Stephen Ahn

## Webtoon Debut

Chapter 26

— Stephen Ahn

**Stephen Ahn** (안수호, *Ahn Suho*; "*Suho Ahn*") was Gray Yeon's classmate and best friend in Byuksan Middle School. He was a model student and an unfortunate set of incidents lead to him being hospitalized and caused Gray to eventually end up enrolling at Eunjang High School.

## Appearance

Stephen is quite handsome, at the time he was seen as a model student and was very well-known for his grades and attractiveness. Although his height is unknown, because he is taller Gray his height is most likely around 170 cm or about 5' 5" during middle school. He has short red-brown hair with bangs that cover his forehead. His eye color appears to be orange, leaning towards brown at certain parts.

## History

Due to who Stephen was, he liked to help others and bring joy to their lives, to the extent that some questioned whether his intentions were genuine as he was seen to not have the need to do so, due to his standard of living. This led to Stephen and Gray sitting with Bryce Oh during a lunch break. Towards Stephen, Bryce was at first admirable of him but that soon spiraled to hatred due to his inferiority complex.

With Bryce gradually becoming a delinquent and hanging out with Oswald Yang and bullying other students, Stephen became his main target of jealously and hatred. As such, Stephen quickly became the main target of ceaseless bullying from the delinquents of their classroom, which was common knowledge to everyone except Gray. Stephen, in his efforts to protect his best friend, pulled away from Gray and shouldered the burden alone. His classmates silently mocked him calling him “Tape-man” and, through a group chat, teased his use of a giant safety pin and his relationship with Gray, which they regarded as suspect of something more than just friendship. These classmates remained bystanders to the violence and bullying that was committed against him.

During all of this, there was an upcoming Olympiad that Gray was attending.

Later on, before a test, Oswald said that if Stephen was to score the lowest in the class, the bullying would stop. However, Stephen clearly announced his utter resilience to the bullies by both being first in the entire school and receiving a perfect grade of a hundred. It was suggested he did this in order to protect Gray as well from bullying. On this day, after Gray was called to attend the Olympiad, Stephen was called to the roof of the school.

In a series of unseen events, Stephen ended up falling four stories from the school roof while the bullies had looked on. It was never fully clarified whether the bullies pushed him off or if he had tripped, or some other incident occurred.

Later, Gray saw him in the hospital on life support, and according to the doctor, “the patient... sustained serious brain damage/the chances of him returning to a normal level of health are low/he will definitely live, but it looks like he won’t be able to live normally… for the rest of his life...”

Stephen Ahn’s last location and status were mentioned through the hospital where he had been moved to another hospital due to the limited treatment options and the need for his family to remove themselves from that area.

At the end of the series, it is revealed that Stephen had woken up and is able to stand and walk around without crutches. He works at a cafe in Donghae. When Jeremy's class has a field trip, Jeremy sees Stephen working at the cafe and informs Gray. Gray reunites with Stephen and Stephen is shocked to see him. It is unknown why Stephen never contacted Gray after waking up.

## Relationships

### Gray Yeon

Stephen and Gray were best friends. He cared deeply for Gray, believing him to be one of the only individuals capable of understanding him. When the bullying begins, he distances himself from Gray in order to protect him. When Gray finds out about the harassment, Stephen continues to distance himself despite the pain it causes both of them because the thought of Gray being hurt by the bullies was an even more unbearable thought. Stephan's fate continues to traumatize Gray in high school, as shown by his rooftop trigger. In contrast, Gray is often reminded of his happiness in his friendship with Stephen when he begins to develop his relationships with his new high school friends.

## Abilities

### Mental

Stephen was supremely intelligent. Whereas an exceptional student like Gray Yeon had to study incessantly to achieve similar grades, Stephen was able to attain the highest scores in tests with seemingly minimal effort.

### Physical

Stephen was never seen actually fighting back because he thought that he need to draw attention away from Gray, effectively letting himself be a victim. He was seen as fit and athletic so it can be assumed that he would have been able to hold his own in a basic fight and depending on the situation, it is quite possible that he could have won. But beyond what we've heard from other character, not much is known about Stephen's physical abilities and it is unlikely that we will see them in action.

## Trivia

* Oftentimes, the translators misspell Stephen's name as Stephan.
* In all of Gray's flashbacks, Stephen's face is never clearly shown to the viewer.
* According to an interview with Seopass, Stephen is the titular Weak Hero.
* It is unknown why Stephen never contacted Gray after waking up.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chapter 27
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 32
3. ↑ Chapter 30
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 31
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 28
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Chapter 33
7. ↑ Chapter 37