Chapter 131
Chapter 131
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 131
Chapter Title: Miro's Movie Date
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“Today’s the day for a simultaneous watch, right?”
-???
-What’s the title?
-Ah
-Coming back?
-You still haven’t seen that?
“Hey, no spoilers.”
It was a ten-million-view movie, so plenty of viewers had already watched it.
Still, it wasn’t a famous animation or anything, and these were my viewers, so probably more hadn’t seen it.
“Spoiler ban. This is subscriber-only chat, so everyone keep it classy.”
-OK lol
-Hmm..
-So the ending is..
Just in case some troll showed up, I’d switched chat to subscribers only.
“Everyone bought the movie, right?”
It was a simultaneous watch, but if I played the movie, I’d get hit with a copyright strike.
We had to respect copyright, so viewers played it on their own, showed the movie timer in one screen corner, and reacted together.
-Huh? Buy it?
-Just watch on NoNoTV
-Bu?y
-It’s free here?
-I’m watching the legit free download
“Hmm, not my business. I’m watching on OTT.”
I said that, but they were all probably on OTT too.
A famous movie like this was up on pretty much every OTT site.
-Haha
-Yeah, Miro-nim, you pay up~
-Sucker?
…Probably?
I wouldn’t know.
“Anyway, movie’s starting, so everyone grab your snacks.”
-Ordered chicken
-You grabbing yours?
“I ate a full dinner already.”
I’d stuffed myself on tteokbokki and sundae skewers.
So I wasn’t really craving anything else.
-What’d you eat??
-It’s a movie, at least grab something
“What’d I eat? Tteokbokki and sundae skewers.”
-Whoa
-High school girl vibes
-Nice
-Sigh, tteokbokki for dinner?
“I don’t eat it much, but a friend I know ordered it, so I joined.”
-You have a friend like that?
-If they’re younger than Miro, how old? lol
-Maybe a high school girl?
“High school girl? Yeah, something like that.”
Just change one letter, close enough.
“Since everyone’s got theirs out, should I grab something too? Got a ton of snacks in the drawer.”
I didn’t snack much, but I had a lot.
I opened the drawer and pulled out one of the snacks inside.
“There, I grabbed a snack Tenshi-san left behind.”
The Korean snacks Tenshi-san had excitedly bought.
She’d gone back to Japan a while ago, but they were still around.
-You ate that last time too?
-Still got some left lololol
-How much did she buy?
“Surprised? I could eat these for another month.”
Partly because I had a small appetite.
I didn’t move much to begin with, so I didn’t eat a ton.
Even with the recent dance lessons increasing my activity.
With snacks out for the movie, I was fully set.
“Now let’s watch the movie. Timeline timer’s down here.”
I put a timer on the broadcast screen and played the movie on my non-streaming monitor.
“Let’s go.”
It started with the familiar opening screen and background.
Space.
A blatantly space station-looking thing floated with Earth right in front.
“Ooh, space station.”
-Is that the Korean space station?
-Republic of Korea
-Majestic
The camera zoomed in closer to the station.
Through the transparent glass window of the station, a man appeared.
-Nice
-Wow shit lol
-He’s so handsome
-Plz don’t trio
-Fucking hate it lololol
The man getting praise and curses from viewers right off the bat was Moon Chang-sik.
A few years ago, maybe? He looked different from recent images—younger, more boyish?
[Hey Kang-seok, whatcha doing?]
A middle-aged man approached him and threw an arm around his shoulder.
Familiar face, slick personality—famous actor.
[Oh, looking at my little sister’s photo.]
[Ji-yoon? Man, you really love that sister—my sis just asks for money.]
“Haha, we’ve got an age gap, that’s all. She’s just cute.”
Moon Chang-sik’s character this time, Moon Kang-seok, seemed like a guy who really doted on his little sister.
“Little sister setup—prime melodrama bait.”
