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City Hunter: Episode 10

City Hunter, why do I love you so? I can’t help myself, even though I fear that you’re just gonna love me and leave me in another month. What am I going to do when you’re over? Can’t Korea finally make the leap into multi-season programming and do this sucker for, oh, five seasons? I won’t be greedy and ask for forever — just until Lee Min-ho goes off to the army! Pretty please? What do I have to do to MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

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EPISODE 10 RECAP

Both Yoon-sung and Young-ju arrive at the hospital at the same time. The prosecutor confirms Lee Kyung-wan’s dead body, while Yoon-sung spots his father glowering at him, still dressed up as a doctor, and heads out.

First off, I have to say I freaking LOVE that Jin-pyo went all badass revenge-seeker and killed Lee Kyung-wan. I get Yoon-sung’s aversion to the eye-for-an-eye vengeance spree, but it’s totally fitting that Jin-pyo’s bloodlust spurs him to act. Plus, it heightens some already steep stakes between father and son, and hammers in the whole Nana’s-in-danger worry — because Dad is not above a little collateral damage, and anybody could be next.

Young-ju and his partner Pil-jae follow Yoon-sung’s car, puzzled when it pulls up outside Dad’s hi-tech lair.

You’d think the slick City Hunter might have noticed the car on his tail, but perhaps he’s too upset over the deaths to focus on that; he beelines for Dad and asks incredulously why he had to kill two cops in addition to the target.

Dad has a chilly response: “Because that’s my method.” Damn, can’t argue with that, when the father-son battle had been about winning the right to handle the case however he saw fit. Jin-pyo adds that he hears the sound of that maritime massacre every day of his life, and that his sole purpose for surviving is to mete out revenge.

Yoon-sung challenges, “Whose revenge is that? I’m suddenly curious, whether it’s for the country’s betrayal of your comrades — or whether it’s self-inflicted torture over your survivor’s guilt.” Dayum. He may have a point, but making that point? Balls of steel.

Yoon-sung adds that the two dead cops also have families that have been left behind: “This is no longer revenge. It’s just murder.”

Dad ups the badass-crazy quotient by a factor of, oh, a thousand by warning grimly, “If you fight me, you may even die by my hand.” He’s not so much threatening to kill Yoon-sung, as he is telling him very clearly that even he could become collateral damage.

Yoon-sung replies, “I won’t avoid it — because I’m the only one who can stop you. I’ll stake my life to stop you.” Fuuuuuuck. I mean, yay for heroism and fearlessness in the name of justice, blah blah blah, but noooooooo, you can’t take my Yoon-sung!

As he exits, Yoon-sung comes face to face with Young-ju, waiting outside smugly: “You said you didn’t know Steve Lee.” Impressive how Yoon-sung turns on that flippant charm like a light switch, saying that he was just introduced to him today through an MIT colleague, regarding some investments in Steve Lee’s agricultural enterprise.

But Young-ju is not to be thus distracted, and points out that he’s entirely capable of tracking Yoon-sung’s whereabouts for the times corresponding to Lee Kyung-wan’s delivery to his front steps, Seo Yong-hak’s sniper incident, Seo’s kidnapping, the broadcast debate…

And then Young-ju goes back to his office to the upsetting news: “Lee Yoon-sung has a perfect alibi?!” Ha! Nana’s aunt confirms that Yoon-sung used hotel keycards on the nights in question, and those card entries correspond perfectly to the CCTVs in the elevators. The video shows him with a different woman each time, HAHA. Keeping up alibis and your image? Whatta multi-tasker. The only day missing an alibi, however, is the day of the sniper attack.

But our smart prosecutor connects more dots, realizing that each hotel is located mere minutes from each incident. Guessing the City Hunter had orchestrated this to solidify his alibi, it’s time to bust out the big guns: DNA testing. How to get a sample from Yoon-sung?

Yoon-sung understands that Dad is going to kill Target No. 3, Kim Jong-shik, as soon as the man returns to Korea from his business trip. Calling Jin-pyo a vehicle whose brakes have gone out, he says that the only way to stop it is to crash into it: “I’ll have to crash him.”

Ajusshi asks, “What if you die?” Yoon-sung: “I’m preparing myself.”

Shik-joong wants to run away and live in the mountains somewhere, but Yoon-sung still thinks those baddies have to pay for their crimes, and he’s still in it for his revenge. Yoon-sung’s also wary of Young-ju sniffing around him, particularly since the prosecutors have samples of the City Hunter’s blood from two locations.

Nana hears the news report about Lee’s murder, with many speculating that the City Hunter did it. That shakes her, and she tells herself that there’s no way Yoon-sung would have committed the murder.

This is when she spies the photo dropped by Shik-joong as he was packing up Yoon-sung’s things — the torn-up, taped-together photo of Yoon-sung’s biological parents.

She recognizes two of the faces: Kyung-hee and Jin-pyo. And that’s enough to get her brain whirling, as Nana recalls Yoon-sung’s reactions regarding his mother, and draws the connections. Thank goodness for a drama heroine who isn’t too dumb to put together two and two!

We don’t get far into Target No. 3 Takedown Plan today, so for now Team City Hunter is in research mode. Yoon-sung looks over the accounting records of top universities (Target No. 3 was the education minister), and notes that they rake in enormous amounts of money.

Adorably, he jumps to keep Shik-joong from drinking his energy tonic — the one given to him by Kyung-hee — warning him not to touch it, not clarifying even when Shik-joong assumes that Nana gave it to him.

Kyung-hee sees a doctor for a bruise on her arm, and already I’m not liking the looks of this, especially as she explains that she didn’t even know she had it until she changed her shirt. The doctor looks worried to see that she has no guarantors or children to help her, and tells her that her bloodwork came back with bad news: leukemia. She needs to be admitted immediately.

(OH OH OH this is brilliant! ‘Cause she’s gonna need a bone marrow transplant…and there’s no better match than a blood relative…like her long-lost son…and this may just be the thing to push him over the edge and approach her, misconceptions-about-abandonment be damned… AHHHHHHHHH so prematurely excited!)

The doctor tells her she has to begin cancer treatments immediately, and they’ll start looking for a bone marrow donor. Kyung-hee is so rattled that she asks to be allowed to return to her store first to close up shop before admitting herself, which makes me fear that she won’t return for treatment after all.

At home, Kyung-hee takes out her baby’s old clothing, telling it sadly, “I’ve just been surviving, waiting to meet you. Will I be able to live and meet you?” She sobs clutching the baby clothes: “I miss you…”

Yoon-sung arrives outside the cafe where Nana works now, telling himself he’s only here because of Kim Jong-shik. Suuuure. Tell yourself that, Captain Denial. He asks Nana to chat, and the impatient guy next in line taps Yoon-sung’s shoulder to ask him rudely to get out of the way if he’s done ordering. Nana bursts out unthinkingly, “Sir, be careful! You shouldn’t hit someone that…hard.” Which makes sense to no one, not even Nana, who can’t think of a better excuse to cover up her worry for his injury.

Yoon-sung hands over Nana’s file on Kim Jong-shik, saying that he found it in his luggage, and asks who the guy is. Nana answers that he’s the man who caused the car crash that killed her mother and turned her father into a vegetable, and that she’d been collecting information hoping to reopen the investigation. However, it turns out that the national identification number of the crucial witness, Bae Man-deok, had been erased — a feat taking some doing, since you’ve essentially wiped a person’s existence from all public record.

Nana says she saw Man-deok at the noraebang a few days ago, which gets the wheels turning in Yoon-sung’s head. He asks for a physical description, and recognizes that she means Shik-joong.

Yoon-sung asks what she’d like done to Kim Jong-shik, and she answers that she doesn’t want a death for a death: “But I’d like for the City Hunter to catch him and deliver him to Prosecutor Kim Young-ju.” She wants Kim’s true nature revealed to the world, because her research on him has shown that he has a number of skeletons in his corrupted closet.

You know what makes this great? She’s dropping this info purposely, much like Sae-hee did, knowing he’s the City Hunter — yet here he is thinking his secret identity is safe and sound, so he’s asking questions AS the City Hunter, posing as Yoon-sung.

Then Nana screws up the courage to ask hesitantly, half-afraid of his answer, “The City Hunter…probably isn’t someone who kills people, right?”

He answers noncommittally, “How would I know?” She replies, “I believe he won’t.” Yoon-sung: “Then you’re probably right.”

Yoon-sung goes straight home and confronts Shik-joong about being Bae Man-deok, demanding to know the full story. Scared and sorry, he explains.

Flashback: Shik-joong/Man-deok had been on the sidewalk when he saw a car swerving wildly into the wrong lane, slamming into Nana’s parents’ car. The man behind the wheel was Kim Jong-shik, and by the time Nana had gotten there, she’d seen Shik-joong giving his statement.

Shik-joong had been called by Kim Jong-shik and told to change his story. Using Shik-joong’s gambling history as blackmail, Kim warned that he was powerful enough to have Shik-joong imprisoned, falsely if necessary. In exchange for his revised witness account, he’d make sure he’d be well compensated.

Shik-joong admits that he was foolish and weak, too cowardly to even die, wracked with guilt at the thought of Nana. He says he’s glad Yoon-sung uncovered the truth, and vows to help him fully to nail Kim Jong-shik: “And after I help you, I’ll turn myself in and receive my punishment.” Awww. He’s a coward for what he did, but his resolve brings tears to my eyes and surely makes up for it, at least to the extent that I can respect him now without feeling guilty about it.

Nana is called back to the Blue House, and because of her good work during the sniper incident and the kidnapping of Seo Yong-hak, she’s not fired. However, she’s relegated to Da-hae duty, which I think seems fair; she’s not exactly the best bodyguard anyway, despite her few key saves. I’m sure most people would rather be guarded by someone with a consistent record, rather than someone with a few spectacular saves mixed in with some gross negligence.

During judo practice, Ki-joon congratulates Nana on her good luck for facing probation twice and escaping firing. She retorts that she’d had two commendations, too, then purposely fiddles with her bullet necklace as she adds, “Thanks to somebody.”

Eun-ah and Ki-joon engage in more of their judo-as-flirtation before we turn to Nana and Yoon-sung for their…well, judo-as-flirtation. Seriously, how anybody gets properly trained in this place is a wonder.

Yoon-sung waits expectantly for Nana to begin, but she’s wary of hurting him and begins a few throws, but pulls back each time. So he pulls her down to the mat, hovering over her for a few charged moments (*whzzzzrp!* rewind), before he pulls back and walks out.

Nana finds Yoon-sung at his favorite bench and offers him coffee, reminding him that they were still supposed to be friendly at work. He gives her the cold shoulder while she keeps up a cheery stream of chatter, explaining her coffee-making technique, until he impatiently shoves her hand away and sends her coffee to the ground.

He asks if she has no pride — why does she keep approaching him?

Nana replies, “Because I like you.” Eeeeeep!

