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Naga, your everyday normal high school student, is recruited by the government agency SPOON to be a superhero. Of course, he refuses right away. Who in their right mind would ever want to be a superhero anyways?

You have to keep a SecretIdentity to prevent villains from targeting your loved ones, you can't hold a decent job because too much of your time and energy is spent on trying to save the world, and no one appreciates the things you do because they don't know that you're out there risking your life to protect everyone else. It's much better to cram for college entrance exams so that you can have a career in something ordinary, right?

Well, actually... every single concern is addressed, and our protagonist will walk the path of a somewhat apathetic superhero after all.

A SliceOfLife SciFi action comedy {{Korean Webtoon|s}} by author samchon, it is a humorous {{deconstruction}} of the superhero vs. villain tale. It is serialized in Korean [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=400742&weekday=wed here.]] You can read it in english [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/i-dont-want-this-kind-of-hero/list?title_no=98 here.]]
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Just about any female agent counts as one, though Dana, as chief, is one of the more prominent ones.
* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Various members of Knife, who are friendly and treat Spoon like long-lost family. Doesn't mean that they have any qualms about fighting them, though.
* AffectionateParody: Of the superhero genre.
* AllGenesAreCoDominant: Played straight and subverted. HalfHumanHybrids take after both the animal and the human, but if two different hybrids produce a child, the child will only receive the animal characteristics of one parent. It's why Hyena is initially surprised to see Vicki, who has both wings and cat ears--before Vicki reveals that her mother was an action figure come to life.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Barring minor characters/characters who eventually die, the examples of happy, requited couples is limited solely to [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Haze and Raptor]] and [[UglyGuyHotWife Gregor and Eunbidan]] and vastly outnumbered.
** Dana is in love with Osu, who appears to be ObliviousToLove.
** Yuda is in love with Eunbidan, who ends up with Gregor.
** Songha is in love with Young Jeong, who not only considers him far too young but sees him as [[spoiler:a disposable pawn]].
** Lady is in love with Naga, who would prefer that she stay far, far away from him.
** Orca is in love with Medusa, who sees him more as a surrogate son than anything.
** The entire plot happens because Baek Morae is in love with Raptor while she would very much rather see him ''dead''.
* AmbiguousTimePeriod: For the most part, the setting resembles modern-day Earth (specifically, it takes place in Korea). However, it mentions racism of the non-fantastic kind being a thing of the past, which would indicate it taking place in the future were it not for the lack of any other futuristic signs.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: Spoon--or whichever name they're going by now--is still standing, even after the fall of Knife, and Naga continues to work for them. As the final lines go:
-->'''Naga:''' Thank you for saying thank you. I'll do better tomorrow.
* AntiHero: Spoon's got a few of these. Naga falls under the 'plain, unmotivated' category, while the likes of Dana and Haze fall under the 'pragmatic jerk' category.
* AntiVillain: Conversely, while some members of Knife ''are'' vicious or at least questionably sane, some members such as Orca and Kanna treat the entire thing as more of a job that they're occasionally tired of. Or, like Song Ha, are considerably honourable to the point where you have to wonder why the heck they're with Knife.
** Guineung outright lampshades this trope, commenting that kind villains are all the rage since they subvert stereotypes.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: The hero briefly finds the idea of summoning demons ridiculous -- until his WingedHumanoid companion calls attention to himself. Also, the main character is telekinetic, and his other teammate is a ''witch''.
* ArtEvolution: It's a 300+ chapters long series (200+ on the English site), so this is inevitable. As times goes on, the art style uses more subtle lineart and smoother and more complex shading.
* ArtStyleDissonance: The colors are bright, the art is clean, and while it's generally humorous, the comic touches on things like slavery, human trafficking, obsession, and more.
* BerserkButton: Baekmorae himself is this for a few people. Song Ha's betrayal is also apparently one for Sasa.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: During his period of being BroughtDownToNormal, Naga considers suicide as it would likely be less painful than waiting for Knife to find and kill him once they realize he's no longer useful to them.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Whoo boy.
