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'''Yo-han:''' "I'm coming."\\
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'''Yo-han:''' "I'm coming."\\ ~"\\
* HatePlague: Unbeknownst to his classmates, he arranges things so some of his classmates would like they stole their other classmates' expensive stuff and have them attack each other while he gleefully watches them from the back.
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* MurderSuicide: Locks himself and the corrupt politicians in the courtroom then blows it up. Subverted since he survives.
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* MurderSuicide: Locks himself and the corrupt politicians in the courtroom then blows it up.up near the end of the series. Subverted since he survives.
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* NoSympathy: When one of the victims' relatives comes up to him after a trial to thank him profusely for bringing justice to her relative, she starts sobbing. He yawns while comforting her. Ga-on later asks Jin-joo if it's possible for someone to yawn while tearing up indicating he might be unsympathetic.
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* NoSympathy: When one of the victims' relatives comes up to him after a trial to thank him profusely for bringing justice to her relative, she starts sobbing. He yawns while comforting her. Ga-on later asks Jin-joo if it's possible for someone to yawn while tearing up indicating he might be unsympathetic.an unsympathetic person faking sympathy.
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* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to lose her. Subverted when he kisses her on the spur of the moment and then tells her he likes her so much he just was afraid of them dealing with jealousy and petty fights as a couple so he initially preferred them to remain as friends.
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* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to lose her. Subverted when he kisses her on the spur of the moment and then tells her he likes her so much he just was afraid of them dealing with jealousy and petty fights as a couple and ruining their relationship in the process so he initially preferred them to remain as friends.
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* BathtubScene: Can be seen in a bathtub with a towel on her head while sipping from a cup.
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* BathtubScene: Can be seen in a bathtub with a towel on her head while sipping from a cup.cup to highlight her wealth and for fanservice.
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** She takes advantage of Jin-joo's enthusiasm to be in the limelight and eagerness to take a major role in trials just like her male peers and plants the idea that she needs to "overpower everyone because power is appealing." Sun-ah makes a point that all current and previous judges are men and that Jin-joo should be more ambitious since she's "the biggest star." Jin-joo unfortunately takes the bait.
** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, and finally if a man sexually harasses them, to torment him until he dies. Why? Because the world is a jungle and they have to survive.
** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, and finally if a man sexually harasses them, to torment him until he dies. Why? Because the world is a jungle and they have to survive.
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** She takes advantage of Jin-joo's enthusiasm to be in the limelight and her eagerness to take a major role in trials just like her male peers and plants the idea that she needs to "overpower everyone because power is appealing." Sun-ah makes a point that all current and previous judges are men and that Jin-joo should change that and be more ambitious since she's "the biggest star." Jin-joo unfortunately takes the bait.
** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, andfinally if a man sexually harasses them, to torment him until he dies. Why? Because the world is a jungle and they have to survive.
** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, and
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* DrivenToSuicide: Kills herself before Yo-han bombs the courtroom with everyone else inside.
* DrivenToVillainy: Subtly implied. She reveals that as a child, she swore, got into fights, and stole things but it's all because she didn't have a choice and that everyone would insult and beat her.
* DrivenToVillainy: Subtly implied. She reveals that as a child, she swore, got into fights, and stole things but it's all because she didn't have a choice and that everyone would insult and beat her.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Kills herself before Yo-han bombs the courtroom with everyone else inside.
inside and recalls a rare, happy memory between her and Yo-han before succumbing to her death.
* DrivenToVillainy: Subtly implied. She reveals that as a child, she swore, got into fights, and stole things but it's all because she didn't have a choice and that everyone would insult her and beat her.
* DrivenToVillainy: Subtly implied. She reveals that as a child, she swore, got into fights, and stole things but it's all because she didn't have a choice and that everyone would insult her and beat her.
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** She might be a murderous, calculating lady but she won't let the sexual harassment of a woman go unpunished. When [[DirtyOldMan Chairman Seo]] touches the thighs of a waitress in secret, she takes him to another room and then punches him, calls him a dog, and slaps him a few times.
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** She might be a murderous, calculating catty lady but she won't let the sexual harassment of a woman go unpunished. When [[DirtyOldMan Chairman Seo]] touches the thighs of a waitress in secret, she takes him to another room and then punches him, calls him a dog, and slaps him a few times.
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* MissingMom: When she was 12 her mother died by [[StaircaseTumble falling from the stairs]] when she was drunk. Though it's unclear whether it's by accident or it's [[Matricide Sun-ah who've done this]] since she pushed a lady down the stairs on the same day she revealed this info.
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* MissingMom: When she was 12 her mother died by [[StaircaseTumble falling from the stairs]] when she was drunk. Though it's unclear whether it's by accident or it's [[Matricide [[{{Matricide}} Sun-ah who've done this]] since she pushed a lady down the stairs on the same day she revealed this info.
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* RomanticRibbing: She gives Ga-on a silly, teasing marriage proposal just to play it off as a joke and call him a punk.
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* HumansAreBastards: He has a deep-seated belief that humans are "the most dangerous and harmful things in the world" revealing his cynicism towards society.
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* PositiveFriendInfluence: He positively influences both Yo-han and Elijah and even their gloomy mansion. Ever since he came to their house, he slowly made Yo-han smile and be playful more, and made Elijah open up more and eat full, normal Korean meals, which they aren't used to eating, that he cooked for them. This gets lampshaded by their housekeeper.
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* PositiveFriendInfluence: He positively influences both Yo-han and Elijah and even their gloomy mansion.BigFancyHouse. Ever since he came to their house, he slowly made Yo-han smile and be playful more, and made Elijah open up more and eat full, normal Korean meals, which they aren't used to eating, that he cooked for them. This gets lampshaded by their housekeeper.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: A non-straight example since a crime didn't happen. When she enters Minister Cha's office and sees her dead body with Ga-on (and Yo-han) there, she jumps to the conclusion that they did this to Minister Cha and proceeds to hide the evidence that they were there for Ga-on's sake only.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: A non-straight example Played with since a crime didn't happen. When she enters Minister Cha's office and sees her dead body with Ga-on (and Yo-han) there, she jumps to the conclusion that they did this to Minister Cha and proceeds to hide the evidence that they were there for Ga-on's sake only.
* ScarsAreForever: Her hand has had a permanent scar ever since she grabbed Ga-on's knife when they were a bit younger.
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* TheCutie: She's mostly cheerful, humane (as noted by Sun-ah), and sweet toward people in general.
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* TheCutie: She's mostly cheerful, humane (as noted by Sun-ah), and sweet and polite toward people in general.
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* GreenEyedMonster: She's envious to a certain degree of Yo-han's popularity and wants it for herself as well. Justified as she felt sidelined and overshadowed by Ga-on and Yo-han but drops it when they let her in their plans and she takes an active role in them.
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* GreenEyedMonster: She's envious to a certain degree of Yo-han's popularity and wants it for herself as well. Justified as she felt sidelined and overshadowed by Ga-on and Yo-han but she drops it when they let her in their plans and she takes an active role in them.
* TheAloner: She's isolated from all human contact outside her house due to her physical disability limiting her mobility at a young age. When she starts to avert this by going out with Ga-on and Soo-hyun, Yo-han, who wasn't aware of this and is extremely protective over her, gets furious and takes her home despite her protests. She bursts into tears due to the humiliation and how he's treating her like she's a pushover because of her disability.
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* DeadpanSnarker: She tends to snark and have sarcastic remarks a lot. Usually directed at Ga-on.
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* DeadpanSnarker: DisabledSnarker: She tends to snark and have has a habit of making sarcastic remarks a lot. Usually which are usually directed at Ga-on.Ga-on and Yo-han.
-->'''Elijah:''' Elijah.\\
'''Ga-on:''' Eli? Is that your name?\\
'''Elijah:''' It's Elijah, stupid. Didn't you even read the bible?
-->'''Elijah:''' Elijah.\\
'''Ga-on:''' Eli? Is that your name?\\
'''Elijah:''' It's Elijah, stupid. Didn't you even read the bible?
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* LonelyRichKid: Since she's stuck at home due to her disability she doesn't have anyone to hang out with outside of Ga-on and sometimes Soo-hyun.
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* LonelyRichKid: Since she's stuck at home due to her disability disability, she doesn't have anyone to hang out with outside of Ga-on and, obviously, her uncle and helper, and sometimes Soo-hyun.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Downplayed. She has a crush on Ga-on, but he only likes her as a friend. He changes his mind later in episode 13 when he kisses her and then later he admits that he has feelings for her and wants to date her but was holding back to protect their friendship.
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* DisposableWoman: Downplayed in the sense that she isn't completely a flat character, but compared to the other recurring female characters she doesn't have many character traits other than her crush on Ga-On and distrust of Yo-han, and then she's killed off to galvanize Ga-on into avenging her death. We learn nothing about her personal motives or background.
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* DisposableWoman: Downplayed in the sense that she isn't completely a flat character, but compared to the other recurring female characters she doesn't have many character traits other than her crush on Ga-On and distrust of Yo-han, and then she's she gets killed off to galvanize Ga-on into avenging her death. We learn nothing about her personal motives interests or background.
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* InspectorJavert: It's complicated in the sense that while she's a police officer who believes that Yo-han was responsible for killing his brother and investigates after him when in reality he's not responsible for his brother's death, Yo-han keeping this a secret from everyone and him being anti-heroic makes him a target of suspicion.