He goes through the whole rigamarole again, telling her he didn’t mean anything by the kiss, that she’s not his type, that if every woman he kissed clung to him, blah blah blahhhh. She says that she likes him anyway, and misses him.

She admits that she feels pathetic, “But I want to be faithful to my feelings.”

All he can do is turn the rejection dial to full-blast, and he mutters that he’d better ignore her entirely from now on, stalking off. I do love how this puts him in a strained spot, since it was hard enough denying his own feelings — but to turn hers away? Yeah, good luck with that, buddy.

Nana tears up, but tells herself she did the right thing: “Liking him is a good thing.”

Ki-joon sees his expression and guesses that he’s had a spat with his girlfriend, and offers to give him a few lessons at the art of the romantic push-and-pull, of which he is (reportedly) a pro. Ha.

Da-hae visits a university campus, clinging to Yoon-sung’s arm, pouting when his eyes stray to the girls on campus. They happen upon a student demonstration, demanding that Kim Jong-shik stick to his word of half-price tuitions, because those students came to school believing that promise and now have difficulty remaining enrolled. Basically, if Kim reneges on his promise, he sends the message that (1) Only the rich deserve education, and/or (2) If you want schooling, you’ll stay poor.

In the cafeteria, a rich spoiled brat gives a cleaning lady hell for not properly doing her job, at which point Yoon-sung steps in to deliver a setdown about cleaning up her own mess, which he learned in kindergarten: “Or did you not even make it that far?” He says that if she spent all that money to be thus educated and has this crappy character to show for it, her personality can’t afford the half-price version.

That night, Yoon-sung flips through his books looking for something — that missing photo — and comes up empty. When he sits down for dinner, he sees that Shik-joong has prepared his favorite — that japchae dish without vegetables — which makes him think of Nana.

He sends Nana a text requesting her driver services, and she heads out with excitement (stopping at a makeup store to freshen up with their samples first, hee). Only…when she gets there, he’s got some new floozy on his arm. Aw, you bastid. I totally get why you’re doing this…but it doesn’t make me like it any!

Then Nana has to sit there stewing while he flirts outrageously with the girl, and he tosses out the barely veiled insult that short, dumb, inexperienced girls do nothing for him — the kind “who overreact and think you like them if you treat them the least bit nicely.”

Nana gets fed up watching Yoon-sung sucking face with the girl and pulls over, and I do love how perfectly this mirrors their first encounter in Episode 2. Only, this time she grabs the girl out of the car and hails a taxi, sending her off in it.

Yoon-sung asks if she’s jealous, and Nana replies, “No. That woman isn’t even worth getting jealous about. If you’re doing this to push me away, you don’t have to. My feelings are my own — I never forced them on you. If you still want to push me away, then at least date someone good enough that I can accept it. I’ll get properly jealous then. But don’t waste precious time and money like this! And don’t call a designated driver when you haven’t drunk, either. Acting like this — your parents wouldn’t like it.”

With that, she returns his photo, and walks off.

Aw, looks like someone’s onto you, smooth operator. At home, he sighs, “Kim Nana, don’t like me. You have to be happy.”

Young-ju reviews the facts of the hospital murders: All three victims were taken out with one efficient blade. CCTVs were obscured by spray, as in the sniper incident, and Yoon-sung was right there with him at the hospital. He orders his co-worker Pil-jae to have Yoon-sung followed again.

Kyung-hee’s back at work, as feared, where her health is not holding up well. When she gets up to fix Nana some food, she collapses, breathing heavily.

Nana calls Yoon-sung, who feigns indifference when she tells him the snack shop ajumma is at the hospital emergency room. But she tells him to come anyway: “Because she’s your mother.”

(Omo! This is even BETTER! ‘Cause Nana knows, and she’ll be the one to push him to donate his bone marrow…My mind’s running wild with all the fantastic dramatic possibilities.)

So Yoon-sung heads to the hospital, unaware that he’s being tailed by Pil-jae, although that tandem illegal U-turn really shoulda been a clue. You sure do stalk people really well, but you suck at detecting stalkers of your own. Good thing Daddy’s got your back. Even if he may be the one to ultimately stick a knife in it.

Yoon-sung arrives at Mom’s bedside, where Nana introduces him to the doctors as Kyung-hee’s guarantor and son, despite his protests. (Mom’s unconscious and doesn’t hear this.) He’s shaken badly by the diagnosis, especially when the doctor informs them that she’ll need to receive cancer treatment immediately. He also advises Yoon-sung to test his bone marrow for transplant right away.

This has thrown him for a loop, and Nana admits that she doesn’t know their family circumstances — but he’s ajumma’s son, and should get tested. Yoon-sung finally bursts out, “And why should I?! After she abandoned me?”

Nana’s surprised, but she entreats him to remember that he’d longed for her anyway, that he’d kept that photo: “If you hate her, say so. If you miss her, say so. You have a mother you can say that too.” Ooooof. And that’s why Nana’s the perfect person to do this, because he knows she doesn’t have her mother, and this juxtaposition highlights that his reaction, while understandable, is something he ought to overcome while he can still appreciate having a mother who’s alive.

Nana hammers that nail in: “Or, you know, you can just watch her die.”

That does it. Yoon-sung signs forms as Kyung-hee’s guarantor and pulls out his credit card to request “the very best room.” He doesn’t see that he’s being followed by Pil-jae… and Pil-jae doesn’t see that he’s being followed in turn, by Bad Daddy’s cohort Sang-gook. HAHA. It’s both hilarious — this is like 49 Days, where even stalkers had stalkers — and worrisome, since you know that means Jin-pyo’s on the scent. Ahhh, crap.

Both minions report to both bosses, leading to a few conclusions: (1) If Yoon-sung is related to the patient, the prosecutor’s office may be able to get their grubby hands on a blood sample, and (2) Dad now knows that Yoon-sung is “a weak little boy” AND that the prosecutor is on his tail. Young-ju orders Minion to get that blood no matter what, and Dad orders Other Minion to prevent Yoon-sung from giving blood no matter what.

I just love this. It’s such a perfect setup on both sides, but it’s not just dropped from the sky into our laps out of nowhere; it’s laid into the plotting so well that when it all clicks into place, it just makes the suspense richer.

Kyung-hee protests to Nana that she’s not in a position to receive medical care right now (meaning: she can’t afford it), to which Yoon-sung counters that taking time to think about it won’t change her circumstances. Kyung-hee doesn’t understand why he’s speaking to her so harshly all of a sudden, while Nana urges him to soften his words, to no avail: Yoon-sung continues, “You say you have no family. Why don’t you just obey [the doctor]?”

Nana assures Kyung-hee that despite his mean words, he’s not a bad person, and this also happens to be the first time that Mom hears Yoon-sung’s name.

Yoon-sung stomps up the stairs to the rooftop, where he yells in frustration. He asks Shik-joong, “Does this make sense? She abandoned me to live happily on her own. Then she should be living proudly, and well! But why is she sick?!”

With that, he tells the doctor that he’s not family after all, and that it was a misunderstanding. The doctor worries that this means her situation is dire, and that in a worst-case scenario, Kyung-hee could die while waiting for a donor match. She doesn’t have much time.

Yoon-sung asks if he can donate if he’s a match, which requires a simple blood test. Eee! Do it! No, don’t do it! Do it! Don’t do it! You’re driving me mad, drama!

For once I’m relieved to see Jin-pyo there, since that takes care of the dilemma. Yoon-sung says that he can donate the bone marrow if he has to, despite Mom’s abandonment. Jin-pyo tells Yoon-sung that until their revenge is complete, Yoon-sung doesn’t have the freedom to do whatever he wishes with even a hair or drop of blood. Yeesh. That’s taking the term “possessive parent” to extremes.

Yoon-sung says that even if she abandoned him, a mother is still a mother: “And if she dies now, I can’t even hate her freely.”

Jin-pyo warns that the instant his blood is drawn, his identity will be revealed, and their revenge is kaput. Plus, if the prosecutor followed him this far, he should be able to connect him to Kyung-hee as well: “I’m warning you: Your life rests on your choice.”

Yoon-sung tells Shik-joong he’ll do the blood test anyway, because otherwise his mother might die. Shik-joong reminds him that he might die instead, but Yoon-sung says, “It’s okay.” (Ughhh, I’m feeling mighty uneasy with this episode’s constant reminders that Yoon-sung may be facing death… This is a red herring, right? They’re just trying to surprise us later, RIGHT?!)

That’s when Minion Sang-gook (who has just come from locking Minion Pil-jae in the bathroom, heh) stops Yoon-sung, saying, “The Boss says NO.”

Throwdown!

They relocate to a shady basement area to duke it out. It’s three to one, but our City Hunter knocks ’em all down. Shedding blood so he can go shed blood…that’s deep, man. (LOL.)

Yoon-sung gives blood for the test, only to be joined by the prosecutor duo, who have him just where they want him. Pil-jae’s looking mighty smug for someone who’s just had to be liberated from the bathroom by his boss, I’m thinking.

Yoon-sung smirks, “Someone might misunderstand, and think you like me.” Oh, don’t I WISH that were the case. He tells Young-ju to pick a number and wait his turn, so as not to upset the others waiting in line. HA.

Young-ju answers that he needs his blood, and Yoon-sung quips, “Are we playing vampire now? I hope it’s fun!”

Young-ju produces a warrant and demands the blood, and rather than balking, Yoon-sung gives his okay like it’s no concern of his. The nurses hand over the vial, and Yoon-sung maintains his careless attitude until he’s out of there, and then it’s a race to get that vial before Young-ju can get it tested by the forensics lab.

Pil-jae is sent back to stalker duty, but as he’s about to follow Yoon-sung from the hospital, he’s stopped by Nana. She’d spotted the prosecutors leaving the hospital and understands, partially, that they’re after Yoon-sung, so now she races in front of Pil-jae’s car with a trumped-up excuse about the reinvestigation, ensuring that Yoon-sung gets away. Atta girl.

Yoon-sung is, at the moment, busy following Young-ju, who remains unaware since his tail’s tail has lost the trail.

Yoon-sung waits as two ambulances are stopped at the security point of the National Forensic Service, and oh-so-casually ambles his way over to the one in the rear. He slips inside and disguises himself in a body bag among the other dead bodies being delivered here to the morgue. *Shudder* Also, ballsy.

From there, it’s an easy matter to exit his vault and walk out, leaving the slab open and bound to freak out some coroner tomorrow.

A senior lab technician is insulted at the prosecutor’s high-and-mighty demands, waltzing in with one teeny vial and insisting on instant analysis when they’re up to their eyeballs in materials awaiting processing. She storms out to give Young-ju a piece of her mind…but one sight of his charming, polite face has her smitten, and suddenly she’s all understanding and smiles.

This gives Yoon-sung the chance to spot the lab tech holding his vial, and he seizes his opportunity — by stepping off the rooftop, freefalling a full story, and catching himself on the window ledge below with his fingertips. JEEZUS, Mr. Death Wish.

