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* GratuitousGerman: Chapter 86 of ''New Waves'' has the ine "du armer Freund" (You poor friend) which not only plain wrong grammatically but also not something an actual native speaker would say in that situation, even if the grammar were correct.
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* GratuitousGerman: Chapter 86 of ''New Waves'' has the ine line "du armer Freund" (You poor friend) which not only plain wrong grammatically but also not something an actual native speaker would say in that situation, even if the grammar were correct.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Shi Woon is the nicest guy in the series but hurt his family and friends [[spoiler:(or keep him from saving a friend who got horribly injured saving ''his'' ass)]] and even ''[[TheMessiah HE]]'' will seriously consider killing you.
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** [[http://mangafox.me/manga/the_breaker_new_waves/c079/1.html Jinie is not immune]]
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Chun Woo's battle against Gijuu
** [[spoiler: All of Shi Woon's fights in New Waves since his Ki Center was destroyed. ]]
* RecurringBoss: Chang Ho and later within New Waves, Yong-Hyun.
** [[spoiler: All of Shi Woon's fights in New Waves since his Ki Center was destroyed. ]]
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Subverted. Shi Woon looks like he's going to have one of these during his FreakOut, when he asks Chun Woo if the assassins were still alive, but Chun Woo possibly lies, saying they were okay, to keep tells him from freaking out even more. they're fine.
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** In New Waves it appears to be Shi Woon, Sera, Jinie, as Sae He and Sosul have been {{PutOnABus}}.
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* LoveTriangle: Yoon Ji, [[BelligerentSexualTension Chun Woo]] [[WillTheyOrWontThey and]] [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend Shiho]] can be interpreted this way initially, but later it becomes [[spoiler: Chun Woo, Shiho, and (her ex) Wonjae]]. Shi Woon, Sae He, and Sosul is also a possibility, now that Sosul clearly has a crush on Shi Woon.
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* LoveTriangle: Yoon Ji, [[BelligerentSexualTension Chun Woo]] [[WillTheyOrWontThey and]] [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend Shiho]] can be interpreted this way initially, but later it becomes [[spoiler: Chun Woo, Shiho, and (her ex) Wonjae]]. Shi Woon, Sae He, and Sosul is also a possibility, now that Sosul clearly has a crush on Shi Woon. Woon.
** In New Waves it appears to be Shi Woon, Sera, Jinie, as Sae He and Sosul have been {{PutOnABus}}.
** In New Waves it appears to be Shi Woon, Sera, Jinie, as Sae He and Sosul have been {{PutOnABus}}.
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* SuperSerum: [[spoiler: How Shi Woon is able to do martial arts after the destruction of his ki center at the end of Part 1. Also revealed later to be how the S.U.C. are able to get non murim to be able to perform [[SupernaturalMartialArts murim techniques]] without the normal extensive training. ]]
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler: Elder Kwong did this to Shioon and Yong-Hyun]]
** [[spoiler: Later on Jung Chun and Jae Gal manage to do this to Sun Woo and the Alliance]].
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* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow: [[spoiler: Shi Woon, Jinie and Yoo Ji Gun after the first two dozen chapters of New Waves, when the SUC take more story prominence. ]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Let the rampage of Nine Arts Dragon begin.]]
-> "Isn't it better to fight and lose than not fight at all?"
->'''--Shi Woon'''
[[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Shi Woon]] lives a [[ButtMonkey pathetic life]] of being beaten up by a particular group of bullies who just seem to have it out for him. Why? Who knows, maybe he's just unlucky but he's pushing his limit and is on the [[DrivenToSuicide verge of suicide]].
Enter Han Chun Woo, a highly suspicious teacher substituting while the actual teacher is on pregnancy leave. A master of [[SupernaturalMartialArts nine martial arts]] with a mission and plenty of secrets to keep, he doesn't want to concern himself with some kid's playground drama.
Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned. And for Chun Woo, they don't ever go as planned. Shi Woon ends up [[{{Blackmail}} asking]] his teacher to train him how to fight and Chun Woo just can't wait to get rid of the kid. He gives him bad advice, such as jumping off of a bridge to show his resolve without really meaning it. He jumps, and the training begins. Of course there's still the issue of what Chun Woo came to Korea for. And why do more suspicious people keep ending up on staff at this school?
Part one ends after 10 Volumes (72 chapters), after which a TimeSkip occurs. Part Two is called [[OddlyNamedSequel The Breaker: New Waves]].
Has a character page [[Characters/TheBreaker here]].
Compare with ''{{Veritas}}'' which has a similar set up, but sets off in a completely different direction.
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!! This manhwa provides examples of:
* TheAloner: Unwol, due to the nature of his punishment. He illicitly took on an apprentice, however...
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Yoo Ji-Gun uses Saehee to manipulate Shi Woon.
* {{Antivillain}}: Hyuk So Chun and Kangsung
* AppliedPhlebotinum: The Ilwollsindan, one big pill, changes Shi Woon from an utter wimp to a powerhouse bursting with ki. Although if Chun Woo hadn't intervened the [[ExplosiveOverclocking bursting]] would've been [[ToxicPhlebotinum literal]].
* AttackAttackAttack: Shi Woon just refuses to go down.
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Poor Sae He.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: Chun Woo and Shiho in the Koa Tower fight
* BadassNormal: Shi Woon after his Ki center is broken, reverting him to normal
* BatterUp: Chang Ho uses a bat in his last fight. Not that it helps him any.
* BattleAura
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Chun Woo and Shiho, eventually]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Chun Woo and Shiho.
** Seems to be developing between Shi Woon and Jinie
* BerserkButton: Chun Woo may act like he doesn't care about Shi Woon, but if you touch his disciple you're ''dead''. Talking shit about his master's death will also get him very mad. Also, [[spoiler: seeing Shiho badly hurt makes Chun Woo [[CurbStompBattle one-hit]] that cheap old bastard! Thank God for that, finally.]]
** Eventually, Shi Woon gets his own: anyone threatening his LoveInterest Sae Hee.
** For Elder Kwong anything related to Sun Woo clan.
* BettyAndVeronica: Yoon Ji and Shiho, respectively.
