Min-seo

> "*This is America! Everyone has a gun!*"
> ― Min-seo
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**Min-seo**, more commonly referred to as **Min**, is one of the four main characters in the visual novel *Butterfly Soup* and its sequel *Butterfly Soup 2*. They are the older twin of Jun-seo. They were a freshman at Niles High School before their expulsion and now attend high school where they are a member of the Baseball Club.

## Appearance

Min-seo is short in height and has an androgynous appearance, with short black hair and black eyes that end in an upward slant. They are always seen with some kind of bandage on their face throughout the games.

During the third grade, They can be seen wearing a black hoodie with the Hot Wheels logo on it, camouflage pants and light-up Sketchers. Sometime in the third grade, they drew a large dagger on their arm with Sharpie, like a tattoo.

As a teenager, they wear a black varsity jacket with white accents and their signature "High Voltage" symbol on the back. They wear a black and white t-shirt underneath with white text that says "what the fuck is wrong with you" in all caps, black ripped jeans and black combat boots that they like to wear partially unzipped because they think it looks cool. During their temporary absence in the first game, they seem to have had their ears pierced, with two helix piercings, one upper lobe piercing and one regular lobe piercing in each ear. With their team uniform, they wear a black long sleeve shirt, along with the team baseball cap, backwards.

Min-seo is described to have mediocre posture and slouches sometimes.

## Personality

Min-seo is portrayed as a foul-mouthed, brazen and extremely violent teenager who resorts to violence in order to get their way, claiming that violence is the answer to everything. Min-seo is usually aggressive and hostile towards anyone they meet. However, when they are with people they truly love and care for like Diya and their younger twin brother Jun-seo, they show a much kinder side and are very protective of them.

Min-seo has always liked weapons, even as a little kid. It is considered one of their key personality traits from as early as the kids' pretend game on the playground, to the sheer amount of knives they keep in their jacket later on. They consider themself "hardcore", saying that they could kill a bear with their own hands. They don't seem to know what fear is, and are confident and tough.

With friendships, Min-seo is a good friend at heart as long as you don't piss them off.

Min-seo discards the typical female archetype almost completely as evident in their aggressive, rebellious, hostile nature, as well as their interests and hobbies. Both tend to be more associated with males rather than females.

Min-seo is also implied to have gender dysphoria throughout the game. They use the family bathroom because "Anyone can use it. It doesn't matter whether you're a boy or a girl." In a flashback to their childhood, we can see that they feel uncomfortable when forced to do anything "girly."

## History

When Min-seo was around seven years old, they looked up swear words on the school library's computer. The librarian discovered Min's search history and banned them from the library for a month.

## Relationships

### Diya

Min-seo and Diya are dating.

Diya and Min-seo are childhood friends. They have a common interest in baseball, which was how they met. Min, noticing that Diya being the only girl on a boys' team, cheered her on as others made comments on young Diya's ability in the sport compared to the boys. After Diya's game, Min personally greeted Diya and gave her a seaweed sheet, albeit while flustered, going as far as to come up with a plan to touch young Diya's hand. The two became friends after that encounter and remained friends, doing things such as playing in the park together with Min's brother, Jun-seo and along with the twins' friend, Hayden. Min appeared to have invited Diya to a baseball game with Jun and their father.

When Min is finally reunited with Diya, they compliment the latter and make it obvious that they missed Diya during their time apart. Their attraction for each other continues from where they left off five years ago. Throughout the rest of the game, Min and Diya strengthen their bond
 and form a romantic relationship.

### Noelle

Min-seo and Noelle have a love–hate relationship, even if they both insist it's just hate–hate. They eventually become great friends.

Min was quick to dislike Noelle upon meeting her. The reason for this is because Diya referred to Noelle as her best friend, to the great displeasure of Min. Min was jealous of Noelle because of how close
 she was to Diya. Noelle was also taller than both Min and Diya at the time, which to Min served as leverage against them.

After Min and Noelle meet again, they start off with their usual bitter attitudes towards each other. Eventually, they start to bond due to their similar sucky childhood. They have many things in common, and while they would never admit it out loud, they do think of each other as friends. Min even realizes that had they acted nicer towards Noelle, the two of them could have been friends sooner. This was followed by shock from Noelle, to which Min was quick to take it back. At the end of the day, they do, albeit begrudgingly, care about each other.

Unbeknownst to Min, Noelle's opinion of Min slightly improved after hearing Min trying to cheer Akarsha up, even though Min and Akarsha almost ended up fist fighting again afterwards.

