• Air date: 02 Apr '88 63 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (63)
    • 26. Targeted Witness: A Dangerous Beauty dressed up like a man (Part 2)

      07 Oct '88
      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.
    • 27. Message from Makimura: Memories Forever (Part 1)

      14 Oct '88
      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.
    • 28. Makimura's message. Memories are forever (Part 2)

      08 Oct '88
      Ryo suspects that Interpol Agent Nelson may in fact be in league with the revived Red Pegasus drug cartel. After a boat chase, the information of the drug smuggling route is revealed, the route ends at an orphanage that Hideyuki visited shortly before his death, and that a postcard addressed to him from the orphanage was meant to lead Kaori to that location.
    • 29. Wounded Innocence: A Bullet and an Angel's Prayer

      28 Oct '88
      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.
    • 30. Ryo is being tricked! Saeko's gift

      22 Oct '88
      When a car bomb gravely injures a young girl, Saeko is furious and vows to bring down the people responsible. In order to do so, she must secretly request Ryo's help to bring down a robbery gang. The trail leads to a suave womanizer and Kaori is kidnapped when she tries to go after robbers who rob her of her remaining life savings.
    • 31. So Long, My Friend: The last shot echoing from my heart (Part 1)

      11 Nov '88
      Ryo's old friend Robert Harrison arrives in Tokyo for some sightseeing, but with an important job to take care of, Ryo decides to let Robert in on his mission: to protect Princess Angela of the Felidan Kingdom while she attends peace talks at a secret villa to settle a civil war. The two meet with the princess and General Marukido, whom with Ryo already has suspicions. This is confirmed when Ryo is able to take down some assassins and the plot is revealed: to blow up the villa where the peace
    • 32. So Long, My Friend: The last shot echoing from my heart. (Part 2)

      18 Nov '88
      The Villa explodes, and while the Princess and the peace talk participants are able to escape, Robert appears to have been caught in the blast. Ryo tracks down General Marukido and is prepared to kill him when a twist is revealed: Robert is actually alive. When Robert reveals his true colours and attempts to assassinate the princess, Ryo must face his former partner in a showdown.
    • 33. Mokkori Contract: The Story of Ryo and a Bad Girl (Part 1)

      25 Nov '88
      A request is made for Ryo by a woman to track down her future sister-in-law named Sakura, a girl who is involved with a biker gang. Currently, the woman's husband, Sakura's older brother has been kidnapped for some counterfeit currency plates he created and which Sakura has secretly hidden. Ryo also realizes that Umibozu has been hired by the men looking for the plates.
    • 34. Arranging a mokkori contract! The tour of the delinquent girl & Ryo (Part 2)

      19 Nov '88
      It is revealed that a branch of the Hong Kong mafia is interested in the plates. Ryo and Sakura is able to bust out of the mafia compound and Umibozu also walks out after realizing the men who hired him cannot be trusted. When the woman who originally hired City hunter is kidnapped, Sakura takes matters into her own hands and tries to bargain the counterfeit plates for the life of her brother and future sister-in-law, despite Sakura's hatred of her.
    • 35. Ryo is an Instructor: Extreme Mokkori Tactics

      12 Sep '88
      Ryo is hired by the daughter of a well-known tycoon so that he can train her in preparation of a mission to retrieve her kidnapped father.
    • 36. Ryo is a Gourmet: Nice PR for the Soba Noodle Beauty

      16 Dec '88
      Two prisoners break out of prison and end up at a Soba Noodle Shop where Ryo is eating Soba Noodles that are of poor quality. The proprietor, a young woman, accepts a request from one of the prisoners to train her to make proper Soba noodles while Ryo takes care of a businessman using unscrupulous ways to buy the restaurant from the young woman.
    • 37. To Kaori From Ryo, With Love At Christmas (Part 1)

      23 Dec '88
      Kaori makes plans to throw a party for the orphans at Kusunoki house but Ryo refuses to participate. When she finds out that Kusunoki house is to be closed down by the owner of the land, Mr Ookouchi, she requests Ryo's help only to be turned down. Believing that the proprietor, Mr Hitiyoshi, may have been cheated out of the ownership certificate for the house, Kaori takes matters into her own hands by breaking into Ookouchi's safe and stealing several documents including the land ownership
    • 38. To Kaori From Ryo, With Love At Christmas (Part 2)

      28 Dec '88
      It turns out that the document that Ookouchi is looking for is not the land ownership certificate, but a black leather pocketbook which is a ledger for Ookouchi's shady dealings. Also, Hitayoshi reveals why he is under Ookouchi's thumb, he unknowingly assisted in Ookouchi's criminal activities by allowing him to illegally plunder goods and resources sent to Japan after World War II. Ookouchi requests an exchange: the pocketbook for the kidnapped girl, but Ookouchi has a trap laid out for them as
    • 39. Umi-Chan, what a Sexy Guy: Beautiful Sweeper Miki gets close (Part 1)

      20 Jan '89
      Ryo finds that he is being targeted by an unknown assassin when Umibozu clues him in on what's going on: Miki has found Umibozu and wants to marry him. However, Umibozu has set up a bet: if she can shoot Ryo with a paint capsule, she can marry him. However, Ryo puts a monkeywrench in that bet when he requests a night with Miki if he can evade her attacks.
    • 40. Umi-chan's a lady killer! A challenge from the lovely sweeper, Miki (Part 2)

