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I hope that you'll find my blog postings interesting to read, I'm now posting overviews of the K-drama that i am currently watching, which is called City Hunter.
This korean drama is based on the manga 'City Hunter' which was created by Tsukasa Hojo, a manga artist whose drawings and story writing I really like^^ The manga consists of 35 books published from 1985 to 1992.
The genre of this manga: Action, comedy and crime fiction
When I was 12 or 13 years old, I read several of the City Hunter manga and also watched its anime mostly in french though and I even learnt the opening song of the anime by heart at that time haha^^
If you want to listen to the 'City Hunter' anime opening song that i used to watch when i was younger, you can click on the following link:
City Hunter anime french opening song
After watching the video from the link posted above, you'll notice that the name of 'City Hunter' is known as 'Nicky Larson' in the french translation of the anime. Don't get confused with the names, Nicky Larson is the french name for City Hunter whereas in the manga City Hunter's name is Ryo Saeba.
In the manga of 'City Hunter':
Ryo Saeba is a 'sweeper' known as City Hunter. He and his sidekick Kaori Makimura (her french name is Laura) are hired to solve problems that the police is unable or unwilling to handle. From what I can remember from the manga, Ryo Saeba is an assassin trained since a child in a guerilla troupe. He lost his parents in an airplane crash (resulting in a phobia of airplanes) during which he miraculously survived and was abducted or adopted by a guerilla troupe (i don't remember the location of the guerilla troupe). That's how he was brought up as an assassin skilled in using all types of firearms, learnt many fighting techniques and shoots very accurately (example: he can shoot many times through the same hole on a target, he is also a sniper i.e. he can shoot from long distances of up to about 400m...i think). However, after Kaori became his partner he stopped killing and took on various types of jobs ranging from body guard, spy to investigator. 
When he's not keeping the streets of Tokyo (Shinjuku) clean, Ryo is chasing the ladies and Kaori chases after him to hit him with a giant hammer whenever he's being indecent to or stalking the ladies^^ There are many funny gags created in these situations I remember^^ 
Ryo Saeba is a character who hides his feelings and his heavy past is hardly mentioned in the anime, most of it was mentioned briefly in the manga. Ryo is known to be a player who constantly flirts with pretty girls. Eventually, we learn that Kaori and Ryo actually love each other but they don't dare to admit it because Ryo cannot allow himself to fall in love in this dangerous life he leads.
In the french translation of the manga; Ryo said: « une femme peut tomber amoureuse d'une personne pour le reste de sa vie, moi je ne peux l'être que de temps en temps » (Amour, Destin et un Magnum 357) !
I've translated the above french words below:
Ryo said: "A woman can fall in love with a person for the rest of her life, for me it can only be now and then
OK!^^ Now I'm going to talk about the Korean drama of 'City Hunter', it's quite addictive because of the occasional suspense and cliffhangers. City Hunter's name in this live action drama is Lee Yoon Sung and this role is played by handsome and talented actor Lee Min Ho.
The plot of the City Hunter drama is very different from the storyline in the manga, so people who have read the manga before should not expect to see the same episodes and scenes from the anime in this live action drama. The start of the drama does not immediately introduce the City Hunter, there's some dark and a bit complicated background story provided first, telling us about Yoon Sung's father, how the latter was betrayed and how Yoon Sung is raised up to become the City Hunter who seeks revenge from the 5 perpetrators who have ordered the assassination of his father and comrades who were soldiers sent on a secret mission.
So this was a very brief summary of how the drama begins^^
If you want to watch this drama, go to the google search bar on my blog and type: City hunter drama ep 1
Thank you for reading my posts^^
I'll do some other reviews of the City Hunter drama next time^^
I hope you'll enjoy watching this drama^^
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