Dieter Becker-Wulff

> *"...you shouldn't construct your feelings on friendships, based on the actions of a few bad experiences..." -Dieter to Shin-Ae*
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## Dieter Becker-Wulff

### Known As

Dieter Something (In Shin-Ae's contacts)Dieter :3 (In Shin-Ae's more recent contacts)
Didi (by his Sister)

## Biographical Information

### Relatives

Unnamed Father
 Unnamed Mother
 Unnamed Grandmother
 Leah (Older Sister)

## Other Information

### First Appearance

Episode 1

**Dieter Becker-Wulff** is a supporting character in *I Love Yoo*. He is a German student who is one of Yeong-Gi's closest friends, alongside Soushi Toyoshima.

He is the First character confirmed to have romantic feelings for Shin-Ae Yoo.

His confession of love to Shin-Ae in Episode 2, and friendship with Yeong-Gi are among the many reasons that allowed the plot to start.

## Background

Dieter was born in the US and spent most of his childhood in Germany but he also stayed in the US. Dieter moved to Asia with his family because of his father's job as an officer for the US Navy. Growing up, he never really had a permanent home so he often struggles to properly explain where he comes from.

His father was an immigrant and joined the US Navy after he was naturalized and his mother was a German tourist visiting the US. His parents met during his mother's visit, and they decided to keep in touch and visit each other a few times a year. Eventually, they got married and Leah was born, and then, Dieter.

Dieter met Yeong-Gi and Soushi the summer before their first year in high school.

Dieter is a *judoka,* or someone who practices *judo*, a Japanese form of wrestling. Dieter was invited to the school Tae Kwon Do team by Min-Hyuk Park, the captain of the team at the time, but Dieter declined due to the two sports being vastly different.

Throughout his friendship with Min-Hyuk, he managed to ask him about Shin-Ae many times, before Min-Hyuk left for Chicago.

Dieter had a crush on Shin-Ae for quite a while before he decided to confess to her.

## Appearance

Dieter is a slim teenage boy who has short, pale blonde hair and striking sky-blue eyes. He has been noted for his good looks and German heritage. Dieter has paler skin compared to that of his friends, Soushi and Yeong-Gi. Earlier in the series, when Dieter would see Shin-Ae, he would be seen blushing whenever they made eye contact.

When out of his school uniform, he is often seen wearing a large black puffer jacket, a black t-shirt, or a black running shirt.

## Relationships

### Shin-Ae Yoo

Being just classmates at first, Dieter developed a crush on Shin-Ae, to which he confessed his feelings to her with a yellow tulip, in Episode 2. She rejected him immediately and was pulled away from him. Her friends, Rika and Maya told her that she was too harsh, and immediately after, Dieter walked into the same restaurant, dejected, with his friends.

Despite feeling upset for quite a while, he was thrilled and grateful when Shin-Ae talked to him and they agreed to be acquaintances, in Episode 19. In Episode 20, Shin-Ae was surprised and happy to overhear Dieter tell his friends that he is happy and okay with being just acquaintances with her. Shin-Ae and her friends later accompanied Dieter and his friends to an Arcade, in Episode 21.

Later in Episode 34, after Soushi prank-called Shin-Ae pretending to be Dieter, Dieter profusely apologized and asked her to tutor him and Soushi. Soushi told Dieter not to invite Yeong-Gi. In Episode 37, Shin-Ae arrived to tutor them and Yeong-Gi arrived by accident and was tutored along with his two friends.

In Episode 77, Shin-Ae eventually invited Dieter to go to a theme park with her. He fainted when he heard her invitation, and in Episode 78, Shin-Ae sat with him in the school infirmary until he woke up.

When the two attended the amusement park, in Episode 80, he won her a stuffed teddy bear and told her about where he came from. Later, Shin-Ae confided to him about her fear of heights, and when Dieter noticed her being uncomfortable in a Ferris wheel, he held her hand saying 'Just a friend trying to comfort another". In Episode 81, Shin-Ae blushed looking at his hands and the two took pictures together. She asked him how to say Mr. Teddybear in German, to which she named the bear 'Herr Teddybär", to pay tribute to his homage. She then told him about her fear of heights and her relationship with her friends. She then boarded her bus, and from the window she sees a girl hugging Dieter, which is later revealed to be his sister, Leah.

