From: sherman@panix.com (Sherman Chan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: CITY HUNTER TV #9 SCRIPT
Summary: script
Keywords: script,city hunter
Date: 25 Jul 92 23:22:37 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

Here's my latest....


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                          City Hunter TV Episode #009
                                 "Casino Queen"
   (originally "The wager of the blossoming love of a Gambling Queen")

                                  First draft
                                       by
                                  Sherman Chan

Notes: The HK dub was used to construct this script.  Keep that in mind
should the plot outlined in a synopsis differ from this script.
The original Japanese names of characters are used when known.
Thanks Osaka Ben (Genie) for the episode number and full episode title.

Sherm Chan - July 22, 1992 - Flushing, NY

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I will place a copy into the anime text area (#8) of the GEnie Japan
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Suggested reading:
"City Hunter Introduction", by Chih Ping Kuo.

I referred to it many times while working on CH scripts.  Available by
ftp from ocf.berkeley.edu, in directory /pub/AnimeB.

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RYO: Whoa!  I'm about to lose control!

MAN: The banker's body is something else!  Losing your life wouldn't be
too much!

RYO: Yes!  ???

[Ryo notices he's bet on thirteen]

RYO (nervous): Oh god, she's got my concentration totally zapped, I've
already lost seven hundred!  Now I've bet the farm on number thirteen! 
I'm dead!

[The ball lands on thirteen]

MAN (offscreen): Thirteen?

YENG CHEE: Thirteen black.  I believe that was this gentleman's number.

RYO: It couldn't be!  You...

[Title screen- Casino Queen]

RYO: Ahhhh, so you picked thirteen for me on purpose, Miss!

YENG CHEE: My name is Mok-Yeh Yeng-Chee.
(Note: Her name was Yoko in the original, but since I didn't have a full
name, I didn't change it.)

RYO: That's a nice name.  Well Yeng-Chee, this casino belongs to the
most powerful crime family in Japan.  What's a nice girl like you doing
in a place like this?

YENG CHEE: I've wanted to leave for a long time.  Shuffle the cards
first.

RYO: Shuffle?

YENG CHEE: My father was a skilled gambler, and that got him tangled up
with the Gwi-Ying family.  I'm his daughter, so I've inherited his
abilities and his troubles.

RYO: Mmmm-hmm.

YENG CHEE: But besides what I got from my father, I also have a very
annoying talent.

RYO: What kind of talent?

YENG CHEE: They know I have this talent, so they won't let me go.

RYO: I'm done shuffling.

[Yeng Chee arranges the cards concentration style]

RYO: What are you up to now, pretty lady?

YENG CHEE: Just watch.

[She selects matching cards with her eyes closed]



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RYO: ?

RYO: Wow!  That's great!  Teach me how it's done!

YENG CHEE: This isn't a parlor trick.

YENG CHEE: Two of diamonds, two of spades, king of diamonds, king of
hearts, seven of clubs.  I don't know why I have this power.  My success
rate is a hundred percent.

RYO: So you've got superhuman powers... No wonder they won't let you go.

YENG CHEE: But I have a chance to win my freedom.  In two days, they'll
play the Ko-Tan family in a game of very high stakes.

RYO: The Ko-Tan?  I've heard of them, they've been fighting like madmen
over something in Sen-Sok*.
(* Trans. note- I also heard that name used in Evil Dragon War Chronicles,
and I believe it referred to somewhere in Tokyo, though I can't be
too sure.  Shinjuku maybe?)

YENG CHEE: The prize is turf in Sen-Sok.

RYO: Oh.

YENG CHEE: The Gwi-Ying family plan to have me represent them, oh no, I
should say I volunteered.  Because if I win, they promise to give me my
freedom.

RYO: Then what do you need me for?

YENG CHEE: To be my bodyguard.

RYO: ?

YENG CHEE: The Ko-Tan know about my power, and they'll be after me. 
That's why I need your help.  This game will be the most important of my
life, because I can win my freedom.

RYO: Well, I'd certainly like to take a crack at your skills.

YENG CHEE: Oh?

RYO: Look, if you beat me, I promise to help you.

