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Future Antique Shop Volumes 1-3 Set
Future Antique Shop Volumes 1-3 Set
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[Book] Antique Shop of the Future 1
Crowdfunding reached 100 million won, won the 'Presidential Award' at the 2022 Korea Content Awards, and swept both the 'Grand Prize of the Year' and 'Reader's Popularity Award' at the 2022 Bucheon Comics Awards. A well-made oriental-style occult fantasy comic, 'Future Antique Shop'. On Haemae Island in the far southern sea, where a terrible curse has taken deep root in all living things, the story of the exorcism of a strange girl, Mirai, begins.
The winner of the Presidential Award in the cartoon category of the 2022 Korea Content Awards, "The Antique Shop of the Future," is now available as a book.
It has received favorable reviews from many webtoon readers for its solid narrative and high-quality artwork based on thorough research on Korean folktales and tales, as well as the myths and cultures of the indigenous peoples of Northeast Asia.
In 2022, it won the 'Grand Prize of the Year' and 'Reader's Popularity Award' at the 'Busan Cartoon Awards', which is considered the most prestigious cartoon award in Korea, and is currently pursuing a dramatization as a global project.

[Book] The Antique Shop of the Future 2
Crowdfunding reached 100 million won, won the 'Presidential Award' at the 2022 Korea Content Awards, and swept both the 'Grand Prize of the Year' and 'Reader's Popularity Award' at the 2022 Bucheon Comics Awards. A well-made oriental-style occult fantasy comic, 'Future Antique Shop'. On Haemae Island in the far southern sea, where a terrible curse has taken deep root in all living things, the story of the exorcism of a strange girl, Mirai, begins.
The winner of the Presidential Award in the cartoon category of the 2022 Korea Content Awards, "The Antique Shop of the Future," is now available as a book.
It has received favorable reviews from many webtoon readers for its solid narrative and high-quality artwork based on thorough research on Korean folktales and tales, as well as the myths and cultures of the indigenous peoples of Northeast Asia.
In 2022, it won the 'Grand Prize of the Year' and 'Reader's Popularity Award' at the 'Busan Cartoon Awards', which is considered the most prestigious cartoon award in Korea, and is currently pursuing a dramatization as a global project.

[Book] The Antique Shop of the Future 3
Crowdfunding reached 100 million won, won the 'Presidential Award' at the 2022 Korea Content Awards, and swept both the 'Grand Prize of the Year' and 'Reader's Popularity Award' at the 2022 Bucheon Comics Awards. A well-made oriental-style occult fantasy comic, 'Future Antique Shop'. On Haemae Island in the far southern sea, where a terrible curse has taken deep root in all living things, the story of the exorcism of a strange girl, Mirai, begins.
The winner of the Presidential Award in the cartoon category of the 2022 Korea Content Awards, "The Antique Shop of the Future," is now available as a book.
It has received favorable reviews from many webtoon readers for its solid narrative and high-quality artwork based on thorough research on Korean folktales and tales, as well as the myths and cultures of the indigenous peoples of Northeast Asia.
In 2022, it won the 'Grand Prize of the Year' and 'Reader's Popularity Award' at the 'Busan Cartoon Awards', which is considered the most prestigious cartoon award in Korea, and is currently pursuing a dramatization as a global project.

index
[Volume 1]

Prologue | Episode 1 The Future | Episode 2 The Four Pillars of Destiny Thief (1) | Episode 3 The Four Pillars of Destiny Thief (2) | Episode 4 The Four Pillars of Destiny Thief (3) | Episode 5 The Four Pillars of Destiny Thief (4) | Episode 6 The Four Pillars of Destiny Thief (5) | Episode 7 The Four Pillars of Destiny Thief (6) | Episode 8 The Four Pillars of Destiny Thief (Complete) | Episode 9 The Lover | Episode 10 The Middle Island (1) | Episode 11 The Middle Island (2) | Episode 12 The Middle Island (3) | Episode 13 The Middle Island (4) | Episode 14 The Middle Island (5) | Episode 15 The Middle Island (6) | Episode 16 The Middle Island (7) | Episode 17 The Middle Island (8) | Episode 18 The Middle Island (9) | Episode 19 The Middle Island (10) | Author's Note

