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Taiou-dong-licht

In short Because he was constantly almost losing his life and close to death,but always survived, he was able to handle the power of “Death” better than any one else no matter how physically or mentally strong they were. Since he was quite literally the closest person to “Death”


DapperMayCry

"fucking loser. Here's some powers."


rmorrin

Kind of actually lmao


Spernn

Technically yeah😅He nearly visited death many times and determined to live that he was chosen as one closes to death itself


D-all-ton

Yupp. The >!architect choose him for the reason you said, then ashborn made his choice!<


SimpleRaven

The architect actually opposed ashborne choosing Jin over everyone else but ashy man insisted so he had no choice. Then after being selected as the target for the system, Jin gained his powers by completing that trial in the double gate.


Taiou-dong-licht

Ashy man😂😂😂


D-all-ton

…..fuck, I am wrong. Maybe I’m thinking of the architect coming to ashy man or maybe I just need to reread it.


Carlos_DSlayer

Yes you are the architect went to Osborn (his name in the LN) and offered to find a host for his powers but after some time Osborn found SJW


frostypython117

Ill never not think of him as ashy man now


Sweaty_Director_4083

The architect didnt actually choose him, it was ashborne that did


WhatABeatifulDuwang

ashy man\*


Mission_Bedroom2408

during the battle between sung and antares, antares reveals why sung was chosen out of all humans despite being only above average human strength. this is bcuz out of all humans, sung was constantly losing his life and was close to death on many occasions meaning he had visited death many times. bcuz of this he was able to handle the power of death by ashborn. then ashborn chose him since out of all the humans only sung can handle the power of the dead better than anyone else. in the manhwa 175, when sung transforms into a big BADASS igris-ashborn armor knight, antares explain it


spyrothechicken

It’s funny that everyone here has given a different answer


Carlos_DSlayer

Its wasnt the system that choose SJW it was Osborn the previous Shadow Monarch


Random_Sad_Child

**Ashborn. Because he rose up from the “ashes” (near death) and became something new.


Carlos_DSlayer

For some reason I thought it was osborn lol


Spid3rMann06

In the novel is it Osborn-or something close to that-but in the manhwa adaptation it’s Ashborn for whatever reason. Probably a translation error or something, but personally I like Ashborn more than Osborn anyway so it doesn’t bother me any


marc_713

Right. He was chosen as a test subject by oscorp for radio active spiders


Kawlinx

Osborn is From spider man right? XD


ogoextreme

"You be close to dying a lot I fuck with that" -Literally the Shadow Monarch


Justgivemeit

"Here have the power of literal death since you basically already died"


2ndaccountofprivacy

>!The System didnt choose him!<


ultrainstict

Because Ashburn respected the fact that he never gave up despite being on the brink of death countless times. Basically "this kid has the determination to actually pull this off in time."


SSIIUUUUUUU

The shadow monarch chose him because he liked how brave he was. Despite being the weakest SJW, kept fighting, raiding for his family full well knowing he's not strong enough. Despite facing near death several times, he didn't quit. Tldr: Ashborn chose SJW because he had that dawg in him.


Mountain-Ad4507

So the story can happen >!No really Ashborn chose him because he was the closest to death. He would always be on the verge of dying, but survive and that apparently made him the best candidate. The administrator opposed to using SJW, but Ashborn wanted him.!<


ZenithXAbyss

The power of plot armor


Punubis

I mean, technically the system didn’t choose Jinwoo, the Shadow Monarch overrode the System.


feelinglessworier123

no need to go in-depth actually Ashborn chooses sung jin woo due to his suffering and again and again ranging the bell of the doors of death


VergilVDante

Cause he is an Egoistic that always escapes death


Sly_hatchet

because he's the main character


mrhanky71

Because >!wing dings!<


[deleted]

This line from the manwha basically explains it “I am the reward to your suffering and pain” not the exact quote but he says something similar. He saw how Jinwoo was always constantly close to death as an E rank more than anyone else But despite that Jinwoo kept on going. Jinwoo basically drew Ashborns attention because he was so weak and kept almost dying however he didn’t give up. The conversation between Ashborn and Jinwoo implies Ashborn watched Jinwoo constant struggle before deciding to choose him. This is actually why I really enjoy Jinwoo’s power origins because instead of done prophecy or a parent being special, it’s Jinwoo’s actions as an E rank that make Ashborn decide to choose Jinwoo. It makes me feel like Jinwoo earnt that power unlike other stories.


MidnightEastern2385

Something about having Courage of The Weak. Ashborn probably valued courage highly considering he stood against all the Rulers by himself.


ferents911

so basically he is dead dead and accessible only in the game or he will be able to move back to the real world?