The protagonist, a Guide identified at age five, significantly earlier than typical. Now 28 years old, he is the eldest of six children with five younger siblings. He has undergone over a hundred matching tests in 25 years but never scored above 20%, far below the 30% threshold required for pairing. He works at an office with a grumpy supervisor, Manager Kim. Despite his failures, he is capable, resilient, and devoted to his siblings, handling childcare and household management exceptionally well. He is described as reasonably good-looking, about 180 cm tall, with slightly tanned skin, double-lidded eyes, dark brown irises, black hair styled with wax, a small mole near his jawline, and a faint scar under his eye. He was placed on the deferred matching list after snapping on his 28th birthday.
