The BEST episodes of City Hunter season 1
Every episode of City Hunter season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of City Hunter season 1!
Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.
#1 - One Sexy Partner! After Shower Compensation
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 1/11/1988
Ryo is hired by a female "sweeper" who works for the insurance industry. Their goal is to recover a very expensive diamond stolen from a business tycoon. Once recovered, however, the owner of the diamond double-crosses them and kidnaps Aya. Ryo must rescue her with Kaori's help.
#2 - Fast-Paced Romance! A Girl's Love Closing in Fast
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/2/1987
Ryo and Kaori come across two opposing jobs involving the same people. Kaori is hired by a member of a Biker Gang who wants her to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to deflect attention from the daughter of a tycoon. And Ryo is hired by the daughter to convince the biker to leave his gang and live a normal life.
#3 - Don't Die, Ryo!! Hard Boiled Magnum
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/9/1987
When Ryo is hired by Saeko to bait a well known assassin, the assassin takes notice and issues a formal challenge to Ryo.
#4 - Go For It Umibozu!! One Hard Boiled First Love Concerto
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/16/1987
Umibozu is injured while protecting a female pianist with whom he has affection for. He enlists the help of Ryo to help protect the girl from a corrupt politician involved in a bribery scandal and who is trying to report the story in honour of her dead fiance.
#5 - Shock! Ryo's a Papa: Don't Wake that Sleeping Child
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/23/1987
A young girl comes up to Ryo claiming that he is her father. But this is all a ruse by a desperate mother to protect her from her late husband's father who intends to take her away from her mother. Ryo and Kaori both develop a bond with a little girl and Ryo realizes that the late husband's father is not as bad as portrayed.
#6 - Beautiful Newscaster: Ryo's Secret Mokkori Report
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/30/1987
Ryo is assigned to protect a famous reporter as she tries to cover a report involving a corrupt politician and Yakuza.
#7 - A College Girl Plays Hardball For Love! Someone Is Trying To Kill Me
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/7/1987
Ryo must try to ascertain whether or not the adopted daughter of a wealthy tycoon is trying to kill herself. The daughter, however, maintains that it is her adopted father who is trying to kill her. In fact, this is part of an extortion scheme from parties unknown.
#8 - Shinjuku Honor All The Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (1)
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 12/14/1987
When Hoodlums try to harass the owner of Otora's cafe into selling her business, Ryo intervenes with the help of a young girl who claims to be a member of the Hanafubuki Gumi, a group representing honor and dignity. However, the hoodlums are members of the Hanafubuki Gumi themselves. When the daughter Kikunosuke asks Ryo to teach her about honor and the Japanese way, the Hanafubuki Gumi hoodlums return and kidnaps Otora. Ryo and Kikunosuke must rescue her and Ryo learns that Kikunosuke is the daughter of the leader of the Hanafubuki Gumi.
#9 - Shinjuku Honor All The Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (2)
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/21/1987
Cast away from the Hanafubuki Gumi, Kitoo and the other hoodlums plot to kill Kikunosuke's father and their former leader. Meanwhile, Kikunosuke, on orders from her father, boards with Ryo to learn more about dignity and honor. Kaori goes to Kikunosuke's father with a request to allow her daughter to live a normal life.
#10 - Princess From The Moon! Amnesia Give Ryo Headaches
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 1/4/1988
Ryo runs into a woman who claims she has amnesia and gets notoriously drunk after one sip. Ryo deduces that the girl is not actually suffering from memory loss and is attempting to run away from an overwhelming fact.
#11 - Love, Don't Leave Me! Ten-count to Tomorrow
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/1987
A boxer is killed over a fight for a championship title, and Ryo must deal with the victim's rival obsessed with glory. At the same time, he must deal with the boxer's girlfriend, whose pain is not only in her heart, but also in her body as well.
#12 - Saeko's Little Sister is a Private Eye! (1): A Passionate Woman's Bold Secret
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 1/18/1988
A new private investigation agency opens next door and it is run by Reika Nogami, Saeko Nogami's younger sister. While Ryo makes constant advances towards her, he learns about Reika's blackmail tactics against Yakuza gangsters as well as the death of her former partner. He also learns that someone has ordered a hit on Reika herself.
