City Hunter: Episode 19

762 July 27, 2011January 24, 2016

by girlfriday

Not like you didn’t own me before, Show, but this finale-lead-in? Kicks so much ass. I honestly didn’t think City Hunter was going to go out as strong as it came in, but I’m happy to be wrong. So giddy. I knew my love was not for naught.

EPISODE 19 RECAP

Young-ju manages to stop the City Hunter and then pulls a gun on him. Yeah that lasts about two seconds, as Yoon-sung swipes the gun and turns it right around on him. But the prosecutor doesn’t even flinch as he inches forward, head to barrel. Damn, it looks like Young-ju’s the one with the balls of steel.

He uses this one chance to unmask the City Hunter…

…and he finally gets his confirmation, as Yoon-sung stands there looking back at him, gun still trained at Young-ju’s head. Yoon-sung: “Are you satisfied now?”

Sirens wail as the SWAT team descends on them quickly. Young-ju has seconds to decide the City Hunter’s fate… Young-ju: “Go.”

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Epic swoon.

I cannot believe how long I’ve been waiting for this moment. Bromance for the win! They both act the part and Yoon-sung manages to get away, swiftly shedding his jacket and mask to walk by the SWAT team unnoticed.

Target No. 4 Chun Jae-man sits literally with his hands tied, waiting for questioning at the prosecutor’s office, but someone he recognizes comes in to rescue him. Oooooh, I wonder who it is? It’s not McCreepy because he’s presumably still tied up in Yoon-sung’s basement.

Young-ju comes back to find Chun already gone, and figures that he must’ve gotten help, and from someone on the inside as well. Ruh-roh. Dirty prosecutor maybe? Poor Young-ju. Guy can’t catch a break.

Meanwhile Ajusshi keeps his hostage McCreepy company, reading to him from a self-help book entitled I Am Precious to Me. HA. He’s trying to rehabilitate the guy? That cracks me up. He keeps waving a cane at him too, probably because it makes him feel more in control (mimicking Dad maybe?) but I have a feeling that stick is going to end up in Creepy’s hands.

Yoon-sung comes home and tells him that Young-ju made him, and Ajusshi freaks out. He rattles off a list of things to do – get a plane ticket, send Yoon-sung abroad, then gather Nana and Mom and meet him…

Yoon-sung tells him that it’s okay, but there’s no calming Ajusshi down when it might mean he’ll be separated from Yoon-sung. But he assures him that Young-ju won’t be coming for him. Ajusshi doesn’t understand—he’s been running all over town on a witch hunt because of what he did to his father.

Yoon-sung: “He let me go.” Ajusshi: “Wha~ He let you go? He saw your face and he let you go? Really? Really really?” He smiles. Is that an I-love-Young-ju smile? Is it a my-BFF-Young-ju-and-I-will-fight-crime-together-forever-and-ever smile?

News breaks of Chun’s delivery via City Hunter and his subsequent escape. Nana worries all day as she watches the news and then looks longingly at her photo with Yoon-sung in a new frame.

He sits at home and does the same, his still in the broken frame. They each pick up their phones to call the other… and then put them back down. Nana: “He’ll come back. Soon.” Yoon-sung: “I’ll stay alive and return to you.”

Young-ju gets his ass chewed out by his boss for losing Chun Jae-man, and then totally lies that he didn’t get a good look at the City Hunter’s face because he was busy getting his gun stolen. Wow, you’re even sacrificing your pride? I love this.

Yoon-sung comes to find him.

Yoon-sung: Why did you let me go?
Young-ju: Why do you think I did? As Kim Jong-shik’s son Kim Young-ju, I should have thrown you in jail immediately. But when I thought about it, the things that the law couldn’t get done, the City Hunter could. I didn’t have the right to catch you. Because you won the law.
Yoon-sung: Just like Kim Young-ju. Naïve and humorless. Kim Young-ju, the next time this happens, don’t be messy, and do what you need to do as a prosecutor.
Young-ju: And you? Why are you keeping me alive?
Yoon-sung: The same reason as you.

Yes! Because he can do what you can’t, and vice versa, inside and outside of the law! I love that Young-ju remains humorless and that Yoon-sung keeps his distance (No matter how much I’d love to see them be all, Wonder Twins, Activate! that would be out of character for both).

What intrigues me is that Young-ju still resents Yoon-sung for his father’s near-death, but his debilitating objective nature wins out. Logic wins over his heart, which makes for SUCH an interesting character, and the perfect foil for Yoon-sung.

Yoon-sung complains that it looks like he’s going to have to pull an all-nighter because someone lost Chun Jae-man. Young-ju asks about 1983 and the top-secret record book, and Yoon-sung just tells him to figure it out for himself. Or yunno, you could pull an all-nighter together. Mm?

Chun Jae-man calls looking for the City Hunter, presumably on McCreepy’s phone. He offers a trade: the super-secret book if the City Hunter stops dogging him. Yoon-sung turns him down cold.

This whole exchange goes down with McCreepy by his side in the basement, and he offers up what he knows – that there’s no way Chun destroyed the book, because he was intent on finding a good hiding place for it, and that he can guess where he’s going next.

He asks Yoon-sung to finish off Chun properly if he gives him the information. Yoon-sung promises, though I’m thinking these two have a very different idea of “finish off.” Creepy tells him that after every recent visit with President Choi, Chun was obsessed with finding a woman, who he claimed was his hidden card…

Her name is Lee. Kyung. Hee.

Yoon-sung’s eyes widen, as he repeats the name in shock. Eeep! So excited at his first big hint that Mom is a bigger part of this whole conspiracy.

He calls Sang-gook, who tells him that he thinks Jin-pyo didn’t show him the secret book on purpose. He recounts Dad’s words that he’d rather have it destroyed than land in Yoon-sung’s hands.

Young-ju’s team starts burrowing through all of Chun Jae-man’s files, confiscated from his office. He comes across something old called “Sunflower,” and finds a painting marked with a signature – a different name for the same flower.

And then in that file, he finds a hospital record for Lee Kyung-hee, from her OB-GYN. Oh, this is getting so good! Is it wrong if I want Young-ju to find out first?

Then we see someone painting the exact same painting in the present… it’s President Choi. He marks it with the same seal, which Nana sees as she stands guard. He completes it and decides he should put it up on his blog. No! Don’t do that! Wait… do I want him to do that? Argh, I don’t know!

Chun Jae-man calls the president to ask for his help getting out of the country. President Choi refuses and tells him to surrender, but of course Chun plays his final hand – he threatens to tell the world about his extramarital affair with Lee Kyung-hee, and their child.

His reaction makes me wonder if he actually doesn’t know that his child survived. Was he maybe told that she had an abortion even though she refused to? Did he assume that the child she was speaking of was Mu-yeol’s son, after the fact?

He calls Nana back into his office and asks about the woman who gave her the handkerchief. He says that he thinks she might be someone he owes a great debt to, and asks where he can find her.

She hesitates, knowing that she’s not supposed to tell anyone about Mom’s whereabouts. So President Choi takes out his own handkerchief, identical to hers. “Will you still not tell me?”

Yoon-sung goes to see Mom in the hospital and starts to ask about her involvement, but ends up letting it go. She happily notes that he’s carrying the handkerchief she gave him, and she tells him that it’s a gift she gives to people she likes.

He asks very innocently if she also gave one to Dad, and she awkwardly says “Yes…” And then she stops him to ask, “Maybe, just maybe, if your father were still alive, that would be a good thing for you, wouldn’t it?”

