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Lee Eun-yu is one of the main characters in the Live Action Netflix series Sweet Home. She is portrayed by Go Min-si.
For her webtoon counterpart, click here.
Biography[]
Eun-yu is the younger sister of Lee Eun-Hyeok and used to be an aspiring ballerina. She lived in the Green Home Mansion Apartment along with her older brother; it is never mentioned in the show what room they lived in.
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
Episode 1[]
Eun-yu is first seen on the rooftop practicing ballet. She steps on chewed gum and tries to remove it from her shoe. She asks Cha Hyun-su, who was going to suicide, if it was his gum. After he denies it, she asks him if he saw who threw the gum. Later she tells Hyun-su not to kill himself in Green Home because he would cause a lot of trouble and to find somewhere else to do it. She stays a while longer on the rooftop and Hyun-su goes down to his room.
She meets Pyeon Sang-Wook on the higher floors of the building's fire escape and converses with him, but he doesn't reply much. Another scene cuts to her and her brother, Lee Eun-Hyeok, in their apartment. Her brother tidies his books on medicine, before he leaves to go for work. He asks Eun-yu to eat properly and stay at home otherwise he'll report her as missing. She asks him to do it, and he laughs as he leaves.
She was in her room during the monster encounter on the first floor.
Episode 2[]
She decides to head downstairs, but encounters the monster that approached Hyun-Su's apartment door and is helped by Sang-Wook. Blood spatters on her face as she watches Sang-Wook beat the monster brutally.
Later in the episode, she and Sang-Wook head downstairs to the first floor to the other residents where Kim Seok-Hyeon uses a taser to incapacitate him, while Eun-Hyeok stays with her. She goes to the washroom and washes the blood off her, trembling.
Afterwards she meets Sang-Wook in the fire escape once again, where he is watching another monster. She tells him that she'll kill him if he turns into a monster, which was mutual.
Episode 3[]
Eun-Yu lies on her bed, stretching her feet with socks on. She sits up and removes the socks, revealing red, bruised feet, which she tries to wrap in a bandage, but instead, remembers her ballet costume, hanging above her bed. She, without any hope of being a dancer again, takes a box cutter and begins destroying the dress furiously.
While Eun-Hyeok calls for all survivors to come to the first floor on the tannoy, Eun-Yu packs her things to head downstairs.
Episode 4[]
A monster, pushes Hyun-Su off the stairs and he falls down multiple floors. Eun-Yu watches this happen and screams as blood stains the floor. Hyun-Su, with this regenerative abilities, wakes up to find Eun-Yu with him. She reminds him that she told him not to die here, and since he didn't, he's not as shitty as she thought. She leaves him with Eun-Hyeok.
During the voting on whether to throw Hyun-Su out of the building or not, she walks in saying that she doesn't want him out. She swears at Kim Seok-Hyeon in sign language when he acts rude.
When a few residents are discussing Hyun-Su, she walks in and supports Hyun-Su. She agrees when Ji-Eun says that's in an act of God and says that no one can know who's next.
In another scene in the episode she walks with Sang-Wook, happily telling him that the disease is not infectious, but then gloomily adds that the world is doomed.
Episode 5[]
Yoon-Jae looks for a weapon against Sang-Wook. when Eun-Yu comes across him. Just like the other residents, she finds that something's suspicious about Yoon-Jae. She also scoffs at some residents for being hypocrites - they didn't notice when Yoon-jae was beaten up by somebody just to act nice towards him now.
Episode 6[]
As the residents capture Ji-Su whose monsterization process had just begun. and Eun-Yu applauds them sarcastically saying, "This is just great. You seem to be having fun."
Later, after Hyun-Su returns from another mission on the floors above, battling a close encounter with a monster, Eun-Yu opens the door to him, and she looks concerned, showing that she clearly cares for him. She watches him as we walks away.
The residents are all gathered together and Eun-Yu has her headphones on. But once Yeong-Su and Su-Yeong say that their afraid now that supplies are running out and the other residents join in too, she yells saying that they can't give up and that they have to stop whining because it won't change anything.
She's reading Hyun-Su's book as he wakes up from his "bad dream". She jokes around with him, before asking him what gave him the scars on his hand. When he answers saying it's him, she tells him it's not his fault while applying a bandage on the scar and tells him, once again while yelling, that he has to make it obvious when he got hurt because of someone. She walks out of the room and while Ji-Su and Eun-Hyeok are walking towards where Hyun-Su is. She tells them to leave him alone. She and Ji-Su end up arguing. Eun-Hyeok tries to interfere, but Eun-yu tells him to stop because he's not her real brother. He slaps her in the heat of the moment, and she walks away scoffing and calling him weak.
