On-jo x I-sak

On-jo x I-sak is the friendship between Nam On-jo and Yoon I-sak from the All of Us Are Dead fandom.

Canon
Prior to the outbreak, On-jo and I-sak were best friends. They were also classmates in Hyosan High School. The circumstances between their friendship is unknown. They were also good friends with Lee Cheong-san and his best friend Han Gyeong-su, and they would have dinner at Cheong-san's chicken restaurant. I-sak was aware of On-jo's crush on Lee Su-hyeok, and encouraged her to ask him out. After On-jo told Su-hyeok that she liked him, she told I-sak about her confession, causing the latter to scream in delight. I-sak then encouraged her to ask Cheong-san what Su-hyeok thought of her, not knowing that Cheong-san had a crush on On-jo. Cheong-san refused to tell her about Su-hyeok's thoughts on her, stating that he and Su-hyeok weren't close.

When the outbreak occurred, I-sak managed to make it back to her class. On-jo later arrived with Cheong-san. Soon after their arrival, their PE teacher, Kang Jin-gu, entered the classroom despite being bitten, and infected one of the survivors, Kim Min-ji, forcing Cheong-san, On-jo and the other survivors to flee the classroom. As they made their way through the school, they used doors and windows to fight against the zombies. However, as they were fighting the zombies, I-sak was bitten on the leg without her realising. Eventually, the group made their way to the science lab.

When the group reached the science lab, I-sak tried to convince On-jo that Cheong-san had a crush on her, but On-jo claimed that he didn't. On-jo then touched her hand, which she realised was very cold. I-sak's nose began to bleed and her eyes began to turn red. Before I-sak fully transformed, she and On-jo hugged one last time. Cheong-san then tried to pull On-jo away from I-sak before I-sak began to lunge at them, forcing Cheong-san to throw her out of the window. On-jo then rushed over and grabbed I-sak's hand, forcing Cheong-san to repeatedly bash I-sak with a stool, causing her to fall to the ground floor. As I-sak fell, On-jo reminisced about several memories they had formed together prior to the outbreak. A zombified I-sak was later killed by the bomb that was dropped on Hyosan.

Months later, the outbreak had been contained and Hyosan had been deemed safe, allowing On-jo to return. She paid tribute to I-sak at the abandoned school.

Fanon
The friendship is present in most written works about All of Us Are Dead on AO3 that feature I-sak as they were canonically best friends. I-sak's death is also considered to be one of the most heartbreaking deaths in the entire show. However, some works omit I-sak altogether as she is killed off early on in the series and is not frequently referenced afterward, and many pieces take place after her death. Very few choose to ship them romantically. There are currently 20 works on AO3 that use the Nam On Jo & Yoon I-Sak tag. Additionally, there are several pieces on Wattpad that include this friendship.

Fandom

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