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Week 14

1. What is your reaction to the text you just read?

  • It made me very sad, honestly. Emotionally, it was very compelling, but the ending was so bittersweet it left me with a a very sad impression. I'm glad that Yun Ai and Indeling are together, as I did feel like despite Indeling's weird face at the beginning, he was always a good guy. Maybe one day L will come back.

2. What connections did you make with the story? Discuss what elements of the story with which you were able to connect?

  • I really felt badly for Yun Ai and her struggles. Her dad running away, her poverty, her classmates picking on her. While I personally haven't experienced issues this severe, I also was severely depressed at points in my life due to my ongoing depression (I am medicated, don't worry!) and I can understand how she felt. The feeling of losing hope, of giving up on your dream, that is something I've once felt before. But the journey of regaining hope is also one I've gone through.

3. What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you choose; what changes would you make?

  • I think this would be good as an anime or even video game. I've seen lots of indie j-horror/thriller rpgs that work well with stories like this. For an anime, I don't think too many changes would need to be made. However, for a game, the story would have to be adapted in a more interactive way for sure. There could also be more endings, if it was a video game. Such as one where Yun Ai doesn't help L, or where there is a "bad" end, etc. I think as a video game it would be a really great interactive visual novel/story focused game.

4. In what ways does this story seem more adapted to an online environment?

  • It reaches more people, and also the webtoon format was utilized well in the drafting.

I also got Spicy Tuna Roll.

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