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* HopelessSuitor: Subverted. She has a crush on Ga-on, but he only likes her as a friend. He changes his mind later in episode 13 when he kisses her and then later he admits that he has feelings for her and wants to date her but was holding back to protect their friendship.
* InspectorJavert: It's complicated in the sense that while she's a police officer who believes that Yo-han was responsible for killing his brother and investigates after him when in reality he's not responsible for his brother's death, Yo-han keeping this a secret from everyone and him beinganti-heroic vicious for a judge makes him a target of suspicion.
* InspectorJavert: It's complicated in the sense that while she's a police officer who believes that Yo-han was responsible for killing his brother and investigates after him when in reality he's not responsible for his brother's death, Yo-han keeping this a secret from everyone and him being
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* SatelliteLoveInterest: It's subdued as she has some characterization (her being law-abiding, gentle, forthright, and a black belt holder) but her role significantly revolves around her being into Ga-on and she barely interacts with any of the main cast beside him. Plus, she's the least fleshed-out recurring female character. It's made worse when she's killed off just to further Ga-on’s character development.
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* SatelliteLoveInterest: It's subdued as she has some characterization (her being law-abiding, gentle, forthright, and a black belt holder) but her role significantly revolves around her being into infatuation with Ga-on and she barely interacts with any of the main cast beside him. Plus, she's the least fleshed-out recurring female character. It's made worse when she's killed off just to further Ga-on’s character development.
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* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: He's cynical about the system and doesn't believe in justice. He tries to teach Ga-on life is unfair and that idealism or complete trust in this corrupt system won't solve anything. They have to take matters into their own hands.
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* {{Antihero}}: He's a merciless vigilante judge who punishes the guilty with his judgments in court. He doesn't care if the defendants in court are powerless or not -- he treats them all equally.
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* {{Antihero}}: AntiHero: He's a merciless vigilante judge who punishes the guilty with his judgments in court. He doesn't care if the defendants in court are powerless or not -- he treats them all equally.
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** He was made to pick between Professor Min and Yo-han once, and he picks Yo-han.
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--->'''Yo-han:''' If you want to save the world, cut Yoon Soo-hyun out of your life.\\
'''Ga-on:''' ''[Removes Yo-han's hand from his shoulder]'' Soo-hyun is my world.
** He was made to pick between Professor Min and Yo-han once, and hepicks picked Yo-han.
'''Ga-on:''' ''[Removes Yo-han's hand from his shoulder]'' Soo-hyun is my world.
** He was made to pick between Professor Min and Yo-han once, and he
* WideEyedIdealist: He starts as one, being all virtuous as he even says "no one man should monopolize justice." But the more he learns about Yo-han’s motives, the less he's certain about his ideals and moral stance. Ga-on finds out that the world can’t be so easily divided into bad and good.
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* BoomHeadshot: Shoots Heo Joong-se in the head, then kills herself the same way a few minutes later.
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* BoomHeadshot: Shoots President Heo Joong-se in the head, then kills herself the same way a few minutes later.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ruthless and usually [[NervesOfSteel composed]] Sun-ah weeps for the first time when she visits the Dream Home Medical Center and goes to the bed of an 18-year-old girl she took a liking to at a center for orphans and runaway youth. She's horrified to find the girl unconscious with bruises all over her body. She then [[HumanizingTears starts sobbing]] while apologizing profusely.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ruthless and usually [[NervesOfSteel composed]] Sun-ah weeps for the first time when she visits the Dream Home Medical Center and goes to the bed of an 18-year-old girl she took a liking to at a center for orphans and runaway youth. She's horrified to find the girl unconscious with bruises all over her body. She then [[HumanizingTears starts sobbing]] while apologizing profusely.profusely because of what her actions caused.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: A non-straight example since a crime didn't happen. When she enters Minister Cha's office and sees her dead body with Ga-on (and Yo-han) there, she jumps to the conclusion that they did this to Minister Cha, and proceeds to hide the evidence that they were there for Ga-on's sake only.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: A non-straight example since a crime didn't happen. When she enters Minister Cha's office and sees her dead body with Ga-on (and Yo-han) there, she jumps to the conclusion that they did this to Minister Cha, Cha and proceeds to hide the evidence that they were there for Ga-on's sake only.
* InspectorJavert: It's complicated in the sense that while she's a police officer who believes that Yo-han was responsible for killing his brother and investigates after him when in reality he's not responsible for his brother's death, Yo-han keeping this a secret from everyone and him being anti-heroic makes him a target of suspicion.
-->'''Ga-on:''' If I were to lose you, I wouldn't have anyone else.
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-->'''Ga-on:''' If I were to lose you, I wouldn't have anyone else.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: It's subdued as she has some characterization (her being law-abiding, gentle, forthright, and a black belt holder) but her role significantly revolves around her being into Ga-on and she barely interacts with any of the main cast beside him. Plus, she's the least fleshed-out in comparison to the other important female characters. It's made worse when she's killed off just to further Ga-on’s character development.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: It's subdued as she has some characterization (her being law-abiding, gentle, forthright, and a black belt holder) but her role significantly revolves around her being into Ga-on and she barely interacts with any of the main cast beside him. Plus, she's the least fleshed-out in comparison to the other important female characters. It's made worse when she's killed off just to further Ga-on’s character development.
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An associate judge who idolizes Yo-han. She's easily excitable and has the ambition to do better.
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An associate judge who idolizes Yo-han. She's easily excitable As a newcomer, she's overenthusiastic and has the ambition to do better.
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Neither of them are moles. Read the 1st line in the trope's description.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** This is generally his mentality and method when dealing with criminals and corrupt individuals which is seen when he causes a man that was involved in the church fire that killed Isaac to fall to his death.
** This is generally his mentality and method when dealing with criminals and corrupt individuals which is seen when he causes a man that was involved in the church fire that killed Isaac to fall to his death.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil:
**PayEvilUntoEvil: This is generally his mentality and method when dealing with criminals and corrupt individuals which is seen when he individuals.
** He causes a man that was involved in the church fire that killed Isaac to fall to his death.
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** He causes a man that was involved in the church fire that killed Isaac to fall to his death.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a child, he killed a bird just because it landed on the desk beside him (with a knife at that-- he bought ''a knife to class''). He also made Sun-ah jump from a second-story window (though it was her own choice), and according to Ms. Ji, his housekeeper, he poisoned his father's favorite dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a child, he killed a bird just because it landed on the desk beside him (with a knife at that-- he bought brought ''a knife to class''). He also made Sun-ah jump from a second-story window (though it was her own choice), and according to Ms. Ji, his housekeeper, he poisoned his father's favorite dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
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** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, and finally if a man sexually harasses them, to torment him until he dies. Why? Because the world is a jungle.
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** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, and finally if a man sexually harasses them, to torment him until he dies. Why? Because the world is a jungle.jungle and they have to survive.
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** She might be be a murderous, calculating lady but she won't let the sexual harassment of a woman go unpunished. When [[DirtyOldMan Chairman Seo]] touches the thighs of a waitress in secret, she takes him to another room and then punches him, calls him a dog, and slaps him a few times.
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** She might be be a murderous, calculating lady but she won't let the sexual harassment of a woman go unpunished. When [[DirtyOldMan Chairman Seo]] touches the thighs of a waitress in secret, she takes him to another room and then punches him, calls him a dog, and slaps him a few times.
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* HumanizingTears: Cries for the first time due to feeling guilty when she sees that the young girl she saw herself in became sick and unconscious.
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* HumanizingTears: Cries for the first time due to feeling guilty when she sees that the young girl she saw herself in sympathized with became sick and unconscious.unconscious because of her actions.
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Break The Haughty was misused so I removed it. I also removed Ji Young-ok's folder bc it was empty.
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This is the character sheet for ''Series/TheDevilJudge''.
'''Beware of unmarked spoilers.'''
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The Live Court's chief judge.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[LifeIsntFair There's no justice in reality, there is only games that are terribly unjust]].''"]]
The Live Court's chief judge. He punishes corrupt politicians and businesspeople with no mercy, earning him the "devil judge" nickname. He has a mysterious aura and is full of secrets.
[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[LifeIsntFair There's no justice in reality, there is only games that are terribly unjust]].''"]]
The Live Court's chief judge. He punishes corrupt politicians and businesspeople with no mercy, earning him the "devil judge" nickname. He has a mysterious aura and is full of secrets.
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* AbusiveParents: His father forced him to sleep in the basement and whipped him with a belt.
* BigWhat: This is his reaction when [[spoiler: Ga-on accuses him of murdering Isaac.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Suffers this towards the end of episode fifteen. He stays relatively calm when [[spoiler: Ga-on tries to stab him]] and when he's arrested, but as soon as Sun-ah produces the CCTV footage revealing [[spoiler: Elijah accidentally started the church fire]] he ''snaps''.
* BigWhat: This is his reaction when [[spoiler: Ga-on accuses him of murdering Isaac.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Suffers this towards the end of episode fifteen. He stays relatively calm when [[spoiler: Ga-on tries to stab him]] and when he's arrested, but as soon as Sun-ah produces the CCTV footage revealing [[spoiler: Elijah accidentally started the church fire]] he ''snaps''.
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* AbusiveParents: His father forced him to sleep in the basement and whipped him with a belt.
belt. He almost struck him with a cane once but Isaac stopped him.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Ever since he killed a bird in school when he was a child, he was called a monster. No one wanted to talk to him they treated him like he was invisible -- like he was a monster.
