| Overview |
Yoo Jinho (유진호) is a Korean D-Rank Hunter. He is also a famous video game developer and the CEO of Ahjin Soft.[1]
Appearance
Jinho is a young man with gray eyes, a boyish face, and custard-colored hair that is shaved on all sides of his head. Much like Jinwoo, he is usually displayed wearing casual clothing, even on raids.
In the revised timeline, he is shown to have grown older with a more masculine face, a leaner build, and a small amount of facial hair. However, his hairstyle is still the same as it was during his youth and despite being in his forties, he actually has not aged that much and still appears to be more on the young side, with only several small wrinkles on the sides of his face and his mouth.
Personality
Jinho comes off as a lovable dork and serves as the comic relief of the series, mainly due to his tendency to take things the wrong way. Despite his comically naive nature, he is very loyal and driven, as he aspired at one point to lead the Yoojin Guild as its guild master and eventually take his father's place in the family business.[2] These traits are also prominent in his relationship with Jinwoo, as he sees the latter as an older brother figure and was even willing to leave his father's side to help him form his own guild.
There are two running gags with Jinho that are seen throughout the series. The first is his odd habit of dressing up in very fancy and expensive, but also useless armor. The second is his inability to hold his liquor, as displayed when he got absolutely wasted while going out for drinks with Jinwoo and then with his cousin Soohyun.[3]
History
Dungeon & Lizards Arc
Jinho joined Hwang Dongsuk’s strike team to enter a C-Rank dungeon. Jinho not being originally part of Dongsuk’s team only was permitted to join so as to fill up one of the necessary quotas for a ten man strike team. He met the other recruit, Sung Jinwoo. Seeing that he was only an E-Rank and seem as a joke to the other hunters on the team, Jinho promised to protect Jinwoo if there was trouble.[4]
Before they entered the dungeon, Jinho tried striking up a conversation with Jinwoo, though the latter found him a bit too talkative, and somewhat envious of the other hunter's upbringing, but saw that he was not a bad guy. Jinho confessed that it was his first time delving into a dungeon, and relied on Jinwoo for advice. The team came into a dark tunnel where they faced insect-type magic beasts. Jinho fought against the beasts and afterwards was warned by Jinwoo, detecting something sinister afoot with Dongsuk, to be on guard.[5]
The team then entered deeper into the cave system which was a maze, coming to a webbed area which indicated that they were in the boss's lair. Though close to the lair was a chamber containing a wealth of Mana Crystals. Seeing that the existence of the crystals changed everything, Jinho offered Jinwoo to take a look at his contract. After taking a look at the E-Rank Hunter's contract, Jinho showed Dongsuk and his team that while the contract states only Essence Stones gained in the dungeon would be divided there was nothing stating about other goods. He then inquired why the language was worded that way, with the exception of Mana Crystals.
Dongsuk though put on a warm smile to Jinho, assuring him that they would evenly split the Mana Crystals once the boss, Giant Arachnid Buryura, was taken care of, which was hanging in an overhead cavern asleep. Dongsuk stated that their priority would be to first mine the crystals before taking care of the boss. Lee Chul-Jin though stated that they would need to get their equipment to mine the crystals, so Dongsuk had Jinho and Jinwoo stay behind at the chamber whilst the rest of the other hunters went out to get the gear. Jinho wasn't so sure of this course of action, but Jinwoo stated that it was fine as the boss seemed dormant. However right after Dongsuk and his hunters left the chamber, they sealed the entrance, trapping the young hunters in with the boss.[6]
Now trapped, Jinho realized that Dongsuk and the others planned to kill him and Jinwoo all along to keep the mana crystals for themselves. Worse the explosion made by Dongsuk caused the boss to awaken. Jinho not wanting Jinwoo to be harmed stood in front of the E-Rank Hunter to protect him from the enraged Buryura, though to his dismay Jinwoo decided to engage the giant arachnid. Jinhoo believed Jinwoo was crazy as only a B or C-Rank Hunter could defeat it. However to his shock he saw Jinwoo fight on equal footing to the C-Rank boss.[7]
Jinho seeing Jinwoo's physical speed and abilities were way beyond what was expected, caused the young man to think that his senior was actually a False Ranker and a psychopath who enjoyed killing. The fight and revelation of Jinwoo's abilities caused Jinho to sink to his knees wondering to his father why he came into a dungeon. As the fight continued Jinho was worried that despite Jinwoo's speed, he would run out of stamina before the the boss, but to his shock he witnessed JInwoo slay the giant spider singlehandedly.