In Episode 84, after Shin-Ae drops a phone call with Dieter due to an intruder, he calls her back and Shin-Ae asks him to come over to help her. Dieter called Yeong-Gi and Soushi for help, and they helped get him to her house, and hid outside to support him. Shin-Ae noticed them due to Yeong-Gi's loud sneezing. After she informed them of the situation, they helped her open the door, to find an empty bathroom.

In Episode 95, Shin-Ae runs into Dieter at the mall, after her fight with Maya. He helps her to feel better and invites Shin-Ae to see a movie with him. She agrees and then realizes that Soushi, Kousuke, and Hansuke are coming with them.

In Episode 98, Dieter helps Shin-Ae out of the movie theatre, and the two go shopping together where he tells her about how he met Yeong-Gi.She picks out clothing that was nearly identical to the outfits that Yu Jing and Kousuke wore previously, to which Dieter tells her that he asked her to pick out clothing that she liked, not what other people liked, and he dislikes the coat because he feels like he is concealing something.

In Episode 125, when Dieter accompanies Shin-Ae and Min-Hyuk to the hospital, he spots Shin-Hye.

In Episode 126, after a brief conversation, he receives a letter to deliver to Shin-Ae.

In Episode 128, Dieter comes with Min-Hyuk to help Shin-Ae get her keys to the apartment. The Landlord asks about Dieter and Min-Hyuk, and Min-Hyuk introduces Dieter as Shin-Ae's boyfriend, making her slightly unnerved. Min-Hyuk tells Dieter that he was proud of him taking the intiative in entering the apartment first. Dieter then asks Min-Hyuk about Shin-Ae's sister and mother, to which Min-Hyuk tells Dieter he knows relatively little, that Shin-Ae and her father are both private people.

In Episode 130, Dieter listens to Shin-Hye's letter and is inclined to believe in her. He later notices the scars on the side of Shin-Ae's head.

### Min-Hyuk Park

Min-Hyuk and Dieter were friends in high-school. Dieter often asked about Shin-Ae. Min-Hyuk invited Dieter to join the school's Taekwondo team, but Dieter declined because he was proficient in Judo, which was too different from Taekwondo.

In Episode 106, when Min-Hyuk returned from Chicago, Dieter met up with him at the WacDonald's in Hirahara Plaza, to which Min-Hyuk hid from Shin-Ae when she arrived.

In Episode 108, Dieter helped sneak Min-Hyuk into the Hirahara Corp. Building in a giant bear costume, to which Min-Hyuk told Dieter that it would help Dieter's chances with Shin-Ae, since she "has this thing for cute, gigantic things that are dangerous, like bears..."

In Episode 111, Dieter spoke to Min-Hyuk about his possible over-protection of Shin-Ae, telling him that they should trust her, and that she might think that he views her as helpless.

In Episode 124, Min-Hyuk invites Dieter to come with him to see Shin-Ae's father in the hospital.

In Episode 126, Maya texts Min-Hyuk to check on Dieter over the situation with Shin-Hye.

In Episode 127, Min-Hyuk asks if Dieter's heart is too big, since Dieter appears to trust Shin-Hye.

In Episode 128, Min-Hyuk and Dieter accompany Shin-Ae to unlock her apartment.

In Episode 130, Dieter comments to Shin-Ae that Min-Hyuk might be over-protective of her, to which Shin-Ae says it is okay and probably because of what happened in middle school. Dieter then notices Shin-Ae's scars when she is talking to Min-Hyuk.

### Yeong-Gi Hirahara

Dieter often hangs out with Yeong-Gi outside of school. Yeong-Gi cares deeply about Dieter and attempted to bring Dieter and Shin-Ae closer together, but after spending an extended period of time with Shin-Ae, he realized that setting the two of them up would not be easy, so he instead tried to befriend her.

Dieter met Yeong-Gi the summer before their first year of high school, when Dieter had just arrived in the country. He did not know anyone at the time, and would go for runs in the morning. He regularly saw Yeong-Gi in the mornings during runs. Yeong-Gi eventually stopped coming out for runs, which disappointed Dieter. Eventually when Yeong-Gi returned, the two became friends.

When Dieter and Yeong-Gi would visit, Kousuke Hirahara would often tag-along to babysit his younger brother, which Dieter found odd. However Kousuke lessened the amount that he would tag-along to Yeong-Gi's outings when Soushi became friends with Dieter and Yeong-Gi.

