Jyu

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**Jyu** is the protagonist of ***"Burning Hell."*** Originally a samurai, he was captured and banished to a desolate island between Japan and Korea for murdering and consuming the flesh of 1,000 other samurai.

## Appearance

Jyu is a very tall and muscular individual with a large mane of spiky, wild black hair. He wears a dirty white uwagi with short, torn sleeves; it's also noticeability loose, showing off most of his upper chest. Alongside this, Jyu also wears a pair of tattered, dark-colored hakama in which he holds his katana. After his first meeting and subsequent fight with Han Kim, Jyu received a scar over his right eye that he now keeps closed at all times.

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## Personality

Jyu is a rather compulsive man who prefers brawns over brains and is only interested in two things: Killing strong opponents and eating the flesh of those he kills, specifically in that exact order.

Despite being a samurai, Jyu is neither honorable nor heroic and is little more then an incredibly aggressive and unpredictable brute. He also greatly enjoys fighting, exhibiting an incredibly manic and unhinged attitude when in the midst of an intense battle as well as gleefully cutting people down without any signs of mercy or regret.

However, despite his dangerous and wicked nature, Jyu can be rational and cooperative with other people when the situation calls for it or his goals align with theirs. In addition to this, he's capable of showing respect and is capable of refraining from his usual antics during serious moments when he acknowledges them.

## Background

At some point in time, Jyu became a samurai and began roaming across Japan. However, for unknown reasons, he began showing disturbingly aggressive behavior as well as hints of his cannibalistic nature. Eventually, he became infamous after slaughtering over 1,000 warriors and devouring their corpses. This action shocked, disgusted and horrified the people of Japan who proceeded to capture Jyu and send him off to the Burning Hell for his atrocities.

## Plot Overview

### Burning Hell

#### Meeting Between Criminals

After Jyu was captured by the Japanese government, he was contained in a wooden prison box and shipped off to Burning Hell. However, whilst on the beach, he breaks out of the box and quickly steals a katana from one of the guards. Jyu proceeds to butcher everyone on the beach without mercy and throws the sword at the commander, killing him. Seeing this, the ship which brought him here leaves as he yells at them to come back; Jyu's attention is then directed to the island and he shouts into the distance for anyone to confront him but doesn't get a response. Bored and hungry, he plans to eat all the corpses around him but stops when he smells food somewhere in the jungle. Starving, Jyu races over to the source of the smell only to nearly be killed by a spike trap; while he manages to successfully dodge it, he's knocked unconscious by someone from behind. When he wakes up, Jyu finds himself in chains and sees multiple figures in the darkness. He yells at them to fight but realize they're merely human-sized sculptures, his attention is then brought to a man who introduces himself as "Han Kim". Although neither man can understand the other due to the language barrier, Han still proceeds to torture Jyu as he plans to make him into his next piece of art; slicing his right eye and leaving him with a permanent scar. Outraged, Jyu uses all of his strength and manages to break out of his restrains (much to the other man's shock) before cutting Han's left eye in return. Angered by this, Han attacks Jyu and the two proceed to fight each other on-and-off-again for an unknown period of time.

During this length of time, Jyu's loses a toe offscreen and his fights with Han become less like death battles with a hated enemy and more like a friendly sparring match with an old rival.

#### Battle at Burning Hell

When the Karvan Pirates arrive on the Burning Hell to unload their cargo, Jyu and Han Kim team up to take their ship and escape. They kill some men but also clash with one another. However, Han stops their fight and explains how odd it is the foreign pirates wouldn't unload their riches first, suggesting whatever is aboard their ship much be incredibly valuable. After teaming up once again and slaughtering the rest of the pirate, Jyu and Han confront McMahon who sends out his remaining crewmen, Eddie to fight. Jyu however bows out of the fight as Han insisted on killing Eddie himself. However, the two criminals are left shocked when after Han delivers a fatal blow to Eddie, they realize he's actually undead. Finally, McMahon joins the fight and explains his plans only for the two men to explain they can't understand him nor do they really care all that much.

