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Once in a while (and quite a rarity in the last few months), along comes a K-drama that reminds us why we delved deep into this world in the first place. One that has you eagerly awaiting the weekly episode drops, the wild theories on reddit, the collective squealing online over episode previews, and the giddy, unadulterated joy of falling in love with a melange of characters over the unfortunately short course of sixteen episodes. An adaptation of the web novel by Kim Bbang, Tomorrow’s Best , Lovely Runner — which is a time-travel romance — has emerged as one of the unlikely winners of this year.

Time-travel is having its moment again, what with Marry My Husband , Twinkling Watermelon , and A Time Called You all experimenting with the genre. Where Lovely Runner however scores is how despite multiple timelines, and all the chaotic back and forth, the writing never once compromises on the charm or emotional depth of the romance at its core. The show has a rather sobering start, with Im Sol (an outstanding Kim Hye-yoon) recovering from an accident that has left her paralysed.



A chance phone call with a budding singer, Ryu Sun-jae (Byeon Woo-seok), transforms her bleak world and we see her years later, cheering him on as his ardent fan. The news of his sudden death puts her into shock, and spirals her back in time to when she was in high school, and Sun-jae was her neighbour. She is now a woman on a mission – to treat this chance to travel to the past as an opportunity t.

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