Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20161208112728/@comment-25122992-20161208154836

Actually, I also wondered about it. But after recalling the previous episode, I came to the conclusion it's not the same man. I mean, Fushin is supposed to be the leader of the Thunder Group that came to the village with wounded comrades and was rejected by the villagers, yet in the next episode preview we see a different man clashing with Sasuke, and according to the novel, Sasuke was fighting with Karyu in the Hell Valley, which means this man is Karyu and not Fushin. I suspect that the mystery with Fushin ends up revealing Chino as him. Or Nowaki. In fact, I find Fushin's appearance shown in the previous episode very similar to Nowaki.

Edit: now, I'm almost sure that Fushin is Nowaki, the former even has the same wound on his cheek that is seen on Nowaki's cheek as a scar. Nowaki just seems to be somewhat plumper.