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The Worst Episodes of City Hunter

Every episode of City Hunter ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of City Hunter!

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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,

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    City Hunter Season 4 Episode 5 - Fear! Shinjuku Ghost Story!! The Wandering Soul of a Beautiful Woman (Part 1)
    5.8/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Fear! Shinjuku Ghost Story!! The Wandering Soul of a Beautiful Woman (Part 1)

    S4:E5

    Ryo stumbles upon a pretty ghost named Ami Asaka who tells him that she was murdered by a serial killer. She hires him to protect her younger sister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. City Hunter Season 1 Episode 46 - Picking Pockets is a Thrill Pick Pockets for Tomorrow!
    6.4/10(21 votes)

    #2 - Picking Pockets is a Thrill Pick Pockets for Tomorrow!

    S1:E46

    Ryo and Kaori run into Mariko, an old friend of Kaori's and an aspiring pickpocket. Out of concern for her friend, Kaori asks Ryo to try to convince her to give up pickpocketing. Ryo then issues a challenge: if Mariko can steal Ryo's Wallet, then Mariko can continue as a pickpocket. Otherwise she must quit the profession. Little do the three of them know that Mariko has been targeted by Yakuza after stealing a piece of jewelry containing secret files from a daughter of a Yakuza boss.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. City Hunter Season 1 Episode 49 - Sister in Doubt Mokkori is Her Guide to Love?
    6.4/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Sister in Doubt Mokkori is Her Guide to Love?

    S1:E49

    Ryo runs into a young beautiful nun who has lost her cross after a night in the town.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. City Hunter Season 4 Episode 6 - Farewell Requiem Your Visage, Once Again (Part 2)
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Farewell Requiem Your Visage, Once Again (Part 2)

    S4:E6

    Ryo comes clean about the fact that he pretended to be Ami's fiance to get close to Mami which infuriates her. She gets a letter from Ami who asks her to trust him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. City Hunter Season 1 Episode 45 - Three Sisters are Calling! Ryo's Skiing Heaven
    6.6/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Three Sisters are Calling! Ryo's Skiing Heaven

    S1:E45

    Ryo is requested to take care of three sisters at a ski resort.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. City Hunter Season 4 Episode 3 - Combination of puzzlement & recovery! Memories are a distant light
    6.7/10(17 votes)

    #6 - Combination of puzzlement & recovery! Memories are a distant light

    S4:E3

    Ryo comes across a stuntwoman named Yuki who is trying to get her memory back by performing dangerous stunts. She believes Yuki is being hypnotised by someone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. City Hunter Season 2 Episode 7 - Request from the southern island. Coconut girl & love's paradise
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #7 - Request from the southern island. Coconut girl & love's paradise

    S2:E7

    Ryo and Kaori travel to an isolated tropical island to help a young girl protect the ecologically sensitive island from thugs looking to harvest its valuable mineral resources.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. City Hunter Season 3 Episode 8 - Who is Ryo? The college girl thrills at detective work
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Who is Ryo? The college girl thrills at detective work

    S3:E8

    Ryo comes across a college girl who is a fan of detective movies, and tails Ryo for a chance to see some action, not knowing Ryo's lecherous tendencies. However, it turns out the college girl has been targeted for unwittingly witnessing a crime and Ryo must intervene after Kaori has been kidnapped by these same criminals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. City Hunter Season 3 Episode 12 - Goodbye city. The farewell gift (Part 1)
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Goodbye city. The farewell gift (Part 1)

    S3:E12

    On the anniversary of the death of his friend, Robert Harrison, Ryo gets royally drunk and notices a woman watching him. This woman turns out to be Sophie Silverman, who represents an international firm of sweepers. Sophie wishes to tag along with Ryo and Kaori for a few days to witness him in his line of work. On their way to a potential job, the three are attacked by unknown assailants. After warding them off in a warehouse, Ryo finds Sophie pointing Robert Harrison's gun at him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. City Hunter Season 4 Episode 11 - A Trigger Covered with Scratches! The Detective Saeko Loved
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #10 - A Trigger Covered with Scratches! The Detective Saeko Loved

    S4:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. City Hunter Season 1 Episode 47 - Mokkori is the Best Medicine?! A Pool Shot to a Pretty Hustler's Heart
    6.9/10(20 votes)

    #11 - Mokkori is the Best Medicine?! A Pool Shot to a Pretty Hustler's Heart

    S1:E47

    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.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. City Hunter Season 2 Episode 12 - Must be the bloody battle outside the ring: Love, Cobra Twist
    6.9/10(17 votes)

    #12 - Must be the bloody battle outside the ring: Love, Cobra Twist

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. City Hunter Season 2 Episode 54 - The 17-year-old's proposals. Doubts about dating (Part 1)
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #13 - The 17-year-old's proposals. Doubts about dating (Part 1)

    S2:E54

    Ryo has an unfortunate encounter with a schoolgirl as Kaori interviews a potential client asking the City Hunter to protect his grand-daughter, Kimiko. It turns out Kimiko is the same girl whom Ryo had met earlier and both of them do not get along well. It appears that there are many men after Kimiko for unknown reasons, and Kimiko devises a plan to masquerade Ryo as her fiance. Ryo decides to investigate further and finds out that Kimiko may well be related to a wealthy matriarch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. City Hunter Season 3 Episode 1 - Announcement of the mokkori escape! XYZ is rescuing the world
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Announcement of the mokkori escape! XYZ is rescuing the world