** Baekmorae UsedToBeASweetKid, before trauma was piled up on him and he snapped ''hard''.
** Naga's generally an easygoing and compliant guy, but suffice to say that Dune learned his lesson about never [[BroughtDownToNormal stripping him of his powers as a test]], considering that Naga was ''this'' close to going on an UnstoppableRage.
** Raptor is typically the CoolBigSis. If [[{{Yandere}} Baekmorae]] enters the equations, however...
** No. 1 is usually a friendly guy who seems like he wouldn't harm a fly. [[spoiler:His response when he finally meets the man who ruined his little brother's life? Try and shoot the guy.]]
** Sasa is one of the nicest characters in the series. If ItsPersonal, though, all bets are off.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Dana. Conversely, her male counterpart, Judas, is a {{Bishounen}}.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** No. 1 towards No. 2, veering on KnightTemplarBigBrother given that he absolutely flips upon meeting [[spoiler:Baekmorae]]. While not regarding that particular incident, Dune lampshades this trope when discussing No. 1 with Dana.
** Sasa, though not related to Naga and Hyena by blood, occasionally displays this, likely due to being the oldest member of the trio.
* BigBrotherMentor: Sasa's expected to be one towards Naga. That said, [[SternTeacher Dune]] fits the role better, especially what with being Naga's actual mentor.
* BioAugmentation: Baekmorae (along with others) was involved with this in the past, with it being what broke him. Some villains keep up with it in the present.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Literally. Dana gets sent to deal with a bullying situation, immediately beating up the wolf to defend the sheep, only to discover that it's the ''sheep'' who's the bully.
* BittersweetEnding: In the end, life goes on. Naga may have become much wearier of the hero business, but it didn't break him, and he states that he'd still help people regardless. Dune [[spoiler:has accepted that he can't handle his job and has become a teacher instead]], Sasa [[spoiler:fulfilled his revenge even if it perhaps didn't cure everything]], and very pointedly, right after Naga notes that he hasn't [[spoiler:seen No. 2--who ended up the most broken out of everyone--come outside all this time, he sees No. 2 stepping out to help No. 1 and Gregor with the flowers]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Due to the series' nature as a gag comic, it's fond of doing this.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Dune's ability involves invoking this on people, using smoke.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: A light-hearted version: after Naga [[RefusalOfTheCall rejects Dana and Guineung's offer to join Spoon]], Guineung basically ''stalks'' the poor guy.
* CastFromHitPoints: When [[GenreSavvy Naga]] expresses surprise that healers need stamina, Dune explains that it's because healing powers work in this fashion.
* CerebusRollercoaster: The series basically lives the MoodWhiplash life 24/7. One can expect humorous (or, at the very least, light-hearted) moments in between all the gruesome and depressing events that occur, or vice versa--casual moments of darkness in between the humour.
* ChekhovsGunman:
** That girl who asks Guineung about Spoon at the start of the series? [[spoiler:She turns out to be a member of Knife, as revealed much later on.]]
** No. 1 can be seen very early on as one of Naga's acquaintances on his way to school. It's not revealed under later that he has ties to Spoon.
* ChickMagnet: Sasa, occasionally to his dismay. The author stated that he is objectively the most handsome man that appears in this webcomic. Vivian appears to have him beat, though, as he received more Valentine's Day chocolates. The author stated that he is the one who objectively acts the most gentlemanlike toward women.
* CompleteImmortality: Research's being done in hopes of achieving it, though nothing entirely successful just yet.
* ContinuityCameo: Sara (Sasa's younger brother, who featured in the original edition of the webtoon) can be seen when the main trio visits Fork.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: See OurDemonsAreDifferent.
* DarkActionGirl: Just as how Spoon has their share of [[ActionGirl Action Girls]], Knife has their share of this, with prominent examples being Medusa and Lady.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Despite the series being a gag comic, it's fond of these. Degrees of coping range anywhere from the likes of Guineung, who functions well in spite of it, to No. 2 who's fine as long as certain elements don't come up, to Dune's who's a ShellShockedVeteran, to Baekmorae's who's... ''[[CuteAndPsycho Baekmorae]]''.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The demons.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the superhero genre.
