Suchan Jang

**Suchan Jang** (장수찬) is the main protagonist of "*Jungle Juice*". He is currently a student at NEST who is aiming to become top of his department in order to receive Cinderella and get rid of his dragonfly wings.

## Appearance

Suchan Jang is a unusually handsome young man with short black hair that is parted at the front and bright green eyes.

His teeth are sharp, a feature which is most apparent when he's fighting, beserk, or angry. When using his complex, or when going into his more beserk state, he is often depicted with glowing green energy coming off of his eyes and wings. The sclera of his eyes also temporarily turns black during the aftermath of the fight with Gigantea.

He typically wears his NEST University jacket with a black hoodie underneath as well as blue pants and black sneakers. When flying or combat, Suchan dons a pair of special goggles from the Nest Lab made by Bidan Lee to emulate the vision of an actual dragonfly.

## Personality

Suchan Jang is an intelligent and outgoing young man who simply wishes to live a normal life. Due to him coming from a poor family, Suchan was often bullied by other kids and so he did his best to hide as much of his personal life from others in order to avoid being looked down upon and socially isolated. This fear of being separated by others grew far worse when he used Jungle Juice and wound up growing a pair of dragonfly wings on his back. Fearing he'd be labelled a monster and become a social outcast again, Suchan did everything to conceal his wings such as taping them to his back and staying away from social events which could expose him.

However, this all changed when Suchan entered college. He became far more outgoing and social, quickly rising in the student hierarchy and becoming extremely popular. Of course, this didn't last very long when he saved Mihui's life and exposed his wings. Soon he found himself in the same miserable conditions as he did when he was a child. It was only when he learned about NEST and found out about Cinderella that Suchan regained hope.

Since enrolling at NEST University, Suchan has become a lot more secure about his wings, although he still wishes to receive the Cinderella formula so he can return to being a regular human again. However, whilst he does wish to acquire the Cinderella, Suchan does not allow his desire overtake his morals as "*that would be inhuman*". He is also quite heroic, often times jumping into action and risking life and life in order to help those in trouble, even if they don't necessarily deserve it.

## History

When Suchan Jang was younger, (around 12 years before the story begins) he was labelled as different from other kids and excluded due to him being an orphan.

Suchan was in Junior High when he became an insect human, after using Jungle Juice (Or more commonly known to the public as Power Killer) on a dragonfly. After inhaling the dust, he woke up with dragonfly wings on his back. He concealed his wings and didn't let anyone get too close to him for a while, to just focus on his studies.

Eventually, he got into college. He decided to try and be more outgoing, and found he could conceal his wings by folding them and tying them up with bandages. Suchan started to feel confident and managed to be a lot more outgoing, eventually describing himself as "the reigning champion" of the social food chain. He met Mihui Kim, and saved her from a guy who wouldn't stop hitting on her by pretending to be her boyfriend, although Mihui knew he was just trying to flirt with her. Eventually Mihui became his actual girlfriend, and things were going well.

This changed during the movie theater incident, in which Suchan and Mihui decide to go to a movie theater, that later gets attacked by the Praying Mantis, setting off the story's events. Before reaching the movie theater, Mihui is interviewed by a college student who is later revealed to be Huijin Park. Mihui spills her drink on herself beforehand, so she goes to use the bathroom. Suchan gets attacked by the Praying Mantis, who had been following Suchan beforehand. The Praying Mantis begins to chase him, getting interrupted only when Mihui throws something at him. He begins to chase Mihui after that, since she "interrupt(ed) (his) precious mealtime."

Mihui gets thrust out of a window, and Suchan struggles with saving her at the cost of his secret being revealed, evetnually choosing to save her. Several people take photos and videos of him in the air with Mihui in his arms. Mihui falls into a coma, and Suchan becomes reclusive again. His classmates suspect that Suchan is the one in the video. He goes to visit Mihui in the hospital, but she is horrified by him and calls him a monster. Suchan reaches a rather depressing end, and tries to jump off a building, being saved by his wings much to his own disdain. He meets Huijin Park, who confronts him while he's floating in the air in front of said building and telling him he can become human again. She is referring to Cinderella, but at the time Suchan is not aware of the circumstances needed to obtain it.

