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- Gi-hun... I'm so sorry.
- —Sang-woo's last words to Gi-hun in "One Lucky Day"
Sangihun is the slash ship between Cho Sang-woo and Seong Gi-hun from the Squid Game fandom.
Canon[]
Sang-woo and Gi-hun actually have known each other since they were children, having developed a very close and sibling-like relationship.[1] They would often play Korean children's games together and they were also classmates in elementary school. However, they eventually went on different paths after Sang-Woo enrolled at Seoul National University. Upon graduation, Sang-woo would always be busy with his work and later left for a business trip on America, leaving Gi-hun in contact only with Sang-Woo's mother.
The two met again during the first game, Red Light, Green Light, when Gi-hun recognized Sang-Woo among the players. After half of the players were killed during the game, Gi-hun became scared and paralized on the ground after a player fell over him. Sang-woo noticed his reaction and managed to tell Gi-hun how to survive the game by hiding behind other players. Sang-woo encouraged Gi-hun to move or he would end up dead. Following Sang-woo's advice, Gi-hun managed to go to the finish line before the time was over, and was grateful to Sang-woo for helping him. From then on, they decided to form a team so that they can win the games together. Ali Abdul and Oh Il-nam immediately joined their team (with Sae-byeok, Ji-yeong, Han Mi-nyeo also joining later on in the competition).
Players started begging to leave after the first game, and a vote was eventually held where Gi-hun voted to leave while Sang-woo voted to continue. After players were let go, Sang-woo was watching his mom in her fish store when Gi-hun encountered him and they went to get coffee. They had a conversation about Sang-woo's debt where Gi-hun finds out that it's over 6 billion won, as well as about his bad investments. Eventually, both Gi-hun and Sang-woo chose to rejoin the games.
Before the second game, Sang-woo got information from Kang Sae-byeok to guess what the game will be. He saw he shapes on the doors and recalled a game that he and Gi-hun played when they were younger, Sugar Honeycombs. Instead of telling this discovery to his team, Sang-woo kept to himself. Sang-woo picked the easiest shape, the triangle, and let his teammates decide for different ones. When Sang-woo saw Gi-hun picking the umbrella, which is the hardest shape, he became alarmed with his friend's choice. Sang-woo briefly tried share what he knew with Gi-hun, before hesitantly giving up on doing so. Despite this, Gi-hun managed to carve out the umbrella perfectly by licking his honeycomb, which made Sang-Woo impressed and relieved that he survived the second game.
Both of them made their best to complete the next third and fourth game until Sang-woo killed Player 017 to win the fifth game. Gi-hun asked why he did it, which Sang-woo replied that he did it in order to survive the game and that they would've died if he didn't do it. During night time, Gi-hun tried to kill his friend in his sleep, in order for him and Sae-byeok to win the games together, but she stopped him from doing it. Right after, Gi-hun noticed that Sae-Byeok was bleeding badly and was about to die, so he tried to ask for medical help to the guards. While Gi-hun was distracted asking for help, Sang-woo slit Sae-byeok's throat. Gi-hun hurried back to Sae-byeok's body and tried to kill Sang-woo with his kitchen knife, but was stopped by a guard. After Sae-byeok's body was put inside a casket, Gi-hun yelled and screamed with anger to his friend while being holded down by one of the guards. This led the two friends to become enemies before the last game.
The final game was the Squid Game. The main goal to win the game is the offencer, who is Gi-hun, needs to past through all the three circles of a grid shaped like a squid, without getting pulled back or being killed by the defender, who is Sang-woo. They both fought each other fiercely, and in the end Gi-hun managed to beat and defeat Sang-woo. Gi-hun got his knife and tried to finish off Sang-woo, but ultimately stabbed the ground as he couldn't bring himself to kill his childhood best friend. Gi-hun then tried to use the games' third clause to end the competition so they both could survive and go home, although this would cause them to lose the money. Gi-hun offered his hand to Sang-Woo, asking for them to go home together. Sang-woo started to reach his friend's hand, but then he apologized and decided to sacrifice himself by getting the knife near him and stabbing himself in the neck. Gi-hun was shocked by Sang-woo's choice, and cradled his friend while begging him not to die. Sang-woo asked Gi-hun to help his mother before dying in his friend's arms, causing Gi-hun to break down in tears while holding his corpse. As result, Gi-hun became the winner of the game and got his cash prize. However, because of this traumatic experience, Gi-hun didn't touch his prize for a whole year, as the money makes him remember all of his friends' deaths, especially Sang-woo's. When Gi-hun finally went to the outside world, he had a hard time when Sang-woo's mother asked if he had any news about her son. It's still unknown if Sang-woo's mother knows about the Squid Game and her son's death.
