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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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the best

The best bangat Lovely Runner ditengah drakor yang berat udah lama drakor tidak ada drama yang ringan dan manis. Intinya bagus untuk di tonton saat healing begini gk buat pikiran tambah berat dengan teori” udah nontonnya kita ikutin alurnya aj,

aktingnya byeon woo seok dan kim hye yoon keren habis bisa bawain cerita kayak gini bawa kita sebahgai penonton untuk melihat perjuangan Ryu sun jae dan im sol dimana Ryu sun jae yg selalu ada untuk im sol walaupun dia sakit dan sampai” dibuat lupa ingatan pun masih bisa sesuka itu sama im sol.

Drama ini ngajarin bahwa walaupun otak kita berkata demikian tapi hati pasti tidak bisa berbohong.

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A Masterpiece of Romance and Fantasy: "Lovely Runner" Review

I started watching this drama because the premise seemed intriguing. Written by the same screenwriter behind "True Beauty" and starring Kim Hye Yoon, whose talent I appreciated in "Extraordinary You," I didn't have high expectations; I anticipated something similar to those other dramas. However, now that I've finished it, I can confidently say that it not only met but far exceeded my expectations in every category, surpassing even my wildest imagination.

Story

What truly distinguishes this drama from other romcom, time-slip, and fantasy series is how the story unfolds over its 16 episodes. By weaving together multiple timelines, the narrative offers characters various meet-cutes, challenging situations, delightful montages, and enlightening moments, keeping viewers engaged and intrigued throughout. Unlike other romcoms that introduce a random killer midway, "Lovely Runner’s" entire storyline revolves around the villain's actions affecting the main characters, seamlessly integrating with the plot. Additionally, the writer ensures a balanced mix of elements in each episode, preventing viewers from enduring lengthy stretches of heavy plot centered solely on the killer. The pacing was executed perfectly, ensuring viewers neither felt rushed nor bored. Every scene was given just the right amount of time, culminating in a fully satisfying happy ending in the final two episodes.

Characters

All the characters were well-crafted, with even the majority of the supporting cast being three-dimensional. Unlike many other romcoms, where the comedic burden often falls solely on the actress and a few sidekicks, this drama distributes the humor evenly. Both the male and female leads, as well as the supporting characters, share an equal amount of comedic scenes.

Ryu Seon Jae: Who can resist falling in love with this character? He loves the main lead unconditionally and is willing to sacrifice his life for her time and again. Loyal, brave, and innocent (as his father says, "pure as oxygen"), he embodies all these qualities beautifully.

Im Sol: It's impossible not to cheer for our heroine as she bulldozes through every obstacle to rescue her love. She is loud, sweet, and a force to be reckoned with. Most importantly, she is strong; despite has lived with a disability, she faced a killer without fear, confronting the villain head-on to protect what she loves.

Kim Tae Sung: A second male lead who is not annoying or clingy, but a reliable friend to our main leads. It would be even nicer to know a little bit of his backstory.

Baek In Hyuk: A fantastic sidekick, always ready to deliver the best funny moments.

Acting

Byeon Woo Seok: To be honest, I've only seen him in "Record of Youth," but I fast-forwarded through 70% of that drama. Now, I question why I wasn't aware of this great actor earlier. His performance in this drama was exceptional. He effortlessly transforms from a 19-year-old high schooler to a 34-year-old idol. His expressions were so precise that you could feel the joy, sadness, longing, and countless moments of embarrassment. Additionally, his portrayal of an idol was incredibly believable, and he sang the drama's OSTs beautifully.

Kim Hye Yoon: It's difficult to distinguish Kim Hye Yoon from her character Im Sol because her performance was so convincing. What I love most about Kim Hye Yoon is her natural, sincere, and unpretentious demeanor. When she acts cute, it never comes off as annoying due to her genuine charm. When she portrays sadness, you can't help but want to cry along with her, and since she cried quite often in this drama, it was hard not to reach for the tissue box. When she passionately sings as a kpop fan, she perfectly embodies the fervor of someone you'd find at a concert.

