What Is The Official My Landlady Noona Characters Age List?

I want to highlight a very nice treatment of the differences in age between characters in “My Landlady Noona” ( collectively, at all times referred to as “MLN”). As in the series’ character profiles – officially released as part of the series in special chapters and as author’s notes – listed below by role in the story and officially given age in the series for each, the main and recurring characters all fall into a pretty narrow and easily-followed age range: Landlady (the titular ‘Noona’) — 31
Male tenant / main lead — 24
Landlady’s younger sister — 27
Landlady’s father — 58
Male lead’s best friend / coworker — 25
Neighbor ( shops in the building) / 29 years old
Female friend of the landlady who gives relationship advice — 30
Older landlord who used to run the building before selling it — 65
Tenant — 22yr old, he’s a funny character and often adds some comic relief in the building.
Finally, here are the remaining characters in the series: the minor love interest (briefly develops into a love interest) who is 26 years old, and the Older Landlord who is 65. Also, there is another tenant, 22 years old, who is very comic-relief oriented. I did not include all of these characters because I thought they would be too much, but I included enough of the recurring cast so that this can be very helpful for someone who is re-reading the series or is creating fan art/fiction. For me, the biggest impression that these official character ages has left is in terms of how it supports the story and character’s differences. Specifically, the fact that the Landlady is 31 and the male tenant is 24 really supports the ‘Noona’ dynamic between them, and how a lot of their interactions are largely teasing but also rooted in the Landlady having more life experience. Her younger sister, 27, is about a middle ground, so the Landlady’s younger sister is often called upon to mediate between the two. The older generation is represented by the 58-year-old Father and the 65-year-old Older Landlord. As for the younger tenants, they are all in their early-to-mid 20s (22-25) so the comic-relief oriented chapters are framed as a sort of slice-of-life/comic-relief of a young adult living with older adults. It is also fun in terms of backstory because it tells us how long the Landlady has been supporting her household, when the male tenant finished school, etc. Even small details like a seven-year age gap or a 27-year-old younger sister instead of 21-year-old really makes a difference in terms of reading between the lines. For me, the biggest thing is just that it makes sense and feels realistic. That the author chose to use these small details to help support a character’s difference in terms of maturity or impulsiveness instead of just stating it is really enjoyable to read.

Down this rabbit hole I go of how we perceive age in stories. A 35-year-old character in a webtoon can be drawn and written much like a 25-year-old character in ‘real life’ stories - with perhaps a more impressive job. So the listed age of the 35-year-old character in the webtoon is almost an informed attribute - and she may look and act like something younger than her ‘official’ age. That disconnect between official age and other visual and written indicators of age is fascinating in itself. We accept the story’s officially-stated age for the character despite other indicators.

You can search for the raw Korean keyword '나이' (age) combined with the Korean title of the webtoon in Korean forums such as DC Inside or Naver Cafe. Here the most hardcore fans of a webtoon analyze every single frame of it. If there is an official list for the characters ages other than what is shown in the webtoon chapters then fans would surely discuss it in such a place. You might need a translator for this but it’s def the best way to get to the source.