    S3:E1

    Ryo and Kaori protect a Rubirian Embassy worker striving not only to salvage the environment of her homeland, but also to expose a smuggling ring in which a Rubirian Embassy Environmental official is involved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. City Hunter Season 3 Episode 7 - The love of diving! The beautiful woman in the bathing suit changing clothes
    6.9/10(17 votes)

    #15 - The love of diving! The beautiful woman in the bathing suit changing clothes

    S3:E7

    Ryo is hired to protect a female assistant of a famous French Explorer from thugs. Ryo learns that she has been unable to keep a relationship because of embarrassing situations she happens to get herself into. While this is happening, the older French Explorer takes an immediate shine to Kaori, much to the latter's excitement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. City Hunter Season 4 Episode 1 - Big Revival of the Funny Pair! The Beauty Fallen from the Sky
    6.9/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Big Revival of the Funny Pair! The Beauty Fallen from the Sky

    S4:E1

    A plane carrying drugs and a wanted woman crashes into Ryo's apartment which forces him and Kaori to sleep on the same bed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. City Hunter Season 4 Episode 4 - Love is also an A-license. The beautiful wheelman visiting the store!
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Love is also an A-license. The beautiful wheelman visiting the store!

    S4:E4

    Ryo is chased by the police as they think he is the underwear thief. He escapes with the help of Miyuki.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. City Hunter Season 4 Episode 13 - Lullaby requiem. The young nobleman who came from a distant country
    6.9/10(17 votes)

    #18 - Lullaby requiem. The young nobleman who came from a distant country

    S4:E13

    Kaori befriends an Austrian orphan, Hans Zeigfried who is a professional killer and dying from a fatal disease. Kaori is abducted by Hans' enemies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. City Hunter Season 1 Episode 34 - Shock! Ryo's a Papa Don't Wake that Sleeping Child
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #19 - Shock! Ryo's a Papa Don't Wake that Sleeping Child

    S1:E34

    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.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. City Hunter Season 2 Episode 29 - Wounded Innocence: A Bullet and an Angel's Prayer
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Wounded Innocence: A Bullet and an Angel's Prayer

    S2:E29

    A girl named Maiko refuses to have a life-saving operation unless she sees the hero of her dreams, an unknown man by the name of Tetsu. In fact, Tetsu is trying to join a Yakuza group, and Ryo must save him from a potentially dangerous fate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. City Hunter Season 2 Episode 46 - Nineteen Year-Old Widow: Lover in the Heart of a Beautiful Sketch Artist (Part 2)
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #21 - Nineteen Year-Old Widow: Lover in the Heart of a Beautiful Sketch Artist (Part 2)

    S2:E46

    It turns out that a rival Yakuza group is fighting Ayako's group for control over a large park. When the rival group starts a fire in the park, Ryo assists the friendly Yakuza in preventing a disaster and later on dispatches the rival group. But Ryo also must find the source of Ayako's pain and enable her to live a normal life again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. City Hunter Season 2 Episode 51 - The prediction of the crystal! The key to Kaori's recovery of memory
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #22 - The prediction of the crystal! The key to Kaori's recovery of memory

    S2:E51

    Reika calls up Ryo to go on a date. At the same time, she refers Kaori to a fortune teller. There, the fortune teller informs Kaori that she may be a danger to the one she loves the most, Ryo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. City Hunter Season 3 Episode 3 - Kaori's mad again! Ryo & the young woman's "Story of the fake marriage"
    7.0/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Kaori's mad again! Ryo & the young woman's "Story of the fake marriage"

    S3:E3

    While Ryo has his gun taken away from creditors for failing to pay his rent, he is hired by a beautiful woman who is the owner of her own large company to appear on TV with her. It turns out that this TV show talks about newlyweds as the woman waxes on about her and Ryo's supposed "Love Life". She makes this admission in order to detract potential suitors more interested in her money rather than herself. Later on, it is revealed that several of her potential suitors had been involved in unfortunate accidents and Ryo suspects a powerful executive attempting to gain control of her company through marriage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. City Hunter Season 3 Episode 5 - Dangerous detective work! The young lady & the Colt Python (Part 2)
    7.0/10(18 votes)

    #24 - Dangerous detective work! The young lady & the Colt Python (Part 2)

    S3:E5

    Aiko's uncle is revealed to have staged his accident in order to convince his niece to quit her job as a private investigator, however it is revealed that he knows nothing about the present threats against Aiko as she searches for a particular dog. When Ryo locates the dog, he notifies Aiko who goes over to retrieve it, only to be kidnapped by robbers looking for evidence the dog may have.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. City Hunter Season 3 Episode 9 - Fine weather after the rain is love's forecast! A love umbrella for the beautiful newscaster
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Fine weather after the rain is love's forecast! A love umbrella for the beautiful newscaster

    S3:E9

    Ryo is hired by a female weather reporter to protect her against a deranged fan.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Fear! Shinjuku Ghost Story!! The Wandering Soul of a Beautiful Woman (Part 1)" is the worst rated episode of "City Hunter". It scored 5.8/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/16/1991. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Picking Pockets is a Thrill Pick Pockets for Tomorrow!".