### Jun-seo

Min-seo and Jun-seo are twins.

There are times when Min feels betrayed by him because he doesn’t always side with them and instead tries to placate their parents. As siblings, though, they still understand each parental conflict and will always be best friends.

### Hayden

Min-seo and Hayden are childhood friends.

### Chryssa

Min-seo and Chryssa are teammates.

She has developed a sixth sense for when Min and Akarsha are up to trouble.

### Min-seo's Parents

Min-seo is the eldest child of Min-seo's parents.

Their dad exhibits abusive tendencies, Min citing the experience of their father throwing a toilet down the stairs in anger and verbally abusing them. Their mother is complicit in this behavior.

Min-seo's parents wouldn't approve of Min-seo joining the Baseball Club, with Min needing to forge their parents' signature instead because of their parents' strict gender roles.

### Pom and Shibe

Pom and Shibe are dogs who were adopted by Diya and Min-seo. Shibe was adopted first, although it is unknown where he was acquired; he is a Shiba Inu. Pom is a Pomeranian adopted from a shelter. She was chosen by Diya out of all the other dogs at the shelter because she reminded her of Min― small and believes themselves to be indestructible. Unfortunately, Pom and Shibe die when Min and Diya's apartment becomes engulfed in fire. The two dogs end up in heaven, and their owners remain alive. Brianna Lei's debut game *Pom Gets Wi-Fi* tells the tale of Pom and Shibe's adventures in doggy heaven.

## Quotes

### *Butterfly Soup IGF Video*

* **Noelle:** "The game Butterfly Soup―"
	+ "Sucks."
	+ **Noelle:** "Sucks?!"
	+ "You can't kill anyone!"
	+ **Noelle:** "How about we kill YOU?! Stop interrupting me!"
* "Hey, gamers. Play this game or else I'll kill your entire family!!"
	+ **Noelle:** "DON'T THREATEN THE AUDIENCE!"
	+ "One of the game's main selling points is that it's gay. How about I kiss Diya on camera?"

### *Butterfly Soup*

* "VIOLENCE SOLVES EVERYTHING!"
* "But my gun didn't shoot a bullet! My gun shot... A SMALLER GUN! ...WHICH SHOT A KNIFE!! WHICH EXPLODED!!!"
* "If your worst fear is disappointing your parents, that means your parents effed up."
* **Jun-seo:** "Min, where'd you get that bat...? Please don't tell me you did something bad..."
	+ "Yeah! It was fun!"
* “Also, if I was peeling an orange for you, I’d make sure to get all the white stringy stuff off, too. I bet Noelle wouldn't do that."
	+ **Diya:** "What the heck kind of scenario is this? Why would you guys even be peeling oranges for me."
	+ "Just because. Forget it."
* “Thanks.”
	+ **Diya:** “…? For what?”
	+ “Existing.”

* "SHUT THE HELL YOUR MOUTH!"
* "Hey, just because I'm moving doesn't mean we'll never meet again. If I want to see you and you want to see me, eventually it'll end up happening again, right?"
* “I know, I know! But still, it's pretty cool that we match at all, right?! And it's even baseball related! THE UNIVERSE IS SAYING WE’RE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER!”

* "Watch where you're going, motherfu— ........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DIYA!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S YOU!!!!!!!!"
* "I promised I'd come back, didn't I? I'm never letting go of you again!!"
* "Wow...I almost forgot how pretty you are. You could be a model."
* **Diya:** "You didn't get taller than me."
	+ "Hey, I'm still growing."
	+ **Diya:** "You're off by almost a foot."
	+ "There's still hope!"
	+ **Diya:** "You really never give up, do you."
	+ "Of course not. I'll work hard so I can take you! O-OVERTAKE! I MEAN OVERTAKE YOU!"

* **Noelle:** "Why do you have a knife?! Put that away."
	+ "I'll put it away...in your heart!!!"
	+ **Diya:** ".............."
	+ **Noelle:** "............"
	+ "............ Shut up!!!!! It sounded cooler in my head!!!!"

* "I hate you. I hate you more than the stringy things on bananas."
* "You think you're so smart, huh?! WELL, GUESS WHAT!!! I HATE SMART PEOPLE!!!"
* "Did that bee just try to sting you?! COME BACK HERE YOU BITCH BEE COWARD I'M GONNA FUCK YOU UP!!!"
* **Akarsha:** "Would you kiss a girl for 1 million dollars?"
	+ "I guess? I don't have that kind of money, though."
	+ **Akarsha:** Wha....? No, I'm saying you get PAID."
	+ "Huh??"
	+ **Akarsha:** "Never mind."

