Hokuto no Ken episode 60
Shu of the South Star White Heron Fist! What do you
See at the End of this Century!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Kenshiro remembers that he has met Shu before.
Original broadcast date: January 23rd, 1986
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Synopsis
Shu and Kenshiro take down more of Souther's troops, who are trying to capture more children. They defeat one unit under the command of Belga, and Shu says that he would never forgive them for trying to take the bright futures of children. Kenshiro realizes he has heard those words before.
Years ago, before the nuclear war, an event was happening at a South Star sacred fist training ground. Kenshiro was involved in a battle against 10 South Star masters, and he had to defeat all 10. If he did not, he would die, as those were the laws. Souther, Shu and Raoh watched as Kenshiro defeated nine of his opponents, but then Shu stepped in and defeated him. However, Shu realized that Kenshiro had great potential, and asked Souther not to have him killed. Souther demanded the laws were followed through...
...but Shu then sacrificed his own light for Kenshiro to live. He sliced into his own eyes, and this was enough to save Kenshiro. Souther remembered that Shu was the star of benevolence, so no wonder he did what he did. Back in the present, Kenshiro realizes that the guy in front of him right this moment is the same person who saved him all those years ago. Shu has always remembered Kenshiro and tells him not to worry, as on that day when he gave up his vision, he was able to bring out Kenshiro's strong, fierce light.
-The starting scene of the episode with Kenshiro, Lin and Bat does not happen until a little later on in the manga.
-Shu asks Kenshiro to help him fight Souther's troops in the manga, and Kenshiro says he will. In the anime, they changed it so Shu doesn't ask, but Kenshiro appears later to help anyway.
-The character of Belga was not in the manga.
-The scene where two kids are taken hostage was not in the manga.
-In the manga, Souther's troops attack a family riding away in a car, which crashes. In the anime, a new scene was put in where Souther's troops are attacking a village instead. The car scene would eventually be shown in animated form in the first Legend of Raoh movie.
-The entire baseball stadium stronghold thing is exclusive to the anime. In the manga, Shu makes his speech about the light of children right after defeating the first group of troops, which makes Kenshiro remember him. In the anime, they don't do this until after Belga dies.
-In the flashback scene, Shu does not block Ken's kick in the manga. He kind of warps around it very quickly. In the anime, he just blocks it with one hand.
-The flashback scene also marked Souther's debut appearance in the manga -but in the anime, they gave him a intro scene set in the present, which was seen in episode 58.
-Shu beats up the guys with spears in the manga.
He doesn't do this in the episode.
-The opening recap uses clips from the previous episode, and there are a few differences with them -click here for details.
-When Belga's men retreat, there is a shot of their legs running. Some of the guy's feet do not touch the ground.
-There is a shot where Kenshiro is to the left of Belga, whilst Shu is to the right. Shu has gray sleeves instead of blue.
