”Run with Sungjae on Your Back” team is reminded of the late Jong Hyun? ... ”There is no such setting”

TvN's new Monday-Tuesday TV series "Run with Sungjae on Your Back" has responded to allegations that it reminds viewers of the late SHINee member Jong Hyun.
A TvN representative dismissed the idea, telling Edaily on the 9th, "There are no settings or scenes that would suggest a specific person."
Previously, it was pointed out that the character descriptions and settings in "Run with Sungjae on Your Back" were reminiscent of Go Jong Hyun.
"Run with Sungjae on Your Back" tells the story of Lim Sol (Kim Seol), an ardent fan of Ryu Sungjae (Byeon WooSeok), who is devastated by the death of the famous artist who gave her life.
The story is about a time-slip rescue romance in which a man named Hye-yoon (played by Jung-hyun) goes back in time to 2008 to save his beloved.
They raised concerns about the fact that the date is April 8th, which is Ms.'s birthday, and that it would be a return to 2008, when SHINee debuted.
Some fans had been in contact with the broadcasting company even before "Run with Sungjae on Your Back" was aired.
In response, CJ ENM responded through a viewer consultation, "Sungjae's debut year in the drama was 2009, and he is the subject of a web novel, 'Tomorrow'.
The TV series is based on the novel 'The Best of the Best' and was not made with any specific characters or situations in mind."
Regarding the different time setting from the original, "The setting six years before the original is
"I decided that it would be inappropriate to depict the innocent times of the protagonists while at the same time showing the difference in eras, so I set the story in 2008, 15 years before the time period when a historical contrast with 2023 would definitely be apparent," he explained.
They continued, "In the case of the first broadcast schedule, it was decided sequentially according to the existing tvN Mon-Tue TV Series block schedule, and it is realistically impossible to set it intentionally.
"Run with Sungjae on Your Back" airs every Monday and Tuesday at 8:50 pm.