Characters / Lookism

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Double Bodies

Park Hyung Suk / Daniel Park

Voiced by: Shim Kyu-hyuk (Korean); Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Nicky Endres (English; small), Garrett Galego (English; big)

Both bodies

The main character of Lookism. Due to his appearance, he was always bullied by everyone around him growing up. It got so bad that he had to transfer schools. But just before his first day at his new school, he wakes up to find that he now has a new, handsome body.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Zoe calls his original body 'piggy', it starts out as an insult, later becomes the name she thinks of when she thinks of the man she loves.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: Downplayed in the anime adaptation, where although he still isn't conventionally attractive, he isn't nearly as Gonkish from the beginning.
• Ambiguously Bi: While he often blushes around his female crushes, he has also blushed around some guys.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: His main skill and what really sets him apart from other characters is not his perfectly trained new body, but his ability to memorize pretty much everything, including moves from different fighting styles which he has seen in the other characters. While Vasco, Zack or Gun all trained hard to become masters in their respective fighting styles, Daniel just observes and then perfectly copies some of their moves. As a result, his fighting style cannot be pinned down to one particular martial art, but instead it consists of a wild and unpredictable mixture of different moves.
• Beautiful All Along: When he's not portrayed in a gonkish style, his original body is shown to be conventionally attractive, even if overweight. After losing weight in his original body, some comment that he looks a lot like his new body.
• Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Late in his double life, Daniel discovers that despite having a similar diet in both bodies, the new body never gets fat or weak.
• Big Beautiful Man: When he isn't feeling uncomfortable, he is this in his original body, prior to losing weight.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Averted, he's a genuine Nice Guy, but many people mistake him as this, especially when they're not dazzled by his good looks.
• Bullying the Dragon: Whenever someone tries to throw a punch at Hyung Suk in his new body, he always manages to dodge and punch back.
• Can't Hold His Liquor: Gets drunk easily.
• Clark Kent Outfit: Somehow his clothes hides his muscles in the strong body.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: Is often a lot stronger that he thinks he is, in both bodies.
• Dogged Nice Guy: His case with Soo Jung who doesn't believe a Bishōnen actually could be nice, although his real body has more luck for once.
• Don't Think, Feel: In chapter 273 he obtains a state of being similar to that of Ultra-Instinct from Dragon-Ball Super, in fact in chapter 296 they flat out call it that.
• Endearingly Dorky: Lack of good social interaction has made him socially awkward, which some girls find quite charming in the new body.
• Heroes Love Dogs: Enough to put himself in harms way for Inu.
• Friend of Masked Self: Pretends his two bodies are friends and roommates.
• Mr. Fanservice: His other body is very easy on the eyes and basically everyone agrees that he is easily the most attractive guy in the school.
• Not with Them for the Money: What his and Jae Yeol's friendship is built up on.
• Perpetual Poverty: Despite his best efforts to save money (especially working part-time in his original body), his overall financial situation never seems to improve. At times, he has the chance to make even more money, but turns them down on principle.
• Pretty Boy: His other body is regularly noted for its great looks.
  • Upon losing a lot of weight, his original body starts to look as a shorter, more delicate version of his big strong body, with a permanent "sad puppy" expression around his eyes. Most girls starts to find him cute.
• Progressively Prettier: Not Handsome!Daniel, who already looks like a fashion model, but Fat!Daniel who looks a lot stronger and attractive in chapter 194 compared to his original appearance. In Ep. 250 he is clearly more fit and has evolved from Gonk to Ugly Cute. By chapter 325 he has lost all his weight in order to infiltrate a night club, and this is all before he starts training with Gun...
• Running Gag: When alcohol is related. He takes a sip, believing it to be iced tea or water, realizes it, says he shouldn't drink. Becomes drunk and becomes a jerk, has a speech about something including that they shouldn't force a minor to drink, only to take another sip, cue Spit Take, and becoming even more of a jerkass, and then falling asleep.
• Scary Shiny Glasses: For whatever reason.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful!: One arc has him realize that he can use the new body to make money. Desperate to help his mother he was willing to do anything, and joins a Host Club and nearly prostitutes himself. He later realizes that it wasn't a good idea.
• Sloth: His weak point, he didn't believe he could change anything in his situation himself and waited for others to do it.
• Stalker with a Crush: In the receiving end in the Stalker arc.
• Stay in the Kitchen: Not as bad as most examples, but believes that girl need to be saved and can't fight for themselves.
• Tender Tears: Cries rather easily.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Whenever he's drunk, not that some of his fangirls mind.
• Trauma Button: Hearing the name Pikachu makes him shiver and spit out the word "Pika!".
• Your Size May Vary: How tall his original body is varies from panel to panel, in the beginning he was pretty tall, but later he has gotten kinda Super-Deformed in a way. In some panels he's as tall as Vasco, in others he's really tiny (as he feels). The weight put on his spine makes him also appear shorter than if his back actually was straight.It would appear his appearance, not just his height, varies somewhat depending on how he sees himself. Once he's gained a lot more confidence, he's "grown taller."

Choi Soo Jung / Crystal Choi (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Choi Soo Jung / Crystal Choi:

Voiced by: Reina Aoyama (Japanese), Halley Kim (English)

Both bodies

Appears early on in the story as a beautiful girl who's actually nice to Hyung-Suk's original body. Later transfers into class with her original(?) body after a request from her father.

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• Acrofatic: More so than Hyung Suk as she actually can do a hurricane kick while in her fat body.
• Action Girl: In either of her two bodies, she is a capable fighter in her own right.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Including to being rather cold to people her own age, she even owns her own company.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: Often wears suits in her business meetings.
• Big Beautiful Woman: Her chubby self is rather adorable.
• Crush Blush: When looking at Hyung Suk in his original body.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Came to the school not to make friends, but ends up warming up to Zoe after she considers her a friend after her Big Damn Heroes moment.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Appears early on in the story from time to time visiting Hyung Suk at work and giving him some energy drink. First time was in episode 9.
• Friend of Masked Self: Pretends that her two bodies are twins, whereas the beautiful one is the older one and the legal guardian. How that makes sense is unknown, although the teachers accepting it might have been Distracted by the Sexy.
• Hourglass Hottie: Although her thinner body is meant to be impossibly beautiful.
• I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me: Not played for romance, kinda, she can't believe that Hyung Suk would notice and greet her when she transferred to his school to spy on him.
• Money, Dear Boy: In-Universe. Her reason for saving Yui, because as the owner of Paprika TV does she want to keep Yui beautiful to have many viewers.
• Second Love: To Hyung Suk after the mess with Yui.
• Yaoi Fangirl: Briefly had a fringe theory about both Daniels being their own person... and in a Secret Relationship, sharing the same eating utensils.

Jae Won / J High School

How many departments are there really?

J High School (Jae Won High School) is a preparatory school which focuses on vocational education and employment rather than sending students to college. There are three years of schooling at J High School. J High School offers more practical training and work experience programs compared to a normal high school. Students are also given more liberty compared to peers from other schools - 90% of the Fashion Department have altered uniforms, the Practical Music Department all have instruments, and the Beauty Department is allowed to dye their hair. J High is famously known for creating many K-pop artist trainees, models, and popular idols.

Fashion Department

This department is to help the students become models and they are allowed to wear whatever they want for school. Due to its somewhat lazy nature is this a class joined by all kinds of teens, from those actually interested in fashion, to those only wanting to be there with a friend, or those who simply doesn't fit in anywhere else.

Lee Jin Sung / Zack Lee

Voiced by: Wataru Urata (Japanese), Jason Jin (English)

Zack Lee (이진성 Lee Jin Sung) is a secondary character in Lookism. He is a student in the fashion department of J High School, as well as Mira's love interest. He's also Gongseob Ji's successor. He and Daniel started off on rough terms, but after events transpire, he joins Allied as one of its founding members.

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• Betty and Veronica: A weird case where he thinks he's the Betty to Daniel's Veronica for Mira's Archie, but she isn't really interested in Daniel (and may actually recognize him but hasn't had time or not sure how to ask). This case becomes even weirder when Mira is a mix of the girl he knows but thinks he can't reach, Yui is the beautiful and believed to be unobtainable in class who's rather interested in him after Rescue Romance, but he finds her too clingy.
• Boxing Battler: He used to train at a boxing gym.
• Can't Catch Up: Sure thing, he was out of practice, but he is visibly lacking in the talent and brute strength department that his rivals have.
• Death Glare: If someone as much look at Mira he'll stare you down.
• Expy: Of Kosaku, a boxer who often puts his life on the line and is in love with a Christian girl.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: Aside from being on the wrong side of the Worf Effect more often than not, he is frequently forced to acknowledge the fact that there are several people out there - all of them he is personally acquainted with - who easily surpass everything he can try to throw at them. This was actually the reason he stopped practicing for a while.
• Pride: His weak point, he prides himself in strength, and wants Mira to look at him, but she's not into strength. Later his opponents have started getting stronger than him, making him swallow his pride and becoming a better person.
• Took a Level in Badass: After he starts training again, he is able to fight more evenly with Daniel's new body.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Was introduced to make the reader think that he’s no different from Daniel’s original bullies, although it is later revealed that he only resorts to fighting when Mira is involved. Later, he starts to know what it’s like to be bullied himself.

Hong Jae Yeol / Jay Hong

A quiet, blonde student in Hyung Suk’s class. Always trying to seek Hyung Suk’s attention and would do anything for him.