** Sae He and Jinie seem to be shaping up like this.
* BigBreastsBigDeal: Kim Soon Lee is Murim but her main technique is only a leg swipe because her breasts got in the way of everything else.
* BigDamnHeroes: Chun Woo, ''all the time''. May be justified, since his apprentice is always getting into trouble with guys way out of his league.
** Shi Woon's about to get curb stomped yet again when [[spoiler: Mamungi]] conveniently intervenes
** [[spoiler: Alex]] and ThoseTwoGuys show up in this fashion too.
** Also Jinie in New Waves.
* BigEater: Jinie can eat 10 servings of rice along with other food in a single sitting.
* BloodFromTheMouth
* BrainlessBeauty: Kim Soon Lee, enough so that it takes her awhile to realize she's bait in her first mission.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The characters occasionally do this and call the authors on it.
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 37 plays double duty by also being the BeachEpisode. Both are '''heavily''' [[LampshadeHanging noted]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall by the cast]]. It still manages to find the time to [[ChekhovsGun load a bullet in that special gun though]].
* BrokenPedestal: The Nine Arts Dragon has quite a number of followers among the lesser ''murim-in''; they expected that [[BlitheSpirit he would start great change in the martial arts world]]. When he failed to bring about that change, some of them, including Yi Gyu-Bum, felt as though they were abandoned and became bitter and cynical.
* BrokenMasquerade: Part of the meaning of the Title. The Nine Arts Dragon and members of the Black Forest Defense Group [[spoiler: and later the [[FunWithAcronyms S.U.C]] ]] are breaking long standing traditions around Murim society and especially its separation from interacting in view of the [[{{Muggles}} normal world]].
* ButtMonkey: Shi Woon. Also Yoon Ji has her moments of this, thanks to the running gag of her dates with Chun Woo ending poorly. Especially since it's all PlayedForLaughs.
* CantCatchUp: The bullies.
* CarChase
* CarFu: Alex vs. Mamungi
* CerebusSyndrome
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Hyun Tae, who went crazy after Gijuu's death and tried to get revenge on Chun Woo only to get beat up earlier in the story when they first meet.]]
** [[spoiler: Much more on the spot is [[ManipulativeBastard Jung Raewon]] aka the [[ScaryShinyGlasses bespectacled]] government agent]]
* ClothingDamage
* ConservationOfNinjutsu
* CoolCar: Lots of them...a Maybach, Lamborghini Murcielago, Mercedes-[=McLaren=] SLR...
* CurbStompBattle: Mamungi and his gang, who'd absolutely brutalized Shi Woon, don't do so well against Chun Woo.
** Shi Woon vs Hyuk So Chun a unique twist because of Hyuk So's own conditions he "lost", but Shi Woon got his ass completely handed to him a dozen times over without doing any damage the entire time.
* CycleOfRevenge: Kangsung comments on it in Chapter 71.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Gijuu during his fight with Chun Woo, was using level 10th Strong Metal Hand, without having the body, capable of withstanding the strain it put on his hands. If [[spoiler: he survived the fight]] he would've been a cripple for the rest of his life.
* DealWithTheDevil: Chun Woo's alliance with the Black Forest Defense Group is treated this way in-story.
* DeathByOriginStory: Chun Woo's master Unwol.
* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Mentor]]
* DeathGlare: Chun Woo is a pro with these, and Shi Woon is not half bad himself.
* TheDeterminator: Most of the martial artists to some degree, but Shi Woon takes the cake.
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: Shiho. Poor, poor Chun Woo.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Shioon is at the receiving end of this just for being Chun Woo's disciple. Jinnie is also at the receiving end of this, because her mother, Lady Hae-jin, ran away to the United States and breaking the arranged marriage that Elder Kwon had set up for her and the previous head of the Sunwoo Clan.
** [[spoiler: Made even worse when Elder Kwon finds that his daughter didn't break the arranged marriage, it was the Clan Head.]]
* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler: Shiho after she gets shot]], then [[spoiler: Chun Woo when he's about to kill the Chief.]]
* TheDitz: Rookie special forces agent Kim Soon Lee in a special side chapter released during New Waves.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Jinie seems to take Shi Woon's nice guy personality to her as this early in the story.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Played straight with Chun Woo being drained of ki already during his fight with Gijuu.
** After that fight, it's subverted. Chun Woo is supposed to be weakened since he's got his arm in a cast most of the time, but so far it looks like it hasn't been a problem. [[spoiler: As of now, this is finally over.]]
** In Part II Shi Woon's [[spoiler: broken ki center]] qualifies, as it [[spoiler: prevents him from doing high level martial arts without injury to himself. Most of the time, at least.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[InterruptedSuicide Almost]].
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Jinie attempts this with Shi Woon, but [[MomentKiller her cell phone goes off]] and she loses her nerve.
* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler: Kangsung]]
** And now Jinie, the girl who chewed out Shi Woon for trying to help her earlier.
* EvilOldFolks: Chief of the Alliance in Part 1, [[spoiler: Sun Woo clan elder, Kwon Jae Kyu assumes that role in New Waves]].
* EyelidPullTaunt: [[http://www.mangareader.net/the-breaker-new-waves/47/12 Jinie]] does this in a {{meido}} outfit just makes the people who were trying to kill her think that she's cute.
* EyeScream
* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly [[MsFanservice Shiho]], though Yoon Ji and even Sae He have their moments. In New Waves Jinie provides most of it, as she frequently wears clothing that shows off [[ShesGotLegs her assets]]. Taken UpToEleven in recent chapters, where she's stuck in a skimpy maid outfit.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[UngratefulBastard Li Joo.]] Turns out you can't be nice to everybody, [[TheMessiah Shi Woon.]]
* FingerPokeOfDoom: One of Yoo Ji-Gun's moves.
* FlashStep
* FreakOut: Shi Woon has one in the basement, after he uses his abilities for the first time, accidentally curb stomping some {{mook}}s. You can't really blame the kid for freaking out, given the [[HighPressureBlood end]] [[http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2126/082el.jpg result]].
