At the North Star army base, Kenshiro reveals that Yuria has died. Ken gives Lin a pearl necklace that belonged to Yuria, and tells her to live on. Meanwhile, Ein the bounty hunter returns to a village ran by Geira, to claim his reward on a couple of bounties he captured. He finds out about Kenshiro, and how there is a huge reward on offer for bringing him in. Ein wants it, and finds that he doesn't have to go far, as Kenshiro has come to him.

The two start to fight, but Ein's kenka kenpo (brawling martial arts) is useless against Kenshiro, who defeats Ein with a few slaps. Kenshiro lets Ein live when he finds out that he has a woman, and instead goes on to find Geira. Ein is determined to still claim the bounty on Kenshiro though. Meanwhile, Geira is confronted by Kenshiro, and tries to use hypnosis on him. A few seconds later outside, everyone can hear Geira's screams. Ein calls him an idiot and then says bye to Bat and Lin -maybe he'll see them around again.

Geira is easily defeated, and explodes. As Ein heads away, he's somewhat OK with Geira's death, as it means Kenshiro's bounty will now be even higher. He is determined to claim it.

Manga Differences

-The flashback with Yuria wasn't in the manga.

-The guy who reports to Bat and Lin near the start of the episode isn't in the manga.

-The scene with Jako in this episode was not in the manga.

-Ein's design is different in the manga. He has dark hair, and wears gloves. In the color version of the manga, Ein's colors are also quite different to what he has in the anime.

-In the manga, Geira is bald, but he has blue hair in the anime.

He seems to be even fatter in the manga.

-Ein doesn't say goodbye to Bat and Lin in the manga, whilst he does in the anime.

-When Ein leaves in the manga, he doesn't get that far when he sees someone who tells him something terrible has happened -his village is being attacked by bandits. There is then an additional scene where Ein races home, just in time to save his woman and kill the bad guys. Ein then heads back out with her and comes across Kenshiro and the North Star army, who see him with her for the first time. This doesn't happen in the anime. This marks the start of where the manga and anime go in different directions -the next part of the manga involves Ein in danger when his woman is captured, whilst the anime decides to introduce characters who use the Source Star imperial fist style.

Notes

-This is the first episode of Fist of the North Star 2 to feature a recap sequence at the start of it, and there are several differences with the clips used compared to what was used in the previous episode -click here for more details.

-If the DVDs I have are correct, this was the first episode to use both eyecatchers -you've got the one of Kenshiro ripping his jacket off (used in the previous episode), and then there's also this one of Kenshiro, Bat and Lin. All future episodes use both eyecatchers.

-Buzori's voice actor, Banjō Ginga, previously voiced Souther.

Errors

-During this shot, the North Star army are all colored red and green, and all wear the same uniform, which shouldn't be the case. The next shot of them you can see some have changed colors and aren't all wearing the same clothes.