Final thoughts

This exceptional drama sets a new benchmark for all romcoms, time-slip stories, and fantasy genres. The "Lovely Runner" team's outstanding efforts—from the director, screenwriter, and casting director to the editor, sound crew, and actors—deserve high praise. They have truly outdone themselves.

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Unsuitable for those who dislike melodramas and tons of angsty scenes

Before a drama starts airing, I will look through the synopsis and even read the whole novel to have a better understanding of the story - and the same happens for this one. I was overly hyped because I'm the fans of both leads. But, sadly, I had to drop after 9 episodes. So, I'm going to list out my thoughts based on what I've watched.

The story centers around a kind-hearted and brave surgeon (Zhu Jiu) and a spoiled son of a high-tech medical company (Fu Yunshen). At first, they didn't approve of each other and kept bickering. After having gone through the dangers in a humanitarian mission, they got to understand and develope feelings for each other.

Actually, I only watched until the part where Fu Yunshen returned to China and stopped since then. However, I'm sure that the car accident would make both leads separate for some years (this is just my speculation, so take it with a grain of salt).

Nine episodes in and there are several toxic characters including neglectful father, overbearing mother, morally ambiguous grandpa, jealous half-brother, and a girl who has unrequited love for ML. I won't explain this part in detail. For your information, they are the ones who made the rating that low.

The acting is top-notch, if you ask me. I absolutely love Cheng Yi and Zhang Yuxi's chemistry. They're very cute when they start to bicker (I just keep smiling when I see them together). Other noteworthy characters are Gu Ruanruan (I feel sorry for her, she had such a bad boyfriend) and Chen Le (Fu Yunshen's dumb secretary).

Overall, despite having watched 9 episodes, I still give it eight out of ten stars because of the leads. I will give you my sincerest advice. Do not watch it unless you love melodramas. Moreover, it's unsuitable for teenagers - the plot is adult-ish and too mature for young people to understand (cause I'm a teenager myself TT). I will be waiting for the leads in other dramas and wish they could make a collaboration once again. All the best!

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Through 3 episodes and love Nanno...interesting concept..I am from USA and engrossed in all Asian shows....saw lots of cutesy dramas so this is definitely a departure.
The lead is awesome, it seems that you would want to hate her, but i love her. The first episode set the tone, in which not only did the guy who deserve what he got get his, but the daughter who was innocent paid the ultimate price (i mean innocent of the father's misdeeds). I was surprised about her biting it at the end, however it seems that no one is safe if they are connected to the naughty person that is the wrath of Nanno's fury. Although i found the first couple of episodes fairly predictable as they moved along, i still enjoyed them.
Nanno reminded me so much of little boy Damien from the 'Omen'. for those that dont know, this is an American film, the first of a trilogy, of Satan living as a child in part 1, teen boy in part 2 and adult in part 3, paving the way to ruling the world. In part one as a child, in the final scene, Damien looks back at the camera and has a devilish smile- i immediately thought of this when watching Nanno calmly and carefully setting up her prey. Even if you think she is doing good deeds in giving these creeps what they deserve, i am in the camp that she is the devil, entertainingly exposing every weakness in us humans, and dishing out the consequences. So Nanno is the devil- judge jury and executioner. Definitely can see the parallel to the Twilight Zone.
cant wait to see the remaining episodes.

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Ancient Cure For Insomnia

A snoozefest that is sure to put you to sleep. Don't bother looking for a plot, there isn't one.

The FL was considerably less annoying than I am used to in these Chinese costume dramas. I would even say I would like to have the opportunity to see her again in a well-written drama sometime in the future. I couldn't help but like her, even though, well, it's not nice to say, but her appearance isn't one I will easily remember. Not her fault, but I did have to mention that even though I genuinely thought she did a good job, and she is good-looking. I'm not sure I'd recognize her if I saw her again in anything else.

Xu Kai's character was written as an emotionless icicle, so I can't really blame him for portraying exactly that.

It's a melodrama, so sometimes the characters get hurt, and then they recover, only to yet again get hurt by the antagonists. That's a recipe for complete boredom.

