Hokuto no Ken episode 103
A Challenge From the Demon!
Fudou, Be the Demon for Those You Love!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Fudou begins his fight with Raoh.
Original broadcast date: January 22nd, 1987
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Synopsis
Since Raoh will kill the children if he does not fight, Fudou tells Raoh to follow him as he goes to collect his armor. Raoh thinks back to when Fudou, who used to be known as "Fudou the Demon", entered the North Star divine fist dojo and killed several students, just because he wanted any treasure he could find. Raoh saw him but did not attack, as he feared Fudou.
As Fudou walks on, he remembers what changed him. Many years ago, he was running riot in another town when he saw a building which looked like it had something valuable inside it, but just before he could open the doors, a young girl got in his way. Her name was Yuria, and she refused to move, even when Fudou came close to hitting her. Fudo eventually got the doors open, only to find that Yuria was just protecting a dog, who had recently given birth to several puppies.
Meanwhile Kenshiro arrives at one of Raoh's fortresses, only to find out from a guard that Raoh has gone to Fudou's village, whilst Yuria has been taken to another fortress -and the guard doesn't know which one. Back at the village, Fudou has started to fight Raoh, but is losing. Raoh plunges his fists into Fudou's chest, but Fudou manages to grab Raoh and starts to crush him. However, Raoh says that this is the end, and does what could be a final, fatal strike.
-The students who surrender die in the manga -Fudou crushes them. In the anime, he doesn't do this, so they survive.
-The conversation between Ryuken and Fudou is different in the manga. In the manga, Fudou says he knows nothing about life, as he never knew his mother or father. In the anime, they changed it so Fudou gives a different answer, where he says life is about infestation, with everyone being a maggot. Ryuken does not call Fudou pitiful in the manga, whilst he does in the anime.
-Rihaku is not present at the battle between Fudou and Raoh in the manga, whilst he is in the anime.
-The recap uses clips from the previous episode, there are a couple of small differences with these clips -click here for details.
-When Kenshiro encounters the guards at the fortress, the colors of their mohawks change repeatedly between shots, like this.
-During this shot, Raoh's outfit, specifically just below the neck area, is slightly mis-colored.
