hi jaejun
i watched episodes 2 and 3 of Lovely Runner.. so there will be spoilers ahead.. but i want to keep telling you how i feel as this drama progresses. i don't know if you are watching this show, or you haven't got around to watching it yet, or maybe this isn't the kind of show you like watching. that's okay if you don't want to read this or if you don't know what i'm talking about.
i want to share this with you anyway.
so, i said yesterday that i would tell you how many times episode 1 made me cry. the answer: 0.5 times? maybe 1, but made up of two half cries? i knew what was coming and putting a protective shield around my heart definitely softened the blow. this drama is also a nice balance between serious, heartbreaking scenes and funny, bright scenes so that helps too.
or.. it was helping.. until that twist at the end of episode 3 happened and i realized this wasn't your average "travel back in time to save the person you love" type of show........ the watch Sol has, the one stuck on 3... after being abruptly brought back to the present day, the watch finally counted down to 2. and without watching the preview for episode 4, my prediction is that Sol has been given 3 chances to go back in time to save Ryu Sunjae.
i spent these first three episodes believing that ... this was it? he dies in the present, she goes back in time, she does all she can to save him, then in the finale she goes back to the present and it all worked out and Sol and Sunjae live happily ever after! or.. something like that anyway. i didn't expect that she would be brought back to the present again so soon..... i didn't realize her time in the past was going to be limited..... that changes everything.....
most of episodes 2 and 3 were fairly easy to watch and i could almost set aside the time travel tragedy and convince myself this was a silly and cute high school romance drama. but apparently Lovely Runner is way more clever than i thought it would be.
episode 9 comes out soon so... i should be caught up within the next week. i'll keep sharing my little thoughts with you. i hope that's okay.
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I have one final comment before I go. Another prediction for this show.
It's clear that in the present day, Sunjae was undoubtedly struggling. But I believe the show is misleading us about the way he died. Maybe it was the knock on his hotel door that gives me hope, the hope that this unknown knock was the cause of this accident. I know that's not enough proof to convince anyone of my theory. Maybe believing the show when it is telling me what happened.. maybe it hurts too much so I can't.. I won't.. I don't want to believe it. Whether he did or not is going to change my feelings about all of this.
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Okay.. enough sad stuff..
Jaejun, I absolutely love CityBoy Log and I am SOOOOO excited that volume 3 is finally here 🥰 I will eagerly await the next episode~
Sincerely,
Tori 🇨🇦