And then he does it again, down another story, and this time manages to catch himself with ONE HAND. Holy shit, Balls of Steel. That’s your new nickname, I swear.

He hoists himself inside the lab, watching as Ms. Lab Tech moons over the hottie prosecutor (“He’s exactly my type!”). She waxes poetic about his shining eyes, perfectly chiseled features, physique like Michelangelo’s David… Get a grip, lady! It’s not like he’s Lee Min-ho.

Yoon-sung is smart enough to swap in a false vial for his, so that she’s none the wiser when she takes it to test. Young-ju, alas, is just as sharp as he is, and he notices the open window, out of which Yoon-sung has just leaped, where he dangles by his fingertips.

Suspicions firing, Young-ju approaches the window and looks down — and sees nothing.

City Hunter, why so cool? He struts down to the lobby, mission accomplished, not seeing that he’s not out of the woods yet — because Young-ju is just half a flight of stairs behind him.

He hasn’t been seen yet, but he’s in imminent danger of it — just as an arm grabs Yoon-sung and yanks him out of view. Young-ju walks out, none the wiser.

Meanwhile, Yoon-sung instinctively grabs a hidden blade and whirls his assailant/assistant against the wall. Nana.

 
COMMENTS

Goddammit, City Hunter, I love you so hard it hurts a little. You’re cool and exciting, but you’ve also got a soft underbelly of sweetness to counter the bloodlust and revengey bits. Mmm, revengey bits…

It’s not a perfect drama, no, but it serves up such a perfectly balanced plate of intrigue, action, romance, moody ambiance, suspense, hero suffering and inner conflict, and superhigh stakes that I’m left feeling satisfied and craving more. There’s just so much more to be pleased with than to nitpick here. It’s been a while since a drama has got me so hooked, and so assured of its continued delivery of the goods — the last time was Joseon X-Files, and the time before that probably Story of a Man. That’s pretty good company.

When you see a drama with really poor writing, or really poor directing, it’s easy to declare that the deficiency is really THE key ingredient in making a drama work. Crap directing in the presence of decent writing makes you sigh, “If only this drama looked as good as its story is written — it could have been elevated so much higher!” (For instance, I’m imagining Miss Ripley with Bad Guy’s music director and cinematographer.) And then you see a decently directed drama with insane or inane writing and you think, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a cow’s ear.” And really, it’s a little bit of both, because the exact same story, expressed visually in a different (less arresting, more pedestrian) way wouldn’t have nearly the same effect. It’s just the nature of the beast in this visual medium.

But those extremes aside, it’s when you’ve got a solid handle on both that I’m happiest. Addicted. Drooling a little at every one of Lee Min-ho’s perfect angles. (Hey, I’m screencapping this sucker — you really notice it when you end up with a folder containing hundreds of almost-identical frames of his face. Swoon.)

No, really — can’t we have another season or four?

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i sooo love him y hope they have a happy ending and to se him soon y a 2nd part o new drama pls

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OMG If lee yun seong gets cancer, I will kill someone.

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same here O_O

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oh no! I was thinking that as well when KY asked if leukemia is genetic?! no way, just no way that they'll give our YS cancer...just cannot be...

AAARGH, it hurts just thinking about it....HOW CAN THEY?

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This is the ending I see: City Hunter disappears into the night, alone... watching over his City.

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then it has parallels to Return of Iljimae, with Lee Min-Ho's best friend, Jung Il-Woo, as Iljimae... ;)

wow! thinking abt it, both of them, the best of friends,
have similar acting roles - Jung Il-Woo as the sageuk
hero, while Lee Min-Ho as the contemporary hero... ;)

how awesome is that?

in fact, Jung Il-Woo has just ended his latest role in 49 Days and now Lee Min-Ho is in City Hunter...

and both 49 Days and now City Hunter have won rave reviews... ;)

i just love them both!! ;)

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PLEASE DONT DO THAT!!!
I want him to make babies with Nana!!!!

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I'm serious

If I could have this show's babiessss, I would!

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HAHAHA!!! Olsen!!! You are tooo funny!!! ;)

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U know, I need to see some lovin' between the two leads

Is there any chance the writers could read this blog?
Nope? Hmnn.. too bad I lost my magic wand:(

Please please..let us see some magic happening..
It's not like I'm asking for graphic sex here

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Olsen! ;)

i am with you 100%! hehe...

but wouldn't that shift the focus too much
from the revenge-seeking premise?? haha!! ;)

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Haha..I think we can all take a 5-minutes break from the revenge thingie
I wanna see a proper, eyes-closed-foot-popping kiss!

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"a proper, eyes-closed-foot-popping kiss"

HAHAHA!!! i am totally with you, Olsen!

YES!! it definitely would be soooo welcomed!! ;)

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@olsen and @kdl, you two are just simply hilarious..

i love your exchanges.... simply shows how much we adore CH/LMH!

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hi there, smashingalou!! ;)

where have you been?
been missing you here at
the land of CH and LMH lovers!!

so glad to have you back commenting!! ;)

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Oh my goodness Javabeans, I love your humor. Even when you realise you went over board into lame-ness. Thus ending with a "(LOL.)"
"Yoon-sung is, at the moment, busy following Young-ju, who remains unaware since his tail’s tail has lost the trail." So many quotes to take down in this recap. keke

You missed the part I liked - the fact that the ahjussi was there to comfort him. Just when I felt that Nana was right. Yoon sung is lonely without a mother. And can't even tell Nana why he can't donate blood. Ahjussi comes in to the rescue. That's why I love this drama. I feel so much for the characters.

Also, you missed the fact that Yoon Sung's mother asked if her cancer was genetic - which I always hate about dramas because it sounds as if it's foreshadowing something. If Yoon Sung gets cancer, I'll kill someone - someone meaning the part of me that loves this drama to death.

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Javabeans, I've been thinking like you, I don't want this show to end either and I'd love to see at least a second season. and it's not as if they couldn't make it happen because the story in the manga is a very long one (so many volumes!!!) and they could base a second season on the opening of a detective agency just like in the mangwa...The actors have to be the same, though. Lee Min Ho is so good in the part of City Hunter!! I also like Kim Na Na and the prosecutor!

It's a very good drama! I love the mix of the action and romance in it!

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an interesting video of an interview with the 4 leads :

LMH, PMY, Hara and the actor acting as Yoong-ju... ;)

ENJOY!! ;)

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ooopss!! forgot to attach the link :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndl2zz8TNV4&feature=relmfu

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thanx:)
was just gonna ask u

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Olsen, darlin' ;)

hope you enjoy watching the video altho its without
subs ;)

another video of the press conf interview with
LMH and PMY...very funny ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kLIbDCOvY0&feature=related

btw, i absolutely LOVE you used the
shortened version of my screen-name before - Kay...

absolutely looove it...thanks my dearie ;)

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Most welcome:)

Thanx for the link Kay:*
How I wish someone would translate that!
I couldn't understand a word
But they looked happy so I'M happy.lol

LMH should get his own thread
where we can just go on and on about just how hot he is!
Everything about him is pretty much perfect
but I especially luuuurve his SMILE
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Olsen dearest! ;)

what a great idea you have!

a thread just for LMH lovers to moon over him
at our hearts' content! ;)

as for his smile,
what stood out for me are his EYES -
super expressive,
ultra dreamy,
so very mesmerising...

a girl could get lost just gazing at them... ;)

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Oh kay, love that vid..thank you so much.although what they're saying is just "SJAHFJAHFDJASFHAJKSDFHJKASD" for me hahaha! But still they're all smiling which makes me giddy inside...

anyhow, whatever vid LMH is..always makes me giddy...

don't we all?! :)

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smashingalou dearest! ;)

i can't agree with you more on - what they said in the
video are just gibberish to me but the fact that they
were so smiley, giggly and laughing-out-loud so much
just makes me smiley, giggly and laughing-out-loud
right along with them... ;)

and YES! you are so right abt anything tt has LMH
in it is simply GORGEOUS because he is soooooo
gorgeous.... ;)

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Thanks, KDL!

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You are most welcome, Irina!! ;)

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"This gives Yoon-sung the chance to spot the lab tech holding his vial, and he seizes his opportunity — by stepping off the rooftop, freefalling a full story, and catching himself on the window ledge below with his fingertips. JEEZUS, Mr. Death Wish. "

I was so scared for him when I watched that scene!!!pfff I'm really impressed with City Hunter's skills!!!

is the audience rate good in Korea? If it's very good, we may hope for another season.... ^^

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sadly, korean dramas have second seasons about /once in a rainbow moon/, even if the drama had crazy high ratings, etc etc. There will be actors who don't want to stay in a character for too long, production and most of all weird unknown complications ):

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Ratings will definitely improve since Best Love is over now

I think the ratings for last episode was around 16%..
Not bad, but not that great either

I just hope they will extend to at least 24 episodes

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Me supports that! they will be having a press conference on monday (27 june) probably they will announce the extension at the press con?

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when he went to the rooftop, i was wondering how the hell is he going to get down. really impressed with the free-fall.

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Ya..I thought we were gonna be left with another literal cliff hanger again!

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I was just staring at my screen and going OMG YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH, YOONSUNG? yeah pretty impressive actually.

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alicia, it's an understatement, it's awesome impressive actually! he's already pretty to look at anyway.. :)

that jump almost made me lose my breath..how the hell can he jump like that?! and with nothing on his hands?! definitely a death wish, YS... don't do that again please.. or maybe you can again but not with so much hotness... :)

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Is the preview out yetttt gosh >< why are they taking like ages for that small clip!?

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SAME HERE. Have been looking desperately for ep 11 preview.
Apparently, I think they've entered the live shooting phase. On LMH's birthday, the staff celebrated his birthday he was wearing the white shirt with stripes cardigan which was in ep 10 scene where he was trying to find the old photo of his biological parents with JP.
I guess we just have to wait for the 30s preview. WHY IS WEDNESDAY NOT HERE YET?

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Just a random thought. I like that Nana is the one leading Yoonsung to reconciliation with his mother. When she became motherless herself his mom was the one she took some comfort in whenever she missed her. Even if that's major coincidence [what they call fate in kdramaland i suppose] it's nice that Nana is the one and handling it/his emotions so well now :)

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it is the 4th time i m reading your review for this episode. GF, suddenly i m curious to know your age. you sounded fun and jovial. must be a lovely girl. pheww.. if the director and writer want a sad ending like min-ho being killed by daddy dearest, then the both of you will also DIE!!!!!!!! i sincerely don't mind MR NOSY, the prosecutor to be dead. he is so nosy, why keep stalking min ho, the very person who help you all the way. if i can kill him, i will!!!!

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Anyone going to guess what's the first scene for ep 11? because the addiction is killing me. Gahhh

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Is there a pill you can take to understand korean?

I just wanna watch youtube without having to ask for eng subs!

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Yeah, but we'll need to borrow Doraemon for a day and ask for his translation konjac.

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Had to google what "Doraemon" and "konjac" are!

Anyways, I'm on-board with the idea:)

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I 'wish' they'll kiss!

