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Three idiots.
Guys! Tonight's on me again!
-Cho Seok! -Cho Seok!
Hey.
Let's drink a little more. Come on.
Hey.
Shit.
Hey, Sin. Let's play a little more.
Let's play!
AE-BONG
Shit.
What took you so long to pick up? Are you still at the funeral?
Yes. You know how it is.
Are you really at the funeral?
Are you lying to me and hanging out with your friends again,
paying for everything like a tool?
Ae-bong.
I respected my homeroom teacher...
who passed away.
How could you suspect me like that? What the...
Hello?
Hey.
She hung up on me.
Pick up.
Pick up or you'll regret it.
Shit!
Hey!
Oh, no!
What the hell? You're not picking up?
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
What are they doing back there?
Oh, our teacher was an elder at a church.
They are praying
for his soul.
Do you believe me now?
Do you really have zero faith in me?
Forget it.
I'm the bad guy.
I didn't pay much attention to you. That's why you can't trust me...
Sure. I'm the bad guy.
I'm the loser.
I cried so much that I'm losing my voice.
You're dead!
Ae-bong.
I'm sorry.
Tell your friends, if they use your card to pay for drinks one more time
I'll book them one-way tickets to hell.
Got it?
When will you guys ever grow up?
They say if you grow up, you die.
What?
When we were 19, we were
more than just friends.
Excuse me.
I want an extra-large jjamppong.
I'll have a bowl of jjajangmyeon.
Excuse me.
I want spaghetti alle vongole.
Here's your jjamppong.
Here's your jjajangmyeon.
Here's your pasta.
Why you...
We always dreamt about the same thing.
Will you...
go out with me?
-Date him! -Date him!
I'm sorry!
Run!
We shared the pain of a heartbreak.
-You punks. Congratulations on graduating. -Congratulations.
Let's make our dreams come true. Let's succeed.
Of course. For sure.
My mom said I'm destined to become a movie director.
Seok, I'll turn your comics
into movies and dramas for you.
I'll invest in it. Just wait ten years, okay?
I'll be the CEO of a VC firm.
I can't wait. Good.
Enough already. Just take the picture.
Look here.
Here I go. One, two...
Friends. Close buddies I've known for years.
That was us.
GRAND OPENING
Hello, viewers.
Welcome to BJ Wuk's I Really Don't Want To Know.
INTERVIEW WITH CHO SEOK
We came to a sushi restaurant today. Actually, it's been a while.
I don't know. But first,
The Sound of Your Heart's author,
Cho Seok, will be joining me today.
Just hang tight. But before that You need to give me likes
so that I can introduce Cho Seok.
Got that? Press the like button.
Liar.
Where's Cho Seok?
Is he really coming?
Pull the plug on this lame show already!
Do I go on air now? When do I start?
-Are there a lot of viewers? -Hold on.
0 VIEWERS
There are no viewers.
What's wrong with me?
I don't understand. I want to know why.
I should ask my mom. Why am I so unpopular?
That's spicy.
SEO BU-WUK, MAMA'S BOY, IMBECILE,
DREAM IS TO BE AN ACTOR AND A BROADCASTER
Excuse me. Can we get more...
Enjoy.
Let me know if you need anything.
Do you want soju?
A bottle of soju!
Let me know if you need anything.
You're out of sashimi.
Here you go.
Hey... Sin.
Young sheeps, do you need fish?
Or do you need bread?
Is that a part-time job too?
None of your business.
GAN SIN, DREAMS OF BECOMING STEVE JOBS
REALITY IS HE HAS THREE JOBS
GRAND OPENING
Good work.
Thank you.
I can't believe it.
Aren't you uncomfortable? What are you wearing?
My Lord wanted me to dress up to match the name of the restaurant.
Five Loaves, Two Fish.
Yes, Jesus fed people with five loaves of bread and two fish.
But how many jobs do you have?
If I get paid the minimum wage which is 7,530 won,
I'll work anywhere since labor is sacred.
If you say so.
Make a lot of money and make sure to invest
when they make my webtoon into a movie.
