Little Whale’s Sea 22

Alone in the pitch-dark night, I face myself deep within my heart.

Eun-jae is an eleven-year-old who lost her mother when she was little. One day, she is visited by a bear she has never seen before. The story, which blends reality and fantasy, unfolds as Eun-jae reflects on how she always tried to please other kids, even those who had been mean to her, because of the loneliness that consumed her heart. And it follows the heart of a girl who, overwhelmed by the loneliness and fear created by her empty heart, lost herself and tried to find herself in others.

It is a tender portrayal of the growing pains of a young girl moving toward a new season in her life.