Gerard Jin

* High School (New)
* High School (Old)
* Middle School

## Webtoon Debut

Chapter 1

**Gerard Jin** (진가욜, *Jin Gayool*; *"Ga-yool Jin"*) is one of the main protagonists of *Weak Hero.* He is a member of Ben Park's Gang and currently a first-year at Eunjang High School, from Class 1-10. Gerard is often seen as the silent but very sociable member of the group and believed to be one of the strongest students in all of Eunjang High, and second strongest member of Ben Park's Gang.

## Appearance

Gerard is a tall, lean young man, towering over most people at 188cm tall (approximately 6' 2"). For most of the series, his long green hair is shaped in a bowl cut that obscures his green eyes, which earned him the nickname "Broccoli Head" from Ben. His bangs were used to hide burn scars around his left eye, which he gained in a fire during his final year of middle school. After some encouragement, Gerard eventually changes to a shorter cut with parted bangs going down to his forehead.

During middle school, Gerard's hair was shorter (albeit long enough to have substantial bangs). He kept his hair unstyled until becoming the "Mad Hound" in his final year, after which he began styling his hair back in an effort to take on a more threatening appearance. He had two earrings on his left ear, although it remains unclear if he retains them in the present day.

## Personality

A man of few words, Gerard appears at first glance to be a mostly silent and antisocial individual, rarely interacting with others and not speaking unless first spoken to. However, it appears that his quiet personality is mostly a result of his lack of friends, as when seen with Ben Park, Gray Yeon, Alex Go, etc. he freely interacts with them and can carry a conversation easily. On occasion, Gerard has even been shown to attempt active interaction with his friends, as noted when he coerces Rowan Im into inviting him for pizza. He is also very kind, offering to buy ice cream for his friends while on a hospital visit.

He also carries several eccentric habits, such as when Rowan found him sleeping in a flower bed. Despite all his quirks, Gerard has shown himself to be a capable and level-headed opponent, able to maintain a cool head in the midst of battle and only retaliating against his attackers when things go too far.

Gerard is quite sensitive of his hair, becoming comically irritated whenever he is teased about it by his friends. However, he refuses to change it, even brushing off Alex’s offer of a free haircut coupon. It is eventually revealed that Gerard's concern is less about the hair itself and more about the burn scar he tries to cover with it. Upon encouragement from the group (who had long since learned about the scar), Gerard eventually gets his hair cut.

## History

Gerard has had a history of being the target of ridicule and bullying for his height despite mostly keeping to himself. This perception of himself seemed to follow Gerard no matter what school, cram school or neighborhood he was in. At some point, Gerard became the lead singer and guitarist for a band called Slam.

When he was 16 he moved to Yeongdeungpo where he attended Do-Eui Middle school. Gerard would unfortunately catch the attention of the schools bully Jeongmu Choi, who would constantly harass Gerard out of spite and envy of his talent as a musician. While Gerard did all that he could to avoid confrontation, Gerard hit his breaking point after Jeongmu stole his music sheets and ruined his lyrics, even attempting to force Gerard to sing for the class. Finally having had enough of people’s provocation, Gerard fought back and kicked Jeongmu in his face knocking him to the ground. Gerard then swiftly defeated Jeongmu’s lackeys. Gerard then grabbed Jeongmu and visiously beat him in front of the class. Gerard then proclaimed himself the new head of Do-Eui and made Jeongmu his new shuttle.

Overtime Gerard began to play the part of the bully to keep people off his back, even wearing his hair slicked up to give off an intimidating appearance. His vicious fighting gained him the epithet “The Mad Hound” a name Gerard would use to his advantage. Despite his new infamy, Gerard never lost his conscious as he went out of his way to save a young boy’s life before he was hit by an oncoming train, surprising the people at the train station. When the mother of the boy tried to thank Gerard he dismissed her and quickly hopped on his train, adamant about keeping up his appearance as The Mad Hound, only to realize he left his guitar behind.