Okay. Sounds good.
I will direct it.
Did you hear about the reunion? Are you going?
I'm sure you'll get the text soon.
No.
I'm not going even if I get it.
My mommy told me not to go to things like that.
I'm not going either. I have to work that day.
That's right.
You should go.
It seems like the guys want to see a famous author.
Are you kidding me? Why would I go without you guys?
I'm loyal like that.
MAEUM HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
It's so good to see you. It's been so long.
You haven't changed at all.
Your ass is still tight.
So tight.
Hey, it's me, Cho Seok.
The best looking guy in class.
Now, the author of The Sound of Your Heart.
I'm Kim Yong-bae,
and your table is that way, sir.
I'd like a beer, please.
Hey! It's been so long, guys!
Hi, guys!
It's good to see you.
Hey.
I thought your mom told you not to come.
My mom changed her mind and said I should go.
I told him to go. Don't blame him.
You said you had to work.
-The restaurant closed down. -What?
What about you? Why are you here?
I came to get some ideas for my webtoon.
Well, this happened...
Maybe we should just go home... No way! Let's drink!
-Let's drink! -Let's drink!
Let's drink!
Cheers.
It's so much fun talking about the good old days.
It's been so long.
Hey. What other fun things happened when we were in school?
There was the...
Early leave incident.
I was incredible back then.
He almost went blind.
I never knew how persistent this guy was before that day.
He even missed the school trip because of it.
Hey. Let's drink like men. Come on.
-Okay. -Let's drink!
-Let's drink!
They are at it again. How many times has it been?
-It must be at least the 450th time. -Sorry.
I texted Seok by mistake about the reunion.
It's okay.
When we were 19, we were in the prime of our youth,
and everything was hot.
Fin.K.L members are so pretty.
But I think Lee Hyori is super pretty.
No way. Sung Yu-ri is much prettier.
-Who do you think is the prettiest? -Ock Joo-hyun!
Guys.
The teacher said to gather in the yard after lunch. We're pulling out weeds.
Get lost!
Don't harass nature!
Do you not fear
the vengeance of Mother Nature?
-Let's go. -Where?
Let's go!
CHO SEOK
EARLY LEAVE
-Excuse me. -What?
My ear hurts, so I need to leave early.
I can't see at all.
I can't see.
Seok! Where are you?
My throat...
My...
I need to go...
Gosh. Is that right?
Your ear hurts,
-your eyes hurt, -Yes.
and your throat hurts.
Then...
you should work together from now on.
Sorry?
-We're sorry. -We're sorry.
Okay.
One, two, three.
There he is.
I will succeed in going home early today.
You're really doing it?
Don't do it.
That hurts.
-Help. It hurts. I can't do it. -Grab him.
-Hold him. -Do it!
All done.
I can't see.
-Go... -Go...
I can't see.
Okay. Go.
Go and get some rest.
GOD OF (MENTAL) ILLNESS
A FEW DAYS LATER
Seok.
We're going on the school trip.
Hope your cold and pink eye heal soon.
-What? -What?
Where is everyone?
What about the bill?
Hey. Look. The check's still there.
Those bastards.
Where did they go?
Hey. I don't think they paid.
Based on my experience working part time jobs,
I can tell that the waiter is
onto us.
What do we do?
Seok, what do we do?
Hey.
Let's leave early.
-What? -What?
Let's go!
-You go first. -Go.
We're masters at this.
Should we go for another round?
-Yes! -Yes!
It's on me again.
Because...
I have a new credit card.
But if Ae-bong catches you again,
you're going to get in trouble.
Don't worry. It's okay.
She doesn't know about this one.
Let's go!
-Let's go! -Let's go!
What the heck?
Are they leaving?
Goodness.
I came because I heard you were having a reunion.
Those slackers.
Don't mind them. They were always like that.
-Let's go in. -Okay.
It'll only be a pain in the neck if we call them back.
-Wait. -What?
Go first. I need to use the bathroom.
I really have to go.
-Let's go. -Let's go.
-Put a song on the waiting list for me.
This is nice.