* FunnyBackgroundEvent
* FunWithAcronyms: Soldiers Under Command aka S.U.C
* GambitPileup: For the first half... [[spoiler: So Chun Woo, the Black Forest Defense Group and the Murim Alliance all have their own agendas and are poised to use each other to achieve them. All of which birth the conflicts of the story. ]]
* GangOfBullies: Pretty much played straight with Chang Ho's gang.
* GenerationXerox: Chun Woo spends a good chunk of Part 1 [[HandicappedBadass beating people up with his arm in a sling.]] Shi Woon continues the tradition in Chapter 30.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Delivered by [[spoiler: Shi Woon]] to [[spoiler: Chun Woo while in Demon King mode]], no less!
* GiantMook: Kang Oongsan, the giant of a man that Shi Woon one-shotted while running from the martial arts organization. That guy had to have been at least more than 2 meters tall.
* [[spoiler:GiveHimANormalLife]]
* GodivaHair: [[MsFanservice Shiho]] invokes this trope a couple times.
* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler: Shi Woon]] invokes this trope trying to stop Chun Woo's [[UnstoppableRage murderous rampage]], but it doesn't work. Fortunately [[spoiler: Hyuk So]] pulls a DivingSave, barely just in time.
* TheGwenStacy: [[spoiler:Shiho, apparently.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Shi Woon, seems to learn techniques that would take years after just seeing them once. Sera even lampshades this fact with GreenEyedMonster jealousy at this fact.
* HealingFactor: Thanks to his insane amount of ki, Shi Woon has a rather insane recovery rate. Lampshaded by Chun Woo, when he compares him to a planarian. And it seems most powerful martial artists, have a bit of it, since Chun Woo remarked that normally his broken arm would've healed within few days.
** As of New Waves, Shi Woon [[spoiler: still has it. Not so {{depower}}ed now, eh?]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Jung Jipsa, and then [[spoiler: Chun Woo's master]] in a flashback
** [[spoiler: Shiho, but hopefully it won't stick.]]
* HeroicSpirit: Hyuk So Chun, completely cold and rational since he was a child, [[NotSoStoic is so intimidated]] by Shi Woon's HeroicSpirit that he is caught off guard and allows Shi Woon to punch him, losing the fight.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The leader of the Black Forest Defense Group.
* HiddenEyes
* HopelessBossFight: Shi Woon vs. Hyuk So Chun
* HopeSpot: While Chun Woo's getting trashed by the Chief of the Alliance, Shiho figures out a way to replenish his ki. It works... [[spoiler: but then ''Hyun Tae'' of all people comes out of nowhere and shoots at Chun Woo, prompting Shiho's HeroicSacrifice]].
* HotForStudent: Shiho isn't really, but she [[TheTease teases]] Shi Woon in a couple instances. It's very awkward for him.
* HuskyRusskie: Dmitri
* IAmDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Jung Jipsa, who's badly wounded when he asks Alex to take his car and its cargo, [[spoiler: Sosul]]. Then Mamungi finishes him off for good.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: In New Waves it's Battle 1, 2, 3 etc
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim
* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Granddaughter]]: Jinie's grandfater thinks of her as nothing more than a useless child. Even when one asks him about saving her, he merely replies, "I never saw that red headed foreigner as my family".
* InsultBackfire: Chun Woo responds positively to being called "a player".
* InterruptedSuicide
* InvisibleToNormals
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies
* JumpingOnAGrenade [[spoiler: In New Waves, after getting thrown from a motorcycle just hit by a car, Jinie does this for Shi Woon, using her skills in midair to alter their descent so that she takes the majority of the impact. ]]
* KiAttacks
* KickChick: Jinie
* KickTheDog: ''[[spoiler: Chun Woo]]'' kicked the dog at the end of Part I. [[spoiler: ShootTheHostage was one thing, but disowning your own disciple and leaving him to die after that?]] Kangsung isn't pleased.[[spoiler: Of course, that's exactly what Chun Woo ''wants'' them to think.]]
** [[TheFightingNarcissist Li Jioo]] kills the cat Jinie befriended.
* TheLadette: Jinie. [[{{Fanservice}} Most definitely a girl]], but Shi Woon wonders if she really was one because of her loud, abrasive personality.
* LaughingMad: "Kyahahaha... [[ChekhovsGunman gotcha]]."
* [[spoiler: LastKiss]]: Maybe.
* LetsGetDangerous
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LoomingSilhouetteOfRage: Used most by Chun Woo, but occasionally used by other characters.
* LoveEpiphany: Oh if Jinie hasn't yet she is certainty so very close after [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_breaker_new_waves/c051/15.html this]]
* LoveTriangle: Yoon Ji, [[BelligerentSexualTension Chun Woo]] [[WillTheyOrWontThey and]] [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend Shiho]] can be interpreted this way initially, but later it becomes [[spoiler: Chun Woo, Shiho, and (her ex) Wonjae]]. Shi Woon, Sae He, and Sosul is also a possibility, now that Sosul clearly has a crush on Shi Woon.
* MadeOfIron: ''Anyone'' who fights.
* MadnessMakeover: Hyun Tae started off okay, then after [[spoiler: Gijuu]] gets killed he gets progressively crazier.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The {{Mooks}} of the S.U.C.
* TheMasquerade: The murim-in.
* MasterApprenticeChain
* MightMakesRight: Chun Woo frequently claims that in the Murim-in the strong makes the rules and whatever they do is right. If he really believes this or not is up to you.
** Shi Woon counters this philosophy by saying the Chun Woo is strong enough to do the right decisions and not slaughter people for his own convenience.
* MisplacedRetribution: A lot of the people who were actually wronged by Chun Woo seem to find it easier to get their revenge on Shi Woon instead.
* MomentKiller: Alex, '''you idiot'''!!! Then there's Shi Woon saving Chun Woo and Shiho.
* MookHorrorShow: Pity the poor bastards who [[CurbStompBattle go up against]] [[{{Badass}} Chun Woo.]]