After retrieving his guitar Gerard was approached by representatives of Sinma Entertainment, one of which being a director named Shin. Shin offered Gerard to be his promoter. Gerard however was skeptical as he and his band were still high school students. Shin however assured Gerard that all artists start out young, even bragging about promoting a famous singer named Felix when he was only 16 and held concerts at a famous club called Green Field.

While he was being scolded by his band mate Jinu Kim for breaking his finger in a fight the two drove past the Green Field club. Remembering the first time he ever saw a band play at Green Field, Gerard reveals to Jinu the business card Shin gave him.

The two arrived at their band’s practice space, Dorim Shopping Complex, where they met with the rest of the band Hyeonjin and Sangman where they pitch the idea of working with Sinma Entertainment. While Gerard and Jinu believe it is a good opportunity, Hyeonjin disagrees, believing they will lose a lot of their creative liberty and sight of why they wanted to be a band. While Gerard agrees with Hyeonjin’s perspective, he believes they need to put the band’s best interests first, especially seeing as how they are in financial troubles. Hyeonjin however disregards Gerard’s opinion seeing as he keeps getting into fights and injuring his hands, pointing out the broken finger he recently got from his fighting. Seeing the tension between the two, Jinu makes everyone take a break from the topic.

While drinking with Sangman, Gerard asks about his opinion on the matter. While Sangman does agree with Gerard’s points he does not want to dismiss Hyeonjin’s opinions, not wanting their band to disband over their conflict. Sangman then gives Gerard his headphones to listen to Hyeonjin’s demo. Gerard was blown away by the sound, realizing that Hyeonjin wrote the song to be played specifically by Gerard, acknowledging Hyeonjin’s presence in the band.

The next day while in class, Gerard recieved a call from Jinu explaining that Hyeonjin changed his mind and is fully on board with Sinma’s management. While his guard was down, Gerard’s was kicked out of his chair from behind by Sanguk Yeum, a friend of Jeongmu. Sanguk demanded a fight but Gerard declined, as he promised Jinu he wouldn’t injure his hands any further. Sanguk refused to accept, even going as far as to kick Gerard’s guitar. Sanguk then began to beat Gerard in front of the class. Gerard however was unfazed by Sanguk’s attacks. Gerard then broke Sanguk’s grip and chopped Sanguk’s face.

Sanguk then pretended to be dazed in an attempt to tackle Gerard. Gerard however saw through his trick and knead Sanguk in his face. Gerard then kicked Sanguk with enough force to send him crashing into a desk. While Sanguk was wincing and crying in pain, Gerard mocked Sanguk for his cowardice after he provoked Gerard only after he had broke his finger. Gerard turned his attention toward Jeongmu, telling him he wasn’t going to let him off the hook either. Gerard demanded he get him some bread only for Jeongmu to run away, swearing he would kill Gerard. Jeongmu never returned to school after that day, but Gerard did not think much of it.

Over time Slam became a well known band, frequently playing at Green Field. After three weeks of playing weekday concerts the band was then promoted to weekend gigs at their new branch in Songdo. While the group were excited to gain such traction they were being overworked by the company, as well as denied accommodations to better manage their schedule such as rehearsals and transportation. Gerard and Hyeonjin noticed they were still being paid the same amount as before they were working on weekends as well as ignoring their calls. While resting outside after playing another gig, they were confronted by a drunk attendant. While Gerard tried to fight them off they were separated by Jinu. The drunk man accused the band of not accepting additional fees, resulting in his gig being canceled. The drunk man’s friend revealed that because Slam’s costs are lower than most bands they are being prioritized and other musicians are either being fired or cannot afford to promote themselves.

When the band confronted the venue regarding the missing funds the receptionist confirmed that all their payments have been up to date as well as the accommodations they requested. Realizing their agent may be embezzling from them, the band decide to confront Sinma Entertainment themselves. While waiting outside for Jinu to arrive, Gerard gets a message from Jeongmu who brags about jumping Jinu as a warning to Gerard. When Jinu arrives covered in bruises, Gerard trembles in anger while Hyeonjin blames Gerard for what happened. Sangman and Jinu get between the two and beg them not to fight as they had more important things to worry about.