Yeah, that’s a big fat maybe, is what.

He just dismisses it as wistful talk and outside, he wonders why Chun Jae-man was looking for her. Why can’t you just ask her? Aaaargh.

He decides to track down another source, the woman that Ajusshi found when he looked for Mom the first time. They worked together way back when, and Yoon-sung pays her to find out what she knows.

She tells him that Kyung-hee had a hard life, struggling to pay for her father’s hospital bills, and then she got pregnant with one man’s child and then another man married her, knowing all that.

He stumbles out in a daze, knowing now for certain that his father isn’t his father. Man, that’s twice already: one, Jin-pyo, not the daddy, two, Mu-yeol, not the daddy. Just then, Nana calls to tell him about the sunflower handkerchief – the president has one just like theirs, and he’s looking for Mom. She didn’t tell him where to find her, and Yoon-sung tells her to keep it that way.

He thinks back to the beans (his habit of picking beans out of rice, which President Choi and Da-hae both do), the very thing that clinched it for us as viewers, only he’s now catching up to all the arrows pointing toward the president.

Thankfully, he goes right away to ask Mom directly. Oh Drama, I love you so.

He tells her that he’s not upset at her, but he’s found out the truth about his real father. She confirms it, and also the key fact that President Choi doesn’t even know that she was ever pregnant with his child.

She tells him that he already had a family when she became pregnant, and when Chun Jae-man found out, he threatened her to protect Choi Eun-chan’s future.

She asks if he’s disappointed to find out what kind of woman she was, and he just hugs her tenderly, “I’m not disappointed. I’m not resentful. I’m just grateful that you’re alive.” She cries in his arms.

And then trembling, he asks if the father who raised him knew all this. Mom: “Jin-pyo-sshi? Yes. He knew.” Ack!

Oh no. THIS. This right here is the betrayal that stings the most. The look in his eyes! The fact that the president is his father doesn’t matter half as much as the father he loves, the one who raised him, keeping him in the dark all this time. Heart. Breaaaaaaaaak.

What kills me is that this is the moment when he realizes that Dad really only considers him a weapon for revenge, and doesn’t love him as a son. I’d venture to say that somewhere in the deep dark recesses of his used-to-be-a-heart, Jin-pyo does love him, but now Yoon-sung will never believe it.

He comes to see Dad to tell him that he knows everything. Dad says nothing, but he flinches when Yoon-sung says Choi Eun-chan’s name. He slams the bullet necklace down on the table. “I will find out everything. And you’ll pay the price for twisting my life.”

Waaaah, are you breaking up with Daddy? He turns to walk out, and Jin-pyo clutches the only thing he has left — Mu-yeol’s bullet.

Yoon-sung sits in the Blue House parking lot, lost in thought, and Ki-joon pulls up next to him after showing off his new car to Nana and Eun-ah. It’s so adorably transparent why he bought the same car as Yoon-sung. Hee.

They try to say hello, but he just stalks off without a word.

Meanwhile Young-ju goes to see Sae-hee and asks about Yoon-sung as the City Hunter, saying outright that he knows she patched up his bullet wound. She refuses to tell him anything, and asks why he’s pursuing the City Hunter so hard, if it’s because of his father.

Young-ju: It hurts my pride as a prosecutor. I keep having to acknowledge it. I keep thinking that his methods are right. It makes me angry and it wounds my pride, but there’s nothing I can do. The law has lost. To that guy.

Sae-hee: You should’ve shown me this side of you sooner. I left because you were so perfect, but today I feel like I want to be by your side. He’s a lot like you, Lee Yoon-sung. He seemed really lonely too. How he must’ve grown up… his back was covered in scars, and as he dug a bullet out of his own back… I felt really bad for him. You know I can’t stand to see a dog that’s lost its way. You’re like that too, aren’t you?

She changes the subject to the sunflowers she bought, and suddenly they trigger Young-ju’s memory. He rushes to his office to look at the president’s blog, and finds a series of the same paintings as the one in Chun’s file.

He calls to meet Yoon-sung for coffee, and asks for curiosity’s sake if he would have become the City Hunter, fighting for truth and justice and all that, if it weren’t for his revenge. I like that this matters to Young-ju.

Yoon-sung tells him that it’s something he risks his life for, and asks if Young-ju wouldn’t do the same, for poor defenseless people in pain. Young-ju smiles, satisfied at the Lee-Yoon-sung-esque answer.

He goes straight to Jin-pyo afterwards, to confront him straight-on about his own twisted revenge. Okay, seriously, Young-ju is rocking the big guns in this episode. He unflinchingly tells Jin-pyo that Yoon-sung doesn’t regret becoming the City Hunter because he couldn’t just stand aside and watch people in pain. HUCK! What if he slits your throat on the spot for knowing Yoon-sung’s identity?

He says that he liked that answer from Yoon-sung, who differs so greatly from someone else’s revenge plot that reeks of bloodlust. He says that Yoon-sung’s revenge may be forgiven, but Jin-pyo’s cannot.

And then he lays down the gauntlet: “You must have known. That Lee Yoon-sung is not Park Mu-yeol’s biological son.” Oh crap. He adds that he doesn’t care how Jin-pyo managed to survive in ’83, but what he really wants to know is why he stole Yoon-sung and raised him as another man’s son.

Jin-pyo: “If you want to know so badly, ask your father.” Oof. Poor Young-ju. The daddy drama never ends for you either, huh? Jin-pyo tells him that it’s all in the top-secret report, so he can find it himself to know the truth.

Jin-pyo tells him that it’s his job as a prosecutor to put a man on trial for murder. But what about a government that murders twenty of its own and then erases their existence to cover up its crime?

Jin-pyo: You think my revenge is for blood alone? The country I trusted to protect me – how it exploited, deceived, and slaughtered the lives of twenty people… What unspeakable acts they did in the name of country… what your father did!

Young-ju tells him that he will uncover the truth, and that Jin-pyo will have to face judgment. Jin-pyo doesn’t balk at facing his due punishment, but adds that he’ll have to put the nation on trial as well.

Young-ju is nothing if not exact about the letter of the law. He swears to put the country on trial, and even his father, to receive judgment for their actions. He tells Jin-pyo that the next time they meet it’ll be as prosecutor to criminal, on the stand.

So goddamn heroic, it kills me.

Yoon-sung, meanwhile, listens obsessively to his recording of Chun Jae-man’s phone call, trying to suss out where he is from the background noises. Ajusshi comes in, nagging incessantly about how he’s not eating, and what are they going to do about McCreepy downstairs who has to be fed, taken to the bathroom, and read-to…

Yoon-sung snaps and yells angrily at Ajusshi that he’s trying to find Chun Jae-man, scaring the living daylights out of him. Aw. *whimper* Don’t be mean to Ajusshi! He just loves you!

He realizes that he’s reached the end of his nerves, and apologizes. Ajusshi says he’s sorry and says that he’s worried about him is all, and scoots away before he gets yelled at again. Aw, poor Ajusshi, but I do appreciate the palpable sense that the City Hunter is down to the wire.

Chun Jae-man is still hiding out, and sends his new minions to retrieve a package that he sent to Young-ju. He vows to win this. “Let’s see who remains… the persistent one or the strong one.”

