Hokuto no Ken episode 67
Clash of the Two Command Stars, Ken vs. Souther!
Only My Star Can Guard the Heavens!
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
As Kenshiro confronts Souther again, the Holy Emperor reveals why he has no need for love.
Original broadcast date: March 13th, 1986
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
Synopsis
Souther heads up the mausoleum, where one of the children lined up stabs him with a knife. He is fine and removes the knife, whilst saying that the emotions he had for Shu made him go crazy, crazy enough to attack him. Souther then reveals how, many years ago, he was adopted by Ogai, the current master of Souther Star phoenix fist. Ogai started to teach Souther the style.
When Souther turned 15 years old, Ogai told him he had a final test. Souther put on a blindfold as Ogai told him that he will now face real combat for the first time -he will be attacked, so he must avoid the strike and win the battle. Souther did this, and struck his attacker, but found out that he had just critically injured his own master! Ogai told him that the South Star phoenix fist could only ever have one successor, to be defeated by the new successor was part of his fate. As he died, Souther could not stand it, and screamed that if love made you suffer and become this miserable, he had no need for it.
Back in the present, Kenshiro resumes fighting Souther, but his North Star divine fist techniques do not seem to work. He plunges his fists into Souther's chest, and realizes something... just as Souther cuts into his face repeatedly. However, as Kenshiro gets back up, Souther stumbles and then part of his head explodes -Kenshiro says that he now knows what Souther's secret is!
-The scene where Raoh kills the soldier happens after Souther reveals his past in the manga. For the anime, it happens before.
-In the manga, when Souther seemingly defeats Kenshiro, he says "Who's next? Raoh? Toki?!". In the anime this was changed to him just asking who wants to fall to his South Star phoenix fist next.
-After the opening recap, the first few minutes of this episode retell the last few minutes of the previous one, but different animation is used.
-The preview for this episode -which was shown at the end of the previous episode -has some differences in it, click here for details.