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But also, in manga cafes like this one, they have these big in-store libraries that contain manga.

And manga are like comic books.

Now, this man did not have a lot of money.

And so when he went inside of this cafe, he didn't buy any drinks or food.

He just went up to the in-store library, grabbed an edition of his favorite manga series, and just sat down and began to read.

Now, this man had read this particular series multiple times.

He just kept coming back to it because he thought it was like the best manga you could possibly read.

Now, a lot of people actually didn't know what to make of this particular series.

It was actually kind of controversial because it was so over-the-top violent, like well beyond any other series.

But to this man, that sort of made it stand out.

It made it sort of special, and he loved it.

In fact, it was so crazy, this series, that every time he read it, it allowed him to sort of leave his life for a second and just totally escape into this wild, violent story.

And right now, in this man's life, he really needed that escape.

because his real life was pretty terrible.

He had spent practically his whole life studying and working to try to become a professional writer and director.

But in Seoul, the entertainment industry was pretty unpredictable.

And so this man had successfully landed a couple of jobs here and there, doing some writing and, you know, doing some directing, but they were small gigs and they typically fizzled out at some point.

And so over and over again, like right now in this man's life, he found himself back in the same position he always was in, which was unemployed.

At the moment, this man lived with his mother and his grandmother.

But even though all three of them were pooling their resources, they still struggled to just pay for rent.