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The Villain Profiler is a South Korean light novel written by Jeongyong. It has a webtoon adaptation illustrated by Razen.
Plot[]
Light Novel[]
In this world, there is one absolute truth that never changes. The living lie, and the dead tell only the truth. I am a profiler who peers into the lies of the living and piece together the truth of the dead like a puzzle.
Webtoon[]
After surviving a brutal childhood tragedy and awakening from a mysterious coma, Shinhyeok Lee returns with the mind of a genius profiler and fifteen years’ worth of knowledge that no one can explain. Now, he reads the lies of the living and uncovers the truths of the dead, solving crimes no one else can. But every case brings him closer to the murderer who destroyed his family. Can Shinhyeok expose the ultimate villain, or will the darkness he studies consume him first?
Characters[]
Ships[]
Het[]
- WolfSpider — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Lee Sujeong
Slash[]
- ShinAki — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Aki
- ShinDongcheol — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Choi Dongcheol
Family[]
- Aki & Mugil — the ship between Aki and Hwang Mugil
- Baekjin & Shinhyeok — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Na Baekjin (Weak Hero)
- Baekjin & Professor Kim — the ship between Professor Kim Minu and Na Baekjin (Weak Hero)
- Bora & Cream — the ship between Jeong Bora and Cream
- Shinhyeok & Hyejin — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Lee Hyejin
- Shinhyeok & Professor Kim — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Professor Kim Minu
- Shinhyeok & Shinhyeok's Mother — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Lee Shinhyeok's Mother
- Shinhyeok & Yongyeon — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Lee Yongyeon
Friend[]
- Aki & Hyeonu — the ship between Aki and Kim Hyeonu
- Bora & Taeoh — the ship between Jeong Bora and Jin Taeoh (Weak Hero)
- Cream & Co — the ship between Cream and Co (Weak Hero)
- Cream & Sprite — the ship between Cream and Sprite (Weak Hero)
- Dongcheol & Gucheol — the ship between Choi Dongcheol and Jang Gucheol
- Violent Crimes Unit 1 — the ship between Lee Sujeong, Choi Dongcheol, Park Jongmin, and Jang Gucheol
- Humin & Shinhyeok — the ship between Park Humin (Weak Hero) and Lee Shinhyeok (The Villain Profiler)
- Hyejin & Hyeonu — the ship between Lee Hyejin and Kim Hyeonu
- Jeongah & Bora — the ship between Nam Jeongah (Weak Hero) and Jeong Bora
- Jongmin & Gucheol — the ship between Park Jongmin and Jang Gucheol
- KangWoo — the ship between Kang Sejun and Detective Woo
- Shinhyeok & Bora — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Jeong Bora
- Shinhyeok & Gucheol — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Jang Gucheol
- Shinhyeok & Hyeonu — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Kim Hyeonu
- Shinhyeok & Jongmin — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Park Jongmin
- Shinhyeok & Gyeongchan — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Jo Gyeongchan
- Shinhyeok & Sejun — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Kang Sejun
- Suho & Shinhyeok — the ship between Lee Shinhyeok and Ahn Suho (Weak Hero)
- Black Widow & Dongcheol — the ship between Lee Sujeong and Choi Dongcheol
- Black Widow & Gucheol — the ship between Lee Sujeong and Jang Gucheol
- Black Widow & Jongmin — the ship between Lee Sujeong and Park Jongmin
Fanon[]
The Villain Profiler has a pretty small fandom, especially given how it only recently gained an official English translation of the webtoon adaptation on December 5th, 2025. The light novel is even more unknown than the webtoon. People who read the webtoon often mistake it as having the same author of Weak Hero, Seopass, due to the artist being the same. However, this is not the case because Jeongyong wrote The Villain Profiler, not Seopass. They only share the same artist for the webtoons.
Fans often note about how the main character of The Villain Profiler has a face identical to Donald Na (Na Baekjin in the Korean version) of Weak Hero. Some people think they're either related or that Donald, after getting hit by a truck, isekai-ed into The Villain Profiler. Due to his purple hair, fans also joke that Shinhyeok is the lovechild of Donald Na and Wolf Keum (Keum Seongje in the Korean version).
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- The Villain Profiler tag on AO3
- WIKI
- The Villain Profiler Wiki
Trivia[]
- The title card of the Korean version of the webtoon has the English title "Villain's Profiler" under the Korean title. However, the official English translation uses the title "The Villain Profiler".
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| The Villain Profiler Ships • The Villain Profiler Characters | |||
| SHIPS | het | WolfSpider | |
| slash | ShinAki | ||
| family | Aki & Mugil • Baekjin & Shinhyeok • Bora & Cream • Shinhyeok & Hyejin • Shinhyeok & Professor Kim | ||
| friend | Aki & Hyeonu • Shinhyeok & Bora | ||
| CHARACTERS | |||
| Male | Lee Shinhyeok | ||