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Nothing new, nothing fresh but still watchable!

I think Shin Ye Eun haven't learn anything from her previous project, the Cat drama, I mean, I almost died of frustration and there was nothing in that drama, no logic, no story and above all poor production. SYE choose this drama for reasons only she knows, but this series has same elements as the previous one - unrequited love, suffering, innocent female, stubborn male, poor second lead.

JTBC is best at producing romantic slow place dramas, I love their dreamy settings, use of Jeju Island, raining scenes and subtle interaction between leads. However, it has toxic environment more than it requires. Based on 2 episodes, and my experience, this drama is not going anywhere in terms of creativity and story. Two leads fighting over female lead, and viewers guessing who she will end up with is a trademark plot of Korean TV industry and then there is always feeling of immense sadness for poor second lead.

However, More Than Friends will still be addictive to many, reason? Isn't it obvious? People are more focused on idol boy OSW than the story itself. As long as this Idol boy chasing girl, whom he disregarded earlier and used her as a pawn to satisfy his own feelings only to reject her thrice, for his disbelief in love and dysfunctional family problems. I would slap that person so hard to make them come to senses and then move on with my life.

The production and camerawork of series is beautiful, just like Something In The Rain, cinematography, the raining scenes, and coldness of scenes, is kinda my favourite. There are moments coming to story, that will make female lead suffer more and it is yet to seen whom she would side with. I just hope there is no 2nd female lead. I want this between, ML-FL-2LD.

MTF is more than ok, but less than something interesting. It is a typical tale told thousand times made for demographic falls between 18-24.

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AMORE SERIES REVIEW

THE FIRST 8 EPISODE OF THIS SERIES IS BEAITUFUL, THEY CREATE SUCH an amazing storyline, and the execution of the actors is quite good of ar.. now I can't wait for the next part after the episode 8... IO cant wait for the part 3 of the latest epsidoe cos the pair that I am shipping is about to accept each others as partners. my god, I cant wait for that part where they will said yes to each other. JOEY AND WIL IS A VERY GOOD CHEMISTRY, AND JOEY IS ALSO SHOWING HIS INTEREST TO JOEY, I HOPE WIL WILL FIGHT FOR JOEYS HEART AND NOT GIVE JOEY TO JIMMY, I KNOW THAT JIMMY LIKES JOEY BECAUSE OF HIS SIGHT AND ACTIONS. AND CAREE TO JOEY.

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MY PERSONAL REVIEW TO AMORE BL SERIES

After listening to my friend about this series, I got hooked because I was captivated by the very good storyline. now I asked my self how do they shoot that in a dormitory type since we are on the situation of health crisis. after watching the episode 1 i cans ay that I was amazed by the fact that they try to recreate the scenario into the apartment type. first epsidoe was amazing because I can see the raw and guinuine acting powers of the cats. thought I can only see few characters yet, but I was captured by the will and joey scene at night with planty./ I loveit. and they character progresses and the story is getting interesting because of the new love interest bnamed nuna, as well as kenji is iinstantlkty showing interest to joey. now I will watch the episode 8 and I cant wait for the next part 3, where joey and will is in a date and I hope my jowil heart will be happy after watching it.

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THE STORY IS GREAT

I love the story of this series,, the synopsis, is cute, something new, and I was amazed because I learned that this series is based in real life story, this is going to be the firsts series that is going to be shown in a social media that is real life. and for sure there will be a lot of relatable scenes in the series, and I am not mistaken, I relate too much on this series, a lot of real thing is being portrayed. it's very relatable,./ This series has a lot of potential when it comes to its story, but the series has an issue when it comes to audio, but it doesn't matter anymore, why? because the actors are greater in terms of acting skill,s amazing portrayed, they are great story teller, the issue in audio was taken over by the great acting skill,s just reading the subtitle i can definitely watched it enjoying the scene. Joey and WIl has great chemistry I love how they put the development of the leads characters, for jimmy, and joey,, somewhat they give each character a moment to shine and its not overwhelming. I love this series and its one of the best series in the country so far.

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