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A Boy who couldn't be a child or a grown-up under the shadow of Father who failed to be like an adult

Hyo-min moved to a new neighborhood where nothing was familiar, and nobody was his friend. One day, he ran into a group of bullies who made him feel like an idiot. They tried to take money from him, and that's when a boy appeared to his rescue. The boy yelled at the bullies, who got frightened and started running away. Hyo-min was scared and felt so alone, but the boy appeared out of nowhere and saved him. About a week later, he ran into this boy again in front of a stationery store, and something strange happened. He was like a wonderful adult who had come to his rescue just a few days ago, but now he saw this boy stealing a pen at the store. Hyo-min wondered what to think of him. He was supposed to be a big boy he could look up to and trust, but as the story unfolds, Hyomin discovers the boy's hidden secrets one by one. This is a story about the truth of violence seen from the perspective of a child.