Episode 7[]
While a few residents have a wild escapade in a van from all kinds of monsters lying around in the garage, Du-sik is fighting the weird spidery creature. Eun-yu willingly, along with Yu-ri, and later the others, string the monster up with the pulley. Finally Hyun-su arrives and kills the monster with his electrical staff.
Eun-yu later bumps into Yu-ri and tells her she needs to take care of herself instead of others and Yu-ri replies saying, "I'm okay."
Later as Eun-yu wraps up her ankle wound, Eun-hyeok walks in with food for her. They share a silent moment, especially after he slapped her before, as he helps her with the bandage and she fixes his glasses. Eun-yu is teary-eyed throughout the scene, but leaves without touching the food.
As Eun-yu looks at her family picture sitting in the bathroom stall alone, Ji-su collapses with a bad case of appendicitis. Eun-yu argues for Ji-su saying that Eun-hyeok needs to figure out what to do and how to do it. They finally decide to get medical supplies and Eun-yu helps prep the "surgery room."
Episode 8[]
After Ji-su's surgery is successful and some battle the big protein monster, Seon-yeong was declared as the newly infected. They all gather together, the group more close-knit., and get drunk on 4-year-old Korean wine. Eun-hyeok allows it as long as they don't forget their duties.
Hyun-su continues to struggle with himself and his past, but he and Eun-yu have a sweet, heartfelt moment. She tells him she quit ballet for real and he asks, "Why?." She replies saying that there's no one to watch her perform. She makes him promise something to her unwillingly, crossing their pinkies and joining their thumbs, and when he asks what, she shyly smiles and says, "It's a secret." This is one of the very few instances of Eun-yu's softer side. But then Eun-Hyeok interrupts them, grinning slightly and saying, "Congratulations, it's your first love", and she immediately puts her cold shield up again. She, to show Hyun-su how to deal with people that give him a hard time, gives the middle finger to her brother. He quietly smirks her reaction and she walks off fumbling to herself.
Later, Eun-yu's still thinking of her brother's comment when Sang-wook walks past. She asks for his lighter to light a cigarette, and he asks, "Are you bullying me or something." Eun-yu remembers Yu-ri saying that it was just his way of saying thank you. Sang-wook tells Eun-yu to say, "Please" and then drops the lighter when she does. Eun-yu goes back to thinking of what her brother said.
Eun-yu watches as Jae-heon fights the building manager monster grimly in the elevator. She has a sad, sympathetic expression as Jae-heon bravely asks Eun-hyeok to burn both of them, and then dies.
Episode 9[]
Eun-yu and the others mourn Jae-heon's death. Ji-su is sitting on her own when Eun-yu finds her and gives her a small box of Ferrero Rocher, asking her to eat them. As Eun-yu tries to comfort her in her own way, Ji-su asks her to stay away, saying "Nothing good will happen if you're near me.", and crying in frustration that everybody keeps dying because she has bad luck. Eun-yu sits down next to her telling her that she has bad luck too: she's an orphan because once when her family went to see her ballet performance, they got into an accident and both her parents were killed. Eun-yu also blames herself for making Eun-hyeok an orphan and ruining his life. She decided she would become a famous ballerina and pay him back, but then she busted her ankle so bad she couldn't even turn. She promises that she'll prove that Ji-su doesn't have the most pity-ful life, and survive with her till the end. Eun-yu hands her the severed blade, giving Ji-su motivation to carry on.
Later, a truck slams straight into the front doors of the apartment block, and a group of men walk in. After killing Jang Ju-Seong, the leader, Shin Jung-seop, tells them to capture everyone in the building, including Eun-Yu. After killing Ji-eun, the men continue to provoke and torture the residents. Eun-hyeok instigates Jung-seop into narrating his story and Eun-yu later tells Eun-hyeok to not stand up to the men if he wants to live. Eun-hyeok tells her and Hyun-su quietly that they'll have to wait for the right time to act. Later, Jung-seop asks Eun-hyeok if he'll abandon the residents and join the men. He joins them. Eun-yu looks at him in disbelief.