So,
should I reunite you with your teacher
who passed away?
Something urgent just...
Get over here!
Get over here.
Get up!
Ae-bong!
Do you know how much I've missed you?
One, two, three, four, five.
Next up...
How Cho Copes with a Slump.
I'm just curious about my future as a webtoon artist.
I'm just a little frustrated.
Pick one card.
I'm in a slump.
Of course, this isn't the first time.
Hello.
Mr. Cho.
Why aren't you uploading the chapter?
You see, I'm in a--
Don't even say you're in a slump.
This is the 131st time you said that.
Please try to remember how you felt when you first started.
You said you were so happy you could become
a webtoon artist
and draw comics all the time.
Do you understand?
SOUND OF YOUR HEART
My comic is being serialized.
It's true.
I'm proud of you, son.
This is really hard to do.
-Really? -Yes.
You're amazing.
Yes. That passion. That excitement.
I'm going back to the basics.
I haven't taken the subway in ages.
This familiar stuffy air and smell...
Just a few years ago, my favorite way to hunt for ideas
was by watching people on the subway.
However, due to my sudden popularity and fame,
I stopped taking public transportations.
Perhaps that is why they say true art comes from starving artists.
I'm hungry.
I got so many ideas from here.
I won't get off the train until I sketch the strangest person.
What's this?
People became too normal.
I'm the strangest one here.
I attended a gathering
where cartoonists discuss the future of webtoons
in hopes of finding a new turning point and getting over my slump.
What's wrong? Is the chair uncomfortable?
Diaper rash.
Hey. Isn't that something only newborn babies get?
At least their moms change their diapers right away.
I didn't have time to go to the bathroom because of my deadline, and...
I've been wearing diapers for a while now.
Hey. Still, you're lucky
you can actually take a dump.
I'm constipated.
You see how jaundiced I look?
I think because the crap can't go down,
it's coming up to my face.
Seok.
That's why you should
get an enema like I did. Just do it.
What? Is that why you went to the hospital yesterday?
No.
Because I sat for so long in the same position,
I got bedsores.
Shit.
THE COLLECTION OF USELESS IDIOTS
TCUI
Meeting colleagues
who endlessly work on self-development
to avoid becoming stagnant
was a huge motivation.
So this is what he drew while wearing diapers.
I hate it. Not fun at all.
This is what he completed without moving, which caused him
a sore on his butt.
What the hell?
He never drew this genre of comics before.
It's really funny.
The drawings are good too.
I hate it. Snoozefest.
I've decided to give it a try
even if I get bedsores.
The deadline is in two days.
Do you have time to do this?
I've been wanting to break the stereotype
that people have of me.
Do you want to break apart completely?
Do what you're good at, not what you want.
I can just find something I'm good at.
-So, I was thinking-- -No SF.
-Then-- -No thrillers either.
-Then-- -Horror and thriller are the same.
This is my hidden card.
Definitely not a historical piece.
Please meet the deadline for The Sound of Your Heart.
Okay?
Wow, amazing.
Is the sound of my heart that loud? How come you know everything?
I don't want to do anything.
I'm not doing anything now either, but still...
I want to be more intense...
in doing nothing.
CHEONHA JEIL WEBTOON CONTEST
What's this?
There was a gifted author who lived by two names.
The one and only Romain Gary.
He won the Prix Goncourt
and rose to stardom in the French literary world.
As he lost popularity when he got older,
he wrote another piece under the name, Émile Ajar.
He received praise, and people said another gifted author was born.
He won the Prix Goncourt again
and enjoyed his glory days once more.
That's right.
I, Cho Seok, will take on this challenge to overcome myself
by following the footsteps of Romain Gary.
He chose anonymity to show
his refusal towards discrimination and to break the stereotype.
I decided to abandon my name Cho Seok,
and draw a fantasy mystery period piece love story as I've always wanted.
What you need in a contest for new authors
is a story that differentiates you from established authors.
Applicant information.
Name. Cho...
Cho Hun.
Age.
Okay. I'm 22.
Address.
Jeju City. Hanlim-eup.
This is the ultimate perfect crime.
