Baek Seongjun/Baek Seongjoon

Baek Seongjun

BASIC INFO

GENDER

Male

AGE

23

BIRTHDATE

October 1st

HEIGHT

192cm (6'3")

WEIGHT

86kg (189lbs)

ALIASES

Waraioni (Laughing Oni)

NICKNAMES

Judo Prince

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

STATUS

OCCUPATION

Japanese Cuisine Chef

Newtuber

Boss of XJ Company

Former Yakuza

Former Judo athlete

FIGHTING STYLE

Judo

Street Fighting

Seongjun Baek (백성준, Baek Seong-jun) was one of the main antagonists of How to Fight/Viral Hit. He was a widely known cooking NewTuber who had starred in many television shows and made Japanese cuisine immensely popular in South Korea with his restaraunt Omakase June 11. He was the president of XJ Company, a Company recruiting NewTube content creators with the motive of using them for money laundering. Before starting his career as a Newtuber in Seoul, South Korea, he used to reside in Tokyo, Japan, where he became the leader of the Blue Dragon Train of Kantō (青龍列車, Ao ryū ressha) which later integrated with the Kawaguchi Clan (川口組, Kawaguchi-gumi).

As a Yakuza, he earned the nickname Waraioni(笑い鬼).

Appearance

Baek Seongjun had a tall, muscular build, and also cauliflower ears, seemingly as a result of the training and fighting he has been through. He was noted to be very good looking, having blue eyes with long eyelashes, thin arched eyebrows and slightly tinted lips.He had dark blue hair that reaches below his chin, which was tied at the back in a half bun, with a few side fringes. After getting exposed by Yoo Hobin for his lies and the illegal activities he was involved in, Seongjun ended up cutting his long hair in order to appease his subscribers. He donned the short undercut hairstyle he had before, prior to his death.

Attire

When in his restaurant, "Omakase June", he was usually seen wearing his chef uniform, which consisted of usually black pants and a blue haori with fish scale patterns, held together by a white belt. It was sometimes worn over a white skin-tight shirt. The haori's sleeves were held by tasuki, in order to keep them from getting in the way of his work.

When not working, he was usually wearing a pair of jeans and a plain white shirt. In K✩star convention he was wearing a dark blue suit, which he also appeared in in his dream sequence in chapter 102. He was almost always seen wearing blue clothing, presumably because it's his favorite color.Seongjun had a full body tattoo which stretches from below his neck to his wrists and ankles. The tattoo had a very complicated design which suggests that it took a long time to complete. His arms and legs were covered in outlines of koi fish, which could be a representation of his ambition to climb higher and achieve true power, as in Japanese myth, the Koi must swim up a waterfall through the dragon's gate to turn into a dragon. On his chest, there were two blue oni masks holding blades in their mouths. Covering a major part of his torso was a recreation of Utagawa Kuniyoshi's ukiyo-e "One Hundred and Eight Heroes from the Chinese Tale, The Water Margin: Zhang Shun, alias White Stripe in the Waves", where the character breaks through the Yongjin water gate under a rain of enemy arrows.The tattoos on his torso were also repeated on the back. Symbols of water and waves were present, as well as on his arms and legs. On his shoulders, there were red spider lilies. The flower was often used to symbolize final goodbyes and death.