The band confronted Director Shin over their missing funds but Shin tried to deflect answering the question by assuring them that Slam would see success in advertisements. Jinu requests for their bonus so they can better accommodate their travels. Shin denies their request as he claims their rates are interchangeable from their contract. Before Gerard has a chance to speak, Hyeonjin, tired of wasting his time, proclaims he quits Slam. Shin tries to distract the band from the tension by claiming they can always find a new member. Gerard proclaims that without Hyeonjin there is no Slam, forcing the Indi band to cease working for Sinma Entertainment. Gerard apologizes to his bandmates but they hold no grudges against him.

Gerard later tracks down Hyeonjin asking him to come back. Hyeonjin rejects Gerard, claiming that he decided to go solo and had already deleted his music he had composed for Slam. Hyeonjin went as far as to claim he never wanted to be in a band in the first place and that Slam was only a stepping stone. Before leaving, Hyeonjin gave Gerard a key to the cabinet in their previous practice room, claiming he left behind some songs and that he would no longer need them. Hyeonjin sarcastically bid Gerard good luck as he walked away.

Late that night while walking home, Gerard is confronted by Jeongmu along with two men from Manwol. Gerard openly challenged the men from Manwol to fight him, to which they happily accepted. Gerard then swiftly defeated both men before turning his sights on Jeongmu. Gerard then began to beat Jeongmu’s face, demanding to know why Jeongmu kept bothering him despite everything he’s done. Jeongmu then confessed that he blamed his humiliation and dropping out of school on Gerard and so wanted to make Gerard lose everything that mattered to him. Jeongmu then taunted Gerard over knowing where his band used to rehearse in the Dorim shopping complex and dared him to see what he did. Jeongmu then manically laughed at Gerard, claiming he had finally lost. Gerard then ran straight to the shopping complex while Jeongmu was left behind with the two men from Manwol who heard everything.

Gerard arrived at the shopping complex, fuming with smoke. Gerard ran straight into the building to retrieve the files Hyeonjin left behind. With the music in hand, Gerard hurriedly ran for the exit, only for the room to explode in flames, knocking Gerard out. Gerard later woke up in the hospital with his faced bandaged, only to discover that the music was destroyed in the fire. Having lost everything, Gerard fully gave up on music and singing.

Gerard then confronted Hyeonjin at the train station where he discovered that Hyeonjin was responsible for saving his life and burnt his hands as a result, as well as turned down the casting offer he was given, and must now undergo surgery on his finger joints, forcing him to give up on his solo career. Gerard broke down at the news, apologizing to Hyeongin for everything. Before leaving, Hyeonjin asks Gerard to promise not to fight with his hands from then on for one year, as it would take Hyeonjin one year for him to recover, as to Hyeonjin, Gerard’s hands were his greatest asset as a musician.

True to his word, Gerard would give up using his hands in battle and instead rely on a variety of kick based techniques for fighting, earning him the new monicker “Hot-Foot” Jin. After graduating middle school, Gerard was transferred to Eunjang High School.

## Plot

### Eunjang Arc

Gerard Jin is first seen in a crowd of onlookers who heard rumor of a new student, Gray Yeon, beating up Colton Choi. Among the onlookers were Ben Park & Alex Go. Gerard comments that he always sees both Ben & Alex together which Gerard finds cute, annoying Alex. Later that day, Gerard noticed that Gray Yeon was walking home alone from school. Believing Colton would ambush Gray, Gerard followed Gray home in case he needed protection but was surprised to see Gray not only defend himself from Colton Choi, but against Colton's friends as well, impressing Gerard.

