Lovely Runner didn't need Netflix, neither does this.
well yh. so it became big within the Asian drama fandom. It's level of popularity honestly didn't reach the level of what a Netflix global hit would pull - Eg. Queen of tears. because the difference is even Non Asian drama/non Kdrama fans would KNOW about it. But you needed to be within the Asian drama/Kdrama fandom rabbit hole to know Lovely runner. I've experimented this and yeah. Lovely runner still needed netflix to achieve that