#13 - Saeko's Little Sister is a Private Eye! (2): A Passionate Woman's Big Detective Story
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 1/25/1988
Reika explains to Ryo about how a corrupt police officer is interfering with narcotics investigations, and how her former partner was killed by the Yakuza and her desire to clear his name. This leads to a showdown against an expert marksman and also lands Ryo, Kaori, and Reika in Jail after being set up by the corrupt police officer.
#14 - Utako's Cookie Anniversary: Moles on Her Chest and a Love Poem
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/1/1988
Ryo is requested to protect a famous poet from an increasing number of stalkers following her. When Ryo finds out that the men following her are not ordinary stalkers, he also finds out that his client is also not an ordinary girl.
#15 - Three Sisters Are Calling! Ryo's Skiing Heaven
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 2/15/1988
Ryo is requested to take care of three sisters at a ski resort.
#16 - Mokkori is the Best Medicine?! A Pool Shot to a Pretty Hustler's Heart
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 2/29/1988
Ryo is hired by Yuri, daughter of a famous pool player while she prepares for a match that may determine the fate of her father's pool club. Ryo discovers that Yuri is not a person who does well under pressure, and as such, tries to help her overcome this handicap during the match.
#17 - O Spring Come Soon to Love's Widow! Take Off Those Clothes of Mourning...
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 3/7/1988
A Job referral from Saeko has Ryo protect the widow of a dead tycoon from an unknown extortionist. At the same time, the butler realizes that only Ryo can help the widow from letting go of her tragic loss.
#18 - The Deadliest Enemy!! Ryo and Kaori's Final Match (1)
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 3/21/1988
Kaori has a recurring nightmare regarding Ryo's impending death. Meanwhile, Umibozu narrowly escapes death at the hands of three siblings who are powerful assassins hired by the Lodos Mafia. Badly shaken and wounded, Umibozu tries to find Ryo. At the same time, Saeko and Reika hire Ryo to help them bust a smuggling ring headed by the Lodos Mafia at a large masquerade. The three assassin siblings notice and decide to use this to their advantage. Their target: to kill Ryo by using Kaori Makimura as a hostage.
#19 - The Deadliest Enemy!! Ryo and Kaori's Final Match (2)
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 3/28/1988
With Kaori Kidnapped by the three assassin siblings, the Lodos Mafia issues a formal challenge to Ryo. Ryo, with the help of Umibozu, infiltrates the Lodos Mafia boat in search of Kaori. Kaori realizes that her nightmares foretelling Ryo's death may be true.
#20 - A 500 Yen Job?! A Cute Little Girl Wins Ryo's Heart
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/19/1987
A young girl manages to convince Ryo to help her idol, a budding children's author, from corporate bullies representing a publishing firm. The price: 500 Yen.
#21 - One Cool Sweeper: XYZ is a Dangerous Cocktail
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/1987
When there is a spate of random shootings in Shinjuku, a sister of one of the victims wants Ryo to catch the killer and bring him to justice. But Ryo can tell that there is much more than justice that his client is interested in.
#22 - The Lady Vanishes! Boutique of the Shadows
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/1987
Ryo's partner Hideyuki is frantic over the disappearance of her sister Kaori as a spate of abductions of women have swept Shinjuku. As he is trying to find his partner's sister, he comes across a man who is not who he seems to be. Together, they must find the secret into the kidnappings.
#23 - Goodbye, Makimura: A Tearful Birthday on a Rainy Night
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/1987
Hideyuki is killed on Kaori's birthday as he refuses to do a request for the head of a powerful crime syndicate. Ryo must avenge his death.
#24 - The Bullseye Is a Beautiful Woman?! Hands Off the Female Detective
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/1987
A Police detective named Saeko Nogami hires Ryo to obtain a crown containing a microchip which has stolen top secret plans inside. While Ryo agrees to do his job, he awaits his ""payment"" which leaves Kaori confused as to how this payment would be applied.
#25 - My Foe is a Beautiful Lady? The Biggest Woman Trap in History
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/1987
Saeko enlists the help of Ryo to solve the dissappearances of beautiful women in Shinjuku. The stakes are even higher when Kaori, mistaken for a beautiful woman, is also kidnapped. Ryo encounters the mastermind of the scheme, a supposedly beautiful woman who may not be who she seems to be.