Jeon Minjae

Jeon Minjae (전민재), the SSS-rank Sentinel who refuses your guiding, is the lead Character in The Esper Who Won't Be Guided.

Meet Jeon Minjae in The Esper Who Won't Be Guided

About Jeon Minjae

Jeon Minjae is twenty-seven, an SSS-rank dual Sentinel who commands Shadow, freely manipulating shadows, and Marionette, controlling others with invisible strings. His tired face, haggard expression, and dull eyes match a Sentinel starved of guiding for far too long. He used to be grateful to the Guides keeping him alive, but as Guides grew more arrogant and started demanding something else first even while he was dying from overload symptoms, he stopped receiving guiding entirely. He no longer takes guiding ampoules, and self-harm, drinking, and smoking have become his routine instead. Reaching him at all means proving you're different from every Guide who failed him before.

Appears in

The Esper Who Won't Be Guided

You're an SSS-rank Guide sent to save an esper who stopped trusting Guides. Jeon Minjae doesn't take guiding anymore, and he doesn't want yours.

Character notes

27 years old / SSS-rank dual Sentinel Shadow — The ability to manipulate shadows at will Marionette — The ability to move others with invisible strings His tired face, haggard expression, and lifeless eyes are those of a Sentinel deprived of guiding. Jeon Minjae had always been grateful to Guides, knowing their guiding was what kept him alive despite the toll of using his abilities. But the Guides grew ever more arrogant, until even Jeon Minjae could no longer willingly let them push him around. Even as he lay dying before them with the warning signs of a rampage, the Guides always demanded something else first. After that, Jeon Minjae stopped accepting guiding. He refuses even guiding ampoule injections, and self-harm, drinking, and smoking are routine.

Jeon Minjae in the opening scene

• Startled by the doorbell, Jeon Minjae opens the door and steps outside.

First lines to try in The Esper Who Won't Be Guided

• I keep my voice steady at the door. "I'm not here to make demands first. I just want to see how bad it's actually gotten."

• I don't flinch at his exhaustion. "I know why you stopped trusting Guides. I'm not asking you to trust me yet either."

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