Young-ju drives along and gets a call from Sae-hee, over at his place to pick up a jacket she left behind last time. He asks if she has time to eat, so he heads over to meet her. Oh, I have a bad feeling about this. Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

While they’re still on the phone, she hears a doorbell, so she goes to answer the door… Eeep, I’m watching this with my hands over my eyes…

It’s a deliveryman, with a package for Young-ju, no sender. Oh whew. He tells her to open up the package, so she does, and finds the top-secret record book inside. Whoa. So Chun Jae-man must’ve originally sent it to him, planning to air the president’s dirty laundry. He tells her to keep it safe and heads home to meet her. But then a second doorbell rings. Ack! It’s the gas man. NO!

Nonononononono, don’t answer the door!

She answers it, and Chun’s new minions back her against the wall and knock her to the ground, laughing at her threats. They retrieve the book. Is he changing his mind because he wants to deal directly with the president? Or with the City Hunter?

Young-ju comes home, passing by the thugs on his way in. Something doesn’t feel right so he rushes upstairs…

He calls out her name over and over, checking every room, but there’s no response. Aaaauuugh, did they kill her? IS SHE DEAD?

He finally finds her, tied up and still alive. Gah. My nerves. She’s beaten up but okay, and she tells him to hurry and go. He just hugs her tight and says he’s sorry for putting her through this. Aw. He finally learned to put her first! That alone is worth the scare.

Yoon-sung finally figures out one of the background noises in the recording as a tow truck, hauling up a car. He realizes that Chun Jae-man used the accident outside the prosecutor’s office to escape in the car that was totaled. He replays the news footage to track down the car to the junkyard.

Young-ju takes Sae-hee to the hospital, and she tells him that she’s okay so he should go. He looks up at her, now realizing that she always said, “It’s okay. Go,” but I think it only now occurs to him that he shouldn’t have gone.

But that’s just Young-ju, and she knows it, even admires that it’s who he is. He tells her that he’s sorry. She smiles at him, “If I give you a second chance to repay that regret, will you do well?”

Aw, the way he looks up at her, like a puppy… it just kills me. She tells him that it’s what she wants. Yay, I’m so happy for them. But it also makes me re-scared for their lives all over again. Gah.

Chun gets word that he’s got the book back, which he plans to use against the City Hunter first, putting his original president plan on the backburner. He still thinks that Jin-pyo is the City Hunter, and declares that he should’ve died back in ’83.

He sends Jin-pyo a text to meet him at the junkyard if he wants the book. Jin-pyo in turn sends the message to Young-ju, posing as the City Hunter.

Sae-hee sees it written on his face that he has to get back to work, and laughs at his lack of a poker face. She tells him she’ll be safe in the hospital, and tells him to go. He puts his hand on hers, “Your offer of a second chance… that’s a promise, okay?” AW.

She tells him not to forget it either, and they promise to talk about it later. OHGOD. There’s not gonna be a later, is there? Is he gonna die? Show, are you trying to kill me? He gets the slow-motion hero walk out the door. OH NO. Frack.

Nana goes to see Mom and asks why the president has the same handkerchief as her. She asks if what she’s suspecting is right, and Mom tells her the truth.

Young-ju arrives at the junkyard first, and Chun Jae-man is surprised to see him there when he called Jin-pyo. He tells him that the book is being destroyed right this second, so he’s never going to get his hands on it.

Young-ju realizes that it’s serving as bait for the City Hunter, and turns back to try and retrieve it. But Chun and his henchmen beat him to a bloody pulp.

Yoon-sung arrives at the same junkyard, having tracked down the car that Chun escaped in. He takes out the thugs sent out to meet him in some outrageously badass moves, including one where he jumps through a car meant to squash him.

He gets closer and Chun jumps at the sound, “Is it the City Hunter?” Young-ju realizes what he has to do, and so he quickly locks the door behind him and sends Yoon-sung a text to find the book in the car crusher.

And then he buys him time by giving the henchmen a fight. Oh god, it’s his last stand, isn’t it?

Yoon-sung gets the message and turns around. The machine is rigged to keep going so he only has a few seconds to search the car before it gets pulverized with him in it. He digs around and finally finds the book hidden under the floormat, and gets out just in time not to get squashed to death.

Chun’s men finally beat Young-ju down to the ground, but he does everything to try and keep him there, grabbing his leg and refusing to let go. Chun sighs that it’s too bad he’s not more like his father. And then like a proper evil villain, he mentions that he’s headed to port to catch his boat, because Young-ju’s blocked all the airways.

Young-ju grits his teeth and uses all his remaining strength to pull himself up, as he lays out Chun Jae-man’s crimes against the people, as Prosecutor Kim Young-ju addressing the court.

And that’s when the final blow comes, straight to the back of his head. Blood streams down his face as he falls to the ground.

Yoon-sung makes his way up to Chun and his men, knocking down the ones sent at him, while Chun slips away. He’s about to go after him when he realizes that Young-ju is nowhere to be found.

He runs upstairs…

And there he finds Young-ju, lying bloody on the ground. He shakes him awake and Young-ju comes to, asking if he found it. He says yes. He tells Yoon-sung to uncover the truth.

He tells him to go catch Chun Jae-man at the port, “I don’t think I can go right now.” Augh, why is that sentence breaking my heart?

Yoon-sung: “Kim Young-ju, catch him with your own hands.” He coughs up more blood as he struggles to speak. He reaches out his hand and Yoon-sung takes it in his.

Young-ju: “City Hunter. Lee Yoon-sung. Forgive my father.” Oh my gooooooood. You’re asking for forgiveness in your father’s place? *WAIL*

A tear rolls down his face as he says, “I’m sorry,” and then he falls to the ground, dead.

Yoon-sung shakes him over and over, “Kim Young-ju. Kim Young-ju! KIM YOUNG-JU!”

COMMENTS

Oh my god, they killed Young-ju! I know, we complained that no one died, and then they killed off Young-ju! Grawr! Can I go back in time and trade some of the others for him? Puhleeeeease? Sigh.

But what a heroic send-off, for the upright prosecutor, to die defending justice and truth. And the City Hunter! I can’t believe it. It kills me, but in the best way possible. I mean, he was maybe the ONE character I didn’t want to see die under any circumstance… which is what makes it PERFECT. It’s the death that gets me in the gut, and rips out my insides. I have such a love-hate relationship with a show that does that. Respect, but angry bitter respect. Like it knows exactly whom I love and then kills him bloody. Gah.

I can’t believe they finally gave me the begrudging partnership between Yoon-sung and Young-ju, the one thing I’ve been dying for, just to yank it out from under me. It’s like waking up thinking it’s Christmas and then finding out it’s April Fool’s. It’s a cruel, sick joke. Props, Show. You fucking bastard.

You win.

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151 DarknessEyes

July 28, 2011 at 12:10 AM

This makes me ashamed for have ever cried for a romcom.
"I knew it when they gave him that second change that crazy walk… DAMMIT.
Only one show ever made me want to hunt down the writers to congratulate them and wring their necks for killing off a character. This one just made the list….

ARRRGGGH.