### Yoosun Showdown

While on his way to the pool hall Billiard to meet the new attractive employee, Gerard finds Gray Yeon again being ganged up on by students from Yoosun High. Gerard comes to aid Gray in his fight against the students from Yoosun. Gerard admits he isn't sure if they can take on their gang 5 VS 2 and asks if he has any ideas on how to get out of their situation. Gray admits that he isn't sure about how to get out of their situation either, until Ben Park and Alex go, noticing their commotion earlier come to their aid as well. Ben and Alex quickly team up with Gerard and Gray against the students from Yoosun.

As the students fought each other, with Gerard managing to fight two opponents at once, Gray Yeon managed to stop the fight by defeating one of their toughest members there, Harper Ha (aka Helmet). Seeing the strength of their group, the Yoosun students retreat for the time being. Ben invites Gray to play pool with them but Gray declines, while Gerard joins in so that he could meet the new employee, though he is left by Alex and Ben to pay for their game.

As days went by, Gerard began to hang out more with Ben Park and Alex Go, while still keeping tabs on Gray Yeon and his growing reputation in Eunjang. After learning that Alex was attacked by the leader of Yoosun High, Jimmy Bae, Gerard agreed to help fight Yoosun High should Ben and Alex need him.

While on his way to his part time job after school, he was stopped by a gang of Yoosun High students, lead by Jimmy Bae. Gerard tried to avoid them as he didn't want to get into trouble at work for coming late but was forced to follow Jimmy Bae to the incinerator behind Eunjang High in order to lure Ben Park to them. While they waited for Ben to arrive, some of the students from Yoosun began harassing Gerard by pulling his hair. Infuriated by their remarks and holding him up from his job, Gerard kicked the student away, which caught Jimmy Bae's attention.

Jimmy Bae, unfazed by Gerard's reputation, provoked Gerard into attacking him. Gerard in response kicked at Jimmy's head, which Jimmy easily blocked. Jimmy in return subdued Gerard with just one punch. Ben Park, Alex Go, Gray Yeon, and Eugene Gale arrived on the scene. A rumble breaks out between everyone present, with Gerard fending off against three opponents at once. Ben Park meanwhile faced off against Jimmy Bae. Despite Jimmy being a ferocious opponent, Ben knocked Jimmy unconscious and demanded the remaining Yoosun students to take Jimmy and leave. Despite their victory, Ben does not believe it will be the last they hear of Jimmy Bae or the Union.

### Hyeongshin Takedown Operation

Following their altercation, Ben Park decides to form a group with Alex Go, Gerard Jin, Gray Yeon, and Eugene Gale. Ben asks everyone to meet at Billiard so they can discuss their next move should Yoosun or the Union decide to make another attack on Eunjang. During their meeting, Alex reveals that he saw Donald Na, leader of the Union on his way to the Billiard. Ben believes he has arrived in their neighborhood because of the incident with Jimmy Bae, but Eugene recalls that Donald comes to each school at the end of the month for an accounting conference and that the closet school in their neighborhood would be Hyeongshin High.

Not long after, students from Eunjang High were being targeted by Forrest Lee and Hyeongshin High, on orders from Donald Na in response to the Yoosun Showdown, in an attempt to draw him out. When Ben Park learns of this he believes the best course of action would be to attack Hyeongshin High like they did to Yoosun, but Alex believes that they need to strategize first before they make their move. Alex calls up Eugene and Gray to formulate a plan but Gray does not come. Eugene reveals that he himself was attacked by Hyeongshin students but was saved thanks to Teddy Jin.

