HyunWoo/Trivia

Trivia

 * Hyunwoo is one of the main characters of the Black Survival manhwa along with Isol.
 * Hyunwoo's birthday is April 6th.
 * Hyunwoo's English voice actor also voices Hyunwoo in Eternal Return: Black Survival.
 * Hyunwoo's voice actor for Japanese also voices Jan and  Rosalio.

Q & A
The following Q+A came from the Black Survival Naver Cafe.

1. Is Hyunwoo friendly with Yuki?

Yes, they’re the same age and so get along well.

2. How did he react after his first kill on Lumia Island?

He couldn’t believe what he had done and collapsed.

3. Who are the top 3 subjects he allies the most with?

Hyejin and Isol are his top allies no matter what. His third preferred is Lenox. He can get along with characters after Lenox too.

4. Can Hyunwoo cook okay? What recipe is he most confident at?

He’s good at cooking. He’s great at dishes involving meat, but can’t make them since there’s none on the island.

5. Has Hyunwoo ever had a girlfriend?

No. There was no situation where he could have, since he grew up while swept up in incidents. He has been in a get-to-know-each-other stage before.

6. I want to know more about his family.

His father is currently in prison, and his mother stays at home.

7. Did Hyunwoo ever drink or smoke?

He’s drank out of curiosity, but never smoked.

8. What’s his fighting style?

Charging headfirst.

9. How does he feel about the experiments?

He thinks they’re incredibly inhumane. He agonizes about how a person could do this to another. He can’t believe it.

10. Does he miss his parents or friends?

He doesn’t miss his parents, but he does miss his friends.

11. Does anyone ever talk him out of it when he’s attempting suicide.

There is, but either he’s in such despair that most can’t talk him out of it, or they stand to profit from his suicide. It’s a complicated matter, so it’s a rare occurrence.

12. Who are the subjects he gets along most with? Doesn’t get along with?

Hyejin, Isol, Yuki, Nathapon, Lenox, Silvia, and Jenny. They’re on similar wavelengths with him. The ones he clashes with are Aya, Jackie, Rosalio, and Magnus.

13. Did Hyunwoo really have such a dreamless and hopeless life before Lumia Island? Did nothing good ever happen to him?

No, there were some things. Whether the weather was nice, or the light turned green right away… But he had such a hard childhood that would bury those times in comparison. Before he came to the island, he did make some genuine friends but had to part ways right away.

14. Aside from when he commits suicide, does he win a lot?

Not a lot. He wins about two times out of ten.

15. Does Hyunwoo ever kill his allies?

Yes, but he never wants to in those situations.

16. Will he ever succeed in training a hunting dog?

Yes. It’s a short-sighted dream, but it did happen.

17. Hyunwoo says in-game that he’s “waited for this day and chance.” Exactly what does he mean?

He means that it’s an opportunity that fell into his lap. There was a notice that an experiment would start, right when he was looking for ways to escape the island.

18. Does he dye his hair himself?

Yes. Sometimes his seniors at the boxing hall does it, but the results aren’t good.

19. Why does he dye it red?

He likes the color.

20. Does he have a reason for trying to escape the island? (His current goals)

He wants to apologize to someone. He didn’t commit the wrong himself, but feels that he indirectly carries some of the responsibility. Currently, he wants to escape and apologize to the child.

21. How sociable is he? We know that he doesn’t have many close relationships outside of the island, but how about inside it?

He does okay within the island, since nobody can really develop any deep relationships. The experiments' duration is short, and although the situation’s severity makes it so that it’s easy to develop friendship or reliance… it’s survival. In survival situations where there’s only one alive by the end, it’s a foolish time to give affection.

22. Before coming to the island, did he ever cook a meal for his friends or teach them how to fight?

He has cooked for them before, but never taught them how to fight. He thought about it, but they weren’t suitable for it.

23. There’s a garlic ramen requirement in his research journals. Did he cook it before to make the instant noodles resemble healthy food even a little bit? Does Hyunwoo like garlic ramen?

Yes to both questions. He did make garlic ramen by chance, and he likes it too. He doesn’t like ramen in general, but if he has to choose one, it would be the garlic ramen.

24. Did he have any close friends before he came to the island?

Yes, he did.

25. If he did, did those friendships fall apart after his father’s incident?

No, the friends he became distant from due to the incident are different friends.

26. I’m curious about his immediate reaction after he was kidnapped (for the experiments).

He couldn’t believe the situation. It took quite a long while before he became accustomed to it.

27. Out of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, or Western food, what’s his favorite?

Korean food. He’s never eaten any other kinds.

28. On the island, did he ever learn any cooking from Xiu Kai?

No, never.

29. Does he wrap his bandages well even on his own?

Yes, he’s very proficient.

