Hokuto no Ken episode 49
The Greatest Battle in History, Raoh vs. Ken!
You'll Be the One to Die!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Kenshiro overcomes all the odds to fight Raoh.
Original broadcast date: October 31st, 1985
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Synopsis
Toki attempts to attack Raoh, but his strike is avoided. Raoh is about to kill him when Mamiya intervenes, aiming at Raoh with a crossbow. Rei tries to stop Mamiya, as he knows there is a North Star divine fist technique which lets the user catch projectiles and throw them back, and begs Raoh not to kill her as he loves her. Mamiya still fires, and Raoh catches the arrow. He throws it back right at her head, but it's stopped by Kenshiro -he has broken free of the pressure point Toki had hit on him. His powerful spirit is what overcame the pressure point's effect.
Raoh decides to fight Kenshiro, and starts to use techniques from different styles against him, including a secret technique from a style of the South Star holy fist. Kenshiro moves in, and soon the two begin to pummel each other.
With only enough energy left to make one last move each, they both stab into each other's chests. Both survive, but cannot continue and Toki breaks them up. Raoh's men see that the fight has ended in a draw, but they believe the Fist King's empire is finished, as their leader was meant to be invincible. They run away, leaving Raoh all by himself, until the Black King appears next to him. He rides out of the village on his horse, but he says that their battles have only just begun. Everyone watches as Raoh rides out of the village on the Black King.
-The fight between Kenshiro and Raoh is much shorter in the manga. The anime added new scenes, such as Raoh throwing the sai, using the wind kill iron fist move and using the secret Sout Star holy fist technique (which is a hint to an upcoming story arc).
-The opening few minutes of this episode are the same as the closing minutes of the last one, but with completely new animation.
-This episode's animation is incredibly detailed and fluid, this is without doubt the best looking episode of the entire series.
-Pel, who has been missing for the past few episodes, suddenly returns in this one.
-Blood is often colored white in the series, but in this episode, it's almost consistently colored red. The shot of two of the Fist King's guys getting hit by the sai has them bleed white blood though.
-The sai Raoh uses repeatedly changes colors between shots, sometimes it is gold, other times it is silver.
-Certain shots of Lin has her with long hair, when she usually has short hair.
-Two different backgrounds are used during these shots, but Raoh and Toki are meant to be in the same place.
-Kenshiro's black arm band is colored white during this shot.
-Certain shots of Rei, most noticeably when Mamiya shoots at Raoh, have his hair colored dark green instead of light green.
-When Kenshiro rips his jacket and shirt off, his hair is colored red (what is it with hair errors in this episode?)
-The guys standing behind Raoh when he throws the sai change colors between shots.
-When Raoh stabs into Kenshiro, one shot has Ken's right arm colored like one of Raoh's arms.
