Ihyun Jo

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**Ihyun Jo** was in the band of criminals who attempt to take over the apartment building. He was one of few half-monsters. He was able to control his monsterization very precisely, as he had dissociative identity disorder and only his alter was actually affected by the monsterization.

## Personality

Ihyun Jo is shown to be very kind, offering one of his asthma inhalers to Yuri Park, and explaining his wrongdoings. He is very empathetic to others, even monsters. He seems to respect Joon Shin and will do as he asks.

His alter ego, however, has given in to the monster. The alter ego displays sociopathic tendencies. It wants to be seen as an "anti hero," and is frequently maniacal and violent in its attacks. However, both sides of Ihyun appear loyal to Joon Shin.

## Plot

Ihyun drives the bus that is used to kill the steroid monster. Later, as the criminals attempt to take over the apartment, he gives Yuri Park a new inhaler. Joon Shin attempts to have Ihyun choke Hyun Cha to coerce the latter to side with him, but Ihyun is forced to let go as Hyun refuses and Joon does not want to kill Hyun. When the Tentacle Monster attacks the lobby, Ihyun fights the Tentacle Monster. The Tentacle Monster wounds Ihyun, which causes the insane, monster-powered side of Ihyun to take over. He complies with Joon's request to avoid unnecessary collateral damage, and fights off the monster long enough to douse and incinerate it.

The insane half of Ihyun remains in control. After Hyun agrees to work with the criminals, Ihyun and Hyuk scour the apartment for any monsters to kill. The two get into a philosophical disagreement over treatment of monsters. Ihyun believes anyone showing any sign of monsterfication should be killed on the spot, while Hyun wants to give the monsters the benefit of a doubt in an effort to rescue their humanity. Ihyun suspects Hyun is hiding something and enters his subconscious. Ihyun learns through Hyun's inner monster about the infant monster and goes to find it. Hyun chases after, but both find a cocoon in place of the monster. Ihyun attempts to destroy it with his monster powers, but is shocked when he loses control of his arm, which first froze and then attacked Ihyun. Hyun uses this moment to restrain Ihyun. At this point, Jisu enters, worried about Hyun. As the two debate over how to deal with the egg, Ihyun breaks free of the restraints and incinerates the egg. This unwittingly attracts a horde of monsters, but the maniacal Ihyun gets excited at the idea of fighting off many monsters, and abandons Jisu and Hyun to fight for themselves.

As he chases a monster up to the roof, he notices a Mysterious Woman standing at the ledge. This visibly shocks Ihyun, which a monster then uses to ambush him. Ihyun notices it in time and manages to beat it back and incinerate it. Ihyun contemplates what he just saw and wonders if he is hallucinating. He runs back to the roof when he notices a loud commotion and he witnesses Joon Shin being abducted by a monster in the woods and presumably killed. Ihyun then sees the horde of monsters approaching the apartment. Ihyun senses another monster approaching; however, because no one has encountered a flying monster before, he looks the floor and fails to locate it before it is able to get behind him. Wounded, Ihyun tries to fight the monster, but decides to retreat, realizing the monster has an extreme advantage in the open air. He is barely able to make it inside. Ihyun's two personas argue among themselves on what to do, and eventually Ihyun decides to try something new: Turn his arm into a sort of cannon. This new weapon is able to hit the flying monster, shredding one of its wings and sending it plummeting down to the parking lot. Ihyun then meets the survivors at the roof and agrees to hold back the monsters while Hyuk Lee sets up the escape rope; however, Ihyun realizes there is a countless amount of monsters heading upstairs. Most of the monsters, however, leave after being distracted by the sound of Jisu's bass. This lets Ihyun defeat the monsters that stayed behind. As the escape rope is set up, Ihyun notes he does not need a pulley to help him. He later then points out that he is able to sense Hyuk is on the verge of turning, but notes that he put up a good fight.

Before they could do anything, Joon, who has now become a monster, jumps to the top of the apartment building where Hyun and the remaining people on the roof are. After one of the survivors get hit off of the building by a monsterized Joon, Ihyun attacks Joon, and tries to rip out his heart, but Joon dodges. Ihyun lands on the ground on both feet before realizing that Joon, despite his now massive size, was too fast for him to see and had already ripped off Ihyun's monsterized arm. Ihyun, asks how Joon became so fast before falling to the ground and dying of blood loss.

## Abilities

According to Carnby Kim, he is the 2nd most powerful character in Sweet Home, having a 3-star attack stat and 1-star defense stat, however making up in intelligence.

Ihyun is able to control his monsterization. This is due to his split personality, and his soul is only able to monsterize one of those personalities. His monster abilities include:

* Arm transmogrification: Ihyun can transform his arms into a variety of different things, including blades and cannons.
* Enhanced healing and regeneration
* Enhanced physical strength
* Monster detection ability: Ihyun is able to detect the presence of monsters as well as humans who are about to turn into one.
* Inter-soul communication: It is unknown how Ihyun is able to do this, but his soul is able to contact another person's soul and communicate.

## Navigation

Victims: Blind monster | Mr. Kim | Min | Starving monster

Criminal Gang

Monsters
Evolved Monsters: Evolved Eyeball monster | Hyun Cha | Joon's transformer | Mysterious woman
Half-monsters: Hyun Cha | **Ihyun Jo**
Souls: Hyun Cha's soul | Ihyun Jo's Soul | Seok Kim's Soul

Others

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