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Charim Stories / Episode 01

EPISODE 01 · AN ORIGINAL CHARIM ROMANCE

One More Cup.한 잔 더.

He brought tea. She made a little room. Neither was quite ready to leave.

6 PANELS / SEOYEON & DOYUN / A HANOK AFTERNOON
Begin the story ↓
01—02

A little reason to visit

Seoyeon greets Doyun at a hanok doorway as he offers a black Charim tea box. They unfold the embroidered celadon cloth and open the tea set together.

SeoyeonWhat’s the occasion?

DoyunNo occasion. I was thinking of you.

SeoyeonWe should open this together, right?

DoyunThen I’ll stay a little while.

IN THIS SCENEThe nacre-print tea box ↗The embroidered handkerchief ↗
03—04

Between the pour and the first sip

Tea pours from a white teapot into a celadon cup with a nacre-like flower reflection. Seoyeon offers the cup to Doyun; their fingertips almost meet.

SeoyeonTake your time with this one.

DoyunYou’re the one pouring it.

SeoyeonCareful. It’s hot.

DoyunI think I’m a little nervous.

IN THIS SCENEThe white & celadon cup pair ↗The everyday tea ritual ↗
05—06

Something worth keeping

They pause over the open black hardcover Tea Diary beside their cups. In the final panel, the two sit a little closer in the hanok, smiling over another cup of tea.

SeoyeonHow should I describe today’s tea?

DoyunSomething I’d like to remember.

DoyunMay I stay for one more cup?

SeoyeonLet’s share the next one, too.

IN THIS SCENEThe hardcover Tea Diary ↗The Charim collection ↗

THE END · THE NEXT CUP, TOGETHER.

A little longer, together.

An original fictional romance in six panels. Characters and story are invented; the featured products are design concepts in development.

The nacre-like reflection in the tea is a visual storytelling metaphor.

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