Personality

Baek Seongjun was a widely known NewTuber who, according to Jihyeok had starred in many television shows and had made Japanese cuisine immensely popular in South Korea. To the general public, he had maintained a spotless image of being a well mannered, kind and genial man who had a pristine life style. However, in reality all of these was a façade that he maintains to pursue his dream of gaining a seat in politics. In reality, Baek Seongjun was a two faced man. He was obsessed with gaining money and authority. He wouldn't think twice before killing or ruining someone's life who threatens his ambitions. He approached gullible people with the motive of gaining profit from their alliance and would quickly toss them aside if he had nothing left to exploit from them.He is also ruthless to those who had failed to follow his order or endangered him in any way. This is seen in the case of when he made Lee Hyeonsu bathe in hot oil when he failed to defeat Yoo Hobin and when he crippled Jeong Chan for not being able to stop Minjeong from ratting them out. He was also quite twisted and insensitive as he humiliated Hobin's mother just to get back at him. Sly, in a sense, he had immediately revealed his past as a Yakuza member to his subscribers in the beginning of his NewTube career to prevent any sort backlash he may face, if revealed by someone else. His clever scheme worked and his past as a Yakuza made him a novelty among the ignorant masses.However, his flashback revealed that formerly Baek Seongjun was actually somewhat of a decent man with a sense of honour, and showed similarities with Yoo Hobin. He loved and cherished his mother, and also considered his coach a father figure. After getting betrayed by his coach and losing his mother, Seongjun's obsession with money started. He began thinking that he had to make more money in order to regain his happiness, since it was what got him in that mess. The continuous chain of death of his loved ones starting by his mother to his father and his comrades made him descend into madness. Seongjun was someone who would give up anything to achieve his ambitions, including his ability to care about other human beings. However, there were moments where he seemed more human, stopping himself from heavily injuring high schoolers, and hesitating to hurt an old woman. He saw part of himself in Yoo Hobin and saw him as a possible successor when he was trying to recruit him in the XJ Company.

It was eventually revealed that Seongjun still tries to keep the promise that he gave to his dying comrade of becoming happy and climbing higher.

History

Seongjun was seen as a diligent Japanese cuisine chef who actually revealed himself in his first stream to be an old member of a Yakuza that left to "better himself." 244 revealed to the Congressman and the dentist beside him Seongjun's story from an outsider's perspective.

Seongjun's backstory revealed that before turning into a ruthless man whose ambitions revolved around power and money, he previously was a decent person. He deeply loved his single mother who worked as a hostess to make their ends meet. Him and his mother lived in poverty, thus Seongjun spent most of the time worrying about monetary expenses and bills.He was actually a promising Judo athlete whose skills in Judo were considered to be on the level of a genius, even being paired with the national team. Being a Korean expat in Japan, Seongjun was looked down on by others. Despite being a Judo prodigy, he didn't particularly enjoy the sport but considered it a good means of earning money. In the flashback, he was shown being close to his coach who was kind to him and considered him as his father figure.However, later it was revealed that his coach

was a two faced person who exploited the money he made from match fixing, back to his mother so he attacked him. During the back and killed her. In anger, Seongjun own pockets by blackmailing his scared mother. He threatened and took money from Baek Seongjun's mother in exchange of keeping his mouth shut about her son's match fixing scandal. When the truth was revealed, Seongjun was furious over his coach's treachery and his advances towards his assault, his coach stabbed his mother in the retaliated by stabbing him back and killing him. Despite murdering his coach, he was not arrested because a man whom he previously called a "third rate yakuza" saved him by taking the blame on his head. It was later revealed that the familiar looking man was actually his biological father.Distraught over his mother's demise, he aimlessly wandered around before entering the area of the Blue Dragon Train, a biker gang based in Kanto region. He fought the gang and later defeated them single-handedly.

Impressed by his strength, they asked him to be their boss which he accepted. Merged with the biker gang, he made lots of money and notoriety which made the Kawaguchi clan approach him. It was an infamous yakuza clan in that area whose leader wanted to hire him as a paid mercenary. Seongjun's thirst for money only seemed to grow and soon he was killing people for a price. One day, the leader approached him to assassinate a member of his group, who had ran away with their money since he wanted to start a new life with his family. He complied and later stabbed the target only to realize later that it was his own father. Brimming with rage and regret, he killed the leader and assaulted the entire group. However, the group later retaliated by murdering his friends in the Blue Dragon Train gang. He took revenge for his friends, but the Yakuza continued their attempts to catch and kill him. Soon enough, he became one of the most wanted criminals in Japan, being chased down by the police during daytime, and the Yakuza at night. At one point, Seongjun stopped fighting and tries his best to blend in, in order to not get caught. While hiding and dwelling on his past, drinking became his only coping mechanism.One day, he overheard a conversation between a group of men, talking about a smuggling ship in which criminals would sneak in to go to Korea. Seongjun tested this, and found out that it's true. He offered a large sum of money to get on the ship, but is warned that the journey will take months, and that he had to do as the captain says. Seongjun agreed to these terms and got on the ship, but was soon angered and lashed out at the crew who beat him and the other passengers "for not doing things right." He was then interrupted by a familiar figure, who was revealed to be 244.In Korea, he eventually got into an incident that causes him to be put in the juvenile detention center in Seoul, where he met his first XJ Company co-worker, Han Wangguk. He then proceeds to immediately start a NewTube channel, which he planned back in when he was still in the juvie. To protect his reputation, he then revealed that he was a Yakuza but only revealing half of it. He then got his subscribers' trust by that and became a popular Newtuber until he was, committed to a rivalry with Yoo Hobin, where Hobin eventually comes out on top by revealing his past.

