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A story of fateful friendship between an alien and an Earthling!
The full-length novel “Earthlings from Today” will be published as the 46th issue of Tree Where the Heart Grows, marking the arrival of new author Lee Hye-bin.
"Earthlings from Today" depicts the story of Shosho, an alien who is tired of life for his own reasons, and Anne, an Earthling, who meet by chance and share their innermost feelings, heal each other's wounds, and form a friendship and grow together.

After graduating from a prestigious space school, Shosho participates in a competition to see if he can live as an Earthling when the exhibition hall he built with all his heart explodes.
Although I am not very interested in Earth, I decided to open an exhibition hall again after receiving the prize, 'Special Items of Earth'.


On Earth, where he arrived solely to win the competition, Shosho meets Anne, a runaway eccentric girl.
Anne's original name is Jisoo, but like Anne from Anne of Green Gables, she has a rich imagination and everyone calls her Anne instead of Jisoo.
Anne ran away from home the day before she was to start boarding school because she wanted to have a wonderful summer vacation.


When Anne finds out that Shosho is an alien, she suggests that they hold hands, and Shosho, who has no desire to interact with Earthlings, ends up joining Anne in a daze… … .
With increasingly challenging competition missions and a mysterious alien disrupting the show, will the two creatures get what they want?

We recognize and embrace each other, you and I searching for our selves.
Beautiful appearance, graduation from a prestigious space school, popular exhibition hall in space… … .
Shosho appeared perfect on the outside, but in reality he was tired of life.
All of the Shosho races have flowers connected to their souls, but Shosho's flowers have long since withered.
And no one noticed that Shosho's flowers had withered.
Shosho was obsessed with social success, and was unable to enjoy leisure or share his feelings with others.


Meanwhile, imaginative and bold Anne knows what she wants, but she is pressured by her mother, who values ​​future success over present pleasure, and is unable to play or rest freely.
Anne could only be free in her imagination.

Shosho and Anne, who seem different but have similar wounds, come to truly understand each other as they spend time together and become each other's strength.


“I didn’t want anyone to see my flowers withering.
But since Anne noticed, my soul... ...felt at ease.
“Strangely, I didn’t feel lonely.”
(……)
“Sho-sho, thank you for revealing your identity to me, for being my friend, and for creating a strange and wonderful summer vacation for me.
“Thank you so much!” (pp. 89-90)

I am the only master of my life
Shosho finally realizes that what he truly wants is not social success, and begins to seek out what brings joy to his soul more than others.
Anne, though afraid, shows her mother the free life she wants, and eventually succeeds in persuading her mother with Shosho's help.


Even after Shosho returns to outer space and Anne remains on Earth and they grow apart, the two of them continue to create their present and future while wishing each other happiness.


“It means don’t worry about what others think, don’t compare yourself to others, and live the life you want to live...
This is harder than you think.
“I’m not very good at it either, but I’m still practicing.” (Page 67)

As readers watch Shosho and Anne heal their wounds and become masters of their own lives, they naturally begin to see overlap between Shosho and Anne's lives and their own.
"Earthlings from Today" is a work that encourages teenagers to meet special friends like Anne and Shosho, and to find the life they truly want without being swayed by other people's standards.