Min-ju, why didn't you wake me up?
Why the long face?
What about it?
Well, it's like you're back to how you were before.
What was I like before?
You really don't know?
Min-ju.
-Hi. -Min-ju.
Did you hear SechsKies on the radio? They were so adorable.
-I told you H.O.T. is better. -You are so clueless.
Min-ju.
Min-ju, is something wrong?
-You don't look so good. -Huh?
Yeah, you seem like the old Min-ju today.
The old Min-ju?
What was the old Kwon Min-ju like?
Was I unpleasant?
I wouldn't say that you were unpleasant.
Well, it took us some time to become friends.
Even if we tried to talk to you, you always kept to yourself.
It felt like you didn't want anyone near you.
Yeah. You didn't seem like the type to chit-chat either.
But we really like your new personality,
so you can't go back to being the old Kwon Min-ju.
Okay.
Take your seats.
Why aren't you getting ready for class?
Yeah.
I really despise the old Kwon Min-ju too.
I wish someone would…
accept me for who I am instead of treating me like a weirdo!
BASED ON THE TAIWANESE DRAMA SOMEDAY OR ONE DAY
AHN HYO-SEOP
JEON YEO-BEEN
KANG HOON
WRITTEN BY CHOI HYO-BI
DIRECTED BY KIM JIN-WON
A TIME CALLED YOU
Aristotle said that in order for humans to be happy,
they should find the golden mean.
So, what is the golden mean? Huh?
It's about not being excessive or limited but just the right--
I'm sorry.
Where have you been?
Sit down.
For example, like Nam Si-heon over there,
if you're overly courageous, you become reckless.
And if you lack courage, then you become a coward.
-Does everyone get what I mean? -Yes, sir.
Now, this notion of a golden mean wasn't just in the West.
Someone also preached it in the East.
Does anyone know who?
Si-heon.
Nam Si-heon.
Kwon Min-ju.
I want to ask you a favor.
From now on, please don't look at me
like Jun-hee would.
You were expressionless as if you'd vanished into a dark cave.
You had no energy and were always sulking.
I was finally getting used to the new you.
Don't go back to your old self.
Min-ju, is something wrong?
You seem like the old Min-ju today.
I wouldn't say that you were unpleasant.
It took us some time to become friends.
So you can't go back to being the old Kwon Min-ju.
Han Jun-hee.
You're watching it all from there, aren't you?
I used to be a kid who only heard things like that.
You probably can't even imagine
what other kids used to whisper…
behind my back.
Min-ju. Don't do it.
It's all my fault.
You were struggling, but I kept urging you to speak about Oh Chan-yeong.
I'm sorry that I came into your body and made things hard for you.
I'm so sorry, Min-ju.
Why are you apologizing to me?
You didn't do anything wrong.
I should be thanking you instead.
Thanks to you coming into my body,
even though it was for a short while,
I was popular,
and I got to live and be loved as Han Jun-hee.
-Hi, Min-ju. -Is it okay?
They all look great.
You bring joy to my life!
Let's go.
But…
Nam Si-heon, go faster.
…after waking up from a lovely dream…
I think it hurts even more.
Han Jun-hee, you know what?
If I kill myself,
the other kids will probably say,
"Oh, I feel sorry for Kwon Min-ju."
"But I knew she'd end up doing that."
"How pathetic."
They'll probably talk like that for a day or two
and then gradually forget about me.
As if I never existed in the first place,
they'll get on with their lives.
But, Han Jun-hee,
there's one thing I learned thanks to you.
If it turns out, as you know,
that today,
on October 13,
1998…
I am murdered by someone,
I won't be forgotten so easily.
And they won't say that I'm pathetic.
No.
They won't be able to.
Min-ju. What are you saying right now?
I wasn't the one who killed Kwon Min-ju.
It was you, Han Jun-hee.
This is what he meant.
I was the one who started all of this.
It wasn't Oh Chan-yeong.
Because of me, Min-ju…
Because it'll be a controversial murder,
they will talk about me for ages.
You know, in the newspapers or on TV,
murder victims
are always portrayed as having lived very fulfilling lives,
saying it's such a waste for them to die like this.
So…
maybe that's how they'll remember me too.
For me…
perhaps
it's only after death…
that I could become
the Kwon Min-ju I yearned to be.
"For me, perhaps it's only after death
that I could become
the Kwon Min-ju I yearned to be."
What is it?
Is something wrong?
I saw Min-ju talking on the rooftop earlier.
I read her lips, and it seemed like she was talking to someone
while repeatedly saying, "Han Jun-hee."
What did she say exactly?