P.S. For the curious, the other was Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion. They killed Euphemia is such a horrible way…"

OMG you're soo right!!! I swear, when they killed Euphemia, i died with her. OMG THAT SHOW IS THE ANIME VERSION OF CITY HUNTER!!!! Haha, and coincidentally that's my favorite anime EVER and now City Hunter has become my favorite drama ever... Huh.... R.I.P Young Ju... and Kudos to you show. You not only have balls of steel, but adamantium :)

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152 Sho

July 28, 2011 at 12:16 AM

With Young-ju's death, gone is my only real motivation to watch this show -__-;;;
It's not just because Young-ju is my favorite character, but because of what he represented- justice *inside* the system. So unless by the end of ep. 20 I get to see a glimmer of hope, like someone succeeding Young-ju's ideals/principles while abiding to the law, this show is gonna go down as one that majorly wasted my time & emotional investment -___- Who gives a *beep* about the birth secret & Jin-Pyo the psycho's ending? Not moi.
I do like Yoon-sung, but I'm not interested in a story where only the City Hunter is doing the right/brave/smart thing, while everyone else is either weak, unintelligent, evil and most importantly, UNINTERESTING (eg. the dark hero's sidekicks who are "useful" but don't have their own story/world).
Sorry for the rant, I don't like to leave negative comments that aren't constructive criticism but are just... rants in an internet space not my own ^^;;;\ So regardless of what happens in the next episode, I promise I won't rant here =D
Thanks GF for the neat recap as always =)

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malta

July 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM

...well the comments box does say RANT AND/OR RAVE :)

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 7:27 PM

@starfield

Dramabeans belongs to Ms Javabeans and her co-host Girlfriday, and they are the most welcoming of hosts and they have never said that we cannot rant if you need to, so do not feel bad about your ranting. ;)

But what that does not need to be explicitly expressed is to be responsible for our ranting and not to make personal attacks, because it is unpleasant and distasteful.

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153 ramen_girl

July 28, 2011 at 12:21 AM

As I was reading, I thought GF was kidding that Young Ju would die, but OH MY GOD! the Show really did it!! And that last screen shot of Young Ju killed me.

Looking forward to tomorrow's episode (and secretely wishing that the Show would do a miracle and revive Young Ju back!!).

Thanks for the recap!!

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154 gingganggolli

July 28, 2011 at 12:23 AM

....ohhhhhhhhhh it hurts so much to watch City Hunter!

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 3:11 PM

This show was fun and light at the beginning.
Now it is all heartbreaks and tears.

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155 amberscube

July 28, 2011 at 12:24 AM

Young-ju is awesome from start to finish of this episode.
It's heartbreaking...it's shattering my heart to million little pieces.

Im bawling for Sae Hee..

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156 Hapacalgirl

July 28, 2011 at 12:25 AM

Oh my the slow mo walk of death, in any action flick you know what is coming when this scene happens and a promise made on top of it, yep he was going to be a goner.

As much as this is an awesome finale lead in, am I the only one who fears that the actual finale will be kind of rushed.

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157 athene121

July 28, 2011 at 12:27 AM

First, let me say I want revenge -- on JinPyo. True, we knew that JinPyo knew the circumstances of YS's birth. But still, the dagger digs deep. Even I can't believe that deep down JinPyo does care for YS and not just as a weapon or a precious tool for revenge. On the other hand, not sure I want JP to die.

Oh, but YJ. You just had to die, didn't you. He finally realized he respected the CH enough to do exactly what the CH does on a daily basis: wage his life in a war where where innocent lives were at stake and in constant danger of being destroyed. For the sake of serving the citizens, he died to help the reveal the catastrophic truth and all the lies that plague the nation. Such a brave, brave man.

R.I.P.

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158 Dee

July 28, 2011 at 12:29 AM

wow - i'm usually just a lurker here, and i became a regular because of the City Hunter recaps..

Am usually content to be a lurker but HOLY HELL!!!! what the heck is with taking out the big guns in this episode!?!? waaahhh!! it's so good and so annoying at the same time!!

i feel like a mush of bi-polar crazy right now. Outraged that they killed off Mr Prosecutor, but so excited cos having him killed suggests that the ending is going to go off!!!! *fingers crossed.*

Dramatically, it is the best move because i feel like they've set the entire drama to show just how Young-ju perfectly he fits into City Hunter's crusade (actually how entrenched he is in the entire thing!).. so having that 'perfect fit' into the narrative made me have this (false) expectation of his 'permanence' -- thereby making his death all the more grave!!

& seriously, i didnt see his death coming from prior episodes, heck he was such a solid permanent character i thought he was part of the furniture!... again, it's such a good move dramatically & i totally love the show for giving us such a last minute left-field killing. But it's also so bad a move for my insides. I'm raging that they killed him off cos i'm sucker for happy endings and isnt there a handful of other baddies that they could have killed off instead???? eesh.

anyway i might be repeating what others have said - i havent had time to go thru all the 200+ comments! hehe.. but i just had to say my piece of mind too!

i so cannot wait for the FINAL cos the stakes just hit stratosphere, and i'm hoping the ending is not going to be a huge letdown after all this crazy set up.

kyahh!! FTW City Hunter!!!!!

ps. thanks for the recaps. i've loved coming here and being (silently) part of the madness that is City Hunter! Great work guys!!!! :)

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Sandy

July 28, 2011 at 2:58 AM

Yes, I definitely agree. YJ's death works incredibly well for the show's dramatic tension but it just pains my heart so much, killing such a great character =(

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159 isabella

July 28, 2011 at 12:30 AM

so what's the likelihood that he's in a coma? xD

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM

Not very high. :(

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160 disfigurine

July 28, 2011 at 12:31 AM

I'm in disbelief even though I know for sure he's dead. Like, I'd rather NaNa went off because I could seriously accept the drama's bromance rather than "romance"

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161 zzzmadison

July 28, 2011 at 12:34 AM

i was gonna complain of not having a Yoon Sung introductory screencap but after finishing the recap.. aw... poor Young Ju *tears*

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162 scarlet

July 28, 2011 at 12:36 AM

It's finally over for the cast. LMH's maganement and PMY tweeted, saying that filming have finally wrapped up. I haven't watched the last episode but I'm feeling so empty already...
Good luck on the ratings tonight CH. Good Luck everyone! I love u so much.

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scarlet

July 28, 2011 at 12:40 AM

StarhausM M
SBS 드라마 스페셜 #시티헌터_ 촬영이 종료 되었습니다. 모든 배우, 스텝과 팬(Minoz)분들 수고 많으셨어요 ^^ 오늘 방송되는 시티헌터 마지막회, 20회! 즐겁게 시청 해 주세요!!http://twitpic.com/5x027y

シティーハンター最後の撮影が終わりました. 今夜 10時, 20回面白く見てください. Minoz, ありがとうございます. #leeminho http://twitpic.com/5x027y

#CityHunter shooting is over. Today 22:00, ep20! Look fun. Minoz, thank you. #leeminho http://twitpic.com/5x027y

PMY
나나빠빠이. Byebye NANA. 울최강시티헌터팀, 응원해주시는 모든분들 모두모두 진심으로 감사드립니다♥ 수고하셨어요 얍

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163 Shel

July 28, 2011 at 12:39 AM

I'm in denial....hoping for an "I'm not dead, yet. I think I'll go for a walk!" moment. But, alas, that usually only happens in Monty Python. Or Days of our Lives.

so sad. :0(

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164 kunai

July 28, 2011 at 12:39 AM

Sorry...decided to post again and not as a response.

I think that it’s a great twist. It’s like Jin-Pyo’s nightmare happening all over again – the good guy dies all over again and for what? YS is really in a moral dilemma and it’s the same one that made Jin Pyo become such an amoral character. Who is City Hunter going to be? It’s amazing that the build-up is really so effective and that YJ is really an instrumental player in it (the potential ally for good, not the potential lover, which in a weird way is so much more tragic in a public way rather than just a hugely private loss).

