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Another drama i kept avoiding because of the rather boring narrative but i was pleasantly surprised, Run on is a very sweet romance drama starring Siwan and Shin Se-kyung. Siwan portraying a national athlete Ki Seon-gyeom stands up to bullying and violent practices between athletes and for that he is suspended from the team. Shin Se-kyung as an interpreter Oh Mi-joo meets Seon-gyeom as she is hired to translate for him. If course, they fall for each other. There are number of things i would like to highlight on this drama. First the character of Ki Seon-gyeom, a perfect athlete, incredibly high sense for integrity and fair play, stands up and looks out for his younger fellows. Innocent and in a good way, dumb. Siwan's voice is incredibly sweet, its tone and cadence was very pleasant to listen to. Another thing worth mentioning was the love story of the supporting roles, Seo Dan-ah and Lee Young-hwa. I dare to say that the dynamic and chemistry between those 2 were stronger than betwen the main leads.. and finally, in this drama you wont need to watch the annoying bickering and ridiculous characters that are present in every single kdrama, in Run on they are all more less normal ;) Overall very sweet slow burning romance, very good performance by all actors.

I have been putting watching this drama off for quite some time, now i know why. I needed to learn that nothing will compare to it, and i am a big fan of CLOY and Vagabond. Strong plot, excellent acting performance, scripts, camera, soundrack.. What was interesting is that it made me watched it through the eyes of Moon Gang-tae, i felt what he felt, i laughed when he laughed and cried when he cried.

Seo yea-ji was absolutely stunning, her makeup, hair, attire.. i couldnt take my eyes of her. Although her characters started off as a cold and emotionless woman, her warm smile gave her soon away. I was very impressed with how well her character developed throughout the series. I was also pleased to see that her character was equally strong as the male lead. This doesnt often happen even if put in a position of power.

Kim Soo-hyun, what is left to say. He is a Mr. Actor. And who have thought that it will be Gang-tae who will have to let go, eh??

And of course, lets dont forget to mention Oh Jung-se as the lovable autistic Moon Sang-tae. Amazingly well portrayed.

The supporting roles were just as good, all very well complimented each other.

For me the best kdrama of all times, a must watch that opens eyes about lives of carers and how they often sacrifice their own lives and happiness for those they care for.

I am still deciding whether it was the casting or the scripting that failed this drama. The show makers created a very interesting charachter Ye Shuwei, a violin maker who, for reasons unknown to me, takes a part in a couple's reality show where he competes against other couples. They couple him with a friend of the show's producer, Bei Er Duo, who is an aspiring young voice actress. The problem is that they are the only fake couple in the show and you dont have to be a genious to see that. And just like the lack of the couple's chemistry in the reality show, the couple desperately lacks chemistry 'in real life', on the screen of i hear you, too. Why am i saying this? I hear you asking.. Er duo, while very sweet and kind, is way too childish, she is like 12 years old thrown in the world of adults. Shuwei on the other hand is too mature, almost oldfashioned, with an incredible ability to compose himself no matter the situation. There is nothing going on for Er Duo as a woman, the only thing i can thing of is her child like innocence and vulnerability. Is that enough for an adult man to fall in love??? You tell me... The plot isnt strong enough, and although the episodes are on the shorter side of things, you will find yourself skipping a lot of interactions between uninteresting characters that do not help to develop the plot in any way and are just the fillers really.

There is a wcene that i particularly mind as out of order, that is where Shuwei gets drunk and Er Duo takes him home. She drops him in his bed and starts undressing, when he suddenly gets on top of Erd Duo wanting to kiss her, right... and here, instead of Er Duo being at least a little flustered she has a small fight with him, when she finally pushes him away with an anger and disgust in her face. Er duo demonstrated no feelings whatsover, if she did fancy him, this would have looked differently. And so on, and so on.. I actually enjoyed the supporting characters storyline more, more relatable, for an adult anyway.

All and all, i am giving 5 points, and just like the couple's relstionship in love in progress was fake, so was it in i hear you.