Hokuto no Ken 2 episode 37
Episode 146 overall
Shachi's Battle Of Love!
Kaioh Will Ridicule With Laughter!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
Hokuto no Ken 2 episode 37 |
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Episode 146 overall |
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Kaioh seeks to kill Shachi for ruining his plans.
Original broadcast date: January 7th, 1988
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Synopsis
Hyoh is still injured, but he says it doesn't matter about him, he just needs to tell Kenshiro something important. He has remembered where the secret technique of the North Star clan is. Taiseiden is the place where the clan originated, and where both he and Kenshiro were born. Within this place is some kind of key which unlocks the North Star seal, which Kaioh had mentioned to Kenshiro during their fight. Shachi decides to go and find it, and look for any kind of clue about how to unlock the seal. He and Leia find Taiseiden, but then Kaioh finds them -he is furious that he ruined his plans, as Kenshiro and Hyoh are both still alive. Shachi tells Leia to run and tries to distract Kaioh, but is easily defeated. He ends up having one of his arms and legs broken.
Leia and Lin grab onto Kaioh's arms, screaming for him to stop, but as they do this, something happens. Part of the floor suddenly glows with a blue light, and Shachi sees a ring on the floor. He pulls at it and it makes the floor collapse, sending them all down below.
Kaioh gets up and sees that there is a glowing statue in front of him. It emits a terrible light he cannot stand. He heads towards it, wondering what the purpose of it is, and what the spiritual feeling he has in this place is. He touches the statue, but his gauntlets explode, and he feels that he is losing his power. He snaps out of it and blasts the statue, destroying one its arms in the process. He feels normal again, and goes to kill Shachi. Kaioh wonders how a man who learnt the North Star lapis lazuli fist could possibly throw his life away for a woman, and then punches him again. Shachi lands in front of the statue. He isn't going to live for much longer, and is sorry for not being able to protect Leia. Suddenly the statue starts to glow again, and Kaioh can't stand it. The statue is somehow crying, and then suddenly Shachi is able to get back up, surrounded by a new aura.
-The scene where some Asura search for Shachi was not in the manga.
-The Asura who reports to Kaioh says that other Asuras have been sent to stop Kenshiro, Hyoh and Shachi, but they are being defeated. This isn't mentioned in the anime.
-In the manga, Leia gets to Shachi without him having to find her.
-Black Yaksha is the one who reports to Kenshiro and Hyoh about how Kaioh is going after Shachi. In the anime, Tao is the one who tells them instead.
-Kaioh does not wear a helmet when he finds Shachi in the manga. He does in the anime.
-Shachi gets much more serious injuries in the manga -when Kaioh's horse stomps on him, he tries to roll away, and his arm tears off. And then when Kaioh stomps on him, his leg tears off.
The anime has the stomping in it, but not the limb tearing.
-In the manga, as Kenshiro runs on to find Shachi, three guys with flamethrowers attack him, but are easily defeated. The anime changed this so Kenshiro has to fight a much larger army instead (although you barely get to see any of the fighting).
-There was a two week gap between this episode and the previous one airing during the original broadcast. Usually, new episodes were aired once per week.
-There are a couple of very minor differences with the clips used in the recap, click here for details.
-Kaioh's gauntlets are back on in one of the shots of him punching Shachi.