* {{Antihero}}: He's a merciless vigilante judge who punishes the guilty with his judgments in court. He doesn't care if the defendants in court are powerless or not -- he treats them all equally.
* BigWhat: This is his reaction when[[spoiler: Ga-on accuses him of murdering Isaac.]]
Isaac.
*BreakTheHaughty: Suffers this towards CopycatMockery: He mimics the end of episode fifteen. He stays relatively calm when [[spoiler: Ga-on tries to stab him]] and when he's arrested, but as soon as Sun-ah produces the CCTV footage revealing [[spoiler: way Elijah accidentally started the church fire]] he ''snaps''.responds to Ga-on's "hurry up!" after asking her why she's looking at Ga-on fondly -- teasing her for her growing affection for him.
-->'''Elijah:''' I'm coming.\\
'''Yo-han:''' "I'm coming."\\
'''Elijah:''' You must have a death wish! ''[chases after him in her wheelchair]''
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Ever since he killed a bird in school when he was a child, he was called a monster. No one wanted to talk to him they treated him like he was invisible -- like he was a monster.
* {{Antihero}}: He's a merciless vigilante judge who punishes the guilty with his judgments in court. He doesn't care if the defendants in court are powerless or not -- he treats them all equally.
* BigWhat: This is his reaction when
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-->'''Elijah:''' I'm coming.\\
'''Yo-han:''' "I'm coming."\\
'''Elijah:''' You must have a death wish! ''[chases after him in her wheelchair]''
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* FakingTheDead: Does this ''twice''.
* ForcedToWatch: Sun-ah and Jae-hee force him to watch [[spoiler: K]]'s death.
* ForcedToWatch: Sun-ah and Jae-hee force him to watch [[spoiler: K]]'s death.
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* FakingTheDead: Does this ''twice''.
twice.
** He's reported dead. He isn't. Another prisoner tried to kill him, got killed instead, and the prison warden ensured his body was identified as Yo-han's while the real Yo-han escaped.
** Happens again when he blows up the courtroom. Everyone assumes he was killed in the explosion. Actually, he survived.
* ForcedToWatch: Sun-ah and Jae-hee force him to watch[[spoiler: K]]'s as they drop his driver to his death.
** He's reported dead. He isn't. Another prisoner tried to kill him, got killed instead, and the prison warden ensured his body was identified as Yo-han's while the real Yo-han escaped.
** Happens again when he blows up the courtroom. Everyone assumes he was killed in the explosion. Actually, he survived.
* ForcedToWatch: Sun-ah and Jae-hee force him to watch
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* HeroicBastard: Though calling him "heroic" [[AntiHero is a stretch]].
* MissingMum: His mother abandoned him when he was a baby.
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: Locks himself and the corrupt politicians in the courtroom then blows it up. Subverted since he survives.]]
* MissingMum: His mother abandoned him when he was a baby.
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: Locks himself and the corrupt politicians in the courtroom then blows it up. Subverted since he survives.]]
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* FriendlessBackground: He didn't have any friends when he was a child and the kids at school avoided him and even bullied him for being weird.
* HeroicBastard:Though calling Downplayed since he's no hero, but his parents were never married. His father was drunk and had sex with a woman who worked at the bar. He was going to abandon baby Yo-han but when Isaac holds him "heroic" [[AntiHero is and cries, their father decides to take him in.
* IAmTheNoun:
** He gives astretch]].
speech at the Social Responsibility Foundation where he exclaims that he's "the power."
-->'''Yo-han:''' I am power! I am power. Me, me, me!
** When Professor Min quotes Creator/FriedrichNietzsche's famous line about the abyss gazing back, he replies by saying he "misunderstood the situation. ''I'm'' the abyss."
*MissingMum: MissingMom: His mother abandoned him when he was a baby.
* MurderSuicide:[[spoiler: Locks himself and the corrupt politicians in the courtroom then blows it up. Subverted since he survives.]]
* HeroicBastard:
* IAmTheNoun:
** He gives a
-->'''Yo-han:''' I am power! I am power. Me, me, me!
** When Professor Min quotes Creator/FriedrichNietzsche's famous line about the abyss gazing back, he replies by saying he "misunderstood the situation. ''I'm'' the abyss."
*
* MurderSuicide:
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* ProperlyParanoid: Made plans to get out of prison if he ever ended up there. [[spoiler: When Sun-ah got him arrested he put his plans into action and got out easily.]]
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Happens twice. The first time he's reported murdered in prison. The second time it's assumed he died in the courtroom explosion. Both times he survives.
* SeriousBusiness: He and Elijah turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit for most of the series.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a child he killed a bird just because it landed on the desk beside him. He also made Sun-ah jump from a second-storey window, and according to Ms. Ji he poisoned his father's dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, [[spoiler: who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested]], if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Happens twice. The first time he's reported murdered in prison. The second time it's assumed he died in the courtroom explosion. Both times he survives.
* SeriousBusiness: He and Elijah turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit for most of the series.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a child he killed a bird just because it landed on the desk beside him. He also made Sun-ah jump from a second-storey window, and according to Ms. Ji he poisoned his father's dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, [[spoiler: who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested]], if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
to:
* NoSympathy: When one of the victims' relatives comes up to him after a trial to thank him profusely for bringing justice to her relative, she starts sobbing. He yawns while comforting her. Ga-on later asks Jin-joo if it's possible for someone to yawn while tearing up indicating he might be unsympathetic.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: PlayedForDrama. When Elijah is heartbroken over Ga-on leaving their mansion, Yo-han admittedly says some harsh words to her. When he tries to apologize she angrily points out that he never apologizes.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** This is generally his mentality and method when dealing with criminals and corrupt individuals which is seen when he causes a man that was involved in the church fire that killed Isaac to fall to his death.
** The kids in Yohan's elementary school started bullying him after he killed a bird during class. He gets revenge on them by putting the belongings of rich kids in the bag of the poor ones and thus the whole class ends up fighting one another. All while he watches them from the back laughing.
* ProperlyParanoid: Made plans to get out of prison if he ever ended up there.[[spoiler: When Sun-ah got him arrested he put his plans into action and got out easily.]]
easily.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Happenstwice. twice and both times he survives.
** The first time he's reported murdered inprison. prison.
** The second time it's assumed he died in the courtroomexplosion. Both times he survives.
* SeriousBusiness: He and Elijah turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
explosion.
* SharpDressedMan:He Except when he's in the court, he wears a suit for most of the series.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As achild child, he killed a bird just because it landed on the desk beside him. him (with a knife at that-- he bought ''a knife to class''). He also made Sun-ah jump from a second-storey window, second-story window (though it was her own choice), and according to Ms. Ji Ji, his housekeeper, he poisoned his father's favorite dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on,[[spoiler: who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested]], arrested if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: PlayedForDrama. When Elijah is heartbroken over Ga-on leaving their mansion, Yo-han admittedly says some harsh words to her. When he tries to apologize she angrily points out that he never apologizes.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** This is generally his mentality and method when dealing with criminals and corrupt individuals which is seen when he causes a man that was involved in the church fire that killed Isaac to fall to his death.
** The kids in Yohan's elementary school started bullying him after he killed a bird during class. He gets revenge on them by putting the belongings of rich kids in the bag of the poor ones and thus the whole class ends up fighting one another. All while he watches them from the back laughing.
* ProperlyParanoid: Made plans to get out of prison if he ever ended up there.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Happens
** The first time he's reported murdered in
** The second time it's assumed he died in the courtroom
* SeriousBusiness: He and Elijah turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* SharpDressedMan:
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on,
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An associate judge.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kimgaon.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"''A judge... has the most power when they do what the law says.''"]]
Anassociate judge.associate, rookie judge. He pursues upright justice and was able to become a judge through hard work and great effort.
[[caption-width-right:350:"''A judge... has the most power when they do what the law says.''"]]
An
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* BreakTheCutie: He doesn't take it well when he learns Young-choon escaped prison, especially since this revelation came right after Ga-on thinks Yo-han is just using him. He ends up even more broken later, when he learns he was tricked into turning against Yo-han.
* DisappearedDad [=/=] MissingMum : His father committed suicide and his mother died of illness when he was sixteen.
* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Isaac.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to lose her.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Tries to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han arrives and defuses the bomb just in time.]]
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: He plans to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han interrupts him before he can go through with it.]]
* DisappearedDad [=/=] MissingMum : His father committed suicide and his mother died of illness when he was sixteen.
* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Isaac.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to lose her.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Tries to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han arrives and defuses the bomb just in time.]]
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: He plans to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han interrupts him before he can go through with it.]]
to:
* AngryCollarGrab: He grabs Professor Min by his collar twice as he screams at him for letting Soo-hyun die til the security guards took him away.
* BreakTheCutie:He He's stated to be cute InUniverse and he doesn't take it well when he learns Young-choon escaped prison, especially since this revelation came right after Ga-on thinks Yo-han is just using him. He ends up even more broken later, later when he learns he was tricked into turning against Yo-han.
*DisappearedDad [=/=] MissingMum : ConflictingLoyalty:
** He has to choose multiple times between his righteous, lawful best friend Soo-hyun and the VigilanteMan Yo-han and his questionable methods. His choice is different but he mostly takes Soo-hyun's side.
