# Yeongsimi

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***Yeongsimi*** or ***Young-sim*** is a South Korean [comics](/source/Manhwa) serialized 1988 by South Korean cartoonist Bae Geum-taek,[1][unreliable source?] and it refers to an animation and other media mix works such as film and [TV series](/source/Oh!_Youngsim) based on the original. The story is about innocent but zany adolescent girl Young-sim's normal life.[2]

## Plot

Young-sim is a fourteen-year-old girl who has a round face, round eyes and a pony tail. Her boyfriend Wang Kyung-tae follows her incessantly. He is considered ugly and stammers when he speaks, but he deeply loves Young-sim. Young-sim treats Kyung-tae coldly. However, Young-sim displays considerable jealousy upon discovering Kyung-tae was with another girl. Her mean best friend and her sister Soon-sim add humor to the story.[3]

## Media

### Film

It was released on July 29, 1990.[4]

### Animation

The original version was a comic book first produced in 1988, and after that it was broadcast on [KBS](/source/Korean_Broadcasting_System) in 1990. The popular video version has 13 episodes in total. Young-sim is a representative character of the early 1990s.[2]

#### Episode list

Episode Subtitle Air Date 1 Yeongsimi's Dream 5 October 1990 2 Class President Election 12 October 1990 3 "Exam" 19 October 1990 While at a reunion, Young-sim's father, who hears the pride of his friends who have a son who is good at studying, forces Young-sim and Soon-sim to study. Young-sim manages to win first place by rolling a kite, drawing a wick, and rock-paper-scissors with Byeol-nim, and her father boasts to his friends. However, when he hears that his friend's son has won the quiz, he decides to have Young-sim appear on the quiz program.[5] 4 "Quiz" 26 October 1990 5 "Sunsimi's Birthday" 2 November 1990 6 "Camping" 9 November 1990 7 Life is short, and art is long 16 November 1990 8 "Superstition" 23 November 1990 9 "Star Prince" 30 November 1990 10 "I Want to Know" 7 December 1990 11 "Kyung Tae!" 14 December 1990 12 "Boot Camp" 21 December 1990 13 "Mom, Dad, I Love You" 28 December 1990

### Novel

In the novel version, Bae Geum-taek modernized the setting from 1990's South Korea to that of 2004, otherwise the plot is unchanged.[6]

### Musical

It came out in 2007 under the title *March of Youth* (Korean: 젊음의 행진).[7]

### [TV series](/source/Oh!_Youngsim)

Main article: [Oh! Youngsim](/source/Oh!_Youngsim)

## References

1. ["ko:한국만화의 대표적(?) 안경 캐릭터：왕경태 (『열네살 영심이』)"](https://cafe.daum.net/sudokumenia/NDD1/500) [A representative (?) glasses character in Korean comics: Wang Kyung-tae (『14-year-old Young-sim』)] (in Korean). *[Daum Cafe](/source/Daum_Cafe)*. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

1. ["ko:추억의 애니·만화, 드라마·영화로 재탄생"](https://sports.donga.com/article/all/20220906/115341925/3) [Reborn as animation/manhwa, drama/movie of memories] (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

1. ["영심이"](https://terms.naver.com/entry.naver?docId=1218553&cid=40942&categoryId=33093) [Young-sim] (in Korean). *[Doopedia](/source/Doopedia)*. Retrieved 8 July 2023. – via Naver Encyclopedia.

1. ["영심이"](http://www.cine21.com/movie/info/?movie_id=10588) [Young-Shim] (in Korean). *[Cine21](/source/Cine21)*. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

1. ["🌈만화동산 | 영심이 3회⭐시험 | 19901019 KBS방송"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ656p7CPHQ), retrieved 2022-08-08

1. ["소설로 돌아온 '영심이' '사춘기 性' 발랄한 터치"](https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/021/0000051528?sid=103) ['Youngsimi', who returned as a novel, 'puberty' with a lively touch] (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

1. ["ko:영심이와 왕경태 (젊음의 행진)"](https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1RX5NOEHFN) [Young-sim and Wang Kyung-tae (March of Youth)] (in Korean). Seoul Economics. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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