Later, when all hell breaks lose between the residents and the men, Eun-yu freaks out as Jung-seop holds a gun to Eun-hyeok's head, asking everyone to stop. Sun-young is back, as a monster, and manages to stab Hyun-su while trying to get revenge from Eun-hyeok. Hyun-su chokes her to death and collapses. Eun-yu can't watch as they set Sun-young on fire and drag him away into the lift saying, "We should kill all monsters."
After being saved by Yi-kyung, Eun-yu and the other residents corner Nam-il. He shows the a military flyer from when he, Hyun-su, Jung-seop, and Ui-myeong were on the rooftop. The flyer offers safety to anyone who reports a special infected being. Eun-yu, with the residents, watches as the elevator comes down.
Episode 10[]
Once Hyun-su and Ui-myeong are back down, Eun-yu asks Hyun-su if he's okay, but he doesn't respond. Later, Yeong-su is sobbing while Su-yeong is comforting him. Ui-myeong approaches them with Hyun-su, but Eun-yu takes them away first. It's clear she doesn't trust Ui-myeong, and warns Hyun-su that even an outcast should be picky about new friends. In the next scene, Eun-yu voices her concerns about the Hyun-su's new 'friend' to her brother who says that they shouldn't provoke Ui-myeong. They discuss the military flyer; Eun-yu does not want to sell Hyun-su out, and Eun-hyeok thinks the "safety camp" is ridiculous. Eun-hyeok then leaves Eun-yu alone, saying he's going to talk to Hyun-su.
In just a few scenes, things heat up as Ui-myeong shoots Yu-ri and other residents. Byeong-il is fatally injured, and Eun-yu, with the some other residents, gather around him as he slowly passes. Hyun-su transforms and fights Ui-myeong, who then disintegrates. Hyun-su hasn't returned back to normal, and Eun-hyeok goes to fight him, but is stopped by Eun-yu. Hyun-su awakens to Du-sik's dead body, who sacrificed himself to bring Hyun-su back, and they all cry over Du-sik's death. Eun-yu watches from afar when Hyun-su isolates himself from everyone; she remembers the 'secret promise' he made to her.
The next day, the residents gather to bury the dead residents, and find a secret tunnel while digging. It starts to snow, and the military arrives. They get instructions to hand over the infected to get out safely. Hyun-su says he has to go, and Eun-yu is unsure whether she should stop him. After Nam-il accidently triggers an explosion, the military start to shoot at the residents, who rush into the tunnel to escape. Hyun-su doesn't follow them, however, and Eun-yu starts to panic. Eun-hyeok leaves to get him. Eun-yu stops him first, scared, but he promises to come back safely. Eun-yu heads on ahead, still concerned. They keep wandering the tunnels, but Eun-yu stops. It' has been a while and Eun-hyeok hadn't come back yet. Yi-kyung tells her she needs to keep going, but she says she can't leave - Eun-hyeok and Hyun-su aren't back yet. When she realizes they aren't coming back, she starts to shout and cry, trying to run back to them while the residents hold her back and take her along. Her screams fade away, as Eun-hyeok wears Eun-yu's headphones and remembers his time with her. His nose starts to bleed.
The next morning, the residents find their way out, but end up surrounded by military. The board a truck and drive away, leaving Yi-kyung, who's part of the military, behind.
Personality[]
Eun-yu is a somewhat abrasive and head-strong girl. She has a critical, straightforward and somewhat rude attitude; mostly saying things how they are. Example of this is when she criticizes Hyun-Su and tells him to jump from another building as to not cause trouble for her nor the residents of Green Home, as well as when she criticizes Ji-Su for comforting Jin-Ok when she lost her daughter. This attitude is disliked by most of the survivors especially Ji-Su who calls her the "Psycho-Bitch" in response to her criticism.
She does however have a softer side beneath the attitude. While she does criticize Ji-Su, she also views her as a rival of sorts and cared for her well-being and encourages her when she collapsed due to appendicitis, wanting to settle a score when she's better. She also cares deeply for her brother (on the contrary to how she usually treats him) as she was worried for his safety. He is not blood related to her.
Another example of her soft side is her empathy and concern for Hyun-Su. She was the first to stick up for him when he was being voted to leave, as well as when he was being used by her brother for their gain. She comforted him in her own ways, encouraging him through criticism in a straightforward way. She also stopped her brother Eun-Hyeok and Ji-Su from killing Hyun-Su when he turned into a half monster as she believed he was still there. It is strongly implied that she has a crush on Hyun-Su especially when Eun-Hyeok suggests that Hyun-Su is her first love which she becomes heavily flustered by and snaps back, denying it.