** He was made to pick between Professor Min and Yo-han once, and he picks Yo-han.
* DisappearedDad: His father committed suicideand his mother died of illness when he was sixteen.
* {{Foil}}: He's presented as optimistic, heroic, and naive to how corrupt the system really is and what the rich can do, in contrast to the brooding anti-hero Yo-han who has a "defeat evil with evil" mentality.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's nice and polite to most people except those who harm the people he holds dear.
** He almost stabs Yo-han with a knife when he mistakenly thinks he's behind the murder of Soo-hyun.
** He intended to blow Professor Min up to avenge Soo-hyun's murder though he was stopped by Yo-han.
* HatesRichPeople: When Yo-han takes him to an SRF event, he meets all kinds of influential and wealthy people there. At the dinner table, where some of them were gathered, Ga-on watches with disgust and shock as [[PrivilegeMakesYouEvil the most powerful people in the country revel in their own corruption]], entirely absorbed in self-interest while laughing like insane people.
* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Kang Isaac.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to loseher.
her. Subverted when he kisses her on the spur of the moment and then tells her he likes her so much he just was afraid of them dealing with jealousy and petty fights as a couple so he initially preferred them to remain as friends.
* InterruptedSuicide:[[spoiler: Tries to kill himself and Professor Min. Min with a bomb he strapped on his body. Yo-han arrives and defuses the bomb just in time.]]
time.
* LoveConfession: After rejecting her many times, he gives a long one to Soo-hyun in episode 13.
* MissingMom: When he was 16 years old his mother died of illness.
* MurderSuicide:[[spoiler: He plans planned to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han interrupts him before he can go through with it.]]it.
* NiceGuy: He protects a child from a speeding bus, shields Yo-han from an explosion, and cooks for Elijah and Yo-han even though they have a housekeeper for that. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Though his kindness has limits]].
* PositiveFriendInfluence: He positively influences both Yo-han and Elijah and even their gloomy mansion. Ever since he came to their house, he slowly made Yo-han smile and be playful more, and made Elijah open up more and eat full, normal Korean meals, which they aren't used to eating, that he cooked for them. This gets lampshaded by their housekeeper.
-->'''Ms. Ji:''' What's all this? Master Yo-han. The cheerfulness that doesn't suit this house. What is this? ''(Yo-han runs away)'' You never touch the food I make.
* ProneToTears: He's not afraid of crying and easily gets emotional at anything and everything.
* SupremeChef: He cooks a really delicious meal for Yo-han and Elijah judging by their reactions. Justified in that he was the son of a restaurant owner.
* YouMonster: In episode 15, he calls Yo-han out for using people's vulnerabilities and tells him it's human nature to know when to stop. Then refers to those who don't have these characteristics like Yo-han as devils and "self-pitying monsters." This angers Yo-han and causes him to grab Ga-on by the throat.
* BreakTheCutie:
*
** He has to choose multiple times between his righteous, lawful best friend Soo-hyun and the VigilanteMan Yo-han and his questionable methods. His choice is different but he mostly takes Soo-hyun's side.
** He was made to pick between Professor Min and Yo-han once, and he picks Yo-han.
* DisappearedDad: His father committed suicide
* {{Foil}}: He's presented as optimistic, heroic, and naive to how corrupt the system really is and what the rich can do, in contrast to the brooding anti-hero Yo-han who has a "defeat evil with evil" mentality.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's nice and polite to most people except those who harm the people he holds dear.
** He almost stabs Yo-han with a knife when he mistakenly thinks he's behind the murder of Soo-hyun.
** He intended to blow Professor Min up to avenge Soo-hyun's murder though he was stopped by Yo-han.
* HatesRichPeople: When Yo-han takes him to an SRF event, he meets all kinds of influential and wealthy people there. At the dinner table, where some of them were gathered, Ga-on watches with disgust and shock as [[PrivilegeMakesYouEvil the most powerful people in the country revel in their own corruption]], entirely absorbed in self-interest while laughing like insane people.
* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Kang Isaac.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to lose
* InterruptedSuicide:
* LoveConfession: After rejecting her many times, he gives a long one to Soo-hyun in episode 13.
* MissingMom: When he was 16 years old his mother died of illness.
* MurderSuicide:
* NiceGuy: He protects a child from a speeding bus, shields Yo-han from an explosion, and cooks for Elijah and Yo-han even though they have a housekeeper for that. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Though his kindness has limits]].
* PositiveFriendInfluence: He positively influences both Yo-han and Elijah and even their gloomy mansion. Ever since he came to their house, he slowly made Yo-han smile and be playful more, and made Elijah open up more and eat full, normal Korean meals, which they aren't used to eating, that he cooked for them. This gets lampshaded by their housekeeper.
-->'''Ms. Ji:''' What's all this? Master Yo-han. The cheerfulness that doesn't suit this house. What is this? ''(Yo-han runs away)'' You never touch the food I make.
* ProneToTears: He's not afraid of crying and easily gets emotional at anything and everything.
* SupremeChef: He cooks a really delicious meal for Yo-han and Elijah judging by their reactions. Justified in that he was the son of a restaurant owner.
* YouMonster: In episode 15, he calls Yo-han out for using people's vulnerabilities and tells him it's human nature to know when to stop. Then refers to those who don't have these characteristics like Yo-han as devils and "self-pitying monsters." This angers Yo-han and causes him to grab Ga-on by the throat.
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An employee of the Social Responsibility Foundation.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''First, survive by all means. If others hit you, bite them. If you need something, steal it.''"]]
The executive director of the Social Responsibility
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: For Yo-han, of the "[[AxeCrazy downright]] [[{{Yandere}} psychotic]]" variety. Her idea of flirting is to knock him out, kidnap him, chain him up, and forcibly kiss him.
* AfraidOfNeedles: She's afraid of syringes, though that doesn't stop her injecting Yo-han with a drug.
* AntagonistInMourning: She reacts with shock and dismay when she hears [[spoiler: Yo-han]] is dead, even though she was responsible for the events leading up to his [[spoiler: apparent]] death.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems normal... at first. Then she kidnaps Yo-han, and reveals how manipulative and psychotic she really is.
* BoomHeadshot: Shoots [[spoiler: Heo Joong-se]] in the head, then [[spoiler: kills herself the same way]] a few minutes later.
* AfraidOfNeedles: She's afraid of syringes, though that doesn't stop her injecting Yo-han with a drug.
* AntagonistInMourning: She reacts with shock and dismay when she hears [[spoiler: Yo-han]] is dead, even though she was responsible for the events leading up to his [[spoiler: apparent]] death.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems normal... at first. Then she kidnaps Yo-han, and reveals how manipulative and psychotic she really is.
* BoomHeadshot: Shoots [[spoiler: Heo Joong-se]] in the head, then [[spoiler: kills herself the same way]] a few minutes later.
to:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: For Yo-han, She claims to be in love with Yo-han. The feeling isn't reciprocated of the "[[AxeCrazy downright]] [[{{Yandere}} psychotic]]" variety. Her course. Especially since her idea of flirting is to knock him out, kidnap him, chain him up, and forcibly kiss him.
him.
* AbusiveParents: She suddenly reveals that her alcoholic mom beat her as a kid whenever she was drunk which made her think she was a bad child (even though, [[IronicName ironically, her name means "good child"]]).
* AfraidOfNeedles: She's afraid of syringes, though that doesn't stop her from injecting Yo-han with a drug.
* AmbitionIsEvil: She has longed for money and power ever since she was young. She's willing to dirty her hands to get what she wants.
* AntagonistInMourning: She reacts with shock and dismay when she hears[[spoiler: Yo-han]] Yo-han is dead, even though she was responsible for the events leading up to his [[spoiler: apparent]] apparent death.
* BathtubScene: Can be seen in a bathtub with a towel on her head while sipping from a cup.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seemsnormal... nice at first. Then she kidnaps Yo-han, Yo-han and reveals how manipulative and psychotic scary she really is.
is. She and Jae-hee visit Elijah in Yo-han's mansion as a threat to him and pretends to be friendly to her.
* BoomHeadshot: Shoots[[spoiler: Heo Joong-se]] Joong-se in the head, then [[spoiler: kills herself the same way]] way a few minutes later.
* AbusiveParents: She suddenly reveals that her alcoholic mom beat her as a kid whenever she was drunk which made her think she was a bad child (even though, [[IronicName ironically, her name means "good child"]]).
* AfraidOfNeedles: She's afraid of syringes, though that doesn't stop her from injecting Yo-han with a drug.
* AmbitionIsEvil: She has longed for money and power ever since she was young. She's willing to dirty her hands to get what she wants.
* AntagonistInMourning: She reacts with shock and dismay when she hears
* BathtubScene: Can be seen in a bathtub with a towel on her head while sipping from a cup.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems
* BoomHeadshot: Shoots
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* DeadlyHug: Hugs [[spoiler: Chairman Seo]], then stabs him to death.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Kills herself before the courtroom explosion.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She looks kind and innocent. She's also a {{Yandere}} and a ManipulativeBitch who's [[TheChessmaster responsible for almost everything that happens in the series.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Kisses Yo-han while he's handcuffed and can't push her away.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Is the real power behind the South-Korean government.]]
* {{Yandere}}: For Yo-han. She kidnaps him, forcibly kisses him, tells him she wants to hurt him...
