Episode
City Hunter: A College Girl Plays Hardball for Love! Someone is Trying to Kill Me
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- City Hunter
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 36
- Air date
- 1987-12-07
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
A College Girl Plays Hardball for Love! Someone is Trying to Kill Me is Episode 36 in City Hunter of City Hunter. It aired on 1987-12-07. The runtime is 25 min.
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Ryo is assigned to protect a famous reporter as she tries to cover a report involving a corrupt politician and Yakuza.
Episode 37: Shinjuku Honor All the Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (Part One)
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.
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