand that this was because she tried to do everything alone.
She still succumbed to fate, tried to change it, and gave up, thinking that having a worse fate for herself would give a better one to her loved one, as if it were some cosmic equilibrium that couldn't be changed. Even the end was presented as heaven rewarding her for her sacrifice.
Sure, the whole 'try hard to remember a life we didn't have' (anemoia) by the ML was exciting and in fact maybe even better ending as being more dramatic, but for a perfect score, I missed one route where she stays with him and together they try to change fate without wasting time(even if it route where they still dies after years and then back for 4rh time).
Asian cinema still hasn't broken out from the doom of fate, and this drama was the closest to changing and shaping destiny by one's own will. Therefore, almost a perfect 10 from me, but I will still be looking for that perfect one.
Special mention for the amazing directing and camera work here. The hugging scenes with close-ups on faces can melt a heart. Also, the grandma with dementia remembering all timelines was a perfect touch.^^
what an amazing show
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Refreshing
Classic example of how actors, directors, writers can transform a rather run of the mill story to a quite quite enjoyable and wonderful drama. Lovely Runner does not have a great story, nor is it unique.. But its presentation is charming, refreshing and enjoyable. Major kudos to the actors, director and the team.The plot does have some loopholes but that is to be expected of a time travel drama. My only gripe is that we don’t get to know why the villain does what he does in every effing time line. He is just incorrigible and sticks around like a two day old candy. But in the finale, poof.. he goes away very easily. I don’t want to put any major spoilers here but such an easy end makes him just a prop to make the show last for 16 episodes. It didn’t detract from this otherwise charming drama for me. But it just kept bothering me like a mosquito bite. Why did he keep on keeping on? Like either say why or just go away.
Music is wonderful; it stays with you afterwards. But the USP is the actors. Casting a good looking pair sure works lol, but if they just look good then the drama loses its momentum around eighth or ninth episode. Here ML and FL, SML, friends, mom, dad, bros and grandma’s are all just fantastic. The mix somehow really works. Apart from the OTP, the healthy and positive family dynamics on both sides were so nice. Keeps you engaged. I’m rather getting tired of the over-demanding, shrewish, moms and dads who look down on their kids. Plus as many have said before the height difference between ML and FL makes it cuter. The last episode also kept me smiling like a simp. I know.. I’m very shallow.. eh..
Loved this one. Wanted to give it a 10 but the caricature-ish villain deducts half a point for me.
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Rewatched it today.. very unusual for me to revisit the drama so soon after the first watch but was feeling low because of something, wanted to get lost in the k-drama world and this was a random pick.. It struck me once again. How on earth our ML and FL are so darn cute together! It’s not silly cute but cute cute. Our leads’ strong performances actually change the tone of that cuteness as per their age. To me at least, the cutes of their teen age romance was different from the cutes of their mature romance. The pitch and vibe of their togetherness changes as per their age. Hats off to both the leads for throwing themselves in their characters. Sometimes the couple-ness (I know I made up this word..anyhoo) feels amazing in the high school years. But when the characters enter the matured phase, the chemistry either fizzles out or it seems contrived. It’s very difficult to see the leads as grown ups, in spite of all the hair style changes or wardrobe changes. I had this difficulty in WIFTY and Our Secrets. But here the transition was smooth. And the credit fully goes to Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon. Job well done you guys!! And that’s why I am bumping this to 10, in spite of my gripe with that very bad man.
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Beautiful
This drama was fantastic from beginning to end. It's a beautiful story, directed impeccably, and all of the acting is superb. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and sometimes it made md do both at once. Truly a love story, not just between the main couple, but also the love between friends. I'm writing this review immediately after finishing, and I'm still feeling emotional about it.One funny thing worth mentioning - Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin are mentioned in the show - and this was the most chemistry on screen I have seen between romantic leads since watching Crash Landing on You.
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romcom time travel highschool drama
Sung-jae, a star who sadly ends his life, and Im Sol ,a fan , who goes back to save him.Im sol time travels and tries her best to save his life . After watching ep 1 I really enjoyed it . It was really great . Highly recommended ongoing drama especially for Kpop fans . They should watch it .
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