-Fr real lololol
-Kinda like Sword of Glory vibes
-Gonna cry later
“I see it, obviously the near-death scare, back to Earth, emotional reunion with sis.”
-Ah why spoil?
-Fr..
-Already saw it
-Change it?
“Hey, movies are about the journey, not the end. Don’t peek at the future—focus on now.”
-It’s not set yet?
-You spoiled
-No way it’s that obvious?
“Come on, focus. Introducing characters now—don’t miss it.”
As I said, characters started appearing one by one.
First Moon Chang-sik’s Moon Kang-seok and the station crew, then cut to Earth and its people.
[Oppa, when you coming?]
“Hey, your oppa’s up in space.”
“Space? Where’s that?”
“Out there past the sky, didn’t I tell ya.”
Moon Kang-seok’s hometown buddy with the thick dialect chatted with the sister from the photo.
Hm, no parents? Grandma was mentioned earlier, so probably just her and grandma.
“But that kid’s cute and acts great.”
-Fr
-Prodigy
-Didn’t she blow up from this?
“Yeah? Well, she’s sharp.”
Come to think of it, Moon Chang-sik started as a child actor, right?
Starting young with experience and connections definitely helped success.
Anyway, time flowed, and the movie’s crisis hit.
Meteor K-5112 appearance.
Observed by the International Space Monitoring Center, it was headed straight for Earth.
But…
[What’d you say?]
“That’s the situation. Everyone set positions and return!”
By coincidence or not, the meteor’s path grazed Korea’s space station ‘Haven-17’.
The station would be wrecked anyway if the meteor passed.
So the government decided to tweak its position slightly to act as a breakwater and minimize damage.
There was lobbying and international org drama after, but it was boring—I skimmed and don’t remember.
“But is this even possible? Blocking a meteor with a space station.”
-W?tf
-Movie magic?
-Better than Earth hit
“One station costs tens of trillions, right? Better to tank it on Earth…”
-Gasp
-Hey lives first
-People over money
“Anyway, let’s keep watching.”
Things seemed smooth—adjusting position, heading back to Earth—but…
[Senpai-nim, it’s not responding!]
“Then just come, you piece of shit! Escape first!”
“But if we don’t…”
Oblivious to the politics, Moon Kang-seok believed the station had to tank or billions die, so while everyone evacuated, he went to the cockpit and succeeded in repositioning.
“Hm.”
-ㅜㅜㅜ
-No
-ㅜㅜㅜ
Moon Kang-seok alone on the station as the meteor approached.
“Whoa, colliding.”
Boom!!
The station and meteor smashed in a spectacular explosion.
Honestly, fun to watch. CG was top-tier.
-Oof
-He’s gone
-ripㅠㅠ
-Three strikes..
“Still early-mid movie, he’s not dead. Hour and a half left.”
-No fuck
-Don’t watch movies anymore;
Chat rebelled, but what could I do about the time left?
Moon Kang-seok probably survived.
Look, something floating?
The emergency escape pod from the early explanation.
“He survived there, right? Now rescuing that’s the key.”
-Why spoil?
-You watched it
-This guy fr
“Hey, I really haven’t seen it. What can I do about my natural intuition?”
-Bullshit lololol
-Turn off movie then
-Sigh, noob
[ㅇㅇ-nim, 1,000 won donation—thanks!]
Miro-nim, are you the type who talks nonstop during a movie date?
“Huh? Of course I’d talk. Don’t worry, whispers.”
Why go to movies together if not to chat?
Gotta share thoughts as they come.
-No that’s annoying af
-Whispers whoa
-I do that too
-Never movies together ㅇㅇ..
“Divided opinions. But I was right? Screen’s changing.”
As I said, screen shifted to Moon Kang-seok barely alive in the escape pod.
“Ugh… where am I.”
Narrow pod displayed remaining oxygen and power blatantly.
Emergency rations nearby—colleagues had to rescue before they ran out.
