2022 I've Got the Sub-Protagonist Disease!

## I've Got the Sub-Protagonist Disease!

### Alternative Names

I've Succumbed to the Deuteragonist Illness; I've Succumbed to the Secondary Main Character Sickness; I've Succumbed to the Sub-Disease!

## Information

### Episodes

26

**2022 I've Got a Sub-Protagonist Disease!** is a series on Naver Webtoon.

## Overview

*Gather all those who have sub-disease!* ​
*The secondary main-characters we loved as much as the main characters.*
*From romance to action to gag webtoons!*
*Their charm, which was hidden behind the main character, but shone brighter than anyone else, begins!*
A collection of webtoons celebrating the supporting protagonists of various Naver Webtoon IPs. Authors of their respective Naver Webtoons created short gags that celebrate their favourite supporting characters.

## Episode 26 - <Hardcore Leveling Warrior> The Best Swordsman is Ranked No.1?!

(26화. <열렙전사> 지존검사가 랭킹 1위?! , 26hwa. <yeollebjeonsa> jijongeomsaga laengking 1wi?!)

[**White Box Top**: The Best Swordsman, 3n Years Old Mote Solo] [**White Box bottom**: Will the spring finally come to him?] [**Giant Red Writing**: The Man that wants to find love - The Best Swordsman][**The Best Swordsman**: Please go on a date with me!!!] [**Love Interest**: Hmm...][**Love Interest**: I'll go on a date with you if you become first in the rankings][**Love Interest**: The Best-Ssi ~ You're so cool~] [**The Best Swordsman**: Aww, I'm glad you resemble your mother] [**Love Interest**: Old man!! Where have you gone, come back ~  ㅠㅠ][**Choco Bibi**: What kind of date are you talking about hyung! Let's go and eat gukbap or something] [**The Best Swordsman**: Life Map complete][**Top Box**: For the promise of a beautiful love, The Best Swordsman left for training.] [**Bottom Box**: And when he returned...][...He was stronger than everyone else] [**The Best Swordsman**: I'm back][**Title**: The Best Swordsman - Mote Solo][**The Best Swordsman**: That's how I began climbing the rankings][**The Best Swordsman**: Sad Smile cut!!!][**The Best Swordsman**: Han Gun-Ho cut!!][**The Best Swordsman**: Han Sung-Gong cut!!][**Zero**: Argghhh-!!] [**The Best Swordsman**: Zero cut!!]**System**: The Best Swordsman has risen to the top of the rankings!!![**The Best Swordsman**: The promise I made with you...][**The Best Swordsman**: I kept it...and I'm back..!!] [**Love Interest**: eek!!][**The Best Swordsman**: Go on a date with me...please...] [**Pink text**: Golden Forget-Me-Not Language of Flowers: Pure Love][**Love Interest**: I-I'm sorry...][**Food Place Title**: 24 Hours Yopy Land Hangover Soup] [**Staff**: Welcome~][**Choco Bibi**: Hyung, what are you doing now; eat your gukbap.][**White Box**: The Best Swordsman, 3n years old, is still maintaining his mote solo career][**The Best Swordsman**: I'm back] [**Lower box**: Go and see Hardcore Leveling Warrior]

### Characters

* Choco Bibi
* The Best Swordsman
* Love Interest
* Sad Smile
* Han Gun-Ho
* Han Sung-Gong
* Zero

## Translation Notes

### Series Title

**2022 서브병에 빠지다!** is broken down below.

서브병에 in this context means "Sub-Disease". 서브, which means "sub", is short for 서브 주인공 (Sometimes written as "서브캐" for short), which literally means "Sub protagonist, sub main character, secondary protagonist; secondary main character; deuteragonist". In literature, the **deuteragonist** or **secondary main character** is the second most important character of a narrative, after the protagonist and before the tritagonist. The deuteragonist often acts as a constant companion to the protagonist or someone who continues actively aiding a protagonist. The deuteragonist may switch between supporting and opposing the protagonist, depending on their own conflict or plot.

병(病 ) means "(질병) disease; illness; sickness; disorder; (가벼운) ailment; (국부적인) (formal) complaint; (heart/skin) trouble".

빠지다 means "fall into; sink". In this context it means "succumb".

It literally means **I've Succumbed to the Sub-Disease!**. The title basically says that the reader has got a sub main character disease.

## Notes & Trivia

* 모태 솔로 [mote solo] mo-te (모태, mother’s womb) + solo (솔로, solo). “Mo-te solo” is a word that combines “mother’s womb” with “solo.” It is used to indicate someone who has never dated and has not been in a relationship… since coming out of the mother’s womb. (That’s fine, we say! Enjoy your time as a single lady or man!)

## External Links

* *2022 I've Got the Sub-Protagonist Disease!* at Naver Webtoon (Korean)
* *Episode 26 - <Hardcore Leveling Warrior> The Best Swordsman is Ranked No.1?!* at Naver Webtoon (Korean)