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Kills herself before the courtroom explosion.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She looks kind and innocent. She's also a {{Yandere}} and a ManipulativeBitch who's [[TheChessmaster responsible for almost everything that happens in the series.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Kisses Yo-han while he's handcuffed and can't push her away.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Is the real power behind the South-Korean government.]]
* {{Yandere}}: For Yo-han. She kidnaps him, forcibly kisses him, tells him she wants to hurt him...
to:
* TheCorrupter: Shows strong shades of this.
** She takes advantage of Jin-joo's enthusiasm to be in the limelight and eagerness to take a major role in trials just like her male peers and plants the idea that she needs to "overpower everyone because power is appealing." Sun-ah makes a point that all current and previous judges are men and that Jin-joo should be more ambitious since she's "the biggest star." Jin-joo unfortunately takes the bait.
** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, and finally if a man sexually harasses them, to torment him until he dies. Why? Because the world is a jungle.
* DeadlyHug: Hugs[[spoiler: Chairman Seo]], Seo, then stabs him to death.
* DisappearedDad: She says that her father abandoned her and her mother during a lecture for a troubled teens' center.
* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler: Kills herself before Yo-han bombs the courtroom explosion.]]
with everyone else inside.
* DrivenToVillainy: Subtly implied. She reveals that as a child, she swore, got into fights, and stole things but it's all because she didn't have a choice and that everyone would insult and beat her.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She looks kindand innocent. She's also but she happens to be a {{Yandere}} and a psychotic ManipulativeBitch who's [[TheChessmaster responsible for almost everything that happens in the series.]]
series.
** She kills Chairman Seo with a DeadlyHug at the end of episode 7.
** She [[DeathByFallingOver pushes the director of a center for orphans down the stairs]] out of nowhere after literally [[FauxAffablyEvil talking nicely to her]] (perhaps due to the lady speaking unfavorably of the teens and because one of them had a bruise on her face).
*ForcefulKiss: Kisses EvenEvilHasStandards:
** At first, she's taken aback by President Heo’s plan of introducing a virus into a poor neighborhood and scoffs at it, however, she decides she's in later on.
** She might be be a murderous, calculating lady but she won't let the sexual harassment of a woman go unpunished. When [[DirtyOldMan Chairman Seo]] touches the thighs of a waitress in secret, she takes him to another room and then punches him, calls him a dog, and slaps him a few times.
* FreudianExcuse: Her mother abused her because she was struggling as a single mom since her father abandoned them and she was mistreated and beaten by everyone, plus she was always starving as a child due to poverty.
* GoldDigger: When she was a servant at Yo-han's mansion she had a habit of stealing valuable things like Isaac's mom's cross necklace. In the present day, she admits that she likes anything that [[{{Greed}} sparkles and shines]] after claiming she used to like him so much; a statement Yo-hanwhile he's handcuffed knows isn't true as she was after his money.
* HighPoweredCareerWoman: She's the director of a corporation and has always been very ambitious since she was a child and she has a no-nonsense attitude toward her job. Downplayed since she doesn't have kids nor is shown to have a family to juggle between them.
* HumanizingTears: Cries for the first time due to feeling guilty when she sees that the young girl she saw herself in became sick and unconscious.
* IveComeTooFar: Sun-ah recalls President Heo’s terrifying suggestion that they introduce a virus into a poor neighborhood. She then asks Jae-hee if the welfare foundation she visited as a mentor is quarantined. When the latter answers no, Sun-ah thinks of the poor girls she sympathized with at the foundation, then asks herself "how did I end up here?" but concludes that she can'tpush her away.
turn back now.
* TheManBehindTheMan:[[spoiler:Is Is the real power behind the South-Korean government.]]
South Korean government.
* MissingMom: When she was 12 her mother died by [[StaircaseTumble falling from the stairs]] when she was drunk. Though it's unclear whether it's by accident or it's [[Matricide Sun-ah who've done this]] since she pushed a lady down the stairs on the same day she revealed this info.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ruthless and usually [[NervesOfSteel composed]] Sun-ah weeps for the first time when she visits the Dream Home Medical Center and goes to the bed of an 18-year-old girl she took a liking to at a center for orphans and runaway youth. She's horrified to find the girl unconscious with bruises all over her body. She then [[HumanizingTears starts sobbing]] while apologizing profusely.
-->'''Sun-ah:''' ''[Brushes the girl's hair and holds her hand]'' What have I done? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry. ''[Weeps lodly]'' '''I'm sorry'''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When she slightly expresses concern for the troubled girls at the foundation, Jae-hee wonders if she's going through menopause and why she's worried about others.
* PowerHair: She wears a bob and is the director of SRF and has the influence to control the nation, plus she wields considerable behind-the-scenes power.
* RagsToRiches: She used to work as a maid at Yo-han's mansion when she was a child. She later rose from poverty to become the chairwoman of a Foundation and is now powerful enough to influence the leaders of the country through [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her connections]]. How she acquired her wealth is left unknown.
* TalkingToThemself: Sometimes she talks to herself with sweet praises like "you did well, Sun-ah!" or "[[ThirdPersonPerson Jung Sun-ah is incredible]]" in front of her mirror.
* {{Yandere}}: For Yo-han. She kidnaps him,forcibly kisses him without his consent, strangles him, and tells him she wants to hurt him...him. To prove to Yo-han that she "truly loves" him, she jumps from the window of the second floor of his mansion.
** She takes advantage of Jin-joo's enthusiasm to be in the limelight and eagerness to take a major role in trials just like her male peers and plants the idea that she needs to "overpower everyone because power is appealing." Sun-ah makes a point that all current and previous judges are men and that Jin-joo should be more ambitious since she's "the biggest star." Jin-joo unfortunately takes the bait.
** She encourages troubled teen girls, in ''a broadcasted event'' at that, to PayEvilUntoEvil and to steal if needed, and finally if a man sexually harasses them, to torment him until he dies. Why? Because the world is a jungle.
* DeadlyHug: Hugs
* DisappearedDad: She says that her father abandoned her and her mother during a lecture for a troubled teens' center.
* DrivenToSuicide:
* DrivenToVillainy: Subtly implied. She reveals that as a child, she swore, got into fights, and stole things but it's all because she didn't have a choice and that everyone would insult and beat her.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She looks kind
** She kills Chairman Seo with a DeadlyHug at the end of episode 7.
** She [[DeathByFallingOver pushes the director of a center for orphans down the stairs]] out of nowhere after literally [[FauxAffablyEvil talking nicely to her]] (perhaps due to the lady speaking unfavorably of the teens and because one of them had a bruise on her face).
*
** At first, she's taken aback by President Heo’s plan of introducing a virus into a poor neighborhood and scoffs at it, however, she decides she's in later on.
** She might be be a murderous, calculating lady but she won't let the sexual harassment of a woman go unpunished. When [[DirtyOldMan Chairman Seo]] touches the thighs of a waitress in secret, she takes him to another room and then punches him, calls him a dog, and slaps him a few times.
* FreudianExcuse: Her mother abused her because she was struggling as a single mom since her father abandoned them and she was mistreated and beaten by everyone, plus she was always starving as a child due to poverty.
* GoldDigger: When she was a servant at Yo-han's mansion she had a habit of stealing valuable things like Isaac's mom's cross necklace. In the present day, she admits that she likes anything that [[{{Greed}} sparkles and shines]] after claiming she used to like him so much; a statement Yo-han
* HighPoweredCareerWoman: She's the director of a corporation and has always been very ambitious since she was a child and she has a no-nonsense attitude toward her job. Downplayed since she doesn't have kids nor is shown to have a family to juggle between them.
* HumanizingTears: Cries for the first time due to feeling guilty when she sees that the young girl she saw herself in became sick and unconscious.
* IveComeTooFar: Sun-ah recalls President Heo’s terrifying suggestion that they introduce a virus into a poor neighborhood. She then asks Jae-hee if the welfare foundation she visited as a mentor is quarantined. When the latter answers no, Sun-ah thinks of the poor girls she sympathized with at the foundation, then asks herself "how did I end up here?" but concludes that she can't
* TheManBehindTheMan:
* MissingMom: When she was 12 her mother died by [[StaircaseTumble falling from the stairs]] when she was drunk. Though it's unclear whether it's by accident or it's [[Matricide Sun-ah who've done this]] since she pushed a lady down the stairs on the same day she revealed this info.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ruthless and usually [[NervesOfSteel composed]] Sun-ah weeps for the first time when she visits the Dream Home Medical Center and goes to the bed of an 18-year-old girl she took a liking to at a center for orphans and runaway youth. She's horrified to find the girl unconscious with bruises all over her body. She then [[HumanizingTears starts sobbing]] while apologizing profusely.
-->'''Sun-ah:''' ''[Brushes the girl's hair and holds her hand]'' What have I done? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry. ''[Weeps lodly]'' '''I'm sorry'''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When she slightly expresses concern for the troubled girls at the foundation, Jae-hee wonders if she's going through menopause and why she's worried about others.
* PowerHair: She wears a bob and is the director of SRF and has the influence to control the nation, plus she wields considerable behind-the-scenes power.
* RagsToRiches: She used to work as a maid at Yo-han's mansion when she was a child. She later rose from poverty to become the chairwoman of a Foundation and is now powerful enough to influence the leaders of the country through [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her connections]]. How she acquired her wealth is left unknown.
* TalkingToThemself: Sometimes she talks to herself with sweet praises like "you did well, Sun-ah!" or "[[ThirdPersonPerson Jung Sun-ah is incredible]]" in front of her mirror.
