A Bloody Battle, Shu Vs. Souther!
Love is Drowned by the Tears of the Star of Benevolence!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site

Hokuto no Ken episode 64
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Shu fights Souther.
Original broadcast date: February 20th, 1986

Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors


Synopsis

Kenshiro wakes up and sees he is back at Shu's base. Bat and Lin say they didn't see to his injuries, but just found him near the base (Raoh had some of his men heal him). However, Souther's army attack the base, so Shu tells Bat and Lin to use a boat and get Kenshiro out of here. He had given Kenshiro a pill that put him into a deep sleep earlier, so he cannot help him now.

Shu then goes and faces Souther and his forces, killing many of them with his Nanto rekkyaku zanjin (South Star fierce kick formation). He tries to kill Souther, but Souther avoids his attack at the last moment. Souther tells him he may try again, but if he does, he will have the hostages he has taken killed. Souther ends up striking Shu, severing the tendons in his legs and preventing him from using his South Star white heron fist ever again.

Shu falls to the ground. Some of Souther's men take him away, as Souther still has plans for him. Shu yells out to Kenshiro, telling him to hear his call. In the sewers, Kenshiro awakens, and kills some of Souther's men who have entered. He says he can hear it -Shu is calling him!

Manga Differences

-This episode pretty much follows the manga identically. The only difference is near the start, as in the manga, Raoh himself finds Kenshiro in the desert, but in the anime, he gets two of his men to find him instead.

Notes

-The first few minutes of this episode recap what happened, using animation from the previous episode -there are a few small differences with these clips. However, when it gets to the part with Shiva, there is completely new animation of him killing himself and Souther's soldiers. The location of this scene has also changed, as Ken is suddenly up on a cliff when he sees the explosion, whilst he wasn't in the previous episode. At the end of the previous episode, it was night time when Raoh's men find Kenshiro, but in this one, it's still day time.

-This is also one of the most violent episodes in the series, with several decapitations and more gore than usual -when Shu splits the guy with the giant sword in half, you actually get to see his insides, and the animators didn't even gray out his body like they usually do.

Errors

-When Souther's men circle around Shiva, one of them at the bottom right overlaps a parked bike.
-Bat is missing his black wrist band during this shot.
-Raoh's fortress looks slightly different to when it was last seen in episode 62:

Episode 62	Episode 64

-When Souther's soldiers launch their surprise attack, the background is different than what is looked like earlier -note the missing boxes.
-There are a couple of times where Shu's eyes have pupils during the scene where he sends Bat and Lin away with Kenshiro.