Episodes

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. || City Hunter Ryo Saeba tries to solve a rash of random shooting murders in Shinjuku. Source: crunchyroll

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. || The daughter of a scientist who developed a deadly bacteria asks Ryo to kill her if she can`t create a vaccine before arms dealers capture her. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo investigates when a series of beautiful women are abducted in Shinjuku. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Kaori`s big brother (and Ryo`s partner) is murdered on her 20th birthday. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo is hired as the bodyguard of a popular actress while she`s filming a movie. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Framed for a deadly drunk driving accident by his former employer, the next prime minister, a man asks Ryo to help fake his suicide. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Detective Saeko Nagami enlists Ryo`s help in stealing an ancient treasure from a museum. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo is hired as a bodyguard for a casino dealer who gambles for her freedom against exploitative yakuza bosses. Source: crunchyroll

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. || A yakuza boss tricks Ryo into bodyguarding his high school daughter. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo becomes the assistant of a phantom thief, whose secret identity is a high school girl. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo must protect a woman and a young boy from another country from being abducted by foreign agents. Kaori soon discovers that the young boy's actions and demeanor are exactly as Ryo's. || A tutor from a war-torn country and her young charge take refuge in Japan, but secret agents are on their trail. Source: crunchyroll

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. || The president of a talent agency hires Ryo to protect his client, a pop star who`s received threatening letters. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo is assigned to protect young pop idol Nagisa from an unknown fanatic, however he is more interested in her female manager. However, it turns out that Nagisa is very attracted to Ryo and Ryo decides to use this to his advantage to ensure her safety. || Saeko hires Ryo to be her bodyguard as she investigates a gym for engaging in human trafficking. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo is requested to protect the daughter of a dead tycoon who claims that Ryo had saved her from kidnappers once before. As Ryo tries to find out who is trying to kill her, her stepmother comes up as a very likely suspect, but is being controlled by someone else. || A young woman is targeted for murder after her wealthy father dies, leaving her the majority of his fortune. Source: crunchyroll

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. || A newbie flight attendant goes to her old high school friend Kaori for help when she discovers explosives in her bag. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo is recruited by a famous fashion designer's assistant after her designs were stolen by her boss. || When a popular swimsuit designer`s new designs are stolen, she hires Ryo to steal them back. Source: crunchyroll

Corrupt businessman, an incompetent assassin, and a old lady complicates Ryo's job to protect a beautiful psychic. || Ryo steps in when someone wants to silence a shrine maiden for her inconvenient prophecies. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo is asked to investigate threats made to women attending an audition for a film featuring a handsome actor. One of these ladies attending this audition is hoping to reunite with her long-lost father, the director of the movie. || When threatening letters demand that a movie production be shut down, Ryo is delighted to take on the job of protecting the 20 young women who are auditioning for a major role. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo is hired to defend a jungle princess from members of her own tribe intent in breaking their isolation from the modern world. || Ryo is hired as a bodyguard for a naive 18-year-old princess from a remote area of Japan. Source: crunchyroll

When Ryo finds himself in a hotel with Saeko, he is forced to accept a job to protect a former newspaper magnate from hitman that he hired himself. || Saeko tricks Ryo into protecting a rich old American friend of hers who`s on the run from assassins. Source: crunchyroll

While snooping around a lingerie show, Ryo comes across a woman who stole a beautiful diamond necklace from a wealthy young man. The woman asks Ryo to be her lover, but Ryo is aware that there is more to her story than meets the eye. || Ryo protects a runway model from would-be kidnappers. Source: crunchyroll

A bride literally falls into Ryo's lap and along with it, some goons hired by the jilted groom. While trying to sneak up on her during the middle of the night, Ryo gets stung by an experimental, but deadly bee. The bride does have the antidote, but as Kaori finds out, it has "terrible" side effects, most notably showing the feminine side of City Hunter. || Ryo helps a runaway bride dodge her fiance and his murderous father. Source: crunchyroll

In order to find out who is targeting a nurse who is due to be the recipient of a large inheritance, Ryo breaks his foot and ends up in the same hospital the nurse is staying. While Ryo must not tell the nurse that she is being targeted, he also finds out she does not have enough experience being a nurse. || Ryo is hospitalized so he can protect a nurse who has suddenly inherited a fortune from one of her former patients. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo teams up with a beautiful American agent to find out who is smuggling tanks from Japan. || Ryo teams up with a blonde sweeper from another country to track down a tank smuggling operation. Source: crunchyroll

When a father requests the services of City Hunter to protect his daughter from someone stalking her at work, he finds out that the stalker IS City Hunter. The father then requests that City Hunter convince her daughter to quit her job as he feels that she may be in danger of other stalkers. Ryo realizes that the young woman has lived a sheltered life and decides to teach her a few lessons in love. || A rich father hires Ryo to keep an eye on his 18-year-old daughter when she starts working at a fast food place. Source: crunchyroll

