ARMY Magazine - Monthly Issues ARMY Magazine ISSUE NO.7 - JUNE 2019 | Page 35

Prior to the release of Love Yourself 承 ‘Her’, Big Hit Entertainment dropped the first ever #HYYHTheNotes on Twitter which was recognized to be part of BTS’ fictional universe. Officiated as BU since mid-2017, ARMYs recognized 화양연화 (Hwa-Yang- Yeon-Hwa or HYYH) era to be the foundation to this fictional storyline, going way back to 2015 with I Need You MV. “The Notes” seem akin to diary or journal BU, or HYYH universe as named by entries, providing a space to imagine the ARMYs, has led to the speculation of events, while the webtoon in its visual endless theories, which were being worked complexion exhibits the tension and mood and reworked, across multiple platforms straightforwardly. Notably, the HYYH and forums within the fandom. The “Love storyline deals with potentially triggering Yourself” trilogy showed the official release themes such as abuse, abandonment, of “HYYH The Notes” (simply known as depression, suicide, mental illness and “The Notes”) as part of the series’ album death. These themes are also seen packaging, which consisted of 12 booklets throughout BTS’ BU content-certified MVs, in total. Wings short films, Highlight Reels, and With multiple entries by each of the related videos. While not trivialised, these seven characters representing individual topics are dealt with in a milder tone within BTS members bearing their names and age the working backgrounds of “The Notes”. dynamics, these notes are dated between However, in its representation, “SAVE ME” is the years 9 and 22. In tandem with the highly graphical which startlingly intensifies same universe, “HYYH Pt. 0 SAVE ME” Line the plot and its reader’s emotions. both story formats as a whole complement each other’s vividly dissimilar nature Webtoon, in partnership with artist LICO, was released earlier this year, largely set in Amongst the differences between the two formats, the style of narration is easily the Year 22. 35