Part 1

#Open Chat #Isol #Mom #Rumors #Facebook and Cyworld #Anarchy Gogo #Spread #Duty to Attend #Geojedo or Thailand #Part-time job #Difference between bullying and being ostracized #Change of plans #Runaway, on an unexpected scale #To England

Part 2

#Initiation #Dad's House #Royston Speaking in 100W/m #Little Haven #Family? #Dad's Room #Soli's Place #Clouds Flow Away #Hello, Goodbye #Dad, And Dad #To the Airport #Love Remains Even As Time Goes By

Author's Note
Commentary on the work

“As time passes, love remains.”
A love story between two girls, neither wrong nor different.
The 18th Four Seasons Literary Award Grand Prize Winner

Can love be defined? The dictionary defines it as the act of cherishing and cherishing someone or something, and the object of passionate affection.
Love, the act of loving, is complete and beautiful in itself, with only the subjects being different.
But reality is not so beautiful.
If you are not heterosexual, you will often encounter people who do not recognize your differences and who discriminate against and hate you.
Is it difficult to see love as it is?
This work speaks of love as a pure emotion toward existence itself, regardless of who the subject is.


Oh Sa-rang, who dreams of becoming a beauty YouTuber, goes to an offline meeting in an open chat room called 'Dreaming Outside of School'.
Just when I was starting to feel bored, I saw Isul walking in with short hair, black-rimmed glasses, and a linen fashion, and I fell in love at first sight.
Sol sits next to Love.
The more they talk, the more she falls for Sol, a fellow school student who dreams of becoming a tattooist.
A few days later, when I met Sol at school, he was the complete opposite of what I had seen at the gathering.
He wears gym clothes and lies face down at his desk all day, is listless, and indifferent to school life.
Love approaches Sol, who is different from himself yet similar to him.
They become closer as they eat lunch together, listen to loud music on the playground steps, and exercise together.
Love and Sol take pictures to remember their time together and post them on Facebook.


Wherever Sol appeared, it felt like all the wind directions changed at once.
There was an air of looseness and indifference, like fog, around Sol-i.
It set me free and excited me.
(Omitted) I don't want to define the identity of this feeling right away, but I know it's a little special.
It was a feeling I had never felt for any other friend._Page 28

When you're in love, you want to do everything together and be together.
I also have new experiences that make me like things I used to hate.
Love made the boring lunch hour something to look forward to, and the loud music I used to hate became something to like.
That's because the existence of Sol is by the side of love.
The two do not look at others, but only look at each other and focus only on each other.


We can't delay even one more day.
I have to get out of here

Sol and Sarang go to meet Anakigogo, a tattooist and YouTuber.
He introduces Sol and Sarang, who were present as viewers' representatives, while broadcasting the tattoo scene live.
And when I uploaded the video to YouTube, I tagged Sol and Sarang's Facebook.
The next day, the post is uploaded to Facebook Choice with the theme of teenage coming out and teenage love, and Sarang and Sol become a lesbian couple, and are attacked with all kinds of malicious comments.
Love and soul are subject to criticism and malicious comments, both online and offline.
Through this scene, the author makes us think about the reality of hiding behind anonymity and being attacked by an unspecified number of people.


A life with Sol-i, a life where you can discover a new world by Sol-i's side.
In the daily life that seemed to never end, our plans were the only lighthouse and hope shining in the distance.
I lived each day with difficulty, like a camel crossing the desert.
I endured it. - Page 84

When Sol and Sarang are cornered, they decide to leave.
First, I think of Geoje Island, and second, Thailand.
Love begins to look for things in the house that can be turned into money.
Then, by chance, he discovers a small box inside the laundry room.
It contains cards and gifts that someone sent every year to celebrate the birthday of their love.


No matter how much I think about it, the answer is one.
I hate to admit it, but there is only one answer.
I think I have a 'different dad' - page 94

Love had been suspecting her mother of infidelity for a long time.
When my dad went on a business trip, I saw my mom secretly talking on the phone with someone late at night.
Now the secret is revealed.
That person was my biological father.
Love asks her mother about the existence of her biological father.
And then she finds out that her mother is studying abroad in England, that her biological father exists, and that she can meet him when she turns twenty.
This place right now is full of lies and accusations.
Love cannot bear this situation where even his trusted mother has hidden such a huge truth from him.
And he decides to leave with Sol to meet the person he has never seen before, but who has loved him until now.
Not Geojedo Island or Thailand, but to England.


