Noise between floors was always this society’s hot topic. Anyone who lives between floors can be either a victim or an offender. The noise of dragging a chair without thinking everyday morning, the noise of flushing the toilet, or the noise of showering could make the resident below you hold a grudge against you. I recall the memory suffering for a long time from the resident above me, who had an odd habit of hammering things in the afternoon. But I came to realize: what if the resident below me is enduring the big noise I make sometimes? Awareness is a good thing. Now here’s the webtoon calls for the awareness.

The dream of the protagonist that moving from a city area full of noise to live a quiet rural life, breaks on the next day he moved in. The scene like indie movie’s synopsis is only the beginning of all the events in this work. It’s only children playing, and he’s too sensitive. It could be good if he could tolerate it, but unfortunately, he hates noises. So, he makes a complaint. They don’t listen to him at all. It was just a small noise. It looks they can’t find middle ground.

The event intensifies as the protagonist initiates a counterattack. The man above a floor makes a complaint when the protagonist brings a massager to make various noises, and a woman in the next door incites the fight all of the sudden. The fight of the noise between two spreads to whole apartments, and the building becomes noisy every night. In a cattle shed at a distance from the apartment the cattle got stillbirth due to the noise. The farmer sues the residents of the building, and the residents came to compensate the damage of 50 billion won.

Let’s go back to the beginning of this event. It wasn’t a story that should be become this big. There were only two houses was to blame. The protagonist was a man especially prone to noises, and the residents above him was indifferent to him. This structure of opposition made the event that big. The fight started from the residents above, turning down talking. 

The situation is similar to what happens in the conflicts on the noise these days. When the resident below makes a complain, the resident above ignores. Then after some time of enduring, the resident below knocks the door of the resident above, with burning fury and some tools. Conversation or negotiation is already forgotten. The attitude of the offender made the victim a new offender. And the price of the crime falls on both offenders.

In the work, no one solves the problem of noise between floors reasonably. Even the protagonist resorts to revenge, giving up reasonable alternatives. The result is craziness of whole apartments and the damage of 50 billion won. The more unreasonable response, the bigger the conflict, and the situation in the work is all too stuffy. At last, the protagonist flees the scene, giving up. The only peaceful solution is just fleeing the scene. Those survivors of the conflict come to meet a defeat together.

A small disaster can bring a horrible result. Why does this kind of solution have to continue? Well, while I’m telling you this, maybe the resident below me would sharpening a knife for me. It would be great if we take care of our own footsteps, putting aside who’s to blame. That’s all, I’m leaving to offer some foods to the house below now.