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165 yumii

July 28, 2011 at 12:46 AM

Tears, tears, tears.

Lee Jun Hyuk has been doing a marvelous job as Kim Young-Joo but he really hit it out of the ballpark for episode 19.

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 3:17 PM

Agree! Best acting from him so far! Hope he picks a good project next time.

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166 tuqaz

July 28, 2011 at 12:54 AM

For those who can't watch on viki, subs are out on:

http://www.epdrama.com/city-hunter/city-hunter-episode-19/

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167 seeyathecat

July 28, 2011 at 1:03 AM

I just remembered that they did the samething in Rain's 'Fugitive:Plan B' in the same episode the girl cop gets killed just after she finally gets her partner/ superior to admit that he likes her and they were going to go on vacation. I cried then too. I can see why but it is stll sad.

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168 effa

July 28, 2011 at 1:24 AM

He can't die....... andwe.. i hope really really hope, that a great doctors will save him so he can go bak to sae hee... yes somebody have to die, but it can not be him, please writer!!! episode 20 be nice... 9 hours to go so i can watch the ending

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169 Ann

July 28, 2011 at 1:34 AM

I don't think i've ever watched a show as sincere or just as city hunter. It amazes me with each and every episode because i think 'wow someone woke up on day and decided Hey! I'm going to create this amazing show called City Hunter' and you never really apperciate howmuch time and effort it must have taken this creator to put it all togethr its just ...amazing

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170 Belle

July 28, 2011 at 1:46 AM

THEY BETTER NOT KILL NANA OFF! I'm already half way ticked off that there wasn't too much of a romance angle...yeah yeah I know it's not a romance show, but why the heck tease & flirt with the posters, the earlier scenes, promises whateva...

I felt so sad that Mr Prosecutor was getting beaten up...for pete's sake whyyyy I too had a love hate relationship with the dude... if anyone should die it should be evil daddy!

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171 Belle

July 28, 2011 at 1:47 AM

Another thing...THEY ALSO BETTER NOT KILL YS EITHER or I will really really really throw a brick at my TV! LOL :P

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172 sugarpunch

July 28, 2011 at 2:04 AM

OMG i didn't even watch the show and i am tearing up towards the end!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO. this is so unfair. now somehow i get the feeling than YS and NN wont end up together. this is morbid, so morbid.

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173 suppiechan369

July 28, 2011 at 2:11 AM

ahh, didn't think they were gonna kill off YJ! even though i'm more of a LMH fan, YJ's death scene, with his valiantly protecting law and justice, really got to me T-T though i was totally expecting him to say some last words for Sae Hee, especially after their promising and second chances :/

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174 Ace

July 28, 2011 at 2:16 AM

Aaah...just skimmed through the comments and still surprised that people are not satisfied. It's really hard to please everybody. Kudos to the writer/s. You did a great job even if some says otherwise. They can't make everything perfect (some flaws are pretty obvious), but I'm looking at the whole forest and it's still very much awesome. Just write your own kdrama if you want it to be perfect. There are valid arguments here regarding the development of some characters (or lack of), but it can't all be A Game of Thrones where every character develops. Some are just meant to be what they are, but that doesn't make them less, or the drama less too.

Personally, episodes 15-17 were not as good as the previous ones, but I'd expected it to be like that near the end...however, I wouldn't like it if they did that during the last 2 episodes. The last two are what makes or breaks a drama for me. And CH just delivered. It's kick-ass and I dare any other action drama to top it (well, maybe CH S02?). What CH has, that Iris or Athena did not have, is a heart. And so, for that alone I love it. As JB & GF said, this drama has the trifecta and that's something I'm thankful for very much too. But even with the trifecta, without the heart, it's not something I'd be as excited to watch. The OST, I don't like as much, except for Im Jae Bum's Sarang...but the score's a winner.

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Ace

July 28, 2011 at 2:24 AM

Re: YJ's death - if he lives, I'll kill the staff of CH. That'll just piss me off. I actually thought his death scene was too long, but it reminded me a lot of Snape's death and how he held on to give Harry his memories so yeah, good job! He better be dead though and not in a coma.

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sara

July 28, 2011 at 3:12 AM

what has he done to deserve being dead and yeah it also reminds me of Harry Potter =(

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175 nonski ⭐️A forever JIN who crash landed on Hyun Bins heart❤️!

July 28, 2011 at 2:17 AM

okay! i'm still crying here and can't clearly see my screen...

this is just soooooooooooo sad!

and show you just GOT me all over AGAIN!

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176 Thatgirl

July 28, 2011 at 2:30 AM

I am so super disappointed in Kyunghee!!!!! Yoon Sung isn't, but I sure am!!! How the hell!?!??!?! OMG! I had so much faith in her!!!! I gave her so much credit!!!! And at the end, she turns out to be an adulterer?!?!?!?! I no longer have any respect for her anymore.

OMG!!!!! Young Ju!!!!!!! Oh My God!!!! Poor Sae Hee!!!! Kim Nana gets to have her man come back to her (As far as we know right now) and Jin Sae Hee doesn't get to have her man go back to her?!?!?!?

Young Ju! Young Ju!!!! YOUNG JU!!!!!!! :'( OH MY GOD!!!! No!!!!!!!!

Wow!!!! I'm surprised throughout all 19 episodes, I haven't cried even once..... I was expecting to be bawling by now.... Even as horrible, heart crushing things happened, I still couldn't even shed a tear.... I guess I won't be crying at all..... I should just stop expecting it.....

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Thatgirl

July 28, 2011 at 2:37 AM

"Props, Show. You fucking bastard."

Well.... in this one sentence, you've just said it all. x)

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Thatgirl

July 28, 2011 at 3:40 AM

OMG!!!!! I just realized that, that ending, is just like when Mu Yeol died, and Jin Pyo was holding him in his arms.

Mu Yeol: I'm leaving Kyunghee and the child to you.
Jin Pyo: No! You go back and you take care of them yourself you basterd!
(Or something like that....)

Young Ju: Go after Chun (Lol! I'm not even trying to memorize what he said Lol)
Yoon Dung: Kim Young-ju, catch him with your own hands

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amberscube

July 28, 2011 at 9:31 AM

TWO GOOD MEN died in this show...Mu Yeol and Young Ju.

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Yes, I loved the parallel between MY and JP vs. YS and YJ.

In JP case, he decided to go with revenge and turned his pain and guilt into hatred.

In YS case, he decided to uphold justice like how YJ would wanted him to.

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177 crzycpl

July 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM

This Show is da-bomb! :D

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 3:27 PM

For sure!!!! :) :)

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178 Arhazivory

July 28, 2011 at 2:33 AM

Dammit. My people at work must think my family member died or something. How is it that I can't stop crying after watching that?

You know what...that's it. If a man ever promises me that he'll definitely come back, I'll start mourning immediately. As she watched him leave my alarm bell started going 'oh no, oh no, oh no'. But I still wasn't expecting it and then...it really happened! I think he was the LEAST LEAST LEAST expected character to die. Oh dammit...CH, you hurt me so bad. I echo girlfriday's sentiments:

'You w i n.'

