Woo Young-woo

Woo Young-woo is the main character in the South-Korean legal series Extraordinary Attorney Woo.

Case 1: Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Young-woo joins the Hanbada law firm and meets her new colleagues. Her first case is attempted murder: her former landlord has apparently been hit over the head by his wife. However, he is not happy to see Young-woo, since he is mad at her father and suspects him of sleeping with his wife (an unbased accusation)

Case 2: The Wedding Dress that Slipped Off
Young-woo handles the case of a wedding dress that slipped off during the wedding ceremony, causing shame and embarrassment to both the bride and the groom's family. Young-woo and Lee Jun-ho pose as a couple to go undercover at the agency that handled the wedding. In Jun-ho, she has also found a conversation partner to talk about whales, but he has to learn to set boundaries; they agree to only talk about whales during lunchtime.

Autism
Young-woo is diagnosed with autism during the series. She did not speak until she was five years old. Her first words were the legal definition of inflicting bodily injury after witnessing her landlord accost her father. Young-woo has memorised verbatim many of her father's law books. She also has an enormous interest in whales: her room is decorated with whale items, and she often relates things she sees in cases to whales. Her father warns her to not talk about whales at the law firm since it is not an appropriate topic to talk about. In addition to whales, Young-woo also has a fascination for anagrams (like her name, which is the same read forwards and backwards).

She is rather sensitive to sound. When going out, she often wears headphones, and she has a tendency to become overwhelmed by busy environments. She often self-regulates by tapping her ears.

Young-woo is very open about being autistic, including at her job.

Relationships

 * Lee Jun-ho: a popular and charming lawyer at Hanbada law firm.
 * Jung Myeong-seok: Young-woo's mentor and a senior lawyer at Hanbada. He is initially apprehensive about Young-woo's presence as an autistic lawyer.
 * Woo Gwang-ho: Young-woo's father. He owns a restaurant.
 * Han Seon-yeong: head of Hanbada law firm. She hired Young-woo due to her excellent performance at law school.
 * Donggeurami: Youn-woo's somewhat chaotic friend. She works at a small restaurant, where Young-woo sometimes comes to hang out and ask for advice.
 * Choi Soo-yeon: junior lawyer at Hanbada. She went to law school with Young-woo and now works with her on the same team.
 * Kwon Min-woo: junior lawyer at Hanbada. He works on the same team as Young-woo.

Adaptations
The series is set to receive a webtoon adaptation.