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'''''City Hunter''''' (시티헌터) is a 20-episode [[Korean Series]] that aired on SBS from May to July 2011. It shared [[Suggested By|very few details with the]] [[City Hunter|Japanese work of the same name]]. There were also reports that the mangaka himself was involved in the production of the South Korean version after he personally refused other TV adaptations for ''City Hunter'' in the past few years.
 
In 1983, 20 South Korean commandos were deliberately killed by friendly fire after a successful raid on North Korea in retaliation for the attempted bombing in Burma. TheloneThe lone survivor, Lee Jin Pyo, swears revenge on [[Corrupt Bureaucrat|The Council of Five]], a group of high-level politicians that ultimately made the decision to abandon the team in order to avoid any political backlash. To that end, he kidnaps the newborn son of his best friend, who had died in the raid to save Jin Pyo's life. He molds the child into an instrument of [[Revenge]], teaching him martial arts, firearms and other military tactics before sending him abroad to learn electronics and surveillance techniques.
 
[[Time Skip|Flash forward]] to 2011 in Seoul. The child has grown into Lee Yoon Sung, a talented graduate from MIT, hired by the Blue House (presidential palace) into their IT department. After gaining immense wealth as a drug lord, Lee Jin Pyo has acquired the cover identity of a respected businessman specializing in antlers for the Asian medicinal market.
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As Yoon Sung funnels the evidence of wrongdoing through Young Joo, he is given the persona nickname "City Hunter" by the police, as a shadowy vigilante, who skirts the law but also helps to destroy [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|those in power who feel above the law.]] The corruption may even go all the way to the [[The White House|Blue House]] itself.
 
 
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: Eun Ah when she spars with Ki Joon.