Failed routes are experience
In the official profile, every route He Yi fails is not an end but valuable experience on the way to success.
Portrait·Character assets
Character profile
He Yi · University Climber
More school character cards →Reusable comic characterSchoolClimbingAthletePerseverance
At a glance
- Role
- University Climber
- Genre
- School
- Gender
- Male
- Form
- Human
- Art style
- Japanese-style illustration
- Main colours
- Deep red, black, colourful holds
- Home scene
- An indoor climbing wall
Appearance
Tousled dark brown hair, thick brows, brown eyes, darker skin and a calm, focused expression, with strong arms and fingers and palms dusted in white chalk.
Signature outfit
A deep red short-sleeved T-shirt, a grey climbing harness with a pink chalk bag, a blue rope and metal quickdraws, black athletic trousers and yellow-and-black climbing shoes.
Where you will find them
The wall of an indoor climbing gym, viewed from above. He Yi grips a large red hold with one hand and a yellow hold with the other, over an overhanging wall studded with red, blue and yellow holds.
Personality and what makes them interesting
A notebook full of attempts
He records the details, mistakes and thoughts from every attempt in his climbing notebook, mapping his own growth.
Living for the breakthrough
More than the glory of topping out, he loves the moment after countless falls when he finally finds the key hold and breaks through.
Characters that pair well
Suggested pairing: a gifted teammate who never takes notes
The teammate climbs a route on instinct in one go while He Yi needs ten tries, and on the eve of a competition they finally trade methods.
Suggested pairing: an injured senior sidelined from climbing
The senior can only watch from below, yet becomes the person who understands He Yi's notes best.
Story hooks
Attempt thirty-one
A possible opening: his notebook logs thirty failures on one route, and on the thirty-first he tries a starting hold nobody expected.
The missing notebook
The day before a competition, his notebook disappears, and he has to rebuild the map from memory.
The first outdoor climb
Moving from the gym to real rock, He Yi discovers that everything in his notebook has to start over.
Character card FAQ
What kind of comic suits He Yi?
Campus sports, inspirational growth stories and competitive climbing comics. High and low angles create a strong sense of height.
Which details matter when drawing He Yi?
Tousled dark brown hair, the deep red T-shirt, grey harness and pink chalk bag, yellow-and-black climbing shoes and his chalk-dusted hands.
Does the story need accurate climbing technique?
Some terminology and movement detail adds credibility, but the profile focuses on his habit of learning from failure, so results can take a back seat.
