Hokuto no Ken episode 106
Raoh, Shaken by a Nightmare!
Yuria, You Are the Only One!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Raoh comes to a decision on what to do with Yuria.
Original broadcast date: February 12th, 1987
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
Synopsis
In Raoh's fortress, many of the Fist King's men have been injured by their leader. Yuria heals some of them with her powers. At Fudou's village, some of Rihaku's men arrive and say that Raoh's defeat has caused mass turmoil in his forces, and that many of his captured villages have struck back, wiping out his troops and taking back their home towns. Meanwhile, Raoh stands in front of a fire with lots of blazing hot coals inside it. He puts his hands into the fire and picks up one without showing any sign of pain. He then crushes it into pieces. There is nothing wrong his his perfect body, he thinks, but it still doesn't change the fact that he has felt fear twice now. It was because of the sadness in Kenshiro's eyes... now that he has felt fear he feels that he can no longer call himself the Fist King. He works out that what made him feel fear was sorrow. Kenshiro's feelings for Yuria... Fudou's love for the children... does grief surpass the body? What is sorrow? He thinks of what Tou told him... his heart belongs to Yuria. He then begins to think about Yuria, and if grief is love.
Raoh then finds Yuria, and says that he must take her life! He only has Kenshiro in mind now and he surpasses him in everything, apart from the fact that he doesn't know what sadness or love are. But he's heard that love brings sadness and vice-versa, so if he loses Yuria he may understand them. Some of Raoh's soldiers try to stop him by shooting him in the leg, but after he removes the arrow, Yuria heals the wound. Raoh tells her that he doesn't need pity, but she says that it is all she can do now. She then turns around saying that it must be hard for him to kill her if she looks at him, and that she is prepared to head into heaven. She can see the dawn of a new light, signaling the start of a new era. Raoh thinks back to one time at the dojo when he and Toki saw Kenshiro and Yuria walk by. Raoh told Toki that one day he would make Yuria his, it is one of his ambitions. Toki told him that that is no ambition, it is love. Raoh said that he didn't believe in love, but Toki explained that whilst he may not know it now, love will turn even him to tears and move his heart.
Back in the present, Raoh now knows why he was thinking of his brother's words, as he is now crying! He sees that he must have been pursuing Yuria for love all along, but now struggles to take her life. But he cannot have Yuria for himself and now he feels he can call himself the Fist King once more. He tells her to forgive him, but she must live on as the sadness in his heart. He then strikes Yuria. A little later on, the Black King arrives in Fudou's village, and Kenshiro knows Raoh is calling him. He gets on the horse, and arrives at the North Star chi training ground, where Raoh is waiting for him. Will Raoh seize the heavens, or will Kenshiro shine the light on the century's end?
-The scene in Fudou's village near the start of the episode was not in the manga.
-Raoh is not shown beating his own troops up in the manga (although it does happen), whilst he is in the anime.
-Yuria heals more people in the anime.
-In the manga, Kenshiro, Bat and Lin do not seem to be in Fudou's village when the Black King arrives.
-Kenshiro tells Bat and Lin they will witness the final battle, and they all get on the Black King in the manga.
For the anime, they decided to have Kenshiro go alone, for some reason.
-The scene where Raoh hits Yuria is split up in the manga. The part where he actually hits her is not shown until later, during the battle between Kenshiro and Raoh.
-This episode has a different art style than any previous one, and it looks a bit rough. The actual animation isn't any worse than usual, but the art looks off, mainly for the faces of characters.