City Hunter

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English: City Hunter

Synonyms: Nicky Larson

Japanese: シティーハンター

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 35

Chapters: 193

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 26, 1985 to Nov 19, 1991

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Shounen, Police

Authors: Hojo, Tsukasa (Story & Art)

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

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Score: 8.19¹ (scored by 2,489 users)

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Ranked: #388²

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Popularity: #1377

Members: 8,180

Favorites: 374

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Ranked #388Popularity #1377Members 8,180

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Hojo, Tsukasa (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" in the city of Tokyo. His works as a trouble shooter, cleaning the streets of vermin, and helping out desperate people. Sometimes he's a bodyguard, sometimes he's an assassin, whatever Ryo does he does it well. In fact his only flaw is his hormones - he loves the ladies and sometimes turns into an idiot when he's near them. Thankfully he's got people like his partner Kaori Makimura to keep him in check.

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City Hunter was partially published in English by Gutsoon! Entertainment, who published the first five volumes from June 18, 2003 to April 28, 2004.

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Spin-off:	Angel Heart, City Hunter Gaiden: Ijuuin Hayato-shi no Heion naranu Nichijou
Adaptation:	City Hunter '91, City Hunter, City Hunter 2, City Hunter 3, City Hunter Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes
Side story:	City Hunter: The Secret Service
Character:	Kyou kara City Hunter

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Saeba, Ryou

Main

Makimura, Kaori

Main

Nogami, Saeko

Supporting

Ijuuin, Hayato

Supporting

Makimura, Hideyuki

Supporting

Nishikujou, Sara

Supporting

Kamimura, Aiko

Supporting

Moon, Rosemary

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Tsugihara, Maiko

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Kamimura, Kouichirou

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Aug 30, 2015

193 of 193 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

wandererofnorth (All reviews)

26 people found this review helpful

CH or write „XYZ“ for the job

City Hunter is a cover name for Saeba Ryo, at the first glance a lecherous man in his late 20s, highly skilled with guns, and agility of Spider-man. He works as a sweeper, a cleaning man for all the vice in the underworld, and occasional hit-man for hire only if the client's story touches his heart. You can find him by leaving a message „XYZ“ on the blackboard located in the Shinjuku Station. He will find you, and if he likes you, you'll see him. He works with his partner Makimura Hideyuki, and after few initial chapters Hideyuki's character is replaced with Makimura Kaori (Hideyuki's sister), and that is where the fun begins.

Story: 8

The manga is divided into many arcs where Ryo take the job of saving lady in distress, protect lady in distress pretending to be a man, getting wasted, and a lot of „Mokkori“. His mokkori is the biggest drive one could have, power of unknown magnitude, and the reason for doing stuff. No mokkori, no right mood. The story is predictable, but it's done with style.

Art: 10

Art is so much into the realism. As the manga progress, you can really see how much Hojo improved his skill. There are much detail into characters clothes, their weapons, environment - way how sun is shining through the trees, leaving the feeling like you're outside and watching how nature talks. And, that is all black, white, and in the various shades of grey.

Characters: 10

CH characters? Funny - yes, strong - yes, from time to time annoying - yes, skilled - yes, having unusual fears - oh, yes, carrying heavy equipment in the form of 100t+ hammer - yup, we have all that. They are quite unique. Characters are connected, and they can't imagine life without one another. The best way to show how they interact is in one chapter where Ryo tells Kaori the thing or two about friends or enemies (in the City Hunter there is a thin line about who's your friend, and who's your enemy): „You're wrong! Haven't you read Hokuto no Ken? Strong enemies are your friends “ - she reads too little. Ryo and Kaori? It's all about love. Because in the end, City Hunter are those two.

Enjoyment: 10

Basic thing is, this is a hilarious manga. For me a comedy at its best. But it is more than just a comedy. Towards the end, manga takes turn to a more serious way of storytelling. Kaori's „hammer time“ is almost nonexistent, many things from Kaori's and Ryo's past came on the surface. Mixing those things with the amazing soundtrack from the City Hunter anime made them irresistible for me.
All in all, this was a great piece of work. For those who like this type of comedy and action, with mysterious main character who's acting funny for the sake of cover-up, is a great thing to read.

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Nov 21, 2018

193 of 193 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

BenRyan (All reviews)

4 people found this review helpful

City Hunter is the first manga I have read, even before Dragon Ball Z, and that's why it's leaves me a good memory, it's the manga with which I laugh the most. We go easily from one emotion to another, following the adventures of Nicky Larson, a silly man with girls, but serious with his weapon. This series has so marked me, that I have the complete series, except for a few movies I miss them, but I have all the seasons, and it's really worth, the replicas of Nicky and Mammoth (Opponent and Friend at a time, paradoxical, I know) are unforgettable, or even read more

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