* DestructiveSaviour: PlayedForLaughs in Ch. 0. Naga and co. apprehend the thief by destroying the motorbike he was using to get away... only to remember that the stolen object they were meant to retrieve ''was said motorbike''.
* DwindlingParty: Once the first Knife member dies, all bets are off. [[spoiler:Only about an arc after Songha's death, Lady and Sewol follow suit. The TerribleTrio then play it safe and stay out of Spoon's sight for a while, but again, once Orca bites it, the rest sequentially kick the bucket in short order.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Calling the executives evil is pushing it, but TheReveal is that for all they hounded Naga on acting as a bodyguard for them, [[spoiler:the ones they really wanted him to protect were their HalfHumanHybrid relatives, not themselves]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Redrum's minions are ''nonviolent'' villains who don't use brutish things like guns. This might have been more admirable if they hadn't said this to Naga and co., whom they had just captured and who were under the impression that they ''were'' armed.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The one standard that everyone seems to have, from demons to Knife, is that pedophilia is despicable.
* ExactWords: While investigating an enemy hideout, Naga finds something that could sweep away a whole block! ... Aka a broom.
* FamedInStory: Subverted. Most heroes aren't known individually by the public (as Dune points out, when heroes act in numbers and don't bother with secrecy, people lose interest), which generally works out for the better--it means they can live their ordinary lives easily. Exceptions come mostly in the form of those who are famous outside of being a hero, such as Young Jeong, or attract fans due to their looks, such as Sasa.
* FantasticRacism: Against mystical creatures and [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Human Hybrids]].
* {{Flight}}: Naga and co. are the flight team--Naga can levitate with his powers, Hyena flies on her broom, and Sasa has wings.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Hyena and Sasa are on the subway, on their way to assist Naga on a mission, an event can be seen with the passengers sitting across from them.
* TheGadfly: Haze and Raptor, much to Sasa's misfortune.
%% * GenreSavvy: Numerous characters, due to the series being an AffectionateParody of the superhero genre.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Spoon as a whole tends to veer into this category, but special mentions goes to [[spoiler:Sasa, one of the few who outright and very intentionally kills someone who was supposed to just be arrested]].
* HalfHumanHybrid: Common in this world.
* HealingFactor: No. 1 and No. 2 possess quite a strong one.
* HeroInsurance: Averted. This ''doesn't'' exist, hence why Dune is very fussy about the heroes not committing vandalism and destruction. When a (unspecified) character apparently destroys a bus and Dune is on Spoon's case for it, Dana decides to dock the pay of whoever wrecked it as compensation.
* HeroesRUs: Spoon.
* HeroismWontPayTheBills: Why Naga doesn't want to join Spoon at first.
* HoldingOutForAHero: Dana comments on (and agrees with the possibility of) this phenomenon.
* IJustWantToBeNormal
* IdealHero: Dune wishes Spoon would be closer to this rather than an AntiHero. Unsurprising, considering that in Dune's 'stats', he ranks with a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness perfect score in integrity and zero in evilness]], possibly making him the closest member to this. [[spoiler:Ironically, though, he's the one with the SympatheticMurderBackstory, though his personality is why it haunts him so much.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: Fairly commonplace, hence the abundance of HalfHumanHybrids.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** Dana is violent and ill-tempered, but ultimately cares for her subordinates and tries to do the right thing.
** Haze cares about money. And his girlfriend, Raptor. But mostly money--but still about Raptor too!
** Dune is constantly getting on people's cases for one reason or another, but he genuinely believes in the image of the IdealHero (hence why he's always nagging about people's behaviour).
* KidHero: Hyena, Stell, and Naga, who are all minors.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Venom attempts to save Tracy from Baekmorae [[spoiler:only for their roles to be reversed--Tracy is the gallant hero while Venom is the DamselInDistress, apparently, complete with hilarious mental imagery on Venom's part]].
* LaughablyEvil: Redrum and co. They go straight to Naga's school to 'speak' with him, only to be told that he's on cleaning duty, so they'll have to wait for him. Hilariously enough, they patiently do.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Song Ha and Orca. Funnily enough, the reason Orca grew ''his'' hair out was because Medusa commented on Song Ha being this trope.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Venom has only ever seen Tracy and never spoken with her. Never mind the fact that he'll never be able to touch her, given their respective powers--he admits that he's never heard her voice and knows absolutely nothing about her personality-wise. Still, he can't help but like her.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy[=/=]LoveMakesYouEvil: Suffice to say a good chunk of Knife are motivated by love.