Ya know, the raw, I-love-you-so-much-but-i-cannot-be-with-you-and-yet-i-can't-help-myself kinda kiss!

Ok..I really have to stop talking about these kind of scenes (or wanting them and the lack thereof!)

Sorry....

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HAHA it's okay! I want them to KISS too! The stare was so intense. Youngju walks in, find them there and Nana kiss YS. hehe

the previous kiss in ep 9 made me feel that YS loved Nana more than she loves him. So I'm looking forward to a even more passionate kiss. Ha i think i sound like a pervert.

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Ah, this episode!

- It's so great that they WENT THERE with Bad Dad. It's so clear that he's consumed by revenge and that it's no longer for his fallen comrades it's for HIM. I am still wildly conflicted because on the one hand, he drew the short straw and lost everything and everyone he had in a blink, and on the other he's just as evil as the men he's trying to kill. I think that's what makes Bad Dad so interesting because there are moments where you can empathize with him but then he goes and kills innocents and it's back to full-on loathing him.

- I am so ready for the partnership between Nana and YS to show up and make my heart explode. I love, love, love how she helped him without hesitation. And that final scene where any lingering doubt that she may have had were laid to rest was amazing. I am so excited for episode 11 because everything is out in the open and YS can't hide anymore.

- Shik-joong broke my heart in this episode. I don't fault him for back peddling on his story. Sure, it was a cowardly thing to do, but he had his back against the wall. He was powerless back then but as a partner to YS I think he's done a lot to redeem himself. I do hope that Nana forgives him, but again, I'd understand if she didn't.

- YS. I love you and I hate you. All of this time he's been trying to push Nana away and he's been a total ass, but I look forward to seeing him shed that persona now that she knows.

- Everything with YS's mom was great. I can't even form into words how much it hurt watching him be so disrespectful and rude to her. It's partly not his fault, he's been told his entire life that she abandoned him so there's resentment there, but, ah! Bad Dad is bad!

- Boiler room showdowns?! I like to think they struck a gentlemanly deal to make that happen ..... but why the three guys didn't just jump him in the elevator and drag him to Bad Dad I'll never get. LOL

- The Prosecutor is getting a little bit annoying. I know that he's trying to do his job and he has a strong sense of justice, blah. But I can't get over the fact he ran past Nana (ugh, that was cringe-worthy but expected) and that he owes YS. His methods are not exactly legal (and cause no real harm) but the results get corrupt dudes off the streets.

- BTW the scene in the coffee shop where Nana is all "I found out a lot about him in my research...." and she drops some juicy info. That was totally girl friday stuff, yeah? I want more of that please and thank you.

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Does anyone know the song that is playing in the background when NaNa is acting as replacement driver. I can only hear a few of the verses "I don't give a damn if you smash your car"?

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I've been thinking a fair bit about Daddy JP in episodes 9 and 10. It makes me a little sad that he has put restrictions on love, because that it is love that saved him to begin with. It makes his character and motivation great because I understand his retreat into revenge but ache for him to transformed by love. One of the great things about the first episode was the poignant scene where YSs father uses himself to save JP, and they clearly express their care for each other. So, I'm very interested where they are going to take his character.

(And no I don't find him hot. Scary doesn't do it for me. ;) )

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Sigh. Lee Min Ho I love you. So so so so much. And I think I love you more then I ever did before.

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here's the link to city hunter ep 11 text preview to alleviate the pain of waiting for ep 11.

http://welcometohappysworld.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/kdrama-city-hunter-episode-11-text-preview/

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Oh mind! Thanks for that and now I'll be spending the next two days contemplating YS's angry but sexy confrontation and imagined how KH will react to YJ and how much she will tell him.

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thank u thank u thank u

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oh.my.gosh. I don't wanna watch that scene.

My heart is breaking already

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For me, previews take away some of the crazy excitement which manifests itself when I sit in front of a new ep of a show I LOVE. Nevertheless, the temptation is ridiculously irrisistible. It's like an itch in the palm. I want to, but I can't, b/c I know it will only frustrate me b/c I'll be trying to figure out what happens next--which only makes the waiting for the next episode ThAT MUCH HARDER, but also I'll be kicking myself during watching it too.

So THANKS for posting this link where my errant fingers could so easily slither the cursor over it and lead me to a place i really shouldn't go even though i want to.

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You're welcome, guys! This is a place to share our love for CH and addiction! WHOO

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Oh, the PAIN. It's Monday. Where art though, Wednesday?

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i feel your pain sister. keenly. I started the show late, so that I got into a habit where delighfully, I was able to have two new episodes of City Hunter on Monday and Tuesday (to alleviate the ailment of Mondays) and strictly kept myself from grabbing them up hot from the frying pan like I normally would--which of course involves the agony of waiting for english subs and then desperate attempts of trying to by with RAW which, with my pitiful Korean, is merely frustrating with a capital F.

This last week however, I failed miserably in my self control and am forecasting another slip this wednesday. Already I am shuddering with delight at the prospect of a sizzling new sweet-cake ep of City Hunter--yes SHUDDERING!

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Yes.. SHUDDERING. And I just finished watching the preview! So, now I'm cursing myself for watching. The pain now becomes an AGONY.

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I watched CH with a different prospective this weekend!

I decided to marathon CH on my tv instead of my laptop this weekend.

My 12 yr old grandson's first comment went from "oh noooo i don't want to watch this!! to that gun is an M9". He then watched a few episodes and proceeded to identify every pistol, rifle, gun and their specs.

Ahhh bonding memories with my grandson.... lol

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how did you watch it on tv? I'd love to be able to do that but without getting korean satellite (b/c no subs) or spending tons of money on dvds, but also city hunter is not on dvd yet anyways.

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Thameryst...

there are several options... i opted for a simple solution and used a VGA cable to connect my TV to my laptop. you essentially use your tv as the screen and laptop to stream video.

the link below may give you some info, but there are alot of sites that can help you figure out how to set it up. that's how i learned :)

http://pctvcables.com/pc-to-tv-cable-installation-guide.html

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again thanks. I shall try to muddle through it. This year I'm becoming ever so much more computer/technology literate.

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Get a grip, lady! It’s not like he’s Lee Min-ho.
Exactly what I was shouting on my monitor. LOL

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Get a grip, lady! It’s not like he’s Lee Min-ho.
Exactly what I was shouting to my monitor. LOL

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I didn't mean to spam. Sorry.

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Does anyone else think Ki-joon may be Vulcan instead of Korean? :D

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I asked this question on saturday, but it didn't appear in the comments (somehow).

I was wondering how you get the screen caps from the show? Do you make them yourself or is there a website...?

I'm super curious.

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okay nevermind. it did appear, but was like on the third page of comments. It's kind of confusing trying to find your comment to try and see if there was a reply or not when there are HUNDREDS of other commentors--but hey that's a good thing. We all love Lee Min Ho and City Hunter, so its all cool. I wondered if there was a simple way to find stuff in the comments...I guess not, probably

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Thamerist,
i get my subs from darksmurfs website... i learned how to get the subs to work with the raw video from the tutorial they provided on the site.

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thanks so much. I'll go check it out right away!

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how much do I love that every recap of CH in so little time can accumulate more than 200 or so comments? that as a die hard CH lover and LMH lover now beginning to be PMY lover, to be away from the site can mean you're missing something you=don't-know-what? And that's exactly how I am for the last two days not being able to visit the site...

AND HOW I MISS, MISS, MISS City Hunter! Oh the goodness of it all (and HOTNESS!)...I was merely looking at the calendar and counting the days of each airing date for CH and boy, one month is far too short for us to be with our CH/LMH. One month more is not even worth to express your love and devotion. ECHOING JB, perhaps another season OR if it's not too much to ask, an extension or additional episode maybe?! Although, if an extension will only sacrifice the story due to probably abrupt writing, I'll be more than happy to stick with the original/planned episodes. After all, a good drama will be worth re-watching until they came up with almost the same ingredients for the soup or another LMH eyeball dropping drama...*LOL*

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hi there, smashingalou!! ;)

where have you been?? been missing you right here
at the land of LMH and CH lovers!! ;)

so glad to have you back!! ;)

as usual, your words tickled me pink!! LOL!! ;)

so wonderful to have comments!!
keep them coming, ok!! ;)

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hey, kaye..i know! I missed you too guys....i'd say I blame it on two tropical storms for missing out on this site but nonetheless CH never made it out of mind and all the wonderful girls who adored it.(including me of course hahaha!)

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Hey guys,

Anybody knows the title of that song in episode 9
when YS was driving to see Nana?
(just before they kissed)

I'm so in love with that song now..

Plz help

Thanx

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@olsen, it's SUDDENLY from KIM BO KYUNG...

you can download it from 4shared.com, that's where i got mine :)

this song is what I kept on playing during the weekend in the midst of a tropical storm with lyrics in hand...my 2 yrs old is singing along with me and i think he's loving the song more than I am now hahaha! first time i ever memorized a korean song with the correct words and correct pronunciation, yipeee!

I guess that's the result of falling head over heels with our LMH and CH. *LOL*

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thank u:*

I've been re-watching the episodes and fell in love with it

Ok...now, I'm gonna download it and play it over and over again

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sorry I meant "2 yr old son" there... *wink*

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oh my gosh!

it's the theme song!!!

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or maybe not!

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right on there, olsen.... :)

definitely, the best song for me right now..

so fit, so right, so amazingly, wonderfully written just to enthrall us more to LMH....

pulling us closer and closer like a magnet...

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on the other note, I can't blame NN for confessing so boldly to our YS. I mean who can't resist it when he's already within your reach and not to mention when he's that HOT!!! (warning: flames and smoke coming out for so much HOTNESS)

and I truly hope our NN is starting to be a heroine who can truly kick-ass side by side with our hero YS. Or she can be a Pepper Potts (Ironman) to our YS helping him perform his dual role with a female touch (on top of ajusshi) or a smarty type like Rachel Dawes (BATMAN). Nevertheless, NN's character development is simply favorable (for me, i guess).

And her GUT to simply pull the woman away and ditch her to the taxi, NN I applaud you on that, way to fight for your love only you've earn more girl power points for me when you simply say" My feelings are mine.I'm not forcing them on you". Woohoo... Just can't bear to see the look on our YS face when she said that...Still resisting, my hot LMH?

Really, I applaud (hands and feet if you may) the writers for pulling this plot off so smoothly. The director for those unbelievable action stunt and the music is quite fine too...

Or in reality, I really just can't get enough of CITY HUNTER!

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Not Rachel Dawes please. She died. I don't want Nana to follow her foot steps.

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oh yeah right corntea! have to poke my head on that! *grin*

probably just the part of rachel dawes smartness and we'll stop at that!

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"her GUT to simply pull the woman away and ditch her to the taxi, NN I applaud you on that"

I'm so with you!

She's not pretending anything (yet) about her love/like for YS, but at the same time, she's taking the rejection with dignity like someone else had mentioned (can't remember who that was).