As the days went by, and more students from Eunjang were being attacked, Forrest Lee manages to track down Ben Park's gang. Believing it to be too dangerous to fight them all at once, Forrest has his gang attack all of Ben Park's gang whilst split up. Forrest assigns Scorpion to fight Gerard Jin while he is split from the gang. Gerard Jin, noticing Scorpion and his gang following him since he left, is confronted on am empty street on his way home. Scorpion at first tries to intimidate Gerard by using his reputation in Hyeongshin High. Gerard however is unfazed as he has never heard of Scorpion and advises Scorpion that next time if he wants to intimidate Gerard, to bring someone Gerard would actually recognize. One of the Hyeongshin students then slaps Gerard across the face but is then immediately knocked away with one kick to the face. Gerard, having no time for their antics, asks them to come at him all at once, though regrets it as he remembers he doesn't do well in group fights. Thanks to the narrowness of the walkway, Gerard is able to defeat Scorpion and his gang with one kick each. Hearing a phone go off from one of the Hyeongshin students, Gerard takes it from him to discover a group chat detailing their organized attack on Ben Park and his gang (including Gerard). Gerard simultaneously receives a message from Eugene that he and Gray are being held up at Noryangjin Cram School by Hyeongshin. With no time to lose, Gerard heads straight for the nearest location, the Daebang underground passage where Ben is being ambushed. Gerard Jin arrives on the scene and deals a kick straight to Robin Ha's face, knocking him out. Gerard informs Ben that Alex was at Singil as he runs to save Gray and Eugene.

As both men run to save their friends, Gerard arrives in time to see Gray fighting off against the gang of Hyeongshin students along with a new ally Rowan Im. Gerard helps to fight off against the Hyeongshin mob but is still worn out from running. The leader of the gang, Sam Lee (aka Grape), notices Gerard's fatigue and has his men gang up on Gerard. Grape takes full advantage of Gerard's weakened state and repeatedly kicks at him, though Gerard manages to kick Grape straight in the face, though this does not knock him out as Gerard had hoped. Now pinned down by Grape's gang, Grape prepares to deal one final punch to Gerard, only to be knocked out by Gray Yeon with a flying can. With most of their men as well as their leader defeated, the Hyeongshin High students retreat from their battle. Gerard, Gray, Eugene, and their new ally Rowan meet up with Ben Park, Alex Go, and Teddy Jin just outside a convenient store to celebrate their victory.

### Ganghak Arc

Gerard has taken up a new hobby of reading tarot cards, first using them on Rowan Im, warning Rowan that his life in Eunjang High will not be easy, before leaving to read Ben and Alex's future. One day, Ben brought Gerard and Alex to the abandoned annex building to make it into their new headquarters, without telling them why they would be changing their location from the roof to the building, but warned Gerard that he was not allowed to smoke in their new hang out spot, which frustrates Gerard as he had quit smoking. Alex notices an old guitar in the corner and tries to play it but he is very terrible at it. Gerard tries to play it but Ben takes the guitar from Alex and also plays it terribly. Later when Ben and Alex take off, Gerard stays behind to play the guitar by himself, though Alex accidentally listens to him play when returned to the Annex building to retrieve his phone. Over the next few days the gang spend their time cleaning their new hang out spot so as to surprise Gray, who appreciates their efforts.

A few days later, Gerard learns from Ben that Gray was hospitalized from his fight with Wolf Keum from Ganghak High and started visiting Gray during his hospitalization. During one of his visits with Alex, Rowan, and Eugene, Gerard takes off to get the gang some ice cream but when he returned he saw that Alex had left due to an altercation he had with someone while Gerard was away. Concerned for Alex, Gerard chases after Alex to try and console him.

After catching up to Alex, he gives Gerard a job flyer for a wedding hall that was in need of a part-time wedding singer and reveals he knows of Gerard's musical talent and that Gerard has been looking for musical gigs. Gerard tries to ask Alex why he fought with someone but Alex does not want to talk about it because the person was someone from his past that he wanted to forget. Respectful of his decision, Gerard changes the topic to why Ben took Gray to such a far away hospital as there was one closer to their location in Noryangjin, where Gray fought Wolf Keum.

### Daehyeon Arc

During his shift at the SPS Wedding Hall, Gerard is paid a visit by Jake Ji, the head of Daehyeon High and a member of the Union. Taking their conversation outside, Jake Ji reveals to Gerard his intentions of fighting Ben Park, but he wants Ben Park to take him seriously, but in order to do that he believes he needs to beat up Gerard Jin so Ben Park knows to take their fight seriously, only targeting Gerard because he is one of the only three students of Eunjang along with Ben Park and Gray Yeon that are ranked in the Shuttle Patch, but he does not want to fight Gray because he wants to save Gray for another time, and to show Ben Park just how strong Jake is.

