Praying Mantis

* Current
* Initial
* Insecta Complex

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**Praying Mantis** is a minor antagonist of ***Jungle Juice (Webtoon)***. A hunger that is insatiable; he searches for any insect human to kill and eat. Which he came across Suchan Jang.

## Appearance

He is rather lanky in his body physique and his skin is intertwined with exoskeleton. His hair is neck length that is shaggy and black in color with green highlights. His face is rather narrow and his teeth is sharp. In his original outfit, he wore a tattered black trench coat with green inside. He then wore simple black clothing. The most notable aspect is that both of his forearms are dark mantis raptorial legs. While imprison, he wore white sleeveless prison tank top hoodie and pants.

## Personality

He is incredibly unpredictable and uncontrollable. He only seeks to eat and nothing else; thus, he persistent and sadistic as he enjoys in consuming his prey.

## Background

At some point, he bought and used Jungle Juice on a mantis and acquired its DNA. Ever since, he became insatiable hungry and seeks others insect humans to eat.

## Plot Overview

### Season 1

#### Unravel Arc

At some point, he smelled Suchan and followed him to the movies. Inside the movie, he alerted the building and then "killed" an employee. He launches himself with fury of attacks onto Suchan; monologuing about Jungle Juice. As he played with Suchan, Mihui throws something at him. Annoyed, he attacked and threw Mihui out of the building. When Suchan also jumps out, he remarks how stupid he was even if he was part insect. However when he sprouted wings, he was annoyed and remarked that he was a dragon fly. As Suchan leaves; he desired to eat him even more but was knocked out by Huijin.

#### NEST's Introduction Arc

Transported and jailed by NEST; he was walking with the jailers as he sees Suchan again; declaring that he will eat him once he gets out.

#### Semester Starts Arc

Inside the isolation sector, he was completely chained and restricted. It seems that he was sleeping before Gayeon wakes him up. After she released him, he was about to eat the two of them but she pushed Hanbyeol towards him. Immediately, he devours him. Outside, he works with Gayeon and attempts to find Suchan, soon, his keen smell located him. He and Gayeon ambushed them; with him spearing Jun Ji from behind. Then he says his greetings to Suchan but Gayeon orders him to take Hyeseong and move further into the forest. Suchan tries to reach and ambush them but the praying mantis already smells him and was about to counter his attack. He furies attacks, and with his exoskeleton proves an advantage over Suchan.

However, Hyeseong wakes up and escapes with Suchan. Seemingly escaped, Gayeon orders to move but the praying mantis smelled that they weren't running away. Although wary, he realized that Suchan flanked them and subdued Gayeon. Then he fights with him but he still had an advantage over Suchan. Fortunately, Suchan sliced his arm off with Jun's chainsaw. In pain, he angrily fights them more and had subdued them both. He was about to eat Suchan but Jun arrives in time. The praying mantis was easily defeated with Jun's complex and is captured.

#### Weakness Training Arc

Sometime after, he was held underground and outfitted with a prosthetic for his missing arm. He reappears again to fight Suchan as it was his individual assignment. He quickly slashes aggressively until Suchan backed out for a moment which slightly confused him. As he waits, Suchan brought many weapons but failed to use it while the mantis fights him. The assignment is then briefly stopped for next time. During the final day, he fights with Suchan again while telling that his equipment is useless.

However he was being pummeled by his gloves and was silently shocked that he was getting better than before. Nonetheless, he was able to bite on to Suchan's forearm. As he was about to eat him, Suchan's instinct activated and thrown him across the room. As he is being pummeled, he realize that he was being hunted all of a sudden. Unfazed, he still fights until Suchan got a hold of himself and punches him to the wall, knocking the mantis unconscious.

## Relationships

**Allies**

* Gayeon Sin

**Enemies**

* Suchan Jang
* Jun Ji

## Abilities & Equipment

**Complex: Praying Mantis** - His complex allows him to have every physiology of the mantis, giving him increased strength, agility, and endurance. Interestingly, he was infected by Jungle Juice which was one of types that gave him minimal mantis characteristics with only his sharp teeth and forearms.

* Sharp Claws - His main weapon, it is incredibly dangerous as it can pierce human and insect human effectively.
* Durable Exoskeleton - His exoskeleton is incredibly tough armor that can't be damage by normal means. The durability depends on if he has eaten anything with none making it weak. It can be severed such as a chain saw.

**Equipment**

* Artificial Mantis Arm - Created by NEST, to replace his severed arm, in its place is a metal arm that is more deadly and durable.

## Trivia

* Oddly enough, his complex was never explicity revealed. It is hypothesize that his complex is specifically the Chinese Mantis, judging from the mantis that was drawn.

## Gallery

### Short Gallery

Suchan and the mantis fights (S1, Ep.10).pngJun ready to blast away the mantis (S1, Ep. 11).pngSuchan cut the mantis' arm (S1, Ep. 11).pngThe mantis waiting (S1, Ep. 51).pngSuchan & the mantis in a heated battle (S1, Ep. 53).png
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## References

1. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%82%AC%EB%A7%88%EA%B7%80%20%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%84 Digression Section

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