We Are Tiny Beings: Everyday Explorations of Brachio, a 3-Million-Year-Old City Dinosaur (Revised and Expanded Edition)

Author Joguman Studio · Publisher The Quest · Publication Date 2025-03-28 · ISBN 9791140712861

About the Book

Joguman Studio's first essay, which captivated 100,000 readers, is now released in a revised and expanded edition!
"We are small beings. But being small doesn't mean we're unimportant!"

Six new stories added! Deeper empathy and comfort!
Cover and interior design personally handled by Joguman Studio!
Revised colors and content of existing illustrations!

Everyone seems to be doing well and getting ahead, so why am I like this? I wish I made fewer mistakes, didn't get too caught up in what others think, and could express my opinions better... Why is it so difficult? There are days when I ask myself these questions. And the end of those many questions often concludes with, "How did I become who I am now? (How did it happen?)"
Joguman Studio's first essay, "We Are Small Beings," which communicates with 200,000 followers through its crooked yet cute illustrations and steadfast messages, returns to readers with a new cover design, overall design revisions, and six unreleased episodes. This book is filled with content that gently examines various aspects of daily life through the character of Brachio, a dinosaur that has lived for 3 million years. Joguman Studio's intimate thoughts about oneself, one's relationships, and life in general are presented in the form of comics, essays, and questions.

A book that is both funny and sometimes heartwarming,
offering a time for sincere reflection!

"In the past, I was anxious about others' evaluations, but now I'm a little better. I know that I, you, and all of us are a little imperfect. I know I'm very imperfect, but I don't want to apologize for being myself. Because I can't help but live as myself. And sometimes I dislike this self, but I also like it. I'm finally telling this to my younger self, who used to be anxious about wanting to be loved even by people who didn't know me well."
-From the main text

This book conveys warm empathy, comfort, and courage on how to find cute joys in a small everyday life, how to not lose oneself amidst anxious and complex thoughts, how to find solace in a friend's words when feeling like you don't belong anywhere, and why it's okay to just be 'you' instead of the 'perfect you' that the world demands. Let's savor the 35 stories page by page and write down our own answers to the 35 questions. As you write, you might encounter a side of yourself you didn't know before.

May you have a slightly kinder day today with Brachio!

Contents

Intro_Weaving Each Day
How to Read This Book

Chapter 1. I am This Kind of Dinosaur
Shrimp Tempura on a Rainy Day
Housework
The Time of Greatest Hope
Pumpkin Soup on a Sleepless Night
Laundry
Striking a Chord
A Very Small Thing
What I'm Most Confident In
Ankylo's Confession

Chapter 2. This is How I Am When I'm With You
A Small but Nice Gift
My Dad is a "Jigongnam" (Workaholic Dad)
The Woman in the Strange Posture
The Collapsed Tower
Adari (Hitting it Right)
When I Get a Call During a Deadline
The Most Beautiful Word in the World
Dog
Yellow House
A Bite's Share
Folder of Indifference
Night Flight to Budapest

Chapter 3. Is the World Worth Living In?
Existential Crisis
If You Had Everything You Wanted
Duck-Swan
Cheap Soda-Flavored Gum
Dali the Snail
Noodle Restaurant
What Was Better Not Knowing
A Stranger's Prayer
Cosmic Dust

Outro_Dino Life is a Maze Garden

Chapter 4. Thought it Was Over?
Re-intro_Lost and Found
Nothing
Piercings and Wisdom Teeth
The Creator's Fate
People Rebuilding Snowmen

Author's Note_A Letter Arrived Late
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