Chanyang Joo (Korean: 주찬양, Joo Chan-yang) is a main character and a potential love interest for Nari in Season 2. Chanyang is quiet, serious, and doesn't interact with people. While everyone else is involved in school conflicts, Chanyang stays out. He is in the same class as Nari, Mirae, and Seonji. He sits next to Nari in the beginning of the school year, much to her annoyance, but he eventually gets on her good side. Chanyang's feelings for Nari grow as the season progresses, and he confesses to her that he likes her, in which Nari responds she doesn't feel the same way. However, Chanyang continues pursuing her and eventually Nari becomes interested in getting to know him better, but is unsure about her feelings towards him.
Description[]
Chanyang has blonde hair and light brown eyes. He is tall, muscular and has broad shoulders. Chanyang works out frequently. He is mentioned as one of the two most handsome boys in the second year, the other being Seungha. Chanyang is typically seen with Mirae and Seonji, holding Nari's alligator plushie.
Season 2[]
Shortly after arriving at the classroom on the first day of school, Chanyang grows fond of Nari's alligator plushie. Because he constantly uses her alligator plushie without asking, Nari becomes annoyed with him. However, they soon find themselves growing fond of each other and the three girls let Chanyang come to their special eating area. Chanyang grew up in a religious household, however, because he does not believe in god, his mother and sisters are all very abusive to him. His sisters take his credit card and clothes in order to "set him on track", however their plan backfired miserably. Instead, Chanyang ends up having a couple of part-time jobs, as a janitor, mover, etc. This embarrasses his family greatly, and they continue to mentally and physically abuse him. He soon starts to fall for Nari, and gets jealous of Nari's and Seungha's relationship.
After Seungha rejected Nari's confession, Chanyang stepped in to provide her comfort. He helped Nari in her campaign for school president, most notably, building duck costumes for him and friends to wear while pulling Nari in a cart around the school track to promote her campaign. Eventually, Chanyang confesses to Nari that he likes her, but says he's not interested in dating her, he just wanted to let her know. This confuses Nari, who has only ever seen him as a friend. Mirae and Seonji saw him confess and scold him, not believing that Chanyang's intention to simply confess and move on are sincere.
Trivia[]
- He picked out a duck plushie for Nari after she complained he uses her alligator plushie too much without having paid for it.
- Chanyang doesn't wear his uniform. He is usually seen wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt.
- He doesn't like sweets and bread.
- Loud noises bother him, which is why he uses earbuds.
- He enjoys reading books, from fiction to non-fiction. He is often seen reading next to Nari in class.
- Chanyang's family are Christian, but he is not.
- Chanyang's mom took him to a psychiatrist to get a diagnosis on him as he was different from his peers when he was young. The doctor said he doesn't have autism or any condition, but that he is naturally gifted.