* **Akarsha:** "Better watch out, Diya. Min's probably thinking about doing bad things to you."
	+ "I wanna do bad things to you, Akarsha."
	+ **Akarsha:** "Really?? Like what?"
	+ "Like snap your fucking neck."
	+ **Akarsha:** "How mean!!!"

* "I'm not like other girls. I'm way, way worse."
* "This is America! SPEAK ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER!!!"
* "(If you drop me, I'll kill you.)"
* **Akarsha:** "If Min were sitting at it, she'd need a booster seat."
	+ "I'M NOT THAT SHORT, YOU BITCH!
	+ **Waiter: "**................"
	+ **Chryssa: "**...................."
	+ **Liz:** "...................."
	+ "Shit."
* **Diya**: "I don't know what to do. I've never done this before."
	+ "Me neither, but don't worry. I looked it up on Yahoo Answers."

* "It's okay to be a flaming dumpster fire."
* "You deserve to be happy. So don't give up. I won't give up if you don't give up."

## Trivia

* When Diya asks Min to teach her to say "Hi" in Korean, they teach her to say "I love you" instead.
* Min has tried to mash their and Diya's names together like a ship name to see if they'd "form something cool, like baseball". They ended up with Diyamin, which they thought sounded like "diamond".
* Min is a green belt in a martial art, presumably taekwondo.
* Min has to sleep in a girly pink blanket while their twin brother Jun gets the Hot Wheels one.
* Min once set the treadmill in their living room to 10 speed trying to impress Diya. They fell off and broke their arm.
* Min brushes their teeth so hard that the bristles on their toothbrush flatten and become misshapen. They do this to "kill the germs".
* Min wants a Corvette in the future.
* Min is skilled at flipping butterfly knives. This could be a mixed reference of the title and theme of butterflies, and also Min's love for weapons, knives especially.
* Min owns several knives and keeps them in their jacket.
* Min can pitch knuckleballs very well. It's the only pitch they're skilled in, as their arm's short and doesn't have the power to pitch anything as well and consistently as their knuckleball.
* Min would belong to the Hogwarts House of Gryffindor.
* Noelle eventually convinces Min to quit smoking. Min thinks they're invincible and that the scientifically-proven bad effects of smoking wouldn't happen to them. What finally works is when Noelle says the secondhand smoke could hurt Diya.
* Min has seen some basic anime like *Pokémon*, *Digimon*, and *Yu-Gi-Oh!*
* In the future, Min is actually out of town when the fire in their and Diya's apartment happens. Diya has to call Min to tell them about the fire and the loss of their dogs at the time, Pom and Shibe. When Min gets back in town, they crash at Noelle's like Diya. Noelle and Akarsha aren’t living together at the time and Noelle has the nicer and cleaner apartment. It sounds like a really miserable process, but they’re okay in the end.
* Min and Diya probably manage to break into minor league baseball and eventually the MLB.
* Min's chatroom icon is of them posing in front of a store at the mall, the picture taken by Jun.
* Min's favorite movie is *Fight Club*.
* Min eventually learns to say "I love you" in Tamil, from Diya.
* Min's MBTI personality type is probably ESTP as they're very direct and defiant to rules.
* The only instrument Min knows how to play is the kkwaenggwari. They tried to learn electric guitar at one point, but didn't have the patience for it and stopped.
* At their wedding, Min and Diya got WAY too into kissing during the ceremony and Noelle clears her throat loudly to remind them there are children watching.
	+ Jun does the toast instead of Jun and Min’s parents.
	+ Noelle made a really objective and clinical PowerPoint with the key moments in bullet points and made note of things most people wouldn’t include, such as Min’s major mistakes.
* Min’s family is Christian so they went to church regularly as a kid, but they have complicated feelings about it due to their church’s homophobia, etc.
* Min likes spicy food and always chooses the hottest option. They hate tomatoes by themselves, but are fine with them in pasta sauce, etc. They hate most vegetables, though. They were a terrible child who'd secretly spit them out somewhere. They despise salad and would never voluntarily eat it. They like fried foods and curry. They actually really like the taste of burnt stuff.
	+ Min and Akarsha dare each other to eat ghost peppers and go through an experience while Noelle and Diya just watch, questioning why they're in love with these people.
* If they're feeling ill, Min drinks one glass of orange juice, is convinced it cured them, and insists that they're not that sick. They also don't cover their mouth when they cough/sneeze.
