Hansu Seong

* In Viral Hit
* In Manager Kim

**Hansu Seong** (*성한수, Seong Hansoo*) is a minor character in *Viral Hit.*

## Appearance

Hansu Seong is around the average height of a Korean man; however, his strength and agility are exceptional, thanks to his physical fitness. He has brown hair and brown eyes along with smooth eyebrows. His most identifiable feature apart from his taekwondo uniform are his semi-rimmed eyeglasses.

## Personality

Hansu Seong is known to have a kind and caring attitude, but more strict on his son. He is known to be strict on his son, but still caring about him, shown in [1] Manager Kim, Hansu Seong helps Manager Kim with his mission to rescue his daughter as payback for Manager Kim saving his son, Taehoon Seong when he was young.

## History

Hansu Seong was a respected taekwondo practitioner from his youth. Due to Hansu's exceptional Taekwondo abilities, he was invited by North Korea to teach the martial art. One of his opponents was Mangil Ri, who lost to Hansu in a match and swore vengeance on him in the future.

More of his backstory is involved within Manager Kim, where it's told he was supposed to kill the supreme leader of North Korea, along with Jincheol Park and Manager Kim.

Hansu trained his son Taehun to follow in his footsteps as a taekwondo athelete. He made an appearance on TV with his son showing off his skills from the age of 13. Hansu's business was not successful, so he would often hold tutoring sessions inside the dojang. This caused tension between him and his son, who felt as though Hansu was giving up on taekwondo. Hansu promised Taehun that if he won the taekwondo competition, he would do his best to turn the dojang around.

Dowoon's dad enrolled him into Hansu's dojang soon, and Hansu told Taehun to behave around Dowoon.He also told Taehun to look out for Dowoon, since he was living in a very difficult situation.

## Relationships

### Taehun Seong

Hansu is the father and teacher of Taehun Seong, teaching him both WT and ITF Taekwondo. Hansu is disappointed in his son Taehun for his poor behavior. However, he recognizes his talent as a fighter and encourages him to improve.

## Synopsis

When Taehun's father returns to the dojang he asks the kids what they are doing there. He is surprised to see that Taehun has friends. Hansu mistakes Hobin for Dowoon before realizing that he is not the same person. He explains the story of Dowoon Lee, who was the main reason why Taehun changed so much.

After witnessing Taehun's return to training, Hansu asked why he was working so hard. Taehun explained his desire to conquer the world with taekwondo. Hansu told Taehun that he couldn't do it with his current style of WTF, and trained him in ITF-style taekwondo.

Taehoon later introduces Yeonwoo to Hansu to be trained as his student. Yeonwoo isn't sure about being trained by a taekwondo teacher, which triggers Taehoon's father. He hits Yeonwoo with a powerful strike, and is revealed to be a 9th dan in karate. He charges Yeonwoo double for his lessons.Hansu Seong said that Yeonwoo was an interesting character to train. He had good grades, a good character and practically everything. He wanted to dissuade him from choosing karate, but he apologized once he saw how serious Yeonwoo was. Yeonwoo eventually ran off to train on his own, while Hansu continued training Taehun in the dojang.

20 days before the members of the overseas branch arrive, Hansu gives Taehun some advice. He is impressed by the strength of his kicks, but he is worried Taehoon's strength is getting to his head. Hansu tells Taehun that he is worried about his training when he doesn't appear to have any motives for fighting. He says if Taehun has no reason to fight, then he will never be able to defeat anyone.

## Fighting Prowess

### Techniques Used

#### Kicking

* Roundhouse kick
* 1080° kick Low kick
* Crescent kick
* Back kick

## Trivia

* He is the owner of Hayan Taekwondo.
* Hansu also makes an appearance in the manhwa Manager Kim. He has worked alongside Senior Manager Kim (from Lookism) and Jincheol Park (from My Life as a Loser) in the past.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 58
2. ↑ Episode 126
3. ↑ Episode 58
4. ↑ Episode 26
5. ↑ Episode 56
6. ↑ Episode 59
7. ↑ Episode 55
8. ↑ Episode 62
9. ↑ Episode 117
10. ↑ Episode 127
11. ↑ Episode 119
12. ↑ Episode 126
13. ↑ Episode 58