Reboot

For Jang-Seok, the ultimate driving force of human existence is simple: dopamine. Yet, despite understanding this fundamental truth about pleasure and motivation, his own life is entirely devoid of it. He is a hopeless recluse who has completely withdrawn from society, lacking even the most basic social skills required to function in the modern world. Isolated in his room and utterly incapable of connecting with others, he views himself as a miserable failure trapped in an unyielding reality that offers him nothing but frustration and despair. Driven by his inability to navigate everyday human interactions, Jang-Seok harbors a singular, desperate wish for the entire world to simply reboot. He dreams of a complete reset—a reality rewritten from the ground up to suit his deepest, most primal desires. In his idealized version of existence, societal norms, expectations, and the need for interpersonal charm would be entirely obsolete. Instead, he longs to inhabit a world where raw physical attributes alone are enough to survive and thrive, allowing him to bypass every personal failing and finally experience the gratification that has always eluded him.