Grape

## Webtoon Debut

Chapter 41

**Sam "Grape" Lee** *(이공삼, Lee Gongsam, "Gongsam Lee")* is a student at Hyeongshin High School and is a part of Forrest Lee's gang.

## Appearance

Grape has black ruffled hair with purple undertones and black eyes. His prominent eye bags give him a somewhat tired appearance. He appears to be of average height and fairly lanky. He is shown so far wearing the Hyeongshin uniform. Generally he wears his collared shirt and tie loosely.

During middle school, Grape had shorter hair.

## Personality

Grape is often depicted with a relaxed personality, approaching situations in a lighthearted/joking manner.

He is, however, capable of easily commanding authority over other students. In relation to matters regarding the Union, Grape is quite invested and ambitious. He is often thinking about his position in the hierarchy. For example, he considers the appearance of Gerard Jin in his fight with Gray to be an opportunity to establish his place as Hyeongshin's second-in-command. He is also shown to be quite aware of how Myles Joo's exile from the Union has affected his position.

While he is typically confident, Grape can be extremely fearful. This is exemplified by his relationship with Wolf Keum, his middle school bully. When Grape is with Wolf, he doesn't make any eye-contact, possibly in fear of the three second rule. Grape does not retaliate at all even when Wolf demeans and degrades him. Grape actively tries to avoid confrontation with Wolf where possible.

## History

He attended the same middle school as Wolf Keum, and is aware of what Wolf is capable of as a bully. Flashbacks and their present interactions suggest a vicious bullying history. It seems like Grape is Wolf's favorite victim, seeing as how Wolf chose to beat him back into consciousness to demand answers as to who stole the money and files rather than trying to ask Forrest.

In high school, he joined forces with Forrest Lee at Hyeongshin and is the unofficial second-in-command.

## Relationships

### Forrest Lee

Grape personally considers himself to be Forrest's right-hand man. The two are shown to get along fairly well. They create plans and manage their subordinates well together with Robin, with no signs of in-group fighting shown so far. Forrest is aware of Grape's feelings towards Wolf and takes these into account when they need to meet with him. For example, he tells Grape to stay behind when they go to Ganghak to pick up Hyeongshin's share of the commission money.

### Robin Ha

Both of them are in Forrest Lee's gang and attend Hyeongshin High School. Grape feels a little competitive towards him for the position of second-in-command. Despite this, the two appear to be fairly close and get along well. For example, Robin delivers Wolf the Hyeongshin files, aware of Grape's (and Forrest's) feelings towards Wolf.

### Wolf Keum

He was Grape's middle school bully. The details of his harassment of Grape are unclear, but it is evident from Grape's reactions to Wolf and some flashback panels that the bullying was fairly vicious. In high school, Wolf always appears gleeful to see Grape as it provides him to harass him again. When Grape is not in the scene, Wolf will at least mention his absence. He calls Grape "Sam", likely aware that Grape hates the name. When Grape learns of Wolf's defeat by the hands of Gray, he feels frustrated, having only dreamt of taking revenge.

### Eunchan Hong

Eunchan is one of the many people Grape knows. They are visibly close as Eunchan was quick to invite Grape to his after suspension party.

## Abilities

### Mental

Grape is a quick thinker and can determine if someone is a threat or not. He is frequently shown analyzing the situation. He was, for example, able to call out Rowan's bluff during their fight. As well, he is very self-aware of his status within the Union, calculating how changes in leadership (e.g. expulsion of Myles Joo) would affect his own position. When the Hyeongshin group is creating plans, Grape is often quick to provide reasonable and clever ideas.

### Physical

Grape is a decent fighter. He has a good dodging ability against sudden punches. He often taunts his opponents when fighting them. He demonstrates this in his dialogue when he hits a Eunjang student at the start of their ambush  and when he mocks Gerard Jin's lanky appearance.

He is capable of withstanding powerful hits, recovering somewhat quickly after even when knocked down. This displayed when he is able to stand up after a powerful kick from Gerard knocks him down.

## Trivia

* Grape is quick to anger when someone calls him by his given name, Sam. Naturally, Wolf Keum does this as much as possible.
* In recent chapters, Grape's personality seemed to change, possibly because of Hyeongshin's loss to Eunjang.
* Grape likes taking photos of his victims after beatdowns, after knocking out someone and then taking a picture of them. He even uses filters.

## Quotes

"That fucker basically doesn't even belong anywhere anymore. And who's gonna look after him? Jimmy Bae? Jack Kang?" -Grape about Helmet, Chapter 45

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 54
2. ↑ Chapter 50
3. ↑ Chapter 59