Trivia

Baek Seongjun's Yakuza nickname was Waraioni (Laughing Oni) because whenever he killed someone, he would have a wide, creepy smile on his face.

When his mother was alive, Seongjun wanted to leave Judo and start a soba shop with his mother from the money he earned by match fixing.

Formerly, due to his heart felt proclamation of rejecting match fixing for the sake of honour, he was nicknamed as the "Judo Prince" by the audience.

His dream was to become a politician in Gangnam.

He spoke fluent Korean and Japanese.

He was supposedly a bad singer.

Trivia from the 4th special chapter

His blood type is A.

His Zodiac sign is Libra.

He was typed ESTJ-T by the 16personalities test but his actual MBTI type is ENTJ.

Likes

His favorite exercise is Judo.

He likes reading, mainly autobiographies of successful people, self-help books, history and sociology related books. His favorite novels are The Great Gatsby and Demian, which he has been seen reading while talking to the Joo brothers.

His favorite foods are Omakase, Sashimi, Steak, Spicy Foods, Homemade Japanese food, tempura, champagne, etc.

His favorite animals are sharks.

He likes Cooking, the smell of his mother's perfume, Friendship, family, wealth and power, cleanliness, (before) Simple and comfortable clothes (now) neat and stylish clothes.

Dislikes

He doesn't like bland food (he's Korean-Japanese, so it doesn't suit his taste)

He dislikes places like entertainment pubs, judo stadiums, unclean spaces, environments reminiscent of an old house.

He hates media reporters, Japan Judo Association, Poverty, those who betrayed him, insults, criticism, flowers, and the nickname Waraioni.Every little thing about Seongjun

When he's in prison, he visited the Chungui Boxing team's building just to see Wangguk's skills.

He will do anything to achieve his goals, But he doesn't do anything that goes against his principles.

He missed his family until the very end. He dumped women that looked like his mother, and kept his hair long like his father. He swore he'd cut his hair and stop hanging onto the past once he missed his family less. However, he probably died while still feeling guilty about his family and missing them.

Seongjun's body is covered with tattoos every time he missed his family badly.

From a young age, he'd occasionally wish that he had a brother. In his final moments, he really did think of Hobin, who was a lot like him, as his brother.

He's only able to trust himself because he fear's trusting other people, but he use to like developing brotherly bonds and friendships.

He has three different types of luxury cars because he likes cars. (Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz).

He stopped himself from attacking a woman when he was fighting the contracted killers who Jinho hired, and that's because he was briefly reminded of his dead mother.

The photo that was used for his funeral was taken three days before his death to use in his Political campaign.

He doesn't mind ruining himself if it's for someone he likes.

Seongjun's relationship with Jinho Lee is as rivals who take advantage of each other.

Even though he considers Jinho a rival enemy, Seongjun also considers him a mentor.