* MoodWhiplash: Don't be fooled by this series being a gag comic: it can just as easily go to being surprisingly dark, before switching back to humorous.
* MoralityKitchenSink: Some of the heroes are only heroic in name only; some of the villains are extremely pure-hearted and well-intentioned.
* MrViceGuy:
** Haze ''really'' likes money, but is always on Spoon's side.
** To a lesser degree, Dune is a heavy chain-smoker.
* MundaneUtility: Aside from the occasional act of heroism, this was how Naga used his ability before joining Spoon.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Naga lampshades this as part of the "law of manga".
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Venom and Tracy.]]
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. One chapter has both Medusa and Dana on their period, with Orca having to go out and buy tampons for the former, while the latter has to explain to Naga why being on your period makes sitting uncomfortable.
* NotWearingTights: One of [[GenreSavvy Naga's]] first thoughts when meeting Dana and Guineung:
-->'''Naga:''''' 'And why are these "heroes" not wearing technicolor spandex suits?'''
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The executives, occasionally dipping into CorruptBureaucrat territory. They're in charge of Spoon--which most would find unfortunate, given that they're also nowhere near as heroic. Unsurprisingly, Dana and the others can't stand most of them.
* ObviouslyEvil: A sex offender whom Naga and co. are sent after. Funnily enough, according to the demon that Hyena summons, the man isn't this at all and instead looks to be a man of moral character.
* OnePersonOnePower: While there are exceptions, this is the case for most people.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Not an entirely uncommon motivation for joining Spoon. For what it's worth, Dana is happy to exploit it.
* OnlyOneName: All the characters populating the world have only one name. WordOfGod says there are no last names or family names.
* OppositeSexClone: Tracy is one to Baekmorae.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Many of them look fearsome, but..
** King Solomon dishes out a punishment for a serial rapist that is harsh yet practical and PG-rated: rather than killing the criminal outright or condemning him to hell, the culprit's body is [[spoiler: magically split into two magnetic halves that repel one another]] and handed over to the police.
* PassingTheTorch: Young Jeong intends to [[spoiler:do this with Naga, who is less than willing. She also demands that when he steps down, he pass the torch to his superpowered cousin]].
* PokeThePoodle: Regarding demons:
-->''They're evil enough to knock over a man in the bathroom and steal his toilet paper too.''
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. Spoon works in conjunction with the police (and occasionally, for simplicity's sake, claim to be the police with citizens who won't know the difference) and are shown to have a decent relationship with them.
* PoliceBrutality: When the chief beats up a criminal who posed no immediate threat, she gets arrested, because... randomly punching people is against the law.
* PoisonousPerson: Venom, due to being a sentient lump of toxic waste.
* PowerOfTrust: In a negative fashion. It's noted that "trust" is a shackle that can keep victims in abusive situations: Baek Morae believed that the director trusted him and so put up with the horrendous circumstances of the laboratory to honour that faith (blissfully unaware that the director was invoking this). Similarly, it's implied that Orca follows Baek Morae's orders in part because he can't go against someone expressing trust in him, in however a twisted way.
* PowerTrio: Teams in Spoon tend to consist of three people. Groups given so far include:
** Naga, Hyena, and Sasa.
** Haze, Raptor, and Stell.
* PrecociousCrush: Not so precocious now that he's grown up, but Orca's been crushing on Medusa since he was a kid, despite her being something like a mother figure.
* PunchClockHero: Some of the Spoon heroes, due to it just being a job to them.
* PyrrhicVictory: The start of the comic involves Naga and co. successfully apprehending a thief... while completely wrecking the motorbike that he'd stolen.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Naga initially, as HeroismWontPayTheBills. He quickly starts singing a different tune when Dana reveal that they're employed by the government and paid.
