Mi-ae Hwang

## Hwang Miae

### Aliases

Caterpillar, Seungheon Hwang, Jackie Chan, Cheol and Miae, Tambourine, Peanut, Shorty, Comedy Duo

### Relatives

Lee Jinok (mother), Hwang Jeongnam (Father), Unnamed Aunt, Unnamed Grandmother, Deceased Unnamed Aunt

## Appearances

### Debut

24.12.2020

**Hwang Miae** is the female protagonist of *After School Lessons for Unripe Apples*. She is a student attending Baekje Middle School.

## Appearance

Miae is a 16-year-old girl who stands at a short height. She has big, round eyes that are a pale shade of olive green, white pupils and two small eyelashes on her lower eyelids. She also has a set of iconic bushy black eyebrows. Her middle school is strict with hair length, so Miae has short black hair that ends just below her ears. The highlights on her hair are a similar shade of green to her eyes. Miae also has fair skin, and her build isn't quite clear due to her clothing style consisting of big, baggy shirts and shorts, but in Episode 44, Miae is depicted doing a stretching test but she can't "reach it at all," showing that her arms and legs are shorter than average. Using this information, along with her official height measurement, could imply that Miae has a petite body figure that leans on the smaller side of the scale.

#### **Hairstyles**

Miae goes through several hairstyles during the story. Starting from her childhood and in flashbacks to her time in the countryside, Miae typically put her hair in high pigtails. In Episode 1, Miae's hair is parted straight in the middle so that the sides obscure her vision. Once her third year of middle school starts, she decides to cut her bangs, causing them to be very uneven and stick up. Later on, her bangs begin growing from a few strands of hair until the strands even out, resembling a bowl cut until she trims her bangs slightly. She also wears hats, hair clips, and headbands throughout the story. The creator, Soonki, did make art of what Cheol and Miae might look like in high school; Miae is depicted to have bangs and straight, arm-pit length hair. As of recent episodes released on *Naver*, Miae's bangs grew out long enough for characters, such as Cheol and Jisu, to comment on them, advising her that she should get a haircut. She eventually does in Episode 99, albeit in a painful manner, and now her bangs are shorter than ever.

## Personality

Ever since her childhood, Miae grew up as a social butterfly. She is capable of becoming friends with her peers quite easily, even with those she doesn't know that well. Her overall personality is very outgoing, friendly, compassionate and determined. When it comes to her flaws, Miae can be oblivious, stubborn, highly energetic, noisy, childish and occasionally misses social cues. This may be due to how Miae's EQ being lower than average, with her IQ being higher. Even so, the times where she doesn't understand more emotional problems she tries to make efforts to get to know them better. Miae is notably easily distracted, can be a terrible liar, and frequently wears her heart on her sleeve. She is also quite confrontational when dealing with certain situations. Miae has experienced several unfair scenarios throughout her life, so she's learned how to deal with people who harass, bully, or make assumptions about her. With her short stature being a trigger for insults, Mi-ae's quick temper allows her to fight back and speak her mind.