* {{Yandere}}: For Yo-han. She kidnaps him,
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A lieutenant in the Regional Investigation Unit.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''Don't do it. Don't ruin your life over a crook like him.''"]]
A lieutenant in the Regional InvestigationUnit.Unit and Ga-on's {{childhood friend|s}}. She's a courageous woman who attempts to reveal Yo-han's secrets.
[[caption-width-right:350:"''Don't do it. Don't ruin your life over a crook like him.''"]]
A lieutenant in the Regional Investigation
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She has a crush on Ga-on, but he only likes her as a friend.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: In a flashback she grabs Ga-on's knife. Deconstructed since she cuts her hand.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: She dies in Ga-on's arms.]]
* BareHandedBladeBlock: In a flashback she grabs Ga-on's knife. Deconstructed since she cuts her hand.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: She dies in Ga-on's arms.]]
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Downplayed. She has a crush on Ga-on, but he only likes her as a friend.
friend. He changes his mind later in episode 13 when he kisses her and then later he admits that he has feelings for her and wants to date her but was holding back to protect their friendship.
* AngerBornOfWorry: She calls him a fool and, slightly exasperated with him, she begs him not to put himself in danger again and to stop ruining his own life.
-->'''Soo-hyun:''' That's all I ask for, Ga-on. You're all I need, Ga-on.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: In aflashback flashback/dream of Ga-on's, she grabs Ga-on's knife. the knife Ga-on was holding to kill Young-choon to prevent him from committing murder. Deconstructed since she cuts her hand.
hand and it leaves a scar.
* BondingThroughSharedEarbuds: When Ga-on tears up at the thought of him not knowing what exactly happened to his deceased parents and the man who conned them out of their money escaping jail, she puts an earbud in his ear and one in hers and plays a sentimental song then side-hugs him while he cries... in the middle of a restaurant nonetheless.
* BoyishShortHair: PlayedWith. She has short hair fitting her job as a cop but she used to have long hair in the past.
* ByTheBookCop: She strictly follows the law and blindly trusts it and the system even though events around her prove that the system is corrupt. However, this is played with since she tampered with the crime scene where she found Ga-on, but [[DoubleSubversion it's just a case of suicide]] {{mistaken for murder|er}} on her end. She was still half willing to cover up a crime for Ga-on though.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She switches from an unlucky childhood friend to a victorious one when Ga-on finally reciprocates her feelings and [[RelationshipUpgrade upgrades their relationship]] (though that doesn't last long since she dies in the same episode).
* DestroyTheEvidence: A non-straight example since a crime didn't happen. When she enters Minister Cha's office and sees her dead body with Ga-on (and Yo-han) there, she jumps to the conclusion that they did this to Minister Cha, and proceeds to hide the evidence that they were there for Ga-on's sake only.
-->'''Soo-hyun:''' ''[Slaps Ga-on]'' Do you know what I had to do for you? I had to destroy the evidence. How could you disappoint me like that? How could you? ''(starts crying)''
* DiedInYourArmsTonight:[[spoiler: She gets shot then Ga-on cradles her in his arms as she takes her last breath.
* DisposableWoman: Downplayed in the sense that she isn't completely a flat character, but compared to the other recurring female characters she doesn't have many character traits other than her crush on Ga-On and distrust of Yo-han, and then she's killed off to galvanize Ga-on into avenging her death. We learn nothing about her personal motives or background.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: She confesses her love to Ga-on one last time as she dies of a gunshot wound.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Ga-on admits she's this to him as she's the only person that he has inGa-on's arms.]]his life after his family died (alongside Professor Min to a degree) and has provided him the emotional and moral support that kept him going.
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: She's content just being by his side although she has confessed her feelings to Ga-on several times who rejected them all because he wanted to remain as friends only. She succeeds in winning his affection in the end.
-->'''Ga-on:''' If I were to lose you, I wouldn't have anyone else.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: It's subdued as she has some characterization (her being law-abiding, gentle, forthright, and a black belt holder) but her role significantly revolves around her being into Ga-on and she barely interacts with any of the main cast beside him. Plus, she's the least fleshed-out in comparison to the other important female characters. It's made worse when she's killed off just to further Ga-on’s character development.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Very, very subtle but when Elijah asks her why she kept confessing to Ga-on even though he rejected her multiple times, she said it's because he cried, which happened five times. Probably due to her protective instinct kicking in.
* AngerBornOfWorry: She calls him a fool and, slightly exasperated with him, she begs him not to put himself in danger again and to stop ruining his own life.
-->'''Soo-hyun:''' That's all I ask for, Ga-on. You're all I need, Ga-on.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: In a
* BondingThroughSharedEarbuds: When Ga-on tears up at the thought of him not knowing what exactly happened to his deceased parents and the man who conned them out of their money escaping jail, she puts an earbud in his ear and one in hers and plays a sentimental song then side-hugs him while he cries... in the middle of a restaurant nonetheless.
* BoyishShortHair: PlayedWith. She has short hair fitting her job as a cop but she used to have long hair in the past.
* ByTheBookCop: She strictly follows the law and blindly trusts it and the system even though events around her prove that the system is corrupt. However, this is played with since she tampered with the crime scene where she found Ga-on, but [[DoubleSubversion it's just a case of suicide]] {{mistaken for murder|er}} on her end. She was still half willing to cover up a crime for Ga-on though.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She switches from an unlucky childhood friend to a victorious one when Ga-on finally reciprocates her feelings and [[RelationshipUpgrade upgrades their relationship]] (though that doesn't last long since she dies in the same episode).
* DestroyTheEvidence: A non-straight example since a crime didn't happen. When she enters Minister Cha's office and sees her dead body with Ga-on (and Yo-han) there, she jumps to the conclusion that they did this to Minister Cha, and proceeds to hide the evidence that they were there for Ga-on's sake only.
-->'''Soo-hyun:''' ''[Slaps Ga-on]'' Do you know what I had to do for you? I had to destroy the evidence. How could you disappoint me like that? How could you? ''(starts crying)''
* DiedInYourArmsTonight:
* DisposableWoman: Downplayed in the sense that she isn't completely a flat character, but compared to the other recurring female characters she doesn't have many character traits other than her crush on Ga-On and distrust of Yo-han, and then she's killed off to galvanize Ga-on into avenging her death. We learn nothing about her personal motives or background.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: She confesses her love to Ga-on one last time as she dies of a gunshot wound.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Ga-on admits she's this to him as she's the only person that he has in
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: She's content just being by his side although she has confessed her feelings to Ga-on several times who rejected them all because he wanted to remain as friends only. She succeeds in winning his affection in the end.
-->'''Ga-on:''' If I were to lose you, I wouldn't have anyone else.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: It's subdued as she has some characterization (her being law-abiding, gentle, forthright, and a black belt holder) but her role significantly revolves around her being into Ga-on and she barely interacts with any of the main cast beside him. Plus, she's the least fleshed-out in comparison to the other important female characters. It's made worse when she's killed off just to further Ga-on’s character development.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Very, very subtle but when Elijah asks her why she kept confessing to Ga-on even though he rejected her multiple times, she said it's because he cried, which happened five times. Probably due to her protective instinct kicking in.
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An associate judge.
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[[folder: Min Jeong-ho]]
--> '''Played by:'' Ahn Nae-sang
Ga-on's former professor.
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[[folder: Min Jeong-ho]]
--> '''Played by:'' Ahn Nae-sang
Ga-on's former professor.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''The thing about people is, they believe the words of the people they like, rather than the truth.''"]]
An associatejudge.
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[[folder: Min Jeong-ho]]
--> '''Played by:'' Ahn Nae-sang
Ga-on's former professor.judge who idolizes Yo-han. She's easily excitable and has the ambition to do better.
[[caption-width-right:350:"''The thing about people is, they believe the words of the people they like, rather than the truth.''"]]
An associate
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[[folder: Min Jeong-ho]]
--> '''Played by:'' Ahn Nae-sang
Ga-on's former professor.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems to be Ga-on's friend, but he's really working with Sun-ah.
* NeverMyFault: Sees Kang Yo-Han as the cause of everything that's wrong with society. He fails to acknowledge that he is part of the problem.
* NeverMyFault: Sees Kang Yo-Han as the cause of everything that's wrong with society. He fails to acknowledge that he is part of the problem.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems AmbitionIsEvil: She shows signs of enjoying the limelight that being a judge on live TV brings, and thus Sun-ah convinces her to be Ga-on's friend, but he's really working aim for more than being just a mere associate judge not on par with Sun-ah.
her male peers who get to shine more than her. She takes up Sun-ah's offer and almost becomes the chief judge not knowing she's causing harm to innocent civilians along the way. However, she later realizes her mistakes and joins Yo Han in fighting against the elite.
*NeverMyFault: Sees Kang Yo-Han TheCutie: She's mostly cheerful, humane (as noted by Sun-ah), and sweet toward people in general.
* {{Fangirl}}: She's a huge fan of Yo-han to the point where she has a cutout photo of him in her office. However, this changes as thecause series progresses as she desires to be an equal to him rather than someone looked down upon (according to her anyway).