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i agree...i'm so thankful that she got her head right and not lose her mind just because she's in love with our hero....

remember girl, our hero needs a lady who can kick-ass and not someone who can be just a cry baby, have to show him that...And ALAS, she did, when she helped YS at the end of Episode 10.

GAH,now my heart's beating fast again, oh how is it that you've wished for thursday to come and when it comes, it fades by so quickly and wishes for another week to hurry and hope it's thursday again?

oh my heart flutters just seeing that vivid stare from our dear LMH!

How can two pair of eyes reflect so much HOTNESS!?!

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i luuuv ur comment!! ;)

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smashingalou! ;)

i am so with you with
every single word in your comment! ;)

most especially :

"oh my heart flutters just seeing that vivid stare from our dear LMH!

How can two pair of eyes reflect so much HOTNESS!!"

LOL!! my hubby thinks i have really lost my mind
over LMH, and im inclined to believe him...hehe...

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oh kaye, hope you're husband realizes that it's ok for us to lose our mind as long as LMH is on the receiving end.. hahaha!

i sure hope that we'll still have a touch of the real world once CH bid it's final curtain ( can't even bring myself to say the word e*d, as it hurts me) oh, what will we do once our glimpses of our smoking hot MinHo totally fade away once CH is done?!

we'd better feast our eyes out then on all MinHo's FLAMING AND BURNING HOTNESS! :)

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smashingalou, YOU are so smashingly correct!! ;)

im dreading the end 'cause then
the awfully-excruciating withdrawal symptoms will kick in...arrrggghhhh...

this happened to me after Personal Taste ended..

and now that City Hunter is at the halfway-mark,
im seriously considering emergency measures
to ensure i don't suffer the severe repercussions
of losing my LMH crack, as i experienced after PT...

arrrrgggghhhhh...

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I love love love this drama, every bit of it it so good. I cannot wait until Episode 11 is out! :D Lee Min Ho is so handsome, *swoons*! Thanks for the recap as always, I enjoy reading them!

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oh i just noticed, after rewatching the episode for the nth time, the scene where YS is tailing YJ, isn't that the car wherein LMH got into a car accident? (correct me if i'm wrong please..)

that car is really running fast, no wonder our dear LMH got bumped into...just thankful that he's safe...

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oh i see! hehe! thanks tiaradiamond for correcting me... :)

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it's guetting hot in hereee!! ;)

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Never have I felt so good about a Monday...Yay...two more days till episode 11!

If no extension, no multiple seasons, then let there be a movie! Gosh, I so want to see LMH on the big screen.

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random thought:

in the earlier episodes where nana was doing embroidery with "flower-boy is riding in here!" (kinda like a "baby on board" sign for cars), and yoon-sung picked it up an episode or so later and wondered who she was gonna give it to (himself?? heh), i thought there was gonna be some significance attached to it, albeit minor.

i keep expecting it to be revealed in each episode who it is for, but it has not. am i weird or what??

still, i can't help wondering. i also feel like little details like that, are sort of like clues in an agatha christie mystery. no matter how insignificant it may seem, the fact that it was given any attention at all usually means something later! haha.

hmmmm... maybe we will get to find out in a later episode.

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Hi guyssss ep 11 preview is here.....hot from the oven...enjoy looks mighty awesome...

http://gall.dcinside.com/list.php?id=minho&no=298724&page=1&bbs=

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oh no venus!! this is a really, really good gift however shall I open it already or wait til xmas time?!! hahaha!

now i am torn again..shall i watch the preview?! shall I not?!watch?not?watch?not?aarrgh...I'LL WATCH IT!!! As long it has our MinHo it, it will definitely b a fulfilling struggle...! *sigh**giddying smile*

Oh, I'm losing my head here...

Thanks so much Venus...:)

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LOOOOOL Smashingalou.....u are very welcome...I'm just doing my job and feeding our addiction..... :D

well here is ep. 11 You Tube version......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FFqwpHa0h8

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Thank u so much

If would be soooo much better if I could understand a word!

It looks like the prosecutor is gonna tell Nana something...??

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me too..! it's dawbling and bambling to me again...

I'm veeeeeeeeerrrrrry curious where mama KY went?! Did Daddy Badass sent her off to a far away place and tell her again to live happily? Oh no Daddy Baddie, not the 2nd time around please...Please let our YS be with mama dearest, he's gonna need it after all the baddie-kick-ass-tiring-revenge-mindset you've set on him...

Although, this is just really my thought about the preview, I hope nothing like the above will happen...*LOL* (even I is getting confused with what I'm thinking, damn CH/LMH, you're so pretty I can't even made my mind up..)

I wonder what he said at the last part with NN?! Did he change his mind and is asking now for our lady heroine for help?! Oh, I would definitely support you on that laddie...

Ok, two hands up, I've given up..Can someone please help us on the sub?!pretty please....:)

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me three, olsen and smashingalou!!! ;)

its all gibberish to me!! ;)

but LMH is looking MIGHTY FINE in that
high-necked (what do you call it?)??
jacket?

can any kind soul help us with the subs, pleeeeease? ;)

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@kaye, a kind soul had helped us..see comment below..*giggling*

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yes, smashingalou! ;)

Venus, a kind ANGEL from God! ;)

THANK YOU, VENUS!! ;)

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Kamsahamida!

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@smashingalou

So, I'm practically crazy about the song now
so much that it almost hurts
but, in a good way:)
I googled (yes, I google EVERYTHING!) the meaning of that song
but couldn't fing anything
I'm dying to know..

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@olsen, this is what I found...

it's a combination of the korean lyrics and english translation....

Don't worry, it took me ages to have found this so just sharing this as a trinket!! :)

The song really reminds me of Yoon-Seong's feeling to Nana...So deep yet so sad and so limitless yet there's still a boundary...

Kim Bo Kyung (김보경) Suddenly W Music Video Lyrics

I did not come up saying anything

You'd see your face again

I can not believe you did this

Somewhere deep in my heart

Buried channel
Mudodun that
Pampered geuriwohamyeo

I was sick.

Looking back to me with a smile face a charged
Dorabomyon miso ttuin olgullo nal

Barabomyo hangsang two
I think that the

I feel dizzy in two
Ojiroun in gibune
Hollow the night saemyeo
Hollo bameul semyo
I left you on the trail

Wolgon said

Now, tell me
Come marhejwo
What I did was wrong

Now, tell me
Come marhejwo
What I'm missing
Bujokhetdon chasing after treatment

I was looking at thee madly

Kiss your mouth to be able to see you again.
Geudel bowl his itgireul dasi
Always have prayed

So I think I just died

Now you can not get me there
Ijen geudega nine ol sun omnayo
Please

Could be over this by yourself
Honjasodo jarhenel your itdago
You can handle fine without

Commitment and does not come
Dajimhamyo st anne

Your tone, your pyojeongman
Her mortar it pyojongman

Ttoryosi tto be-

Now, tell me
Come marhejwo
What I did was wrong

Now, tell me
Come marhejwo
What I'm missing
Bujokhetdon chasing after treatment

I was looking at thee madly

Kiss your mouth to be able to see you again.
Geudel bowl his itgireul dasi
Always have prayed

So I think I just died

Now you can not get me there
Ijen geudega nine ol sun omnayo

I was looking at thee madly

Kiss your mouth to be able to see you again.
Geudel bowl his itgireul dasi
Always have prayed

So I think I just died

Now you can not get me there
Ijen geudega nine ol sun omnayo

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yessssssss I have been looking for the subs of this song !!! thank u... :D :D

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@venus, you're welcome so much..hehehe!although, I think the english lyrics is a bit messed up but that's the best we can find for now.. :)

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oh, a cleaner and smoother english version of SUDDENLY...

I couldn’t come up with any words.
I really did not know I’d see you again.
Somewhere buried deep inside my heart.
I have longed and ached for you.

When I turn around I see the smiling face.
The face that is always there, behind me.
This dizzy feeling keeps me up at night.
Traces of you keep me crying again.

Tell me now, how was I wrong?
Tell me now, was I lacking?

I really desired you like crazy.
I always prayed that I could see you again.
I feel as though I will die like this.
Can’t you be the one coming to me now.
Please.

I told myself I’d be fine alone.
That I could do well without you.
I tell myself this as I try to force myself to sleep.
But all I can think of are the way you speak and look.

Tell me now, how was I wrong?
Tell me now, was I lacking?

I really desired you like crazy.
I always prayed that I could see you again.
I feel as though I will die like this.
Can’t you be the one coming to me now?

I really desired you like crazy.
I always prayed that I could see you again.
I feel as though I will die like this.
Can’t you be the one coming to me now?
Please.
Please.

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smashingalou! ;)

if i could kiss you now, i would!! ;)

thank you so much for the translation of
the lyrics of the super-addictive "Suddenly"...

somehow, it could be abt Nana's feelings abt YS
or abt YS's feelings abt Nana...;(

so its simply PERFECT!! ;)

THANKS SO MUCH!! Bless you!! ;)

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@olsen and @smashingalou

i am just as crazzzzyyy abt the song "Suddenly"
from the CH OST!! ;)

i've listened to it repeatedly that i lost count...
i put in on rewind for hours... ;)

ive searched for the lyrics in Eng also but
couldn't find it...

will continue looking for it and once its found,
will immediately put it here for your listening pleasure ;)

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OK guys I'm back and here is the translation of the preview.....

http://www.soompi.com/news/city-hunter-episode-11-preview

:D

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Love u!

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I so can hug you right now, venus!! you're an angel...

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U welcome guys!!!!! I just can't wait to see this episode.....

JP is going to down as the most badass daddy of Kdrama history period.....

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Exactly.

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"JP is going to down as the most badass daddy of Kdrama history period"

you said it, Venus!!! ;)

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Noooh! Is this what he said to NN on the last part?

"Yoon Sung: If you get in the way, I won’t forgive you."

Nod, nod, nod...Nooh, what does he mean by that?!

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Smash I don't get it either...the only conclusion I can think of is that JP threats YS with the whereabouts of his mother there fore YS needs to focus here......aishhh the wait is killing me.....

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You really are an angel, aren't you?
I just can't thank you enough
<3<3<3

"I told myself I’d be fine alone.
That I could do well without you.
I tell myself this as I try to force myself to sleep.
But all I can think of are the way you speak and look"

Awwwwww....
The first thing that came to my mind while reading these lines was YS lying on the bed, telling Nana to not fall for him, and that she should be happy..

This just kills me..

Oh City Hunter, what have u done to me??

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"Oh City Hunter, what have u done to me??"

you said it, olsen dear!! ;)

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oh nooo! our dear YS...

and we can't do anything but wait for the next episode... :)

CH, do you enjoy killing us softly every week?! *LOL*

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Venus! ;)

thank you sooooo much for the subs!! ;)

like Olsen and Smashingalou said, you ARE an angel! ;)

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thank u...
<3

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Thanks! I see a lot of angst ahead :(

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Thanks a lot for the people who helped me stay SANE.