* RaceFetish: It is a known fact that mystical creatures in human forms and most [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Human Hybrids]] tend to be attractive. At one point a pure human states that it would've been nice to have been born as a Hybrid because of this. Some observing Hybrids refrain from commenting, but their expressions tell how much they disagree. Also, there are Hybrids like Gregor the giant cockroach so it may be a stereotype.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Tracy and Venom.]]
* ShoutOut: Many, as a lot of the subtle humor comes from parody.
** Franchise/DragonBall, Manga/FullmetalAlchemist, Manga/DeathNote, {{Manga/Gintama}}, WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons, {{Franchise/Pokemon}}...
** Keep a look out for Mario at the neighborhood flower shop. Sasa also at one point compares Naga's actions to playing the game.
** [[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Gregor]].
* SoleSurvivor:
** Dune, of a previous mission. It's part of what contributes to his current status as a ShellShockedVeteran.
** While Vivian and his current team are still alive, [[spoiler:Sasa has a nasty tendency to outlive his allies: this is his third team, with over half of his previous teammates appearing to have died at some point]]. It gets to the point where he seriously considers suicide to join them.
* StarCrossedLovers: Venom and Tracy, the former living up to his namesake and the latter possessing a purification ability, meaning that they'd die if they touched one another.
* {{Superhero}}
* SuperStrength: Dana, Orca, and Guineung possess this.
* SuperVillain
* SympatheticMurderBackstory: He didn't quite kill them with his own hands, specifically, but [[spoiler:Dune once intentionally left an ally to die in order to save his best friend instead. Just to rub salt into the wound, his friend ended up dying anyway, leaving Dune with a heaping of pointless guilt that he's never forgiven himself for]].
* SympathyForTheHero: Knife does occasionally feel bad for Spoon--being a hero is much harder than being a villain, what with being a SlaveToPR and whatnot.
* TheQuietOne: Sasa and Stel, both due to speech problems--Sasa has a short tongue, affecting his pronunciation, and Stel because of his powers.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Dune]] does a non-fatal version of this for Naga. [[spoiler:Considering Dune's backstory and issues, it's especially poignant.]]
* TechnicolorEyes: Tracy has blue eyes mixed with gold--a sign of her being a clone.
* {{Telepathy}}: Redrum's ability, on top of being a witch.
* TerribleTrio: Baekmorae, Medusa, and Orca.
* ThoseTwoGuys:
** The two policeman who are occasionally involved with Spoon tasks.
** Naga's two ordinary friends, whom he's often with when not on Spoon business.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Venom and Tracy.]]
* TrueCompanions: For all of their faults, everyone in Spoon is pretty much one giant family.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Dana is harsh and abrasive, but extremely ''dere'' for Oz. To a lesser extent, she's also gentler with [[KidHero Stel]] than she is with most people.
** A less extreme example, but Hyena can easily go between affectionate and temperamental. [[spoiler: It appears to run in the family.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: Discussed. Orca tells Naga that the organization Spoon belongs to isn't exactly clean, and the fact that the existence of Knife hasn't been publicized throws further suspicion on them. When Naga then relates this to Dana, asking for answers, she admits that that's all true--but does it matter? Even if Spoon has its shady areas, that doesn't change the fact that Knife is full of mass murderers who need to be stopped.
* WalkingWasteland: Venom. Without a gas mask, you probably shouldn't get near him.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The traffickers in the "pet shop" arc do not consider [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Human Hybrids]] to be human.
* WhatTheHellHero: Everyone's reaction to Dune secretly deactivating Naga's powers as means of testing him, considering how badly Naga took it.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Baekmorae and Haze, the former being one of the main antagonists and the latter being one of the more jerk-ish and pragmatic members of Spoon. No. 1 and No. 2 avert this, however, as they're generally affable people.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Used when explaining Baek Morae's DarkAndTroubledPast and thus how Knife was formed, Sasa's early days at Spoon (introducing Guineung's DarkAndTroubledPast and Sasa's first team), and how Baek Morae and Raptor first met and why Raptor despises him now.
* {{Yandere}}: Knife has a few of these.
** Baekmorae, towards Raptor. The fact that she's now dating Haze is a... ''minor'' detail.
** Lady, towards Naga.
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