South City

***South City*** (南の街(サウスシティ), *Sausu Shiti*) is an online OEL manga series that was created by Alex Guy. It was written and illustrated by Alex and his colleagues, officially premiering on September 14, 2018 with the first chapter, titled "The Return." The series is based off of one-shots focused on prototype characters such as Luke Bennett (who would later become the characters Brendan Foster and Luke Benson), and Gary Bennett (who would later serve as the inspiration for Nick and Gary Benson).

The series revolves around the life and exploits of Brendan Foster, a teenager and adopted son of the Foster family, who returns to the titular South City after 4 years living on an island with his father and younger brother and best friend Nick Foster. He often finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various citizens and clashes with his family members — Tracy, Jonathan, Naomi, and Patrick.

The series follows Brendan and Nick at school, where they mainly interact with their classmates. The story chronicles the two in high school, as Brendan also struggles with planning his future the decision on who he loves the most. The first "section" focuses on Brendan and Nick's return to a larger and busier society; the second section deals with Brendan and Nick's occasional conflict with END; the third section focuses on the brand new Benoist Hotel; and the rest focus on life in high school.

After the end of the series, a short spin-off manga, *South City - Endings*, was created as an epilogue.

## Characters

### Main Characters

**Brendan Foster**
Brendan is the calm, quiet, fun-loving and mischievous, yet somewhat introverted and cynical main character, who is conflicted on his future after high school. He is the adopted son of the Foster family. Often finding himself and Nick in various antics which end up getting them into trouble, episodes in the series' first section characterized Brendan as well-meaning in his actions, but with a cynical mindset and was prone to sarcasm; throughout the series' progression, he has since established himself as a more serious character capable of a more optimistic outlook.
He has a strong distrust for love and romance due to past experiences and his own insecurities. He is the love-interest of both Allison Forrester and Lexi Thompson, which caused conflicting feelings, though by the end of the series, Brendan expresses his love for Allison and the two eventually get married, fathering twins Devon and Destiny.
**Nick Foster**
Nicholas "Nick" Foster is the slightly younger brother and best friend of Brendan, with whom he is always with and tags along with on his adventures. At the start of the series, Nick had a tendency to be more naive and gullible than others.
**Allison Forrester**
**Jasper Chase**
**Mason Bridges**
**Lexi Thompson**
**Dylan Dawes** (section 5)
### Recurring Characters

* **Tracy Foster**
* **Patrick Foster**
* **Mr. Young's class**
	+ **Mr. Tristan Young**
	+ **Spencer Smythe**
	+ **Phoebe Winters**
	+ **Freddy Fuchs**
	+ **Simon Chipson**
	+ **Bob Matthews**
	+ **Rob Roboto**
	+ **Tina Terra**
	+ **Ethan Pym**
	+ **Toby Brickman**
	+ **Ninten Uemura**
	+ **Tiffany Suzuki**
* **Naomi Foster**
* **Jonathan Foster**
* **Dr. Murphy**
* **Class B students**
	+ **Blaze**
	+ **Adrian Krieger**
	+ **Sally Everett**
	+ **Norman Everett**
	+ **Vince Vance**
	+ **Rikki Allen**
* **Principal Hawk**
* **Kane** (section 3)
* **Mr. Noseby** (section 3)
* **Darryl Davenport**