Only people who live under the weight of the world’s prejudices can recognize the preciousness of the people around them… After graduating from the police academy, Young-nam rose to the ranks of upper management in Seoul, but censure for misconduct gets her transferred to a small seaside town. On her first day as the small precinct’s chief, she keeps bumping into the odd, strangely dressed teenaged Dohee. Overly conscious of others, easily intimidated and regularly bul...more

Only people who live under the weight of the world’s prejudices can recognize the preciousness of the people around them… After graduating from the police academy, Young-nam rose to the ranks of upper management in Seoul, but censure for misconduct gets her transferred to a small seaside town. On her first day as the small precinct’s chief, she keeps bumping into the odd, strangely dressed teenaged Dohee. Overly conscious of others, easily intimidated and regularly bullied by other kids, Dohee spends her time alone and roams about the dark alleys. To Dohee, all of this is just part of her daily life. When Young-nam catches Dohee’s stepfather, Yong-ha, beating her and intervenes, Dohee experiences someone defending her for the first time in her life. She becomes Young-nam’s devoted follower. Despite the regular abuse and her mother’s abandonment, Dohee retains a childlike innocence that touches Young-nam, and they become friends. But then, Dohee’s grandmother falls into the sea and dies, making Yong-ha even more violent. Young-nam invites Dohee to stay with her to protect her, marking the next chapter of their lives—a chapter that ends when Young-nam’s longtime friend and lover visits.less