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3	''Hungry City/City of the Famished'' (배고픈 자들의 도시) is a Supernatural Action Comedy KoreanWebtoon by Eucalyp and Hwi, originally published by Daum.
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6	Jerome, a vampire, wakes up from a long sleep in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Even though zombies pose no threat to him, their rotten blood isn't suited for drinking. Hungry and desperate to find living humans, he encounters Mina. To save her own life, she offers him a deal: in exchange for protection, she will lead him to a safe zone full of other survivors.
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9	!! Provides examples of:
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11	%%* ActionSurvivor: Mina.
12	* AntiHero: Mina is prepared to use the lives of other humans as a bargaining chip to save her own. She also tries to leave [[spoiler:George]] behind, even after he rescued her.
13	* BurnTheUndead: One of the methods effective at killing zombies is burning them.
14	* ClassicalMovieVampire: Jerome, complete with a standard cape, a coffin to sleep in, and a surname referencing both Bram Stoker and Dracula.
15	%%* CoolVsAwesome: Vampire vs zombies.
16	%%* CrapsackWorld: It's a ZombieApocalypse. What can you expect?
17	* DaywalkingVampire: Jerome, but [[spoiler:he still hates the sunlight and other traditional vampire weaknesses, even though they don't harm him.]]
18	* DealWithTheDevil: A deal with a vampire in this case. Mina offers to guide Jerome to other survivors in exchange for sparing her life and protecting her.
19	%%* FriendlyZombie: [[spoiler:George]].
20	%%* FrozenFashionSense: Jerome. JustifiedTrope, as he slept for many decades.
21	%%* GroinAttack: How Mina fights off Jerome when they meet.
22	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Pretty much every major character seems to be named after a horror icon. A zombie named [[Creator/GeorgeRomero George]], another one named [[Creator/BorisKarloff Karloff]], a human [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Mina]] and of course Jerome De [[Creator/BramStoker Vladstoker.]] (Yeah.)
23	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:George retained his sapience, even though his body had transformed.]] Also, chapter seven introduces a giant zombie with great strength and hard skin that seems to only [[spoiler:target other zombies]].
24	* ThePowerOfBlood: Jerome gets stronger from drinking blood.
25	* VampiresSleepInCoffins: Jerome is a vampire sleeping in a coffin at the start of the story.
26	* VillainProtagonist: Jerome is no VegetarianVampire. He enjoys hunting humans for food, and his partnership with Mina starts out purely self-interested for both sides.
27	%%* VomitIndiscretionShot: Happens to Jerome when he tries drinking zombie blood.
28	* ZombieApocalypse: The world is full of wandering zombie hordes, and human survivors are few and far between.

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