People with their own gardens
And there are people cheering me on from somewhere

Love and Soul face numerous challenges in their quest to find Love's father, but there they meet Royston, a former bandmate of their father's.
Roy is wearing clothes with the BanG Dream character ChuChu on them, has manicured hands, and wears cat-ear headphones around his neck.
When asked by Love if anyone teases him about his behavior, Roy replies, "I don't care about the people passing by outside my garden."


Suddenly I felt envious of him.
I kept myself empty, but this person kept me with everything.
Is it because I'm an adult?
No, I know not all adults are like that.
How do you become an adult with your own garden?_Page 152

Love and Sol go to the address Roy gave them and finally find their grandmother.
And various types of families welcome love.
The members are somewhat unique.
There's my grandmother who moved from Germany to England because she just liked the Beatles, my aunt who loves vodka, my cousins ​​who carry soda and cola instead of packed lunches and are called Keene and Pepsi, my grandfather Watson who is in love with my grandmother, my granddaughter Lena who is the same age as Sarang but is pregnant and a mother of one child and her lover Louis, and my lover's biological father and his Japanese lover Moeko.


Everyone Sol and Sarang met in England was friendly and kind.
No one is prejudiced or judged, but we praise their challenges and support their future lives.
This part may feel like fantasy.
But here lies the author's intention.


We all have the right to live the life we ​​want, as long as it doesn't hurt or harm others.
Whoever you love, whatever type of family you have.
If it is a category beyond understanding and imagination, then you just need to broaden your understanding and imagination.
Sending love and support to children who are suffering and hurt because they are different from others.
Don't fall apart, be strong, and live your life with your shoulders back.
I want to convey it with all my heart. - From the author's note

Love meets various types of families and feels new happiness, but at the same time, misses and wants to see Korean mom and dad.
Sol, who witnessed such love, felt uneasy.
And then he confesses to his love the secret he couldn't tell her until now.
What is Sol's secret? And how will Sol and Sarang live together in the future?

A story with the voices of youth
A comprehensive gift set of abundant love

"Oh, Love" is a queer narrative, but it is also a story of self-discovery and inner growth between two girls.
At the same time, the two main stories unfold well together, not only focusing on the love between Sarang and Sol, but also including the journey of meeting a new family.
It clearly shows the situation in which the various problems faced by young people in this era, especially those who feel that the online world is more real than the offline world, come back with an aftershock beyond imagination.
However, the main characters are portrayed as courageous teenagers who are not discouraged by reality and boldly leave Korea and go to England.
In particular, Love is not shocked by the fact that she has a biological father overnight and accepts it with courage.
Sol accepts himself and lives his own life, choosing to live without relying on his father, who knows of Sol's sexual orientation and wants to ignore it.
And because they have other types of families they meet in other worlds who look at them with infinite affection and support, Love and Sol gain the strength to face the world and gain self-respect.


"Oh, Love" is a heartfelt tribute to the expressions of love that move ceaselessly, blinking throughout the world like a light saving unfortunate humanity, and to the daily lives of those in love.
As we read this novel, we come to the simple conclusion that no love is not beautiful.
I am ashamed to realize how narrow my thoughts on the various aspects of love and the form of family have been.
The entire work is a bright and rich gift set of love._ From 「Work Commentary」

This work is a wholesome story about universal love, told in the voice of a young person who will make you smile throughout the reading.
Broadly speaking, it depicts the love of a sexual minority and the process of meeting a new family, but ultimately, it tells the story of love itself, which is neither wrong nor different.
So, it will approach readers with a slightly new feeling.
Ahead of publication, 100 reviewers who read this work sent messages of support for the two girls' journey.


Reader reviews for "Oh, Love"

In our society, which is particularly closed and conservative, it conveys a warm message: 'True love can appear in so many different forms, so let's understand each other and embrace each other with love.'
-Reader Jo Moon-hee

Even though I'm not yet a fully grown adult, watching teenagers grow stronger felt like they were experiencing growth on my behalf.
So, as I read, I felt more pain in the hearts of the two people and I think I was able to become stronger.
-Reader Choi Yun-seon

I quietly turn on the orange light to the idea that love between a man and a woman, if it is not within that intersection, is unhealthy and disgusting.
I'm telling you to start stopping. - Reader Kim Hyung-nam

I read 『Oh, Love』 several times, underlining and making a pledge.
I will treasure the warm moments, like the body temperature of Sarang and Sol-i embracing each other in the novel, and write them down 'like fat' to become an adult who creates a generous, free, and leisurely world.
Now it's my turn to become the adult I always wanted to be as a teenager. - Reader Choi Yu-ra