[Volume 2]

Episode 20: Middle Island (11) | Episode 21: Middle Island (12) | Episode 22: Middle Island (Complete) | Episode 23: Riding a Tree (1) | Episode 24: Riding a Tree (2) | Episode 25: Riding a Tree (3) | Episode 26: Riding a Tree (4) | Episode 27: Riding a Tree (5) | Episode 28: Riding a Tree (6) | Episode 29: Riding a Tree (7) | Episode 30: Riding a Tree (8) | Episode 31: Riding a Tree (9) | Episode 32: Riding a Tree (10) | Episode 33: Riding a Tree (11) | Episode 34: Riding a Tree (12) | Episode 35: Riding a Tree (13) | Episode 36: Riding a Tree (14) | Episode 37: Riding a Tree (15) | Episode 38: Riding a Tree (16) | Special Edition

[Volume 3]

Episode 39: Riding a Tree (17) | Episode 40: Riding a Tree (18) | Episode 41: Riding a Tree (19) | Episode 42: Riding a Tree (Complete) | Episode 43: Crossing the River to the End (1) | Episode 44: Crossing the River to the End (2) | Episode 45: Crossing the River to the End (3) | Episode 46: Crossing the River to the End (4) | Episode 47: Crossing the River to the End (5) | Episode 48: Crossing the River to the End (6) | Episode 49: Crossing the River to the End (7) | Episode 50: Crossing the River at Last (8) | Episode 51: Crossing the River at Last (9) | Episode 52: Crossing the River at Last (10) | Episode 53: Crossing the River at Last (11) | Episode 54: Crossing the River at Last (12) | Episode 55: Crossing the River at Last (Complete) | Special Edition | Notes | Concluding Volume 3

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Into the book
[Volume 1]

“The monkey took the moon….”
This is exactly what I'm talking about, a piece of trash like you.
“I was blinded by greed and entered it with my own feet.”
---From the "Prologue"

“This is no different from the ghost, soul, and hundred.
All processes are ultimately a matter of manipulation.
Hide (遁), raise (起), and govern (攝).
“If you know the principle, there is nothing you cannot control.”
---From the "Prologue"

“They say nothing can live under a rock that is too big.
Do you understand?
---From "Episode 1: The Future"

“Do you know that island in the South Sea called Mooreo Island? The people there call it Haemal Island.
An island of sin and blood, of the dead and the forgotten.
There is a woman there who was once called the greatest shaman in Joseon.
“If it’s her, there’s no way she can do anything.”
---From "Episode 2: The Thief of Fortune (1)"

“If your heart is not sincere, urgent, and upright, even if a hundred men perform a splendid prayer on a golden altar, it will be of no use. So, please do not take my words lightly.”
---From "Episode 4: The Thief of Fortune (3)"

“If I leave, an uninvited guest might come.
“No matter what that guest says, you must never answer.”
---From "Episode 4: The Thief of Fortune (3)"

“How dare animals, already overflowing with sin, covet the life of a living being?
“Even if you’re crazy, you’re really crazy.”
---From "Episode 5: The Thief of Fortune (4)"

“Are you saying that you are offering prayers knowing what kind of trouble it is that has not even come?
“It is foolish to try to prepare for the future in a vain way.”
---From "Episode 8: The Thief of Fortune (Complete)"

“You have a huge evil karma.
“You know how many times I’ve told you, right?”
---From "Episode 9: The Lovely One"

“My teacher once said that there is no one in the world who is only good or only bad.”
“So there are no good or bad people in the world?”
“That’s not it.
They say that most people hesitate and go back and forth until they decide for themselves which side to sit on... but this old man still doesn't understand what that means.
Hehehe.”
"no way.
"Who in the world would decide to sit on the bad side? Grandpa, Master, that's strange."
“Now that I think about it, it seems like our future is right.
“The teacher always said strange things.”
“But I think I know what you mean.
“It’s a little bit.”
“Our future is much smarter than our grandfathers, so that’s bound to happen.”
"lol.
Really?”
“Of course! That’s right.”
---From "Episode 11: Chudo (2)"