They fought for a bit before they dash to the ship. Han asked him to be a ladder which Jyu shoots him up and then ask for the same which Han throws down a rope. However, the rope was severed which Jyu was enraged as McMahon was getting closer. Jyu and McMahon fought until they get into the ship. McMahon sees Isao is released and instantly grabs her. Han intervenes and tells Jyu to grab Isao and run but Jyu rejects as they both will fight. During the fight, Jyu managed to cut McMahon's head, ending the battle. As the ship was scuttled, Jyu and Han fought each other to see who will have Isao as it ends with more ships coming to the island.

## Relationships

**Allies**

* Han Kim - A former enemy and now rivals. They always get into fights but during serious confrontations, they will team up. It would also seem they still don't understand each other but instincually understands what they each need.

**Enemies**

* Captain McMahon
* Eddie

**Other**

* Isao Jeong - His relationship with Isao is very limited. Nonetheless, due to not seeing a woman in sometime; he is fascinated with her. But more importantly to him, he is interested in eating her as it would seem he doesn't eat women that often.

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* Marco Polo
* Hasty
* Jungwoo Min
* Lilia Podkopayeva

## Abilities and Weapons

**Abilities**

* *Superhuman Strength* - One of Jyu's most prominent abilities he displays is his incredible physical strength; when he first arrived on the Burning Hell, Jyu was able to easily break out of a thick wooden box, grab and strangle a man to death using only a single hand, then cut another man and his arquebus in half with a single slash of his sword. Later, when Jyu had been captured and was being tortured by Han, he managed to not only shatter the numerous metal chains holding him down, but also break apart the large boulder they were binding him to as well.
* *Superhuman Durability* - Alongside his great strength, Jyu is also inhumanly resilient as well, having been struck directly by a large boulder trap set by Han and only being knocked unconscious as well as enduring the sadistic doctor stabbing him in the eye and chest, even managing to snap his knife in the process.
* *Heightened Reflexes* - Despite being distracted by his own hunger, Jyu was able to quickly avoid dying by falling onto a pit of spikes, having quickly stabbed his blade into the edges of the pit and hosting himself back up. He was also able to immediately recognize one of Han's traps when he accidently set it off and managed to use it to his advantage by dodging out of the way and letting the resulting projectiles hit a group of pirates.
* *Master Swordsmanship* - While he may appear like nothing more then a mindless brute, Jyu is actually a highly skilled fighter and can easily dispatch a whole battalion of armed opponents by himself with little issue. He's also skilled in using his blade in less conventional ways, such a throwing it over a large distance with great accuracy or flinging a mannequin of human flesh at his opponent. So far, the only person who can match Jyu in combat is Han Kim.

**Weapons**

* Katana

## Trivia

* His hobby is fighting with Han Kim and he was born on April 10th, making Jyu an Aries.
* It seems that he was initially not part of the Superstring Team as Isao was or they were both included. Regardless, Isao was removed and Jyu is left as the reputation of the webtoon. The reason for this change is unknown.
* In the webtoon, Jyu seems to be a normal human with strength slightly above that of a regular human. However in the mobile game, Jyu is capable of a demonic transformation. This increases his strength and changes his appearance as well; his eyes turning bright red, hair turning white, and skin becoming purple.
	+ It is possible that if Jyu is to be reintroduced in a crossover, he may be retcon to have this supernatural ability.
* In the Super String Mobile Game:
	+ He is voiced by voice actor "*Si Youngjoon*", who also voices Rotevick in the game. He's also known for dubbing Might Guy from *"Naruto"*, Sado 'Chad' Yasutora from *"Bleach"*, and Alex Louis Armstrong from *"Fullmetal Alchemist".*
* Jyu resembles Mujang, a character from Blade of the Phantom Master, as they're nearly identical in appearance and behavior. It is highly possible that since both webtoons have the same author and illustrator, they reused Mujan's design for Jyu.
	+ The only real difference between the two is that, while both men are eager to fight, Mujang's more patient. In addition to that Mujang is not a cannibal.

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## References

1. ↑ http://ylabcomics.com/bbs/board.php?bo\_table=02\_01\_eng#0

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