Hwanyeong Yu

* Regular
* Insecta Complex

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**Hwanyeong Yu** is a minor supporting character in ***Jungle Juice (Webtoon)***. She is a professor in NEST whom lectures a course that is about insectoid bio knowledge and experimental and medical procedures.

## Appearance

A rather beautiful and solemn young woman with short crimson hair with wavy short bangs. On top of her head is a thin tendril with a tiny blue bulb at the end. Her eye pupils are emerald in color and it seems she either have eye shadow or from fatigue. Her outfit is a combination of medical garbs and business like clothes. She wears a black business suit for women with a red circle at the middle and a long business dress. Underneath is a white dress shirt and black tie. Finally, she wears a lab coat with a crimson color underneath.

## Personality

She seems very aloof and serious at most conversations she is at. During dire times, she is shown to be more mobile and vigorous.

## Background

Nothing is really known of her past. At some point, she gain her complex from either Pet Shop or Jungle Juice and had came in contact with NEST. Presumably after attending, she became a professor and part of the medical staff. She hold an elective course called "Study of Genetically Modified Human." She grades on a curve, and is required to do extensive experiments and insectoid knowledge.

## Plot Overview

### Season 1

#### Semester Starts Arc

She was briefly mentioned by Jun Ji as she helped healed his wound by Praying Mantis.

#### Group Assignment Arc

When Suchan Jang came with Huijin Park's lifeless body, she arrives with her assistant and tries to heal Huijin. She healed her flesh wounds but because she was dead, she couldn't do anything.

#### Class Match

She was present when the Dean agrees in finding the best students from Jun's class to investigate Black Island. After, she was with Jun during a break telling him of why Gayeon had left NEST and that maybe overprotectiveness may be detrimental.

Then during the final match, she healed Hyeseong Lee's eyes from the acid.

#### Weakness Training Arc

During weakness training for Suchan, she is seen healing his wounds.

#### Attack On NEST Arc

When NEST was attack, she was focusing on healing the wounded when she senses that Jun Ji is overdoing his complex, so he entrusts the treatment to her assistant to find Jun Ji. However, she is attacked by an unnamed Predator member with neurotoxin. She collapses in pain as she sees her attacker before feigning.

#### Gigantia Raid Arc

After the attack, she was bedridden and is diagnosed with neurotoxin. Luckily, her complex self healed her body which saved her life but is hospitalized for treatment of damaged nerve tissue.

## Relationships

**NEST Faculty**

* Jun Ji
* Jubin Song
* Dohyeon Ma

**NEST Students**

* Bidan Lee
* Suchan Jang

**Enemies**

* Unnamed Predator Member (늘보)

## Abilities & Equipment

**Complex: Firefly (Cordyceps)** - Her complex allows her to have every physiology of the firefly and cordyceps, giving her great healing capabilities. Interestingly, she was infected with a Jungle Juice that only gave her minimal to no firefly characteristics with only the tendril bulb on top of her head.

* Healing - Due to the healing properties of the cordyceps, she can heal people easily from their flesh wounds. However, it cannot bring people back to life.
* Self Heal - Her complex automatically heals any poison in her body but seems to only be limited to that.

**Skills**

* Medical Procedures - As part of the medical team, she is experienced in giving these procedures.
* Insectoid Bio Knowledge -

**Equipment**

* Enrollment USB - Although not seen, every professor has one.
* Professor ID - One of the highest IDs for NEST. Able to get into Cinderella faculties.

## Trivia

* Supposedly, her age was likely to be confirmed somewhere but is not certain (likely in Instagram). So far, the Namu wiki confirms this.
* Her complex is so far the only one to technically have two different species.
* It is possible that her bulb strand is a reference to the ahoge, a Japanese comedy trope that is an exaggerated cowlick.

## Gallery

Jun Ji and Hwanyeong Yu discussing.pngHwanyeong Meets Predator.pngHwanyeong & Jubin heals Suchan and others (S1, Ep.35).pngDohwa taking in toxins (S1, Ep. 60).png
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## References

1. ↑ Jungle Juice, Season 1, Ep. 11
2. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%9C%A0%ED%99%98%EC%98%81 Digression Section