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Run On korean drama review
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Run On
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by mell
Apr 6, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
This review may contain spoilers

"Call me when you are in pain or struggling."

Not going to lie, I did not know much about this drama going into it, I had not even really seen much talk about it on social media like other dramas. I came across one TikTok where someone mentioned that the actors were "emotionless" and that it made the drama less enjoyable. That one video, it what made me want to watch it, I knew nothing about the storyline other than the small synopsis on Netflix.

Let's talk storyline, you'd think because it focuses on the fact that the main male lead is a national athlete, you would actually see him complete in competitions or that the story would be more about maintaining his career to continue to be one. Whereas this drama does something completely different, it was interesting that Ki Seon-Gyeom's (aka Siwan) story really just focused on the him not really benign a national athlete at all and more focuses on his life and career afterwards. As for Oh Mi-Joo (aka Shin Se-Kyung) her story really took over the drama as a whole, was was really both the main female lead as well as the main lead in the story.

This story itself really did bring an everyday aspect to dramas, typically dramas tend to sugarcoat a lot of daily life situations and problems within relationships, but not in Run On. Run On focused on fact that Ki Seon-Gyeom and Oh Mi-Joo are two individuals coming into a relationship together, rather than focusing on them just being an item. Bring forth issues that everyday couples can having, having problems individually and deciding whether or not to involve your significant other. This concept was very well depicted throughout the whole drama, both within the main couple and the second main couple.
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