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The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: The Notes 1
AuthorBig Hit Entertainment
Original title花樣年華 <The Notes 1>
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SeriesThe Most Beautiful Moment in Life: The Notes
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PublisherBig Hit Entertainment
Publication date
March 5, 2019
Publication placeSouth Korea
Pages230
Followed byThe Most Beautiful Moment in Life: The Notes 2 

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: The Notes 1 (Hanja: 花樣年華 <The Notes 1>; Hangul: 화양연화 <The Notes 1>; RR: Hwayangyeonhwa: The Notes 1) is a South Korean novel produced by Big Hit Entertainment. Released in March 5, 2019, the novel is named after an album series by K-pop group BTS, who serve as basis for the its main characters.

Background and concept

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Plot

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Prologue: Good Kid (Year 9)

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The novels opens with young Kim Seok-jin helping his friend escape from a group of men who barged into their classroom in the middle of a class to take him away as hostage against his father who owed money to them. Seok-jin hides his friend in his house, but the thugs managed to find them. As the men take his friend away, Seok-jin protests but his father tells him to "be a good kid" and shuts the door. Seok-jin apologizes, "I won't make trouble again." By the next day, he learns from his teacher that his friend had "transferred to another school."

Years 10 – 21

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I. Shadow of my Childhood

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This chapter reveals an overview of the "shadows" of the seven central characters' childhood. While counting fruits in front of his teacher and classmates, Jung Ho-seok faints after being overwhelmed by the memory of his mother abandoning him in an amusement park after letting him count to ten. Kim Tae-hyung is beaten up by his irascible alcoholic father.

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II. Everything Started from Here

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III. End of Summer, Beginning of Solitude

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IV. I Must Survive

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Year 22

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V. What to Look for When Lost

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VI. The Things With Wings

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VII. The Topmost Floor in the City

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VIII. The Most Beautiful Day of our Lives

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IX. After Returning from the Sea

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X. The Direction Where the Sun Rises

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Epilogue: Nightmare (Year 22)

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Characters

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Main

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  • Kim Seok-jin
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  • Min Yoon-gi
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  • Jung Ho-seok
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  • Kim Nam-joon
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  • Park Ji-min
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  • Kim Tae-hyung
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  • Jeon Jung-kook
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Supporting

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  • Seok-jin's father
  • Tae-hyung's father
  • Tae-hyung's elder sister
  • Ji-min's mother
  • Nam-joon's father
  • Tae-hyung, the delivery boy (Nam-joon's fellow delivery boy in the countryside eatery)
  • Ho-seok's co-crew member (member of Just Dance crew)
  • the artistic director of the Dance Academy
  • the girl graffiti maker
  • Seok-jin's girl friend

Major themes and connections with BTS music

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Release and reception

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Adaptations

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Notes

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References

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