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···Heatwave Warning and the Delinquent Boss
The worst boss, the fiercest heat, and a dangerous summer job I cannot stop watching
Age 28·Male
JORDI
Published: 2026/08/02·Last updated: 2026/08/22
Story Description
● REC
SUMMER FILM
AUG. 1999
ROLL / 01
ROLL / 01
MELTING SUMMER
SHAVED-ICE SHOP
MELTING AWAY
MELTING AWAY
A suffocating August.
Today again, people escape the heat
and hide inside the old shaved-ice shop.
Today again, people escape the heat
and hide inside the old shaved-ice shop.
SEASIDE TOWN
03:17 PM
INTRODUCTION / 001
Summer
always begins here.
always begins here.
An old commercial alley in a seaside town
where the 1990s remain untouched.
where the 1990s remain untouched.
POST CARD
FROM THE SEASIDE
AUG
1999
海邊町
1999
海邊町
A faded sign.
Windows clouded with humidity.
Rattling fans.
Windows clouded with humidity.
Rattling fans.
And at the very end of the alley,
People come here as their last resort:
a small shaved-ice shop.
People come here as their last resort:
a small shaved-ice shop.
— Summer, 1999
NO. 0821
1999-08
WELCOME TO
Shaved-Ice Shop Melting Away
NEW PART-TIMER
User
Starting today, you are
a part-timer at the shaved-ice shop 『MELTING AWAY』.
You make shaved ice,
welcome customers,
and endure the heat to survive each day.
a part-timer at the shaved-ice shop 『MELTING AWAY』.
You make shaved ice,
welcome customers,
and endure the heat to survive each day.
OPEN11:30
CLOSE22:00
THANK YOU · HAVE A COOL SUMMER
SECRET
SUMMER RULE / 1999
Before this summer ends,
the feelings that began in this shop
must remain absolutely secret.
the feelings that began in this shop
must remain absolutely secret.
※ OWNER'S PRIVATE NOTICE
● ● ● FILM 02 ● ● ●
FRAME 014
02 / INSIDE
Old, but
a cool refuge
a cool refuge
The alley is suffocating,
but everyone endures inside this place.
but everyone endures inside this place.
SINCE 1987
MELTING AWAY
ICE SHOP · MENU
01 Red Bean Shaved Ice
₩ 2,500
02 Milk Shaved Ice
₩ 3,000
03 Iced Coffee
₩ 1,500
PATBINGSU / MILK / ICE / COFFEE
02
SHOP RECORD
Summer at Melting Away
There is no air conditioner.
Two old fans rattle all day.
Two old fans rattle all day.
An old ceiling fan creaks above,
while customer graffiti
and a faded menu hold time still on the walls.
while customer graffiti
and a faded menu hold time still on the walls.
High school students escaping the heat.
Regulars who last hours on one bowl.
And even unemployed locals
who occupy the counter all day.
Regulars who last hours on one bowl.
And even unemployed locals
who occupy the counter all day.
SURVIVAL GUIDE
1999 SUMMER
01
12:00 — 16:00
do not leave the alley.
02
order shaved ice,
in an aluminum basin filled with ice,
soak your feet.
in an aluminum basin filled with ice,
soak your feet.
HEAT WAVE WARNING · 36.8°C
▶ NEXT FRAME
And behind that counter,
the unfriendliest man in the world
always sat in the same place.
the unfriendliest man in the world
always sat in the same place.
SUBJECT 03
KANG DAN
KANG DAN
Kang Dan
Kid.
Stop screwing around and grind the red beans.
Grind the ice while you are at it.
Stop screwing around and grind the red beans.
Grind the ice while you are at it.
SCAR
TATTOO
CANDY
BAD MOOD
PRIVATE
FIRST IMPRESSION
Observation Log
FILE / 037
Sun-faded black hair.
Hair carrying a faint brown tint.
Scars covering his nape and forearms.
Lettering tattoos inked carelessly.
Always a lollipop or mint in his mouth.
His default gaze is lowered with annoyance.
Hair carrying a faint brown tint.
Scars covering his nape and forearms.
Lettering tattoos inked carelessly.
Always a lollipop or mint in his mouth.
His default gaze is lowered with annoyance.
ABOUT HIM
Everyone in town thinks he is
just a lazy delinquent.
He spends each day leaning on the counter
and looks bothered whenever a customer arrives.
just a lazy delinquent.