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Little Lulu, all for one, and one for all,
in the land of CH and LMH lovers,
where the most SANE thing to do is
to go INSANE over Lee Min Hot!!! ;)

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yebah! you will never be alone with being insane to our Minho once you've entered this world, lulu...

kaye is absolutely right..

"in the land of CH and LMH lovers,
where the most SANE thing to do is
to go INSANE over Lee Min Hot!!! "

kaye, I almost made this as my facebook status..hahaha! so good...

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"kaye, I almost made this as my facebook status..hahaha! so good…"

hehe...you are too funnnyyy, smashingalou!! ;)

we are in the same boat, dear!! ;)

LOL!!!

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“in the land of CH and LMH lovers,
where the most SANE thing to do is
to go INSANE over Lee Min Hot!!! ”

I will definitely make this my facebook status later!
DAEDAN HI KAMSA HAMNIDA PEOPLE!! ^^

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@Little Lulu!! ;)

you're making it your Facebook status?? haha!!! ;)

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Ok..I totally mess up almost everytime i reply to others' comments or posts..sorry

@smashingalou
Thank u so so much for the lyrics..
U totally made my day

@Venus
Thank u..<3<3
the preview is killing me though!

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Oh my the preview! YS said to Nana that if you get in my way, I won't forgive you too. Ahh shouldn't they be on the same side. angsty angsty!

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Ahhhhhhh, City Hunter, how i miss you!!
i thought of you day and night

*waves to kdl & olsen & all the people who are stalking here right now*

i'm back and the first thing i do? download City Hunter Ep10 and open dramabeans for the recap. i have yet to watch the episode and you guys already talk to 500 comments?! not fair! but wow, you awesome people, keep up the City Hunter love!

anyway, i thought this recap was written by GF when i read the intro. Yay for JB!! two awesome ladies obsessing with us, i feel so blessed :D

i second the multi-season with all my heart & soul!

seeing how this drama is somewhat the epilogue of the City Hunter manga, they have no problem to make a 2nd season with the story following the manga.

BUT if LMH cannot be in it, No Thanks!

i dont want to compare him with others.

City Hunter is Lee Min-Hot, and no one else!

*off to read & watch*

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wow, Wanne, my dear!! ;)

sooo happy to hear from you finally!! ;)
missed you so, right here for lovers of CH and LMH...

enjoy watching ep 10 and come back with your
raving, swooning, mooning, hyperventilating... ;)

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my my..

Dear Wanne
We've missed you so much
u don't go anywhere now.
U hear me?:)

btw, is there any lawyer in the house??
coz I'd probably wanna/gonna sue the production company (or whatever they are called) if YS and Nana do not end up happily together

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hehe, olsen! ;)

you are so funny!! ;)

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I will absolutely support you on that Olsen. After all those cutesy-swooning moments on the earlier episode...how can they suddenly turned YS ice cold to NN?!

There's just no way that these two won't end up together..grrrr....

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"There’s just no way that these two won’t end up together..grrrr..."

@smashingalou darlin' ;)

how PERFECTLY synchronised our thoughts ARE!!! ;)

i am soooo happy i have folks like you,
to share my insane thoughts with...hehe... ;)

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wanne, dear welcome back.. we missed you here!!

you're absolutely gonna love ep 10 as always...

always swooning to our lovely LMH...:)

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"BUT if LMH cannot be in it, No Thanks!

i dont want to compare him with others.

City Hunter is Lee Min-Hot, and no one else!"

you are absolutely right, Wanne! ;)
i can't agree with you more!!

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when I was watching this on viki one of the comments someone made when they went to that college was that min ho was back in his old stomping grounds at shinwa high school! I thought you might say something about how similar the college looked but nothing...so I thought I might tell you :3

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yes, kookicookie!!! i noticed it too while watching it!! ;)

looks like LMH is forever going to be reminded of his
Gu Jun Pyo days wherever he goes or
whatever he does 'cause his role in BOF
was that memorable... ;)

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i second you on that kaye..

And I am thinking that once City Hunter is gone, his role as LEE YOON-SUNG will definitely be his other trademark..I mean who else can portay a revenge-seeking-peace-lover-playboy-handsome role with so much HOTNESS!! No one but our LEE MIN HO!!!

That just shows how great he is as an actor!! No wonder he's an A-List star in such a short time...

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"his role as LEE YOON-SUNG will definitely be his other trademark..I mean who else can portay a revenge-seeking-peace-lover-playboy-handsome role with so much HOTNESS!! No one but our LEE MIN HO!!!"

smashingalou sweetie! ;)

i can't agree with you more!! how perfectly you put it! ;)

Lee Min Ho IS City Hunter 'cause
he made the character HIS totally,
as just he made the character Gu Jun Pyo as HIS,
'cause only HE was charismatic enough to carry the role

;)

thank you smashingalou,
for seeing how perfectly suited Lee Min Ho is
for the role of City Hunter...
NO ONE, and i mean NO ONE, can BE City Hunter
in South Korea, now that LMH has done it... ;)

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hahaha!kaye, you're such a darling... :)

you're certainly right on this...

" NO ONE, and i mean NO ONE, can BE City Hunter
in South Korea, now that LMH has done it… ;) "

perfectly worded and perfectly said... :)

I mean, I can't think of anyone right now who can portray the role better than LMH...
Our Min Ho just breath his role out of life..it comes out naturally, so natural that you'd probably think being LEE YOON-SUNG/CITY HUNTER was his past life...*sigh*

Preposterous idea?!

Probably yes... but who wants to think of logic right now?!...I'd prefer being inflicted with insanity if this what will keep me sane from watching CH...hahaha!

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"Our Min Ho just breath his role out of life..it comes out naturally, so natural that you’d probably think being LEE YOON-SUNG/CITY HUNTER was his past life…*sigh*

Preposterous idea?!

Probably yes… but who wants to think of logic right now?!…I’d prefer being inflicted with insanity if this what will keep me sane from watching CH…hahaha!!"

@smashingalou, you are truly SMASHING!! ;)

your choice of words are just PERFECT,
and so TRUE, that it seems to me,
you are BORN to swoon and moon
over the luminously gorgeous LMH,
on behalf of all LMH lovers,
because try as I might, i could not
have said it any better... ;)

THANK YOU, smashingalou!! ;)

and don't you worry yourself
abt how INSANE you think you are,
because YOU ARE NOT ALONE, dear... ;)

all for one, one for all, in this land of LMH lovers... ;)

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I saw that too. IS it shinhwa? i didn't even notice until it was pointed out.

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So, I was reading city hunter on wiki (again!) and these lines made me feel really bad for Jin Pyo..
(I'm not saying what he did was right. It's just that it helps me kinda see why he is so hell-bent on revenge)

"As the troop swims to the submarine, which would take them back to South Korea, a sniper came out from the submarine and started shooting each troop members. With Lee Jin-pyo as the only survivor of the ambush, he swam back to South Korean shore".

Ok..I'm off to bed now!

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For some reason, I have always understood JP character and do not condemn him for his actions.

At the now president's request, Yoon sung's dad and JP recruited 20 young men who were experts in their field to take on this heroic black ops mission.

They pulled them away from civilian life... these young men left their families and home with the belief that their country needed them. They were solely responsible for these men… some of whom were no longer in the military. As Ki-joon’s brother said in his speech, these men were willing to give up their lives for their country… not for politics.

His revenge is for all these men too… yes he, as their leader, has quilt at being the sole survivor but multiply that pain/guilt for each and every man he recruited. Only to be betrayed, assassinated, and their honor and existence completely wiped off the face of the earth.

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Taking baby YS away from his mother
without her consent was such a wrong thing to do.
And I don't think that he can really be justified for that.
But, the betrayal helps me to see his point of view
even if that point comes out to be a bit strong.

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@olsen dearest! ;)

you said everything that i have mentioned way before
in eps 8 and 9...

how can anyone condone the CRIMINAL act of
kidnapping a child, thereby succeeding in separating
a mother and child, and then LIE again and again
to the mother and son that caused both
mother and son to be continuously separated
from each other...
even though JP KNOWS how MUCH excruciating
PAIN and SUFFERING he has inflicted
on 2 innocent lives...

and all for what??

REVENGE, NOT JUSTICE,
for what happened to him and his comrades,
which has NOTHING at all to do with the mother and son
whose lives he has altered forever so disastrously...

and he is STILL continuing to do EVERYTHING possible
including threatening to KILL YS or anyone else
for that matter, to ensure that he can satisfy
his utterly SELFISH and HEARTLESS goal of
wanting to KILL the people who were responsible
for what happened to him and his comrades 28 yrs ago

no matter how anyone try to justify JP's actions,
i reiterate what i have said so many times -

to me, Jin Pyo is the EVIL INCARNATE...
the worst kind of human being there is...
whose only interest is in satisfying his
embittered and broken mind, body and soul
for REVENGE...

Jin Pyo could have chosen to take a different path,
and make the world a better place than the one he
went through 28 years ago but NO...
he chose to make the world a WORST place by
his actions...

it is not what happens to us that matters,
but OUR REACTION to it...

2 WRONGS
(what happened to him and his comrades
and what he is doing now)
DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT!!!

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@kaye, how come you are ALWAYS so right?! :)

I definitely agree in everything that you said..I can't wait for YS's reaction once he learned that it was his DADDY Baddie that took him away from his mother!

And for all the training he put YS through, can he just leave him to do all the tricks he want?! But I guess that what makes this SHOW that GOOD. It makes you feel what the characters feel and it shudders that although we feel that Daddie Baddie loves YS (that touching moment from episode 1 when Daddie Baddie saved YS from a landmine, definitely showed his love for his kid. I mean you don't do that for nothing) his thirst for revenge blinded it.

Just one line for you Daddy JP....

"Be deaf from the sounds of that chilly night and listen to the voice of your son and you'll feel the power of PEACEFULNESS." *bow*

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@Kay

Ya..I remember that comment and our conversation..
Sorry if my comment comes out wrong..

I'm not saying JP is right in what he's doing
(Taking a child away from his mother can never be justified)
But, these memories remind us the betrayal he's suffered
and since we all have very different personalities
it's interesting to watch how he decides to seek his revenge
(most of us won't take the path he's chosen)

I think that this drama has shown how a person can become some kind of heartless monster
who's capable of anything
if he's pushed too far

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thank you so much for your kind words, @smashingalou
but i am no where near being as good with words
as you are...

