VOL.93/2026.04

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Memories of Cherry Blossoms and Spring for a Week

 

 

2026.03

 

 

“On the way home, under the long-stretching branches of a cherry blossom tree. There you were.”

 

 

Spring, the season when winter passes and new life is born, and the months of March and April in Korea are full of excitement waiting for cherry blossoms. Writing that captures life and longing is perhaps the most practical form of writing. Is there anything more important than life and people? The time spent with family, partners, and friends under the cherry blossoms will live on for a long time in a corner of one's memory. In that sense, the first full-length novel by author Seo Eun-chae, Way Back Love, is a fantasy novel but could also be a type of practical guide to life.

 

Way Back Love is a novel that focuses on the story of Hui-wan's first love, Ram-u, who died a long time ago and returns as a grim reaper to visit her, making readers look back on the birth and preciousness of family and what love is, centering on Hui-wan, Ram-u, and their families. In the novel, Ram-u creates the will to live for Hui-wan, who has lost her motivation for life, with a bucket list such as a cherry blossom festival date.

 

It is a novel that quickly unfolds a time like a spring miracle experienced by the protagonist Hui-wan from the perspectives of various characters with a short breath resembling a web novel. Centering on the fulfillment of the spring bucket list by Hui-wan and Ram-u, each chapter focuses on the stories of individual characters. It is a good novel to read in spring, a season when there is much to do but also a time to strengthen one's will for the year with a new mind.

 

Did the author set the story against the backdrop of spring, when new leaves sprout and cherry blossoms bloom magnificently, for a new will to live? Like Hui-wan, who finds the will to live during a week when cherry blossoms are in full bloom even while facing death, someone might find a new meaning of life in spring and spend the year meaningfully. Among various memories of spring, what is the magical memory of a spring day that you have experienced?

 

 

 

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Editor. Haneul Jeong (The Contents Factory Co., Ltd. Researcher)

Designing 'More' Innovative Communication and Experiences Through Content.