Mr. Forest

**Mr. Forest** is a character who made his debut in Caught in the Net: Technology. He is the class teacher of Class 4C (previously the class teacher of Class 5B in Season 1) and the Physical Education teacher of Sacred Hearts Primary School.

## Biography

### Early Life

Mr. Forest is born to a family who practices taekwondo. When he was still a child, he used to be a national children's taekwondo athlete but due to an accident during a competition he fractured his leg. He was devastated as his injury led him to be hospitalized and he had to walk with a crutch. One day when he was watching some children playing outside the hospital, a young man approached him and asked why he did not join the children to play. The man introduced himself as Mr. Forest's Physical Education teacher and class teacher and the reason why he came was to check on him to ensure that he was not skipping school. As Mr. Forest heard the teacher's words, he became angry and walked away using his crutch.

Since that day, the teacher always came to the hospital to play with the hospitalized children. One day when Mr. Forest was playing with the hospitalized children, he fell down and asked the teacher angrily why did he took away his crutch and the teacher replied that the game that they were playing required only one foot to play. As Mr. Forest demanded the teacher to return the crutch to him, the teacher made a bet with him that if he won the game, he would return the crutch to him. After a whole day of playing, Mr. Forest became exhausted and he laid on the floor while panting. The teacher told him that if he could concentrate on the game such as concentrating on a competition, he would still win the game. He also explained the various benefits of traditional games to Mr. Forest and he walked away after explaining, leaving an astonished Mr. Forest staring at the teacher's back.

After 20 years, Mr. Forest decided to become a teacher instead of becoming a national taekwondo athlete. One day when he returned back from school he happily informed his father about his decision, his father got so mad that he almost chased him out of the house, which made him felt scared until he did not know what to do.

## Season 1 Synopsis

### Caught in the Net: Technology

Mr. Forest made his debut in Book 6. When the entire Class 5A was so immersed in using the gadgets in class, Mr. Forest, alongside Mrs. Lawson and Miss Miyuki burst into Class 5A and declared that no electronic gadgets should be used by any students during class and students who brought gadgets to school should hand in their gadgets to their teachers to keep them during their time in school.

### The Hero's Quest: Self-Improvement

He went to the shop Julian was working in to drag Charles to school. Later he was seen dragging Charles along the corridor. He was next seen scolding Charles. A few days later he went back to the same shop to drag Charles again to school.

## Appearance

Mr. Forest is a lean yet well-built adult. He has messy saddle brown hair and eyebrows and brown eyes. When first introduced, he wore a yellow shirt with a pastel blue collar and a whistle hung around his neck.

In his second appearance, he wore a V-neck tracksuit with the upper part of the suit being endowed with a contrast of two different shade of blue; the upper region being royal blue while the lower one being light steel blue. Inside his tracksuit was a plain white T-shirt. Below, he wore track pants of a similar color. Lastly, he wore a pair of white sneakers to match.

In his second appearance, Mr. Forest wore a simple lavender color T-shirt with a button down collar. To come with it was a pair of black trousers with white stripes at the sides. Mr. Forest also seemed to wear a white lanyard that holds a tag.

In his onward appearances from The Hero's Quest, he is mostly seen wearing a blue and white tracksuit with a t-shirt underneath it.

## Personality

Mr. Forest is a very strict man. He takes everything seriously, and wants every student in school to behave well. In The Hero's Quest, he was really angry at Charles. But he has a soft heart, it is just he doesn't like attitudes of students like Charles.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Parents

Mr. Forest's parents were first introduced in Play or Pay when he took a break from school as a result of being complained by a student's mother. His father owns a dojo and his mother is the owner of a family chalet.

## Trivia

* Initially Mr. Forest was named as "Mr. Mako" in the early books, but the authors changed to his current name starting from The Hero's Quest.
* Mr. Forest's hair was wrongly depicted as black in Banding Against Bullies while his usual hair color is saddle brown.

## References

1. ↑ Play or Pay: Traditional Games, page 78
2. ↑ Girls On Guard: Self-Defence, page 68