Better than failure
Blue Door
Promise in ten days
Don't fail to fail, Jinhari
Mindfulness practice, Hanon
Just give it a try, Kang Purum
Failure King Selection Contest
Author's Note

So what if it fails!
It's okay if it's a mess!

Everyone wants to be good at something.
Not only studying, but also drawing, singing, presentations, sports, etc.
If you do well, you will get compliments, look cool, and feel good.
But the more you want to do well, the more you will make mistakes and there will be times when you will do worse.
Oni was like that too.
The more I tried to do it well, the more strangely my body froze, my mind went blank, and I was under a pause spell.
So, rather than doing well, I ended up doing it badly.
Jinhari, Oni's partner, was a child who was good at everything.
But I was so exhausted from practicing a hundred times in secret to get better.
Then one day, goblins appeared and said they would hold a 'Failure King Selection Contest'.
The children were confused when they heard that they were going to choose the person who was good at failing.
However, he was tempted by the goblin's words that if he became the King of Failure, he would be granted any wish, so he decided to participate in the competition.
Finally, the Failure King Contest was held, and the children felt their hearts lighten as they told their failure stories one by one.
All this time, my mind was just thinking, “I have to do well!” and then it suddenly disappeared!
As their hearts, which had been shrunken, opened up, the children realized.
“It’s okay if you can’t do it.
“It’s fun even if you fail!” he said.
that's right.
So what if it fails?
It's okay if it's a mess.
In the process, we laugh, learn, and grow stronger.

The moment you make up your mind,
My courage is gone!

Oni, who was always hesitating and unable to do anything as if under a 'pause spell'.
Hari suffers from the obsession that she has to be good at everything.
Purum, who likes to take on challenges.
Although everyone has a different personality and situation, I realized something through this Failure King Contest.
That means it's not just me who fails, we all fail.
I can confidently say that there is no one in the world who has never failed.
I also learned that failure isn't always a bad thing.
When I fail, I can discover what I really want to do and what I'm good at.
And above all, if you let go of the desire to do well, you will suddenly find the courage to take on any challenge with joy and excitement.
Courage isn't something grand.
It comes from a small decision to do what you want to do, even if you are nervous and afraid.
If I just make these small decisions, funny, exciting, and wonderful things will unfold before me.

If you pass through the tunnel of failure, you will reach what you wanted, and even if you don't, the hard work and perseverance you developed while going through the failure will help you do well in the next challenge.
Of course, I think it's okay if it doesn't remain as anything meaningful.
If you had fun while trying something, that's enough.

-From the author's note