“Keep that in mind.
“The flesh that will forever cut off your life’s fortune will fly in on the wind today.”
---From "Episode 13: Chudo (4)"

“My friend is having a critical moment tonight… I’m only thinking about what I can and can’t do.
That's what grandma said.
“The bigger your business gets, the more you have to meet all these strange people.”
---From "Episode 14: Chudo (5)"

“If you don’t have the ability to control good and bad fortune on your own, it is a blessing not to know the good and bad fortune that will come.
So, people who can truly predict the future don't predict the future.
“That’s how people should live.”
---From "Episode 14: Chudo (5)"

“The purpose of things that are neither alive nor dead is the same.
Making everyone like you.
That's all."
---From "Episode 16: Chudo (7)"

“Stop boasting.
I see you.
You are a being born from the soil of sin and shame.
It's just a common lie.
You can't dream of anything, and there's not a single inch of land under the sun that's been granted to you.
All you have is shame and regret.
So, you can't even stand your own face.”
---From "Episode 17: Chudo (8)"

“If humans are so insignificant… why are you afraid of them?”
---From "Episode 18: Chudo (9)"

[Volume 2]

“Just as you have great karma, everyone has their own karma.
“Karma has a tendency to always react with other karma around it, so how much more so in your case?”
---From "Episode 21: Chudo (12)"

“Such disposition and karma do not arise from mere emotion.
Even if it was a child's play, he had the temperament to easily take a life.
If that incident is taken as a lesson to the destruction of the feet, it will be a blessing, but if it leads to the misfortune of the destruction of the ears, it will also be the child's karma.
So you don't have to blame yourself for that.”
---From "Episode 21: Chudo (12)"

“In order for a person to conform to the way of yin and yang, he must first understand the principles of light and darkness.
The name is to illuminate the inside, that is, to know oneself.
It is called Damhye.
Light is what illuminates the outside, that is, it is what allows us to know others and the world.
“That is called wisdom.”
---From "Episode 22: Chudo (End)"

“The distinction between all things is not in their body but in their use….”
---From "Episode 22: Chudo (End)"

“Think about it.
“How could the royal family be safe when the rice and gold that should have gone to the warriors who guarded the palace and the civil officials who led the country were wrapped in the hem of a shaman’s skirt?”
---From "Episode 24: Riding a Tree (2)"

“Regardless of one’s innate talents or environment, anyone can achieve supernatural powers if they learn, think, practice, and improve on their own.
“Such human nature is the most precious and beautiful thing a person has, and is called diamond.”
---From "Episode 25: Riding a Tree (3)"

“Everyone is born with something precious, but there is one type of person that even the Buddha cannot do anything about: those who give up and abandon themselves.”
---From "Episode 25: Riding a Tree (3)"

“Chilseong-ah.
If a mirror is dirty and cracked, no one will look into it.
“If you cannot govern yourself, what good will it do to summon countless gods from all over the world?”
---From "Episode 27: Riding a Tree (5)"

“What’s wrong with dying on the street?
What's the big deal about that?
Brother Cheon-oh said so.
“The most beautiful flowers always bloom on the road.”
---From "Episode 27: Riding a Tree (5)"

“Anyway, we came to this island prepared to die.
There is only one thing we must do today.
“I will forever remove from the world that which has rotted and festered for a long time.”
---From "Episode 27: Riding a Tree (5)"

“Hahaha.
I bought you sweets because it makes me happy to see you happy.
“Why should you be grateful when you did something for me?”
---From "Episode 28: Riding a Tree (6)"

“The people Chilseong spoke of also had at least one moment when they were Buddha.
Just as Buddha was once a living being.
But they have gone so far as to believe that their attachment to things like anger and worry is their true nature, that they cannot even consider the question, 'If a person is not originally a Buddha, then what is he?'
---From "Episode 28: Riding a Tree (6)"

