Eugene Gale

## Webtoon Debut

Chapter 1

**Eugene Gale** (서준태, *Seo Juntae*; "*Juntae Seo*") is a secondary character in the webtoon *Weak Hero*. He is a first year student of Eunjang High, of Class 1-5. Eugene is Gray Yeon's closest friend in Eunjang High and a member of Ben Park's Gang. Eugene is an absolute fanatic of the delinquent gang's in Yeongdeungpo. Though he has no fighting capabilities, he possesses a wide variety of knowledge regarding the delinquent gang's of Yeongdeungpo, making him the gang's info broker.

## Appearance

Eugene is a pale individual with short light brown hair swooped to the left which calls attention to his large square glasses. He has a frail, weak-looking body similar to that of Gray Yeon.

## Personality

Eugene is quiet and a rather distant person to new people or people who seem “like a bully”, but the opposite to people he feels comfortable around. He is a kindhearted person as he is often buying drinks for the group or Eunjang High students after a fight. Eugene is very compliant person, especially to “bullies” known from the past as a shuttle or aka an errand-runner. He gets intimidated easier than the characters we’ve been introduced to before.

## Plot

### Middle School

Eugene went to Daehyeon Middle School with Rowan Im, and it was revealed in a flashback that they were both former homework shuttles and had to do their tormentors' homework assignments. During his third year, Eugene landed into Eunjang through the designated high school process in Korea.

### Eunjang Arc

Eugene was introduced as a "loser" in Eunjang, stating that he was the lowest in the school hierarchy and was easily picked on by Colton Choi, Evan Yoo, and Teddy Jin in the early chapters. Despite Gray often giving the cold shoulder to Eugene and the latter being somewhat socially awkward, he still looks out for Gray and his belongings, as especially shown when Teddy tried to grab Gray's bag. Gray slowly opens up to Eugene, and during Ben Park's fight with Yoosun, Eugene expressed concern for Gray's well being and followed him, even protecting Gray from a Yoosun student and taking the hits for him. Because of this, Ben Park saw Eugene as a valuable member of the gang, especially with his vast knowledge of the Yeongdeungpo Union. After joining Ben Park's gang, Eugene has no longer been the target of bullies at Eunjang High.

## Relationships

### Gray Yeon

Eugene is Gray's classmate and closest friend at Eunjang High.

## Abilities

### Physical

Eugene is the weakest member of Ben Park's gang, having no fighting experience and poor physical strength. However, having been on the receiving end of bullying for years, Eugene is capable of taking a few hits, if not a full beating.

On the occasions where Eugene does get involved in fights, he focuses on restraining enemies to protect his friends from ambushes, generally putting himself in harm's way to do so.

### Mental

Eugene initially has poor grades, although this appears to be a matter of effort and investment rather than intellect. Once he begins attending cram school and receiving help from Gray, Eugene's academic performance improves considerably.

Within Ben Park's gang, Eugene is the most knowledgeable about the Union and Shuttle Patch. He also possesses a great deal of emotional intelligence, being able to guess a person's favorite drink and break any awkward situation.

## Trivia

* While the majority of the main characters received English given names in the English translation (especially for characters introduced early in the series), Eugene and Eddie Moore are the only characters to have an anglicized last name.
* Eugene admires Jake Ji and Jake was the reason Eugene got into delinquents.
* Eugene attended Daehyeon Middle School and was in the same class as Jake Ji.
* Eugene reminds Gray of Stephen.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 60
2. ↑ Chapter 89
3. ↑ Chapter 1
4. ↑ Chapter 63
5. ↑ Chapter 44
6. ↑ Chapter 60
7. ↑ Chapter 89