She was far away, so I couldn't catch it all.
But what she said was,
"Thanks to you coming into my body,
even though it was for a short while,
I was popular,
and I got to live and be loved as Han Jun-hee."
But that wasn't all.
She said if she were murdered by someone today,
people wouldn't see her as pathetic
but would always remember and miss her.
Do you remember?
Min-ju told us about a murder before.
A murder?
I heard that someone would murder Kwon Min-ju
on October 13, 1998.
Today is October 13.
Where is Min-ju right now?
I don't know. She left her bag and went somewhere.
First, let's hurry and search the places she could've gone.
I'll go to her house.
Okay, I'll go to the record store.
Kwon Min-ju.
Kwon Min-ju!
Here you are.
Have you seen Min-ju? Didn't she come here?
No, she didn't.
Why? What's going on?
If she comes in, please page me.
And make sure she doesn't go anywhere until Si-heon and I get here. Please.
Do you remember this place?
You were found lying here after hurting your head.
Min-ju, are you…
Please don't do this.
Getting murdered won't change things the way you want them to.
Min-ju, please don't. Please.
Min-ju, it's not too late to run away.
Min-ju. Please run away. Okay?
What are you going to do to me?
I will make sure that
everyone in the world remembers you at your most beautiful.
Rather than living a long, meaningless life,
if you could end things forever
when you're at your most beautiful…
isn't that way better?
What is that?
It's something I always carry with me, just for you.
You could say
it's a magic potion
to send you to heaven.
If you inject me with that,
will it hurt a lot?
Well, it's going to be a little painful.
But it won't take too long.
I promise.
Oh, Min-ju.
Oh Chan-yeong.
No.
Oh Chan-yeong!
Damn it! No!
Hey.
No.
This isn't right.
Min-ju.
This wasn't me.
Hey, what are you doing? Stand up.
You promised you'd kill me!
No.
No, I don't want to!
That wasn't me.
It wasn't me!
Min-ju. Okay, that's good.
You won't die anymore.
You're going to live.
Min-ju. Wait a minute, Min-ju.
Wait, hear me out.
Okay, I'll go back to my world.
I won't ever come into your body again.
No matter what happens in the future,
I'll never interfere in your life again.
So please don't do this to yourself. Okay?
I'm the one you should hate and curse at.
Not yourself.
Han Jun-hee.
I…
don't hate you.
I…
I just…
I just hate myself the most.
I am…
someone whose life is not worth living.
No.
Min-ju.
In-gyu.
What are you doing?
In-gyu.
Help me.
Remember how you said
you knew exactly how I felt?
So help me.
Okay?
Right now, right here,
please kill me.
Won't you?
Please, In-gyu.
Please.
If I don't get murdered today,
everything will go back to how it was.
I'll have to go back
to living Kwon Min-ju's pathetic life.
Please? In-gyu.
Min-ju.
Calm down first, and listen to me.
I know you're suffering a lot.
But you're not alone.
There are many of us that care about you.
There is no one like that.
No one is by my side.
Si-heon.
You have Si-heon and In-gyu.
And right now, I'm doing all this to save you.
I give you my word.
I'll take responsibility and turn everything back to how it was.
What I'm saying is that
I'll send you back to where you were before I intervened.
So…
so just give yourself another chance.
Min-ju, if you believe in me and just hang in there a little longer--
Han Jun-hee.
In the end…
is that all you have to say?
"Hang in there"?
Han Jun-hee.
"Hang in there"?
You…
you made friends without even trying…
and Si-heon liked you.
So, how can you know what I'm feeling?
How do you know what I'm feeling?
You think I ended up like this because I didn't try hard enough?
Oh, Min-ju.
I… I am…
I am just totally and utterly alone.
Nobody…
nobody knows how much I am suffering.
No.
I know.
I know only too well how you've been getting through this.
But, Min-ju, there's something you don't know.
I…
I really like you a lot.
My heart broke every time you looked at Si-heon.
But if it made you happy,
I thought that I should bear it.
Min-ju.
Give me a chance.
Then this time,
I'll show you just how much I like you.
Every day, I'll show you how it feels to be loved by someone.
So,
please give that to me.
Please.
You like me?
Don't come closer.
In-gyu.
You don't like me.
You think I'm similar to you…
so you are pitying me.
It's not like that.
Other people tell me,
"Min-ju, what's up with your expression?"
"Min-ju, you should smile more."
"Min-ju, you can't go back to being the old Kwon Min-ju."
"Min-ju."
Please.
Please stop.
What can I do to make you believe me?
I liked you just the way you were.
I wouldn't have cared if you hadn't changed.
