Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
A First Love Unfinished
A woman remains attached to a youthful romance from India and rejects an eligible suitor. Her father pushes her toward a first-love tracking agency.
Key Events
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Unforgotten Indian Romance — A youthful affair in India remains emotionally decisive years later.
Location: India
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Rejected Eligible Suitor — The heroine rejects an eligible suitor because she cannot forget her first love.
Location: Korea
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Father Demands Action — Her father fears she will become an old maid and pressures her to seek help.
Location: Korea
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Agency Consultation — She visits an agency specializing in tracking down people's first loves.
Location: Dating agency
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The Name Kim Jong-wook — The only identifying information available is the first love's name.
Location: Dating agency
The Impossible Name Search
A young agency founder accepts his first assignment using only a name. The search expands across Korea after revealing that 1,108 men share it.
Key Events
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The Name Kim Jong-wook — The only identifying information available is the first love's name.
Location: Dating agency
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The Agency Founder — A young, single agency founder accepts the assignment and commits to completing his first job.
Location: Dating agency
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A Search Across Korea — The investigator decides to track down every Korean man sharing the requested name.
Location: Korea
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The Search Expands — The investigation becomes lengthy because 1,108 men share the same name.
Location: Across the country
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Theater Director's Stagnation — The heroine is portrayed as disheveled, foulmouthed, and unable to complete substantial work.
Location: Theater
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Order Against Disorder — The investigator's fixation on order, safety, and hygiene clashes with the director's disheveled temperament.
Location: Across the country
Bickering Across Korea
The client and investigator examine numerous candidates, including a monk, a farmer, and a plastic surgeon. Their contrasting personalities produce repeated arguments and growing familiarity.
Key Events
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Order Against Disorder — The investigator's fixation on order, safety, and hygiene clashes with the director's disheveled temperament.
Location: Across the country
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First Candidate Encounter — The pair investigates one of the many men sharing the searched-for name.
Location: Korea
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Unlikely Candidates — The search includes candidates ranging from a Buddhist monk to an overweight farmer and a plastic surgeon.
Location: Across the country
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Arguments Become Familiarity — Repeated bickering during the search gradually creates familiarity between the client and investigator.
Location: Across the country
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Opposites Draw Together — Their opposing personalities begin to develop into mutual fondness.
Location: Across the country
Destiny Changes Direction
The opposing pair gradually grows fond of each other, while the investigator falls for his client. The search makes the client reconsider her attachment to the past.
Key Events
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Opposites Draw Together — Their opposing personalities begin to develop into mutual fondness.
Location: Across the country
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Investigator Falls in Love — The investigator realizes he is falling for the client while helping her find her first love.
Location: Across the country
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The Search Continues — Despite growing personal feelings, the investigator continues pursuing the original assignment.
Location: Korea
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Past Love Reconsidered — The prolonged search forces the client to confront the difference between remembered romance and present reality.
Location: Korea
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A New Emotional Direction — The developing bond between client and investigator becomes more important than the original search.
Location: Korea
The Airport Connection
The story concludes with a revelation about an earlier meeting at Osaka Airport in 2000. Their relationship is reframed through the idea of unexpected destiny.
Key Events
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A New Emotional Direction — The developing bond between client and investigator becomes more important than the original search.
Location: Korea
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Osaka Airport Revelation — The ending reveals that the pair first met at Osaka Airport in 2000.
Location: Osaka Airport
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Destiny Reframed — The airport revelation reframes their relationship as an unexpected form of destiny.
Location: Osaka Airport
A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.
