sea ​​of ​​tears

Description

▶Plot
The story of a sad day that was swept away in a sea of ​​tears

I messed up on a test, got only scraps of grass for lunch, and was unfairly scolded by the teacher during afternoon class. But this is not the end. When I go home, it starts to rain. She came out alone in the rain and her mom and dad were fighting... … . Will there ever be another gloomy day like this? I'm trying to sleep, but tears keep flowing. When I opened my eyes in the morning, everyone was drowning in a sea of ​​tears that I had created. While I was having fun in the sea of ​​imagination, I rescued and stopped people. Now that I think about it, I feel sorry. But, I feel refreshed inside!

▶ Introduction to the work
A picture book that comforts children through their day and makes them cry together

Today is a bust! : Children’s daily life these days

Everyone has days when they want to cry. I haven't done anything particularly wrong, but things always go wrong and it feels like God hates me. Don’t children have days like that? Moreover, there is nothing to say to children these days who have to develop infinite competitiveness within a timetable well-planned by adults. You might want to cry every day because you are struggling with preparing for various exams, eating poor group meals, and going to various academies before returning home. This is the main character of this picture book.
After taking the test in the morning and eating a tasteless lunch, I got scolded by the teacher during afternoon class for no reason... … . I'm so frustrated and annoyed that I'm dying. I thought the hard day was over and all that was left was to go home. But why? In an instant, dark clouds form and rain falls. Did you say it would rain today? Everyone has an umbrella, but I go alone with a cardboard box on my face. When I go home in the pouring rain, my mom and dad are fighting and their bickering looks like dinosaurs. She doesn't have any taste for food, but her mom scolds her for leaving dinner. That doesn't seem like a 'mother's love', it just seems like an expression of anger. I'm trying to sleep, but tears keep flowing.

Crying in the Sea of ​​Imagination: Tears, the Power of Healing

An unfair and sad day when nothing seems to work and no one is on my side. Adults could probably drink and complain. But on days like that, the only thing children can do is cry as much as they want. Through tears, we excrete negative emotions about bad things and relieve stress through this purification process.
In 『Sea of ​​Tears』, the main character creates an imaginary sea by shedding tears. The sea of ​​tears sweeps away those who have upset the protagonist. 'I' sometimes row in a sea of ​​tears where people are struggling, and sometimes shout with joy as I ride the rapids. However, after a wave hits him, his parents, teacher, and friends are eventually rescued. And he even shows his composure by drying his partner with a hair dryer. I feel refreshed now.
Professor Hideo Arita of Toho University School of Medicine in Japan said, “Crying out loud has the same effect as resetting the brain.” When tears pour out like this, feelings and hidden complaints that are not clearly expressed on the outside are also pouring out. After crying, children forget bad things and run around as if they never did. Even though tears cannot resolve conflicts directly, they give us the inner strength to resolve conflicts. Now, ‘I’ think over what happened today and don’t think, ‘I’m the only one who hates me’ or ‘I’m unlucky.’ You can face a new day thinking it was just another day without any damage to your self-image.
『Sea of ​​Tears』 is a picture book that comforts children through their day and affirms their tears. “Yes, I know how you feel. “If you want to cry, cry your heart out.” This is a picture book that pats children on the back while saying this, helping children wash away their bad feelings and smile again.

Rescue a depressed day with humor: May your children’s daily lives be enjoyable!

To do so, this picture book captures in detail the personalities and daily lives of various children and twists them slightly to make people laugh. A dreamer with a purple cloud on his head, a model student who is absorbed in his exams with his head sweating, a persistent pumpkin-haired friend who only thinks about his favorite protagonist while taking the exam, and a serious chestnut-haired protagonist... … . These different children take the test with different expressions. During meal times, when there is only grass, they turn into caterpillars and crawl around the cafeteria. It's not just the kids who are funny. The stubborn, curly-haired homeroom teacher is shaped like a cabbage, and the nutritionist is shaped like a sprouted potato. Parents who are screaming and arguing are angry dinosaurs.
Even amidst the tidal wave of tears, humor unfolds everywhere. Meanwhile, there is an announcer broadcasting on a tube, a naughty child drawing a V at the camera behind him, a swimming mermaid and a fairy pushing her clothes, making people laugh. Familiar characters such as Simcheong throwing her body, the rabbit and Zara heading towards Yonggung, Spider-Man perched on a telephone pole, and Pinocchio being eaten by a large fish also add humor.
What about the ending? Our protagonist, who rescues people whose bellies have become bloated from drinking too much water, hangs them out on a clothesline and dries them with a hair dryer. Should I be grateful or angry? Laughter comes out heartily.
Even if it's a day that makes you feel like you've become Murphy or a sad day that makes you cry, if you shake it off and look back, it means that you can endure it because there's something to laugh about in it. So, what I'm saying is to cry as much as you can, laugh as much as you want, and start a new daily life like that.