Gerard, believing that he can win the fight as it is one on one, agrees to fight Jake on the condition that Jake will leave Ben Park and his friends alone to which Jake promises. Without hesitating, Gerard attacks Jake with a swift kick to Jake's face, though Jake manages to dodge it. Gerard tries to overwhelm Jake by kicking him a few more times until Jake catches Gerard's leg mid-kick and elbows Gerard in the face, causing him to fall back. Jake then begins to overwhelm Gerard with his quick attacks, though Gerard manages to land a hit on Jake's palm. Realizing Jake is toying with him, Gerard demands that Jake take their fight seriously, which Jake does by beating Gerard ferociously. Jake apologizes to Gerard for going overboard in their fight and takes his leave.

Gerard, after recovering from his fight with Jake, relay's to Ben Park and his friends of what transpired. Gerard asks Ben not to fight Jake but Ben refuses as he believes that he needs to fight Jake. Gerard is forced to miss work because of the injuries to his face and spends most of his time with Ben and Alex. While they are hanging out on the roof top, Jake Ji arrives and calls out to Ben Park for a fight. Ben accepted the challenge but ordered his friends not to interfere regardless of what happens. With students of Eunjang, Jake Ji's gang, and Naksung Yoon's gang (as back up under Donald Na's orders) bearing witness to their fight, the two wasted no time in starting their duel. Despite everyone's expectations Ben Park managed to defeat Jake Ji.

Before anyone could say a word, Naksung attacked Ben from behind, knocking him out. Outraged by this action, Gerard along with Ben Park's gang came to Ben's defense against Naksung's gang, demanding they take Jake and leave their school. Dean Kwon reminds them that Jake still out ranked Naksung, so Jake was a bigger priority. Naksung ignored Dean's warnings as he reminded them that they follow Donald Na's orders. Naksung, as revenge for breaking his nose, smacked Alex Go with a piece of wood, knocking him out. Ben Park regained consciousness however and proceeded to beat Naksung repeatedly, blinded by his rage, and pleas from his friends falling on deaf ears, only stopping when Jake also regained consciousness and prevented Ben from killing Naksung. Jake acknowledges his defeat and retreated with the rest of his gangs. Gerard and the gang celebrate Ben's victory with a toast in the rain.

## Fight Record

* TEAM PLAY (Yoosun) [Team Play]: **WIN**
* Scorpion (Hyeongshin): **WIN**
* SEARCH TEAM (Hyeongshin) [Team Play]: **WIN**
* Jake Ji (Daehyeon): **LOSE**
* Seongmok Do (Yeo-Il): **WIN**
* Jimmy Bae (Yoosun): **LOSE**

## Relationships

### Ben Park

Gerard seems to be closest to Ben out of the main group. He often goes places with Ben after school. They have a light-hearted relationship, both tease each other with the nicknames; "Leaf Head" and "Broccoli Head". Gerard also seems to the victim of some of Ben's pranks, for example; when Ben cut out an "N" and stuck it to the back of Gerard's head to represent the Naiver logo.

### Alex Go

At first, Alex Go and Gerard Jin were not fond of each other, with Gerard stating that Alex and Ben were inseparable, and Alex responded with, "What are you looking at?" Gerard initially thought Alex was a hothead but tensions between them quickly eased during the Yoosun takedown with Jimmy Bae, and even went as far as Gerard looking out for Alex after Alex's encounter with Sean Shin, making sure Alex is okay. The two tease each other in a friendly manner, and it's obvious that they have chemistry.