YENG CHEE: If I lose?

RYO (almost slobbering): Do you even have to ask?!  I ravish your
body!

[Yeng Chee smacks him with a staff]

YENG CHEE: Mr. Saeba, please try to show a little respect.  Very well
then, pairs or high card?

RYO: No way!  I don't have a chance if we play that way.  Look, we'll
make the coins in my hand the playing pieces.  I'll drop them on the
floor, and using the sound of the impact, you tell me how many coins
there are and how much they're worth.

YENG CHEE: I understand.


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RYO: Very well then.  Ok, here goes.

[Ryo drops the coins on the floor]

RYO: 4 ten yens, 4 five yens, but there's only 1 one yen coin!  Aha! 
Get ready to hand your body over to me!

YENG CHEE: Take a look at my leg before saying any more.

RYO: I'm going to lose control!

[Ryo sees a coin on Yeng Chee's foot]

RYO: What!?  There's another one yen coin!

YENG CHEE: It fell on my foot, so there was no sound.  You want to beat
me?  Practice another ten years.  I'm in your hands now, my bodyguard.

RYO: AAArrrrggghhh... screwed over because of a lousy yen!

----

MAN (offscreen): What's this?

MAN 2: They sent this guy to play against him.

MAN 3: The Ko-Tan's in trouble this time, their guy is no match for
him.

LOHNG (dealer): Your choice.

PLAYER: The world is a fair place, no one can have it all forever.  I'll
raise you everything.

LOHNG: I'll see you, and call.

PLAYER: Full house, six high.

LOHNG: So sorry, I've got a flush.  Actually, all of your money was
mine once you agreed to play.

Ko-Tan BOSS: Truly an awesome display of skill.

PLAYER: Boss!

Ko-Tan BOSS: You fleeced your opponent clean.  You truly are the Casino
Vampire.  The ease of your victory is a shock to me.

LOHNG: I'm the one who should be shocked, I didn't think the Ko-Tan
family would choose such incompetent representative.

PLAYER: What!

Ko-Tan BOSS: I can see you've got what it takes, you're probably the
only one who can beat the Gwi-Ying's broad.

LOHNG: You're not going to ask me to play against a woman, are you?

Ko-Tan BOSS: You can check her out for yourself.



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----

RYO: Heads or tails!

YENG CHEE (bored): Heads.

RYO: Damn you.  Again.

[Ryo flips a coin]

RYO: Heads or tails?!

YENG CHEE (still bored): Tails.

[Ryo removes his pants]

RYO: One more time!

YENG CHEE: Ryo, give it up.  It's going to be the same every time.

RYO: What?!  Chickening out?  This is the last time!  If my luck's bad,
and I lose again, well the worst that can happen is my shorts come off. 
Let's go again!

YENG CHEE: (Sigh) ?

LOHNG: You must be Mok-Yeh Yeng Chee, is that so?

YENG CHEE: Who are you?

LOHNG: I am...

[He puts on an impressive display of card tricks]

RYO: Wow!  That's awesome, you must be a magician, right?

LOHNG: You must have heard of me before, I am the Casino Vampire.  I may
be representing the Ko-Tan two days from now, perhaps we'll be meeting
then.

RYO: ?

YENG CHEE: You'll be representing the Ko-Tan?

LOHNG: That depends on your skill, or lack of it.  If you're up to
snuff, well then I'll oblige you with a little game.  But I figure that
won't be likely.

YENG CHEE (sarcastic): That's very interesting, I'd like to see just how
great you are.

[They seat themselves at a card table]

LOHNG: Who deals?

YENG CHEE: You're the guest, you deal.

LOHNG (to himself): What a fool, letting me deal is letting me win.
Your chips belong to Lohng Jung Mot!

[Lohng finishes dealing]


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LOHNG: Let's start small, say a hundred thousand yen.

YENG CHEE: I fold.

LOHNG: You fold?!  You haven't even looked at your cards!

YENG CHEE: I fold.

LOHNG: Don't play games with me!

[Lohng deals again]

LOHNG: I'll raise you a hundred thousand.

YENG CHEE: I fold.

