Thought it would be nice to translate Ssambas blog post for you guys. Here you are.
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Hello. This is Ssamba.
It really seems like a long time since I last wrote to people through this blog.
A lot of things happened to me lately.
I'm not sure where to start or how to begin.. but I will try to be as straight and candid with you.
A while ago I had a cancer surgery and I am currently waiting for chemotherapy to start.
I used to think all surgeries are pretty much the same, big or small, but in my case it was a fairly big surgery. At the moment my conditions are too severe to start chemotherapy.
With my sincere apology to all of the webtoon readers, I cannot even be certain if I will be able to continue the series.
The doctors told me my cancer is virtually incurable as it has already spread into the intestine so the future is really uncertain at this time.
With so much mental and physical stress I am craving many times a day for a couple of cigarettes or even opium injections like count 'Ha Jung Woo' in the movie 'Ahgashi'.
(I went to see the movie 'Ahgashi' a few days ago. It was ironically interesting to sit among healthy people. I felt like I was in a black comedy. It was a heavy burden on my body but I really needed a theraputic refreshment and I got one. At least that evening I was able to contain my vomitting. ^^)
I'm not sure if I will ever be able to draw 'Fluttering Feelings' again.
I am a pretty boring and introverted person.
It was an unbelievable stroke of luck to start 'Fluttering Feelings'.
Through this I gained a lot.
A lot of people liked my webtoon, and thanks to that I was able to meet a lot of great people, which was a lot of fun. It was a really precious experience.
Only heaven knows what will happen to me.
This experience is so surreal that I feel that this is all just a dream.
But the more I thought about it the more pain I felt.
Since nothing can be guaranteed I am letting go of everything for now.
All I can say right now is I am sorry that I let my readers down. I am writing this to inform my readers, but also as a way of comforting myself.
It is my sincere hope that I can reach my readers again even in my current condition.
This is all that I can think of at the moment.
I want to finish 'Fluttering Feelings' as well as starting a few more stories that are in my head.
I am uploading two character drawings. I was going to upload it later on but theres no harm in doing so right now.
'I can't not draw a Seol-Ah and Norae kiss scene...!'
Yes. This is what I said.
I am truly sorry but thankful to everyone.
I will certaintly contact my readers again. Until then, take care!
This is truly heartbreaking... my tears keep falling as I read this.
