The North Star army find out that Lin has been taken to the Sea of Death. Rihaku explains that he believes Taiga has taken Lin to the other side of this sea, where the Land of Asura is. This land is a place where nobody can enter or leave, and is a nation of fighters. Less than 1% of the males survive there, and by the age of 15, an Asura (Warrior) is expected to have fought in 100 battles. Myu enters and says that Falco, having found out where Taiga was going, has already gone to the Land of Asura. Kenshiro follows by himself, but is attacked by a group of pirates led by Akashachi. Kenshiro defeats (but does not kill) them all, but most of them jump ship when they find out where Kenshiro wants to go. Only Akashachi remains, and he says he will take Kenshiro there.

Meanwhile Falco has arrived at the Land of Asura, and finds Taiga and his men. All of his troops are dead, whilst Taiga has been fatally wounded. Just before he dies, Taiga says that Lin has been taken to become a "Asura bride", and that he hopes that both the North Star and the Source Star die here. As Falco walks off, he narrowly avoids being stabbed by an Asura who appears out of nowhere, and kills his attacker. Out at sea, Akashachi explains that he and 100 men once invaded the Land of Asura, but were all defeated by an Asura who looked no older than 15. And Akashachi's own son went missing during the battle.

Kenshiro says he will look for him, and then leaves. As he heads into the Land of Asura, he is almost immediately confronted by two warriors, who he kills. He continues on further, only to then find a heavily injured Falco! He sees that the wound he got from their battle is still there, but Falco says that he is a warrior, and wanted to save Lin. Just then, the Asura who defeated Falco appears, and tosses Falco's fake leg to the ground. Kenshiro prepares to fight him.

Manga Differences

-The opening scene of this episode, where Rihaku explains about the Land of Asura, was not in the manga.

-The manga has a scene there isn't in the anime, where some men are trying to catch fish, but they don't get any and believe no creature could survive in this ocean. They are then attacked and killed by Akashachi's crew.

-Falco has one of his hands stabbed by the first Asura he fights in the manga, in the anime, he manages to prevent him from doing this.

-The manga has another scene which never made it into the anime -as Akashachi finishes explaining what happened to his men when he took a group of them to the Land of Asura, a spear pierces through the ceiling.

Kenshiro heads up and finds an Asura on the ship, who tells them to leave now. He and Kenshiro fight, with Kenshiro being the victor, and Kenshiro then heads off to the mainland.

-As Kenshiro and the Asura square up, Akashachi is watching them via a telescope in the manga. He knows that man Kenshiro is facing is the same one who killed his men, and took his leg and eye. He isn't shown doing this in the anime.

Notes

-This episode is the first to use an alternate version of the intro, and all future episodes will use it. For a complete list of changes made, click here.

-Akashachi's voice actor, Daisuke Gori, has previously voiced several other characters, including Diamond, Uighur, Daruka and Hazu.

Errors

-During this shot, Kenshiro's glove is missing.