Falco, the strongest Source Star imperial fist master, is sent out to confront the North Star army. He and his own legion of troops move out, and are soon attacked. However, when Falco enters the battle, he easily defeats anyone who challenges him, and kills many of his enemies.

Having left Mamiya's village, Kenshiro believes Bat and Lin may be in danger and heads out to find them, but is confronted by another Source Star imperial fist master, this time of the red light. However, as they battle, Kenshiro realizes that his opponent has no intention to kill him, and wonders why. After kicking him down and breaking his helmet, he knows who it is: Shoki, a man who let him and Yuria stay in his peaceful village a few years ago. Shoki gives up trying to fight and lets Kenshiro pass, telling his troops that he will take full responsibility if Jako gets angry with them.

Meanwhile, Falco has beaten the North Star army, and says he will only kill one more person: the leader. Bat is willing to die, but Falco doesn't believe he is the true leader when he accepts death so quickly, and shows that he cares for others over himself. He instead spares Bat and sees Lin, seemingly recognizing her. But when he realizes that she is the leader, he still intends to kill her -he has no mercy for anyone!

Manga Differences

-Falco's scene at the start happens before Solia's debut in the manga, in the anime, it's the other way around.

-There is no fight scene shown between the North Star army and Falco's troops in the manga -the North Star army have already been defeated.

-The scene with Rihaku does not happen until slightly later in the manga.

-In the manga, the army Kenshiro sees is led by Solia. For the anime, Shoki is the one leading it, as Solia is already dead.

-The above point also means that Shoki is introduced earlier in the anime than he is in the manga.

-Shoki is not a Source Star imperial fist master in the manga. For the anime, it was changed so he was a master of it, known as the red light. Because of this, Shoki does not appear until later in the manga, and the scene where he fights Kenshiro was not in the manga.

Notes

-There was a two week gap between this episode and the previous one airing during the original broadcast. Usually, new episodes were once per week.

-The opening recap mainly uses clips from the previous episode. There are a few differences with some of these clips -click here for more details.

-One of the guys who is with Rihaku resembles the guy with the shotgun Souther kills in this episode.

-Shoki's voice actor, Tessho Genda, previously voiced Spade, Dante, Mahari and Galf.

-One of the guys who tries to attack Falco has the word "KOKAI" written on his shoulder pad. Not sure if it means anything important.

Errors

-The North Star army are seen carrying white flags in this episode, previously the flags have been blue and white.
-When they're fist seen, Falco's forces all wear golden armor. But when the North Star army attacks, there are suddenly several soldiers who wear blue armor.
-During the flashback, for this shot only, Kenshiro is seen wearing his original outfit -note the red shirt, and single shoulder pad. Throughout the rest of the flashback, he's seen wearing the same outfit he wore at the end of this episode, which lacks the red shirt, and has two shoulder pads.
-The guy Kenshiro faceplants into a wall has a green shirt at first, then it's colored violet, but it's then colored green again.
-The guy who remains with Hazu and Gill is first seen wearing a blue outfit with green armor, and has brown hair. But later on, his outfit and hair colors change.