Sayeon Lee

> You're only interested in fighting the system not reforming it, what does that do for you?
>
> Sayeon Lee to Ryujin Kang

## Professional Information

### Affiliation

Aberrant Corps
3rd HQ

## Relationships

### Relations

Sara Lee 🪦 (Mother)
Unnamed Father 🪦
Samin Lee (Older sister)

## Appearances

### Debut

Ep. 1 - Beginning of the End

**Sayeon Lee** is the main protagonist of Hand Jumper. She is the daughter of Sara Lee and the younger sister of Samin Lee. Although her goal is to "make the world a better place", her actions to achieve this are often manipulative or morally questionable.  Sayeon is determined not to follow into the footsteps of her family, all of whom were infamous aberrant criminals. At the age of 18, she reluctantly joins the Aberrant Corps and becomes a member of Cell 4 alongside Iseul Kim, Ryujin Kang, and Min Woo.

## Appearance

Sayeon is a young woman of above average height with a slim build and fair complexion. She has dark purple hair, eyes and wears red glasses. According to Sayeon she favors her father more than her mother, however there are individuals that say she resembles her mother. She considers her appearance as not "very memorable and plain".

Before entering the Corps she was usually seen in her school uniform and had long hair. After entering the Aberrant Corps she now wears the Aberrant Corps uniform and has short hair after Min lopped off a side of her hair while trying to trigger her essence activation.

Before receiving her uniform, she wore a beige long-sleeved shirt with black pants.

## Personality

Having been the top student of her entire high school, Sayeon is shown to be disciplined and hard-working. Though she becomes easily flustered, she also has a calm, calculating side that emerges in dangerous situations.

Sayeon harbors tremendous guilt over the death of her childhood friend's father. As a result, she has developed a rigid stance against all forms of crime, especially illegal Aberrancy. Her black-and-white moral system puts her at odds with sister Samin, and fellow Cell 4 member, Ryujin.

## History

Sayeon Lee was born into the Lee family of criminal aberrants. Her mother Sara Lee died when Sayeon was still young leaving her older sister Samin Lee, to raise her.

Because Samin was not able to watch Sayeon all the time, Sayeon frequently stayed at the home of her friend Jugyeong Baek. Jugyeong's father, noticing the absence of Sayeon's parents in her life, visited Sayeon's home to confront Samin. Samin knew that Jugyeong's father was a police officer, and killed him before he could file a report on them. This murder completely shattered Sayeon's trust in her older sister.

Vowing never to be like the rest of her family, Sayeon studied hard in high school and became the top student in her graduating class with the goal of becoming a prosecutor. This dream was derailed when she was diagnosed with Aberrancy in her senior year. Instead of joining Samin's gang of criminals, Sayeon lawfully enlisted in the Aberrant Corps.

## Powers and Abilities

### Gift

Sayeon possess teal essence her gift allows her to rewind time. Initially, she was only able to rewind time a maximum of 20 seconds however, after the Capture the Flag exercise she was able to go a little over 20 seconds. Her gift is most useful in a situation that is filled with different variables that she can manipulate, such as people, objects and emotions. Sayeon also uses her gift to gather information on her opponent and then come up with a strategy to defeat them. Her gift is best used in team battles.

Despite how powerful her gift is it posses some limitations, suhas : if she's knocked out for more than 20 seconds or killed she can't rewinded that point in time again.

### Battle Prowess

**Hand to Hand Combat**: Before joining the Corps Sayeon possessed no practical fighting experience as capture the flag was the first time she was involved in a fight. As of now her skills are considered beginner level as Ryujin noted in their fight that her swings were wide and clumsy. Sayeon started learning close combat from Min in Chapter 21.

**Strategist:**

### Intelligence

Sayeon greatest asset is her intelligence as she was renowned for it before joining the Corps. While in the Corps Sayeon weaponizes her intelligence to strategically gather information and obtain victory.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Samin Lee

Sayeon's older sister. Because of the heavy difference in their morals and worldviews, they are not as close as they once were.

### Friends

#### Jaeil Kim

Sayeon's closest and only friend that she allowed from school. In flashbacks, she is often shown helping Jaeil with his school assignments and in return he taught her the basics fighting (Ep.21 - Punch Me) in exchange. While in Corps she often thought about Jaeil and wondered about his well being. Sayeon cares deeply about his opinions of her as she was worried about his reaction to her being an Aberrant and coming from a family of criminals. In the season one finale, Sayeon visit Jaeil on her day off in order to catch up, however this was not meant to be as she discovered Officer Ahn lied about him being in the Corps and covered up his death. This discovery pushes Sayeon to the breaking point as she cast aside her previous ambition of advancing through the Corps to killing Officer Ahn.

### Aberrant Corps

#### Ryujin Kang

A member of Cell 4. At first, they weren't close because of the difference in their morals, but they became closer after the events of Ep.34 - Round Two (3)

#### Min Woo

A member of Cell 4. Sayeon and Min start becoming closer after Min shares bread with her and teaches her to use essence.

#### Hayoon Ahn

During their first couple of interactions Sayeon considered Ahn a nice and beautiful person. However, once she learned that Officer Ahn lied to Mr. Kim about Jaeil being in the Corps and presumably involved in his death Sayeon vows to rip out her throat.

#### Instructor Sang

Sayeon considers Sang a taciturn and scary individual. Sayeon is wary of her because she is aware of her family relations.

## Quotes

* *"I love math. Math is just a system with a tidy set of rules."* - Sayeon, Episode 29
* *"In this world, I only exist in a very small way."* - Sayeon to Ryujin, Episode 13

## Trivia

* Sayeon's favorite animal is a dog. (QnA Highlights on Sleepacross Instagram)
* Sayeon's power is Sleepacross' favorite due to it being the most versatile. (QnA Highlights on Sleepacross Instagram)
* In response to "is it going to be about Sayeon solving problems as she want to or something else" Sleepacross states, "We'll see how her motivation evolve." (QnA Highlights on Sleepacross Instagram)
* In response to the question, "Will Sayeon ever find out the truth about her best friend's death." Sleepacross replied, ":)". (QnA Highlights on Sleepacross Instagram)

## References

1. ↑ See Episode 1- The Beginning of the End.
2. ↑ Sayeon willingly harms and manipulates other people to achieve her goals- see Ep. 34 where she asked Min to cut off Taeho's hand.
3. ↑ https://m.webtoons.com/en/thriller/hand-jumper/ep-47-chesspieces/viewer?title\_no=2702&episode\_no=48