"I can’t wait for YS’s reaction once he learned that it was his DADDY Baddie that took him away from his mother!"

that's IT, smashingalou!! ;)

i can't wait for it to happen either
and to see what excuse/reason/lies Jin Pyo has
to justify his most terrible INHUMANE act of
separating mother and son...

and i agree with you abt how this show is THAT GOOD,
because we are emotionally-invested in the
story and characters, so deeply-connected
we have become to everything and everyone
in the drama, and how we can identify or understand
or feel for everything and everyone in the drama...

and altho i agree that the act of saving YS from the
landmine was an act of love,
i have to thank you for saying that
he has since been blinded by revenge
to the point that he seems to have completely LOST
the HUMANE side of him that prompted him to put his life
on the line for YS during the landmine incident because,
as you have aptly put it - "his thirst for revenge blinded it."

and what must happen to a human who has lost his
humanity?

try to inject the lost humanity into him from the best
possible avenue - Yoon-sung, the innocent child he brought up to become as INHUMANE as Jin Pyo is -
but who has managed, in spite of all the odds,
to be able to RETAIN his humanity and fight for JUSTICE,
the way that Jin Pyo should have strove for,
but did not choose to do...

and how amazingly beautiful these words of yours :

“Be deaf from the sounds of that chilly night and listen to the voice of your son and you’ll feel the power of PEACEFULNESS.”

I bow to YOU, dear smashingalou,
for saying EXACTLY what needs to be said,
and with such finesse...BRAVO!! ;)

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@olsen dearest, no apologies necessary ;)

I hope I did not come across as if i am attacking you
for your comment because i am definitely not... ;)

i was just stating my opinion,
because i am so very angry with JP
for what he has done and is still doing,
because i feel for YS and his mum... ;)

i sincerely apologise to you dear olsen,
if i have offended you or made you feel terrible
because it is definitely not my intention... ;)

after all, we are entitled to our own opinion
and i just love you, dear olsen,
to even think of offending you... ;)

and you are so right with your words -
when a person is pushed too far,
he/she is capable of doing anything -
even the most unthinkable,
even the most impossible - of actions... ;)

however, at the end of the day,
it is STILL A CHOICE that one makes -
whether to DO something or NOT...

no one has put a gun to Jin Pyo's head
for him to take the course of action that he has taken...

to me, he has put THAT GUN TO HIS OWN HEAD,
literally and figuratively,

and now its just a matter of time
before HE pulls the trigger HIMSELF...

he is now well on his way to making that happen,
and i can't wait to see HOW that will happen...

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@kay

no no..
I'm perfectly fine!
About you attacking me??
that is just lol funny!
U have welcomed everyone with your kind words
And I never doubted for a second that we were (and are) all just expressing our opinions..

You're right about the choice we're all given
Even vampires have choices, no?:)
(I'm gonna stop right now with vampires coz JB is anti-twilight!lol)

I'm so glad I found u guys
'coz I'm kinda breaking up with HOLLYWOOD!
Man..seriously, the comments on those hollywood blogs are just downright mean..

It's nice to know that we can all share our thoughts while still treating each other with respect..

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@Olsen ;)

i humbly and sincerely bow to you for your kind words ;)
i can't tell you how humbled i am for them... ;)

but i sincerely do not consider i have done much ;)

YOU have been so warm and sincere, Olsen,
that exchanging comments with you come so naturally
and so meaningfully that i don't need to do or say
more than what i have done or said... ;)

and i am totally with you abt how wonderful it is that we could express and exchange opinions here
with decorum, respect, warmth, civility and maturity... ;)

so thankful you have joined us, olsen dear.. ;)

im sure Javabeans is just as thrilled that you have joined
us here because SHE is the most welcoming of hosts ;)

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warm and sincere?
Me is blushing:)

Thank u Kay for ur kind words..
I'm happy that we all are here for one another
sharing our wild and crazy thoughts
and thinking they make perfect sense!

I really don't know what I would do
if I hadn't found dramabeans
(I've used this as my fb status-don't judge me!)
So, thank u JB for letting our imaginations run wild
and rant whatever we feel:)

And how wonderful is it that wednesday is here??
Yayyyy!

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hear, hear, Olsen dear!!! ;)

i echo your every word!! ;)

the most sincere thanks to Javabeans!! ;)

and IT IS truly wonderful that it is WEDNESDAY!!! ;)

yipppeee!!! ;)

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I am not as eloquent at expressing myself as kdl or other skilled writers in this forum... if any of you were to know me IRL... you would see that i am not a war mongering hawk.
My motto is "violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

yet for some reason... i still believe JP did his best to keep his promise to his best friend.

he was a wanted man.. he could not return to korea to "take care" of the wife and son in anonymity without risking their lives. and if i understand korean culture, especially back then (please correct me if i'm wrong)... the wife could never remarry if she had a son. she was "damaged goods" so he took the son to raise as promised and hoped his friends wife would move on and with time live a normal life.

I'm not saying it was the best thing to do... but under the circumstances and the quick decision he had to make... he did what he thought was the lesser of two evils.

In real life... doing the "right" thing is not always black and white.

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@Celexa ;)

thank you for expressing your opinion ;)

as this blog does not belong to me,
but the wonderful Javabeans,
you are entitled to your own opinion... ;)

we can agree to disagree amicably...
and differing views should not an argument make,
but a more exciting, interesting and meaningful
exchange of ideas... ;)

we shall all see how things will turn out in CH,
or how the makers of CH wish for the story to turn out..

but just as you hold strong to your opinion,
i shall do the same... ;)

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losing a husband and thus becoming a widow makes a woman "damaged goods"???!!!

how horribly narrow-minded, unfair, victimising and wrong to subject a woman whose husband passed away to such treatment!!

can someone who knows Korean culture please explain?

i just cannot believe its true...

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I'm not korean... all i know from korean culture is what i've read and kdramas.. lol

*waiting for a real korean to respond*

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@Celexa ;)

thank you for the info... ;)

i too hope a Korean could explain for all our benefit ;)

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I guess I have to agree with you though 'm not sure about that remarrying thing. But, thanks for shedding some light.

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i don't know why, but this comment totally made me wonder...

'losing a husband and thus becoming a widow makes a woman “damaged goods”???!!!"

hehehe! was that really how they viewed it in S.Korea? I was wondering i guess it's because these comment touch a softie in me...It's probably becaused I recently became a widow this year at 28 yrs old....

BUUUUUUUT, don't judge me please.. not that I don't want to talk about it but talking about sadness will just make you feel it...And definitely do not want to embark it here....

WHICH IS WHY, ASIDE FROM MY SON, FAMILY , FRIENDS AND WORK, THIS BLOG TOTALLY HELPED ME!!!AND MOST ESPECIALLY THE AMAZING, WONDERFUL, RESPECTFUL PEEPZ HERE...SIMPLY SAY THANKS!!! :)

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@smashingalou dearest! ;)

my heart goes out to you for the test God has given you...
here, let me give you GREAT BIG HUGS, and TONS OF KISSES!! ;)

thank you for sharing something so personal 'cause
im sure it was not easy to do... ;)

i truly admire your strength and i hope you know
that you are never alone in whatever you are facing
in this world... ;)

thank God for your son, family, friends and work
to keep you sane... ;)

and thank God for Javabeans and Girlfriday -
the angels sent from God at this wonderful place
called Dramabeans -
for it has provided you, smashingalou dearest,
with the avenue to focus your energy on joyful, wacky, zany and loony ranting and raving, along with all the kindred spirits here... ;)

and which i hope has provided you with some form of comfort, solace and refuge (whichever you prefer)... ;)

there are simply no words to describe how touched i am
for your willingness to let us into your heart...

please remember that we are here for you,
whenever you need us... ;)

love you so much, dearest smashingalou ;)

may God keep you and your loved ones safe, happy and sane... ;)

see you in the ep 11 recap, for us to continue
with our ranting and raving, ok? ;)

take care, my dearest smashingalou! ;)

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thanks for the translation!

So whose perspective do you think this song is from? When did it first appear?

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whoops that was for #174 and then I read that post and there was my answer :)

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OH GOD! I LOVE THIS DRAMA! Lee Min-ho is so cool! Eeee!

Okay. If Yoon-sung dies I will be so freaking pissed I will stop reading this show! It better not end like Bad Guy did. I'm still pissed about the ending of that show.

Will Nana start to help Yoon-sung? Will he let her? Will Jin-pyo kill Young-ju's dad? What will Young-ju do when he finds out his daddy is a criminal? And what will happen to Yoon-sung's mom? SO MANY QUESTIONS!! Can't wait for the next episode!

Thanks for the recap, Javabeans!

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i came across this site that tallies the latest ratings for our beloved CH since episode 1 and currently CH is running 4th Nationwide and 3rd in Seoul...

What the?! Only 4th?! I'm not saying CH is the perfect, amazing, briliantly, flawless created drama however I do think CH deserve better than ranking 4th...

Hmmm...I sure hope the SHOW's ranking will elevate in every progression of the episode. I don't know why but I felt that LEE MIN HO really deserve some nice pat on the back for really getting a BEST JOB DONE! And I'm quite worried with the ranking, I wanted him to win the BEST ACTOR AWARD thingy and also the BEST COUPLE AWARD with PMY...

Oh my, what has CH/LMH done to me to even worry like hell?! GOSH, I really need some slapping *LOL*

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yeah! how can it be that the ratings are not
reflective of how awesome CH and LMH are???!!!

are Koreans blind/deaf to the rave reviews on CH and
LMH???

hehe...i empathise with you, dear smashingalou,
abt how crazy we have become to worry abt CH
and LMH so...hehe ;)

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yes i know kaye..how come they cannot see the charisma of our SHOW!?! *snobbish grin*

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'OUR' show!
I love that

That is exactly what City Hunter is!
It is OUR show..it brings US together
It completes us:)

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"OUR SHOW?" LOL!!! HAHA!!

@smashingalou, you are soooo right!!!
why didn't I think of that?? hehe...

@olsen, thank you for saying EXACTLY what has been
on all of our minds here in the land of CH and LMH lovers

"It is OUR show..it brings US together
It completes us."

SOOOO PERFECT, ladies!!! ;)

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oh ladies, are we not born as sisters on our past life as well? :) How come are minds are so well connected and thoroughly link once it comes to CH and LMH?! How come all those wonderful, wonderful things you just said are all so true?!

and all the wonderful, amazing people here in the land of CH and LMH, I've never been so excited joining a forum such as this...never felt so good commenting on somethng... :)

and to echo olsen....

“It is OUR show..it brings US together
It completes us.”

:)

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you are so right, smashingalou dearest!! ;)

who knew, coming so cluelessly to this wonderful blog,
i have been privileged and honoured to find
such terrifically zany, kindred folks
such as your good self...
to get to know, to learn from...
to go crazy over LMH...
making my life so rich, exciting and just PERFECT... ;)

thank you so much, dear smashingalou!! ;)

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Just something i need to get off my chest :

How does Jin Pyo try to justify his action as correct and moral if he is even willing to resort to KILLING Yoon-Sung, the child of the comrade he lost 28 years ago,
if YS gets in the way of him exacting revenge against
the men who murdered his comrades and
basically took away his life??

How does murdering YS and other innocent lives
who stood in the way of him satisfying his thirst for
revenge make Jin Pyo a better man than the murderers
who killed his comrades and made him into 'The Dead Man Walking'?

Because he has essentially been a dead man since that terrible night in the sea 28 years ago,
just surviving long enough to be able to see his ultimate goal through - to exact revenge on those who had wronged him...

