Episode 19

Perfect Caregiver is the nineteenth episode of The S-Ranks That I Raised webtoon.

After speaking to Kim Sunghan, Han Yoojin comes to some realizations about the nature of his title, Perfect Caregiver.

Summary
A flustered Yoojin begins to reject Kim Sunghan, but is interrupted when Kim Sunghan attempts to take care of him and give him medicine for the hangover. When Yoojin stops him, confused, Kim Sunghan explains how he'd become incredibly drunk and confessed to him around 30 times last night. He assures the mortified Yoojin that he's not offended, explaining that he found Yoojin's drunken behavior oddly reminiscent of his own late grandfather's; a flashback shows that he was influenced by the keyword right as he came to this realization.

Yoojin is even more bewildered and slightly off-put, when Kim Sunghan asks if it's alright for him to come visit once in a while and take care of him. He explains he wants to fulfill his regrets towards the person who raised him, which Yoojin immediately notes is his caregiver, realizing that Perfect Caregiver has been mentally influencing the people he keywords into thinking of Yoojin as their own caregiver. He sees off Kim Sunghan and pacifies the frightened Yoo Myeongwoo; when Bak Yerim comes to see him, excited at living beside him, she gets aggravated at Myeongwoo's presence and clingy behavior, and Yoojin tells her to calm down, too. He also turns Poison Resistance back on. All the while, he considers the brainwashing effect of his title, troubled by how easily even dangerous S-ranks will follow him.

A few days later, Myeongwoo cooks for the house; Yoojin is thrilled by how his cooking skills have improved, but Yerim remains grumpy at him. As the three eat, they discuss Kim Sunghan's recent visits and entrance into a dungeon alongside Yoohyun. Yoojin tells Yerim she'll likely go to her first dungeon soon, as well, at which Yerim gloats over her future fortunes. When she makes another disparaging comment towards Myeongwoo, Yoojin tells her to try and get along with him, given the time they'll spend taking the novice Hunter classes together. Both are aghast at having to spend more time together, and Yoojin dodges the brewing argument by checking who just rang the doorbell. Outside waits Seok Simyeong, who tells the trio that novice Hunter classes are beginning with a practical exercise; the scene cuts to Yoojin, Myeongwoo, and Yerim facing down a massive pack of monsters.

Characters

 * Han Yoojin
 * Kim Sunghan
 * Yoo Myeongwoo
 * Kim Sunghan's grandfather
 * Bak Yerim
 * Han Yoohyun (mentioned)
 * Seok Simyeong
 * Tooth Moles (unnamed)

Locations

 * Haeyeon Guild A-rank dorms, unit A-15
 * Club recommended by Kim Minee (flashback)

Skills

 * My Brat Is The Best
 * Poison Resistance
 * Cold Sigh (presumably)

Battles

 * Han Yoojin, Yoo Myeongwoo, and Bak Yerim vs. Tooth Moles (started)

Novel & webtoon differences

 * Rather than Yoojin calling Kim Sunghan to learn about the previous night and having Yoo Myeongwoo help him with the hangover, Kim Sunghan remains at Yoojin's house in order to nurse him through his hangover, and is personally present when he wakes up.
 * Since Kim Sunghan is physically present, unlike in the novel, he also gives Yoojin arrowroot juice, a foot massage, and a chamber pot to help with his hungover state. Meanwhile, in the novel, he only left a hangover cure drink in Yoo Myeongwoo's care, alongside similar drinks left by Yoohyun, Yerim, and Myeongwoo himself.
 * In the novel, before his first drunken confession, Yoojin asks to be allowed to confess something to Kim Sunghan, and requests that he take him seriously, to which Kim Sunghan assumes he might be trying to reveal a secret. Additionally, once he's confessed, Yoojin comments out loud on having missed the Message Window informing him that Kim Sunghan was keyworded. However, in the webtoon, Yoojin confesses without any buildup; he also doesn't make any comments about the keywording, and an influencing popup directly appears to the viewer.
 * The past conversations between Kim Sunghan and his grandfather are expanded upon in the webtoon, with the grandfather reassuring Sunghan that he shouldn't worry about not having parents, and that he loves him.
 * The novel scene of Kim Sunghan thinking of his grandfather and saying that he loved him is omitted entirely in the webtoon.
 * Yoojin turns Poison Resistance back on after Kim Sunghan has left, rather than first thing in the morning, before meeting or speaking to anyone, as in the novel. In the novel, he also turned off Fear Resistance to confirm the enabling/disabling mechanism of the resistance skills; in the webtoon, he didn't do so.
 * Yoojin agreeing to Kim Sunghan's requests to look after him, as well as Peace's distress over Yoojin's condition, are omitted in the webtoon.
 * Yerim's first visit to Han Yoojin and Yoo Myeongwoo's dorm happens after Yerim's Hunter registration, unlike in the novel, where it occurred immediately after the Haeyeon stylists redid her look.
 * In the webtoon, Yerim is much more aggressive towards Yoo Myeongwoo, constantly making disparaging comments towards him. In the novel, however, she becomes slightly politer upon learning that he's Yoojin's friend. While she remains unhappy about him living with Yoojin and taking novice Hunter classes with them, her indignation is more towards not being treated the same herself, than it is about Yoo Myeongwoo being treated well at all.
 * Seok Simyeong personally appears to escort Yoojin, Myeongwoo, and Yerim to their novice Hunter lessons, unlike in the novel, where they go by themselves. Additionally, he reshuffles the classes to have their practical lesson first, unlike in the novel, where they first attend a theory class.
 * Unlike in the novel, Seok Simyeong personally oversees the trio's practical lessons in the webtoon. Additionally, rather than releasing the Tooth Moles one at a time for each novice Hunter to fight, Seok Simyeong has the entire pack of Moles released at once.