“This is the message.
Instead of repenting your mistakes, you just lie even after you die.
Everything you say is a lie.
You have already committed a sin that cannot be washed away even after eons.
If you don't change your mind right now, you'll regret it.
“Keep that in mind!”
---From "Episode 32: Climbing a Tree (10)"

“I have to tell you this.
This time… you can’t interrupt.
“This is… everyone’s life at stake.”
---From "Episode 33: Climbing a Tree (11)"

“Yeonhwa.
When you meet a river, you have to climb a tree, and when you meet a mountain, you have to throw away the tree you climbed.
That is the way of the world.”
---From "Episode 33: Climbing a Tree (11)"

“It’s red.
It's going to be a long day.
“It’s been a really long day….”
---From "Episode 33: Climbing a Tree (11)"

“When they wake up again, it won’t be a problem to deal with that one Chilseong who lost his string.”
---From "Episode 38: Climbing a Tree (16)"

[Volume 3]

“The heavens do not abandon the future… With this, the fate of Haemal Island is decided.
“That will be my last shamanistic act.”
---From "Episode 39: Riding a Tree (17)"

“Grandma! The god who came just now isn’t Imaeshin!!! He doesn’t have Grandma’s mark! This is…!”
---From "Episode 40: Climbing a Tree (18)"

“You can’t take that woman.”
“Thanks to your four drops, I was able to pass through the Onmyoji’s barrier and bring this woman to you.
But now you say you can't have it?"
“Inside this woman is my true old body that even the White-faced Master feared, the last great god of this land who can go against the Three Realms, the Nine Heavenly Demon King.
“Because that old man lives on this woman’s flesh and blood.”
---From "Episode 41: Riding a Tree (19)"

“It was a woman named Cheon Su-hee.
It was truly arrogant and insolent... but it was a vessel that only came once in a thousand years.
“I only provoked him a little, but he released the demon king, whom my mother had sacrificed her life to, into the world again at the young age of thirteen.”
---From "Episode 42: Riding a Tree (Complete)"

“The register.
A register where the true name is automatically recorded when a spirit is born on this earth, and is automatically erased when the spirit disappears.
“I’m talking about the book that contains the true names of all the demons and ghosts that live on this land.”
---From "Episode 42: Riding a Tree (Complete)"

“If it’s the future, I can bring the register and save everyone on this island.
To worry more than that would be the arrogance of a foolish shaman.
“There is a life in the future that will continue even after we leave this world.”
---From "Episode 42: Riding a Tree (Complete)"

“I had to see it with my own two eyes to know.
“I’m talking about the vivid scene of the future, which, with the help of countless good connections, stands upright and corrects what has been distorted and twisted for a long time.”
---From "Episode 42: Riding a Tree (Complete)"

“I will help you take that bastard Chilseong.”
“That guy?”
“Although it is only half-baked, it is a true exile and a manifestation of the divine.
The number of demons with kidneys as spears was only a handful during the Fengshen War and the Tangma War.
If you take him, it won't be difficult to ascend to the throne of this land, which has been vacant for a hundred years."
---From "Episode 43: Crossing the River at the End (1)"

“There is a ghost.
If that's the case... Chilseong can turn that guy into a window sill."
---From "Episode 43: Crossing the River at the End (1)"

“You have always believed that the future is not the vessel of the King of Demons.
I never doubted it for a single moment.
How could that be? Did you see something too?
“Haha.
You know that, right? I'm so stupid that I forget things the moment I turn around, and I'm so dull that my sensitivity is lower than that of the average person.
What kind of thoughts or plans would a penniless person like me have?
But… the future is the future.
“Even if you are possessed by an evil spirit, isn’t it the future? And even if you are not possessed, isn’t it the future?”
---From "Episode 43: Crossing the River at the End (1)"

"You, have you been keeping that in mind? By being with you, I have gained things that wouldn't be exchanged for a hundred fruits.
So, you don't have to worry about promises or anything like that when you're young."
---From "Episode 44: Crossing the River at the End (2)"

