Shin Tae-Jin

==Summary==
Shin Tae-Jin is an important character in Castle. One of Castle's greatest cleaners, their epithet for professional killers, Tae-Jin is a man of contradiction. One of their best assassins, yet he despises killing; a criminal who has committed atrocities in life and serves monsters, yet is a religious person who attempts to atone every day. Tae-Jin kills because that is what he is good at and the only way he sees himself able to change the world, but has grown jaded and lost, donating much of what he gains to charities and churces to atone for his deeds. His life might change, however, when he meets his deadliest challenge as of yet, a man who dared to humiliate the Hasung group.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Shin Tae-Jin.
Origin: Castle.
Gender: Male.
Age: Unknown, at least on his 20's to 30's.
Classification: Human; Criminal; Assassin; Cleaner of Castle.
Powers and Abilities:
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Analytical Prediction (Fighters on his level can generally predict the moves of the opponent even at a similar skill level, repeatedly and very quickly, being the main method of dealing with weapons, for example; Dae-Geon could dodge Barista's moves through sheer skill and without using his reflexes, just by predicting his moves thanks to Tae-Jin's intense training[Castle #82])
*Enhanced Senses (Fighters on his level can generally sense danger, fight well with their vision hindered and have sharp senses all around; Feels Shin's presence behind a door, despite neither leaving any indication to their mutual presence[Castle #30]; Implicitly trained in the same way or could at least do the same thing as Dae-Geon as he trained him, who fought and could avoid attacks even while blindfolded[Castle #41])
*Information Analysis (Fighters on his level, in general, can gauge a person's strength and skill just by looking at them, and Tae-Jin is particularly observant and good at it compared to most; Immediately noted that Shin was strong, perhaps as strong as people in Castle, just by looking at him[Castle #30]; After fighting with Shin, can even analyse where he learned to fight up to the specific assassination group he took part of[Castle #32]; Noted Woo-Jin's skill level by observing him[Castle #35] and how Dae-Geon had gotten as strong as he could've gotten by training alone[Castle #60]; Can perceive Shin's smallest weaknesses and the minuscule skill gaps between him and Baek, even detecting his slight mental anxiety and how Shin never defeated Baek in a simulated fight[Castle #68])
*Martial Arts (A fighter of incredible ability, he is perfectly able to complement his weaponry fighting with martial skills, allowing him to keep up with the likes of Shin)
*Power Mimicry (Mimicked, although not well, Baek's knife fighting technique and describes it in detail[Castle #41])
*Pressure Points (Most fighters close to his level are capable of targetting and repeatedly hitting vital points in their fights and using pressure points during combat)
*Stealth Mastery (Despite recognizing that there are many in Castle who are stronger than he is, he states that none are as good as he is at assassinating people[Castle #36]; Consistently and quickly ambushed and stealth attacked a group of men used to military-grade combat[Castle #62])
*Vehicular Mastery (Could pilot a damaged and awry car in order to move it out of the way of incoming gunfire, and steer him right into cover[Castle #62])
*Weapon Mastery (A master in most forms of weaponry, he is an experienced killer of Castle who might as well be Castle's best assassin)
Attack Potency: Wall level (One of Castle's greatest killers and capable of holding his own with their strongest, being a direct peer of Barista and Hyuk, and can last the distance with a somewhat serious Shin and Ji-Hak, having his strength[Castle #32] Jin-Tae, and stated by Shin to be someone on Iskra's level and to not be someone he can easily defeat[Castle #32], with Dae-Geon stating not o be as strong as Tae-Jin is[Castle #36]; Shin stated that he was comparable to Hyuk[Castle #30] and the strongest opponent he fought in Korea up to that point[Castle #31], placing him solidly above Deok-Su. Dae-Geon believed him to be stronger than Barista[Castle #81], although Tae-Jin himself believed on the contrary; Easily defeated groups of men with one strike each and broke their head using his rifle as a blunt weapon[Castle #62]; Threw a knife with enough strength to bury its tip within concrete bricks[Castle #60])