### Soushi Toyoshima

Dieter and Soushi are close friends who are seen together almost all the time, despite going to different schools. Dieter supported Soushi when no one else was supporting him when he was playing against Shin-Ae. Dieter is used to Soushi's exuberance and loud personality and Soushi appreciates Dieter's kind and mellow personality.

In Episode 9, Soushi was shocked to hear that the girl he met at the Hirahara Party was the same girl that Dieter had a crush on, since Dieter described Shin-Ae as "super nice and sweet" .

In Episode 12, unaware of Shin-Ae's previous rejection of Dieter, when Soushi heard that Shin-Ae was in the nearby vicinity, he supported Dieter by making sure he met her at the café and encouraged him to confess, which backfired due to the circumstances.

In Episode 34, Soushi pretended to be Dieter to call Shin-Ae. Dieter subdued him, and apologized to Shin-Ae on the phone, and then asked if she would tutor them. Soushi then encouraged Dieter not to invite Yeong-Gi because he would be busy with family stuff, and that it would give Dieter more time with Shin-Ae.

### Shin-Hye

Dieter noticed Shin-Hye sitting in the hospital waiting room while he was avoiding meeting Shin-Ae's father, in Episode 125. In Episode 126, Dieter tells Maya about the woman and Maya encourages her to talk to her, that it must be the intruder, but Dieter tells her that his anxiety will not allow him. After Shin-Hye notices Dieter and Maya staring at her, she confronts the two of them politely, and leaves. Dieter follows her, and Shin-Hye was waiting for him. She tells him that she overheard his conversation, and he doesn't need to worry about her. She also tells her that she recognizes him, but doesn't remember his name, to which he tells her that it is creepy and he won't let her harm Shin-Ae. She tells him that she has no intention of harming her, she just wanted to get to know her and that her anxiety go the best of her. Dieter offers to introduce Shin-Hye to Shin-Ae and Sim Han, but Shin-Hye refuses, but asks Dieter for a favor, to deliver a letter to Shin-Ae.

In Episode 130, Dieter admits to Shin-Ae and Min-Hyuk that he believes Shin-Hye is her sister and that maybe they should give her a chance.

### Kousuke Hirahara

Dieter met Kousuke because Kousuke would often 'baby-sit' his younger brother on outings, even when Yeong-Gi was in high-school. Dieter thought it was odd and must be difficult for Yeong-Gi to have to deal with such a strict family environment. Kousuke eventually stopped accompanying Nol after Soushi became friends with Dieter and Yeong-Gi, much to Dieter's relief.

## Trivia

* According to CuriousCat, Quimchee has confirmed the following:
	+ Dieter speaks with a faint German accent
	+ His MBTI type is: ISFJ
	+ In the original version of I Love Yoo, he was a combined character with Soushi, named Seiji
	+ For breakfast he eats " Sausage and eggs, breadrolls with either cheese or jam spread, side of fruits and a cup of hot cocoa. When he's in a hurry, toast and jam works."
	+ Dieter wears trunks or boxer briefs that he gets from his grandmother
	+ He has a driver's license
	+ He wants 3 children
	+ He sleeps in "Teddy Bear Print PJs and onesies!"
	+ Dieter is the only character confirmed to like Shin-Ae romantically
	+ His favorite ice cream flavor is cookies and cream and his favorite cake is Black Forest Cake
	+ He is an early riser
	+ Dieter can cook and bake
	+ Dieter has the highest alcohol tolerance of all the characters
	+ His Chinese Zodiac is a goat
	+ He can grow a full beard
	+ Dieter gave Shin-Ae a yellow tulip, which is the symbol of unrequited love, when he confessed his feelings
	+ Dieter would be sorted into Gryffindor
	+ His favorite holiday is Christmas
	+ He is most likely to win in The Hunger Games
* Dieter was born in the U.S. but spent most of his childhood in Germany.
* He moved to the United States of Korea, 5 years before the start of the comic.
* His father, a german immigrant who works as a officer for the U.S. Navy and his german mother met during her visit in the U.S.
* Due to his father's work, he had to move around a lot growing up and described himself as a "Military brat"
* Dieter is not very picky with friends because he moved a lot and always had to find new friends but also had to leave them eventually.
* He met Yeong-Gi in the summer before their freshman year of high school.
* In Episode 136 Dieter revealed that he wants to become an aeronautical engineer.
* In Episode 146, when asked by Shin-Ae's dad how old he is, he reveals that he is 16
* In Episode 208 Dieter confirmed that he started to admire Shin-Ae after she stood up for him against some mean students once.