Han Mi-nyeo

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## Conflicting Evil

### Alias

Player 212
Missus/Old Lady ("Ajumeoni") (by Seong Gi-hun)
The Weakest Link (by the Masked Men)
Crazy Bitch (by Jang Deok-su)

### Allies

Gi-hun & Sang-woo's Team - Teammates* Kang Sae-byeok †
* Cho Sang-woo † - De-Facto Leader
* Seong Gi-hun - De-Facto Leader
* Oh Il-nam † - Kidnapper and Indirect Killer (both unknowingly)
	+ Ali Abdul †
	+ Ji-yeong †
	+ Player 276 †
	+ Player 196 †
	+ Player 244 †

### Powers / Skills

Manipulation
Intelligence
Resourcefulness
Seduction
Strategy
Teamwork

### Goals

Survive and win the Squid Game (failed).
Kill Jang Deok-su and take revenge on him for betraying her (succeeded).

### Kill Count

11 (confirmed)
6 (caused)
Dozens (attempted)

### Supposed Crimes

Hate crimes
Drug abuse
Bribery
Theft
Fraud
Sexual Harassment
Rape
Indecent Exposure
Coercion
Arson
Murder
Smuggling
False Accusations
Adultery
Conspiracy
Smoking
Stalking

### Type of Conflicting Evil

Mentally Ill Manipulator

**Han Mi-nyeo** (Korean: **한미녀**), also referred to as **Player 212**, is one of the main characters in the first season of the South Korean Netflix drama show *Squid Game*. Mi-nyeo is a manipulative woman who joined the Squid Game to win the prize money to solve her financial issues. Initially allied with Jang Deok-su and his gang, she is betrayed and swears revenge on the gangster. This also causes her to join Seong Gi-hun and Cho Sang-woo's team.

Despite being portrayed as a protagonist, Han Mi-nyeo seemingly has had a villainous side throughout her appearances in the series, with her committing several crimes back to back and most of her heroic deeds are for self-serving reasons only.

She was portrayed by Kim Joo-ryoung.

## Her "Evil" Ranking

### Her "Villainous" Deeds

* She committed fraud five times in the past prior to joining the games.
* She begged to leave the game for a baby that isn't confirmed to exist.
* She xenophobically called Ali Abdul an illegal alien.
* She called Kang Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong scrawny girls.
* Due to her antisocial personality, she had a very hard time making friends.
* She framed a guard for cheating.
* She cut in line to get more food, not caring if other people starved.
* She assisted Jang Deok-su in the Night Riot to kill other people.
* She threatened to kill everybody when she failed to get a partner in Gganbu.
* Although she did kill Jang Deok-su and seemed affable a couple of times to players, it was purely for pragmatic reasons.

### Why Isn't She Actually Villainous?

* It is left ambiguous if she truly participated in the Night Riot as the only scene she is seen in there she was unarmed and hiding, and unlike Byeong-gi, she has nothing to make up for it to qualify as truly villainous.
* She fails the heinous standard for several reasons:
	+ Her cutting in line for seconds and participating in the Night Riot were under Jang Deok-su's orders.
	+ Her killing people in Tug-of-War game was just following the rules.
	+ The rest of her evil deeds amount to just petty crimes such as murder, hate crimes, sexual harassment, drug abuse, etc. as well as just xenophobic behavior making her bog-standard.
* She is played for laughs far too much for NPE as nobody in-universe takes her seriously in the slightest.
* She genuinely wanted to help Deok-su and was upset when he betrayed her. She also kept the end of her deal with him as he betrayed her and killed him only for that.
* She is On & Off as she willingly assisted Seong Gi-hun's team in the Tug-of-War game and has a legitimate friendship with them.
* She is played for sympathy a few times, as she shares the same sympathy of being in debt like most of the other players, is insecure as she constantly tries to hide her own insecurities from other people, is hurt when Jang Deok-su betrayed him, is hurt when she had nobody to play Gganbu with, and her death makes her a scapegoat due to her sympathy.

## Trivia

* To drive home the point of her Conflicting Evil status, Kim Joo-ryoung (Mi-nyeo's actress) said that she felt a lot of pity and sympathy for her character and she was emotional while portraying her. She explained that as much as Mi-nyeo seems hateful, fickle, loud, and nasty, it is just a façade to hide her true emotions. Inside, she is more lonely, hurt, and scared than the others.

## References

1. ↑ “Squid Game” Actress Kim Joo Ryoung Shares Deeper Insight Into Her Character, How She Was Cast, And More
2. ↑ 'Squid Game' roundtable panel with creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, lead actor Lee Jung-jae, cast and crew

## External Links

* Han Mi-nyeo on the Heroes Wiki
* Han Mi-nyeo on the Heroic Benchmark Wiki
* Han Mi-nyeo on the *Squid Game* Wiki