No one will ever guess it is me.
Application complete.
List of winners.
Okay.
Cho Seok.
Cho...
Right... Cho Hun.
Cho Hun.
WINNERS
What the heck? Did something go wrong?
What the...
-Hi. The Cheonha Webtoon-- -Hello, Mr. Cho Seok.
To what do I owe this pleasure?
Hello? This is perfect.
I sound funny.
Okay.
Hello. I'm Cho Hun. I participated in the contest.
I don't understand why I didn't pass the first round.
Please explain why I was eliminated.
But... Are you Cho Hun?
Of...
Why would I pretend to be Cho Hun if I wasn't?
That's not it.
Everyone who copied Cho Seok's drawings
were eliminated.
What? Who...
Who are you saying I copied?
Every character had a square face.
You obviously copied him.
Of course, you can copy him exactly.
But read Cho Seok's comics.
Even if his drawings seem thoughtlessly drawn,
it is perfectly balanced.
But your drawings are unbalanced.
It lacks balance.
That's why.
1 LOSS!
Yes. I'll just start over.
I won't compromise with the world.
I won't...
I'll start over.
That's right. This is a sign from above.
Let's go!
Shit. Why does he talk so much in the shower?
We have to start shooting, but how can we without Yi Sun-sin?
Okay.
I'm a little constipated.
I can only take a dump at my son's office.
Even if you're an extra, you should be professional!
-Hurry back. -I got a big one out, thanks to you.
I'll hurry back.
The quality of the piece depends on
thorough and extensive research.
If you try to live, you will die.
If you try to die, you will live.
According to our strategy...
GENERAL YI SUN-SIN
In order to feel the spirit of Yi Sun-sin,
I bowed until I could feel his energy
throughout my entire body.
-But Seok. -Yes?
Isn't the story about Admiral Yi Sun-sin?
Why did you need me?
Is it about Yi Sun-sin's first love or something like that?
No. A barbarian.
What? A barbarian?
A barbarian?
-What? What? Why? -You bastard!
What?
However,
I discovered a minor problem while preparing my new story.
Are you doing parodies of movies now?
This is Okja, right?
What? No. This isn't a pig. It's a turtle.
Don't give me that crap.
It looks exactly the same.
I couldn't draw the turtle ship like a turtle ship,
although I gave it all I had.
Hello.
I should devote myself to The Sound of Your Heart, as you said.
I'll send you the next chapter as soon as I hang up.
Okay. Thank you. Hugs and kisses. Bye.
Fine. Sure.
That was very natural.
Let's just send him The Sound of Your Heart.
SEND
LIFE AND DEATH OF YI SUN-SIN
MAIL SENT
I sent the wrong file. Shit.
What do I do?
A great chapter of The Sound of Your Heart.
-Crazy fun. -A new standard for comedy.
Cho Seok is back.
2 LOSSES!
I'm serious.
This slump is much worse than the others.
I get it.
Do I have to quit drawing comics?
You will find a pearl in the sea of bliss.
It's a very good sign.
For real?
This?
He's removing the pearl!
Then it's game over. Big fortune awaits.
What? Do it right.
I don't think that's it.
Even I can tell this is hell.
I'm done for.
It's too soon to say!
Do you see this man dancing in joy?
This man is you.
See how content he looks with the rope that fits perfectly around his neck?
This is your path.
You were destined to be a webtoon artist.
Here. See the lightning?
This means you will become a star.
It means you have a bright future.
Okay, since you overcame your slump, I'll read your love fortune for free.
You can't read my love fortune.
Subordination.
-What? -Subordination in love.
It's huge.
What is?
You will be subordinate to one woman for the rest of your life.
That woman has big eyes and a big nose,
but I have no idea who she is.
I have no idea who she is.
Money is coming. Lots of it.
Money is coming right here.
Really? But I have no money.
Come on!
Tarot Master Ae-bong's charm is that she reads the cards however she wants.
Regardless, I was able to overcome this slump as well,
thanks to her endless optimism.
Goodbye, troublesome family.
Translated by Jeong Lee