Mari Iyagi (My beautiful girl, Mari)

In a small, secluded seaside village, Namoo, a twelve-year-old boy, lives with his mom and grandma. His only friends are Junho, who is the same age as he and Yeo, his cat. One day in the stationery store in front of his school, Namoo discovers a mysterious shining marble. He thinks about it all night, and the next day he runs to the store to buy it, but is disappointed to find that it is gone. Then one day, Namoo and Yeo are playing near the old lighthouse when Yeo runs inside. Namoo follows the cat in and is wandering around when he discovers the mysterious marble on a shelf. At the moment a beautiful light shines through the marble, the interior of the lighthouse is suddenly transformed into a world of fantasy. He is about to fall into nothingness when a girl takes hold of his hand and lifts him up. She leads him into a world beyond words, a world beyond his dreams …