After a year, Gi-hun finally started to use his cash money. Gi-hun decided to help Sae-byeok's younger brother find a home and left him with Sang-woo's mother. Gi-hun then gave a suitcase to Sang-Woo's mother before leaving. Inside it, she found it a great amount of the cash prize, thus fulfilling Sang-woo final wish. Sang-woo's mother also found a note that Gi-hun left with the money, saying "It's the money I owe Sang-woo".
Season 2[]
During Gi-hun's nightmare, he finds the Front Man outside the surveillance camera room of the Pink Motel as he shows the player Sang-woo and Sae-byeok's decapitated heads as he asks, "Looking for these?". A moment later, both heads would stare at Gi-hun, making him scream in horror as he repeatedly shot his weapon at the Front Man, only for then being awakened by his alarm clock.
Quotes[]
- Main article: Sangihun/Quotes
Songs[]
- Fly Me to the Moon | Joo Won
- This is a quite obvious pick as this song plays during Red Light, Green Light when the two look at each other. It fits specifically because of the lyrics that are sung when Sang-woo and Gi-hun look at each other. The song was also spliced as if to show what they think of each other, and fans think that it was intentional.
- Gi-hun is shown when the sung lyrics are:
- “You are all I long for”
- “All I worship and adore”
Fanon[]
Sangihun is a popular ship within the fandom mostly because they've known each other when they were younger before the Squid Game. Some fans also ship them because of the "friends-to-enemies" trope among drama thriller shows. Even though this is quite famous, some fans abandon this ship because of Sang-woo and Gi-hun's attempt to kill each other on the two last episodes, even though they reconciled their problems at the last minute of the final game. The ship was rivaled by Aliwoo, Sang-woo's ship with Ali. However, upon the release of the second season, its rivalry focus switched to 457 which is now Gi-hun's most popular ship.
One of the memorable moments of this ship being sailed is when Sang-woo decided to sacrifice himself instead of giving his hand to Gi-hun in order to let his friend win the the cash prize and the game. This moment has spawned lots of fanwork either through fanart of the two, or in fanfiction which sometimes depict a different reality with Sang-woo choosing to leave with Gi-hun. Another reason as to why people started shipping the two is because of their scene in Red Light, Green Light when "Fly Me to the Moon" plays. People have pointed out that the lyrics in the song seem to match the two as if done intentionally. Specifically, "You are all I long for," is interpreted to be what Sang-woo thinks of Gi-hun and "all I worship and adore" is what Gi-hun thinks of Sang-woo. People have also pointed out that Gi-hun has took on some Sang-woo's words. In Season 2, Gi-hun talks about the 3rd point in the contract to the guards, just like Sang-woo in Season 1. He also tells everyone to hide behind someone's back just like Sang-woo told him to do the same during the first game.
This ship is also enjoyed due to their argument because of the tension between them and their close proximity during it. The scene has caused jokes to be made about the two almost kissing because of how close their faces got to each other. Additionally, fans like to joke that they're arguing like an actual couple or like exes. Another scene that has got people to ship them was the dinner scene. During it, Sang-woo and Gi-hun were constantly looking at each other while eating, and Gi-hun seemingly following Sang-woo's actions. Since then, people have joked about the two "eating" each other out with their eyes because they were looking at each other while they were eating their dinner. People also imagine that Gi-hun was the one to take the photo of Sang-woo and his mom that can be seen in Sang-woo's mother fish shop.
A popular headcanon between the fans of the ship is that the two had feelings for each other in highschool, or the more popular version with Sang-woo having feelings for Gi-hun that never went away. This opens up to more interpretations to their relationship but also even more 'angsty' situations between the two that fanworks like to show. Fans of the ship like to imagine that after Gi-hun got married, Sang-woo didn't attend his marriage which would be one of the reasons as to why the two stopped speaking with each other, because most fans believe this is when Sang-woo would've cut off contact with Gi-hun. This led fans of the ship imagine that in a case like this, Sang-woo tried to repress his feelings that would never leave as he never got to tell the truth to Gi-hun. Some fanworks also like to imagine that the two might've had feelings for each other but Gi-hun would tell Sang-woo that he's not enough for him or that they possibly can't form a relationship.
Fancontent of the two usually depicts them in the canon universe or in AU's where the games never happened. As well as, their lives before the Squid Games when they were in highschool or when they have become distant with each other as adults. A small detail that fans for the ship like to do is draw Sang-woo with bits of dyed aqua hair to match when fans drew Gi-hun with small bits of his dyed red hair left.
