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Titled Don’t Watch This If You Don’t Want to Marry Jin, the Run Jin episode showed the BTS star spending time with little boy Taeha, turning what could have been a simple playdate into a wholesome bonding experience.
Jin’s natural ease with children was evident as the pair enjoyed their time together.(Photo Credits: X)
When BTS’s Jin dropped Episode 13 of his variety show Run Jin today, fans tuned in expecting lighthearted fun. The episode teased a blind date, but Jin’s supposed date turned out to be someone unexpected—a three-year-old boy named Taeha. What began as a surprising twist quickly turned into a heartwarming episode that left fans swooning. Titled Don’t Watch This If You Don’t Want to Marry Jin, the episode showed Jin spending time with little Taeha, turning what could have been a simple playdate into a wholesome bonding experience.
As an uncle in real life, Jin’s natural ease with children was evident as the pair enjoyed their time eating and playing together. Fans couldn’t help but admire how nurturing and patient he was, sparking thoughts about what an amazing father Jin might be in the future. For ARMYs, it felt like watching a sweet montage straight out of a fan edit.
“Is this it?? Is this the moment Jin finally slaps the delulu out of us by going on a blind date??” commented a fan.
“SEOKJIN ON A BLIND DATE FOR “RUN JIN”?!!!! AND THE CAPTION SAYS “ROMANCE” TOO, HELLO?!!” wrote another fan.
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Expressing how adorable Jin looked in the episode, a user wrote, “Seokjin was still doing in simulation of what gaming questions he would ask when the kid showed up and he got surprised. omg he is so adorable – it is actually so attractive to watch him like this.”
Seokjin was still doing in simulation of what gaming questions he would ask when the kid showed up and he got surprised.omg he is so adorable – it is actually so attractive to watch him like this 😭
RUN JIN BLIND DATE #RunJin_EP13 pic.twitter.com/fmqWX4N4gn
— Seokjinism – HAPPY BY JIN (Fan Account) (@seokjinism1) December 10, 2024
“Seokjin not knowing baby Taeha would be his date yet he remarkably took great care of him, picked up stones so he wont get hurt, fed him so well & played along with him. Seokjin truly raised the standards even higher after this ep,” expressed another user.
seokjin not knowing baby taeha would be his date yet he remarkably took great care of him, picked up stones so he wont get hurt, fed him so well & played along with him.seokjin truly raised the standards even higher after this ep💘
RUN JIN BLIND DATE#RunJin_EP13 #BTS Jin pic.twitter.com/HO7aBGGyAA
— Kara is HAPPY ୨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹ (@jinthestandard) December 10, 2024
However, the episode didn’t just inspire warm and fuzzy feelings. Some viewers couldn’t help but notice a more subtle undertone to the concept. South Korea’s ongoing struggle with its declining birth rate has been a hot topic in recent years. Earlier this year, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a “national emergency on population,” pushing the government to come up with creative ways to encourage higher birth rates, informs Koreaboo.
With that context, some fans speculated whether this episode of Run Jin might have had a subliminal message.
“Kim Seokjin I know a way or two we can salvage South Korea’s falling birth rate,” commented a viewer.
“Birth rate increase propaganda,” observed another one.
This isn’t the first time a variety show has faced such accusations. Popular shows like Hello Baby have previously been criticised for allegedly promoting parenthood as part of a broader cultural push to address South Korea’s demographic crisis. While the idea of Jin playing with a child seems innocent on the surface, it has stirred conversations about whether such programming might carry underlying motives.