* MuggingTheMonster: Near the beginning of the manhwa a group of low-lifes try to beat up Chun Woo. You probably know how this turned out. In a later example, the first time the bullies try to pick on Shi Woon post-[[TookALevelInBadass Taking A Level In Badass]], they're not in on TheMasquerade so you can hardly blame them. But after Shi Woon shows that he can make ki blasts with his fists and break cement columns [[BullyingADragon they have no excuse]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Hyun Tae]]
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The Black Forest Defense Group
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Poor Shi Woon is on the receiving end ''every time''. Fortunately, in later chapters of the Breaker, [[TookALevelInBadass he's been able to turn the situation around.]]
** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he's back to this in New Waves.]]
* NoIAmBehindYou
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Subverted in New Waves. A murim-in calls out Shi Woon, threatening Sae Hee. When they meet, the murim-in has already set up tea, table included. Its the best tea he ever tasted. Turns out, its drugged, but not poisonous. He talks them out of throwing his body off a bridge, before he passes out.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Shi woon has even lampshaded this about himself many times.
* NotSoStoic: Hyuk So Chun has a minor FreakOut caused by Shi Woon's HeroicSpirit
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Shiho and Chun Woo's first meeting.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Jinie to [[spoiler: Li Jioo. It is incredibly satisfying.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Li Jioo''' *as she strangles Shioon*]]: Die!
-->[[spoiler:'''Jinie''']]:No, you die!
** A second one with [[spoiler:Elder Kwon to Li Jioo]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Elder Kwong''']]: I will now proceed to school you on exactly who you have dared to touch.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Invoked when Chun Woo pursues the mook who was trailing them, PlayedForLaughs.
* OhCrap: Practically anybody who realizes just who Chun Woo is mid-battle. Shi Woon also has a big one when he encounters Hyuk So Chun.
** [[spoiler: Li Jioo is petrified by Elder Kwong's aura after finding out S.U.C. gravely injured Jinie. Even Shioon is terrified by it.]]
* OldMaster: The Chief for sure and later Elder Kwong Jae-Kyu.
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: Shiho. Wonjae appears to be keeping her in a state of suspension and plans to revive her later]].
* PerkyGoth: Li-Ji-Oo.
* PoliceAreUseless: Even the ordinary SUC fighters were able to defeat ordinary patrolmen and the NPA's famed anti-riot division.
* PressurePoint
* PrimalScene: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Narrowly]] [[MoodWhiplash averted]].
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom
* PunkInTheTrunk: Sosul's first appearance
* PutOnABus: Many major characters from Part 1. Justified, since now they are on the run from the Alliance.
* {{Revenge}}: Not only is it Chun Woo's main motive, but there's also a lot of people looking to get revenge on ''him''.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Gijuu, Hyun Tae, and "Iron Fist" Munju play this straight. Chun Woo himself also starts invoking this trope in later chapters.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: {{Revenge}} is revealed to be Chun Woo's main motive for fighting the murim-in organization. In later chapters, he takes the opportunity to confront the murim-in leaders responsible for [[spoiler: his master's death.]] It's getting to the point you think he and ''[[BlackLagoon Roberta]]'' are going to trade [[OneManArmy tips.]]
* RomanticFalseLead: Is it Shiho or Yoon Ji? [[spoiler: Turns out to be Yoon Ji]].
* RunningGag: Chun Woo's dates with Yoon Ji always get interrupted.
* RunTheGauntlet: Shi Woon goes through a smaller scale version at the start of the final arc of Part 1 going from a skirms with Chang Ho through various Mooks in the rain and ending with Kangsung and later Yu Gyu Bum. Chun Woo goes through the a more literal one when he decides TrapIsTheOnlyOption later in the same arc.
** [[spoiler: Jinie in New Waves goes through one as well.]]
* SadisticChoice: Given to Chun Woo by the Chief. [[spoiler: Give up the Black Heaven and Earth technique, or let Shiho die?]]
** In Volume 10, this takes new turn. [[spoiler: Give up the Black Heaven and Earth technique, or let Shi Woon die?]]
* [[RapeIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale Sexual Harassment Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Shiho invokes this a lot, with her practically molesting the male protagonists at every opportunity.
* ShipperOnDeck: Chi Woon believes Chun Woo likes Shiho, and keeps offering to give them privacy. Chun Woo, of course, yells at him for [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend thinking]] [[EveryoneCanSeeIt something]] [[BelligerentSexualTension so stupid]].
* ShirtlessScene
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Both Chun Woo and Shi Woon have these moments.
** HeIsNotMyBoyfriend moment comes from New Wave Jinie towards Shoon Yi. Though the LuminescentBlush she gives off while around him makes it so EveryoneCanSeeIt.
* ShootTheHostage: In-story, most characters considered this to be a KickTheDog moment for [[spoiler: Chun Woo]]. However, there's also evidence to support a ShootTheDog interpretation.
* ShowerOfAwkward
* SlasherSmile: Besides Chun Woo, Hyun Tae starts using these[[MadnessMakeover after he goes off the deep end]].
* SomeoneElsesProblem: Until Chun Woo showed up, no one does anything about Chang Ho's frequent assaults on Shi Woon.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Shi Woon.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS
* SpringtimeForHitler: Shi Woon asks the Sun Woo heads to train him, and they agree... with the intention of [[TrainingFromHell training him so intensely]] that he would burn out and not be able to continue. Instead he takes the training in stride, shocking everyone, and it is revealed that [[spoiler: he still has his HealingFactor due to his whole body being infused with ki, despite his ki center being broken]].
* SuperDeformed
* SupernaturalMartialArts
* SuperToughness: Shioon.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Aaargh, Shiho!]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Gijuu]]. Later [[spoiler: Shiho and Chun Woo]] consider this option, when gravely outnumbered.
* ThanksForTheMammary: [[http://yfrog.com/5o91892169xj See for yourself]]. [[AccidentalPervert It was accidental]]... Or was it?
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: "Iron Fist" Munju towards Chun Woo
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Subverted. Shi Woon looks like he's going to have one of these during his FreakOut, when he asks Chun Woo if the assassins were still alive, but Chun Woo possibly lies, saying they were okay, to keep him from freaking out even more.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jinie and Sae Hee, though they have not spent any real time together.
