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An SF manga by Leiji Matsumoto. It gained a massive response while being serialized in the weekly manga magazine, Shōnen King, from 1977 to 1979. It was adapted into an animated series and broadcast on Japan's Fuji TV from 1978 to 1981. According to Leiji Matsumoto, '999' signifies that it is still incomplete. Once it reaches 1000, Tetsuro will become an adult and must part with Maetel. Maetel is Tetsuro's youth, a boy's dream, a mother, and an 'apparition within himself.' For boy KimHyuntak, who lost his mother early, this manga was a story that represented him. He saw his own image in Tetsuro's journey, wandering the endless cosmos in search of his mother.
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가랑잎이 휘날리는 전선의 달밤 소리없이 내리는 이슬도 차가운데 단잠을 못 이루고 돌아 눕는 귓가에 장부의 길 일러주신 어머님의 목소리 아아 아아아 그 목소리 그리워
The moonlight on the front line where dead leaves flutter, even the silently falling dew is cold. Unable to fall asleep, he turns over, and in his ears, his mother's voice, which told him the path of a man. Ah, ah, ah, I miss that voice.
Jeonseon Yagok is a military song with lyrics by Yu Ho and music by Park Sichun. It was recorded in Daegu in 1951, in the heart of the war. Born to comfort the young soldiers who risked their lives in the cruel reality of the battlefield, the song conveys the grief over the death of comrades and the affectionate yearning for the mother far away, set against the backdrop of the front line's moonlit night. KimHyuntak grew up listening to this song, his father's favorite. The melody is still deeply imprinted somewhere in his body.