* In Dungeons & Dragons, Min would be a Barbarian with high Strength and no Intelligence or Wisdom.
* Min has tried smoking weed.
* When playing *Overwatch*, Min ONLY plays these four attack heroes, in this order of preference: Reaper because he's cool and edgy, Genji because his sword is a long knife (only chosen if the above is taken), Cassidy because he's cool (only chosen if the above is taken), and Soldier 76 because he's a soldier and automatically seen as cool (only chosen if the above is taken).
	+ They're mechanically very skilled but in their 100+ hours in-game they've never even ONCE selected a tank, defence, or support hero, not even in skirmish or training, not even when they're the last one to choose and there’s no healer. Literally 0 minutes on their career stats.
	+ During a game, Min constantly spams “I need healing!” in impossible to heal locations, or when they're already being healed but don't notice. Whenever they die they go “res me”. When Noelle switches to Mercy, Min blames her for “not healing fast enough”. Eventually, infuriated, Noelle just screams into the voice chat “FINE! DIE ALONE, YOU FOOLS!!!!” and lets her teammates at critical health. They all perish at her feet and the match ends in defeat.
* Min considers themself a gamer. They play more console and PC games, such as *Call of Duty* and *Team Fortress 2.* When playing *Mario Kart* with Diya, Min always lets Diya play as Luigi.
* Min’s brain actually can’t fully process that they're way shorter than Diya. When confronted directly with the fact, Min will acknowledge it, but it hasn’t really sunk in at all. Diya was only a little bit taller when they were kids, so in their gut, that’s how it’ll always be.
* It’s not mentioned why they have a bandaid as a teenager and may be explained more in a future game.
* For Halloween, Diya and Min match, with Diya as Red Riding Hood and Min as the Big Bad Wolf. Noelle states that it doesn't make sense as a couple’s costume because the wolf wants to eat Red Riding Hood. Akarsha reacts with a wry smile, seemingly holding back a dirty thought.
	+ While trick-or-treating, Min starts complaining partway through that they're thirsty and then drinks sprinkler water even though Noelle repeatedly told them not to. They immediately spat it out and went “YUCK!! TASTES BAD” because apparently, it tastes like mud.
	+ A few times, Akarsha runs ahead of the gang and jumps out at them from behind bushes. It is currently unknown how Min reacts.
	+ Min dares Akarsha to lick a mailbox, and so Akarsha does it.
* Knowing Min wouldn’t wear a bag, Brianna never bothered to design one for them. If anything, Min would want a dark-colored one, and only wear one strap because they think it looks cooler like that.
* During the first two games, Min doesn’t know about alternative pronouns like they/ze/ey yet, so they only use she/her. After the sequel, they use she/they pronouns. In the future, they mostly use they/them but are also fine with she/her.
* When watching a horror movie, Min is the least scared ― they tend to think they could beat other people and monsters in a fight so they're rarely scared in general. When they ARE momentarily scared by jump scares, they deny it afterwards.
* Min and Diya live together when they are at college. They occasionally visit Noelle, who is about an hour away. As with Akarsha they would have to take a plane if they wanted to see her.
* In the future, Min and Diya do not have children, and if they did, they would probably think their toddler would be strong enough to hang onto a curtain rod while they took a picture. They end up owning dogs instead.
* The main quartet's name together spells D.A.M.N. in the order of Diya, Akarsha, Min-seo, and Noelle.
* Min likes hard rock like Green Day and My Chemical Romance. When they feel like listening to a slow song, they play Nirvana. They also listen to a lot of emo music like Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, etc., completely unironically, thinking they're cool and badass.
	+ Min listens to the emo music and Linkin Park in dead seriousness while sulking in the dark corner of Hot Topic.
* In the future, Min gets a tattoo, probably of a knife.

## Gallery

Min's Chatroom IconMin's CardReference SheetMin NeutralMin HappyMin Stupid HappyMin AwayMin BlushMin CuteMin FlusteredMin Flustered 2Min UnamusedMin HmMin SmugMin UhMin BehindYoung Min NeutralShibe and Future Min's AppearancePomMin listening to emo music in Hot TopicOutdated Reference SheetConcept Art 1Concept Art 2Concept Art 3Outdated Heights Concept ArtStyle TestDiyaMinMin-seo's High Voltage JacketHigh Voltage JacketMin's Shirt Inspiration
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