      31 Dec '88
      Ryo continues to evade Miki's attacks as Kaori requests Umibozu to stop the bet and marry Miki. Umibozu responds with a statement that makes Kaori believe that Ryo has a mistress (when in actuality, he is talking about Ryo and Kaori themselves). Angered by this, Kaori seeks to have Miki "kidnap" her so to lead Ryo to a trap.
    • 41. Mokkori Everywhere: Ryo's Mind and an Esper Girl (Part 1)

      03 Feb '89
      Ryo's client is a young girl with a unique telepathic ability to read minds. However, Ryo is smitten by the girl's nanny, a woman with martial arts skills. The young girl, Sara, is entranced by Ryo and his abilities, despite the fact that his mind is filled with "Mokkori" most of the time. It turns out that Sara is the only daughter of the head of a large family conglomerate and that many of her relatives are after her. Sara also runs into a disturbing fact: that Kaori is secretly in love with
    • 42. Mokkori Everywhere: Ryo's Mind and an Esper Girl (Part 2)

      10 Feb '89
      Sara is instantaneously jealous of Kaori's love for Ryo, but is able to come to terms with her feelings and cements a friendship with Kaori. Meanwhile, henchmen try to hire Umibozu to kill City Hunter but Umibozu instead gift wraps them for Ryo. They find out that Sara's Uncle was responsible for her father's death, and is trying to have Sara killed so he can inherit the family estate. Ryo decides to confront the Uncle directly.
    • 43. Ryo is the Love Thief: Hidden Love Affair behind the Magic Mirror (Part 1)

      17 Feb '89
      Ryo runs into Kasumi Asoh, the "flying tush object" he met several years earlier. Kasumi is now 19 and is set to go into an arranged marriage in which she wants no part of. She thus masquerades Ryo as her lover, much to the disapproval of her grandmother, and Takeshi, Kasumi's arranged husband. Takeshi uses unscrupulous tricks against Ryo, by first hypnotizing him into believing that Takeshi's "mokkori" is bigger than Ryo's then when Ryo finds out about the hypnosis, hypnotizes Ryo in a state in
    • 44. Ryo is the Love thief! Love's secret lies in the mirror (Part 2)

      28 Jan '89
      His mokkori "kidnapped", Ryo must try to defeat Takeshi in a showdown between thieves by stealing a magic mirror. But when Takeshi is able to obtain the mirror using another hypnotic trick, Ryo does not pursue. He mentions that there is a secret behind the mirror and that it was never meant to be stolen. Thus Takeshi has lost but Kasumi's grandmother discovers that Kasumi has fallen in love with Ryo. She then forbids Kasumi to return to the family estate and thus Kasumi boards with Umibozu and
    • 45. The 19-year-old is a widow! The beautiful woman's sketch of a lover's spirit (Part 1)

      04 Feb '89
      During a visit to Hideyuki's grave, Ryo comes across a woman visiting a grave being accosted by two men. It turns out that the woman, Ayako, was visiting the grave of her late husband, a Yakuza boss. The two men are determined to be from a rival Yakuza group. Ryo notices deep emotional wounds in Ayako as he notices her having trouble resuming her passion of painting.
    • 46. Nineteen Year-Old Widow: Lover in the Heart of a Beautiful Sketch Artist (Part 2)

      10 Mar '89
      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.
    • 47. Dreaming of love. Stragedy of the angelic 12-year-old (Part 1)

      18 Feb '89
      Ryo notices that he is being watched by Kozue, a 12 year old girl confined to a wheelchair. When he pays her a visit, Kozue remarks that he is the second person to notice her, the first being a mysterious man with a beard. Kaori suspects that Ryo is using Kozue to get to her much older sister. But when the mysterious man attacks Kozue, Ryo decides to have Kozue and her sister live with him until he can figure out what is going on.
    • 48. Wanting to fall in love like a Dream: The Strategy of a 12 year old Angel (Part 2)

      24 Mar '89
      Kozue begins to enjoy life with Ryo and decides to try to set him up with her older sister. Meanwhile, Ryo finds out that Kozue was wounded by an unknown man who had killed another over a deal gone bad, and the bullet stuck against her spine is the cause of her paralysis. The arrival of Detectives Iwadate and Saeko also begins to complicate matters. With Kozue scheduled to undergo an operation which may allow her to walk again, Ryo realizes that Kozue may be in greater danger than initially
    • 49. Goodbye Hard-Boiled City (Part 1)

      31 Mar '89
      Kaori discovers Ryo in bed with another woman and angrily leaves him as a result. Ryo, with no recollection of the events the night before, decides to strike it up with this woman. What he does not realize that the woman, Rumi, is the daughter of a powerful Japanese politician. In his anger, the politician hires Umibozu to take out the City Hunter and retrieve Rumi. But Ryo realizes that some men are also after Rumi, led by a mysterious woman named Sarah.
    • 50. Farewell, hard-boiled city (Part 2)

      11 Mar '89
      After Ryo, Saeko, and Umibozu are able to thwart an ambush set up by Sarah, her group, the Black Army, makes a ransom demand to the Japanese government with the threat of blowing up a nuclear bomb in the heart of Shinjuku. With the information on their hideout from Rumi, Ryo decides to take the Black army on. But when he realizes the truth of Sarah's identity, he finds that he is unable to shoot her.