* TimeLimitBoss: Gijuu had rigged the place to blow up within 10 minutes.
* TooAwesomeToUse: Shi Woon's powers, without proper training, can kill ordinary people which is why several characters prevent him from using it on some bullies. They also rip his body a part without proper training.
* TookALevelInBadass: Shi Woon, ''majorly.''
** [[spoiler: Chang Ho in New Waves as a member of SUC. ]]
* TrainingFromHell
* TranquilFury: ''Kangsung''.
* {{Tsundere}}: A few. There's [[{{Badass}} Chun Woo]], [[LittleMissSnarker Sosul]], [[TheLadette Jinie]] and [[spoiler:[[BadassGrandpa Elder Kwong]]]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Shi Woon grows this for Chun Woo well into Part 2 of the series.
** [[spoiler: His personality later begins to inspire this among others, notably Sera. ]]
* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: Li Jioo, after Shi Woon calls off Jinie and even returns her compact, once they leave she immediately orders her SUC mooks to kill them.
* WallJump: The Wall Tiger Skill
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Chun Woo and Shiho. [[spoiler: They do.]] [[spoiler: Until Murim kills her.]] [[spoiler: And as of Chapter 38, no she's not dead!]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Black Origin Threshold is described as "the highest existing level of the martial spirit" that had previously only been found in legends. Unfortunately using this technique pushes the user into an uncontrollable, AxCrazy, [[UnstoppableRage rage-driven]] [[SuperpoweredAlterId state of mind]] in which they cannot distinguish friend from foe.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Let the rampage of Nine Arts Dragon begin.]]
-> "Isn't it better to fight and lose than not fight at all?"
->'''--Shi Woon'''
[[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Shi Woon]] lives a [[ButtMonkey pathetic life]] of being beaten up by a particular group of bullies who just seem to have it out for him. Why? Who knows, maybe he's just unlucky but he's pushing his limit and is on the [[DrivenToSuicide verge of suicide]].
Enter Han Chun Woo, a highly suspicious teacher substituting while the actual teacher is on pregnancy leave. A master of [[SupernaturalMartialArts nine martial arts]] with a mission and plenty of secrets to keep, he doesn't want to concern himself with some kid's playground drama.
Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned. And for Chun Woo, they don't ever go as planned. Shi Woon ends up [[{{Blackmail}} asking]] his teacher to train him how to fight and Chun Woo just can't wait to get rid of the kid. He gives him bad advice, such as jumping off of a bridge to show his resolve without really meaning it. He jumps, and the training begins. Of course there's still the issue of what Chun Woo came to Korea for. And why do more suspicious people keep ending up on staff at this school?
Part one ends after 10 Volumes (72 chapters), after which a TimeSkip occurs. Part Two is called [[OddlyNamedSequel The Breaker: New Waves]].
Has a character page [[Characters/TheBreaker here]].
Compare with ''{{Veritas}}'' which has a similar set up, but sets off in a completely different direction.
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!! This manhwa provides examples of:
* TheAloner: Unwol, due to the nature of his punishment. He illicitly took on an apprentice, however...
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Yoo Ji-Gun uses Saehee to manipulate Shi Woon.
* {{Antivillain}}: Hyuk So Chun and Kangsung
* AppliedPhlebotinum: The Ilwollsindan, one big pill, changes Shi Woon from an utter wimp to a powerhouse bursting with ki. Although if Chun Woo hadn't intervened the [[ExplosiveOverclocking bursting]] would've been [[ToxicPhlebotinum literal]].
* AttackAttackAttack: Shi Woon just refuses to go down.
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Poor Sae He.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: Chun Woo and Shiho in the Koa Tower fight
* BadassNormal: Shi Woon after his Ki center is broken, reverting him to normal
* BatterUp: Chang Ho uses a bat in his last fight. Not that it helps him any.
* BattleAura
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Chun Woo and Shiho, eventually]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Chun Woo and Shiho.
** Seems to be developing between Shi Woon and Jinie
* BerserkButton: Chun Woo may act like he doesn't care about Shi Woon, but if you touch his disciple you're ''dead''. Talking shit about his master's death will also get him very mad. Also, [[spoiler: seeing Shiho badly hurt makes Chun Woo [[CurbStompBattle one-hit]] that cheap old bastard! Thank God for that, finally.]]
** Eventually, Shi Woon gets his own: anyone threatening his LoveInterest Sae Hee.
** For Elder Kwong anything related to Sun Woo clan.
* BettyAndVeronica: Yoon Ji and Shiho, respectively.
** Sae He and Jinie seem to be shaping up like this.
* BigBreastsBigDeal: Kim Soon Lee is Murim but her main technique is only a leg swipe because her breasts got in the way of everything else.
* BigDamnHeroes: Chun Woo, ''all the time''. May be justified, since his apprentice is always getting into trouble with guys way out of his league.
** Shi Woon's about to get curb stomped yet again when [[spoiler: Mamungi]] conveniently intervenes
** [[spoiler: Alex]] and ThoseTwoGuys show up in this fashion too.
** Also Jinie in New Waves.
* BigEater: Jinie can eat 10 servings of rice along with other food in a single sitting.
* BloodFromTheMouth
* BrainlessBeauty: Kim Soon Lee, enough so that it takes her awhile to realize she's bait in her first mission.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The characters occasionally do this and call the authors on it.
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 37 plays double duty by also being the BeachEpisode. Both are '''heavily''' [[LampshadeHanging noted]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall by the cast]]. It still manages to find the time to [[ChekhovsGun load a bullet in that special gun though]].
* BrokenPedestal: The Nine Arts Dragon has quite a number of followers among the lesser ''murim-in''; they expected that [[BlitheSpirit he would start great change in the martial arts world]]. When he failed to bring about that change, some of them, including Yi Gyu-Bum, felt as though they were abandoned and became bitter and cynical.
* BrokenMasquerade: Part of the meaning of the Title. The Nine Arts Dragon and members of the Black Forest Defense Group [[spoiler: and later the [[FunWithAcronyms S.U.C]] ]] are breaking long standing traditions around Murim society and especially its separation from interacting in view of the [[{{Muggles}} normal world]].
