Turned out, Eugene is a reincarnation of an unknown novelist from the past named Egon Unwick. An unfortunate author who died young, just like how Eugene himself died at his prime age of twenty. Eugene, who used the almost similar pen name (Egon K), felt a connection with this unknown author. So much so that Eugene started dreaming about Egon Unwick's life. It seemed Egon Unwick made a contract with Angels before. As long as he writes about Their Tale, they will then give him a second chance at life and let his dream as a novelist become true. It took a while. And Egon Unwick had to be reincarnated as Eugene Kwon first, before the contract was finally fulfilled, and Eugene is now back to his younger days. Healthy and fit to write as many books as he wants.

There were only two novels that got adapted into a play. But the second play was really interesting for me. The story is about a bunch of scientists in a spaceship who got haunted by ghosts. This novel POV was made up of several people, a.k.a. multiple main characters. And they maintained the uniqueness of this novel by making all of the actors appear on all of the stages at the same time! In the kitchen, in the bedroom, in the lounge, in the medical room, even in the main control room. Every single one of the actors plays their role simultaneously, and viewers can walk around the play set whenever and wherever they want. For normal viewers who never read the novel, they should watch the play from the recommended guideline (third POV, the story started from the kitchen before it ended in the main control room). But for the veteran novel readers, if they want to know the other characters activities, they can visit the characters bedrooms and watch how the story went from their (first) POV instead. It's a 'CHOOSE YOUR PATH!' kinda play.

This play format is exactly like that. Except sticking to the main path will still tell you the overall context of the story, and you didn't have to do the side path, if you don't want to or don't have enough money to watch the play multiple times (because, like I said, they actors acted on the stage simultaneously). I think this is such a clever way to tell a tale. It's almost like you're really inside of the story, watching and living alongside the characters you chose to view the story from. This play enriched the original novel so much, I legit wanna see it with my own eyes lol

Eugene is the type of author who loves writing plot twists at the end of his stories. And I don't mind that. In fact, I love plot twists. I wrote some myself in most of my fanfictions. But there was one short story where the plot twist was confusing me rather than enriching the tale. Don't really remember the real full title cuz I'm reading this novel via Google Translate, but the short story is about a writer experiencing a writer's block. His editor suggested he write a story for children to turn off his brain. You know, to stop writing complicated things just to appease others and create one that was purely for your enjoyment instead. The author then created a story about an Alphabet D who was ticked by other alphabets because everyone was so different with their look and behaviour. That they couldn't relate with Alphabet D's problem. Alphabet D then started searching for its twin, hoping to find someone with the same interest and the same hobby. Until in that journey, alphabet D realized that just because you finally found a twin that indeed matched your taste, there will always be differences in each other, and that is okay.

I like that. The message was clear and simple. It's a story about loving yourself and be confident with your differences because that's what makes you unique. The story is about an author who should take a rest and stop being strung along by the viewers wants and expectations of him. Because we, humans, are not perfect. We need a breather, or else we'll make a mistake. A simple story with a meaningful message. But then suddenly, at the end of it, it was revealed that the editor and the author who created the alphabet story were actually the same person???? What???

That plot twist was SO weird. What do you mean they were the same person? What was the purpose of this plot twist??? The message in your short story was already clear anyway; why would you add such an ending to a story that was already completed? You didn't have to put a plot twist at all, and the story will still be good!

I feel like... in this instance, Eugene was writing a plot twist just for the sake of writing a plot twist. And that is so dumb. I like his short stories and novels. The 'AI Daisy' (his most famous short story) did actually make me tear up a lil bit. But for this one? This one made me hella confused, and I hate it. Ugh.