Lee Jinho/244

BASIC INFO

GENDER

Male

AGE

-25

HEIGHT

192cm (6'3")

WEIGHT

88 kg

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

STATUS

OCCUPATION

Beauty & Animal Newtuber

FIGHTING STYLE

Wrestling

Street Fighting

Killing

Jinho Lee (이진호, Lee Jin-ho), also known as 244, is the main antagonist in How to Fight/Viral Hit. He was a prominent member of XJ company along with Seongjun Baek and was his partner in crime for the better half of the first season. After Seongjun's death, Jinho became the primary antagonist of the Viral Hit/How to fight series. Jinho has connections to prominent politicans like Taesan joo and the chief of the police, which had remained him mostly anonymous untill Seongjun's death. He is also the leader of New International Branch.

He is an individual who is involved in prostitution.

Appearance

When in his NewTube alias, 244, or by his real name, Lee Jinho (as revealed by Baek Seongjun) would don a mushroom hairstyle with the sides cropped. He would also draw temporary but intricate black tattoos on his whole body and face. When live streaming or when creating a NewTube video, he usually wears a plain white shirt, black pants and matching black vans. A small cockatiel sits on his shoulder, sometimes repeating a few of his words. However, when 244 is in his "normal appearance", his hair is styled into an average short hairstyle and is parted in the middle. All of his tattoos are also removed which makes him almost unrecognizable even to allies and acquaintances. He has a long and angular face with a sharp nose, long chin, and long eyelashes. He is tall with broad shoulders and a muscular physique- evidence of regularly working out. He possesses the same cauliflower ears that Baek Seongjun also has, which is an evidence of him being an experienced fighter.

Personality

When seen in his NewTube appearance, he appears to be a rather mysterious and carefree man who speaks in a sing-song manner on certain occasions, and acts politely. As the plot progressed on however, it's seen that he is actually a depraved psychopath with a twisted mentality and will easily kill anyone who gets in the way of his business. Being a dealer and a hired mercenary linked to the dark web, he has no qualms with doing the most heinous of inhumane deeds with an easy-going smile on his face. He's also shown to be a shrewd and ruthless businessman who easily manipulates naive targets into becoming his pawns. He will also discard someone- even a long time ally. without a second thought if they pose even a small threat to him.This was shown in the case of Baek Seongjun, who diligently worked under him and his political partner, yet was thrown away when they thought he knew much. Heartless and double faced, 244 is a pro at weaving through schemes and at eradicating his opponents. He is always cool headed, except in certain instances, where he is shown to be exceedingly shocked or angry.

Jo Jisoo

BASIC INFO

GENDER

Male

AGE

19

HEIGHT

167cm (5'6")

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

STATUS

OCCUPATION

Newtuber (formerly)

FIGHTING STYLE

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (purple belt)

RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIVE

Joo Hyeoksoo (Brother)

Appearance

Jisoo's figure is skinny and small, making him seem like an easy target. He has dark hair with his bangs covering his purple eyes. They seem to be revealed when Jisu is thinking of something sinister. He normally wears a sweatshirt, with the hood pulled up and sweatpants or athletic shorts.

Personality

Jisoo is typically pretty quiet, he often sees things as too much of a bother, and enjoys sleeping a lot.

However is more talkative in surrounding with minimal people. He is very lazy and used to see it as a nuisance to go against people above him. This is seen with his lack of recoil to his bullies (until his revenge).

He is infamous for his laziness. He argued that it was easier to let the bullies beat him, rather than getting stronger. However, when he discovered that he could do Jiu Jitsu laying down, he was prepared for it to be a lazy martial art. He is often seen yawning and sleeping in ironic situations. When he reached the top of his high school along with his younger brother, he started becoming more arrogant and impulsive. In one instance he even sexually assaulted a fellow Jiu Jitsu student with whom he was infatuated with. Possessing a depraved mindset he tried to justify his actions before the assault by saying she was the one who "tempted" him first.

History

Joo Jisoo came from a history of being bullied and humiliated daily alongside his brother, Joo Hyeoksoo. Hyeoksoo, in contrast of Jisoo's passiveness, angirly encouraged Jisoo to workout, so they could eventually stand up to their bullies and teach them their lesson. Jisoo was stubborn at first, insisting that it was easier to just get beaten, however ended up starting Jiu Jitsu classes.