### Gray Yeon

At the start of the series, even before becoming friends, Gerard seems to worry about Gray. Gerard followed Gray after school in the first few days after his fight with Colton to make sure he didn't get beaten up when Colton inevitably tried to strike back and also jumped into help Gray fight Yoosun at the Underpass despite being outnumbered with no plan. During Hyeongshin's attempt to bring down Ben Park he ran to where Gray and Eugene were despite having just taken down 4 guys by himself. Gerard cares for Gray as a friend, when he was hospitalized after his fight with Wolf Keum he visited Gray's hospital room frequently.

### Hyeonjin Cha

Hyeonjin was Gerard's bandmate in middle school. He was the one who wrote all of Slam's songs and played the bass. The two often got into arguments that their other two teammates, Jinu and Sangman, would have to break up. Despite their disagreements, Gerard understood that Hyeonjin was irreplaceable and cut ties with Sinma Entertainment after Hyeonjin quit. Although they never got along well, Hyeonjin didn't hesitate to rush inside a burning building to save Gerard and even messed up his hands in the process. Gerard was devastated to learn of Hyeonjin's sacrifice and agreed to Hyeonjin making him promise to not use his hands for an entire year. Gerard upheld this promise even though he ended up struggling and losing some fights.

## Abilities

### Physical

#### Raw Power

Gerard easily outmatches numerous characters in the series, being able to fight multiple opponents at once without taking serious damage in multiple battles. While not as agile as Alex nor as calculating as Gray, Gerard’s fighting skills have earned him a spot on the Yeongdeungpo Shuttle Patch Rankings. His most notable weapons in a fight are his powerful kicks, which has earned him the infamous epithet of “Hot-Foot Jin”. Early on in the series, the strength of his kicks was even shown to outmatch that of Ben Park’s punches, scoring a full 999/999 on a punching machine and creating an extremely loud sound. Following the Yoosun Showdown, his skills have further improved, now being able to knock out experienced fighters with just one kick and sending them flying several feet backwards.

#### Stamina

Gerard also possesses astounding stamina, as displayed during the Hyeongshin Takedown Operation, where after quickly defeating 4 people, he was able to run across the bridge to the Daebang Underground Passage, alert Ben, and then sprint all the way to the Hero Cram School in Noryangjin before knocking out one more person and severely injuring Grape.

#### Techniques

In his middle school days Gerard would fight like any other typical street fighter though his height gave him a greater advantage. However, following an incident involving one of his friends Hyeonjin Cha, Gerard swore off using his hands in battle for 1 year, and relied on a variety of kick based attacks, including: Roundhouse, Push Kicks, Side Kicks, Front kicks, Axe Kick, Spinning Back Kick, “Spinning Hook Kick"; earning him the nickname Hot-Foot Jin. In his freshman year of high school, after fulfilling his promise to Hyeonjin, Gerard has returned to using his fists in his fights again, using them for the first time again in his fight against Seongmok Do. Gerard is shown to specialize in Jabbing and Cross and Hook punches while using his roundhouse kick to finish his opponents.

While his academic skills are not the best, even being noted by one of his classmates as sleeping in class all the time, Gerard possesses keen perception skills both inside and outside of fighting. In addition to his fighting abilities, Gerard also has a wide variety of miscellaneous skills, which include playing the guitar, singing, playing pool, and reading tarot cards.

#### Music

Gerard is a talented guitarist and singer, with Alex describing his talent as comparable to professionals. During middle school, he was the lead singer and guitarist for the band "Slam", although the band eventually broke up over management conflicts. Despite taking off from music after his accident, Gerard does not appear to have lost any of his talent.

## Trivia

* While the original Korean webcomic places Gerard's birthday as September 30th, the English WEBTOON translation lists it as September 20th.
* His favorite ice cream is red bean popsicles.
* He enjoys slapstick comedy.
* He has several piercings in his ear lobes and helix, back from when he was the lead singer for his band, Slam.

## References

1. ↑ https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail?titleId=710751&no=128&weekday=sun
2. ↑ Chapter 92
3. ↑ Chapter 107
4. ↑ Chapter 138