Hokuto no Ken episode 84
The South Star Strikes Back!
The Wind Army Protects the Last General!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Huey of the Wind is sent on a mission, whilst Kenshiro enters a recruitment camp for the Fist King's forces.
Original broadcast date: August 14th, 1986
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Synopsis
Huey and Shion receive a message from a man called Rihaku, telling them to make their move. Some time later, Raoh finds out from a dying soldier that they were attacked by another army, and their leader was very strong. This leader was Huey, who killed his enemies with a technique called gosha fuuretsu ken (five chariot wind split fist). Raoh wonders if people other than Kenshiro now oppose him.
Meanwhile, Kenshiro lets himself be taken to a recruitment camp for the Fist King's army, along with several other men. However, they are told that only one of them can join, and they'll have to kill each other. If they don't do that, they will have to fight Glen, a huge man who's only purpose in life is to fight, as that is what his master, David, taught him. Kenshiro ends up fighting Glen, and after initially struggling, he soon takes everything Glen can throw at him without problem.
Ken snaps one of Glen's wrists, and tells him he is now weak. Glen asks Kenshiro to kill him now, as he can only fight. Kenshiro explains to him that he does not have to do nothing but fight for all his life, and tells him to leave this place. Glen decides to change his ways, but before he can leave, he is shot and killed by David and his troops. This really angers Kenshiro, so Glen and his men run away, only to be sliced apart by Huey. Huey and his army have arrived, and Huey introduces himself to Kenshiro.
-Most of this episode is filler. The character of Huey appears in the manga, but has a completely different introduction compared to this, as I'll explain later.
-The whole scenario with the recruitment camp, along with David and Glen, was not in the manga.
-Shion was not in the manga.
-Kenshiro never meets Huey in the manga.
-Glen is quite clearly based on the evil robot character from The Terminator, who was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is most likely a coincidence, but this is the 84th episode of the series, whilst The Terminator was released in 1984. (Although in Japan, it wasn't released until 1985).
-Shion's voice actor, Keiichi Nanba, previously voiced Shiva, along with the younger version of Raoh.
-The recruiter is voiced by Shigeru Chiba, who voices the narrator for the series. He has also voiced several other characters, including Joker, Komaku and Beji.
-Glen's voice actor, Yuji Mikimoto, previously did the voices for Junk, Fuga and Gunther.
-David's voice actor, Hōchū Ōtsuka, previously provided the voice for Aus.
-Who built Huey's castle? How does anyone get up to it? How does anyone get down from it?