Umibozu returns to ask Ryo to help him protect Maki, the daughter of his old mentor. Ryo learns of the story of Daddy Longlegs and that Umibozu has been supporting her from a distance. Ryo pretends to take Umibozu's place and then tries many opportunities to sleep with Maki. || Umibozu turns out to have a soft spot, as he`s been using an assumed name to send money to the daughter of his deceased friend from their mercenary days, but now she wants to meet him. Source: crunchyroll

Umibozu reveals that the man after Maki is Snake, a former comrade who betrayed Umibozu and her father. The final showdown between Umibozu and Snake takes place in a theater where Maki is performing in her concert. Ryo reveals to Maki who her "Daddy Longlegs" really is. || An assassin tries to kill the daughter of Umibozu`s friend at a violin concert. Source: crunchyroll

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. || A young girl hires Ryo to protect a children`s book author from her dangerous former editor. Source: crunchyroll

A nephew of a missing wealthy explorer seeks Ryo's services to protect him from his aunt who seeks to obtain his uncle's fortune. However, the young nephew begins to have feelings of affection for Kaori. Kaori meanwhile, is using this opportunity to see how Ryo reacts to the presence of a "rival". || When a wealthy adventurer goes missing in Alaska, his nephew hires Ryo as a bodyguard so he can stay alive long enough to ihherit his uncle`s fortune. Source: crunchyroll

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. || A rich young woman hires Ryo to get the guy she likes to quit his biker gang. Source: crunchyroll

When Ryo is hired by Saeko to bait a well known assassin, the assassin takes notice and issues a formal challenge to Ryo. || Ryo goes up against a master assassin who has come to Japan to assassinate the president of another country. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Umibozu falls in love with a freelance reporter masquerading as a restaurant pianist so she can investigate a crooked politician. Source: crunchyroll

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. || A mother drops her young daughter off at Ryo`s place with a note that the little girl is being targeted. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo is assigned to protect a famous reporter as she tries to cover a report involving a corrupt politician and Yakuza. || Ryo is hired as the bodyguard of a popular newscaster who is doing a story on the link between a major politician and the yakuza. Source: crunchyroll

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. || The college student stepdaughter of a wealthy industrialist has seemingly attempted suicide twice, but Ryo finds out that someone wants her dead. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo isn`t happy when the lackeys of a yakuza underboss plow into one of his favorite establishments with a bulldozer. Source: crunchyroll

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. || The daughter of a yakuza boss becomes Ryo`s disciple, but also confesses to Kaori that she dreams of a normal life. Source: crunchyroll

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. || After saving a young woman from a girl gang, Ryo learns that she`s amnesiac, only able to remember her name. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo teams up with an insurance investigator to retrieve a stolen diamond, the Smile of Cleopatra. Source: crunchyroll

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. || When a private investigator opens up shop next door, Ryo is startled to learn his new rival is Saeko`s little sister, a former police detective. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Reika Nogami reveals to Ryo that someone high up in the chain of police command has yakuza connections and is responsible for her former partner`s murder. Source: crunchyroll

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. || An orphaned best-selling poet seeks Ryo`s help after being constantly harassed by perverts recently. Source: crunchyroll

Two brothers have a handful as they deal with a pervert supposedly after their sister who works as a hairstylist. But when they discover a hidden stash of cash stolen in a robbery at a construction site, their sister is kidnapped by the robbers and they must turn to City Hunter for assistance. What they don't realize that the man after their sister is none other than Ryo himself. || Trouble brews after the two young brother`s of Ryo`s hairdresser find a bag of stolen money in an abandoned building. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo is requested to take care of three sisters at a ski resort. || The president of a company hires Ryo to guard his three daughters at a ski chalet while he goes off to complete a business merger that makes some people very angry. Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo encounters a pickpocket while out shopping with Kaori one day and both are shocked to see it`s one of Kaori`s old friends, who`s addicted to the thrill. Source: crunchyroll

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. || When an explosion in a billiards hall leaves a hustler maimed, Ryo steps in to make sure the hustler`s daughter`s big game isn`t marred by her opponent`s "dirty pool." Source: crunchyroll

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. || Ryo is hired to safeguard the house of a young widow plagued by a thief, who keeps coming to raid her late husband`s fine art collection. Source: crunchyroll

Ryo runs into a young beautiful nun who has lost her cross after a night in the town. || Ryo helps a nun who lost her rosary while spending one drunken night of freedom before saying her vows. Source: crunchyroll

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. || The mafia organization responsible for Makimura`s death is back in Japan and their first move is getting rid of Umibozu. Source: crunchyroll

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. || It`s Ryo to the rescue when Kaori is held captive by the mafia on a cargo ship in Tokyo Bay. Source: crunchyroll