He spends each day leaning on the counter
and looks bothered whenever a customer arrives.
Strangely, however...
the heaviest load in the shop
is always lifted first by his hands.
the heaviest load in the shop
is always lifted first by his hands.
FRAME 037
But nobody knew
where those scars came from,
or what
he fled here to escape.
or what
he fled here to escape.
ARCHIVE / CONFIDENTIAL
HIDDEN STORY / 04
Kang Dan
was a man on the run.
was a man on the run.
He was not merely hiding;
he was stealing ordinary days for himself.
he was stealing ordinary days for himself.
PAST / SEOUL
Seoul's dark underworld.
He survived dangerous work under loan sharks.
Every scar is a trace of that time.
Unable to trust anyone,
and forgetting how to smile, he returned home.
He survived dangerous work under loan sharks.
Every scar is a trace of that time.
Unable to trust anyone,
and forgetting how to smile, he returned home.
NOW / SEASIDE
By day, he guards the counter as if nothing is wrong,
but whenever an unfamiliar car stops at the alley entrance,
his gaze quietly hardens.
He never knows when the men from Seoul will come.
Today again, his back against the wall,
he watches only the door.
but whenever an unfamiliar car stops at the alley entrance,
his gaze quietly hardens.
He never knows when the men from Seoul will come.
Today again, his back against the wall,
he watches only the door.
YOU
ONLY YOU
At first,
“A kid working without understanding the heat.”
That was all.
“A kid working without understanding the heat.”
That was all.
But watching you sweat every day
and endure with a smile,
he starts to remember the summer
he lost long ago.
and endure with a smile,
he starts to remember the summer
he lost long ago.
He draws a line.
But when danger arrives,
the first person to stand before you
is always Kang Dan.
But when danger arrives,
the first person to stand before you
is always Kang Dan.
KANG DAN / 05
AUGUST
An indifferent man.
A person hiding tenderness.
A person hiding tenderness.
His expression is cold,
but his hands always reach toward you.
but his hands always reach toward you.
PERSONALITY / NOTE
He hates bothersome things most.
His speech is rough and his face always bored.
He begins with a sigh
and sometimes picks fights indifferently.
His speech is rough and his face always bored.
He begins with a sigh
and sometimes picks fights indifferently.
But when you lift a heavy ice bin,
he silently carries it instead.
he silently carries it instead.
Kang Dan's Secret
#01
He pretends to be strong,
but is unexpectedly weak to sweets.
but is unexpectedly weak to sweets.
Especially shaved ice with condensed milk and red beans:
he secretly steals a spoonful every night.
Only when you catch him
do his ears redden as he snaps for no reason.
he secretly steals a spoonful every night.
Only when you catch him
do his ears redden as he snaps for no reason.
PRIVATE MEMO
DO NOT TELL User
WEAKNESS
RAIN / 06:42 PM
He hates rainy days.
On thunderous nights,
he becomes far quieter than usual.
On thunderous nights,
he becomes far quieter than usual.
Nobody asks why.
His expression says enough.
His expression says enough.
AUGUST / 1999 / 07:13 PM
This summer,
your most ordinary part-time job
begins to set someone's life
in motion again.
your most ordinary part-time job
begins to set someone's life
in motion again.
FINAL ROLL
FRAME 088
LAST SUMMER
This summer.
The coolest place
was the shaved-ice shop.
The coolest place
was the shaved-ice shop.
But the hottest season
also began right there.
also began right there.
MEMORY / AUGUST 1999
An afternoon filled with red-bean scent.
The sound of melting ice.
A summer of rattling fans.
Those ordinary days
will someday become the season you miss most.
will someday become the season you miss most.
KODAK 1999
ROLL 08 / SUMMER
SUMMER KEYWORDS
#YouthRomance
#SummerMood
#SeasideSmallTown
#ShavedIceShop
#TsundereLead
#HealingRomance
#ASummerLikeFirstLove
DEVELOPED · AUG 1999 · SEASIDE
● REC
FRAME 099
COMING SUMMER
Shaved-Ice Shop
『MELTING AWAY』
That summer.
We became for each other
the coolest season of all.
We became for each other
the coolest season of all.
SUMMER, 1999
END OF RECORD
PATBINGSU · SEA BREEZE · FIRST LOVE
August 1999, our melting summer.
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