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| “ | I LEFT THEM! That's right, I lied to you. I only made a deal with Gwi-Ma to get myself out of that miserable life! I left my sister, my mother alone, while I slept in silk sheets in the palace with my belly full every night! I left them! I left them... | „ |
| ~ Jinu to Rumi, furiously and grievingly revealing he lied to her about his past that he abandoned his family as part of his deal with Gwi-Ma, showing regret and sadness. |
| “ | Listen to yourself. Is it working? You are a demon, just like me. All we get to do is live with our pain. Our misery. That's all we deserve. | „ |
| ~ A pained Jinu to Rumi after sabotaging her at the Idol Awards, being forced to betray her and break her spirit by Gwi-Ma's command. |
Jinu is the secondary antagonist of Sony Pictures Animation's 29th feature full-length animated film KPop Demon Hunters.
He is the leader of the Saja Boys and former servant of the demon king Gwi-Ma, who is bent on destroying the Huntrix's reputation until he met Rumi, who he began falling in love with.
He was voiced by Ahn Hyo-seop in his first villainous role.
Appearance[]
Jinu in his demon form has light purple-blue skin with demon markings, sharp claws, and fangs. He has yellow eyes with black, slit pupils. He wears the traditional Korean clothing.
In his human form, Jinu has straight black hair, dark brown eyes and pale skin. He has a muscular build as well and pierced ears. In his backstory he is shown to be dirty and wearing a topknot.
Personality[]
Jinu is very two-faced— while he is kind to Rumi and the other members of the Saja Boys at some point, he's still a demon whose shown to be ruthless and manipulative, stealing the souls of his fans for his kind. He hides it well by being charming to them, overall being very sly and a fast thinker.
Behind this charisma and cunningness, Jinu holds deep shame for having abandoned his family to live a luxurious life with the aid of Gwi-Ma. He takes no pleasure in his malevolence, even resenting Gwi-Ma for his domineering and cruelty, but views his service to him as a means to an end, specifically earning enough favor from Gwi-Ma to have his shameful memories erased.
History[]
Background[]
Four hundred years ago, Jinu lived a life of poverty with his mother and younger sister. The three of them belonged to the lowest class of society, scraping by in a world that offered them little kindness. Their days were shaped by hunger and hardship, and Jinu’s only possession of value was a worn bipa, a traditional Korean lute that he would play on street corners to earn a few coins, though never enough to lift them out of their poor life.
One fateful day, Jinu was contacted by Gwi-Ma, a cunning and ancient demon king cloaked in flattery and false promises. Gwi-Ma whispered of a better life, one of wealth and without hunger. The demon king offered Jinu a way out of his suffering. Desperate and weary, Jinu accepted the offer without hesitation.
With the pact he had signed with Gwi-Ma, he gained good fortune and the gates of a grand palace opened to Jinu because of his heavenly voice. There, his days were filled with feasts and his nights were spent on silk sheets; he was dressed in fine robes, and given a status he had never imagined. But when he turned to bring his mother and sister with him, palace guards blocked their path. Jinu had not realized his deal with Gwi-Ma only lifted him from poverty. In his longing to escape his own suffering, he willfully abandoned his family who were left even worse off without him. Though he continued to live in grandeur, his deal with Gwi-Ma had its consequences, and the weight of what he had done became worse than the poverty he had fled.
As the years passed, the guilt and shame of Jinu's misdeed began to manifest. Patterns crept across his body from his pact with Gwi-Ma while he saw visions of the demon king, hearing his voice in his mind and amplifying his torment. The more he regretted, the more the patterns spread. Eventually, the curse completed its work and Jinu became a demon bound in servitude to the very demon who had seduced him. Jinu spent the next several centuries aiding Gwi-Ma, though only when it served his own interests and was still haunted by the memories of abandoning his family.
In time, Jinu encountered others like him, once-human souls who had made their own dark bargains and bore the same infernal patterns of Gwi-Ma, and these fellow demons became his cronies/group mates of The Saja Boys
Powers and Abilities[]
- Soul stealing
- Teleportation
- Super speed
- Super strength
- Immortality
- Levitation
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Unnamed mother †
- Unnamed younger sister †
Friends[]
- Gwi-Ma † (former master)
- Saja Boys
- Rumi (love interest, rescuee and former enemy)
- Derpy (pet)
- Sussie (pet)
Enemies[]
Trivia[]
- Jinu is both Ahn Hyo-seop's first animated and villainous role.
- Jinu is pronouced "Jinhy" in Chinese.
- Jinu was born in the 1600's, showing that he is over 400 years old.
External Links[]
- Jinu on the K-pop Demon Hunters Wiki