The WORST episodes of City Hunter
Every episode of City Hunter ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of City Hunter!
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 - A Secret Weapon Pink Sigh?! A Female Ninja Enters the Big City
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/16/1988
To restore the honor of an Iga Ninja Clan, a female ninja decides to challenge Ryo, entering the duel with less then stellar skills. However, she is flanked by three ninja cohorts who plan to present a challenge to Ryo.
#2 - Ryo's Her Future Husband?! Her Horoscope Says She Will Meet and Marry Him! (2)
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/1988
Ryo discovers that Akemi is being targeted by a professional assassin named the Silver Fox. Ryo must protect her while helping her get out of a career in entertainment.
#3 - Ryo's Her Future Husband?! Her Horoscope Says She Will Meet and Marry Him! (1)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/1988
After helping to protect a young girl named Akemi from some ruthless thugs, she insists that Ryo is her future husband and that they were destined to be married. While Ryo is able to get away, Akemi decides to enlist his help as her bodyguard to protect her from an unknown assailant named Kaijin X. In fact, the marriage story is a farce so that Akemi can leave her career as a young model.
#4 - Sister in Doubt: Mokkori is Her Guide to Love ?
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 3/14/1988
Ryo runs into a young beautiful nun who has lost her cross after a night in the town.
#5 - The Target is Ryo! The Camerawoman Loves Danger (2)
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/9/1988
Yoko is furious about the drug bust and realizes that the City Hunter was involved. While on a search at the scene, she is accosted by members of the Unryu-Kai gang who have a grudge against Ryo and realizes this is the best opportunity to have an interview with the City Hunter.
#6 - The Gambling Queen: Betting on Great Love
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/1987
Ryo must protect a lovely casino dealer as she prepares for a showdown with a rival syndicate in order to win her freedom. Meanwhile, Ryo is pitted against a powerful gambler who exploits Ryo's weaknesses to their fullest extent.
#7 - Kaori Takes a Great Active Role! Cheers with the Memorial Wine
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/12/1988
Kaori accepts a job to protect an old man and his vintage bottle of wine from an unscrupulous wine collector. Ryo however, refuses to take the old man as his client. So when Kaori decides to take on the job by herself, Ryo decides to lend a silent helping hand.
#8 - A Mischievous Mokkori Detective?! A Beautiful Writer's Mystery Game
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/1988
While doing research for a hardcore mystery novel, the publishing company sends a bodyguard to guard Azusa while she completes her book. Her adventures include visiting friendly Yakuza, an interview with Umibozu, and a plot to kill the friendly Yakuza boss. What she does not realize is that the City Hunter is the bodyguard hired to protect her.
#9 - Aim for the Gold Medal!! Intimate Training for the Shooting Beauty
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/19/1988
Ryo decides to take on Saeko's request to assist a not-so-beautiful female police officer in training for an Olympic event. Ryo realizes the young officer is being targeted by a man with a grudge, while deciding to take the officer to get a makeover to unlock her "true beauty".
#10 - The Target is Ryo! The Camerawoman Loves Danger (1)
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/9/1988
Ryo meets Yoko Fuyuno, a reporter intent in writing a story about the exploits of the City Hunter. Ryo realizes that if Yoko writes her story, his cover would be blown, so he tries many ways to convince her to not write the story, starting from the fact that he is Ryoji, Ryo's fictional younger brother. A request from Saeko to bust a drug transportation route complicates matters so Ryo goes through extreme measures to bust the route while not attracting suspicion from Yoko.
#11 - Message from Makimura Memories Forever (1)
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/14/1988
Nelson, an Interpol Agent approaches Kaori over allegations that Kaori's deceased brother had smuggled drugs and hidden information regarding a drug smuggling route. The accusations against Hideyuki pile up when Saeko is also assigned to the case. The Red Pegasus returns with a plot to gain vengeance against Ryo and Kaori, but Umibozu is able to save the two from being abducted by the re-energized drug cartel.
#12 - Targeted Witness! A Dangerous Beauty Dressed Up Like a Man (2)
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/7/1988
After a Shooting Range accident, Ryo finds out that Keiichi and Keiko are in fact the same person. But Ryo decides to hide this fact from Kaori. When Ryo makes advances towards Keiko while she is in his male costume, Kaori is furious thinking that Ryo would rather be attracted to a man rather than her. Kaori is then kidnapped by the man attempting to kill Keiko and Ryo and Keiko must rescue her.