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• Ambiguously Gay: Not quite ambiguously, as time passes he is legitimately shown to have a strong crush on Daniel. Everything Jay does is usually for the sake of getting closer to Daniel.
• Beware the Quiet Ones: A practitioner of Systema - of all things - capable of holding his own and easily defeating several opponents and only lost to Daniel's bully because Logan resorted to being the Combat Pragmatist.
• Big Damn Heroes: He has saved Daniel more than once, often in the last moment. His role in the Runaway Fam arc deserves special mention, where he isn't seen at all for most of it, only to come to the rescue in the climactic fight, crashing through a window on his motorcycle and pushing Daniel away from a truck driving full speed at him.
• Clark Kenting: See the image? Quietly spending most of the time under the radar must be the main reason he gets away with this.
• Connected All Along: While he was around since the very beginning of the story, he mostly remained on the fringes, until the Picnic Arc reveals that he has a much bigger role to play in the future, as his own family has business ties with Crystal's father.
• Cute Mute: Never talks and usually simply nods in order to communicate. Strangely enough, Daniel seems to be able to communicate with him perfectly fine.
• Death Glare: Manages to give them somehow through his thick bangs.
• Eyes Out of Sight: A trait that adds more intrigue to his character is that his full face is yet to be seen.
• Gay Option: For Daniel, but he is yet to muster up the courage to confess his feelings to him anytime soon.
• Smoking Is Cool: Was usually shown smoking after beating up groups of bullies, until he overheard that one should stop smoking to get a lover.
• Wrath: His weak point, Systema requires the user to be completely calm, but when Hyung Suk is involved he flies into a rage.

Kim Mi Jin / Mira Kim

Voiced by: Natsu Yorita (Japanese), Nikki SooHoo (English)

Jin Sung’s closest friend since childhood. She tries to convince him to stop fighting people, which usually ends in failure.

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• Break the Cutie: While her Dark and Troubled Past doesn't (as far we know) include bullying has she had her share of traumatic events in her life.
• Characterization Marches On: Introduced as a Valley Girl, but is later a polite Nice Girl, although she doesn't have many lines in the beginning.
• So Beautiful, It's a Curse: Due to her beauty, she’s frequently harassed by perverts and almost raped on two occasions.
• Lust Object: Has been victim of Attempted Rape at least 2 times from men she thought she could trust.
• Nice Girl: Is a genuinely nice person.
• Tsundere: Type B, usually sweet, calm, and collected, and only Jin Sung manages to rub her the wrong way.

Park Ji Ho

A student in the fashion department and a constant victim of bullying. Receives help from Daniel whenever he falls into trouble.

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• Aesop Amnesia: His desire to become popular often makes him forget all the trouble he's caused. Kouji and Zack call him out on this.
• Combat Pragmatist: While in prison, he comes to the realization he'll never win by fighting fairly and adopts a win-at-all-costs mentality. Oftentimes, he doesn't bother getting his own hands dirty.
• Evil Makes You Ugly: After prison, he looks more disheveled and haggard, and has lost a few teeth.
• Face–Heel Turn: He allows his jealousy get the better of him.
• Foil: He is an almost complete opposite of Hyung Suk. Both of them start off as unattractive and marginalized because of their looks. However, Hyung Suk has a much more humble background than Ji Ho, whose family is somewhat economically stable. That being said, Ji Ho and Hyung Suk have a single, most important contrast: Ji Ho is too spoiled and selfish to grasp the consequences of his actions. Hyung Suk, on the other hand, despite of being at times conceited, always learned his lesson at the end.
  • An even more blatant contrast: both of them end up in very disadvantageous battles with their lives on the line. Wherein Ji Ho resorted to underhanded trickery to win, Hyung Suk (who couldn't use his perfect body at that time) refused to give in to the same temptation. It should also be noted that in his case, Ji Ho cheated foremost just for the sake of winning. Hyung Suk had far more noble intentions.
• The Gambling Addict: Quickly gets addicted to gambling when its first shown to him.
• Generation Xerox: Not only looks a lot like his parents, but wears the same kind of glasses.
• Go Mad from the Isolation: During the Juvenile Prison Arc, he assaults an inmate who actively abused him since day one, leading to him getting stuck in solitary confinement. Needless to say, it only takes three days for the effect to kick in.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Envy is one of his weak points. He gets to be friends with one of the popular guys at school but still doesn't see that as enough, he wants more, he wants to be in the center of attention, he wants to be the one everyone thinks of as cool.
• Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook: Before, he was a spoiled brat leeching more money from his parents. He's graduated to threats and violence while in prison.
• I Just Want to Be Special: His Fatal Flaw.
• Idiot Ball: Too often for his own good with only the other characters having to save him. In episode/chapter 163 he meets one of his previous classmates, a famous sociopath from his area, not only doesn't he believe that he has been robbed by him when he forces him to take money out for him, but even believes them to be friends after he calls them that.
• Never My Fault: No matter what he goes through, he simply refuses to acknowledge his own shortcomings. Reaches its zenith during his fight with Daniel Park and his final moments. On its societies fault for making him what he is now even and how all the shit Jiho has done with have been brushed off if he was handsome. During his final moments, Jiho keeps blaming everyone for everything but himself. Daniel for ruining his plans, Jake for turning him into a psychopath during his stay at Juvie. Dude could not take a hint.
• Sanity Slippage: Suffers from this in the Illegal Toto arc. He resorts from stealing money from the store Hyung Suk works at and using his college funds to attempt to regain the money he lost due to his gambling habits by gambling some more. Unfortunately, he loses all of that money too.
  • The Juvenile Prison arc. Having been thrown in a very violent environment, being unable to do even the most mundane things without pressure and risks, almost getting killed and poor diet take a heavy toll on his sanity.
• Small Name, Big Ego: The guy continuously ignores the fact that unlike the many popular people in his school he simply lacks the good looks and talents they have and that no matter what kind of expensive brand he tries to impress people with, he will never really make up for that. The Picnic arc made it all the more apparent, but he still doesn't get it.
• Spoiled Brat: It is heavily implied that, while they weren't too wealthy, his parents nonetheless spoiled him ever since he was a kid. This lead him to become incapable of comprehending that his actions and the consequences of said actions are his own fault.
• That Man Is Dead: "Ji Ho Park in J High? I left him there"

Park Ha Neul / Zoe Park

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese), Courtney Lin (English)

A girl in Hyung Suk’s class. Friends with Hyung Suk in both of his bodies, she has a hard time trying to figure out which one she likes more.

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• Break the Cutie: After almost being killed & nearly raped during the Paprika TV arc does she calm down a lot.
• Chubby Chaser: Averted, she falls for Hyung Suk in his real body after he rescues her and even uses his body as a shield to protect her rather than being attracted to chubby people.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: After forcing herself to date Tae Sung, she has a scene where she cries in the shower feeling dirty but not being able to wash it away.
• Everybody Hates Mathematics: Subverted, she's the best in class at math and enjoys it a lot.
• The Lad-ette: Appears to have many male friends and drinks a lot.
• Lust: Her weak point, she really wants to get together with the most popular guy, no matter the cost, or so she thought. After Character Development is that not as important anymore.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Why she starts falling for her 'piggy' because he saved her.
• Stalker with a Crush: In the receiving end of this in the Paprika TV arc.
• Stepford Smiler: Of the hiding depressed kind. While forcing herself to date Tae Sung and missing Hyung Suk terribly, including to crying alone in the bathroom, she keeps on smiling in front of her friends and pretends that everything is okay.
• Valley Girl: Talked like one in the Paprika TV arc.

Characters that are mostly important in certain arcs.

Kim Yui

A student in Hyung Suk's class who earns money by live-streaming herself on the internet. She's a major character in the Paprika TV arc.

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• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Daniel believes her to be a pure and accepting girl, later shows her true colors as a huge bigot only after to use others for her own benefit.
• Break the Haughty: While still not a truly good person has she improved a lot.
• The Bus Came Back: In the Workers (4 Affiliates) arc, acting as Crystal's spy
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Much to Jin Sung and Mi Jin's annoyance.
• First Love: Hyung Suk's first love.
• Greed: Her weak point, she wants everyone to bow down to her, she wants money, but there's never enough.
• Ms. Fanservice: Makes money presenting herself like this on her streams.
• Rescue Romance: After Jin Sung saves her from her abusive boyfriend, she falls in love with him.
• Would Hit a Girl: On the receiving end after her boyfriend realizes that she flirts with Daniel.

Lee Hyun Do / Doo Lee

A student in Hyung Suk’s class.Usually acts with two other guys as Jin Sung’s lackeys.

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• Smoking Is Not Cool: His smoking is put in a bad light.
• Took a Level in Kindness: He was a lot similar to Hyung Suk’s original bullies when he was first introduced. Jump 60 chapters later to the Attention Whore arc and he becomes victim of a social media attack and his attackers manage to track him down. After being saved by Vaso and Jin Sung, he decides to turn a new leaf (sorta), starting with giving Ji Ho his own gym uniform when the latter loses it.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Up until Chapter 163, he was not mentioned or seen in the comic since the Attention Whore arc which ended in Chapter 68, and he finally makes a full reappearance in Chapter 166. Now he makes sporadic appearances throughout the comic.

Other classmates

Money Twins

The identical twins in the fashion class. They love fashion, especially expensive fashion and brands.

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• Always Identical Twins: Averted, they have familial similarities, but aren't identical, although they do everything in their power to be as similar as possible.
• Coordinated Clothes Wears the same kind of glasses.
• Creepy Twins: Staring intensely at people to check if they have branded clothing isn't creepy at all. Also all they seem to think about is money and expensive things, both at the same time.
• Finishing Each Other's Sentences: Are fond of doing this although it doesn't always work out.
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: They are rich and proud but aren't much beyond that.
• No Name Given: Their names aren't mentioned yet.