The reason he pushed himself to become skilled was implied that he had attraction towards a female white belt he was taking classes with. He was a prodigy, becoming a purple belt in just two years. Jisu got revenge on his bully using his acquired Jiu Jitsu skills, becoming a "hero" to his school. Many students recorded his actions, gaining him fame. Hyeoksoo came up with the idea of them starting a Newtube channel, and they started the channel 'Lazily Made Channel/Rough and Ready' to teach Jiu Jitsu and Wilderness Survival. Later, Jisoo committed sexual assault on a female Jiu Jitsu student who was learning in the same studio. Many people were upset at him, calling him out. However, Jisoo was able to somehow clean his image, with the help of Baek Seongjun. He suggested that Jisoo takes advantage of "The Dave Murder Case." Dave had brutally murdered a student whom he had been tutoring. Police were escorting Dave for further investigation, gaining a crowd of people speaking up and recording him. Jisoo listened to Seongjun and took advantage of the crowd's anger, using his skills to take down and 'punish' Dave for his crime. This led him to being seen as a better person in the eyes of the public, gaining his fame again.

Jo Hyeoksoo

BASIC INFO

GENDER

Male

AGE

18

HEIGHT

6'6"/199cm

WEIGHT

342lbs/155kg

Appearance

Hyeoksu is a mountain of a high school student, especially in contrast to his older brother, Jisu. This is all thanks to him being a bodybuilder. Hyeoksu sports short dark brown (but not quite black) hair, and a short goatee-like beard.

Personality

Hyeoksu is very intimidating, due to his size, toned muscles, and short fuse. He is very hot-headed and gets set off incredibly easily, going ballistic when he or those close to him are threatened.

Hyeoksu seems to be very protective of his older brother, being the one to prompt him to learn jiu-jitsu to defend himself against their school bullies. This is shown again when Hobin beats Jisu in a fight, prompting Hyeoksu to quickly come to the rescue.

Additionally, he is an incredibly skilled wilderness survival expert, getting stranded in the middle of the wilderness with only basic survival equipment, efficiently hunting game such as boar, and being able to properly clean, gut, and cook the creatures over a fire, as well as presumably being able to find reliable sources of clean water. Such feats of his include shaving part of a massive boar head and being able to outrun the furious creature.

History

In the past, it is shown that Hyeoksu was a fragile and thin high school along with his younger brother Jisu.

Trivia

It is implied initially by 244 and his bird that Hyeoksu is a steroid user. This claim is backed when Hyeoksu is seen consuming raw protein powder in a large amount.

He is sometimes called a "Gym Rat" by other characters, referring to his obsessive gym routine, which is how he gained his incredibly toned build.

Ji Yeonwoo

BASIC INFO

GENDER

Male

AGE

18

BIRTHDATE

May 21st

HEIGHT

180cm (5'11")

WEIGHT

75kg (165lbs)

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

STATUS

SCHOOL

Myeong Moon Science High

OCCUPATION

High school student

Newtuber (former)

FIGHTING STYLE

Kyokushin Karate

RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIVES

Ji Sangtae (father)

Ji Yeonwoo is a tall young man with a nerdy demeanour. He has short dark brown hair with parted bangs, brown eyes and thick eyebrows. He is mainly seen wearing school clothing. which includes a sleeveless jumper, a white dress shirt, yellow, red and purple striped tie, dark blue trousers, and circular glasses. He has gained a large female fan following mainly because of his appearance.

A glimpse of his body is seen, which is muscular with broad shoulders, a defined chest and abs, Parts of his body are covered in bruises, and he has calloused knuckles as a result of Kyokushin training.

Personality

Ji Yeonwoo's personality is a mystery at first.

