Hokuto no Ken 2 episode 42
Episode 151 overall
The Last Introduction!
The 3rd Man Who Holds Lin's Fate Appears!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
Hokuto no Ken 2 episode 42 |
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Episode 151 overall |
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
As Kenshiro gets the upper hand in his battle against Kaioh, the North Star Army arrives in the Land of Asura.
Original broadcast date: February 11th, 1988
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
Synopsis
Hyoh and Black Yaksha are trying to get to where Kenshiro and Kaioh are fighting, but an army of Kaioh's heads towards them. Hyoh puts Lin down whilst he and Black Yaksha engage the army in battle, and start to kill many. Meanwhile, Kenshiro and Kaioh's fight continues. Kaioh uses a technique called seimyou danretsu (horrific bullet destroyer), but it isn't effective -Kenshiro tells Kaioh that the technique he just used came from the North Star clan, and he knows how to defend against it, so it won't effect him. That is why the North Star divine fist is the greatest style of them all, as it was meant to be when it was created. When Kenshiro learnt the history of the North Star arts via the statue, he learnt about Kaioh's style and how to counter it.
Kenshiro uses a move called kentou shadan (fist stealing discarding resolution) which shatters Kaioh's gauntlets, and breaks his fists. Kenshiro tells him that while he has been living a sheltered life in the Land of Asura, he has fought against many strong opponents over the years, some who were even stronger than him. Elsewhere, Hyoh defeats the last few men of the army, but both he are Black Yaksha have been heavily injured, so much so that Black Yaksha dies. Hyoh then gets a boomerang in the back, and finds that another army of Kaioh's has arrived to finish him off.
Kaioh tries to attack again, but Kenshiro hits his legs, damaging them. Shattering his own armor, Kaioh lets his demonic aura flow all around him and give him a new strength. Meanwhile, it looks like Hyoh is about to die when another army appears, and slaughters Kaioh's forces. Bat, Rihaku and the North Star army have arrived. Bat introduces himself to Hyoh, and says he came from across the sea for Lin and Kenshiro. Hyoh reveals where they must go, and he, Bat and the North Star Army head towards the fight.
-Lin is blindfolded when Kaioh's army finds Hyoh and Black Yaksha in the manga. She isn't in the anime, but does get a blindfold a little later on. Black Yaksha then dies, and Hyoh looks for Lin, only to get a boomerang thrown into his back. He turns around and sees that an Asura has taken Lin, and another army of Kaioh's has arrived. In the anime, certain parts of this are changed, such as Black Yaksha being present for when Hyoh kills the last four, and an Asura doesn't get Lin.
-Bat is also on his own in the manga -well, he's with the Black King, but the North Star army and Rihaku aren't present like they are in the anime.
-Kaioh shatters his armor earlier in the manga than he does in the anime.
-The opening recap uses clips from the last two episodes, with some differences. There are a few differences with this episode's preview clips as well -click here for details.
-For some reason, the last part of the recap -where Kenshiro tells Kaioh that love will defeat him -has completely new animation instead of showing what was used the previous episode.
-This episode's title card is not on the usual black background, instead, it features the place where Kenshiro and Kaioh are fighting.
-Apparently Ryuga is no longer part of Kenshiro's friends group -he's been replaced by Falco.
-It's not explained how the North Star army were able to get into the Land of Asura so easily. I'd like to think that Kenshiro had simply killed so many Asuras that they no longer had the resources/man power to deal with them.
-When Bat points out the North Star Army to Hyoh, there is a guy behind Rihaku who looks a lot like Amiba - more on this in the next episode.
-This is the only episode of Fist of the North Star 2 where Kenshiro says something at the very end of the next episode preview segment.