First Years

After Hyung Suk and the others become Second Years, some new people appear at their school.

Hong Jae Hye / Joy Hong

Jae Yeol's younger sister and a freelance model.

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• Big Little Sister: While maybe neither bigger nor more mature,it does she help her brother when it comes to talking.
• Brother–Sister Team: When they're not fighting for attention from the guy they're both having crushes on do they get along pretty well.
• Family Theme Naming: Especially in the translation, Joy and Jay.
• My Sister Is Off-Limits: Jae Yeol does everything in his power to make that she and Hyung Suk doesn't flirt. It's probably a mix of this and jealousy.

Architecture Department

The Architecture and Interior Design Department is known for being composed entirely of boys. Many members of this department are also members of the Burn Knuckles. Leonn Lee is the only female in the Architecture Department.

Vasco / Lee Eun Tae

Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Japanese), Kaiji Tang (English)

Who would've thought this would be the lovable dork?

Leader of the Burn Knuckle gang. He dedicates his time making sure that no bullying goes on at the school which has earned his gang a reputation.

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• Berserk Button: Hurting the weak, or hurting his friends is the fastest way to get him to dish out a beating that you aren't likely to recover from anytime soon.
• Bullying the Dragon: Even with his big muscles and tattoos, Vasco is still a victim of bullying. It doesn’t turn out well for the bullies though.
• Death Glare: If you hurt someone while he's looking.
• Face of a Thug: Vasco is one of the most compassionate and kind-hearted characters in the comic, but due to his scary facial expressions and his Burn Knuckles jacket, people are usually scared of him at first or mistake him for just another thug.
• Fatal Flaw: His weak point is gluttony, as he always wants to get stronger, no matter the cost while he's more than strong enough.
• Idiot Hero: While not a direct idiot and has his moments of brilliance, is he still not the sharpest tool in the shed and naïve to a fault.
• Impossible Hourglass Figure: In chapter/episode 168.
• Manchild: He is at times downright humiliating himself without even realizing it.
• Named After Someone Famous: His nickname is from his childhood hero's real name.
• Otaku: Is a huge fan of the children's show Hero Man and its main character. He collects things related to him (although too naïve to look online, although that's probably for the best) and even uses his fighting style from the show. His nickname is apparently the civilian name of Hero Man.
• Tragic Bigot: When he’s first introduced, it’s revealed that he views all good-looking people as bad people. It’s later revealed that good-looking people bullied him when he was in middle school. He later stops thinking this way after observing and befriending Hyung Suk in his new body.
• Younger Than He Looks: He's about 17 but looks like he's from his mid 20s to early 30s. He also acts like he's about 8 or even 4 in some cases.

Park Bum Jae / Jace Park

Co-leader of Burn Knuckles. Vasco’s best friend.

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• Childhood Friends: Vasco's earliest known friend.
• Ear Wings: Downplayed, but that doesn't prevent people to outright compare him to Dumbo In-Universe.
• Fourth-Wall Observer: If anyone is to break the fourth wall, it's him.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Vasco, ever since their childhood. Given Vasco's Dark and Troubled Past and Manchild habits, he is also extremely protective of him.
• Kid Detective: He earns this moniker after thoroughly investigating who framed Vasco for theft. That being said, he is not too fond of the title.
• Number Two: To Vasco.
• The Smart Guy: He is the brains of the Burn Knuckles and the one coming up with their battle plans and strategies. They are even effective enough to surprise and outsmart the strategists of the other gangs.

The Burn Knuckles

Burn Knuckles is a gang located in Central Seoul. It is made of members of the Architecture Department in J High. Their leader is Vasco.

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Beauty Department

The Beauty Department is mainly filled with girls, the direct opposite of the Architecture Department. Eli Jang is the only male in the Beauty Department, as stated by the Vocal Department.

Jang Hyun / Eli Jang

"You're my family now. I will protect you."

^{Click here to see Eli's return to Hostel}

^{Click here to see Eli's introduction}

^{Click here to see Eli's past}

Eli Jang (장현 Jang Hyun) is a secondary character in Lookism. He is a student in the beauty department of J High School , Yenna's father, Heather's love interest and one of the three children trained by Tom Lee. As well as the leader and founder of the Hostel. He briefly served as the president of the Workers‘ 5th affiliate, before joining Hostel with Allied.

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• Face–Heel Turn: Briefly became the 5th Affiliate President of Workers, and became so bad people called him the Gun of The Countryside.

Vocal and Dance Department

Jin Ho Bin / Vin Jin

^{Click here to see Vin Jin as he was introduced}

Vin Jin (진호빈 Jin Ho Bin) , is a student of the Vocal and Dance department of J High School and the former leader of the Cheonliang Fam. He ultimately joins with Allied in order to find Cheon Taejin and kill him.

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• Berserk Button:
  • Making fun of his polycoria. Try it, and prepare to be beaten to a pulp.
  • Anything to do with Cheonliang, but especially Cheon Taejin.
• Blood Knight: One of the few main characters who will actively try to start fights with other people, and then show no mercy to his opponents whatsoever.
• Power Limiter: Wears sunglasses which have been tinted up to six times in order to hide his polycoria, handicapping him so much he's nearly blind. Without them though, he is easily one of the strongest members of the 2nd Generation fighters.
• The Reveal: The reason why he wears those sunglasses around so much? It's to hide his polycoria, an extremely rare eye condition where one has multiple pupils in one eye.
• Tsundere: to Duke of all people, being a big fan of his rapping, even if he denies it.

Kim Miru / Mary Kim

^{Click here to see Mary Kim as she was introduced}

^{Click here to see Mary Kim in middle school}

Mary Kim (김미루 Kim Mi-roo) is a student in the Vocal and Dance Department of J High School and a former member of the Cheonliang Fam.

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• Berserk Button: Had a lot of insecurities with how she used to look, and hates being called "thick" or "fat"
• Formerly Fat: Used to be quite chubby in middle school, but with a definite muscularity to her appearance nonetheless. Vin Jin heavily implies that she got surgery to change how she looks, and will always tease her for it.
• Red Baron: Mary was nicknamed "Empress of Two Seconds," for one second to grab and another to turn over and throw down her opponent. Vin Jin reminisced that he could not ever defeat Mary back then in their Judo days.
• Stout Strength: Chubby at 15 years old, and an absolute monster at Judo, going undefeated in middle school, with her escribed by Vin Jin as a human weapon that every coach and manager wanted, winning gold medals in every competition she joined.

Pyun Duk Hwa / Duke

Voiced by: Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Eugene Kon (English)

A student at Jae Won High. He receives help from Hyung Suk to fulfill his desire to become a rapper.

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• Adaptational Attractiveness: He is significantly less ugly in the anime adaptation. Although he is still hefty and has somewhat of a Nonstandard Character Design, he can easily count as a Big Beautiful Man.
• Determinator: Given he wants to become a rapper in a Crapsack World where the overwhelming majority of the population is after the good looks foremost, he has to be one. It slowly starts to pay off.
• Gonk: He is the most blatant one in the series.
• Nice Guy: Though given more than enough reason to be rude or annoyed at others, even at Hyung Suk from time to time, he is constantly kind and supportive, as well as genuinely grateful for Hyung Suk's friendship.
• Tears of Joy: He and his grandma tearfully embrace after he starts moving up the ranks at PTJ Entertainment.
• Villainous Cheekbones: They are a Red Herring, as it turns out that it was Ji Ho who pulled a Face–Heel Turn and not him.

Computers Department

Kouji

Kouji (코우지 Kouji) is a student in the computer science department of J High School, a friend of Crystal Choi, and one of the first years introduced later in the series. Also a member of the Ten Geniuses as the Hacker Genius.

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• Money Fetish: Loves money, and will do anything to get more of it.

Animation Department

The 8th and the department the others don't talk about. It's filled with creepy otaku so most go to the fashion department instead if they don't know where to join.

Lee Tae Sung / Logan Lee

The bully Hyung Suk ran away from who eventually decided to transfer. The only school that accepted him was J High.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: He is this to Zoe, whom he develops a crush on after realizing that she values personality over appearance. Unfortunately for him, she is disgusted by his rude and violent personality and rejects him. It does not stop him from becoming obsessed with her.
• Boomerang Bigot: He thinks his classmates are pathetic losers for being otaku and even their Foreign Culture Fetish for Japan. But his knowledge and references to Pokémon, One Piece, among other things, shows that he's a huge fan of Japanese things as well. It might be a Stealth Insult to people who claim to hate everything about Japan while also being a huge fan of Japanese franchises which they refuse to acknowledge to being Japanese.
• Freudian Excuse: After his previous girlfriend cheated on him with a handsome classmate, he developed a deep-seated complex towards attractive people and became the violent jerk he is today.
• The Heavy: Hyung Suk's biggest fear and all around jerkass. However, he is otherwise neutral in the overall scope of the setting.
• Hidden Depths: One wouldn't guess, but Logan is actually a talented artist. Paired with his knowledge of Japanese pop culture, it seems the Animation Department is rubbing off on him.
• Jerkass: Logan is rude and antagonistic towards pretty much everyone around him. Sometimes, even just looking at him the wrong way is enough to trigger his jerkish temper.
• Kevlard: His body fat makes it hard to actually hurt him.
• Lightning Bruiser: He's just as strong as his size would suggest, but he's a lot faster than he looks. His speed even impresses Zack, and surpasses Zack's when he loses weight.
• Not So Above It All: Even though he sees his classmates from the Animation Department as nothing but weak sheep, he is occasionally seen hanging out with them, seems to accept his role as their leader to a certain degree and violently defends the department as a whole against anyone who dares to make fun of it. He even acquires a dakimakura from one of his classmates while mourning his break-up with Zoe.
• Skinship Grope: He would often touch Zoe in places she didn't want, and she would have to move his hand away from her chest when they were taking selfies.
• Weight Loss Horror: For him at least. Wanting Zoe to like him, he almost didn't eat for a week and got thin. Because of this he got weaker so he got injured much easier, Zoe still disliked him but didn't show him any kindness either, and the koi on his arm became an anchovy.
• Wild Card: Though antagonistic to Hyung Suk's old body and occasionally an Arc Villain, he is not affiliated with the main antagonists and usually fights for himself and his own goals. This has led to him fighting against the same villains as Hyung Suk on more than one occasion. In general, he cannot be considered to be on anyone's side but his own, but due to his massive strength, his involvement nonetheless often plays a decisive factor in the outcome of a story arc.

