Hokuto no Ken episode 45
Those Who Fear Death!
Listen to the Cry of Lin’s Fiery Heart!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Lin protects Airi from the Fist King's forces, whilst Rei arrives back in the village.
Original broadcast date: September 26th, 1985
Contents
1)
Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Synopsis
Airi and Lin are found by some of the Fist King's soldiers, but thanks to some villagers sacrificing themselves, they manage to run off and find a new hiding place. Kenshiro, Toki and Mamiya are slowly making their way back to the village, and come across hoof prints from a large horse -a horse worthy enough for the Fist King to ride on. Meanwhile, Bat has managed to escape the village, despite being injured, and Rei happens to find him. He tells Rei to hurry back to the village.
Airi and Lin are hiding again, but Airi seems to have lost all hope, and is scared that she will be put into slavery and misery again. Lin tells her not to give up hope, just as a soldier overhears her. Lin covers Airi up with a blanket and then runs towards the soldier, brandishing a pipe. He easily defeats her and she is taken back to where the other villagers are, who have all had the Fist King's symbol burned onto their bodies. Lin is given a choice between having the symbol or being thrown onto a hot metal sheet, but she chooses the latter. She refuses to brand herself, and calls all of the Fist King's men demons -demons that she will never follow.
Just before Lin can be put on the sheet, Rei arrives and kills the soldier who hit Lin. He finds out from her that Airi is safe thanks to her efforts -he cannot believe that Lin, who is such a small child, has put her life on the line. The Fist King's forces surround Rei, but begin to back off when they realize he has become angry. He turns around and says he will make them all pay -what color is their blood?!
-The scene with the biker gang was not in the manga.
-The part where Kenshiro's shoulder pad completely breaks was not in the manga.
-The guy who gets thrown onto the metal sheet ends up burning to death in the manga, even when he says he'll pledge loyalty to the Fist King.
For the anime, he is allowed to jump off, and one of the Fist King's men throws a bucket of water over him, so he survives.
-The anime adds a scene where the village elder tries to stop the Fist King's men from making Lin be put on the sheet, but he gets hit on the head by a guard. This was not in the manga.
-Some of the recap footage has a few small differences to what it originally looked like, click here for details. One shot actually corrects an error (see the last episode for details on that).
-Gallon is not named in the episode. He would not be named until many years later, in the Ten no Haoh manga.
-Gallon is voiced by Saburo Kamei, who previously voiced Dragon. This was his last role in the series -maybe he was only allowed to voice fire-breathing characters?
-Suddenly there is a second storeroom next to the one Lin and Airi are in. It wasn't there in the previous episode.
-Kenshiro was looking for transport for Toki, right? So why doesn't he use those bikes from that gang who attacked him? The gang get off their vehicles before they charge, so it isn't like they were destroyed. I'm sure Toki would have been able to hold onto Kenshiro or Mamiya if he wasn't able to drive a bike himself.