Kim Dokja is the main character of the South Korean web novel and manhwa series Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint by Sing Shong. Kim Dokja, age 28, is a common, solitary man with a deep passion for reading, particularly lesser-known web novel Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World (TWSA), which he read passionately for 13 years as its sole reader. His life is irreversibly altered when the doomsday scenarios of TWSA begin to occur in the real world, pulling him into a realm of deadly "scenarios" created by supernatural beings called dokkaebi. Armed with his unparalleled expertise in the novel's plot, characters, and underlying secrets, Kim Dokja navigates this wacky new world, attempting to alter the tragic ending of the novel and save the people around him.
By the end of the story, his status is left up to the reader's interpretation, as each fragment of his soul is equivalent to a reader of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.
Kim Dokja's Company — the ship between Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk, Han Sooyoung, Yoo Sangah, Jung Heewon, Lee Hyunsung, Lee Gilyoung, Shin Yoosung, Lee Jihye, Lee Seolhwa, Gong Pildu, Han Myungoh, and Jang Hayoung
His name "Dokja" (김독자) has three different meanings: reader, only child and independent or alone, depending on the content.
His name can also be written with two different Hanja, giving different meanings to it—either with "Dok" (讀) as in reader (favored by his mother), or "Dok" (獨) as in alone (favored by his father).
His zodiac sign is Aquarius, as he was born on February 15th.
His canonical status remains unknown, but is open to interpretation.
