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City Hunter and Stars Falling from the Sky. What’s the one with the archer in the red headband?
I’ve watched seven now, I think, and so far my favorites are Faith and I Miss You/Missing You, followed closely by City Hunter.
Jumong is the red headband/archer. I didn’t watch Missing You- I thought I would because I like those actors, but the recaps I read of the first couple of shows were just too dark.
If you liked City Hunter, you might also like A Man Called God, Crime Squad, Fugitive- Plan B (also called Runway, Plan B), or A Man’s Story. A Man Called God is probably the weakest.
I’ve noticed almost all of my reviews are rom-coms or shows involving music, and I think it’s time I did some different genres.
The third episode of Missing You is where the really bad stuff happens, but before that is the developing friendship of the main characters — they’re so cute I can hardly stand it. Then half way through episode five it jumps 14 years to the present day, so all the bad stuff is in the past. Of course the bad stuff in the past affects the present, but the main character has grown up to be an admirable man. And practically all of the last episode is Happy Ending, which is very unusual in my experience so far. Overall it’s been the most statisfying of the ones I’ve watched.
I may have to give Missing You a try, then, but I’m a bit nervous. the stuff I read about in show 3 is the kind of stuff that tends to be a trigger for trauma flashbacks for me. Maybe I’ll just go with reading about it on Dramabeans and watch the other shows?
Well, in that episode, the two kids are tied up and while Jung Woo is trying to cut through his rope with some broken glass, one of the bad guys drags Su Yeon away then tapes Jung Woo’s mouth shut and kicks him. Su Yeon gets loose at first and hits the guy with a piece of lumber and tells him that her dad was a murderer and that she can kill too, but he knocks her down and drags her off again. There’s a little screaming, but the rest of that scene shows Jung Woo crying and still trying to cut his ropes. So it’s all off scene. When I first watched it I wasn’t completely sure that “that” had happened until later on when a blood-stained shoe that she lost is analyzed and the detective is told that it looked like there’s also been a sexual assault (sic).
I don’t know whether you’d need to skip just that scene or the whole kidnapping. At Drama Crazy the kidnapping happens around eleven minutes into the first part and Jung Woo escapes about eleven minutes into the second part. It takes so long because it’s interspersed with things happening to the other characters elsewhere. The worst part is in part two, from about seven to ten minutes, and is uninterrupted.
If you want to skip the whole kidnapping I can tell you what happens with the other characters.
HTH.
Surprisingly, I’ve only seen 6 of these, and only finished 3 (City Hunter, Stars Falling from the Sky, and Oh My Lady).
Is Jumong good?
I have the same feelings on I Miss You – I was excited about the leads, but the story was way too dark for me.
You should review City Hunter!
I’d have to watch it again to review it- I watched it so many K-dramas ago.