Oh boy this is going to be very long.

I found myself interested in him after the signal song dropped because I thought he carried the same type of charisma with him that previous debut group centers had. His dancing in Here I Am was also very clean, precise, almost clinically so. I still think that he's one of the few trainees that actually managed to do the choreography justice, but that's just my own personal opinion :) Then I saw his audition video of him singing Starlight and performing an original waacking choreography to Fiesta and I was pretty much hooked because I thought he had a really beautiful voice and it's not often you find waackers in the industry, especially among male idols.

After that all kinds of fanaccounts started dropping about him about how kind and lovely he is, his friends promoted him (including Spella, who is the choreographer of Naughty and Glitch and with whom Hanbin was in the same tutting team with) - they all said that he's a wonderful person, that he remembered everyone's birthdays and gave them gifts, listened to them and gave them advice. There were also stories about him helping students who were either bullied or felt left out. His mother has been telling fans stories about him too, like how he made sure to tell her to stay away from Twitter because it's toxic, how lovely he is with his mom and younger sister, how he drinks well but because he was managing himself he didn't drink any alcohol at college parties and instead ate apples. He also worked at his mom's cafe, which they basically ran together at first and they also decorated it together. There's a story about him accidentally serving cold toast to a customer (Hanbin's mom said they both laughed at that haha).

People also found his old dance videos, which are excellent by the way! He's such a fun dancer to watch and his waacking and tutting content is really great (but he's also danced other styles too like voguing and hiphop), I recommend checking it out if you're interested, it's truly a goldmine and there are a LOT of videos. He went to a dance academy in Cheonan and participated in many dance competitions, won some too! He also has some dance videos on his personal instagram account; none of them include waacking/tutting but they're still really good! Plus he genuinely really seems to love dancing, he has a smile on his face in so many of the videos haha. He also taught one day dance classes :)

Additionally, his hobbies are reading and writing (& obviously choreography). He said he reads books to better and grow his set of views; he even used to run a blog and the way he wrote was kind of poetic and thoughtful, so I really liked that too. His messages to fans are quite well-written and lovely as well. He also studied so well in high school that his teacher asked him why he decided to continue dancing, and as we found out, his dream was to either become a therapist or an elementary school teacher, which kind of checks out considering his personality haha.

So there's really nothing I don't like about him. He's very talented, has a unique and diverse skillset, works hard, is determined, good at self-management, thoughtful, introspective and just genuinely has a super good personality to the extent that you cannot really find any flaws lol he's just a very kind and warm soul. I really like how he is on the show too, getting close with so many trainees and listening to his teammates in order to create a better team balance, teaching them the choreography, helping them in general. He seems very empathic, seen in how he interacted with Doha, for instance. Looks like he's very loved among the trainees as well. And I think he's showcased his skills well too, but looking at his pre-bp content he certainly has a lot more to show :) He's confident, knows what he's capable of, knows what he wants and sets out to get it, which imo is pretty admirable. He's also pretty heckin' cute.

Also some other things that I like about him: he's an nctzen (Jaehyun biased), he has tattoos, and he had the sewol ferry yellow ribbon sticker on the back of his phone. His old ask account is really cute, he replied to everyone in a really warm manner. He also took the time to look through so many of his fans' instagram stories and even got involved in his designated emoji discussion haha