How to Love the Dawn

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by Eun Seom

Synopsis

Average grades. No particular talents. No idea what he wants to do with his life. As eighteen-year-old Yoo-sung approaches his final year of high school, reality hits him hard, and his nights stretch on endlessly in the dark. Compared to his seemingly perfect best friend, he feels like he started the race several steps behind, and the bright promise of his childhood now feels like a dream he can never get back. The more he thinks, the smaller he feels, and he finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into a private darkness. One restless night, fleeing the noise of his family, he wanders into a convenience store and has an unexpected encounter with a peculiar girl named Saebyeok. She leaves a strong impression — and then vanishes. The next day, she turns up as a transfer student in his class. His new desk partner, no less. As he grows closer to Saebyeok, who seems somehow disconnected from the ordinary world, his time — long frozen in the middle of the night — begins slowly moving toward the dawn. But he soon realizes that she, too, is trapped in her own deep darkness. This is the story of how two people overcome the night and find their way toward the light.