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Mr. Sunshine

Yesterday seemed like a distant past,

today felt unfamiliar and tomorrow was terrifying.

It was a time of turbulence.

All of us, each in their own way,

were living through the rapidly changing Joseon.

Guns. Glory. Sad endings.

If life is a flower destined to wither,

I wish for mine to bloom like fireworks.

Let’s do it. Love.

The wind must have made the petals fall to put a smile on your face.

When my tale is over,

perhaps we'll go our separate ways.

Now that I think about it,

I guess I destroyed myself.

No matter where you were headed.

I wanted to stand right in front of you,

but I did not know that parting ways with you

was what was ahead of me.

Every step toward me must have been extremely difficult to take.

I learned how far it must have felt only when I decided to run to him.

Every step I took with you mean everything to me.

Even though I've never been to America,

I've walked the streets there every day in my head,

side by side with you.

Do not worry.

I know that she won't fail the mission because I won't let her miss.

We may have taken different paths,

but it was our destiny to end up together.

You should take a step forward.

I will take a step back.

You should protect your country, Joseon.

I will protect you.

Will our final destination be somewhere between glory and a sad ending?

If a man can’t even keep his word to his woman,

he can’t protect anything.

 I was told every man’s life is precious.

That one time.

After that moment, no matter how hard I thought,

this was the only way that could lead to you, my lady.

You save me like this every time.

If it's my fate to survive everything only to die by your hands,

then I should.

Sometime, I hope she is still in pain
And at time, I hope she has completely forgotten the incident.
But I should give up, right?

I don’t care if I have to make the whole world my enemy.

Even if I have to make you my enemy.

But hearing that it pained you so much

 makes me think that if I managed to make my mark

even in a moment of your life like that,

then I guess...

that is enough for me.

How can a lady with a gun in her pocket not be pretty? 

Don’t die before I do. I’ll be even badder than you.

There are two ways to see flowers.

You either put some in a vase, or set out to meet them along a path.

I choose to do the latter.

That will be unpleasant on my end for htere won't be any flowers along the path I choose.

This marriage was the one thing I wanted the most.

That's why I should not claim it.

I will be your shadow.

So if things get dangerous run to me and hide.

I do not know what you did wrong,

but let me be punished with you

My life was meaningless before I met you all.

It was an honor to know every one of you.

Is your friendship suffering?

Even so, friends shouldn't fight with weapons.

We should have drinks.

It was a hot summer night

that blossomed a friendship which didn't exist before.

Between an American and Japanese, I die everyday…

the cause of death today, is beauty.

Those were glorious days.

Each one of us was a flame,

and all of us bloomed, burnt, and wilted vehemently.

And once again, we wish to ignite the embers left by our comrades.

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