* GreenEyedMonster: She's envious to a certain degree ofeverything that's wrong with society. He fails Yo-han's popularity and wants it for herself as well. Justified as she felt sidelined and overshadowed by Ga-on and Yo-han but drops it when they let her in their plans and she takes an active role in them.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Wishes toacknowledge be famous and influential just like Yo-han, especially since she led an underprivileged life. Justified since she has felt she has a minor role in trials and events surrounding Yo-han and Ga-on and because Sun-ah kept convincing her she has the "it" factor to be a star.
* MustMakeAmends: When she witnesses how awful the SRF is, she is disturbed by what's happening to innocent people and how she unawarely helped the SRF and quickly joins Ga-on and Yo-han's fight against them without making excuses for herself.
* UnwittingPawn: She has been tricked into believing thathe is part there's a [[ThePlague plague]] when in reality [[PoliceBrutality people were brutalized by the government]] in the name of evacuation from the area of the problem. alleged outbreak.
*
* {{Fangirl}}: She's a huge fan of Yo-han to the point where she has a cutout photo of him in her office. However, this changes as the
* GreenEyedMonster: She's envious to a certain degree of
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Wishes to
* MustMakeAmends: When she witnesses how awful the SRF is, she is disturbed by what's happening to innocent people and how she unawarely helped the SRF and quickly joins Ga-on and Yo-han's fight against them without making excuses for herself.
* UnwittingPawn: She has been tricked into believing that
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[[folder: Cha Kyung-hee]]
--> '''Played by:''' Jang Young-nam
The Minister of Justice.
--> '''Played by:''' Jang Young-nam
The Minister of Justice.
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[[folder: Cha Kyung-hee]]
Min Jeong-ho]]
--> '''Played by:'''Jang Young-nam
The Minister of Justice.Ahn Nae-sang
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[HeWhoFightsMonsters If you look into the abyss long enough, the abyss gazes back at you]].''"]]
Ga-on's former professor and mentor.
--> '''Played by:'''
The Minister of Justice.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[HeWhoFightsMonsters If you look into the abyss long enough, the abyss gazes back at you]].''"]]
Ga-on's former professor and mentor.
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* BoomHeadshot [=/=] DrivenToSuicide: She kills herself after her crimes are revealed.
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* BoomHeadshot [=/=] DrivenToSuicide: She kills herself after her crimes are revealed.BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems to be Ga-on's friend, but he's really working with the evil Sun-ah and has a hand in the murder of Soo-hyun.
* BoundAndGagged: Ga-on ties him up and gags his mouth with a piece of cloth in order to kill in the finale.
* NeverMyFault: Sees Kang Yo-Han as the cause of everything that's wrong with society. He fails to acknowledge that he is part of the problem.
* BoundAndGagged: Ga-on ties him up and gags his mouth with a piece of cloth in order to kill in the finale.
* NeverMyFault: Sees Kang Yo-Han as the cause of everything that's wrong with society. He fails to acknowledge that he is part of the problem.
[[folder: Cha Kyung-hee]]
--> '''Played by:''' Jang Young-nam
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''Never become weak. If you become weak, you become a victim.''"]]
The Minister of Justice.
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* BoomHeadshot: In episode 11, she shoots herself in the head in her office.
* DrivenToSuicide: She kills herself after her crimes are revealed.
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--> '''Played by:''' Jang Young-nam
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''Never become weak. If you become weak, you become a victim.''"]]
The Minister of Justice.
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* BoomHeadshot: In episode 11, she shoots herself in the head in her office.
* DrivenToSuicide: She kills herself after her crimes are revealed.
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* DisappearedDad: His father committed suicide after being frame.
* DisneyVillainDeath: A non-villainous example. Sun-ah kidnaps him then drops him from a height.
* OneLetterName: He's known only as K.
* DisneyVillainDeath: A non-villainous example. Sun-ah kidnaps him then drops him from a height.
* OneLetterName: He's known only as K.
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* DisappearedDad: His father committed suicide after being frame.
framed.
* DisneyVillainDeath:A non-villainous example. Inverted as he's not a villain, however, Sun-ah kidnaps him and then drops him from a height.
* OneLetterName: He's only knownonly as K.
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* OneLetterName: He's only known
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Isaac's daughter.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[CatchPhrase It's no fun]].''"]]
Isaac'sdaughter.daughter and Yo-han's niece. She can be mouthy and tends to snark a lot as she pretends to be a tough girl on the outside. However, on the inside, she trusts others easily and has a fragile heart.
[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[CatchPhrase It's no fun]].''"]]
Isaac's
* BlatantLies: She claims that Ga-on leaving her mansion to go back to his house doesn't matter to her only for her to weep when he exits the mansion.
* DeadpanSnarker: She tends to snark and have sarcastic remarks a lot. Usually directed at Ga-on.
* DeadpanSnarker: She tends to snark and have sarcastic remarks a lot. Usually directed at Ga-on.
* GeniusCripple: Although she uses a wheelchair, she's an excellent hacker as evident when she opens the electric shuttered entrance of Jukchang’s studio and handles the security system.
* LonelyRichKid: Since she's stuck at home due to her disability she doesn't have anyone to hang out with outside of Ga-on and sometimes Soo-hyun.
* LonelyRichKid: Since she's stuck at home due to her disability she doesn't have anyone to hang out with outside of Ga-on and sometimes Soo-hyun.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: A tragic and accidental version. [[spoiler: She knocked over a candle, starting the fire that killed her parents.]]
* SeriousBusiness: She and Yo-han turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* SeriousBusiness: She and Yo-han turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: She cries hard when Ga-on leaves her and Yo-han's mansion where he was staying and pleads for him to stay.
* SelfMadeOrphan:A tragic and An accidental version. [[spoiler: She knocked over a candle, starting the fire that killed her parents.]]
* SeriousBusiness: She and Yo-han turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* SelfMadeOrphan:
* SeriousBusiness: She and Yo-han turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
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Yo-han's half-brother.
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Yo-han's dead half-brother.
Yo-han's dead half-brother.
* ThePromise: He makes Yo-han promise to never hurt innocent people (after he tells Yo-han off for making Sun-ah jump off a window).
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[[folder: Ji Young-ok]]
--> '''Played by:''' Yoon Ye-hee
Yo-han's housekeeper.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Is the real power behind the South-Korean government.]]
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* NeverMyFault: Sees Kang Yo-Han as the cause of everything that's wrong with society. He fails to acknowledge that he is part of the problem.
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* {{Yandere}}: For Yo-han. She kidnaps him, forcibly kisses him, tells him she wants to hurt him...
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She has a crush on Ga-on, but he only likes her as a friend.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: In a flashback she grabs Ga-on's knife. Deconstructed since she cuts her hand.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: She dies in Ga-on's arms.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She has a crush on Ga-on, but he only likes her as a friend.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: In a flashback she grabs Ga-on's knife. Deconstructed since she cuts her hand.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: She dies in Ga-on's arms.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems to be Ga-on's friend, but he's really working with Sun-ah.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems to be Ga-on's friend, but he's really working with Sun-ah.
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* BoomHeadshot [=/=] DrivenToSuicide: She kills herself after her crimes are revealed.
* BoomHeadshot [=/=] DrivenToSuicide: She kills herself after her crimes are revealed.
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* DisappearedDad: His father committed suicide after being frame.
* DisneyVillainDeath: A non-villainous example. Sun-ah kidnaps him then drops him from a height.
* DisneyVillainDeath: A non-villainous example. Sun-ah kidnaps him then drops him from a height.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: A tragic and accidental version. [[spoiler: She knocked over a candle, starting the fire that killed her parents.]]
* SeriousBusiness: She and Yo-han turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* TeenGenius: She can hack into almost anything and is an engineering student at Stanford.
* SeriousBusiness: She and Yo-han turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* TeenGenius: She can hack into almost anything and is an engineering student at Stanford.
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[[folder: Kim Ga-on]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Park Jin-woo (child)
An associate judge.
[[folder: Kim Ga-on]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Park Jin-woo (child)
An associate judge.
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* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Isaac.
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* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like AbusiveParents: His father forced him to sleep in the basement and whipped him with a belt.
* BigWhat: This is his reaction when [[spoiler: Ga-on accuses him of murdering Isaac.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Suffers this towards the end of episode fifteen. He stays relatively calm when [[spoiler: Ga-on tries to stab him]] and when he's arrested, but as soon as Sun-ah produces the CCTV footage revealing [[spoiler: Elijah accidentally started the church fire]] he ''snaps''.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Does this while trying to catch Young-min, cutting in front of and weaving around other cars without regard for his own or anyone else's safety.
* FakingTheDead: Does this ''twice''.
* ForcedToWatch: Sun-ah and Jae-hee force him to watch [[spoiler: K]]'s death.
* ForcefulKiss: Sun-ah kisses him while he's handcuffed and can't push her away.
* HeroicBastard: Though calling him "heroic" [[AntiHero is a stretch]].
* MissingMum: His mother abandoned him when he was a baby.
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: Locks himself and the corrupt politicians in the courtroom then blows it up. Subverted since he survives.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gets very close to Ga-on, practically holds him against a bookcase, and puts his hand on his shoulder when he finds him in his office.
* ProperlyParanoid: Made plans to get out of prison if he ever ended up there. [[spoiler: When Sun-ah got him arrested he put his plans into action and got out easily.]]
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Happens twice. The first time he's reported murdered in prison. The second time it's assumed he died in the courtroom explosion. Both times he survives.