* ButtMonkey: Shi Woon. Also Yoon Ji has her moments of this, thanks to the running gag of her dates with Chun Woo ending poorly. Especially since it's all PlayedForLaughs.
* CantCatchUp: The bullies.
* CarChase
* CarFu: Alex vs. Mamungi
* CerebusSyndrome
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Hyun Tae, who went crazy after Gijuu's death and tried to get revenge on Chun Woo only to get beat up earlier in the story when they first meet.]]
** [[spoiler: Much more on the spot is [[ManipulativeBastard Jung Raewon]] aka the [[ScaryShinyGlasses bespectacled]] government agent]]
* ClothingDamage
* ConservationOfNinjutsu
* CoolCar: Lots of them...a Maybach, Lamborghini Murcielago, Mercedes-[=McLaren=] SLR...
* CurbStompBattle: Mamungi and his gang, who'd absolutely brutalized Shi Woon, don't do so well against Chun Woo.
** Shi Woon vs Hyuk So Chun a unique twist because of Hyuk So's own conditions he "lost", but Shi Woon got his ass completely handed to him a dozen times over without doing any damage the entire time.
* CycleOfRevenge: Kangsung comments on it in Chapter 71.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Gijuu during his fight with Chun Woo, was using level 10th Strong Metal Hand, without having the body, capable of withstanding the strain it put on his hands. If [[spoiler: he survived the fight]] he would've been a cripple for the rest of his life.
* DealWithTheDevil: Chun Woo's alliance with the Black Forest Defense Group is treated this way in-story.
* DeathByOriginStory: Chun Woo's master Unwol.
* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Mentor]]
* DeathGlare: Chun Woo is a pro with these, and Shi Woon is not half bad himself.
* TheDeterminator: Most of the martial artists to some degree, but Shi Woon takes the cake.
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: Shiho. Poor, poor Chun Woo.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Shioon is at the receiving end of this just for being Chun Woo's disciple. Jinnie is also at the receiving end of this, because her mother, Lady Hae-jin, ran away to the United States and breaking the arranged marriage that Elder Kwon had set up for her and the previous head of the Sunwoo Clan.
** [[spoiler: Made even worse when Elder Kwon finds that his daughter didn't break the arranged marriage, it was the Clan Head.]]
* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler: Shiho after she gets shot]], then [[spoiler: Chun Woo when he's about to kill the Chief.]]
* TheDitz: Rookie special forces agent Kim Soon Lee in a special side chapter released during New Waves.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Jinie seems to take Shi Woon's nice guy personality to her as this early in the story.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Played straight with Chun Woo being drained of ki already during his fight with Gijuu.
** After that fight, it's subverted. Chun Woo is supposed to be weakened since he's got his arm in a cast most of the time, but so far it looks like it hasn't been a problem. [[spoiler: As of now, this is finally over.]]
** In Part II Shi Woon's [[spoiler: broken ki center]] qualifies, as it [[spoiler: prevents him from doing high level martial arts without injury to himself. Most of the time, at least.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[InterruptedSuicide Almost]].
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Jinie attempts this with Shi Woon, but [[MomentKiller her cell phone goes off]] and she loses her nerve.
* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler: Kangsung]]
** And now Jinie, the girl who chewed out Shi Woon for trying to help her earlier.
* EvilOldFolks: Chief of the Alliance in Part 1, [[spoiler: Sun Woo clan elder, Kwon Jae Kyu assumes that role in New Waves]].
* EyelidPullTaunt: [[http://www.mangareader.net/the-breaker-new-waves/47/12 Jinie]] does this in a {{meido}} outfit just makes the people who were trying to kill her think that she's cute.
* EyeScream
* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly [[MsFanservice Shiho]], though Yoon Ji and even Sae He have their moments. In New Waves Jinie provides most of it, as she frequently wears clothing that shows off [[ShesGotLegs her assets]]. Taken UpToEleven in recent chapters, where she's stuck in a skimpy maid outfit.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[UngratefulBastard Li Joo.]] Turns out you can't be nice to everybody, [[TheMessiah Shi Woon.]]
* FingerPokeOfDoom: One of Yoo Ji-Gun's moves.
* FlashStep
* FreakOut: Shi Woon has one in the basement, after he uses his abilities for the first time, accidentally curb stomping some {{mook}}s. You can't really blame the kid for freaking out, given the [[HighPressureBlood end]] [[http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2126/082el.jpg result]].
* FunnyBackgroundEvent
* FunWithAcronyms: Soldiers Under Command aka S.U.C
* GambitPileup: For the first half... [[spoiler: So Chun Woo, the Black Forest Defense Group and the Murim Alliance all have their own agendas and are poised to use each other to achieve them. All of which birth the conflicts of the story. ]]
* GangOfBullies: Pretty much played straight with Chang Ho's gang.
* GenerationXerox: Chun Woo spends a good chunk of Part 1 [[HandicappedBadass beating people up with his arm in a sling.]] Shi Woon continues the tradition in Chapter 30.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Delivered by [[spoiler: Shi Woon]] to [[spoiler: Chun Woo while in Demon King mode]], no less!
* GiantMook: Kang Oongsan, the giant of a man that Shi Woon one-shotted while running from the martial arts organization. That guy had to have been at least more than 2 meters tall.
* [[spoiler:GiveHimANormalLife]]
* GodivaHair: [[MsFanservice Shiho]] invokes this trope a couple times.
* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler: Shi Woon]] invokes this trope trying to stop Chun Woo's [[UnstoppableRage murderous rampage]], but it doesn't work. Fortunately [[spoiler: Hyuk So]] pulls a DivingSave, barely just in time.
* TheGwenStacy: [[spoiler:Shiho, apparently.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Shi Woon, seems to learn techniques that would take years after just seeing them once. Sera even lampshades this fact with GreenEyedMonster jealousy at this fact.