30. You said that he got into street fights when he was off the island. What did he do when he got hurt? (Did he go to the hospital, or patch himself up after buying this and that at the pharmacy, etc.)

He fixed himself up at home. But his regular treatment spot was his school’s nurse’s office. The medicine and supplies were free there.

31. You said he had a horrible naming sense. I’m curious about what names he gave to the hunting dogs.

The first two dogs that he named were called Ripper and Killer. (T/N: 순돌이 and 진돌이 were the original names, and they are incredibly common, generic ones with pretty much no meaning other than ‘common dog name,’ so I just used different, equally uncreative names.)

32. Is there anyone worried about Hyunwoo outside of the island? If there is, how did their relationship with Hyunwoo end up?

His friends worry about him. They know that he transferred schools, but since they never got to say a proper goodbye, they’re still worried about him to this day.

33. On his test subject skin, there are many scars on his arms and legs that look like knife wounds. Did he fight using weapons before he came to the island?

If a fight had weapons that one could call weapons, he didn’t rush into them. He wasn’t exactly the type to use them, either.

34. Who’s Hyunwoo’s favorite test subject(s)? Who’s his least favorite?

He gets along most with, and relies on Hyejin and Fiora. He’s uncomfortable with Magnus and Alex.

35. Hyunwoo’s victory line is quite memorable, but I’m curious as to why he’s looking for someone when he’s on an almost deserted island.

He doesn’t know that truth. (That the island is pretty much deserted.)

36. What scented shampoo does Hyunwoo use?

He doesn’t really care… usually there’s just a soap scent.

37. Did he ever have a part-time job?

He’s done some part-time jobs where he put up pamphlets and flyers. When we occasionally ask him to do so, he does it.

38. If Hyunwoo is scared of any test subjects, who are they?

He’s not exactly scared of them, but he’s irritated by Jackie. Adriana, too.

39. Before the island, it sounded like Hyunwoo’s lifestyle was similar enough to the common thug’s. Did he ever hit or harass any regular students?

He’s never done anything like that, hit or harass anybody who’s not a thug. If he was provoked, he would respond, but he’s not the kind of person to torment others first.

40. I’ve heard that sometimes, a test subject dies and they can’t be revived. In Bottomless Pit, did the Hyunwoo who fought Wickelin and died end up this way?

It’s similar. (T/N: ‘Bottomless Pit’ is a Black Survival webtoon.)

41. How do the researchers feel about Hyunwoo’s skills, as a test subject?

He’s fearful and makes mistakes a lot, but he’s independent. They regard him as not bad, relatively.

42. There was a clue about Hyunwoo and Jenny’s relationship, but what exactly is there relationship?

They bicker a lot. For more details, please look at the broadcasts. (October 19th)

43. Hyunwoo is sensitive to the word ‘murderer,’ as the son of one and whose life became difficult because of it. What does he think when he kills someone on the island?

He thinks that this is miserable, and despairs that he himself led to this situation. It takes quite a toll on his psyche.

44. When he commits suicide, does he do it when he’s just melancholy? Or does he do it after he’s fought with his allies?

There’s lots of situations. When he has no choice but to fight his allies, or when he just can’t believe the situation, or when he thinks that he’s gone wrong.

45. When will Hyunwoo’s father get out of prison?

He’s set to be released in 2018.

46. Did Hyunwoo’s school not have any rules about hair dye? Or was Hyunwoo a red-head from birth?

There were rules about hair dye. It’s a dye job.

47. Does Hyunwoo kill hunting dogs?

When he has to, he does.

48. Did Hyunwoo ever try to avoid killing through a hacking victory? If he tried, did he ever succeed?

He’s tried inserting the code before. He’s also won sometimes. (T/N: Original text implies that Hyunwoo hasn’t built the laptop and all that, just gotten the code (not build it either) and inserted it.)

49. How does Hyunwoo feel about Yuki? About the fact that Yuki is a model student, and that even though they’re the same age, their lives were totally different.

At first, he couldn’t understand Yuki’s politeness and friendliness, but he soon accepted it. Hyunwoo never heard what happened to Yuki from him, but he feels like they are similar enough, from the general atmosphere that Yuki exudes.

50. If Hyunwoo’s father wasn’t a murderer, what would Hyunwoo be doing? Does he have any other hidden talents like street fighting(Dogfight)?

Aside from boxing, Hyunwoo might have eventually inherited the community’s boxing dojo. Of course Hyunwoo has a talent for boxing, but he also has a talent for teaching others.

51. Does Hyunwoo ever leave someone alive due to sympathy, even if he could just kill them right there? If he does, how often does he do it?

He does it quite a lot. About 80%, and of that 80%, he’s betrayed about 20%.