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179 sobz

July 28, 2011 at 2:40 AM

young ju died without knowing what happened in 1983..BWAAAAAAA :((((....

ill feel much better if he had found out..and shown his reaction to it...

i guess they HAD to kill off someone...seems inevitable for every action-thriller show..

still:'(((((((

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180 Thatgirl

July 28, 2011 at 2:42 AM

Girlfriday! Just out of curiosity, did you lose a bet to Javabeans or something? And thats why she gets to recap the Finale episode? Lol

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181 beggar1015

July 28, 2011 at 2:44 AM

What has happened to Kim NaNa?? For the last couple of episodes, her character has been nothing but background. Sure, she had that very, very brief life-threatening scene, but otherwise she's only been standing around with a handful of lines. Is the actress already off doing something else? I miss the days when Nana and YS were working together as a team.

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malta

July 28, 2011 at 9:34 AM

You'll enjoy the show a lot more if you just accept that Kim Nana is not as important in the story as the show initially led us to believe.

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM

@beggar1015

You will enjoy CH more if you accept the fact that CH is NOT about Na Na or her problems, but about Yoon-sung and the whole thing about Jin-Pyo using Yoon-sung to take revenge upon the countrymen who betrayed him and murdered his comrades and how those men came to be the way they were.

City Hunter has never pretended or said that its plot or storyline will make Na Na as an integral or important part but one of the parts that make the whole plot.

The best way to watch a drama is not to have any expectations so that you will not be in for a huge disappointment should the drama not live up to your expectations.

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182 sara

July 28, 2011 at 3:03 AM

my hero died, my hero died!

Am I the only one who cries like a baby right now? This can't be true, no, please I know in the last episode he got on my nerves but I still loved him and wanted him to work with YS >.< Damn wake up, please!

Please tell me someone I am dreaming! This must be a lie! This should be a lie I wanted him to see him marry that vet and be happy in the end but not dying!

I kill that fu***** fake daddy and that other guy! I kill them!!!!!!!!

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183 Molly~ my heart is burned by the Phoenixes #ningyizhiweiforever

July 28, 2011 at 3:06 AM

I am lost for words. I mean I actually can't describe what I am feeling (which is a first for me). Prosecutor is dead? Really? No way. No fucking way. Why do the good and beautiful always die first? He deserved his happy ending- which he didn't get. He lived so much of life under undeserving circumstances. His guilt for Nana. His guilt for his fathers corruption. The end of his relationship with Sae Hee. Not fair. And he never got his happy ending. And what's even more unfair? That we never got the bromance that we deserved. We saw the beginnings of it- but let's be honest we wanted it to reach the standard of a certain saguek drama. Come on show! We have been waiting for a bromance of such epic proportions since last year! K-dramas. You owe it to us. And you took one of the bro's away. You suck. But I forgive you. Because city hunter is awesome. Its like the drama I will raving about till 2012 presents its awesome drama of the year. Dream high, 49 days and (I can't believe I am doing this) Best Love (I am sorry Dokko, my love) you have just been knocked off as front runners for the title of awesome drama of 2011 which is the highest honour in my book. (Sungkyunkwan Scandal was 2010's and MGIAG came in second- and you're beautiful was 2009's).

Sorry if I no longer make any sense. I am just so bummed (there's a word I haven't used since I was 13). Prosecutor kim- you will go down in my list as one of my all time fave drama characters- Right next to yoon sung where you belong. And Shik Joong ajhussi. But that's another story.

Also I haven't commented on how flawless Lee min ho and his acting since episode 11. So here goes. How flawless are Lee min ho and his acting huh? And how purty is he?

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 3:36 PM

Love YS, love YJ, love Ajusshi, love JP, love Nana too!

So many cool characters in this drama.

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184 lucertola

July 28, 2011 at 3:10 AM

<< He smiles. Is that an I-love-Young-ju smile? Is it a my-BFF-Young-ju-and-I-will-fight-crime-together-forever-and-ever smile? <<

yes it is! *nods happily*

I guess Young-ji had to die, so story would resemble more to the original CH manga. But, I still hope he won't be officially dead in the next ep, because in this kdrama we get to see a kind of prequel to the main manga's story. Like how did CH carer begin etc. And if you have read the manga, in the beginning the "prosecutor" and CH were working together on more than few cases.
Due to all that, I still hope Young-ji isn't officially dead. *crossing fingers*

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Arhazivory

July 28, 2011 at 4:14 AM

Sorry....he's dead. -_-' The actor himself has bid his character adieu:

http://www.allkpop.com/2011/07/spoiler-city-hunter-actor-lee-jun-hyuk-reveals-his-thoughts-about-the-end-of-city-hunter

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halfmoon

July 28, 2011 at 10:21 AM

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lucertola

July 29, 2011 at 1:57 AM

Too bad :(

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huda

July 28, 2011 at 5:40 AM

actually i was waiting for YJ to become the Makimura of the manga but i completely forgot that it means his death.sooooooooooo sad

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lucertola

July 29, 2011 at 2:01 AM

Same for me here. So sad, cause I've hoped they could solve at least one more case together. :,(((

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185 Lizette

July 28, 2011 at 3:11 AM

Darn tottin' he's as right as rain! Bravo my LMH! Superb acting! I feel you!

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186 Swalayhar

July 28, 2011 at 3:43 AM

I really upset. But I think that's better than YS's dead. T_T

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 7:48 PM

If I have to pick one of the two, then yes I agree with you.

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187 Amara

July 28, 2011 at 3:46 AM

OMG.

Young-ju...WHYYYYYYY TT________TT I did not expect this at all. When he walked out I knew something was wrong, but I still held onto a shard of hope that I was wrong. And his last words...omg. Upright Prosecutor to the end. When he was hit on the head...I almost started screaming (but I'm in a dorm and I would wake everyone up...). And then the tears started pouring out like waterfalls, damn I never knew the prosector would make such an impression on me. And the actor, Lee Joon Hyuk, was amazing. Good work.

ahh I can't stop crying. TT_____TT
R.I.P. Kim Young-ju!

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188 urigureumi

July 28, 2011 at 4:01 AM

Oh my! Prosecutor Young Ju, why do you have to die????!!!!!!!!!! He's totally a real hero! I hope in the end of the drama, he'll be acknowledge big time because of what he did! Poor Sae hee, thought that Young Ju will be coming back, it just breaks my heart. :(

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189 mskololia

July 28, 2011 at 4:04 AM

Thanks girlfriday. I awaken to turn to this blog and see 300 comments so far. Props girl.

Show, how I love theee....Bastid.

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190 missjb

July 28, 2011 at 4:05 AM

CIty hunter, LJH, what u have done to me?? I CRIED A LITRE of tears, just for in this episode!! It blew me away!

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 7:55 PM

A Litre of Tears...now that's a great show. Bring back so much memories.

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191 Jajangmeong

July 28, 2011 at 4:12 AM

Thanks for your touching recap.i'm crying in the train because of kim yong ju.why did you kill him,show?kill mr creepy instead!

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192 koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 4:27 AM

We are on the last stretch with only the last episode left before we say goodbye to City Hunter.

After reading the comments in this thread, and throughout City Hunter’s recaps, I think I can safely say the commentators fall into 2 distinct camps :

1. The lovers of City Hunter and most especially Lee Min Ho. This is the group of people I belong to, WHO LOVE CITY HUNTER, and most especially Lee Min Ho, UNCONDITIONALLY and choose to focus on everything good, positive, wonderful about CH but are IN NO WAY BLIND to its faults/shortcomings, as we have been accused of by some commentators here, because so many of us in this group have brought up certain imperfections in CH that have been bothering us. However, even though we have pointed out those imperfections, we are not fixated on them to the extent that we have lost sight of CH’s strengths and perfections and have never allowed those imperfections to cloud our judgement or taint our pure love and affection for CH and LMH.