“I just had that thought.
The natural order is truly frightening.
“We lose our minds, swayed by the countless fortunes and misfortunes of each of us, and sometimes we wonder if there is such a thing as natural order. But whether we believe it or not, when the time comes and luck is right, natural order will always shine brightly… Isn’t that natural order truly indifferent and frightening?”
---From "Episode 44: Crossing the River at the End (2)"

"Your true purpose is probably Chilseong, isn't it? The reason you're like this now is because of the karma you repaid for defaming and insulting the natural order in your lifetime.
But heaven does leave at least one way to live for those who repent.
“It’s never too late to correct your wrong thoughts… so have hope.”
---From "Episode 45: Crossing the River at the End (3)"

“This is the message.
What do you hope the world will become, based on your absurd hatred? Do you believe people follow the natural order simply to flatter Heaven, or because they are too afraid of Heaven to even consider it? What do you truly understand? Do you understand the principle of laughing with the person next to you when they laugh, or of mourning with ten others when they are sad?
---From "Episode 45: Crossing the River at the End (3)"

“That amulet is nothing more than a replica of your original power.
The important thing is to accept your true self and know your destiny.
I think it's probably... maybe... .”
---From "Episode 47: Crossing the River at the End (5)"

“If a small creature somehow acquires essence, it will practice righteous practices and become a virtuous immortal. But all it has learned from humans is tangled and strange things.
I only live within the principles of the way of life.
“It’s just more shameful for me to have to mix words like this with a small thing like you.”
“Are you trying to have a sword fight with me in that old body of yours?”
“Even a complete one is not as good as a nursing home, so why can’t I deal with the half-remaining scraps just because I’m old?”
---From "Episode 48: Crossing the River at the End (6)"

“Chilseong-ah.
There is no way in the world that being born is a sin.
“They say that such a thing does not exist even in the land of demons.”
---From "Episode 49: Crossing the River at the End (7)"

“There is no one in the world who lives without debt, and it is rare to find someone who is without sin, big or small.
Would it be any different for me? But... But, I can't die here.
You guys don't have to do this anymore.
Our future will save us.
Our future is a very good child, so it will definitely be like that.
So… you just have to wait.
“Let’s go with the flow.”
---From "Episode 49: Crossing the River at the End (7)"

“Who said that death is the end of eternity?
“Didn’t you also continue on after someone’s death?”
---From "Episode 50: Crossing the River at the End (8)"

“The bright moon shines through the pine trees, and clear water flows over the rocks.”
---From "Episode 50: Crossing the River at the End (8)"

“Laughing when the person next to you laughs… It is said that all the moral principles that a person needs to know to live together with others are contained there.
Let's laugh.
Yeonhwa.
“Today is a day to smile.”
---From "Episode 51: Crossing the River at the End (9)"

“If you go out into the world, you will find many happy things and also many sad things.
Some things in the world may seem too complicated, some things may seem difficult to do, and some things may seem too daunting to even dare to attempt.
However great the world may seem, it is all just human affairs, created and accomplished by people.
So don't be discouraged and live your life now.
---From "Episode 52: Crossing the River at the End (10)"

"Is fortune-telling and conjuring spirits really such a great talent? It's just a small skill learned to get along with others.
When you face life, everything in the world is the same.
“You must always keep in mind that at that moment, no one can be better or worse than you.”
---From "Episode 53: Crossing the River at the End (11)"

“Chilseong-ah.
To deny and abandon oneself means to deny and abandon the place to which one returns.
Those who have no place to return to cannot keep what they have gained or recover what they have lost.
“How can someone who has no place to return to while alive find a place to return to after death?”
---From "Episode 54: Crossing the River at the End (12)"

“I was not brought into this world to be punished.
I was just briefly invited to the world's feast day.
“There was no one in the world other than me who had punished me.”
---From "Episode 54: Crossing the River at the End (12)"

'No matter how brilliant your imagination is,
Life is at least ten thousand times rougher and more arduous than that.
So, be strong.
The path that must be taken is given to everyone regardless of innate status or talent.
It's a long and arduous road.
The beginning is different for each person, but when they arrive, they all become similar.
If there is any consolation, it is that there is no one who has never gone down the wrong path.
There are only those who can return if they haven't strayed too far.'
---From the "Notes"

