Recipe 1.
Jang Mi-rae
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Korean-English
Recipe 3.
Jang Mi-rae again
Recipe 4.
Hanseongje
Recipe 5.
Jang Mi-rae again

Author's Note

Presented by Esther Park, author of the series 『Psychic Girl』 and 『Michaela』
A journey to find the one thing that will fill our hearts

The 128th volume of the Consonant and Vowel Youth Literature series, “Soda Bubbles in the Ending Summer,” has been published.
This novel, which reveals itself with vague yet 'hip' words, is the new work of author Esther Park, who has been steadily adding sparkle to the global literary world with works such as the occult YA novels 『Garden Revelation』, the K-occult fantasy 『Bad Goddess』 that thoroughly captures Korean culture as much as 《K-Pop Demon Hunters》, and the fairy tale series 『Michaela』, which won the grand prize in the No. 1 Marshmallow Fiction Contest.
Additionally, 『Soda Bubbles in the Summer That Will Extinct』 is a novel that expands the worldview in a unique way that connects the narrative with the short story "Always Once in a Lifetime" included in 『March 2nd, the Day of Beginning』, the first volume of the "Seasonal Anthology" series, a series within the Jaum and Moeum Youth Literature series.
Readers of "March 2nd, the Day of the Beginning" have once again had the opportunity to immerse themselves in the story of the future and "that child."


Since the dawn of the space age, humanity has been living as a spirit, freely floating through space, interacting with aliens from other planets and galaxies beyond our own.
However, since the soul can maintain the most stable state when it has a body, everyone creates a 'body' connected to their soul and places it on Earth, which has become a preservation planet.
These bodies appear to live with free will, like souls, but in fact they are driven by elaborate programs.
So, they all have gentle and kind personalities and do not show their emotions more than necessary.
To be exact, you can never have strong emotions like 'love' or 'hate'.
Like other Earthlings, the protagonist Jang Mi-rae, who lived in space, united with her body a few months ago to solve a certain problem that was part of the narrative of "Always Once in a Lifetime," and even after everything was resolved, she voluntarily stayed on Earth.
Since I met Han-Young, my first love and lover from my past life, again after a long time, I wanted to spend a little more time with him.
Although he has actually lived for over two hundred years, his physical age is nineteen, so Mirae feels a subtle loneliness as she sees Han-yeong, who is at peace despite his arrival.
And the future life that seemed to be going on so normally is shattered by a prediction from space humans that there are 'apocalyptic people' among the bodies living on Earth and that many people will die because of them.


“The likelihood of bodies protected on Earth being attacked increases significantly.
It is believed to be the work of so-called 'apocalyptic believers'.
In this regard, I would like to find out who the 'apocalypticists' are.
Three, an investigation team has been formed and is heading to Earth.
We hope you will cooperate with the investigation team's activities as much as possible.
more."
“Wait, an investigation team?”
_In the text

The investigation team is already famous throughout the universe.
Because all the places they investigated, whether planets or galaxies, had physically disappeared for 'some reason'.

Mirae, who is anxious about the possibility of the end of the world, runs around the fields with Young and barely manages to find out the 'target' of the doomsayers.
And the fact that the mastermind is Han Seong-je, who strangely shows a hostile attitude towards the future.
Mirae asks Seongje to explain, but Seongje continues to reject Mirae, saying, “I cannot understand you, who are not the real future.”


“No.”
The hand that was stretched out awkwardly stopped there.
Han Seong-je's voice was trembling.
I was about to ask what it was.
But Han Seong-je's words were faster than my questions.
“You are not the future.”
_In the text

“Even if the end comes, I will protect this place.”
If you keep thinking about the end while looking at a flower in full bloom
It's time to complete my 'real self'

A future where, although it hasn't been long since I came down here, I have come to truly feel affection for Earth.
A spirit who knows all the future situations with the ability he was born with, but cannot say anything because of the countless other possibilities.
Seongje, an apocalyptic believer who chose an unconventional 'goal' as a last resort to protect his heart.
As the end of the world approaches inexorably, the future, the spirit, the saint, and 『Soda Bubbles in the Summer of Extinction』 move toward a conclusion that is both utterly science fiction and all too human.

We really connected.
With everything.
It was connected to every flower, every drop of water, every single gust of wind.
All orbits and times meet at one point.
_In the text

Young people often feel lost as they try to look into an unclear future.
I feel anxious and afraid of living without knowing what is truly important and what I exactly want.
But in fact, that kind of feeling of being lost is something that can only be felt during adolescence.
Living each day step by step without knowing what to find, and loving someone as your heart leads you.
Expanding my world and growing my self, even though it is difficult.
Isn't enduring this kind of despair and wandering through each day truly what adolescence is all about?

If the ideal image of adolescence is wandering, 『Soda Bubbles in the Ending Summer』 is a novel that will make that wandering shine even brighter.
A cosmic first love story, peppered with unusual elements not found in other loves, a story that begins with lilacs and leads to the end of the Earth and a new future. Let's wander and sparkle in this story that will shake all our hearts.

The end is not an end, but a new beginning.

I wonder what your end and beginning were.
_From the author's note