* HealingFactor: Thanks to his insane amount of ki, Shi Woon has a rather insane recovery rate. Lampshaded by Chun Woo, when he compares him to a planarian. And it seems most powerful martial artists, have a bit of it, since Chun Woo remarked that normally his broken arm would've healed within few days.
** As of New Waves, Shi Woon [[spoiler: still has it. Not so {{depower}}ed now, eh?]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Jung Jipsa, and then [[spoiler: Chun Woo's master]] in a flashback
** [[spoiler: Shiho, but hopefully it won't stick.]]
* HeroicSpirit: Hyuk So Chun, completely cold and rational since he was a child, [[NotSoStoic is so intimidated]] by Shi Woon's HeroicSpirit that he is caught off guard and allows Shi Woon to punch him, losing the fight.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The leader of the Black Forest Defense Group.
* HiddenEyes
* HopelessBossFight: Shi Woon vs. Hyuk So Chun
* HopeSpot: While Chun Woo's getting trashed by the Chief of the Alliance, Shiho figures out a way to replenish his ki. It works... [[spoiler: but then ''Hyun Tae'' of all people comes out of nowhere and shoots at Chun Woo, prompting Shiho's HeroicSacrifice]].
* HotForStudent: Shiho isn't really, but she [[TheTease teases]] Shi Woon in a couple instances. It's very awkward for him.
* HuskyRusskie: Dmitri
* IAmDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Jung Jipsa, who's badly wounded when he asks Alex to take his car and its cargo, [[spoiler: Sosul]]. Then Mamungi finishes him off for good.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: In New Waves it's Battle 1, 2, 3 etc
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim
* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Granddaughter]]: Jinie's grandfater thinks of her as nothing more than a useless child. Even when one asks him about saving her, he merely replies, "I never saw that red headed foreigner as my family".
* InsultBackfire: Chun Woo responds positively to being called "a player".
* InterruptedSuicide
* InvisibleToNormals
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies
* JumpingOnAGrenade [[spoiler: In New Waves, after getting thrown from a motorcycle just hit by a car, Jinie does this for Shi Woon, using her skills in midair to alter their descent so that she takes the majority of the impact. ]]
* KiAttacks
* KickChick: Jinie
* KickTheDog: ''[[spoiler: Chun Woo]]'' kicked the dog at the end of Part I. [[spoiler: ShootTheHostage was one thing, but disowning your own disciple and leaving him to die after that?]] Kangsung isn't pleased.[[spoiler: Of course, that's exactly what Chun Woo ''wants'' them to think.]]
** [[TheFightingNarcissist Li Jioo]] kills the cat Jinie befriended.
* TheLadette: Jinie. [[{{Fanservice}} Most definitely a girl]], but Shi Woon wonders if she really was one because of her loud, abrasive personality.
* LaughingMad: "Kyahahaha... [[ChekhovsGunman gotcha]]."
* [[spoiler: LastKiss]]: Maybe.
* LetsGetDangerous
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LoomingSilhouetteOfRage: Used most by Chun Woo, but occasionally used by other characters.
* LoveEpiphany: Oh if Jinie hasn't yet she is certainty so very close after [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_breaker_new_waves/c051/15.html this]]
* LoveTriangle: Yoon Ji, [[BelligerentSexualTension Chun Woo]] [[WillTheyOrWontThey and]] [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend Shiho]] can be interpreted this way initially, but later it becomes [[spoiler: Chun Woo, Shiho, and (her ex) Wonjae]]. Shi Woon, Sae He, and Sosul is also a possibility, now that Sosul clearly has a crush on Shi Woon.
* MadeOfIron: ''Anyone'' who fights.
* MadnessMakeover: Hyun Tae started off okay, then after [[spoiler: Gijuu]] gets killed he gets progressively crazier.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The {{Mooks}} of the S.U.C.
* TheMasquerade: The murim-in.
* MasterApprenticeChain
* MightMakesRight: Chun Woo frequently claims that in the Murim-in the strong makes the rules and whatever they do is right. If he really believes this or not is up to you.
** Shi Woon counters this philosophy by saying the Chun Woo is strong enough to do the right decisions and not slaughter people for his own convenience.
* MisplacedRetribution: A lot of the people who were actually wronged by Chun Woo seem to find it easier to get their revenge on Shi Woon instead.
* MomentKiller: Alex, '''you idiot'''!!! Then there's Shi Woon saving Chun Woo and Shiho.
* MookHorrorShow: Pity the poor bastards who [[CurbStompBattle go up against]] [[{{Badass}} Chun Woo.]]
* MuggingTheMonster: Near the beginning of the manhwa a group of low-lifes try to beat up Chun Woo. You probably know how this turned out. In a later example, the first time the bullies try to pick on Shi Woon post-[[TookALevelInBadass Taking A Level In Badass]], they're not in on TheMasquerade so you can hardly blame them. But after Shi Woon shows that he can make ki blasts with his fists and break cement columns [[BullyingADragon they have no excuse]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Hyun Tae]]
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The Black Forest Defense Group
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Poor Shi Woon is on the receiving end ''every time''. Fortunately, in later chapters of the Breaker, [[TookALevelInBadass he's been able to turn the situation around.]]
** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he's back to this in New Waves.]]
* NoIAmBehindYou
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Subverted in New Waves. A murim-in calls out Shi Woon, threatening Sae Hee. When they meet, the murim-in has already set up tea, table included. Its the best tea he ever tasted. Turns out, its drugged, but not poisonous. He talks them out of throwing his body off a bridge, before he passes out.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Shi woon has even lampshaded this about himself many times.
* NotSoStoic: Hyuk So Chun has a minor FreakOut caused by Shi Woon's HeroicSpirit
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Shiho and Chun Woo's first meeting.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Jinie to [[spoiler: Li Jioo. It is incredibly satisfying.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Li Jioo''' *as she strangles Shioon*]]: Die!
-->[[spoiler:'''Jinie''']]:No, you die!
** A second one with [[spoiler:Elder Kwon to Li Jioo]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Elder Kwong''']]: I will now proceed to school you on exactly who you have dared to touch.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Invoked when Chun Woo pursues the mook who was trailing them, PlayedForLaughs.