He follows Huijin to NEST campus, and she shows him around. He meets Professor Jun Ji in a forest, and Jun Ji questions him about his wings, Suchan responding that he's only there to get rid of them. He isn't aware Jun Ji is a professor at NEST yet. He later meets Professor Ma where he finds out that he needs to become valedictorian in order to obtain Cinderella. He decides to apply, and wants to enroll in Professor Ma's class after seeing it had the greatest average grades and seemed easy. He went to the course registration, not expecting the fact that he had to find and fight for the USBs to get into a class. He meets a candidate with a honeybee complex, who explains the course registration to him, and he gets going. He is surprised by the amount of people fighting, but deduces that the flag with with the most people headed to it must be Ma's. He succeeds, although botching his landing, in getting the last USB from Professor Ma. Then other candidates start attacking him to get the USB, when the honeybee from earlier calls him over into a tree trunk. They stab him with their stinger causing him to get incredibly dizzy, and reveal that they were planning for him to get the USB and them to just take it from him, and they do. He pursues the honeybee, eventually knocking them out of the air with a punch and subsequently knocking the USB out of their hand. Another student takes the USB and Suchan wants to pursue them, but he notices the honeybee is unconscious and swoops down to save them.

He passes out from the venom in his system, and by the time he wakes up it's 5 minutes before course registration ends. He meets Jun Ji again, who tells him that all of the USBs are gone and course registration is almost over. The professor gives him a crumpled snack package and tells him to recycle it, but it was actually the last USB left for his class. Suchan finds it and tries to fly fast towards the examination room, but finds his eyes get too watery when he flies fast. He puts on his glasses and is able to fly past the students waiting near the entrance to ambush people coming in. He manages to get the USB in on time, right before course registration ends.

## Powers & Abilities

**Golden-ringed Dragonfly Physiology**: Being an Insect Human, specifically a Golden Ring Dragonfly, Suchan Jang boasts a level of physical strength, agility, reflexes and toughness which is far beyond that of any normal person, and even most insect humans. Suchan is one of the "*lucky people*" affected by Jungle Juice in that his transformation into an Insect Human didn't radically change his appearance, instead causing him to sprout a pair of Dragonfly wings from his back. In Suchan's case, however, his complex is far more invasive. Rather than an external transformation, Suchan's limbic system is merged with his dragonfly, causing him to go berserk in major flight or flight situations.

**Flight**: Using his wings, Suchan is able to fly at breakneck speeds, overwhelming his opponents using his domination of the air to bombard them with numerous hit-and-run attacks. However, while his physical strength is much greater then a regular humans, Suchan cannot hope to damage other Insect Humans using brute force alone; so, in order to make up for this weakness, Suchan learned to weaponize his speed and use the resulting momentum he generated in order to deliver far stronger punches than he'd normally be able to.

* **Defensive Mechanism - Hare Coursing**: Using his flight, Suchan attacks his opponent at high-speeds while freely changing direction, cornering them whilst striking from several directions without giving him/her time any time to react. Besides direct combat, he can also utilize this move in order to dodge incoming enemy attacks without needing to worry about losing any speed in the process.
* **Defensive Mechanism - Hunting Rifle**: Using his flight, Suchan launches his entire body forward at incredible speed, mimicking that of a bullet, before crashing directing into his opponent. However, while this move is capable of dealing immense damage to his enemy, it also results in Suchan injuring himself as well due to the sheer amount of recoil from it. He is also capable of stopping himself just before hitting an opponent (known as blank shot) which harms neither of them but will scare an opponent.

**Compound Vision**: Suchan's eyes are greatly enhanced thanks to his Complex giving him the compound vision of a Dragonfly, allowing him to easily spot people clearly over great distances as well as track enemy's movements and even predict where they'll go next. Suchan can also perceive fast moving objects, like a dart fired from a gun, and dodge them with little effort on his part. However, a major weakness of this ability is that his compound vision is heavily reliant on ambient light, so it's very unreliable if used within a dark environment.

**Mighty Bite**: Thanks to his Complex, Suchan also possesses extremely powerful jaws, akin to those of a Dragonfly. The strength of the muscles and bones in his mouth are great enough that he's capable of easily biting through and ripping apart the exoskeletons of other Insect Human as well as tearing into Diving Bell Spider teals.

**Hunter Force**: Like Gayeon Sin, Suchan possesses the ability to abandon his humanity and allow the Complex to fully take control of his body, essentially allowing himself to give into the predatory instincts of his inner Dragonfly. While this "*berserker-like* *state*" is active, Suchan's physical capabilities become greatly enhanced, but he loses all reason; becoming possessed by his desire to kill and eat whatever he sets his gaze on.

**Blackout**: After being forced to devour a piece a Gigantic, Suchan's Insect Human abilities develop further, his physical abilities on par with his released Hunter Force. His body, after having tased Insect Human flesh, craves more, granting Suchan enhanced tracking as well. However, he would lose control whenever pushed to the brink, as Blackout was described by the Stray Dogs as a battle with the absorbed insects for ownership of the body. After 2 months of training Suchan has now mastered this ability and can even recall the abilities of those that he has ingested, specifically Giagantia.