I’m really enjoying the deadpan delivery and the sarcasm-laden dialogue in Run On. It’s very refreshing for a kdrama romcom! I hope it stays this way throughout and they don’t kill this aspect of their personalities for the sake of the formula. Despite some of the show being a little disjointed, e.g., abrupt scene changes, I’ve enjoyed eps 3 and 4, and will probably stay a while.

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    I’m very curious about how the writer will portray Seon-gyeom in a relationship. What kind of a boyfriend will he be? It’s an interesting question in light of his oddball personality.

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      I know! He’s so blunt and forthright and mostly clueless. She’s not much better herself. But she’ll probably lead the way. (I’m reminded of Into the Ring, in ref the dynamics between FL and ML, and where they stayed true to the personalities originally depicted till the end).

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        I liked the dynamic in Into the Ring, too, although I thought ItR lost steam (at least for me) in the last three or four episodes. I wasn’t really sure what the show was doing in the last little bit, even though it purported to have some kind of plot. I also didn’t love the whole daddy issues plotline in ItR, which I thought was a bit overwrought. It also took longer for me to get onboard with that show.

        I hope they manage to maintain their personalities and that the growth or changes in their personalities are organic and not contrived! It’ll be interesting to see if they can convincingly portray different sides of their personalities when they’re in a relationship.

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          Ha, I had a similar slow start with ItR too. The first couple of eps, I was like, wha-? I thought the FL was crazy, violent and obnoxious. But it all made sense in the larger scheme. And I kind of wrote it off as cartoonish, so I enjoyed it thoroughly by the end of it.

          I liked that the daddy issues weren’t tied up with a ribbon and bow, and that they left it open. I though the show stayed true to the characters throughout for small reasons like this.

          Fingers crossed for Run On!!

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          I kind of liked the daddy issues in the sense that Gong Myung chose not to forgive his father and keep moving on with his life. Usually in kdramas, everything is forgiven in the end but I liked that there wasn’t any forgiveness here

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        Their personalities won’t work if they were in a different drama. It’s interesting how this one makes it work. They both adjust to each other. I was thinking I won’t be able to hold a conversation with Seon-gyeom but Mi-joo is patient and even explains to him now.

        I love that scene when she was talking to Dan-ah and she said it’s not Seon-gyeom’s fault that he’s that way.

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    It’s a pity that Viki isn’t subbing it instead. Netflix is eating up some good dialogue in place of comfortable translation. Otherwise a beanie (soor forgot who you were) pointed out last week that the banter is very similar to Be Melo and I totally agree. It is as witty and that alongside ISW and SY are the reason I’m still staying. The plot is thin and the chaebol family can get stereotypically messy so I can see where it can go but I hope to be surprised.

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      Sorry* lol

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      I agree!! A lot feels like it’s lost in translation, as with most Netflix translated shows 🙁
      Viki does those notes so well, for both Korean and Chinese shows. Sigh.

      I’m not sure it is in the Be Melo league – yet. I LOVED that show from the get go, and I thought that was much much cleverer in dialogue. The meta, especially, was well done and there were a lot more LOL moments from the start itself. But as you say, the difference probably lies in the translation.

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