Does the end justify the means?
The END being the goal of exacting revenge,
the MEANS being killing anyone who got in his way
of achieving that goal...

As Mahatma Gandhi wisely said :

"BE the change we hope to see in the world."

Jin Pyo should have chosen to BE the agent for change,
precisely because he became a victim of the wrong
done to him...
and yet tragically, he has become
the VERY thing that he hates - a murderer -
joining the group of murderers
who mercilessly murdered his comrades
and essentially murdered him as well,
because if a human being has lost his/her humanity
as Jin Pyo has,
then that human being CEASES to BE human...
and becomes just an empty shell,
devoid of what makes a person HUMAN...

so what is a human being who has lost his humanity?
he is as good as dead, just as dead as his comrades
were 28 years ago...

just like what YS said to Jin Pyo after Jin Pyo killed
2 policemen so that he could kill one of the men responsible for the massacre of Jin Pyo's
comrades -

YS wondered if Jin Pyo is exacting revenge because he feels guilty he is the only survivor?

maybe Jin Pyo does feel guilty for surviving,
while his comrades did not...

but to resort to using YS, the child of his lost comrade,
to exact revenge,
and then to be more than willing to even KILL YS
if YS gets in his way...

how would he try to justify his means of using YS
and even killing YS to exact revenge for YS's father's
death if he were to come face to face with YS's father??

how horribly skewed and twisted his mind has become!!

because no matter what,
THE END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS!!

because if that is true,
then Jin Pyo is not a better person than
the murderers who killed his comrades...

in fact, Jin Pyo is FAR WORSE than those heartless men..
because he has chosen the path of destruction
instead of the path of restoration and healing...

Jin Pyo is willing to resort to any and all means
necessary to satisfy his egoistical desire
to exact revenge,
and heartlessly drag along with him
into the gutter that he has put himself into,
into the hell on earth that he had created for himself,
whoever he chooses to -
even the innocent child of the man
who was his comrade who was killed
and the child's mother...

i am waiting to see if or when he does put his words
into action and attempt to kill YS...
how he is ever going to live with himself after that??

i wonder...

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i don't believe JP killed the policemen... i think "creepy" assassin did it..

i don't believe he will kill YS, if he does try to kill YS... then i will back down on my defense for his character.

for now... i'm giving him the benefit of doubt, that he will love his son enough to help him exact revenge.

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@Celexa ;)

to each his/her own...

you are entitled to your own opinion and
who you wish to defend... ;)

i have no right nor the desire to stomp on others'
opinions or defense of anyone... ;)

as i have said, i am just expressing my opinion... ;)

and we shall all wait and see how things will turn out...
or how the writers wish for the story to turn out... ;)

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@ KDL

the different opinions on the different characters... that's the beauty of a good drama :)

i re-read my response and it doesn't translate well... i wasn't attacking your opinion... i was just responding... like when you're sitting in a sofa talking to your friend and they say something about a character and you say... no.. he's like this! :) sorry if i came across defensive, it's difficult for me to express conversational notations on paper. ;)

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@Celexa ;)

bless your heart for your kind, kind words ;)

thank you for the apology but really its not necessary, Celexa dear, because i did not think that you were attacking me at all, but i was just responding to your comment... ;)

i agree that at times the way we express ourselves
on paper can SOUND so very different from how we
really feel, which then can lead to misunderstandings and misinterpretations... ;)

i hope i did not come across as combative to you
or anyone else with my words because when i am passionate about something, i become very emotional and, well, passionate...hehe...and its reflected in my words...;)

its been wonderful to read all the comments here in DB... ;)

ep 11 is coming up soon, and i hope to see you at the recap and we can continue commenting happily... ;)

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I guess Jin Pyo was not able to think of the things that you're thinking KDL. Because his mind is just full of REVENGE. I think I can sympathize with the thought of having him go through those things in the past, I'm sure he's not thinking straight and anything else. He is just CONSUMED. And I really can't blame him for being CONSUMED. Well, I guess he needs to redeem himself in the drama , though. Let's wait and see.

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Little Lulu dear ;)

you are right!! "consumed" is a word we can use to
describe his condition...

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@kaye @lulu @ celexa all I can say is WOW! you ladies are definitely brilliant with your exchanges... :)

@kaye, you're insights are superb! :)

Cannot agree with you more regarding Daddy JP's character..your skeptics ideas are thoroughly worded that I all I can do in front of my monitor is "Nod, Hmmm, grin and you got it girl!" hehehe!

@celexa, brilliant girl, i sure wanted to give Daddy JP benefit of the doubt as well for the sake of YS. With the current angst that the show is on now, I totally cannot wait how the writers will put the twist of him realizing what he has done...

@lulu,you got it there, wonderful. I guess"consumed" is what Daddy JP has been all the while. Perfect description.. :)

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@smashingalou dear! ;)

i am humbled by your kind words of appreciation ;)
thank you so much for your appreciation, smashingalou!

but i don't take credit for what i do or say
that is good or beneficial
because i am only what God has given me...
and what is good and beneficial originate from God,
and God alone...
for i am utterly powerless without His Blessings, Guidance, Help, Love, Protection, etc...

i am only a channel by which He channels His Boundless
Blessings and thus i don't take credit for anything
praise-worthy... ;)

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'OUR' SHOW

I love it, too.

I'm just wondering KDL, is stalking dramabeans your full time job? kekekeke....

ANyway, it's Wednesday, and another day of torture waiting for the subs. I'm easily spoiled so I don't watch it raw. But, yeah... I miss OUR City Hunter terribly.

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hehe...Little Lulu, you are sooo right!! ;)

stalking Dramabeans IS practically a full-time job for me
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That's good for you. Because I myself can't do my job well because of CH alone...

I would really like to make comments as mch as yours but the moment I start typing, I get lost for words... Anyway, you all guys can say it better so I couldn't agree more. That's why I thank you all, people! (wait, how many times did I say that already?^ ^)

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@Little Lulu, darlin' ;)

thank you for your kind, kind words but
i personally do not think my comments are at all good...

in fact, i see them as my venting and ranting
and no where on par with such insightful comments
as Javabeans', Girlfriday's, samgetang's, smashingalou's,
olsen's, and others... ;)

so glad to have you on board, Little Lulu dear ;)

btw, i love your screen-name "Little Lulu"... ;)
i have always liked 'Lulu' - its such a beautiful name ;)

im sure you are just as beautiful as your screen-name ;)

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Teehee... *off topic* I like it, too. I got it when I started working with the job I had at the moment. People evn greets me with the theme song of that children show I heven't heard off (I guess I was still inmy mom's belly at that time.) Kekekeke, thanks KDL. I think I'll just try to practice how to write my thoughts more. I wrote a lot before but when I started college, I have to drop it off in exchange of numbers and derivatives. So, here I am in gibberish. So, hope you people bear with me. ^_____^

Oh, I also want to add which I've been planning too long ago: JAVABEANS and GIRLFRIDAY are HEAVEN-SENT.

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@kaye,*LOL* you're adorable...

"Stalking Dramabeans IS practically a full-time job for me"...

if I may say, you probably have the most amazing full time job if ever.. so fulfilling...so much passion :)

@lulu, how come you're saying that?! I do think that you're comments are as amazing as everyone is :) As long as we help you get out the words and put it out in writing, we'll be more than glad to keep on commenting..Of course, I dare not forget that THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE AWE-INSPIRING BLOG THAT JAVABEANS AND GIRLFRIDAY CREATED!! Just like what you said and permit me to echo you, "JAVABEANS and GIRLFRIDAY are HEAVEN-SENT." :)

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Hehe.. thanks for the encouragement KDL. From now on, I will try my best. ^^

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Yoon-sung in ep. 9: "When it's all over, I want to live a happy and ordinary life with you, father."

*imagining Jin-pyo going to the supermarket and washing dishes with his precious son*................ LOL IMPOSSIBLE !! XD

Hey hey !! Wednesday finally comes ^__^

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Guys..

Are u excited/restless/stalking every kdrama sites u know like I am??

Need a LINK..plz plz plz
if not, mite not survive the nite..

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I do olsen...i do... :)

Last two sites I visited before dozing off to bed is dramabeans and dramacrazy..first site I accessed after turning the PC on at work is dramabeans...I haven't even check my calendar for the day and yet I proceeded to reading your lovely comments...hahaha! oh gawd, I guess I need to rip off my prod report and put 'CH stalking and DB commentating" as my main tasks for the day *LOL*

My mind's rifraffing with a lot of thoughts about CH especially now that TODAY IS THE DAY!!!Yipee..another lovey day to swoon over LMH's god-like HOTNESS! :)

And yet, my heart sank along with Titanic when no raw is uploaded yet.. :( Oh no, I am so dreadfully excited to be even looking forward for the raw vid eventhough I know I will not understand it. But a mere shot of LMH face is enough for me to understand every single word he's saying...*sigh*

I know another angel will ease us with our vain waiting, olsen...That angel is probably on his/her way in uploading the raw vid now...*fingers crossed*

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Smashingalou...
Thank u for replying!lol

Seriously, jokes aside, I'm near tears!
I was wondering where all of you were hiding!
My heart is beating so fast
and my knees are trembling like they always do when I'm nervous
(always during the last minutes of exams-when I don't know if I can finish writing)
I'm re-reading the previous episodes recaps
searching for the links our city hunters sisters had attached

"Last two sites I visited before dozing off to bed is dramabeans and dramacrazy..first site I accessed after turning the PC on at work is dramabeans"

I so get you!
I'm having my summer vacation right now
and am at home
and my mom is kinda pissed with me because of my
"watching koreans allllllll the time!"

Somebody..
anybody..
we need a sweet release...

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@smashingalou ;)

the angel named Wanne has uploaded the link to ep 11!

enjoy!! ;)

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@olsen ;)

i am as excited as you are,
and like you,
have been stalking any and every possible site
for the link to ep 11...

thank God for wanne with the links to ep 11 ;)

God bless her! ;)

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dss is soo gud ..........luv it.....

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while waiting for Ep11 link, here's

EP10 KISS BTS! yeah, you dont get it wrong, that kiss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQZiPkLyEk

credit: shirley@soompi

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EP11 RAW Streaming!

http://videobb.com/video/XaD6Cz2Uq4hp

credit: muabuonkst@soompi

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thank u thank u thank u

I was literally lol when i saw ur link!

God Bless You

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@wanne...thank you so muuccccch!!! :)

you're a digitized angel, so fast and just on time...hehehe!

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@wanne! ;)

thanks so much for the link!! ;)

God bless you, dear! ;)

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did you get a load of Min Ho's laugh at 0:50? It was sooo sexy. Like a moan/laugh. I couldn't tell what was really going on, but it sure was funny.

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oops, not a moan he was going all like "ah--ah--aahhaa" Lol my imagination took off

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@wanne! ;)

thanks so much for the link! ;)

God bless you, darlin'! ;)

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