

When the Third Wheel Strikes Back
서브 남주가 파업하면 생기는 일
Written by Slipperman, with art by Geu-Neul Hae and adapted from Sookym's original story, When the Third Wheel Strikes Back (서브 남주가 파업하면 생기는 일) is a Korean comedy and fantasy manhwa. It ran for 96 chapters between December 2022 and May 2025. Themes of male protagonist, meta and magic run through it. Jesse Venetiaan and Cedric Riester lead the cast.
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예서 로스나 페네티안
MAINJesse Venetiaan (later, Jung Yeseo) is the prince of the Venetiaan Holy Kingdom, born from an extramarital relationship between the Queen and a commoner priest. This naturally brought him the scorn of his mother's official husband, who eventually pushed for him to be sent to the Riester Empire as diplomatic hostage before sending assassins in hopes they'd kill him off.




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SUPPORTINGIn the original storyline of the romance-fantasy novel "I Quit My Job, then I Became the Princess Bride", Aurélie Boutier—called Madam Au by readers of QPB—was an extremely important character that Jung Eunseo frequently mentioned while talking about the novel to her brother. She was incredibly close to the Imperial Family and also played the role of the matchmaker between the original MC and the male lead.

뱅자맹 지라르댕
SUPPORTINGBenjamin is a 176 cm tall middle-aged man with meticulously combed grey hair, tiffany blue eyes and is said to have a typical butler's image.

프랑수아 미를랑드 뒤엠
SUPPORTINGAccording to Benjamin Girardin, “The Marquis is someone who puts everything into finding an interesting prize that will be discussed by the masses every year. He is also the person who turned the Great Clearance of Demonic Beasts into one of the Empyrean events. He even turned his territory into a tourist attraction to fill his residents’ stomachs. He probably thought that there was no reason he couldn’t use the divine item after learning that the Blessing of the Blue Sea was gone.”


가나엘 칼라마르
SUPPORTINGGanael is 171 cm tall young man with a puppy-like face face. He is described by Jesse as having memorable fluorescent sky blue hair and large, droopy golden eyes.

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- What is When the Third Wheel Strikes Back about?
- Written by Slipperman, with art by Geu-Neul Hae and adapted from Sookym's original story, When the Third Wheel Strikes Back (서브 남주가 파업하면 생기는 일) is a Korean comedy and fantasy manhwa. It ran for 96 chapters between December 2022 and May 2025. Themes of male protagonist, meta and magic run through it.
- Is When the Third Wheel Strikes Back still ongoing?
- When the Third Wheel Strikes Back is currently finished. It has 96 chapters.
- Who are the main characters in When the Third Wheel Strikes Back?
- The main characters are Jesse Venetiaan, Cedric Riester.