Park Family

A small family on the countryside which Hyung Suk's mother married into.

Hyung Suk's mother

His kind and caring mother.

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• Antagonistic Offspring: Whenever Hyung-suk gets drunk, he goes against everything she has taught him and his own personal values.
• Doting Parent: Loves her son dearly and knows his potential.
• Education Mama: Averted, while being Korean and happy when her son gets good grades, is his happiness more important than his education.
• Good Parents: One of the best in fiction
• Happily Married: Appears to have been with Hyung-suk's father before he disappeared and tries having a good relationship with his family.
• Mama Bear: Willing to do anything for her son.
• Open-Minded Parent: If someone was to accept him 2 bodies, it would probably be her.
• Parents as People
• The Pollyanna: Extremely optimistic and keeps on going no matter how hard things get.
• Stay in the Kitchen: Doesn't want Hyung Suk to help her out in the kitchen in the Family Arc, mostly because she doesn't want him to be considered uncool by his cousins.
• No Name Given: Her name is yet to be revealed.

Inu/Enu

Can you believe she was considered ugly?

Hyung Suk's eventual dog. She's loyal to a fault but a good companion who doesn't care how he looks. She was left all alone for being an "ugly" mutt.

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• Action Mom: Do not harm her puppies, unless you're ready for a world of hurt.
• All Dogs Are Purebred: Averted and Played for Drama as her mother was a perfect golden retriever who gave birth to her after something happened when her owners weren't there.
• Badass Adorable: A cute dog who will bite your hand off if you do anything to hurt those she cares about.
• Canine Companion: Goes just about anywhere with Hyung Suk after being adopted by him expect for work and school.
• A Dog Named "Dog": Downplayed, Inu is Japanese for dog (dog in Korean is Gae).
• Dogs Are Dumb: Not dumb, rather that she was a Wide-Eyed Idealist that actually believed her owner to get back home.
• Dog Stereotype: Subverted. She has been a stray for quite some time, but not only used to have a owner, but is also rather naïve.
• Hates Being Alone: Justified. She was abandoned by her previous owner.
• I'm Not Hungry: As she thought it would be used against her and take her away from her previous home.
• Face Framed in Shadow: Her previous owners in her prologue.
• Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You: She was forced to leave her behind by the humans and even cried in the car.
• Nothing but Skin and Bones: When her prologue is over and we see what she has become.
• Power of Trust: Her puppies trusted Hyung Suk, which is why she trusts him after a while.
• Precious Puppies: Gives birth to 4.
• Rape as Backstory: Refused to leave her spot for a long time, but still got pregnant.
• That Thing Is Not My Child!: Subverted, her mother was really proud of her and loved her a lot.

PTJ Entertainment

An idol training agency that provides the backdrop of the eponymous PTJ Entertainment arc

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In General

• Beauty Equals Goodness: They judged people based on looks. Anyone that did not look conventionally attractive was instantly rejected. This changes once DG is in charge.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Pretty much all the managers and trainees, save for Oliver and LaSol. Daniel realizes this when they start sucking up to him, but show disdain to his other body, and Duke, which eventually convinces him to leave.
• Fantastic Rank System: Trainees are (supposedly) grouped by skill level: from best to worst, they're separated into Classes A, B and C. The higher-ranked traiees get privileges such as more money for food expenses and earlier access to the rehearsal space, which they often abuse by ordering too much food and not cleaning up after practice.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Fictional version of YG Entertainment
• No Hugging, No Kissing: Enforced. Romances between trainees are forbidden and are grounds for being sacked.
• Training from Hell: Trainees have to meet strict monthly performing and weight standards. There is no time limit to how long it might take for a trainee to make their debut as an idol. They could be there for years.

Kang Dangyum / Diego Kang / DG

"I would love to stop making enemies, but once again I've ended up with even more of them."

^{Click here to see DG as he was introduced}

DG (Diego Kang; 강다겸 Kang Dagyum) is a famous Korean idol and also the head of PTJ Entertainment, an idol training agency. He is one of Charles Choi's Ten Geniuses and has close ties with him.

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• The Ace: Made his entertainment debut in less time than most trainees, is wildly successful and earns lots of money. Exaggerated once it's revealed he's James Lee, who was so talented at everything he did that every trophy in his old school's trophy hall still has his name on it. As a fighter, he's a legendary One-Man Army who singlehandedly defeated an entire generation, and is absolutely one of the strongest fighters in the verse, if not *the* strongest.
• Dye Hard: Has dyed pink hair. He had crimson red hair in the past, seemingly also dyed.
• Majority-Share Dictator: He initially owns 10% stock in PTJ, but after the scandal of Aru's blackmailed nude photoshoot drops the share price, he's able to buy another 10%. This combined with 30% from Crystal's father allows them to depose the previous director of the company.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Modeled after G-Dragon
• One-Man Army: Several years ago, as James Lee, he singlehandedly defeated every single Gen 1 King— powerful fighters at the top of their cities— dramatically changing the landscape of fighters and setting the stage for the story.
• Red Baron: The One-Man Circle.
• Secret-Keeper: He knows about Daniel's two bodies and is implied to know why he has them.
• Walking Spoiler: It's impossible to talk about him outside the context of his real identity, James Lee.
• Wham Line: "A convenience store? Is that all you can do?"
• You Are in Command Now: After he and Crystal's father force out the director of PTJ Entertainment, DG becomes the new head of the company.

Aru Lee

Graduate of PTJ Entertainment, now a successful idol and a bit of a diva.

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• Arc Villain: Serves as the arc villain of the Idol Arc.
• Bait the Dog: After losing her career, she resolves to start all over again, but then offers herself to another slimeball director, showing that she didn't learn anything in the end.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Tries to break away from PTJ to start her own company so she can make more money. However, it was a trap by her manager.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She's polite only to higher-ups or good-looking men, spurning everyone else.
• Casting Couch: How she was able to debut.
• Country Mouse: She was a sweet girl from the countryside. The key word is was.
• Dye Hard: Dyed her hair brown after her debut.
• Girl Next Door: Her image as an idol. It doesn't go further than that.
• Humiliation Conga: Blackmailed into a nude photo shoot. She is luckily saved before it can go too far.
• It's All About Me: Her reason for abandoning her friends.
• Kick the Dog: She didn't have to keep her former friends stuck as trainees after betraying them. But she did.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Her appearance is modeled after the late EunB of LADIES' CODE
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: She thinks she can get away with anything she wants. Until she meets Crystal and realizes she's still not at the top.
• Secret Relationship: Used to be in one with Oliver.
• Tears of Remorse: Has a moment of this when LaSol reveals she had received the same Casting Couch offer but turned it down.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: After she abandoned her boyfriend and her best friend to pursue an idol career. She then makes sure they can never debut, by getting them stuck in Class C.

Jang Udon / Oliver Jang and La Sol

The current leaders of Class C, who were former leaders of Class A. In addition, Oliver was Aru's ex-boyfriend.

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• Almighty Janitor: They're better performers than the higher-ranked trainees due to having more years of training.
• Birds of a Feather: Oliver and Aru bonded over their shared lower-class backgrounds and hopes of providing for their families.
• Breakup Bonfire: Oliver tearfully throws his and Aru's wedding contract into a fire after she betrays him.
• The Bus Came Back: Oliver makes a brief reappearance in the Amusement Park arc.
• Engineered Public Confession: LaSol had recorded the Casting Couch offer she received from Aru's managers and threatens to make it public if they don't release Aru from the nude photoshoot. But it backfires when she reveals that she didn't create any backups of the recording.
• Even the Girls Want Her / Even the Guys Want Him: They have admirers among the same-sex trainees (the ones that aren't jealous of them anyway).
• Memento MacGuffin: LaSol kept the iPot that Aru gave her as a birthday gift. It becomes useful when Aru gets blackmailed.
• Nice Guys: Friendly and optimistic despite being forcefully stuck at the bottom for years.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Oliver is modeled after Dong Woo.
• Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught: Oliver catches two trainees fooling around when they're supposed to be practicing. He advises them on not getting caught instead of ratting them out because after all, he used to do it too.
• Platonic Life-Partners: The two become this, after being abandoned by Aru Lee.
• Sexy Mentor: Oliver took Aru under his wing and they became a couple. Their relationship ended when Aru cheated on him to make her debut.
• Sweetie Graffiti: Oliver carved his and Aru's names underneath a piano, which doubles as The Reveal of their past romance.
• Taking the Bullet: Oliver prevents LaSol's iPot from being crushed to save the recording.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: After 6 years of being stuck as a trainee, Oliver is finally able to debut as part of the Boy Band "Inspirit". LaSol is moved up to Class A, with her solo debut coming soon.
• We Used to Be Friends: With Aru. While Oliver is understandably bitter towards her, LaSol isn't.