There are currently 610+ fanfics on A03 and it is the fourth most written Squid Game ship behind Jibyeok, Thangyu and currently, 457.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Cho Sang-woo/Seong Gi-hun tag on AO3
- Cho Sang-woo & Seong Gi-hun tag on AO3
- Sangihun hashtag on Twitter
- 상우기훈 hashtag on Twitter
- 尚勛 hashtag on Twitter
- サンギフ hashtag on Twitter
- SG674 hashtag on Twitter
- SangHun hashtag on Twitter
- Sangwoogihun hashtag on Twitter
- Sangihun posts on Twitter
- 상우기훈 posts on Twitter
- กลางท้าย posts on Twitter
- 尚勛 posts on Twitter
- サンギフ posts on Twitter
- SG674 posts on Twitter
- SangHun posts on Twitter
- Sangwoogihun posts on Twitter
- TUMBLR
- Sangihun tag on Tumblr
- SangHun tag on Tumblr
- SG674 tag on Tumblr
- Sangihun posts on Tumblr
- SG674 posts on Tumblr
- SangHun posts on Tumblr
- TIKTOK
- Sangihun tag on TikTok
- SangHun tag on TikTok
- SG674 tag on TikTok
- 상우기훈 tag on TikTok
- กลางท้าย tag on TikTok
- 尚勛 tag on TikTok
- サンギフ tag on TikTok
- Sangihun posts on TikTok
- SangHun posts on TikTok
- SG674 posts on TikTok
- 상우기훈 posts on TikTok
- กลางท้าย posts on TikTok
- 尚勛 posts on TikTok
- サンギフ posts on TikTok
Trivia[]
- In the first episode, when they were playing Red Light, Green Light, after Sang-woo crossed the line, Gi-hun and him looked worriedly at each other, since at that point Gi-hun hadn't crossed the line yet and there was only a minute left.
- The background music was "Fly Me to the Moon", and at the moment Gi-hun and Sang-woo stared at each other, the lyrics "You are all I long for, all I worship and adore" are heard.
- The music was cut and trimmed exactly at the points Director Hwang wanted, which would make this intentional, as he even mentions he wanted the Red Light, Green Light scene to end with the words, "I love you".[2]
- The background music was "Fly Me to the Moon", and at the moment Gi-hun and Sang-woo stared at each other, the lyrics "You are all I long for, all I worship and adore" are heard.
- Director Hwang made Gi-hun and Sang-woo look like fraternal twins, explaining how the two would meet each other at the games and end up with the same outcome, even after going on different paths.[1][3]
- Lee Jung-jae has stated in an interview that the two aren't biologically related but are still close nonetheless.[4]
Gallery[]
- Main article: Sangihun/Gallery
Videos[]
Variations[]
- Gihun's Harem refers to the ship between the two, Hwang In-ho, Hwang Jun-ho, The Salesman and sometimes Park Jung-bae
- Red Flag Magnet refers to the ship between the two, Hwang In-ho, and The Salesman
- Sanginhun refers to the ship between the two and Hwang In-ho
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Cast and Director Talk About Bringing the Korean Survival Show to Life
- ↑ Squid Game Director & Cast Break Down The Red Light/Green Light Scene | Vanity Fair
- ↑ Lee Jung Jae And Park Hae Soo Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin In “Squid Game”
- ↑ Squid Game: Keyword Interview with Lee Jung-jae
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| • Squid Game Ships ▴ Squid Game Characters ▪ | ||
| SHIPS | het | 555 • 07069 • DaeJu • ForkBee • Eulseok • HyuHun • HyunSales • Hyunseok • HyunSik • NyeoSu • Semigyu • Seminsu • Thanmi |
| slash | 457 • 324250 • Alihun • Aliwoo • Daeggyi • DaeHun • FrontOfficer • Frontsales • Juncruiter • JunHun • MathHun • SalesHun • Sangihun • ShyPills • Thanggi • Thangyu | |
| femslash | Hyunmi • HyunNyeo • Jibyeok • Semina | |
| poly | FrontSalesHun • Gihun's Harem • Red Flag Magnet | |
| family | Hwang Bros | |
| friendship | Gi-hun's Team • JeongWoo • SaeHun • SaeWoo • Thanos Team | |
| cargo | Front Man x Whiskey • Gi-hun x Umbrella • The Salesman x Gun • Young-mi x Door | |
| CHARACTERS | female | Cho Hyun-ju • Se-mi |
| male | Hwang In-ho • The Salesman • Seong Gi-hun • Thanos | |