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Can you recommend some kdramas like City Hunter?

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I’ll try! Not sure what it was you liked about CH, so I’ll cover my bases the best I can. It’s been years since I’ve watched this drama, so I’m only going off of my vague memory, and there’s a fair chance I’ll just end up recommending favorite dramas because I can:

Heartless City – darker than CH but has some excellent fight scenes (no spoons, I think, but still awesomeness like that), plus a whole undercover secret revenge plot.

Three Days – has action and political machinations, and I mostly thought of it because of the secret service angle. Not quite as humorous, though.

Story of a Man – not exactly political, but revenge thriller with an excellent cast. More psychological fighting than physical, though, so if you’re looking for action, this might not be your drama.

Blade Man – more if you like the relationship between the main characters in CH than any political revenge thriller. It’s a better drama than it sounds, I swear!

Vampire Prosecutor (seasons 1 and 2) – if you liked the action and also the bromance between Yun Sung and Ahjussi.

When It’s At Night – reluctant romance over solving art thefts! I dunno. I’m reaching now.

So I apparently don’t watch a lot of action-romance-thriller-comedy dramas, at least ones that I remember very well and can recommend. You can check out this tag if you were more specifically interested in thrillers.

I’m sure some of my followers will be happy to add to the list, though. (I’d bet good money at least one or a dozen will mention Healer but I’ll save y’all the hassle and just add to the list even though I never got past halfway so can’t personally vouch for it.)

C’mon, help a fan out or I’ll repost this image every day for the next month:

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EDIT: you’re in luck, Anon! I have more suggestions for you thanks to some lovely followers (and alas, that means no spamming the LMH STYLE. *pouts*).

luinel-kaya:

Oh my, you mentioned When it’s at Night aka my fave *tears up", i’m dying at this post. Please keep reposting the picture, and yeah i’d add Healer first in that list.We could possibly add Athena Goddess of War for all dem guns and revenge.

dahliabunches:

My go-to recommendation for action!kdrama is always Two Weeks. I don’t know how it compares to City Hunter though (as I haven’t watched CH…)

obscurewanderer:

I’d definitely recommend Bridal Mask (revenge, masked “superhero”); maybe Yong Pal (action/romance) and Liar Game?

Oh yeah, and Healer, as you mentioned – I can definitely vouch for its quality. What a great drama.

Kdrama Women’s Week: LGBTQ Character of Choice

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Jamie – Liar Game

Even though the show never truly touches on it, there are enough hints that I’m stubbornly declaring it follows the original canon that the Jamie character is transgender. There’s a lot about this show that disappointed me as a fan of the original Japanese drama and the manga, but Jamie definitely was not one of them.

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I wanna know which of the following you’ve watched, and a few words on what you thought of these if you did see them!: Liar Game, Pride and Prejudice, Angry Mom, Ex-Girlfriend Club, Oh My Ghost. These are some of my favorites I watched this year and I wanna know what you thought!! (I’d put in Misaeng but I already know what you thought of it :) ) ALSO make sure to watch reply 1988 when all the episodes are out!! it’s one of my top 3!

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Yay! My first question! Extra cookie for you!

Liar Game

I really, really, really love the jdrama and while the kdrama was enjoyable enough on its own, it was missing elements that I enjoy most about the jdrama/manga. So, eh… I can see why others might love it but I was disappointed by it in many ways.

Pride and Prejudice

I watched the first couple of episode (or at least the first one) but it didn’t stick with me, so I dropped it.

Angry Mom

Didn’t watch.

Ex-Girlfriend Club

I loved this little show. It was one of the rare rom-coms I watched through until the end and enjoyed every step of the way. I feel like the premise was a little misleading, because one of my favorite parts of the show was all the women working together and being awesome. It was my kind of show and while I know it wasn’t popular with others (*cries over the fact it was cut-down to 12 episodes*), it was one of my favorites of the year. Maybe it wasn’t a great drama, but it was magic while it was airing (and that’s just not my inner Byun Yo Han fangirl speaking).

Oh My Ghost

Park Bo Young was amaaaaazing. She did an incredible job. Of course I always love my girl Kim Seul Gi, and Jo Jung Suk is forever a fave (and seeing the adorable Kwak Si Yang is welcome) – plus I can never get enough of Im Joo Won, even when he’s playing a baddie. But I didn’t feel the magic in this show. There were certainly interesting characters to fill up the space (which is always important to me – minor characters are so much more important than people think!), but I didn’t buy the romance, so it was hard for me to care about what was the central plot. I liked everything else around it, though. Still, except for PBY’s amazing acting, it’s a forgettable show for me.

Reply 1988

I totally plan to watch this one it’s over, and I am a little more optimistic about it because even though the episodes are once again bloated, I’ve heard there’s more focus on the characters and less on the “who’s the husband” love-line. So I’m already prepped to enjoy it a lot more than I did 1994.

(And yes I adore Misaeng and think it’s pretty much a perfect show – it’s one of the few dramas I actually own, as in, shelled out good money to buy in DVD. The other one, btw, is Reply 1997. Which is just to tell you how much I loved that drama if I’d pay overblown import fees to have a hard copy forever and ever.)

Thanks for the question! ^_^