LOHNG (to himself): Damn it, has she seen through my sleight of hand? 
It can't be!

[Lohng shuffles and deals again]

YENG CHEE: I fold.

LOHNG (angry): Stop playing games!  You have the right to fold, but
you've got to at least look at your cards!

YENG CHEE: There's no need.  My hand only has a pair of queens, I
couldn't beat your three aces.

LOHNG: What?!  You.. You..

RYO: Hey, Yeng Chee, this is real boring, you know?

YENG CHEE: Very well, then I'll bet everything on the next hand.  But
only if I get to cut the deck after you've shuffled.

[Yeng Chee cuts the deck, Lohng sneaks a card to the top of the deck]

YENG CHEE: I call.  Let's see the cards.

YENG CHEE: Ohhhh!  I've got a pair of aces!

LOHNG: So happy over a pair of aces?!  I've already said that I'm going
to beat you with a flush!

LOHNG: You want to call yourself my peer?!  Not even close.  Go home and
practice for a few more years!

YENG CHEE: Is that so?  Well we'll see.

LOHNG: You know you're going to lose, and you still have a smart mouth. 
Look and learn!  A flush-  WHAT?!  Why is it a two?!

YENG CHEE: I knew you were cheating while we were playing for small
stakes.  You put all the like suits at the top of the deck.

LOHNG: ?

YENG CHEE: You're clever, but I'm not foolish either.  I swapped one of
your cards when I cut the deck.


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YENG CHEE: You can tell the bosses of the Ko-Tan that no one can beat
the Casino Queen.

----

RYO: Hey, thanks for giving me my clothes back.

YENG CHEE: That was just a lesson, we'll see if you'll try anything
stupid again.

RYO: We'll see.  Next time you could be doing the stripping.

[Ryo pulls Yeng Chee back towards the wall, a flying card cuts part of
her dress off]

YENG CHEE: !

RYO: What's the deal?  I thought the show was over.

LOHNG: There's always the next performance.  This time, your life's on
the table.

RYO: You've got to be joking, you're just a cheapie tumbler while I'm
the fine china.  That means you've got less to lose.

LOHNG: Talking trash, huh?

LOHNG: I want to finish this quickly!  Die now!

[He throws several cards at them, Ryo stops them by throwing a pair of
knives through them]

RYO: What now?  Any other games?  Some magic?

LOHNG: Listen up.  Once this coin hits the ground, one of us dies.

RYO: Ha.  Sounds like fun.

LOHNG: Begin.

[Ryo puts a few slugs in Lohng]

LOHNG: Ow, oww... how could he be so fast?!

RYO: It's not me that's fast, it's you that's slow.

YENG CHEE: Is he dead?

RYO: No, he's okay.  Just a few cracked ribs.

[Yeng Chee places her hand on his]

RYO: ?

YENG CHEE: My opinion of you has totally changed.  At first, I thought
you were just an untalented pervert.  Oh!

[Ryo starts feeling up her leg]

RYO: Oh you're much too kind!


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[She slams him into the wall]

YENG CHEE: Never mind what I just said.

RYO (in pain): Women!  First no, then yes, then no again!  Are you
trying to kill me?!

----

Ko-Tan BOSS: The game's tonight, if we don't take care of that wench by
then, there'll be a load of trouble.

MAN 2: Well, you know that guy there won't be easy to deal with.  He
even got the better of Lohng.

LOHNG: Just a minute.  Give me another shot at him.  That scumbag is
pretty good, but I'm no lightweight either.  I know his weakness now.

Ko-Tan BOSS: Very well, but you better be smart about it this time.

LOHNG: Don't worry.  This time I'll definitely take care of him.

[Ryo has just finished wolfing down his meal]

RYO: Wow!  That was great, I'm full now!  My stomach might burst!

YENG CHEE: I pay and you eat like a maniac!  I'm taking it out of your
fee!

[Ryo gets up]

YENG CHEE: Wait, wait!  I'm just joking!  Eat if you like!

RYO: What?  I'm just going to the bathroom.

YENG CHEE: ??  Well then go.

----

RYO: ?

WOMAN: Hiiii.

RYO (flustered): Hiiiii.  Did I come in the ladies room by accident?

