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Kim Gong-Ja (김공자) is the main protagonist of SSS-class Suicide Hunter and the husband of Raviel Ivansia.
Appearance[]
He has black hair and black eyes with white pupils. In the webcomic, his eyes turn red whenever he uses his aura.
Personality[]
At the beginning of the story, Kim Gong-ja was characterised by his strong self-loathing and delusional jealousy of successful hunters; individuals he deemed as 'main characters' unlike him, who was an 'extra'. This envy was so palpable that it was noticed by the Tower, who rewarded him with the skill card 'I Want to Be Like You!' Despite his unsightly envy, Kim Gong-ja displayed traits that would inform his later success. For example, his ability to critically evaluate situations enabled him to identify the underlying motives of the Five Great Guilds during negotiations, as well as handle Sword Saint's hostility during the Aegim War arc. He can be quite shameless, talking back against the Tower Master and excellently bullshitting his way out of conflict against the Aegim army during the Aegim War arc. Although Kim Gong-ja initially sought to become strong out of a desire for fame and authority, he later acknowledges to Black Witch that he seeks recognition, not attention. His drive is so unusually strong that Sword Emperor comments that it powers his lack of fear against both pain and death, thus allowing him to retain his sanity even after voluntarily killing himself over 4000 times to kickstart his first regression
Throughout the story, Kim Gong-ja's original motivation for fame and riches is gradually replaced as he witnesses the horrors and suffering experienced by others in the Tower. Although shrewd and cunning, he starts demonstrating a sense of righteousness in trying to do right by everyone he encounters. After hundreds and thousands of regressions, Kim Gong-ja cherishes the people around him and tries to save them even if they cannot remember his efforts.
Kim Gong-Ja gets easily embarrassed by the antics and shamelessness of the people around him (despite him being arguably worse). Additionally, he has experienced so much hostility during his life that he gets very touched by the goodwill of others, such as when Black Witch screen shotted news articles one by one for him.
Background[]
Before entering the Tower, Kim Gong-ja was an orphan. As an F-rank hunter, he was subject to the cruelty and bullying of those who looked down on him, hence admiring elite hunters as subjects of public respect and recognition. This admiration was accompanied by a powerful envy and self-loathing that led to him neglecting himself− dwelling in a garbage-ridden one-room apartment and scrolling for news and public discourse about Yoo Soo-Ha, all the while spamming social media with the same comment repeating over and over again: "I want to be like Flame Emperor too."
This unsightly envy gained the attention of the Tower, which rewarded him with the S+ skill card "I Want to Be Like You!" This disappointed him immensely as it required him to die in order to gain any skills. However, upon witnessing Flame Emperor murder the Saintess, he was killed by Yoo Soo-Ha in order to cover up the crime. This activated his S+ skill which allowed him to copy Flame Emperor's regression skill, thus returning 24 hours before he was killed.
Recognizing that he lacked both skill and capability to avenge himself against the World rank 1, Kim Gong-ja killed himself over 4000 times to go back to 11 years before, at a time preceding Flame Emperor's gained the regression skill so that he may permanently murder the Flame Emperor.
somewhere in chapter 350 or higher, Kim Gong-ja fought against constellation killer (ck), which has 13 of them. He fought against all 13 of them at once and was almost frozen eternity by ck but lucky he sent a message to his wife Raviel to kill herself so that Kim Gong-ja could go back 24 hours in time. (He cannot go back if he is frozen eternity). Then, he came up with a plan with his companions and ambush ck and subdue him completely.
Then in 397 chapter, he became a true constellation and also became one of the pillars of the tower. Also, the real body of the spirit guardian was waiting/meditating on floor 99 as he was stucked on the last "key" to open the final door to floor 100. His final key was to find his other "side of the coin" hunter. Upon reaching floor 99, Kim Gong-ja met his spirit guardian and they fought equally. The match was discontinued when Tower Master intervene and stops them. Then they both place all 9 keys into the door on floor 99, and made it to floor 100 finally. (*The author didn't really specifics what exactly is in "floor 100" (or that I didn't manage to read it attentively lol))
Quotes[]
- "Everything was unfair. I could have lived a better life. I had the right to live a better life. But, I also made three mistakes: Died by mistake. Lived making mistakes. Born by mistake. Was everything a mistake since birth?"
- "No matter how easy it is to make money, a hunter must be a hunter... even with all the money in the world, without power then it would eventually be robed."
- (To Sword Emperor) "Oh no. This person's saying things he shouldn't. Aren't we partners, partner? Forever friends. Best friends! Who in the world would kill their best friend? From now on, we'll be together forever."
- "My Death Lasts Longer than your Life"
- (To Lefanta Aegim) "If killing constellation is your sole mission and duty--Kill yourself first! Sky-Killing Constellation!"
- "There are countless reasons of why I should be unhappy, I have lost my life countless times, and have lost my comrades, and was even abandoned in an endless loop of time. I also had to let go of the person who saw the beauty in me. Even though no one would blame me, if I called my life a series of misfortunes, it's because I am the happiest right now. I don't know if you are aware of this, but today is my wedding ceremony. Rather than the hundreds of reasons of why I should be unhappy, the single reason why I should be happy is much more precious to me. It may just be just for today, but it would be hard to find someone happier than me.
- "...Ah, everyone, I'm sad. We all have the hearts of goblins. In other words, there is an ugly goblin inside every one of us..."
Trivia[]
- He killed himself 4,090 times to return to the past in order to kill Yoo Soo-Ha.
- As of the latest chapter on the manhwa Kim Gong-Ja suicide 6 more times while talking to Sword Saint Marcuz Calenbury thus making his kill count 4099(this isn't entirely true since the Sword Saint killed him so he technically didn't kill himself but was murdered 6 times by Marcus, so it would stay at 4093 or 4092)
- He did not enter high school and stopped his education at middle school.
- Kim Gong-Ja's name means Confucius in Korean. His name was given by the caretaker of the orphanage, who wanted him to become a person as great as Confucius.
- He may not entered highschool but his I.Q. is higher than average human
- The goblins gave him many nicknames like "Foul-mouthed Lion", "The one who loves to hit with their hands" or "Believer of education through violence"
- After gaining the Tower Master's Skill, Gong-ja decided to summon Preta and give her a living body to make her his adopted child. Preta decided that her name would be Estelle from that point.
References[]
- ↑ Chapter 1
- ↑ Chapter 3
- ↑ Chapter 8
- ↑ Chapter 15
- ↑ Chapter 69
- ↑ Chapter 110
- ↑ Chapter 378
- ↑ Chapter 363
- ↑ Chapter 363
- ↑ Chapter 363
- ↑ Chapter 229
- ↑ Chapter 155
- ↑ Chapter 362
- ↑ Chapter 328
- ↑ Chapter 36