“Lovely Runner” is a Korean drama TV series released in 2024 with 16 episodes, based on a novel, and categorized as Romance, Comedy, Rom-Com, High School, Youth, Time-Travel, and Fantasy or Supernatural.
♦ If I Could Turn Back Time, I Would Run to You!
In “Lovely Runner”, Im Sol is a young girl who was involved in a tragic accident and must now use a wheelchair. Ryu Sun-Jae is a top star in a K-pop group and she adores him, as a fan. But one miserable day while she was lying in her hospital wishing she could just die, she received a phone call.
Ryu Sun-Jae and the rest of the K-pop members are being interviewed on a radio show. They were calling people who wanted to ask them questions and Im Sol’s phone rang. She answers the phone and releases all of her pinned-up anger on the caller. The interviewer for the radio show starts to apologize. Im Sol’s angry words were on air for everyone who was listening to hear them.
The radio host was going to apologize and quickly get Im Sol off the phone. However, Ryu Sun-Jae intervened and began to talk to her. He succeeded in convincing her that she had every reason to live. That her life was not over.
If only, Im Sol had known that one day she would meet Ryu Sun-Jae in person and that later that same night he would jump to his death. If only she had known that he also needed a suicide intervention.
Im Sol is so devastated when she hears the news. Is there no way for her to reach him now?
Im Sol owns a watch that miraculously takes her back to the past. She is back in high school and she can walk! Ryu Sun-Jae is also in high school, and he is an athlete; a swimmer. Little does she know that it was during his high school years that he started to become unhappy. He was always trying to be the best and make his parents and others proud of him. But why didn’t they seem to care what he thought or what he felt? Would they even care if he said he was hurting?
Once Im Sol realizes that she has traveled back in time, she takes this opportunity to see if she prevent the tragedy and stop Ryu Sun-Jae from committing suicide.
Main Characters:
- Im Sol (played by Kim Hye-Yoon, “The Girl on a Bulldozer”)
- Ryu Sun-Jae (played by Byeon Woo-Seok, “Moonshine”, “Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency”)
Viewership and Rating:
- IMDb: 9 out of 10 stars
- My Drama List: 9.5 out of 10 stars
- Viki viewers rated this movie 9.8 out of 10 stars
My personal rating is the same as IMDb: 9 out of 10 stars.
The South Koreans really do love the time-travel trope. It’s understandable. If I knew that I could travel back in time and change certain things that happened in my life, I would do it! If I could turn back the clock and it resulted in preventing a suicide and saving a person’s life, I would do it!!
LINKS OF INTEREST:
- “Lovely Runner” Takes No. 1 In Ratings Despite Dips Across The Board | Soompi
- Queen of Tears vs Lovely Runner: Which weekly drama swept the buzzworthy rankings this time? | Web Series | Hindustan Times
- Lovely Runner Tops Viki Viewership Ratings in Over 130 Regions | ComingSoon.net
MORE TIME-TRAVEL K-DRAMA REVIEWS ON POPGEEKS:
- Alice
- The Call
- Durian’s Affair
- Joseon Survival
- Kairos
- The King: Eternal Monarch
- Live Up to Your Name
- Marry My Husband
- Miraculous Brothers
- Moon in the Day
- My Happy Ending
- My Only Love Song
- My Perfect Stranger
- Perfect Marriage Revenge
- Sisyphus: The Myth
- The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract
- A Time Called You
- Twinkling Watermelon
TRAILERS/TEASERS:
CJ ENM Global. “Lovely Runner | Official Trailer | CJ ENM.” YouTube Video. YouTube, April 19, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kk0dYa8Ccc.
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