In-gyu.
It's so suffocating.
This life has been just so awful.
Someone like me should've never been born in the first place.
You're wrong.
You are very precious to me.
I've been listening to you all along.
I want to wake up from this nightmare.
No. Don't do it.
Min-ju, please don't.
It's time
to wake up from this dream.
No!
You were dazzling.
Nice! Hey, you're pretty good!
Block him! Block Si-heon!
Nice.
You
dazzled me so much that my eyes were sore.
I wanted to reach you just for a moment.
Even just for the briefest of moments.
It would've been nice, even for just a little while.
Oh no.
No, Min-ju.
Min-ju. Look at me.
Min-ju!
Kwon Min-ju!
Kwon Min--
What's wrong with Min-ju?
I'm asking you why Min-ju is like this.
Hey, Jung In-gyu.
Say something. Why is she like this?
Min-ju
is at peace now.
I did it.
What do you mean by that?
I killed Min-ju.
What are you talking about?
I did it.
Don't lie. Why would you kill Min-ju?
Why would you kill her?
Nam Si-heon.
I killed her.
There's no going back.
Because of me…
Min-ju died because of me.
I want to undo it all,
but the cassette player broke,
so I can't go back anymore.
Si-heon.
Is this…
how everything ends?
I tried, but I couldn't get it to work.
I somehow got the parts back together, but it won't play.
I took the chewed-up tape out and wound it back up.
-Thank you. -Not at all.
"Whenever your heart calls me."
What does it mean?
"I will come to you."
Si-heon.
Please.
Please, just one more time…
let me go back to your time.
When the lights outside the window
Start dimming one by one
I write a letter to the sky
You left me…
No!
Are you okay? Are you hurt?
Thank you, In-gyu.
You saved Min-ju.
Han Jun-hee?
Hey, Kwon Min-ju!
Nam Si-heon.
It's you.
Han Jun-hee.
Isn't it?
You're back, aren't you?
How did you know it was me?
I can just tell.
In the end, this made everything possible.
Oh Chan-yeong of 2023
was able to come to 1998 using this.
Because Oh Chan-yeong returned to his body in 2023,
his plan to harm Min-ju failed?
That's right.
What was destined to happen today
hasn't happened.
What about Min-ju?
If you're here with us now,
where is Min-ju?
Min-ju is safe and sound.
She'll be back shortly.
When?
After I'm done taking care of some things.
What do you mean?
Since Min-ju has survived,
the future is going to change.
But if the future is going to change…
doesn't that mean everything else will change too?
You and I won't meet in college.
And if we don't meet then,
you won't come back to now,
and you wouldn't have met me.
Right?
To be honest, I'm not yet sure what's changed.
A lot of things have started to change already.
I can assure you.
I'll take this with me.
Huh?
Okay.
Uncle!
I'm back!
Hey, you brat. Where have you been until so late?
I'm sorry.
In-gyu came by, saying weird things.
I called home, but you weren't there. I've been so worried.
Did something happen?
Everything's fine now.
And it's all thanks to you.
Me?
Did I help?
Of course.
You've done so much to help.
Really?
Min-ju.
I know you're in there,
so you don't need to answer.
Just hear me out for a second.
After everything goes back to how it was,
you might try to turn your back on the world again.
However,
even if that happens again,
I won't try to stop you.
You were right.
You've been trying more than enough.
You've tried so hard,
so it would be meaningless to tell you to try harder.
But, Min-ju,
I really want to tell you one thing.
When I was where you are now…
I had a lot of chances to peek into your heart.
You were struggling so much and wanting to give up…
but it wasn't because you were weak and depressed.
It was
because you were so full of hope and expectations for the world.
Min-ju.
The truth is that…
because you are so full of hope,
you were trying harder than anyone else in this world.
I'm sorry for misunderstanding you so much.
It's only now…
that I've finally gotten to know you a bit better.
Gosh, this darn alarm clock!
Hey, Kwon Do-hun!
Kwon Do-hun.
I won't be able to wake you up anymore.
You're all grown up now. You have to wake up on your own.
And don't be too harsh to your sister.
Okay?
You're really caring deep inside,
but why do you always act otherwise?
I'm meeting a friend today, so I'm taking the day off.
Postscript.
Why don't you take a barista class when you have time?
Later, you'll become a café owner, but the market will be highly competitive,
so professional skills are necessary to succeed.
Well, if you don't believe me, it'll be totally your loss.
What on earth is she talking about so early in the morning?
Please get rid of all this.
Both of these?
Yeah.
You have to in order for Min-ju to come back to you.
