Hokuto no Ken 2 episode 15
Episode 124 overall
What Is Waiting In the Dark Continent!
It Is the Legendary Land of Asura!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
Hokuto no Ken 2 episode 15 |
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Episode 124 overall |
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Falco faces the nameless Asura.
Original broadcast date: July 23rd, 1987
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Synopsis
Falco recovers and stops Kenshiro from fighting the Asura -he wants to do it. He asks Kenshiro to hit his sekkatsukou pressure point, whilst he knows it will reduce his life, it will make him stronger for a limited time. Kenshiro does this, and the two start to fight again. After using several techniques against each other, Falco defeats his opponent by using a technique called oukou sestuzan (yellow light temple slash). The Asura tells them to go on, as the Asura beyond this point have names, and are far stronger than himself. He then dies when he is split in half.
Elsewhere, Lin is still alive, and has been put in a cell. A boro (rag ) -a former Asura who no longer fights -opens the door and tells her to follow him, as he takes her to a large arena where a fight is going on. The man overseeing the arena, Kaiser, beckons Lin to where he is. He gets some blood out of her without leaving a wound, and reveals he could remove her vital organs without leaving any scars. Drops of Lin's blood fall into a cup of wine he is holding, as he explains that she will become the bride to the winner of this fight. The fight ends when one of the Asura, Alf, kills his opponent.
However, Kaiser does not give Alf the cup, and instead gives him a new mission: there is an intruder on Asura, a man with seven scars. If he wants Lin, he must kill this man. As Alf sets off on this task, Kenshiro and Falco watch the sun set. Falco is about to die, and believes that the light of the Source Star imperial fist will be lost forever once the sun sets. However, a carrier pigeon arrives, and the message it has contains good news: Myu is pregnant with Falco's child. They both realize that this isn't the end for the Source Star imperial fist, as the child can become the successor. Falco takes off one of his buttons and tells Kenshiro to send the pigeon back with it. Soon the pigeon leaves, but it is the last thing Falco sees, as he passes away shortly afterwards. Kenshiro says that Falco's spirit is within him and that now, he will save Lin!
-Kenshiro has a longer fight against the Asura in the manga. When they battle, the Asura uses more moves against him, such as the ninja staff bewitching destruction formation. In the anime, these extra moves were used in a flashback sequence, showing how the Asura defeated Falco in the first place (the manga does not show how the Asura defeated Falco).
-Kenshiro throws two shuriken back at the Asura in the manga, rather than just the one in the anime.
-As soon as Kenshiro hits Falco's pressure point, the Asura uses his hiding technique immediately in the manga. In the anime, the two clash a couple of times first.
-In the manga, Falco tells Kenshiro that was his final secret technique after he has performed it. In the anime, he tells him before he actually does it.
-In the manga, Falco dies before the rag takes Lin to the arena, in the anime, it's the other way around.
-Alf's fight is shorter in the manga.
-When Alf says that his opponent's blood is now one with him, the manga has Lin think that in the Land of Asura, death does not mean disappearing forever, but being reborn through the blood of the victor. This is not in the anime.
-The manga does not have that small scene with Myu crying like the anime does.
-The recap uses clips from the previous episode, with some minor changes -click here for more details.
-The title card for this episode doesn't feature the usual black background.
-Kaiser's voice actor, Yusaku Yara, has previously voiced several other characters, including Wolf, Dagar and Geld.
-Alf's voice actor, Tomomichi Nishimura, has also previously voiced a few characters, such as Rizo and Zengyo.
-Alf is not actually named in this episode. He will be in the next one.
-"Kill the Fight" is played for the second time in the series. It's heard as Falco reads the carrier pigeon's note.
-When Falco catches the Asura's blades, Kenshiro's glove is missing.
-Kaiser's mustache is colored the same as his skin for this shot.
