Neutraliser JAni

Since the SML is too young and should go live his dream, I'm totally team 3rd ML, Lee Joon mo who is also cuter. This guy Byun Hyung Tae as written has no loyalty nor commitment to his own emotions. He's even sad to make the decison to be with our FL and to leave that self centered woman. Like, just stay with that woman. Dont come dragging your miserable self over to our FL!
Nan nee, our perky, hardworking and honest FL deserve better in life than the writers gave her. Why anyone would think this relationship is the ideal childhood friends to lovers romance, I have no idea. Why would anyone try to compare this to 'Love Next Door'?
SeungHyo would never!

The little gems that I didnt miss. She arrived back in South Korea with the old one suitcase trope and it really was filled with just coats! 🤣
Mudflat man is awesome.
This is a friend group you will want to be a member of. 😍💕

I love listening to her speak in english in the drama "Love Next Door". She has a really pretty voice and is very talented. She has come a long way from a Playful Kiss. I'm wishing her a early Happy 🎂 Birthday and many more blessings. 🎉

I like that this drama links two of my favorite dramas. The writers of True Beauty wrote another beautiful and memorable script. Thank you Lee Shi Eun. It also features clips of Olympic gold medalist Jang Mi Ran who the Kdrama Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo was based on. All three leads in "Lovely Runner" have the same features as the leads in True Beauty and I dont believe that is a conincidence. I enjoyed the creative directors efforts to make the audience feel like we were also experiencing a parallel time with the characters. I thought at episode 9 that there are so many different timelines that it would make the whole story invalid but it all came together in episode 15. I feel happy watching this great love story. 😍💕

I'm trying to enjoy the scenery and other cast members. I have seen less attractive actresses who have talent and more attractive actresses who have less talent but are good FL. They look like they fit the role that they are acting in. The story that is being told is more important than who the actress is. I dont know who would be a good cast for the roll of Hongdou in this drama. From what you have described, I think there was a misalignment in casting if the casting director simply wanted her to have the role even though she doesn't embody the character. It's good for the brand and advertisement but not for the actual story telling. I feel like I have a six sense now, because I couldnt quite put my finger on why my eyes and ears rejected this cast member.

It continues to bother me that the FL looks more like a SFL, and she doesn't seem to fit this role to me. The drama is herald as relaxing but I have to avoid looking at the FL to enjoy the beautiful scenery and only look at the other actors during dialogue. It's just unfortunate that I think the character of Hongdou wasn't cast well and I dont know why. I wish I could simply agree with the other comments and reviews here.

I think the ending was exemplary of how a long distance relationship could work but I think she wants to stay in their hometown to work, too and he was helping to bring her back on the medical tourism project.

I just wanted to let the girlies know, it's not ok to dislike the FL just because Li Xian cry. 🤣 She made my Li Xian cry! Yes. That was my first reaction too but I like Jie. She's brave and cute. She was obviously trying to escape or cover up something. The mom couldve been more proactive if she is so worried about Jie getting victimized. Parents are the first line of defense if someone hurt their offspring. Like Grandma Chen. She'd fight the bullys for her grandson, Chen MaiDong! Grandma Chen is the best. I love that Jie and Chen Maidong still act like teenagers together. Their love is so cute. 😍💕

I just like to write. 😊

The grandma stole the wrong profile. The tarot reading was on her brother Zhuang Yan, not Jie. If you get translation on the document that she held, you'll see his name and male. That is why her friend looked strange as if it was a BL couple, not a girl.

Ireohge, love you, love you, love you, saranghae. 😍💕

Yes! I avoid dramas with unhappy endings. 😁

I think this drama missed an oppoturnity to explore advanced medical technology. The comotose Nam Shin could have experienced everything the AI robot experienced through virtual reality by cerbral and intravenous attachment to a computer. It would provide more data to the AI similar to the Matrix and help the patient to wake up from their coma . That would also make the romantic story between a robot and human more believeable similar to the ghost and human love stories, that I love so much. 😍💕
I dont like this FL so far and im on episode 5. She is lacking in moral chracter and conscience, working for the villian and also disrespectful towards her parents. i almost empathized with her failures in life except she doesnt have empathy towards people that she should have empathy for and this family that she is working for. Even if she doesnt know she is working for the villian, she lack intergerity towards Nam Shin and his family even after he saves her life and totally ignore that the villian is also just the hired help. Which means her character is not very smart but is still an aggressive meathead. Prehaps she got hit in the head too many times in the fighting ring.
That mother, Ms Oh, deserves her revenge.

Final Summary
*(Amended post after finale episode)
Throughout the drama, I never viewed Nam Shin III as a real person and thought he has a memory chip that can be duplicated so i dont understand the outrage from viewers at the mother struggling with her relationship towards her son(s). I empathized with the mother over all of the characters in this drama. Nam shin III as an AI actually fustrated me at one point, by not using his search engine to calculate variable outcomes to avoid situations that he could've prevented. He is a computer after all. The mother could've also just change his face but of course that would just be too easy for the writers and I agree that the real Nam Shin needed to be taught a lesson that he'd never forget. I thought Nam shin III was awesome and very handsome but still not real. At the same time I also thought the romance and love for something that is not real is possible and wanted the couple together in the end. I cant explain it. The actor Seo Kang Joon and writers of the drama did a good job at portraying the possibility of Nam shin III having compassion, loyalty, honor, being protective and trustworthy, which is love, just like humans can love without wanting or expecting love back. That is the selfless love that mothers often have and what many viewers probably expected from the mother but came unexpectantly from So Bong despite her previous display of character. She simply wanted to love and she did. 😍💕

Sigh. I want so bad to say "no comment" but I must. I'll compliment the composer for his work on this drama. The OST is lovely. This drama is based on a novel but I dont think the screen writer adapted the story very well. I am in agreement with most of the critics. The story line and chracters are all good but not because of the screenwriter and directors of this drama but because the orignial author wrote a good novel that was worth putting on screen. Unfortunately, the screenwriter wanted a good project but did not value the author's work at all or...prehaps the script was written by someone who is just learning to write fan fictions?
Sigh.

Yes. The ML and FL have a cute natural romance working together. The SML and SFL just have an unspoken crush on each other also working together.

You're not forced to read my comment just like you can't force anyone to like your music. Attempting to bullying people because they dont like your music is on par with the type of behavior depicted in the music that you love and it's history of intimdation and silencing those who disagree. Those men physically threatened Tipper Gore and Delores Tucker. I personally have not influenced anyone to do illegal actvitivy nor debarcheary for 50 years like the music that you love. If that simple difference makes me self righteous, then I accept being self righteous with honor.

Beautiful love story.

I'm here for the story, not the acting or clothes. This is one of those stories, that made me pause for thought.
Two things. Men using unsuspecting and/or silly women to get property. The ability of some people to lie and falsely accuse someone who is a friend or loved one, is mind-blowing. Even after their plans are exposed and thwarted, these two persist in stalking her. This drama is badly scripted and directed, but the story has merit that many will miss because it's badly scripted and directed.

😍💕🤣 It's like watching a school play. I loved it!

I thought it was a beauiful story. Focus on the subject of family, not any couple ultimately being together. 70 year old Kim Hye Ja is actually the main character and the story is about her and Mr. Lee's family. Somethings, she remember accurately. Somethings, she try not to remember, but has a vivid imagination. I'll try not to give any spoilers because it is thought provoking and a majior twist that I think you have to experience for a better understanding of story.