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Thats the genreMaybe Happy Endingis going for, and its got the formula pegged.
Lets enjoy the day!
he sings to Hwaboon.
I never need more from / The world within my room.
But wait: a knock at the door!
So weve got our not-yet-a-couple, and they are, as the form requires, annoyed with each other.
You just said it was my turn!
she roars at one point during a shared song in which Oliver keeps blithely noodling over her.
It is another requisite of the genre #relatable.
Claire wants to see the fireflies.
Oliver is in awe.
Little forest robots, he says.
Its in moments like this one thatMaybe Happy Endingshows hints of something beyond the purelycozy.
Oliver has never heard of fireflies because Jeju Island is now the only place where they havent died out.
Now its a terminal-illness romance!
If it sounds like Im equivocating, its because I am a bit.
Then there are also the places your mind might wander.
Perhaps even more dubiously, humanity seems … nice?
Theres also the question of security.
croons Gil Brentley from Olivers record player.
Why did we bother to try love?
Maybe Happy Endingis at the Belasco Theatre.