We know and can see City Hunter’s imperfections, faults and shortcomings BUT we CHOOSE NOT to focus on them because we choose not to, not because we are blind to them, because the truth is – nothing and nobody is perfect – and thus we accept that truth and focus on what are good, positive and wonderful about City Hunter, which are many.

And by not focusing on the negative/imperfections, it does not make us drama-watchers who left our brains at the door, but rather we choose not to use our brains to dissect every single imperfection to death such that we become angry, bitter, hostile, mean-spirited and overall very unhappy people.

Having lived in this world for as long as I have, and having been through the tests, trials and tribulations that for some people are what they only see in dramas/films but have never experienced themselves, I can safely say that there are people who are naturally good-natured and happy and wherever they are and whatever they do and say, they spread their good-nature and happiness to everyone around them, and succeeded in making everyone around them happy as well, while there is a group of people who, through nature or nurture, or both, always seem to carry a huge chip on their shoulders, who walk around with a constant scowl on their faces, who seem to be perennially unhappy, dissatisfied and/or angry at the world, who give off only negative vibes in everything they say or do, who are constantly fixated on everything and anything bad or imperfect, and they inevitably spread their negative vibe to those around them, and ultimately making everyone around them feel as unhappy, unsettling, dissatisfied and angry as they are. These people belong to the 2nd camp below.

2. This group of people kept saying that they care/like/love CH, which is why they pointed out everything and anything bad, wrong, imperfect about CH. And they did that by attacking the people who belong in the first group above, by accusing us of essentially being BLIND and DEAF to CH’s imperfections and thus making us out to be like immature, giddy, mindless fools/children, so besotted with a drama that we fail to see what is wrong with CH and alternating between admonishing us for being the way we are, much like admonishing a precocious child, and accusing us of being brainless fools.

I am not angry by what the people in this group have to say about the people in the first group/camp above but what I feel is pity. For reasons of nature or nurture or both, they seem to me to be so lacking in, or deprived of, pure, sincere, heartfelt, honest and UNCONDITIONAL love, affection, compassion, warmth, kindness, care and concern that they seem to have lost the ability to feel those emotions, toward themselves or others around them, such that they seem perennially under a dark cloud of sullenness, bad moods and negativity – essentially, they seem to nurse a great deal of unhappiness, dissatisfaction, discontent and disenchantment with everything and everyone in the world.

Personally, I see this group of people as very sad and pitiful people, because they cannot seem to savour and cherish the abundance of pure happiness, joy, contentment and satisfaction that the world has to offer. And as a result, they are resentful of the people who are able to identify and savour all the wonderful things that life and people around us have to offer.

I wonder if these people think their life s****s so much that they derive no joy, no satisfaction, no happiness from their experiences such that they are only capable of seeing, identifying and highlighting everything and anything less than perfect, but failing so spectacularly to notice and appreciate all the good and near-perfect things in this wide wide world.

I never cease to wonder if these people have people in their lives who love them unconditionally, who are always there for them, through thick and thin, through hell and high water. Maybe they do not, which could be the reason they have lost their ability to feel love for themselves or for others, with all their imperfections, because true, honest and unconditional love is just that – loving everything about something or someone, even their faults, shortcomings and imperfections, because true love recognises that nobody and nothing is perfect, but happily and freely embraces and accepts that truth without question.

As in everything in life, there are bound to be people who are never happy or satisfied with what the makers of City Hunter have tried to do. And from the comments I have read in this thread, there are many who commented on what they see as bad, wrong and imperfect about CH.

However, I wonder if these people ever stop to ask themselves these questions :

1. Can they do better? Can they write a better drama? Can they produce a better drama? Can they make a PERFECT drama? If they have not even tried, let alone succeeded in achieving all that, shouldn’t they be less harsh and critical of CH?

2. It takes one to know one. If they are so focused on pointing out all that is bad in CH, in the name of being an honest and ‘smart’ drama-viewer, is it not also a reflection of the kind of people they are that they are so fixated on all that is wrong, imperfect and negative about CH and then being resentful of the people who are not like them to the point of belittling and demeaning those people?

To all CH and LMH lovers the world over, let us ignore those who choose to only see the bad and imperfect about CH by not responding to their comments and just rejoice in everything and anything good, joyful, wonderful and memorable about CH.

Let not their negative vibes and comments taint our love and affection for CH and LMH because really, HOW COULD THEY, when our love is so strong and true?

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olsen

July 28, 2011 at 6:18 AM

I nominate our dear Kay to be the President of the first camp #1.

FIGHTING!

I don't think there is any need to announce that I belong to camp #1.
But, I have to admit that may be because of my age, I have been waiting and wanting a lil more screen time of Nana and YS TOGETHER (and the fact that I'm a hopeless romantic doesn't help!)

Yes, Show, you are not perfect..
but, how I love you still..
Marry me show, marry me

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corn tea

July 28, 2011 at 6:34 AM

Camp #1 here I come!

To me I ask why the pursuit of perfection when life itself is imperfect?

It's hard for me to understand the demand for every single plot element to be driven to full resolution, for what? Sometimes sh*t happens and there is nothing you can do about it, that's the reality we are in every day, and that's the reality a good drama brings us.

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:43 AM

@corn tea dear! ;)

You already are a precious member of Camp #1, dearest! ;)

I can't agree with you more with your words :

"To me I ask why the pursuit of perfection when life itself is imperfect?"

EXACTLY, my dear!! how futile it is to seek something that does not exist...

...

And i agree with every single word in your 2nd para!!!
Perfectly-worded!!! ;)

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Nadira

July 28, 2011 at 8:54 AM

"To me I ask why the pursuit of perfection when life itself is imperfect? It’s hard for me to understand the demand for every single plot element to be driven to full resolution, for what?"

My thoughts exactly!

Camp #1 through and through!

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:34 AM

@olsen dearest CH sister!!! ;)

Thank you, Olsen dear, for your support and also for your wit and humour, because you really crack me up with these :

"Yes, Show, you are not perfect..
but, how I love you still..
Marry me show, marry me"

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! you are too precious!!! ;)

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Inseparable_gemini

July 28, 2011 at 6:26 AM

Proud member of Camp # 1!!! =)

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:44 AM

Yes!!! You are, indeed!!! ;)

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smashingalou

July 28, 2011 at 6:30 AM

I SECOND THE MOTION OLSEN DEAR!!

koreandramalover / kdl / kay, So agree should be the leader of the PACK on CAMP#1..

Who else better than so say those words so justifyingly true and so spot on but our dear KOREANDRAMALOVER?! Her name has it all already, THE LOVE!!

As in anything in this world, NOTHING IS PEFECTLY CREATED TO MATCH EVERY HUMAN EXPECTATION!!

And I say, I DIED A MILLION TIMES ALREADY LAST YEAR AND MY HEART STOPPED BEATING FOR I DON'T HOW MANY TIMES IN JUST ONE SINGLE YEAR...

For some good ole reason, CH/LMH REVIVED IN THE MOST THANKFUL WAY A RIPPED HEART CAN THINK OF IT...

CH IS IS WHAT IT IS AND PREPOSTEROUSLY TO ME, IT'S SO DAMNED MAGICAL NO ONE CAN BREAK THE SPELL I'M IN...

AND I ECHO GF LAST WORDS on this recap....

"SHOW, YOU FUCKING BASTARD, YOU WIN!"