Speed: Peak Human in movement speed, Subsonic in combat and reaction speed. (Can perceive strikes from Shin that were explicitly faster than what a human eye could perceive, and immediately after exchanged blows with Shin at similar speeds[Castle #31]; Traded strikes and dodges with Ji-Hak and generally moved about faster than[Castle #61] Dae-Geon could perceive during his training, when he was stronger and faster than at the beginning of the series; Has stated that people of Castle, at his level, could fight and dodge faster than the human eye could perceive[Castle #61]; Explicitly dodged assault rifle shots at a distance[Castle #62]; Kicks a pistol, as it fires at him, away from the shooter's hand[Castle #63], and can do such feats of pushing firearms out of the way as they are about to fire even from similarly-fast opponents, repeatedly, quickly and at close range[Castle #64])
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Comparable to people like Barista; Can pull out a knife firmly embedded into concrete without difficulty[Castle #64])
Striking Strength: Wall level
Durability: Wall level (Can take blows from the likes of a somewhat serious Shin and Ji-Hak, and even weakened, trade blows with Barista; Took a kick from Shin that sent him flying for a few meters[Castle #30]; Barista stated that Tae-Jin was hard to kill, not believing him to have died from a simple ambush or armed conflict[Castle #62])
Stamina: High (Can fight for extended periods of time while injured without much issue)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, up to a few Hundreds of Meters with weapons
Standard Equipment: While Tae-Jin can equip himself with many sorts of weapons as needed, such as assault rifles and the like, he usually only carries two knives and a pistol with himself.
Standard Tactics: Tae-Jin is an extremely skilled fighter who employs utter practicality on his fighting. As an assassin, he attempts to ambush or create the best possible situation before even engaging a target, and when actively doing so, he immediately does his utmost best with his physical capabilities, weapons and skills to quickly dispatch an opponent, engaging carefully, precisely and without underestimating him. 
Intelligence: Gifted. Tae-Jin is, by far, one of the most observant and sagacious members of the cast. He not only is an expert fighter and possibly the best straight-out assassin of Castle[Castle #36] who survived countless missions[Castle #55], but he is also someone of quick thinking, who learns quickly by just observing others and of incredibly analytical mindset. Dae-Geon believed him to be the best teacher on how to beat stronger foes by analysing their styles of fighting[Castle #36]. Has a deep understanding of Castle's affairs and the underworld in general, and can identify and rationalize, in both psychological and practical terms, the intricacies of a person's thought process and reasoning.
Weaknesses: Standard human weaknesses
==Feats==
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*Martial Arts: Tae-Jin, while mostly fighting armed and relying on his weapons for fighting, is capable of masterfully using his bare hands as weapons and using said skills to complement his weapon-fighting skills. He is capable of moving so perfectly in a dodging action that, even when faced with a similarly-fast opponent, the moment said opponent's machete sliced into his shoulder's skin, he lowered himself at the same rate of said blow, turned around and used the opponent's descending momentum to judo-slam him into a wall, immediately following that with a slash to his throat, suffering only a gash on his houlder[Castle #62].
*Weapon Mastery: Tae-Jin, as one of Castle's best fighters, and perhaps the best in raw assassination skill, has immense capabilities in weapon usage. In a single motion, he both disarmed Shin of his pistol and slashed at him with his knife, and immediately blocked the counterattack with his pistol[Castle #30]. Dae-Geon states that Tae-Jin is truly ambidextrous[Castle #78].
==Gallery==
File:Castlemoments31pt3.png|Tae-Jin: One of Castle's greatest killers.
File:Castlemoments31pt4.png|The devil of Castle.
File:Castlemoments31pt5.png|Preparing himself to his deadliest fight.
File:Castlemoments31pt6.png|A demon in ambush.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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Category:Antagonists
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Category:Criminals
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Category:Enhanced Senses Users
Category:Precognition Users
Category:Information Analysis Users
Category:Pressure Point Users
Category:Weapon Users
Category:Weapon Masters
Category:Vehicle Users
Category:Male Characters
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