Characters Ha Jio
Gender: Female
Age: 17 (1st year at Beonyeong High School)
Height: 165cm
Personality: Very easygoing and cannot stand seeing others get bullied. She tends to suppress her emotions and let them out when she's alone.
Traits:
- She is the biological daughter of Officer Nam and is currently living at his house.
- Her mother has cancer, and she started judo to protect her mother.
- Due to her mother's sudden notice, she transfers from Seoul to Jeongju, Gyeongsang-do, specifically to Beonyeong, which 'used to be' famous for judo (about 18 years ago).
- She is starting to feel strange emotions toward a boy named Yu Chan.
- She does not use a dialect.
Likes: Judo? (It's complicated), Yu Chan? (Almost there), people she needs to protect.
Dislikes: Bullies, Officer Nam, her mother being sick.
Lee Juyu
Gender: Female
Age: 17 (1st year at Beonyeong High School)
Height: 166cm
Personality: Very energetic and somewhat... eccentric? Not in a bad way, but she's so fun that she seems a bit odd.
Traits:
- She is the only other female 1st-year judo club member besides Jio.
- She has been close to Yu Chan since he first came to Beonyeong and is the only person in his circle who hasn't changed since 'that day' five years ago.
- She is transparent and honest, making her the only person Yu Chan feels truly comfortable around.
- She speaks in a heavy dialect (being a total Beonyeong native).
- She seems to love eating tteokbokki and hanging out.
Likes: Eating, the judo club (she got in easily), her friends, tteokbokki.
Dislikes: Gatekeeping, ...not sure.
Coach
Gender: Male
Age: Estimated mid to late 30s
Height: 182cm
Personality: A free spirit? He has a 'do it yourself' attitude and can be a bit lazy.
Traits:
- He is a former judo gold medalist.
- He is the current coach of the Beonyeong High School judo club but rarely shows up for training.
- He always skips out saying he has urgent business, which usually means he's going out for drinks.
- He especially dotes on Lee Saebyeol and always looks out for him.
- He speaks in a dialect.
Students
They all speak in a dialect.
Villagers
They all speak in a dialect.
Everyone has at least one small scar on their body. These scars were earned five years ago during the fire at Yu Chan's house; when the fire truck was delayed, they grabbed buckets of water and ran into the flames themselves to try and put it out.
However, they never tell Yu Chan about this, knowing it would only make him sadder.
Nam Gichan
Gender: Male
Age: Estimated late 30s
Height: 187cm
Personality: Easygoing and kind. He can be firm when necessary, but he is a good person.
- He speaks in a dialect.
Traits:
- A detective working in Beonyeong.
- Often referred to as Officer Nam.
- He is Jio's biological father.
- However, he married someone else after Jio's mother (his ex-girlfriend), and his current wife is pregnant.
- He feels extremely guilty toward Jio and is always walking on eggshells around her.
Officer Nam's Wife
Gender: Female
Age: Estimated late 30s
Height: 163cm
Personality: Very warm and smiles a lot. She is kind and rarely gets angry.
Traits:
- She knows Jio is Officer Nam's biological daughter but is waiting for Jio to say it herself.
- She isn't bothered by the situation at all; instead, she takes care of Jio and cheers her on to work hard at judo.
- She is currently pregnant.
Lee Saebyeol
Gender: Male
Age: 18 (2nd year at Beonyeong High School)
Height: 180cm
Personality: Very thoughtful and affectionate. He is playful and always puts others first. He has that 'perfect upperclassman' vibe that makes everyone want to be his friend.
Traits:
- The ace of the Beonyeong High School judo club.
- He has a tall and lean build but is incredibly strong, capable of easily overpowering several grown men.
- He acts as the coach in place of the actual coach who never shows up.
- At age 9, he lost both his father, who was consumed by gambling and alcohol, and his mother, who died giving birth to the youngest sibling.
- He has two younger siblings in 5th and 3rd grade.
- He looks exceptionally happy whenever he talks about his siblings.
- Given his family background, one might expect him to be neglected, but he is so talented at judo that he receives sponsorships and is highly cherished by the entire town of Beonyeong.
- He looks after the judo students and stays until the very end to train alone.
- He truly loves judo.
- He is the hope of Beonyeong judo.
- He has a scar on his right arm just like the other villagers, also from 'that day' five years ago.
- With his looks, personality, and skills, he is incredibly popular at school.
Likes: Judo, the judo club students, interesting people.
Dislikes: Seeing someone get hurt, meaningless sacrifice, overexerting oneself.
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