HTC Group

A mysterious group involved in many businesses.

Choi Dong Soo/ Charles Choi

Charles Choi (최동수 Choi Dong Soo) , also known as Elite of Gapryong's Fist, is a major character in Lookism. He is Crystal's father and the CEO of HNH Group, a conglomerate company that own many smaller businesses. He is one of the few people that know about Daniel and Crystal's secret.

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Park Jong Geon/ Gun Park

"Funny... there was a man who messed with my shades before but no one has ever messed with my hair."

^{Click here to see Gun's crazy side}

^{Click here to see Gun during the Big Deal hunt}

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^{Click here to see Gun after training Daniel}

^{Click here to see Gun as The White Ghost}

^{Click here to see Gun after fighting Samuel in his flashback}

^{Click here to see Gun after fighting in Eli's flashback}

^{Click here to see Gun in the past}

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^{Click here to see Gun as he was introduced}

^{Click here to see Gun and Goo}

^{Click here to see Gun vs James Lee}

Gun Park (박종건 Park Jong Geon) is a major character in Lookism. A legendary fighter known for having established himself as part of the Generation of Geniuses alongside Kim Joon Goo and Sinu Han. Gun had a major role in the creation of the Big Four Crews, in addition to being the one who managed them.

Sometime after, he began working as the Bodyguard of the Chairman's daughter, Gun is lso a member of the Ten Geniuses as the Nurture Genius and is one of the three children raised by Tom Lee. As revealed later on, Gun is one of the Yamazaki clan's potential heirs, as he is a son of its former clan patriarch.

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• The Ace: He might be the most well-informed and versatile martial artist in the setting and is also an incredibly effective teacher. He taught martial arts to Johan Seong and Olly Wang, enabling them to become the heads of their own crews. His teachings allowed Johan to defeat Zack in a boxing championship despite Zack training longer than him and he turned Olly Wang, a bookish and weak teenager who couldn’t feel pain, into a powerful fighter that’s stronger than Eli Jang. His self-proclaimed "masterpiece" Daniel Park is shown to thrive under his tutelage, quickly becoming one of the 2nd Generation's strongest fighters.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: Like Goo, he's often seen wearing an expensive-looking suit. Apparently the two borrow each other's clothes on occasion, given that Goo is seen wearing a yellow shirt or the Black suit which he wore in the 1st affiliate arc. This is even confirmed when Goo tells Jincheol Park in Manager Kim episode 100, that he cannot let him ruin the suit as he borrowed it from a from a hot headed bastard (Gun).
• Blood Knight: He absolutely loves a fight. Especially well-shown in his 1v1 fight with Hyung Suk. After the fight, Gun praises Hyung Suk for his fighting abilities and hands him a tool for taking down the workers.
• Dark Is Evil: Tends to wear darker clothing than his partner Goo, and is usually the more openly sadistic of the two, reveling in fights and combat as well as hurting others.
• Death Glare: Putting it mildly.
• Evil Debt Collector: His job is to collect money from the four gangs.
• Evil Pays Better: Brags to Eli about making 300 million won (about $250,000) a month, more than what most law-abiding citizens make in their entire lives. To demonstrate his point, he casually burns a stack of bills to light his cigarette.
• Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: His eyes have inverted colours, with the iris being white and the rest pitch black. So far, there hasn't been an explanation for this, although as seen later on, it heavily implies that Gun somehow has the ability to constantly be in the state of Ultra Instinct.
• Hidden Depths: Gun is a martial arts fanatic, even watching Muay Thai tournaments in the past. He even went so far as to ask the autograph of a ramen cook whose subordinate he was going to beat up because he recognized the cook as his favorite Muay Thai champion. Ironically, the cook was Vasco’s martial arts master.
  • Gun is also well versed in Japanese as he wished Daniel good luck with the words “Ganbare” and traveled to Tokyo to mourn Olly Wang’s death.
• Lightning Bruiser: He is perhaps the best fighter in the Lookism-verse and so far, no one has even come close to beating him.
• Made of Iron: He shrugs off blows that would kill normal humans. Only the most powerful fighters in the series manage to scratch him.
• Not So Stoic: Gun is usually stoic with an intense look on his eyes, but he becomes disturbingly excited when he finds someone he thinks it’s a worthy successor like Daniel Park or Eli Jang. On a more humorous note, he had a hilariously surprised expression when Daniel refused to work for him.
  • Any time he and Goo interact with each other causes him to break his stoicism, even fighting each other despite not yet finishing defeating all their enemies in a room.
  • Gun becomes enraged when Eli and Hostel B beat him bloody when they ganged up on him after he threatened them. After recovering in a matter of seconds, Gun gives them an enraged look and effortlessly beats them up.
• One-Man Army: Flashback scenes have shown him taking out entire gangs all by himself without even suffering as much as a scratch and he has repeatedly taken down several skilled opponents at once all by himself.
• Red Baron: Called the White Ghost in Japan, stemming from his infamy defeating the Yakuza.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Gun and Goo are this to each other, among their many contrasts, but which one they end up being generally depends on which one is fighting or not, since fighting seems to bring out the crazy side in both of them. This dynamic even seems to be referenced in Jake Kim's flashback arc, since the two wear red and blue North Face based clothing while fighting.
• Rugged Scar: On the bridge of his nose and part of his forehead. It was given to him by Goo during one of their fights.
• Sadist: Is loyal to the Choi family, but willing to beat up anyone who may annoy him, which he enjoys.
• Scary Shiny Glasses: Perhaps a Power Limiter by making his sight worse, maybe to hide parts of his face.
• Tattooed Crook: Has tattoos on his arms, smokes, fights indiscriminately, and is absolutely a villain, seemingly part of his status as a Yamazaki clan heir. It also serves as another contrast to his partner Goo, who hates smoking, tattoos, and who apparently thinks bodies should be "soft and smooth."
• Villain Takes an Interest: Gun is always on the lookout for someone who could become his successor in debt collecting, whether is one of the four crew heads or people who caught his interest. He tries to offer Daniel, Vasco, and Zack an opportunity to work under him due to their respective talent, strength, and hard work respectively, but they turned him down.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Goo are partners and even hang out in their free time, but they have some notable differences and even reminding them of this is enough for them to fight each other.
• Younger Than They Look: He looks and acts like someone in his thirties. He's around 20, although since he is stated to be the same age as J High's seniors who are shown to be 18 or 19, he is probably 19 years old accounting for the 1 or 2 years that have passed In-Universe. Goo also mentions that he will be unemployed by the time he's 20, so the same is probably true for Gun.

Kim Joon Goo / Goo Kim

"He doesn't have a serious bone in his body."

^{Click here to see Goo's crazy side}

^{Click here to see Goo in the 3rd affiliate arc}

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^{Click here to see Goo as he was introduced}

^{Click here to see Goo in Manager Kim}

^{Click here to see Goo and Gun}

Goo Kim (김준구 Kim Joon Goo) is a supporting character and an antagonist in Lookism. He is Charles Choi's bodyguard, the debt collector for the HNH Group's illegal money, and one of the three kids trained by Tom Lee.

A fighter that is on par with Gun, as well as Gun's friend and partner, he is notable for being part of the Generation of Geniuses, alongside Gun and Sinu Han. He is a fighter who specializes in using weapons, particulary swords. He currently works as the Chairman's Bodyguard. Also a member of the Ten Geniuses as the Weapons Genius.