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:49 AM

@smashingalou dearest CH sister!! ;)

WOW!!!! simply WOW!!! ;)

your powerful ranting and raving just blew me away!!! ;)

but how i LOVE it, dear smashingalou, because you are SO SPOT-ON!!!! ;)

thanks so much for the support and love, smashing!!

Just like your name, you are truly SMASHINGLY GREAT!!! ;)

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smashingalou

July 28, 2011 at 6:57 AM

Oh, I forgot to say, PROUD MEMBER OF CAMP#1. *wink*wink*

To the point that I want the CITY HUNTER to catch me, tie me up, put military tags on me and covered me in a sash that will say "I LOVE CITY HUNTER'!!! :)

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 7:04 AM

@smashing!! Yes!!! You are a most precious member of Camp #1!!! ;)

"To the point that I want the CITY HUNTER to catch me, tie me up, put military tags on me and covered me in a sash that will say “I LOVE CITY HUNTER’!!!"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! ME TOOOOO!!!! ;)

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missjb

July 28, 2011 at 6:32 AM

It's not we don't want to enjoy the show. It's just ... sometimes to watch a show that so many thing bothering us will decrease to enjoying the show. Trust me, I forgive this drama too much.... That's how much i love this drama.

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Arhazivory

July 28, 2011 at 7:17 AM

Whoohoo! You rock. Haha.

And Camp #1 rocks~!!

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 7:21 AM

@Arhazivory ;)

Thank you!!! Camp #1 members make it so rockingly-awesome!!! ;)

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grace, the one from Jersey, USA

July 28, 2011 at 9:32 AM

Hey kdl ~

I read your brilliant pro/con City Hunter post.
As previously mentioned....BRILLIANT!

However......
since I usually have a warped point of view :)
all that I could picture was two opposing Korean
historical drama armies, in snappy, ultra-colorful,
embroidered 7th century costumes, with the
obligatory flaming arrows and drummers,
grimly marching towards each other for a fatal
face-off.

One army lead by you: The "Lee Min-hot" gang,
versus "the non-actor Lee Min-ho" evil forces,
lead by you-know-who.

I have to go lie down now.
Time for me to go nite-nite. :) :) :) :) :)

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:27 PM

Hi there, grace!! ;)

"since I usually have a warped point of view
all that I could picture was two opposing Korean
historical drama armies, in snappy, ultra-colorful,
embroidered 7th century costumes, with the
obligatory flaming arrows and drummers,
grimly marching towards each other for a fatal
face-off.

One army lead by you: The “Lee Min-hot” gang,
versus “the non-actor Lee Min-ho” evil forces,
lead by you-know-who."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

THANK YOU, GRACE!!! Like I said before, your posts always make me laugh my head off because of your warped sense of wit and humour...simply AWESOME!!! ;)

Have a good night's rest and sweet dreams!!! ;)

malta

July 28, 2011 at 9:46 AM

I don't have the stamina to properly respond to this...I don't belong to Camp #1 but I also don't belong to your hateful characterization of Camp #2. We are all still fans of City Hunter since we watch it religiously every week and read about it, write about it, comment on it, fangirl, rant and rave.

Like I said before you can only hate something that you've loved so much before. For me kdramas are an emotional rollercoaster because I take the stories and the work all the people put into them seriously. I value them and spend a lot of thinking and writing about.

I refuse to apologize or be ashamed for the passion I feel for the stories in kdramas whether that passion is in love or hate NOR would I ever ask someone else to do that. Sometimes a comment is just an opinion not a declaration of war. I flat out reject your notion that City Hunter fans should be separated into opposing camps. Peace out.

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 4:17 PM

@malta

"I flat out reject your notion that City Hunter fans should be separated into opposing camps."

Well, if that is your opinion, you are entitled to it, just as I am entitled to mine. Whether you are agree to it or not is of no consequence to me because in life we have to accept the fact that there are people whose opinions are of no consequence (or do not matter) to us.

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:47 PM

@malta

Just to add something else which i feel is necessary to add...

The reason i wrote the comment THE WAY that I did was because some commentators wrote in their comments about what they think of CH INCLUDING attacking those who they say do not think or act like them by saying demeaning things.

If, as you say, "Sometimes a comment is just a comment not a declaration of war", then why did those commentators wrote what they wrote about others who are not like them?

We all have to be responsible for what we say and do.

Besides, when did I ever ask or hope for people to think or act the way I do? I do not believe any of the CH lovers have ever asked or expressed their wish for EVERYONE to think and act the way we do either.

To each his own. But when people do write things that are direct attacks, we have every right to voice our opinion. But whether you can accept our opinions or not, is of no consequence to us, because there are people who matter to us and thus their opinions matter to us and there are people who do not matter to us and thus their opinions do not matter either.

Please do not reply to this comment of mine because once again, your opinion is of no consequence to me, so do not waste your time or energy.

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mskololia

July 28, 2011 at 9:47 AM

#1. :)

Love it---warts and all....

Trust me when I say, once I do not like a drama, I drop it and all commentaries about it cease. It's like it never existed.

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:18 PM

@mskololia ;)

"Trust me when I say, once I do not like a drama, I drop it and all commentaries about it cease. It’s like it never existed."

EXACTLY!!! You said it!! I feel exactly the same. Why waste time and energy on what we hate, right? Just to prove a point? ;)

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Maymay

August 5, 2011 at 8:02 PM

Faithful member of Camp #1.

Perfection is so overrated!

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193 soojin08

July 28, 2011 at 4:47 AM

RIP KIM YOUNG JOO.

/still bawling TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT_TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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194 So-In-lurve

July 28, 2011 at 4:56 AM

I luv this show but damn why did uhave to kill YOUNG JU show..... I m sure its gonna effect city hunter more!!! BUt y did u kill YJ ?? N u told him to ask for his father's forgiveness at the end??? YOU JUST KNOW HOW TO BREAK ONE"S HEART don't u???

ARGH!!! I m crushed!!!

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195 mykyuchibi

July 28, 2011 at 5:00 AM

so saaad..... T_T

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196 Stephanie

July 28, 2011 at 5:00 AM

Wonder twins? activate? really????
hahahahahahah

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197 Maymay

July 28, 2011 at 5:28 AM

City Hunter is coming to an end today...so sad.

Links for live streaming

http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b6145.htm

http://kpophiitsu.blogspot.com/p/soshified-hiitsu.html

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hiitsustreamtv02

They all work currently.
Warning: Major Lagging may occur.

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Maymay

July 28, 2011 at 6:00 AM

Forget these links, not working today.

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smashingalou

July 28, 2011 at 6:02 AM

oh gosh,went to work very early today so i can catch live streaming for the VERY FIRST TIME.. and the links are not working..It's off-air....waaaaahhh!!!!

Are you toying with me CITY HUNTER?

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:07 AM

yup, not working... :(

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corn tea

July 28, 2011 at 6:23 AM

oh well it's FATE that live stream is not working. still disappointed tho.

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koreandramalover/kay

July 28, 2011 at 6:59 AM

yes, it is FATE...that is life... ;)

198 C

July 28, 2011 at 5:28 AM

Nooooo!!! How come he dies??!! Plz no:( not gona watch this if he dies grrrr

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199 ahjummabunny

July 28, 2011 at 5:45 AM

realistically it was always yoon sung or young ju because that's how the characters were built. I'm still shocked because the reveal misled me. I thought it would mean that young ju would change and yoon sung would change. I think I disagree with it as a natural, true to life occurrence, but I understand it.