Lovely Runner (2024) - Korean with English subtitles, 1080p torrent

This is the 2024 Korean romance/comedy/fantasy TV drama series, native title "선재 업고 튀어," also known as "The Best of Tomorrow," "Run Away With Sun Jae on Piggyback," "Run Away With Seon Jae on Piggyback," "Tomorrow's #1," "Tomorrow's Number One," "Time Walking on Memory," "Carry Sun Jae and Run," "Loverly Runner," and "Tomorrow's Best."

From MyDramaList: https://mydramalist.com/750099-time-walking-on-memory
"In the glitzy realm of stardom, Ryu Sun-jae shines as a top-tier celebrity, captivating the spotlight since his debut. Despite the facade of a perfect life, the demanding nature of the entertainment industry has left him utterly exhausted. Im-sol, an ardent admirer, holds an affectionate love for Ryu Sun-jae. A childhood accident derailed her dreams, yet the solace found in Ryu Sun-jae's music on the radio transformed her into an unwavering fan. The narrative takes a poignant turn when Im-sol, reeling from the breaking news of Ryu Sun-jae's tragic demise, experiences a miraculous twist of fate. Transported back 15 years into the past, she confronts Ryu Sun-jae in his 19-year-old high school self. Im-sol grapples with the formidable challenge of altering the trajectory of his future, driven by an unyielding determination to avert the impending tragedy."

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31324295
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovely_Runner
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Lovely_Runner

This is the complete set of 16 episodes ranging from 61 to 77 minutes long each. They all have edited "soft" English captions; that is, English subtitles are part of the MKV file and the subtitles can be enabled or disabled as you wish.

I downloaded the source videos named like "Lovely.Runner.S01E01.1080p.H264.AAC.WEB-DL-Phanteam.mkv" and extracted the English subtitles from those. Then I...
- Used Subtitle Edit (by Nikolaj Lynge Olsson) to find and fix all flagged issues
- Watched the series and italicized music lyrics, characters' thoughts, short flashbacks, and some off-screen dialogue; also color-coded some subtitles for clarity as appropriate, using yellow, teal, and salmon colors for signs, flashbacks, and written/printed material respectively
- Added 0.7 second to each subtitle (where possible) to allow more time to read them and adjusted words/minute to at least 280
- "Softened" all subtitled profanity (bastard --> jerk, damn --> darn, bitch --> witch etc.)
- Corrected commonly-found typos, converted many word pairs into common English contractions, brought together sentence fragments, removed unnecessary translated words like "oh" and "ah", etc., converted Korean Won amounts into American Dollars, converted British terms to American ones, and (where needed) converted Korean names to AP style (family name followed by hyphenated given name)
- Split up and/or rewrote lengthy and/or wordy subtitles to maintain 23 characters/second and/or 280 words/minute or less
- Used Handbrake to create new MKV files using my subtitles

Format: MKV
Format info: Audio Video Interleave
Total file sizes: 19.7 GB (21,261 MB)
Total duration: 17 hours, 17 minutes, 0 seconds
Overall bitrate: 2728 Kbps

Video format: MKV
Video Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1)
Video bitrate: 2600 Kbps (2-pass)
Video width: 1920 pixels
Video height: 820 pixels
Video frame rate: 29.970 fps
Video decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV
Video scan type: Progressive

Audio format: MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)
Audio language: Korean
Audio bitrate mode: Constant
Audio bitrate: 128 Kbps
Audio channel(s): 2
Audio sampling rate: 48 KHz

Subtitles: English as soft captions - feel free to rip & use or distribute as you wish