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• Badass in a Nice Suit: Like Gun, he's often seen wearing an expensive-looking suit. Apparently the two borrow each other's clothes on occasion, given that Goo is seen wearing a yellow shirt or the Black suit which he wore in the 1st affiliate arc. This is even confirmed when Goo tells Jincheol Park in Manager Kim episode 100, that he cannot let him ruin the suit as he borrowed it from a from a hot headed bastard (Gun).
• Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: In his introductory part, he beats up a group of sadistic bullies who tormented Vasco and Jace, because another victim of said bullies has paid him to do so.
• Blade Enthusiast: Fond of using all sorts of weapons, but give him a sword or anything even remotely resembling one, and he becomes eerily serious. As seen later on, he seems to regard swords with the utmost respect, even telling lesser swordsmen he encounters to never use their swords again, seemingly insulting him with their skill.
• Blood Knight: The only thing Goo likes just as much, maybe even more than money is fighting. He never wastes an opportunity to fight against a worthy opponent and visibly enjoys himself when he faces proper resistance.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Goo is eccentric, jovial and rarely seems to take anything serious, even when he's up against competent opponents such as Johan. Despite this attitude, he is one of the most deadly fighters in the Lookism-verse, roughly on the same level as Gun.
• Card-Carrying Villain: To the point where he even introduces himself as a villain to the group of bullies he is about to beat up.
• Combat Pragmatist: He's strong enough on his own, but prefers weapons, improvised and formal, to fisticuffs.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Despite being a slightly unhinged Blood Knight who takes an outrageous sum of money from a teenager to beat up his bullies, he has some standards left in him. As such, he actually beats up the bully leader for free after seeing how they scarred Vasco. He is partially doing it because he can go all out on such a sadistic bully, but it is hinted that he has at least some compassion for Vasco due to his injuries.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears glasses and considers himself a villain.
• Hidden Agenda Villain: Goo has many "secret friends" in the Workers, which he appears to be collecting in opposition to Gun's successors. Between this, a few of his comments, and his generally ominous vibe, it's clear that Goo is planning and/or preparing for something big, but it's not exactly clear what. Unlike Gun however. he doesn't seem to hold the same standards to his "secret friends" that Gun has for his successor candidates, since the ones we know are mainly villainous characters like Samuel Seo, Logan Lee, and Cheon Taejin.
• Hidden Depths: Apparently hates smoking and tattoos, as well as believing bodies should be "soft and smooth," which contrasts him to his partner Gun who frequently smokes and has tattoos all over his body.
• Iaijutsu Practitioner: Shown using Iaidō among other sword techniques whenever he wields a blade.
• Improbable Weapon User: Goo's mastery of weapons is such that practically any object becomes a deadly weapon in his hands. This means that he's not "dependent" on weapons so much as the weapons are an extension of him, since if someone manages to break his weapon, he can easily find something else or just carry on using the broken handle. Anything from a wooden plank, to a metal chopstick he sharpens mid-fight, to his wristwatch, to his belt, to his opponent's belt... not to mention how dangerous he becomes if he ever gets his hands on a real sword.
• Kenjutsu: One of the many sword skills he utilizes, though what particular form and school he trained in has yet to be revealed.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: Goo rarely takes a situation seriously at first, and tends to mess around even in a fight, taunting and cracking jokes at his opponent while they hit him. Then, as soon as he's had enough, he grabs ahold of something and proceeds to end the fight completely one-sidedly. Even then, Goo isn't fighting seriously; whenever he gets his hands on a real sword, and/or is forced to go all-out in a fight, he becomes uncharacteristically quiet and dead serious.
• Light Is Not Good: Generally wears lighter colored clothes to contrast with Gun's clothing, and is just as if not more villainous and threatening than his partner.
• Lightning Bruiser: Alongside Gun, he is one of the most dangerous fighters in the Lookism-verse. He is even able to beat Johan Seong, who previously went through dozens of standard mooks without breaking a sweat.
• Master Swordsman: Among the best of the best, if not the undisputed top in the series, given the number of sword techniques he uses when able to and how easily he beats other swordsmen, even remarking that they should never use swords again.
• Money Fetish: Has shown a bigger interest in money than women so far, so much so he was willing to go back to juvie if it meant he could get more.
• Pet the Dog: After seeing Vasco's injuries, he beats up his bully free of charge and particularly vicious. He also offers Vasco some training advice, which, while basically a joke stolen from One-Punch Man, still helps Vasco in becoming the fighter he is in the current timeline.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In an alarming contrast to his usual attitude, Goo completely drops his act and turns dead serious the moment he sees Tom Lee, even threatening to carve his eyeballs out if he ever sees him again.
• Only in It for the Money: One of his defining character traits, he loves money and will beat up anyone if he gets properly paid for it.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Goo and Gun are this to each other, among their many contrasts, but which one they end up being generally depends on which one is fighting or not, since fighting seems to bring out the crazy side in both of them. This dynamic even seems to be referenced in Jake Kim's flashback arc, since the two wear red and blue North Face based clothing while fighting.
• Sadist: He enjoys violence and brutally beating up perpetrators/bullies just because it's fun, although even then, he doesn't care who he's hurting.
• Slasher Smile: His goofy grins become these when he's letting his sadistic side out, like against Vasco's bullies and Johan Seong.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Gun. The two often work together and even hang out in their free time, but at the slightest provocation, they start beating each other up instead.
• Younger Than They Look: He looks and acts like someone older than he is, though he tends to be more childish than Gun. He's around 20, although since he is stated to be the same age as J High's seniors who are shown to be 18 or 19, he is probably 19 years old accounting for the 1 or 2 years that have passed In-Universe. Goo also mentions that he will be unemployed by the time he's 20, so the same is probably true for Gun.

The Ten Geniuses

In General

The Ten Geniuses are a group of individuals collected by Charles Choi and raised alongside his daughter Crystal. Each of these children were chosen for their unique skills and are being groomed to be successful in their respective fields.

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• The Ace: Each of them can be considered this, having been chosen by Charles for their exceptional skills, and Charles seems to want each and every one of them to be in charge of a company in his conglomerate.
• The Ghost: It took until Episode 295 for some of the members to be revealed, and even nearly 200 chapters later, we still haven't seen the last three Geniuses.

The Business Genius

The Nurture Genius

The Weapons Genius

The Unknown Genius

The Hacker Genius

The Fighting Genius

The Medical Genius

White Tiger Job Center / Baekho HRM

In General

A job center owned by Tom Lee and loosely affiliated with HNH Group and the four major crews, mostly specializing in hiring out extra muscle for said organizations. Candidates that exhibit remarkable fighting skills are selected and trained by Lee. Companies and billionaires highly value and seek for these bodyguards. They are currently associated with the Workers. All of them (except for interns) have appeared in the Manager Kim Webtoon.

Tom Lee

The owner of the White Tiger Job Center and an old friend of Charles Choi, the chairman of HNH Group. One of Gapryong Kim's closest companions during the time of the 0th Generation. raising Eli Jang around the same time, before joining Charles Choi's Ten Geniuses as the Fighting Genius, helping to establish the Four Major Crews and raising Gun and Goo.

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• The Alcoholic: In most of his scenes, Tom is shown with a drink in hand.
• Battle Strip: Before entering a fight, Tom Lee always takes off at least his pants, sometimes even his entire suit, most likely to prevent getting blood on them.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: Even by the standards of the other Lookism fighters, Tom Lee stands out as ridiculously strong, to the point where he can hold a car in place with one hand.
• Dirty Old Man: In his first scene, he asks Goo to show him his 'dangler' and he has a notable habit of partially or completely undressing in front of minors. Even though this comes off more like a humiliation tactic than genuine perversion, it's still weird.
• Evil Is Bigger: Tom Lee is a deeply unpleasant man who rents out gangsters and other fighters for villainous groups such as Workers. He is also probably the tallest character seen so far, absolutely towering over every other character he has interacted with.
• Gonk: As evidenced by his picture, Tom looks freakishly ugly, with a design that makes him stand out from the other characters, most of whom are more or less normal or even good looking.
• Lightning Bruiser: Even past his prime, Tom is horrifyingly fast for how huge and strong he is, and remains one of the strongest fighters in the PTJ-verse.
• Rags to Riches: Used to be a beggar that was picked up by Gapryong Kim, who then went on to create his own company with Charles Choi's help and who now always wears expensive suits. Downplayed however, since people called him the King of the Underworld and the Streets, meaning he was influential even during his poorer days.
• The Fagin: It is quickly revealed that he is the mysterious Mr. Carpenter, who raised Eli Jang into a life of crime and who seems to have done the same for many other children, such as Gun and Goo.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: To contrast his otherwise brutish appearance, Tom Lee is always dressed in an expensive beige suit, complete with gloves, a scarf and a nice hat.

Manager Kim

"This fist is faster than your laws, just as night is longer than the days"

Senior Manager Kim is a White Tiger Job Centre member, currently employed by Tom Lee. He was contracted to Workers before being pulled out. He is the protagonist of his own spinoff manhwa, titled Manager Kim.

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• Ascended Extra: Originally just one of the Baekho Employees, albeit the most prominent one alongside Tom Lee, but eventually receives his own spin-off series detailing his youth, how he befriends other prominent parental figures in the universe, and eventually how he joins the White Tiger Job Centre and some of their clientele.
• Covered with Scars: As shown in his own manhwa, his body is absolutely filled with old injuries and scars, not just from his time serving in South Korean Special forces, but from his youth and training as a North Korean spy.
• Parental Substitute: He takes a liking to Gangdong's Mighty Warren Chae of the Hostel group, who reminded him of himself, teaching him proper Jeet Kune Do technique, as well as other techniques he learned from his military training and other endeavors, by the time they end up having to fight each other, Manager Kim admits he sees him as a son and vice-versa.

The Four Major Crews

In General

Big Deal, God Dog, Hostel, and The Workers

The Four Major Crews are the four biggest gangs in Seoul divided by the Han River into four regions: North, West, East, and South and some of the most prominent members of the 2nd Generation. 3 years prior to Daniel coming to Seoul and entering J High, Gun with the assistance of Goo under the plan created by the Ten Geniuses, would seek out four of the largest pre-established gangs in order to turn them into the four major crews, each tasked to make at least a hundred million won a month. The purpose of these crews was to employ minors to earn money in order to help Charles Choi kickstart his business, with the only condition being that they couldn't earn the money through illegal means as that would jeopardize his reputation. 3 out of the 4 crew heads became Gun's successors, with the goal being that one of his successors would unite the four crews under their leadership, earning them immense money and status, but none have been able to do so yet.

3 years into the existence of the Four Major Crews, Charles Choi had become a pretty influential person in South Korea however he started to get paranoid that his criminal past would come back to bite him later, and the Four Major Crews were no exception. He would try and get rid of all evidence by getting Gun and Goo to denounce the Four Major Crews while catching them in the act of illegal practices, buying out businesses that have direct criminal ties to him and even murdering people from his past that posed a threat to his status. However despite his efforts, the last Four of the Major Crews still stands, Workers.

Big Deal

In General

Big Deal Assembled

^{Click here to see Big Deal's logo}

Big Deal were members of the Four Major Crews. They reside in Gangseo, west of the Han River. They are currently led by Jake Kim and were formerly led by Sinu Han. Big Deal is a gang with history in Gangseo. Not much is known about their origins except that they have been there for a while. Sinu Han took over the gang as a child and made some adjustments to the gang's belief system to make life easier for the girls who lived on that street.

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Kim Gimyeong / Jake Kim

"Oh, they're not extras?"