But
if I get rid of these,
there'll be no way for you to come back to 1998.
It means you'll never be able to see Si-heon again.
What are you going to do?
I know Si-heon.
If he can't see you again,
he won't be okay at all.
Once this tape and cassette player are gone,
Si-heon may forget all about my existence.
Maybe none of it will ever happen in the first place.
But there's no other way.
It's not just Oh Chan-yeong.
If these continue to exist, I'll be tempted to keep returning to 1998.
However,
I must never get involved in Min-ju's life again.
So please get rid of it.
Okay?
Si-heon.
Did you wait long?
No.
Let's go.
We're here!
We're at the sea!
Okay.
Hey!
Darn it, come here. Hey, come here.
-Hold it? -And throw.
That was pretty good.
Today is our…
last day together, right?
Once you leave today…
you can never come back, can you?
To prevent Kwon Min-ju
from meeting Oh Chan-yeong at all…
you're going to destroy that tape.
When did you figure it out?
Yesterday, when you said you'd take the tape and cassette player.
You catch on to things quickly.
I know because it's you.
I know what you're thinking,
even if you don't say anything.
When I miss you so much…
When I miss you so much that I can't bear it,
what should I do?
Si-heon.
This is not the end.
We are not
parting ways forever.
If you are
the Si-heon I think you are,
you will find me, no matter what.
Right?
Yeah.
I promise.
I will surely find you.
It doesn't matter when or where you are.
We will definitely meet again.
I will make sure…
to come and find you.
I HOPE THIS MUSIC TAKES YOU TO YOUR HAPPIEST MOMENT
What am I doing here?
Min-ju.
Are you okay? Let me get the doctor.
Well, actually…
What happened to me?
Don't you remember?
A few days ago, on the day Si-heon and I threw you a birthday party,
you were in a car accident.
A car accident?
When the lights outside the window
Start dimming one by one
I write a letter to the sky
You left me for someone else…
What's the matter?
It's nothing. Something just felt a little weird.
Weird?
This song.
It feels a bit strange to hear this song.
It feels like I forgot something really important.
What could it be?
And I'll tell you That because I cannot forget you
I'll just continue to love you
Dear, I'm going to wait…
Are we not going?
Let's go.
Should I get something for Min-ju?
Gosh, you're talking about Kwon Min-ju again?
But what should I get her?
Just tell me what we're going to eat.
-How about pork cutlet? -Not that.
How does it feel to be back at school?
Anything troubling you?
It's not that.
I was thinking about a dream I had before.
A dream?
What kind of dream was it?
To tell you the truth,
before my car accident,
I used to think I was really unfortunate.
I thought I was totally alone in this world.
But I met another me
in my dream.
She told me
the reason I've been struggling
is because I had a lot of expectations for the world.
And that's why it was so hard.
After hearing that, I cried a lot in my dream.
Then I woke up in the hospital.
Oddly, I felt a lot more at peace.
In-gyu.
Perhaps
I was wrong to think
that I was alone.
I think
I didn't take a close look around me
and didn't realize who was there.
Now…
can you see who is next to you?
Yeah.
I see it clearly.
YEAR 2011
RATIO OF WEBTOONS TO PUBLISHED COMICS
Oh, it's freezing.
It looks like the boss already got here.
I don't think he left in the first place.
Again?
Good morning.
-Good morning. -Hello.
Did you stay up all night working again?
I was just reviewing some webtoons we received.
Take a look at this. I picked out a few.
I think they're pretty original and good.
Oh, this one.
This is quite fresh,
but I thought it might be a bit too experimental or niche.
I want us to focus more on this kind of thing.
We are a new platform,
so we need to target the work that the large portal sites let slip.
Sir, wait!
Thank you.
This is our last song for today.
It's dedicated to all the listeners who are heading home
after wrapping up another hard day.
"Gather My Tears" by Seo Ji-won.
When the lights outside the window
Start dimming one by one
I write a letter to the sky
You left me for someone else
But I still cannot forget you
So I gather my tears
And send them off to the sky
Though I'm not your love
If you look for me
I'll lower myself to lie next to you
And I'll tell you That because I cannot forget you
I'll just continue to love you
Dear, I'm going to wait
When my letter of tears reaches the sky…
Kwon Min-ju?
Sorry?
I'm sorry. You look like someone I know.
Oh, it's no problem.
I will believe it and gather my tears…
Excuse me.
I promise.
I will surely find you.
It doesn't matter when or where you are.
We will definitely meet again.
I will come and find you…
in a time called you.
Subtitle translation by: Sung In Jang
Ripped and corrected by YoungJedi