I didn’t expect much from this drama at first, because it has no major plot. However, as the episodes progressed, it instantly became one of my favorites.

It’s such a heart warming, healing show which covers a wide range of topics. It covers self love, sexuality, love, friendship, careers, family, etc. There’s just so much to learn from this show.

At first, I was hesitant watching it, since I didn’t really like Shin Sekyung’s dramas before, however watching it really was a great choice. To be honest, I didn’t know any of the other cast either.

The relationships between each character were amazing. They all had overflowing chemistry, may it be the two main leads, the two second leads, and all the different combinations that could be thought of.

It’s so nice to see healthy relationships, no toxic masculinity! Also, the dialogues between the characters are all so GOOD. They’re so well written, and I love how the characters are so honest. The lines were all so meaningful, and the way the cast delivered them mads it even waaaay better. Props to the writer since this is her first work as a head writer!!

The cinematography of this show is also so amazing!!! ALSO THE AESTHETICS. I can see how well every single detail of this show was thought of, including their little movie references. The code name candy, the movie within the drama was also so greaaat. How I wish they would actually have that movie altogether.

There’s also a lot of great quotes from the leads.
here are some:
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- "When you run, you don’t think about what’s behind you. The only thing that matters is what’s right in front of you. Normally, it’s the finish line. but today, it was you.”
- “why do we fall? so we can learn to pick ourselves up.”
- “no one is born being able to endure pain from the start. so dont try to seem okay if thats what youre doing”
- “you can slow down if you’re struggling. Just dont give up”
- “i really want to get along with myself. i don’t want to love myself too much, but i don’t want to be too hard on myself either. i think it’s important to work hard on keeping a good balance.”

not to mention, the osts were also amazing! I loved siwan’s also, and it was great how he sang one for the show! If i remember correctly, he wrote the lyrics which makes it even more special.

Overall, this drama is really one of my top 5 right now. It’s just so warm, and makes you feel extremely great. It’s unexpected, because of the completely unique way everything was presented. Run on is super refreshing and a rare gem in the kdrama world. This is quite slow paced, but I think its the perfect pacing for it. I didn’t want it to end yet, and I truly wish for more than one season for this. Every single person that worked on this drama for sure worked hard and it definitely payed off!!