Vin Jin (2024)

Vin Jin (진호빈 Jin Ho Bin) is a student of the Vocal and Dance department of Jae Won High School.

Appearance

Vin Jin's structure is very muscular, with broad shoulders and reaches the height of 179cm.

Vin Jin is a tall, muscular man. His crew cut hairstyle, which was later changed to shaggy bangs^[2], is often obscured by a cap. He has polycoria (multiple pupils) in his left eye, with two gray irises (and pupils) joined horizontally; Vin Jin hide it with heavily tinted sunglasses which make vision nigh-impossible. During a few of his fights, he has been seen wearing tinted goggles.

His clothing has always consisted of wearing designer brands, as well as commonly wearing chains. [1]

Personality

Vin Jin has quite an arrogant and selfish personality, believing he is the most handsome student at J High. He wishes to be superior among everyone, feeling jealous when someone else is better than him. This leads to bullying being his resolve, stepping on others so he can remain at the top. His carelessness makes him get into fights that he has a major disadvantage in.

Whenever it comes to his eyes, he is very secretive. He covers them with tinted sunglasses, making him considerably handicapped when it comes to his sight. It was once stated that he tinted one pair of his sunglasses six times and was virtually unable to see.^[3] However, Vin Jin is quite insecure about his eyes and attempts to hide them even without his sunglasses, panicking when faced with the prospect of having them taken off. It is revealed in Chapter 381 that Vin Jin's insecurities stemmed from his polycoria, going as far as attempting to gouge it out as a child due to being stigmatized for it.

When it comes to his friendship with Mary Kim, he is shown to cover his considerate feelings with his playful comments and makes objectionable ideas. Deep down, he cares greatly for her,^[4] going as far as to beat up Hostel members for using photos of her in their business.

Fighting Prowess

Vincent Jin specializes in Judo,^[3][5] a martial art of unarmed combat that derives from Jujitsu. It mainly consists of unbalancing or flipping the opponent using one's leverage abilities. Later, it is discovered that he also specializes in Kudo,^[6] a martial art that originates from Japan where one uses punches, kicks, and submission techniques to overwhelm their opponent. In addition to this, he is well informed of dirty fighting and Korean wrestling.^[7]

Within the beginning of the comic, he is largely known for acting better than others, causing fights he has no mercy in. Later on, revealing that his sunglasses actually handicap Vin Jin to the point he is almost blind. It is found that he is an extremely proficient fighter and martial artist. Without wearing his handicap, his speed, strength, and technique is exponentially enhanced, as demonstrated when he easily took out Ivan Park.^[3] He has stated that he could beat those who are on the same fighting level as Daniel, Logan, and Zack Lee, when he was in Middle School. Although it's unknown if he was actually on par with them.

By the time the cast began fighting against the Workers Second Affiliate, Vin Jin was able to destroy trees barehandedly and pose a serious threat in the underground fighting ring.

Fights

He was shown to do basic slaps, punches, and kicks, additionally grabbing opponents by the hair or collar.^[8] He had attempted a Leg Sweep on Vasco, but failed to cause damage, getting handled by Vasco's one-handed flip.^[5] When in conflict with Logan, he grabs him by the collar, saying "rubber rubber arms," (most likely referencing Luffy from One Piece). Then, he grabs Logan by the collar and forearm of his shirt, attempting to flip, but gets beaten in return.

During Vin Jin's fight with Ivan, after the removal of Vin's sunglasses, he is able to increasingly rely on Ivan. After Ivan's counter attempt to Vin's Judo flip, Vin tackles Ivan by the neck. He successfully evades Ivan's grapple endeavors with speed, attempting to pull him down by the arm, and is captured in Ivan's arms. He breaks out with his strength and lifting his arms up. Vin Jin counteracts with a forbidden Judo move called Kani Basami, similar to Wrestling's 'Scissor Takedown,' in which he interlocks his legs around his opponent's waist and can either lay them on their back or break their knees.

Fighting Style:

• Kudo

Techniques

• Basic slaps, punches, and kicks
• Collar grab + flip
• Grabbing shoulder and wrist + flip
• Kani Basami

Quotes

Trivia

• Vin Jin has an extremely rare eye disease called Polycoria, making one of his eyes have 2 pupils. ^[9]
• Despite outwardly hating Duke, he is a large fan of his rapping.
• One of Vin Jin's sunglasses is tinted 6 times more than normal, making him nearly blind.

References