They’re worried about how it will end.
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TvN‘s Lovely Runner (also known as Run Away With Sun-Jae On Piggyback), starring Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon, is currently the hottest K-Drama since Queen of Tears. This romantic-comedy time-slip show is adapted from the webcomic Tomorrow’s Best.
Ryu Seon-Jae (Byeon Woo-Seok) is a top star who has been in the spotlight since his debut. His life seems perfect, but being in the entertainment industry has completely worn him out. Meanwhile, Lim Sol (Kim Hye-Yoon) loves Ryu Seon-Jae as an adoring fan. When she was little, she had an accident. Due to that, she gave up on her dream, but listening to Ryu Seon-Jae’s song on the radio gave her comfort and she became his fan since then. One day, Lim Sol hears breaking news that Ryu Seon-Jae has ended his own life. She feels deep sadness over the tragic news. Miraculously, Lim Sol somehow travels back in time to 15 years in the past. There, she faces Ryu Seon-Jae, who is a 19 year old high school student. She struggles to prevent his tragic future.
— AsianWiki
Unfortunately, Lovely Runner is concluding next week with its final two episodes. Yet, Episodes 13 and 14 have sent viewers into a panic.
At the end of Episode 13, Ryu Sun Jae (also romanized as Ryu Seon Jae) gets stabbed by Kim Young Soo (Heo Hyeong Gyu) and falls into the water from a cliff. Im Sol, who has been attempting to stop his death from the beginning, panics and sends them to the past through his watch, which acts as a time machine throughout the show.
they caught tthe killer but at what cost 😭 sunjae got stabbed and fell off the cliff….#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/UCH30JXhXU
— Aya 🌷 (@soljaeluvr) May 20, 2024
SUNJAE'S WATCH???? HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD BUT THEN HIS WATCH BECAME LIKE THIS??? #LovelyRunnerEp13 #LovelyRunner pic.twitter.com/KmeV9ejqs3
— gyne (@winter4been) May 20, 2024
This choice undid everything we had seen before. She even changed their meet-cute, which had occurred even before the first time slip. Sun Jae and Sol, who were neighbors, met each other when he accidentally received her package and went in the rain to return it. This time, she goes the other way when she sees him instead of going up and receiving it from him.
From this To this
— 𝐢𝐥𝐚 (@yyourvenus) May 20, 2024
From he fell first To she fell first
From his unrequited To her unrequited
love for 15 years love for 15 years#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/GcB9IbNTl2
she is crying because this life was a life without sunjae, she didn’t meet him, she didn’t give him her umbrella, she stayed away but she remembers it all, she is the only who remembers sunjae who loved her. PAIN.#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/3ygv4ZSoBc
— kimichi 🌱 (@midoandparasol) May 20, 2024
Sun Jae and Sol are now back in the present day. While she has her memories of everything, it appears everything has changed. They are technically strangers, as he doesn’t know her.
sol went back to the past using sunjae's watch, she avoided sunjae so they become complete strangers but then they accidentally meet at award show 🥹#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/rtJY9oqGdx
— mel (@hunnbeen) May 20, 2024
Sol traveled back in time again but now with sunjae’s watch to avoid him so sunjae never met sol before… Omg.. So now sunjae is the one who's not remember and know sol from the beginning 😭😭😭 they twist their fated! #LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/C8jgyPLoVl
— ☂️🌧️ (@kdramastruggle) May 20, 2024
Lovely Runner fans are heartbroken to realize that nothing of the series we have watched thus far “happened.” Sun Jae appears to have no memories of him and Sol, and there’s no ECLIPSE, although he is still friends with Baek In Hyuk (N.Flying‘s Seunghyub).
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT ALL THAT HAPPENED IN THE 13 EPISODES NO LONGER EXISTS?? MY WHOLE SOLJAE SHIP IS A DELUSION??!#LovelyRunnerEp13 #LovelyRunner https://t.co/DvC2ik9vFV
— kimichi 🌱 (@midoandparasol) May 20, 2024
me realizing sunjae has no memories of sol and isnt a loser in love anymore#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13pic.twitter.com/80YdI7MmGM
— a f a a f (@wallfIowerxx) May 20, 2024
pov everyone after watching #lovelyrunnerep13 pic.twitter.com/B32CGffKxd
— kdrama diary (@kdramasdiary) May 20, 2024
Naturally, viewers are going through many emotions, expressing their anger at tvN for “erasing” all the fond memories.
this is me right after watch the episode #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/6sa7MTzJ5G
— bella (@khyfilmss) May 20, 2024
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS NEVER HAPPENED????? #LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/7T9SZ5s7ab
— bella (@khyfilmss) May 20, 2024
just realized sudden shower doesn’t exist anymore.. pic.twitter.com/mDBsJzjwMs
— kdrama diary (@kdramasdiary) May 20, 2024
a list of things we just lost:
— ᴊ ᴏ ᴏ ɴ ☔️ (@jooonyiie) May 20, 2024
-idol sunjae
-sudden shower
-fan girl im sol
-entire sol sunjae love story
-sol sunjae inhyuk taesung friends squad#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerep13 pic.twitter.com/EcGZa8XBL6
Some have joked that Sun Jae needs to watch the previous twelve episodes to remember everything…
I’m dying at this comment and the username 💀#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp13 pic.twitter.com/smQVWlV4Qz
— ❀ 𝚓𝚎𝚜𝚜 ❀ (@herlittledramas) May 20, 2024
me explaining to sunjae that he must watch ep 2 – 12 on viu so he can get his memories back#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp14 pic.twitter.com/9UD8kFtePN
— leviste ౨ৎ (@missleviste) May 21, 2024
In a way, Sun Jae does this in Episode 14. He read a script that Sol wrote inspired by their story. Although he has no memories of anything, it moved him to tears.
SUNJAE IS READING SOL’S SCRIPT WHICH IS LITERALLY THEIR STORY AND IT MAKES HIM CRY SO MUCH
— kimichi 🌱 (@midoandparasol) May 21, 2024
😭😭😭😭😭😭#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp14
pic.twitter.com/OegbegNmd3
Sun Jae also has begun to experience memory flashes, giving him a glimpse at his previous life.
sunjae is getting memory flashes and it's leaving him shaken in tears, his heart is understanding he's losing out on someone important in his life 😭#LovelyRunner #LovelyRunnerEp14 pic.twitter.com/FK5tWwstbc
— 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎 (@Starwings45) May 21, 2024
It appears Sun Jae will get his memories back. Yet, no happy ending is guaranteed. It looks like he will only continue to experience traumatic events, as a car accident was teased in the preview for Episode 15.
the last 2 episodes and we get sunjae's memory will be back but he gets into car accident????? WHAT R U TRYING TO DO TVN WTF #lovelyrunnerEp14 #LovelyRunner pic.twitter.com/8eldfMbEmT
— vita (@sprinkleflakes) May 21, 2024
Sol at Sunjae's apartment Sunjae being a loser Taxi driver back at beefing with kids Sunjae getting his memories back possible car accident we're so back( I'm going to kms)!!#lovelyrunnerEp14 #LovelyRunner pic.twitter.com/4XDP4F8uNo
— Meh🍉 (@antikwason) May 21, 2024
we only have 2 last episodes and wtf is this why sunjae gets into car accident #lovelyrunnerEp14 #LovelyRunner pic.twitter.com/rud9ioEdc1
— vita (@sprinkleflakes) May 21, 2024
Lovely Runner fans are sad the show is ending soon, but they are also incredibly anxious about how it might end. Hopefully, our Sun Jae and Sol will finally have a happy ending and a long life together!