#13 - Targeted Witness! A Dangerous Beauty Dressed Up Like a Man (1)
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/30/1988
Ryo is requested to guard Keiichi Kashiwagi, a witness in an important court case. Ryo resists until he is given a proposal to meet Keiichi's twin sister Keiko, to which Ryo gleefully accepts. But Keiichi is in fact Keiko, disguising herself as a man in order to thwart Ryo's advances.
#14 - Kaori Gets Amnesia! Goodbye, My Dear Partner
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/19/1988
When two brothers make an attempt on Ryo's Life, Kaori pushes Ryo out of the way only to suffer a head injury and amnesia as a result. Ryo realizes that he himself may be responsible for Kaori's predicament, so he makes arrangements for her to start a new life outside the underworld.
#15 - The Inevitable Ring-side Battle Bloodshed! Cobra Twist of Love
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/1988
Ryo is requested to find out who has targeted Kumi, a popular female wrestler. At first Ryo believes her "rival" may be responsible but learns that an unknown party is trying to manipulate Kumi.
#16 - Goodbye City, a Farewell Gift (2)
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1990
Sophie Silverman is revealed to be the fiance of Robert Harrison and reveals her intentions of avenging his death. After seriously wounding Ryo, Sophie kidnaps Kaori as bait for a future showdown. While Ryo recovers from his injuries, he realizes that a syndicate known as the Guiness Corporation is after Sophie and had extorted Robert to take on a job that meant certain death at the hands of Ryo Saeba. When the Guiness Corporation ambushes Sophie and Ryo, the two put aside their rivalry to repel the attackers, only to find themselves in a deadly showdown.
#17 - One Frisky Flight Attendant: The Tale of Instructor Ryo
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/1987
An old friend of Kaori's is being stalked by strange characters who are after strange looking watches that were slipped into her bag. Despite Kaori's efforts to keep her away from Ryo, Kaori is kidnapped by the men and Ryo and her friend must rescue her.
#18 - Speeding Violation of Love! Ryo and the Beautiful Motorcycle Cop
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/1988
Ryo and Saeko's date is interrupted by the discovery of a known fraud, and the subsequent traffic stop by a beautiful traffic cop. Meanwhile, Kaori finds that she was ripped off into buying a fake designer fur coat. The traffic cop then decides to help Ryo find the fraudster, whom is also the suspect Saeko is after.
#19 - Looking for gunpowder smoke. . . City Hunter dies at dawn! (2)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/4/1991
Ryo and Umibozu fight at a graveyard while Sonia learns about the challenge between her father and Ryo from Miki.
#20 - Kaori's in Danger! Love Means Saying Goodbye (2)
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/1988
Kaori seeks hiding from the Silver Fox with Umibozu. She then catches Ryo babbling to Saeko babbling about how Kaori is just crazy about him and how he does not really care about her and that Kaori is unfit to be Ryo's partner (even though Ryo really cares for Kaori). With that revelation, she seeks training in creating boobytraps from Umibozu and seeks to take matters in her own hands by challenging the Silver Fox herself.
#21 - Kill Me!! Crosshairs Don't Become a Beautiful Woman
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/1987
Ryo's client is a daughter of a known scientist who developed a deadly microbe that could render humanity sterile. His client wants him to protect her at all costs while she develops a vaccine, but should she be captured, she wants him to kill her before terrorists can extract the knowledge of the microbe from her.
#22 - No Romance for this Actress: The Last Shot for Hope
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/1987
As Kaori takes over as Ryo's new partner, Ryo is called upon to solve a string of incidents involving actress Yumiko Sato. As he delves deep into the mystery, he comes across a powerful adversary, as well as a client who may have a deadly death wish.
#23 - A Gunshot to set the Heart Aflutter: Sad Lonely Girl
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/1987
Ryo's client is a man who wants to fake his own death to be free from a powerful politician so he could be reunited with his daughter. The man admits to be spineless but he is more than meets the eye. Ryo must masquerade as the hitman not only to save his client, but to ensure that the men working for the politician do not bother his client again.
#24 - Dangerous Tutor? Heartful Home Cooking for a High School Girl
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/1987
Ryo is tricked into doing bodyguard work for the daughter of a Yakuza Boss being stalked by a biker team. Ryo realizes that the daughter is the leader of a female gang at her school, and finds there is much more than what the Yakuza boss is requesting.
#25 - The Hot Woman in a Leotard Loves Tulips
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/1987
Ryo is requested to assist a female thief in stealing a black tulip from a fraudulent psychic. Kaori finds out that the psychic's butler has a crush on her and decides he may be helpful in obtaining the plant.