The feat confirmed to Jinho that the other Hunter was a False Ranker. To appease Jinwoo and avoid being a target of violence by what he was sure was a psychopathic killer, Jinho, nervously smiling, offered to carry the mana crystals for him. Even offering him water and to do the mining as Jinwoo relaxes.[8]
They were interrupted when Dongsuk and his group unsealed the chamber, surprised that they survived but also that the boss was dead. Due to Jinho's higher standard of equipment, Dongsuk believed that the rookie hunter must have did the deed. Dongsuk then tried to win Jinho over, having done research on his background and his wealthy background, being the son of Yoo Myunghan the CEO of Yoojin Construction. The older hunter offered to let Jinho live, under the condition he kill Jinwoo. Jinho refused the offer to the surprise of Dongsuk and Jinwoo, raising his blade against Dongsuk.
In retaliation, Dongsuk ordered Cho Kyuhwan to attack Jinwoo, striking him with his fireballs and into the cavern wall. Jinho was horrified by this, thinking Jinwoo was dead, and call the other hunters murderers. Though was shocked when Jinwoo rose from the rubble and began to calmly approach the Lizards, proceeding to behead one of them with ease before turning to focus on the rest.[9]
Jinho watched in disbelief as Jinwoo slaughtered the corrupt hunters, the sight of his power, making the young hunter correctly deduce that Jinwoo was displaying even greater power when he fought the dungeon boss. After the Jinwoo killed Dongsuk, Jinho unable to bear so much death, vomited. When he finished he could only stare at Jinwoo in fear, but luckily the other hunter only gave some words of concern and that they needed to leave as the dungeon was collapsing due to the boss being defeated.[10]
Dungeon & Prisoners Arc
In the aftermath, Jinho gave all the salvaged mana crystals to Jinwoo and kept quite on what occurred in the dungeon. The credit to defeating the dungeon boss which was blamed for the deaths of the other eight hunters, Although they parted ways, Jinho used his connections in the Association to get in contact with JInwoo and asked him to meet him at a local cafe. Despite thinking Jinwoo to be a False Ranker, and a dangerous individual, Jinho attempted to recruit the hunter for his personal attack force but was immediately declined as Jinwoo had no wish to be the guard of a rich kid.
Jinho was insistent, asking Jinwoo to go on raids with him twenty times, offering the proper share of the spoils. Jinwoo seeing that Jinhoo is determined to head into the dungeons despite the dangers, deduces that the young man wants to gain a license to become a guild master. Though Jinwoo was still disinterested and was about to leave, but was prevented by Jinhoo pleas, who explained that he had only nineteen raids left to be qualified to be a guild master and form his own guild on the behalf of his father's company so that they could reap the rewards from the dungeons and become self-sufficient. Jinwhoo argued that since Jinwoo was deliberately hiding his ranking, it would be lucrative for him to join with him, as then he could maintain ambiguity by just hunting with low-ranking hunters. He then presented a document to the hunter on this offer.[11]
Said document was a plan to build a 3 billion won for the guild office, to underline how much investment that Yoojin Construction placed in creating the future guild. Jinwoo decided to agree to assist Jinho, under a condition that only he and him entered the dungeons. Jinho was frightful of the idea, and pointed out that they still needed ten more people to be allowed in C-Ranked dungeons. This was solved by Jinwoo by suggesting they follow Hwang Dongsoo's method of hiring people to fill the quotas for big rewards. Although it was still risky, Jinho was bought on the idea of the thought of proving his worth to his father. Thus he took charge in hiring out the hunters needed to fill the quota.[12]
Yoo Jinho Raid Party Arc
The next time Jinho met with Jinwoo, he presented him their raid team which was composed of hunters with licenses but were unable to attend raids normally due to injuries, coping with alcoholism or just seeking a quick cash grab.[13] TBA
Abilities
As a D-Rank, Jinho is somewhat weak for a hunter and has little battle experience, due to the fact that Jinwoo is typically the one who does all the fighting during their raids together. However, he was still strong enough to shield an elderly couple from falling debris during the Tokyo crisis and had enough endurance to remain conscious long enough for Jinwoo to arrive and save his life while he was being tortured by Hwang Dongsoo.
Trivia
- In the Japanese version of the anime, Jinho's name is changed to Kenta Morobishi (諸菱賢太).
- In the global version of the anime, he addresses Jinwoo as Aniki (兄貴, lit. "older brother"). However, in the Japanese version, he just addresses Jinwoo as Mizushino-sama.
External Links
- Yoo Jinho on the Solo Leveling: ARISE Wiki
- Yoo Jinho on the Heroes Wiki
| Ahjin Guild | Fame Guild | Fiend Guild | Hunters Guild | Knights Guild | White Tiger Guild | ||
|---|---|---|
 Ahjin Guild | ||
| Hunters | Sung Jinwoo (Guild Master) | Yoo Jinho (Vice-Guild Master) | Yoo Soohyun | |
References
- ↑ Ragnarok Webtoon: Chapter 21
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 25
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 67
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 18
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 19
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 20
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 21
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 22
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 23
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 24
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 25
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 26
- ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 35