^{Click here to see Jake in the past}

Jake Kim (김기명 Kim Gimyeong) is the leader of the West River Gang, Big Deal. He is also notable for being Gapryong Kim's son, and as such is one of the most influential individuals of the 2nd Generation. Currently affiliated with the Allied Faction.

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• Abusive Parents: Gapryong Kim spent a lot of his time neglecting Jake and Minseok, leaving them alone for periods of time, and was said to have treated his own family unfairly while treating others much more fairly. Jake still resents him for it.
• The Ace: The son of Gapryong Kim, the man considered the legend of the 0th Generation and just as capable of uniting others to Big Deal as his dad through strength and will alone.
• Cain and Abel: Said to have inherited the good parts of Gapryong Kim, while his older brother Gitae Kim inherited all of Gapryong's bad parts. After all, what else would fit someone who willingly kills his own father?
• Strong Family Resemblance: Jake looks practically identical to Gapryong when he was younger, and Gitae also resembles Jake, albeit a rougher, more villainous looking version of him.

God Dog

In General

"God Dog's One Man Army"

^{Click here to see God Dog's logo}

A gang planning to take full control over Seoul beating up other gangs and strong people around town, God Dog was one of the Four Major Crews. They resided in Gangbuk, north of the Han River. Their leader and only remaining member is Johan Seong.

Seung Eun-Han / Johan Seong

"Spare me the bullshit. Friends? I've cut myself off from everyone. Even from my family, because I knew they were all useless. Without any power, you can't protect shit. Look.. look at what having no power gets you."

^{Click here to see Johan as a Baekho intern}

^{Click here to see Johan as God Dog's leader}

^{Click here to see Johan in the past}

Johan Seong (성요한 Seung Eun-Han) is a supporting character in Lookism. He was a childhood friend of Mira and Zack, as well as the leader of God Dog. He also used to be one of the successors of Gun Park. During the reign of the God Dog, he ruled all of Gangbuk, but after the gang's collapse, he refused this position. At the moment he is one of the interns at the White Tiger Job Centre.

He also makes an appearance in Taejun Pak's another webtoon Questism as a secondary character.

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• Always Someone Better: To Zack, when it comes to fighting, absolutely trouncing him in their past boxing match, with little training to begin with. By the time of the main story, it takes Zack multiple stages of training to even catch up to Johan, and he still loses. It ultimately takes Zack becoming Gongseob Ji's successor, a 1st Generation King mind you, to even come close to getting Johan to stop holding back at all. Even then, the fight ultimately ends in a draw, with Zack down for the count once more.
• Anime Hair: Deconstructed. While his now-blind mother thinks that he disappeared, he secretly comes over to her barber shop once a month. While her lack of sight doesn't cause her to cut anything other than hair, she still does a lackluster job.
• Evil Former Friend: Evil might be overstating it, but repairing his and his childhood friends' friendship get harder by the day.
• Fatal Flaw: He is just too selfish. While he obeys the HNH Group without question, going as far as demanding the God Dog members to cease with their bank account manipulations, his methods boil down to beating up anyone who disagrees with him. The end result? The annoyed God Dog members, partly because of losing money and partly because they were annoyed by Johan's tyrannical leadership betray him. Unsurprisingly, Jong Gun nonchalantly decides to discard him, as Johan proven himself to be a poor candidate, despite his having a formidable fighting prowess.
• Lightning Bruiser: One of the fastest characters in the series, and combined with his Absolute Copy skills, an absolute terror to fight against.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: His decision to abandon his position as Gangbuk's leader, while understandable given his betrayal by God Dog, ultimately leads to the events of the spinoff manhwa Questism, with Gangbuk left in chaos as new individuals try to unite the area and create unnecessary bloodshed.
• Momma's Boy: Everything he does is for the sake of helping his mother, going so far as to beg Charles Choi to help cure her blindness.
• The Rival: Initially for Zack, but since then also became one for Daniel.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: He likes Mira, she likes him as a younger brother.

Hostel

Hostel is one of the Four Majors Crews led by Olly Wang . The original Hostel was a group of orphans including Eli who made it to help other orphans and runaways. The group split apart due to a tragic incident 3 years ago.

Hostel A

A Gang of teenage criminals, lead by Olly Wang, in the business of unwilful prostitution and scams. Hostel A follows a point organization where higher members contact lower members of the gang and not vice versa. At the bottom of the hierarchy are the runaway fams, groups of homeless children who earn money for Hostel. They usually earn it through illegal means like prostitution scams or petty theft. The use of children and teenagers to pay for Hostel's dues is why other gangs call Hostel the "worst criminal organization." Leaders of runaway fams are called "Dads" or "Moms". They have a tattoo of a lowercase 'h' to signify their status in Hostel, and they report to executives to pay their membership fees. Leaders cannot contact their higher ups easily, so it is easy for executives to cut them off. The main branch of Hostel is centered in Seoul, and has the same structure as the original Hostel. The Cheongliang branch joined Hostel A later on to earn money. The Cheongliang fam also joined Hostel A as mercenaries to get revenge on Vin Jin.

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• Renegade Splinter Faction: Under Olly Wang's influence, this Hostel has become a far cry from the original.

Hostel B

The original Hostel, founded by seven runaway teenagers. Hostel was a member of the Four Major Crews. It is centered in Gangdong, east of the Han river. Their leader is Eli Jang.

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• Family of Choice: How they started: a couple of teenagers that chose to consider each other family. They expanded to include other runaway teens. Hostel was always meant to be a safe space for runaway teens with nowhere else to go
• Fun with Acronyms: The gang name is derived from the initials of the founding members' Korean names: Eli/Hyun (H), Warren/Oneseok (O), /Sally (S), /Tang-gu (T), /Eung-gu (E) and /Lion (L)

Wang O-Chun / Olly Wang

Big Daddy of Hostel A

The Big Daddy of Hostel A. When younger, he was forced to obey his parents strict study schedule. He ended up running away and found his idol, Eli Jang / Jang Hyun.

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• Feel No Pain: Has some form of congenital analgesia allowing him to feel no pain which allowed him to grow very strong in a short amount of time under Gun's training.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: Started off looking and actively like a typical nerd till his Start of Darkness began. Now he is the Big Daddy of Hostel A.
• My God, What Have I Done?: After sorting his feelings out with his fight with Eli/ Hyun, he relieves that what he has been feeling was guilt for being a helping hand in killing his one true friend, Heather Kim / Kim Hyeeun.
• Stepford Smiler: He admits that he has to practice smiling for others since his default face is rather depressed looking.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Olly / O-Chun is left out of a lot of Young Hostel activities with Eli Jang / Jang Hyun even trying to make him go away by saying he has a family already.

Workers

The largest, wealthiest, and most powerful of the Four Crews, the Workers are a massive criminal organization in their own right, operating out of multiple Affiliate companies that make money by abusing legal loopholes.

Leaders

Eugene

"We had a choice. To either live in the real world, or in a world of ideals. Even while knowing it would mean agony for the rest of our lives, we decided to live in that world of ideals. To live in the real world would be a waste of what we had accomplished so far."

The head and brains behind Workers.

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• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Expect a harmless average looking nerd to be harmless? Hehe nope! Dude's flat out evil you would not believe.
• Brains and Brawn: The Brains to Yuseong's Brawn.
• Deal with the Devil: Definitely gives out these vibes whenever Eugene makes a deal with someone. He always seems to know a tidbit of information that other characters are desperately looking for and will give out...so long as you join Workers.
• Eviler than Thou: Holy fuck he is! If you thought God Dog's fake bank account operations, Big Deal's gambling operation and Hostel (A) petty crimes were bad. Eugene and Workers flat out surpasses all of them. Eugene's Affiliates has gotten numerous people kidnapped, imprisoned, raped, addicted to drugs and even murdered all for the sake of profit. Keep in mind, Eugene oversees all of them, and has no problem doing said crimes so long he isn't caught.
• Non-Action Big Bad: Eugene has no fighting ability, instead using his intelligence and resources to surround himself with powerful people.
• Ridiculously Average Guy: Appearance wise, Eugene's looks are completely average in general than you would someone who's in charge of one of the biggest crew's in Lookism. Which is surprising considering every antagonist before the introduction of Workers were either handsome or pretty ugly in general. Eugene's brain certainly makes up for it.

Yuseong

"..."

Eugene's twin brother.

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• Blood Knight: He instinctively gets excited when he senses a strong person, and immediately tries to fight them.
• Brains and Brawn: The Brawn to Eugene's Brains.
• Dynamic Entry: Arrives on the scene of Eugene's kidnapping with a mid-air knee high enough to hit Samuel's neck, showing his ridiculously hard-hitting, dynamic, almost acrobatic fighting style.
• Lightning Bruiser: He's ridiculously strong, agile, durable, and has incredible reflexes and fighting instinct, making him an overwhelmingly challenging opponent for even Johan.
• Manchild: Seems very simpleminded, and is even seen playing with blocks.
• The Quiet One: Never speaks.
• Stronger Than You Look: Despite having the exact same build as his brother, he is phenomenally strong in contrast.
• Unskilled, but Strong: He has absolutely zero martial arts training whatsoever, and is as good at fighting as he is due to natural talent.

Mandeok

Mandeok Bang (방만덕) is the general vice chairman of Workers.

Workers' Affiliate Companies

In General

First Affiliate

The Grimm Plastic Surgery Center

The First Affiliate of Workers is a plastic surgery hospital located at the heart of Seoul, with its legal business being that of a plastic surgery clinic directly managed and owned by the affiliate's president Hangyeoul Baek.