Publisher's Review
The potential of Korean occult fantasy, visualized through solid research
A 21st-century exorcism narrative

The reason so many readers are enthusiastic about "The Antique Shop of the Future" is not only because of the gripping storyline that keeps them on the edge of their seats at every moment, but also because of the sense of foreboding about an unfathomably grand narrative.
The Korean occult fantasy worldview, built on solid research, reliably supports the grand narrative.
The background knowledge of indigenous and shamanistic beliefs and Eastern philosophical ideas such as Taoism and Buddhism that are incorporated throughout the work give an idea of ​​the author's inner strength and knowledge.

Chinese and Japanese styles of Taoism are already familiar to us.
This is because it was widely available in martial arts novels, animations, and comics.
"The Antique Shop of the Future" opens up its own unique horizon by basing itself on our country's indigenous beliefs, Taoism, and the theory of change.
The historical setting also adopted the concept of a historical novel, with the story starting in the late Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese colonial period and continuing to modern-day South Korea.


Characters based on Korean myths and folktales, such as 'General of the World' and 'General of the Earth', appear.
The fact that the setting is based on a real-life figure, such as the shaman Jinryeonggun, who shook the Joseon royal family and caused chaos in the country during the late Joseon Dynasty, also confirms the roots of this work.

It established a traditional exorcism narrative structure based on a Korean worldview, in which a protagonist with mysterious abilities defeats ghosts and fights against evil.
The stories are relatable, drawn through the interactions between a leading female protagonist and several characters with whom readers can fully empathize.
Furthermore, it is a work that deeply explores the meaning of self, life, and existence, which many modern people struggle with today.

"The Antique Shop of the Future," which reflects the author's will to create a work that people will want to revisit even after 20 years, will remain a monumental work that opens new horizons for Korean exorcism narratives.

“Yeonhwa, who said death is the end?

“Haven’t you also lived after someone’s death?”
“I just realized it now.
I'm saying that I was whole from the beginning."
A journey to discover the meaning that permeates human life

It's really strange.
Readers unanimously agree that this is a horror occult genre webtoon with an overall scary atmosphere and the appearance of various ghosts and monsters.

“I can’t tell you how many times I cried while watching this piece.
“I was truly comforted.”

Perhaps it is because this work provides comfort that soothes wounds and cleanses the heart.

It seems that life itself is a process of constant hurt.
It is always unpredictable and we are often thrown into hardship without warning.
Some wounds heal easily, but some never heal and continue to torment us.
Faced with such wounds, we may feel doubt and emptiness about life, or be gripped by fear and despair, feeling as if we cannot take even a single step forward.
So, some people harbor bitter hatred for themselves and live in self-abandonment, or they step onto an evil and wrong path.
The line of the character 'Chilseong', who said that he had hated himself for a long time, locked himself inside, and lived in denial, is not something that only applies to him.

The author, who said that he read all the books that included the word 'shaman' for his work and studied numerous sutras, discovered two common premises in those books.
It is ‘believing that there is a noble and sacred nature within oneself’ and ‘believing that the person next to me is the same.’

Thus, the theme of the work, which can be summarized as 'If you don't know, it's your karma, if you know, it's your destiny', seems somewhat firm, yet provides comfort.
This is because it provides a moment of awareness and the possibility of changing our perception of the difficult life we ​​live, lamenting half-jokingly and half-seriously, as “it’s all my karma.”

The word "recover" may not be appropriate.
Because we were already whole from the moment we were born, and there was never a single moment when we were not precious.
Just realizing this fact is enough reason to live.
The work speaks through the character 'Yeonhwa'.
No matter how late it is, it is never too late, and heaven opens a path to life for those who turn back.
There is hope in life as long as you do not give up and abandon yourself.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: April 13, 2023
- Page count, weight, size: 1,288 pages | 2,376g | 152*223*60mm

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