* SeriousBusiness: He and Elijah turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit for most of the series.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a child he killed a bird just because it landed on the desk beside him. He also made Sun-ah jump from a second-storey window, and according to Ms. Ji he poisoned his father's dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, [[spoiler: who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested]], if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
* WouldHitAGirl: Tells Sun-ah he treats men and women the same, immediately before trying to throttle her.
* BigWhat: This is his reaction when [[spoiler: Ga-on accuses him of murdering Isaac.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Suffers this towards the end of episode fifteen. He stays relatively calm when [[spoiler: Ga-on tries to stab him]] and when he's arrested, but as soon as Sun-ah produces the CCTV footage revealing [[spoiler: Elijah accidentally started the church fire]] he ''snaps''.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Does this while trying to catch Young-min, cutting in front of and weaving around other cars without regard for his own or anyone else's safety.
* FakingTheDead: Does this ''twice''.
* ForcedToWatch: Sun-ah and Jae-hee force him to watch [[spoiler: K]]'s death.
* ForcefulKiss: Sun-ah kisses him while he's handcuffed and can't push her away.
* HeroicBastard: Though calling him "heroic" [[AntiHero is a stretch]].
* MissingMum: His mother abandoned him when he was a baby.
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: Locks himself and the corrupt politicians in the courtroom then blows it up. Subverted since he survives.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gets very close to Ga-on, practically holds him against a bookcase, and puts his hand on his shoulder when he finds him in his office.
* ProperlyParanoid: Made plans to get out of prison if he ever ended up there. [[spoiler: When Sun-ah got him arrested he put his plans into action and got out easily.]]
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Happens twice. The first time he's reported murdered in prison. The second time it's assumed he died in the courtroom explosion. Both times he survives.
* SeriousBusiness: He and Elijah turn a game of Jenga into a two-hour-long competition.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit for most of the series.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a child he killed a bird just because it landed on the desk beside him. He also made Sun-ah jump from a second-storey window, and according to Ms. Ji he poisoned his father's dog.
* WasItAllALie: Inverted when he asks Ga-on, [[spoiler: who's just tried to stab him and had him arrested]], if he thinks everything Yo-han said to him was a lie.
* WouldHitAGirl: Tells Sun-ah he treats men and women the same, immediately before trying to throttle her.
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--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Park Jin-woo (child)
An associate judge.
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* BreakTheCutie: He doesn't take it well when he learns Young-choon escaped prison, especially since this revelation came right after Ga-on thinks Yo-han is just using him. He ends up even more broken later, when he learns he was tricked into turning against Yo-han.
* DisappearedDad [=/=] MissingMum : His father committed suicide and his mother died of illness when he was sixteen.
* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Isaac.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to lose her.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Tries to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han arrives and defuses the bomb just in time.]]
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: He plans to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han interrupts him before he can go through with it.]]
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--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Park Jin-woo (child)
An associate judge.
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* BreakTheCutie: He doesn't take it well when he learns Young-choon escaped prison, especially since this revelation came right after Ga-on thinks Yo-han is just using him. He ends up even more broken later, when he learns he was tricked into turning against Yo-han.
* DisappearedDad [=/=] MissingMum : His father committed suicide and his mother died of illness when he was sixteen.
* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Isaac.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Soo-hyun grumbles that she's asked Ga-on out five times since kindergarten and he's rejected her every time. Ga-on replies that she's his best friend and he doesn't want to lose her.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Tries to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han arrives and defuses the bomb just in time.]]
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: He plans to kill himself and Professor Min. Yo-han interrupts him before he can go through with it.]]
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: For Yo-han, of the "[[AxeCrazy downright]] [[{{Yandere}} psychotic]]" variety. Her idea of flirting is to knock him out, kidnap him, chain him up, and forcibly kiss him.
* AfraidOfNeedles: She's afraid of syringes, though that doesn't stop her injecting Yo-han with a drug.
* AntagonistInMourning: She reacts with shock and dismay when she hears [[spoiler: Yo-han]] is dead, even though she was responsible for the events leading up to his [[spoiler: apparent]] death.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems normal... at first. Then she kidnaps Yo-han, and reveals how manipulative and psychotic she really is.
* BoomHeadshot: Shoots [[spoiler: Heo Joong-se]] in the head, then [[spoiler: kills herself the same way]] a few minutes later.
* TheChessmaster: She set the entire plot in motion by deliberately arranging for Ga-on and Yo-han to meet. And that's just the start of her manipulating everyone.
* DeadlyHug: Hugs [[spoiler: Chairman Seo]], then stabs him to death.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Kills herself before the courtroom explosion.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She looks kind and innocent. She's also a {{Yandere}} and a ManipulativeBitch who's [[TheChessmaster responsible for almost everything that happens in the series.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Kisses Yo-han while he's handcuffed and can't push her away.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: For Yo-han, of the "[[AxeCrazy downright]] [[{{Yandere}} psychotic]]" variety. Her idea of flirting is to knock him out, kidnap him, chain him up, and forcibly kiss him.
* AfraidOfNeedles: She's afraid of syringes, though that doesn't stop her injecting Yo-han with a drug.
* AntagonistInMourning: She reacts with shock and dismay when she hears [[spoiler: Yo-han]] is dead, even though she was responsible for the events leading up to his [[spoiler: apparent]] death.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems normal... at first. Then she kidnaps Yo-han, and reveals how manipulative and psychotic she really is.
* BoomHeadshot: Shoots [[spoiler: Heo Joong-se]] in the head, then [[spoiler: kills herself the same way]] a few minutes later.
* TheChessmaster: She set the entire plot in motion by deliberately arranging for Ga-on and Yo-han to meet. And that's just the start of her manipulating everyone.
* DeadlyHug: Hugs [[spoiler: Chairman Seo]], then stabs him to death.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Kills herself before the courtroom explosion.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She looks kind and innocent. She's also a {{Yandere}} and a ManipulativeBitch who's [[TheChessmaster responsible for almost everything that happens in the series.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Kisses Yo-han while he's handcuffed and can't push her away.
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* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Isaac.
* IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Isaac.
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* OneLetterName: He's known only as K.
* OneLetterName: He's known only as K.
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* GenderBlenderName: Yes, her name is really Elijah.
* {{Nephewism}}: Yo-han is her uncle and has raised her since her parents' deaths.
* GenderBlenderName: Yes, her name is really Elijah.
* {{Nephewism}}: Yo-han is her uncle and has raised her since her parents' deaths.
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* IdenticalStranger: He looked exactly like Ga-on.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by the time the series starts.
* IdenticalStranger: He looked exactly like Ga-on.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by the time the series starts.
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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Kang Yo-han]]
--> '''Played by:''' Ji Sung (adult), Moon Woo-jin (child)
The Live Court's chief judge.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kim Ga-on]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Park Jin-woo (child)
An associate judge.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jang Sun-ah]]
--> '''Played by:''' Kim Min-jung (adult), Kim Ga-yoon (child)
An employee of the Social Responsibility Foundation.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Yoon Soo-hyun]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Gyu-young (adult), Yoon Byul-ha (child)
A lieutenant in the Regional Investigation Unit.
[[/folder]]
!!The Live Court
[[folder: Oh Jin-joo]]
--> '''Played by:''' Kim Jae-kyung
An associate judge.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Min Jeong-ho]]
--> '''Played by:'' Ahn Nae-sang
Ga-on's former professor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cha Kyung-hee]]
--> '''Played by:''' Jang Young-nam
The Minister of Justice.
[[/folder]]
!!People around Yo-han
[[folder: K]]
--> '''Played by:''' Lee Ki-taek
Yo-han's driver.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kang Elijah]]
--> '''Played by:''' Jeon Chae-eun (teenager), Kim Su-ha (child)
Isaac's daughter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kang Isaac]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Seo Woo-jin (child), Cha Yoo-jin (teenager)
Yo-han's half-brother.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ji Young-ok]]
--> '''Played by:''' Yoon Ye-hee
Yo-han's housekeeper.
[[/folder]]
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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Kang Yo-han]]
--> '''Played by:''' Ji Sung (adult), Moon Woo-jin (child)
The Live Court's chief judge.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kim Ga-on]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Park Jin-woo (child)
An associate judge.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jang Sun-ah]]
--> '''Played by:''' Kim Min-jung (adult), Kim Ga-yoon (child)
An employee of the Social Responsibility Foundation.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Yoon Soo-hyun]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Gyu-young (adult), Yoon Byul-ha (child)
A lieutenant in the Regional Investigation Unit.
[[/folder]]
!!The Live Court
[[folder: Oh Jin-joo]]
--> '''Played by:''' Kim Jae-kyung
An associate judge.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Min Jeong-ho]]
--> '''Played by:'' Ahn Nae-sang
Ga-on's former professor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cha Kyung-hee]]
--> '''Played by:''' Jang Young-nam
The Minister of Justice.
[[/folder]]
!!People around Yo-han
[[folder: K]]
--> '''Played by:''' Lee Ki-taek
Yo-han's driver.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kang Elijah]]
--> '''Played by:''' Jeon Chae-eun (teenager), Kim Su-ha (child)
Isaac's daughter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kang Isaac]]
--> '''Played by:''' Park Jin-young (adult), Seo Woo-jin (child), Cha Yoo-jin (teenager)
Yo-han's half-brother.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ji Young-ok]]
--> '''Played by:''' Yoon Ye-hee
Yo-han's housekeeper.
[[/folder]]
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