“Now Earth POV soon, hot-blooded fight to save Moon Kang-seok.”
-You fucker
-Stop
-Ao lololol
-Obvious tho ㅇㅇ
The rest unfolded exactly as expected.
Back on Earth, colleagues mourned him at first, then detected the pod’s signal.
They rallied public opinion for rescue amid battles with the government tired of losses.
Sprinkled in shots of little sister Ji-yoon to tug heartstrings.
Finally, the rescue team launched thanks to their efforts.
The station and quick rescue ship build showed tech way ahead of reality.
“Tech advances fast? Rescue ship whipped up quick.”
-Some setting
-You missed explanation earlier
-They advanced here
“Oh yeah? Convenient worldbuilding.”
-Fr lololol
-Korean movies be like
I said that, but it was enjoyable. Gags, sad bits, satisfying moments nailed the fun movie vibe.
Then the rescue team launched, cut back to space and the pod at its limit.
In interspersed cuts, Moon Kang-seok struggled desperately, but now he was done.
Oxygen draining, temp dropping, he recorded a final message.
“J-Ji-yoon… sorry, oppa…”
-ㅜㅜㅜㅜ
-Ji-yoonㅠㅠ
Lights out as power failed, screen zoomed out on the pod alone in cold dark space.
“What, is it over?”
-??
-What?
-Dead?
-ㅜㅜㅠ
Checked time—15 minutes left.
Not the end.
“Still time left?”
-Spoiler bitch
-Time spoil lololol
-Ah
Focused back—dark pod still floating.
Did he really die?
Sad ending?
What kinda movie…
As I thought that.
A ship arrived late from one side of space.
“Damn, too late.”
-Fr lololol
-Super late
-Sigh, fucked
“Wow… what about Ji-yoon?”
-Frㅜㅜ
-What can ya do, she goes home after filming
“But space is cold—frozen solid? Tech’s advanced, so thaw him out?”
-Saying that now?
-Not pizza;
-Just ship to grave ㅇㅇ
“Whoa, lights back on?”
The dark pod lit up again.
Crew rushed over, towed it to the ship.
[Kang-seok!]
[We’re here!]
They pulled him from the subzero pod and saved him.
-They ate this?
-Kinda;
-Nice
-Great Kang-seok
“Man… solid directing.”
Bit forced, sure, but fulfilled the popcorn flick role. Acting and direction helped.
-Directing’s good
-CG budget?
Rescued Moon Kang-seok returned to Earth.
Colleagues had stirred public support, so he came back a national hero and reunited with little sister Ji-yoon.
“Classic melodrama end—cry here.”
-ㅜㅜㅜ
-ㅠㅠ
-lololololol
-Industrial tear gas lololol
-Ao more melodrama
Chat flooded with fake tears as Moon Kang-seok reunited with his sister.
[Oppa!!]
Face beet red, snot and tears flowing, Ji-yoon buried her face in his leg and bawled.
“Uh….”
Obvious tearjerker direction.
I used to feel nothing from this stuff.
Woman now changing that?
“Ahem, girl acts well….”
Nose tingled for no reason.
Wasn’t sad when Moon Kang-seok was dying, but kid crying hit my tear ducts.
[Hueeeng!]
“Yeah Ji-yoon, oppa’s here….”
“You’re too late!”
Watching their reunion, his struggles flashed by—from alone in the pod mid-movie, enduring for her…
-Whoa
-Fr? lolololol
-Crying?
“N-No kuh….”
Tried holding back, embarrassed.
Sniffle.
Nose sound escaped.
Chat caught on I’d teared up a bit.
-lolololololololol
-lolololol
-Miro’s crying lololol
-A lolololol
…No.
It was touching, okay.
Cried at a cry movie—great value.
You who didn’t cry missed out.
Wasn’t even crying.
Just reflex tears from industrial tear gas.
Yeah, that’s it.
I didn’t cry.