Physical Appearance[]
Season 1 Appearance
Eun-yu is an attractive young woman of average height with straight, long, dark hair. She has a slender physique due to her hobby/passion of being a ballerina. She is usually always seen going around wearing her headphones. She also has a leg injury that may have been the cause of her quitting ballet.
Post time-skip Appearance
In Season 2, her appearance changes drastically after the 337 day time-skip as she passes more as an apocalyptic survivor than a regular high school girl. She cuts her hair short where it passes just under her chin. She wears ragged clothes, her face and body are always covered in dirt due to always venturing outside of the stadium as well as the fact that there are no showers in the stadium. For the most of Season 2, she sports a tattered, deep red tank top with a black vest underneath. Along with, army green camo pants and black combat boots, she later wears a large, navy bomber jacket patterned with light green, dark green and red zigzag lines. When exploring outside the stadium, she carries her rucksack and a dagger as her primary weapon.
Midway through the third season, she ties her hair in a low ponytail and changes her pants to black.
Appearances[]
Season One[]
- Episode 1
- Episode 2
- Episode 3
- Episode 4
- Episode 5
- Episode 6
- Episode 7
- Episode 8
- Episode 9
- Episode 10
Season Two[]
Relationships[]
Familial[]
Lee Eun-Hyeok - Despite not showing it, Eun-yu actually cherishes her older brother. Even though the pair are not related by blood, it is clear that she still values him as her family. In the beginning, Eun-yu acts rather cold and hostile towards her brother for some unknown reason as she would always give snarky remarks or just gave him the cold shoulder, in response to his caring actions. In the second half of the series, Eun-yu doesn't treat him as harshly anymore and shows her softer side to him. It was later revealed, in her talk with Ji-su why she acted so cold towards her brother and the reason was out of guilt for turning him into an orphan and having to selflessly drop out of medical school to finance her ballet tuition fees.
Romantic[]
Cha Hyun-Su - Initially, Eun-yu showed no interest towards Hyun-su and acted cold towards him during their introduction. However, Eun-yu would soon grow to care for him when the remaining residents mistreated him, subsequently after turning into a Special Infectee; strongly hinting some feelings for him.
Other[]
Yoon Ji-Su - The two did not get along very well, as Eun-yu would often try and pick a fight with Ji-su for the reason that she hated seeing her "act nice", which led to the two exchanging insults with each other from time to time. Though Eun-yu often acted mean towards her, deep down she did show that she cared on three occasions, the first was evidently shown when she finds Ji-su mourning over Jae-Heon's death and comforts her in her own unconventional way. The second was when, Eun-yu was visibly worried when Ji-su collapsed and fainted due to her unknown condition at the time. Eun-yu was also extremely distressed as she watched Ji-su die in front of her.
Pyeon Sang-Wook - Their relationship can be summarized as Eun-yu trying to get under Sang-wook's skin by acting playful with him, when he obviously was not in the mood to converse. When Eun-yu spots him smoking outside on the stairs, she joins him in suit and seems to be intrigued by him due to the rumors of him being a gangster. Whenever Sang-wook passes by, Eun-yu always took the opportunity to attempt conversations with him, though he's always unamused and just brushes her off. They are both regular smokers, though Sang-wook later quits.
Park Chan-Yeong - Chan-yeong was in charge of transporting Eun-yu and the other Green Home residents to the safety camp. Chan-yeong's comrade ordered Chan-yeong to tie them all up and ditch them after Eun-yu had threatened them with a gun. Chan-yeong purposely ties Eun-yu's hands together very loosely, so they could quickly free themselves when they leave. Eun-yu decided to return the favour and helps him by stopping the bus until he could get on when he came into contact with the monsters. When it was time for Chan-yeong to depart from the group, Eun-yu suggested he stays with them.
Ha-ni - From their first meeting, the two instantly disliked each other as the first thing Ha-ni did was insult her.
Notes and Trivia[]
- She is seen several times reading a volume of the manga "Bastard", a South Korean webtoon written by Kim Carnby and illustrated by Hwang Young-chan, the same people behind Sweet Home.
- Apparently, she got expelled from her school though we don't know whether she was joking or was being serious.
- Before the monster apocalypse, her dream was to become a famous ballerina.
- She is a smoker.
- She is sometimes seen wearing headphones, though it is revealed by Go Min-si that she isn't listening to music. She wears them so she can listen in on the other residents' conversations, without them thinking she can hear them.
- In the webtoon, she appears to be in her early teens and her personality is less aggressive.
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