Second Affiliate

Lucky Casino

The second affiliate's legal business consists of a casino, while the illegal business is called "Circus", where they kidnapped the world's dangerous criminals, and left them to fight and die for the entertainment of the casino's VI Ps, after the entry of Doo Lee, the Circus was reformulated, starting to be separated into four games.

Its CEO is Mitsuki Soma, known as Neko but she is temporarily removed from the position due to emotional incapacity, with the branch currently being run by the executive Ryuhei Kuroda.

Third Affiliate

Club Vi Vi

Club Vi Vi is a nightclub owned by Vivi, their former president. Their legal business consisted of running the nightclub, whereas their illegal business was creating and distributing drugs across Korea, one significant example being the Pungsan cult.

At some point, the 3rd Affiliate was the branch that hosted Circus, where players fought naked, presumably to death.

The third affiliate's current president is unknown as Samuel Seo, the one who inherited the affiliate from Vivi, was stripped of his position by Eugene.

Fourth Affiliate

ONE MCN

ONE MCN is a company that employs streamers to make money. The streamers come from many platforms such as Paprika TV, Kwitch, and others. Many of these streamers work with legal contracts, but ONE MCN also employs minors to work in their illegal streaming business using fraudulent contracts. These minors are locked in rooms of tempered glass in ONE MCN's basement floor. They are forced to work without pay and are not allowed to leave the facility. Streamers are monitored using cameras and are kept in line via threats from hired mercenaries of the White Tiger Job Centre.

ONE MCN was purchased by Alexander Hwang after he made a fortune from Bitcoin following middle school. Hwang was later replaced by Samuel Seo, his former director. Following the downfall of the fourth affiliate at the hands of Tom Lee, Charles Choi bought the company and its building and became the official owner of the fourth affiliate.

The fourth affiliate's current president is unknown as Samuel Seo, the one who inherited the affiliate from Hwang, was stripped of his position by Eugene.

Fifth Affiliate

Loaning Business

The Fifth Affiliate is a loaning business devised by Eli Jang after he was forced to join Workers along with Warren. Its duties consist of going outside Seoul and forcing people to take loans before they are forced to have to pay a ridiculous sum of money in order to repay the loan. The fifth affiliate's current president is unknown as Eli Jang, the affiliate's founder and president, has since abandoned his position to return to Hostel with Warren.

The 0th Generation

In General

Gapryong Kim

"I mean, from a woman's perspective, Gapryong was the worst piece of shit ever... but he could be never pass by someone in need or ignore any kind of injustice."

^{Click here to see Gapryong Kim in his youth}

Gapryong Kim is the father of at least two distant children, including Jake Kim and Gi-Tae Kim, and is the boss of Gapryong's Fist. He left the fist to pursue politics, an endeavor he never succeeded in before he died. He is the most influential member of the Pre-Generation.

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• Abusive Parents: Spent a lot of his time neglecting Jake and Minseok, leaving them alone for periods of time, and was said to have treated his own family unfairly while treating others much more fairly.
• The Ace: Considered the legend of the 0th Generation and was capable of uniting many characters still considered exceptionally strong and talented with his will and strength alone.
• Big Good: While we may not know exactly what happened during the 0th Generation, everything indicates the fist gangs united to fight a "great power" of some sort, and well, Gapryong Kim led them all.
• Cain and Abel: Not him specifically, but his sons are revealed to have this dynamic, with the younger Jake said to have inherited Gapryong's good parts, while the older Gi-Tae is said to have inherited Gapryong's bad parts. And as it turns out, Gi-Tae was at least partially responsible in Gapryong's death and murder.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Jake looks practically identical to Gapryong in his youth, and Gitae also resembles Jake, albeit a rougher, more malicious looking version of him.

The 1st Generation

In General

"The Generation of Kings"

The 1st Generation is a group of fighters that follow the 0th generation. It is also known as the Generation of Circles or the Generation of War. It was the only generation in which fists and circles coexisted. This generation ended when James Lee beat the circles.

Sometime later, James Lee would appear as one of Charles Choi's Ten Geniuses and would start the 2nd generation crews with the help of Charles along with the other nine geniuses.

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• Training from Hell: While all of the 1st generations fight in distinct styles, all of them run with a consistent theme of training parts of their body to reach its full potential. James Lee trained his legs to become so fast that no one could ever see his attacks, Jichang Kwak trained his hands and upper forearms to make his chops as sharp as blades, Taesoo Ma trained his left fist to become strong enough to crack even boulders, Gongseob Ji trained his torso to make his body be as durable as steel and Seokdu Wang trained his forehead to be able to kill people with just one headbutt.

James Lee

James Lee was known as the legend of the 1st generation who put a violent end to the first generation via a swift and seemingly individual defeat of all of his contemporaries in the 1st Generation Kings. He disappeared after accomplishing his goal, but soon reappeared in Seoul as one of Charles Choi's Ten Geniuses taking part in the creation of the four major crews.

His exploits and power were so great that he became a target, leading to him assuming a new identity as DG the pop star. Thus he changed his name, attitude and the way of talking as he accomplished his goal.

It is later revealed that alongside The King of Seoul Gi-Tae Kim he participated in Gapryong Kim's murder under the orders of Charles Choi.

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• The Ace: As seen in his old high school, James Lee was so talented at everything he did that every trophy in his old school's trophy hall still has his name on it. As a fighter, he's a legendary One-Man Army who singlehandedly defeated an entire generation, and is absolutely one of the strongest fighters in the verse, if not *the* strongest.
• Sadist: Made it a point to take parts of each of the 1st Generation Kings' body parts as a warning and a reminder, such as taking Taesoo Ma's eye, and to mark them.
• Red Baron: Known as the One Man Circle, signifying how in a generation filled with some of the world's strongest fighters and constant fighting, He was still the best of the best.

Gi-Tae Kim

"If Gapryong Kim has a good side and a evil side... you, Jake, take after his good side... and that man takes after his evil side."

Gitae Kim (김기태 Kim Gi-Tae) is a dangerous fighter, being the firstborn son of 0th Generation legend Gapryong Kim and is Jake Kim's half brother.

He also became the King of Seoul during the 1st Generation, after defeating Jichang Kwak, exiling him to the Chungcheong province.

Alongside James Lee, Gitae Kim was seemingly responsible for the death and murder of Gapryong Kim, under Charles Choi's orders.

Currently, Gitae Kim is in Mexico, leading a Mexican gang.

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• Bastard Bastard: An illegitimate son of Gapryong Kim, and if Minseok Kim is right, born with all the bad parts of Gapryong's personality. The fact that he was seemingly willing to kill Gapryong to begin with supports this.
• Cain and Abel: Said to have inherited the bad parts of Gapryong Kim, while his younger brother Jake Kim inherited all of Gapryong's good parts. After all, what else would fit someone who willingly kills his own father?
• Slasher Smile: If Jinyoung Park's hallucination of him is anything to go by, he seems to sport a very sadistic smile.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Gitae looks like a rougher, more dangerous version of his brother Jake, who himself is practically identical to Gapryong in his younger days.
• The Cartel: Seems to be in charge of at least one faction of them in the present, as seen in his introduction episode.

Jichang Kwak

Jichang Kwak (곽지창 Gwag Ji Chang) was a member of the 1st Generation. During his peak, he held the title of "King of Seoul" until being usurped by the eldest son of Gapryong Kim. He was then banished to the Chungcheong Province where he overthrew the current king of Chungcheong, took over the Chungcheong region, and became the King of Chungcheong.

He overlooked several non-illegal businesses including a beekeeping and brewing business, He had a major influence over the area until he was once again defeated, this time by James Lee, who was on a crusade to defeat and mutilate several of the Kings. However, James Lee returned from Chungcheong without any part of his body because he felt sorry for the dishonored King. In the end, Jichang was in complete despair after this loss and would soon step down as the King of Chungcheong.

Later on, he would take the job as a police officer under the guidance of Bakgu Noh. Despite retiring as the King, he still exerts a lot of influence on the Chungcheong area as his two brothers would take up the job of running his crew. As tradition with first-generation kings, the part he mainly trained was the chops of his hands. The "Hand Blade" technique was mainly used with his right hand while the left one tends to be used for defense, explaining the scars all over his left hand.

Taesoo Ma

Taesoo Ma is the former King of Ansan, and one of the Kings of the 1st Generation, as was tradition with first-generation kings, the part he mainly trained was his right hand.

Gongseob Ji

Gongseob Ji is a monk and the King of Daegu in the 1st Generation and the mentor as well as predecessor of Zack Lee. as was tradition with first-generation kings, the part he mainly trained was a special version of Boxing that is called Iron Boxing which is only attained at buddhist training, it gives you a steel or even tungsten like durability and enhances the most important tool of Boxing (that is legs), granting better speed but which is weak to grapples and holds. although proper training also remedies this weakness.

Seokdu Wang

Seokdu Wang is the leader of the Suwon Gang, and a member of the 1st Generation as the King of Suwon. As was tradition with first-generation kings, he mainly trained his headbutts.

Jaegyeon Na

Jaegyeon Na is a member of the 1st Generation and King of Incheon.

Seongji Yuk

Seongji Yuk is a member of the 1st Generation and the King of Cheonliang. He is called the Monster of Cheonliang Mountain, possibly due to him having 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot. He was the mentor of Vin Jin and was a disciple of Jin Mujin, Vin Jin's father. As was tradition with first-generation kings, the part he mainly trained was his grapples and holds, through his master's version of Ssireum and Judo alongside the grappling and striking Kudo taught to him by the Shaman's Yakshas.