WOMAN: No, I'm the one who's in the wrong room.  I've been waiting for a
long time, come on now!

RYO: Woooow!!

----

YENG CHEE: What's taking him so long?  Is something the matter?

[Ryo stumbles out]

RYO (panting): Woooow... it's dangerous, I could've died in there, ohhh,
awesome, awesome, awesome...

----


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[Ryo is lying on a park bench, trying to stop a nosebleed]

RYO: Oh damn, they know my weakness, I'm dead, dead!

YENG CHEE: Is there anyone who doesn't know Ryo Saeba's weakness?  Just
stop thinking about flesh all the time.

RYO: Oh no, that won't do!  I'm a real man, how can I not have any
reaction to women?  If I don't think of something quick, I'll be dead in
the streets!

RYO: I got it! (laughs) I've got a great idea!

----

[Ryo's decided to go in drag]

[Yeng Chee starts laughing at Ryo]

RYO: Don't laugh.  If they find out it's me, it'll be a total waste of
effort.

MAN: There she is.

MAN 2: Uh huh.

MAN: Who's the broad next to her?

MAN 2: She's a little shabby when it comes to looks.

MAN: I like what I see!

OTHERS: ??!!

----

YENG CHEE: ?

RYO: Be careful.

[Lohng approaches with a gun in hand]

LOHNG: We've got some business with you Miss.  A moment of your time
please.

----

Ko-Tan BOSS: Your representative isn't here yet.  I've already waited
for more than half an hour.  What do you intend to do?

----

LOHNG: Our boss would like to get to know you better.  Won't you come
with me to meet him?

RYO (straining to sound feminine): Is that for real?

[Ryo reveals himself as he grabs the gun]

[Lohng and the others are shocked]


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RYO: He's much too kind.

----

Gwi-Ying BOSS: Just a few more minutes.  She'll be here.

Ko-Tan BOSS: You're crazy!  Get another representative, if we don't
start soon, then you forfeit!

YENG CHEE: Just a minute.

Gwi-Ying BOSS: You've come.

Ko-Tan BOSS: How can this be?

----

LOHNG (in pain): It's all over...

----

YENG CHEE: So sorry, I have a flush.

MAN: It's done, we've beaten the Ko-Tan!

MAN 2: The turf in Sen-Sok is ours!

YENG CHEE (to herself): I've won!  I've got my freedom.

Ko-Tan BOSS: Incompetents, all of you!

RYO: Don't get so riled up big boy, I'll make it all better with a kiss,
okay darling?

Ko-Tan BOSS: A princess!

RYO: How pathetic.  Well sleazy, (removes hat and looks up) am I
beautiful?

[The Ko-Tan boss faints]

HENCHMEN: Boss!  Boss!

RYO: This is incredible!

----

KAORI: Were you up to anything nasty while I was away?

RYO: No, no!  I wouldn't dare!

[Ryo spots a wedding across the street]

KAORI: ?  What is it?

RYO: Yeng Chee!

[Ryo runs across the street, barely escaping death]

KAORI: Ryo!


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RYO: Yeng Chee!

YENG CHEE: Ryo!

RYO: Yeng Chee, heads or tails?

YENG CHEE: I guess heads.

RYO: It's tails.  You really stepped in it this time!

YENG CHEE: (giggle)

RYO: Hey you, listen up!

GROOM: Yes.

RYO: I'm giving you what I've won.

[Tosses him the coin]

GROOM: Yes.

[Yeng Chee and her husband drive off in their VW]

RYO: Freedom is the most precious thing.  Yeng Chee, I wish you the very
best from the bottom of my heart.

KAORI: Ryo!

RYO: ?

KAORI: You sleaze!  You won't even leave someone's bride alone!

RYO: Oh no, Kaori, you misunderstand!

KAORI: You pervert, I'm going to crack your skull open!

[Kaori bashes Ryo on the head with her hammer]

RYO: OOOOWWWWWWW!

RYO: What a bulldozer, damn, you can HAVE her!

----END OF CITY HUNTER EP #9-----

7/22/92 - Completed.  Nro'ed.
















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