* OhCrap: Practically anybody who realizes just who Chun Woo is mid-battle. Shi Woon also has a big one when he encounters Hyuk So Chun.
** [[spoiler: Li Jioo is petrified by Elder Kwong's aura after finding out S.U.C. gravely injured Jinie. Even Shioon is terrified by it.]]
* OldMaster: The Chief for sure and later Elder Kwong Jae-Kyu.
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: Shiho. Wonjae appears to be keeping her in a state of suspension and plans to revive her later]].
* PerkyGoth: Li-Ji-Oo.
* PoliceAreUseless: Even the ordinary SUC fighters were able to defeat ordinary patrolmen and the NPA's famed anti-riot division.
* PressurePoint
* PrimalScene: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Narrowly]] [[MoodWhiplash averted]].
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom
* PunkInTheTrunk: Sosul's first appearance
* PutOnABus: Many major characters from Part 1. Justified, since now they are on the run from the Alliance.
* {{Revenge}}: Not only is it Chun Woo's main motive, but there's also a lot of people looking to get revenge on ''him''.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Gijuu, Hyun Tae, and "Iron Fist" Munju play this straight. Chun Woo himself also starts invoking this trope in later chapters.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: {{Revenge}} is revealed to be Chun Woo's main motive for fighting the murim-in organization. In later chapters, he takes the opportunity to confront the murim-in leaders responsible for [[spoiler: his master's death.]] It's getting to the point you think he and ''[[BlackLagoon Roberta]]'' are going to trade [[OneManArmy tips.]]
* RomanticFalseLead: Is it Shiho or Yoon Ji? [[spoiler: Turns out to be Yoon Ji]].
* RunningGag: Chun Woo's dates with Yoon Ji always get interrupted.
* RunTheGauntlet: Shi Woon goes through a smaller scale version at the start of the final arc of Part 1 going from a skirms with Chang Ho through various Mooks in the rain and ending with Kangsung and later Yu Gyu Bum. Chun Woo goes through the a more literal one when he decides TrapIsTheOnlyOption later in the same arc.
** [[spoiler: Jinie in New Waves goes through one as well.]]
* SadisticChoice: Given to Chun Woo by the Chief. [[spoiler: Give up the Black Heaven and Earth technique, or let Shiho die?]]
** In Volume 10, this takes new turn. [[spoiler: Give up the Black Heaven and Earth technique, or let Shi Woon die?]]
* [[RapeIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale Sexual Harassment Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Shiho invokes this a lot, with her practically molesting the male protagonists at every opportunity.
* ShipperOnDeck: Chi Woon believes Chun Woo likes Shiho, and keeps offering to give them privacy. Chun Woo, of course, yells at him for [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend thinking]] [[EveryoneCanSeeIt something]] [[BelligerentSexualTension so stupid]].
* ShirtlessScene
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Both Chun Woo and Shi Woon have these moments.
** HeIsNotMyBoyfriend moment comes from New Wave Jinie towards Shoon Yi. Though the LuminescentBlush she gives off while around him makes it so EveryoneCanSeeIt.
* ShootTheHostage: In-story, most characters considered this to be a KickTheDog moment for [[spoiler: Chun Woo]]. However, there's also evidence to support a ShootTheDog interpretation.
* ShowerOfAwkward
* SlasherSmile: Besides Chun Woo, Hyun Tae starts using these[[MadnessMakeover after he goes off the deep end]].
* SomeoneElsesProblem: Until Chun Woo showed up, no one does anything about Chang Ho's frequent assaults on Shi Woon.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Shi Woon.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS
* SpringtimeForHitler: Shi Woon asks the Sun Woo heads to train him, and they agree... with the intention of [[TrainingFromHell training him so intensely]] that he would burn out and not be able to continue. Instead he takes the training in stride, shocking everyone, and it is revealed that [[spoiler: he still has his HealingFactor due to his whole body being infused with ki, despite his ki center being broken]].
* SuperDeformed
* SupernaturalMartialArts
* SuperToughness: Shioon.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Aaargh, Shiho!]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Gijuu]]. Later [[spoiler: Shiho and Chun Woo]] consider this option, when gravely outnumbered.
* ThanksForTheMammary: [[http://yfrog.com/5o91892169xj See for yourself]]. [[AccidentalPervert It was accidental]]... Or was it?
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: "Iron Fist" Munju towards Chun Woo
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Subverted. Shi Woon looks like he's going to have one of these during his FreakOut, when he asks Chun Woo if the assassins were still alive, but Chun Woo possibly lies, saying they were okay, to keep him from freaking out even more.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jinie and Sae Hee, though they have not spent any real time together.
* TimeLimitBoss: Gijuu had rigged the place to blow up within 10 minutes.
* TooAwesomeToUse: Shi Woon's powers, without proper training, can kill ordinary people which is why several characters prevent him from using it on some bullies. They also rip his body a part without proper training.
* TookALevelInBadass: Shi Woon, ''majorly.''
** [[spoiler: Chang Ho in New Waves as a member of SUC. ]]
* TrainingFromHell
* TranquilFury: ''Kangsung''.
* {{Tsundere}}: A few. There's [[{{Badass}} Chun Woo]], [[LittleMissSnarker Sosul]], [[TheLadette Jinie]] and [[spoiler:[[BadassGrandpa Elder Kwong]]]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Shi Woon grows this for Chun Woo well into Part 2 of the series.
** [[spoiler: His personality later begins to inspire this among others, notably Sera. ]]
* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: Li Jioo, after Shi Woon calls off Jinie and even returns her compact, once they leave she immediately orders her SUC mooks to kill them.
* WallJump: The Wall Tiger Skill
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Chun Woo and Shiho. [[spoiler: They do.]] [[spoiler: Until Murim kills her.]] [[spoiler: And as of Chapter 38, no she's not dead!]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Black Origin Threshold is described as "the highest existing level of the martial spirit" that had previously only been found in legends. Unfortunately using this technique pushes the user into an uncontrollable, AxCrazy, [[UnstoppableRage rage-driven]] [[SuperpoweredAlterId state of mind]] in which they cannot distinguish friend from foe.
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