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Author | Big Hit Entertainment |
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Original title | 花樣年華 <The Notes 1> |
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Series | The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: The Notes |
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Publisher | Big Hit Entertainment |
Publication date | March 5, 2019 |
Publication place | South Korea |
Pages | 230 |
Followed by | The 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
editPrologue: Good Kid (Year 9)
editThe 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
editI. Shadow of my Childhood
editThis 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
editV. 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
editMain
edit- 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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