When appearing in his debut, chapter 48, he is polite and has no malicious intent within his voice. He was simply just following what his other coworkers were doing, however the more important to thing to note is that he was talking to his father, which turns out to be a repeated action for Yeonwoo. The reason being is that a major personality trait of his is letting every aspect of his life be controlled by others, especially his father. However, Yeonwoo does not have a typical nerd's personality. He has shown to be courageous and brave when it came to standing up and protecting his classmate and her friends from three thugs and had shown no fear at all. He showed anger when Taehoon started beating up his friends. Yeonwoo also expresses denial and anger whenever he was questioned of his control over his life and his "freedom".

Yeonwoo has a passive stance and does things primarily for the sake of others, ignoring his own desires to the point of forgetting what he wants. He is protective of others and always tries to avoid conflict because of his peaceful nature. He is also kind-hearted, volunteering his leisure taking care of the elderly at the nursing home and having conversations with them. The only time he shows a desire for something, is because of his love for Karate.

History

Yeonwoo is the son of a high-ranking government official in South Korea, so since young, he was expected to act a certain way.

Ever since he was a child, he was forced to become a "studying doll", having to go to after-school academies and then getting locked in a tiny room to study more. This routine continued up until his second year of high school.

When he was young, Yeonwoo found a thing which he enjoyed doing, which was Kyokushin Karate. While his father allowed him to take Karate classes, he didn't like it and wanted his son to not get distracted from studying. He crafted a detailed schedule for each day of the week, counting the activities and hours they would take. Despite not having enough free time with his incredibly cramped schedule, Yeonwoo still found time for Karate and even took hours off his sleep so he could continue practicing it.

Yeonwoo's father became familiar with Baek Seongjun, and almost ended up signing a licensing deal with him. This made him come up with the idea of making his son join Seongjun's company so he could monitor him better through NewTube. Yeonwoo gained a following of 1.5 million subscribers because of his good looks, and continued streaming. All of his streams had the same repetitive set up; him studying inside a tiny room. His viewers noted that he would sometimes mute the stream, saying that his father would be there whenever he was stuck on a problem.

Yeonwoo was stuck on the same repetitive pattern of having his life monitored by his father and keeping up with his study-obsessed persona, until he had his views challenged by Seong Taehoon, who kept provoking him and questioning the control he had over his life. Yeonwoo had been brainwashed to the point of complete lack of self awareness, not even realizing that none of the things he was doing were for himself, until Taehoon made him realize that. For once, Yeonwoo decided to fight back instead of letting let himself get hit. He puts up a good fight but eventually loses to Taehoon who is more experienced. After this eye-opening experience, he decides to quit NewTube and tells his father that he wants to stop studying and just be a normal person, despite his expected disapproval.

Trivia

His Kakaotalk profile picture is the founder of Kyokushin, Oyama Masutatsu (Choi Yeong-eui)

He goes to the same school as Bomi Choi.

His uniform is similar to Eugene from Lookism.

Trivia from the 4th special chapter

He was typed ESFJ-A by the 16personalities test, but his actual personality type is ISFJ.

His blood type is O.

His zodiac sign is Gemini.

Likes

His favorite exercises are Kyokushin Karate training, swimming, hiking and bare body exercises.

He likes korean food such as spicy tteokbokki, braised pork feet, hot chicken feet, cold noodles, etc.

His hobbies are karate training, participating in cultural activities and social activities with good people, an listening to bright and upbeat music.

Yeonwoo likes animals and plants, Volunteering Activities, taking cold showers, and watching traditional martial arts movies.

Dislikes

He doesn't like San-nakji(long arm octopus dish), sashimi and raw food because of how mushy they feel.

Yeonwoo dislikes unorderly places where the law isn't followed.

He hates bugs, arthropods, devious behavior, the smell of new books, the study room inside his room.

TMI

He fell in love with Kyokyshin Karate because of the movie "Fighter of the Wind", which he happened to see at his cousin's house when he was young.

He was class president in elementary, middle and high school.

He is often misunderstood as a faithful and quiet model student, but in fact, he is a good-natured man who knows how to push his opinions confidently.

The first act of selfishness he did after finding the life he wanted thanks to Seong Taehoon was oversleeping.

He eats very spicy food to relieve himself when he is stressed.

He wants to go to a sauna.