The Fang clan has Airi, but Mamiya attempts to get her back. She tricks the Fang King into thinking she is in a relationship with Kenshiro, and he allows her to come up to where he is. However, when she tries to kill him, he reveals that he can make his body as hard as steel, meaning her attacks are useless.

Gojiba throws knives at both Mamiya and Airi, but Rei breaks down and begs for them to stop. The Fang King tells him that if he wants to save his sister, he must kill Kenshiro. Rei believes he has no other choice and attacks, but Ken keeps avoiding his moves. Eventually, Ken goes into the Hokuto seikyokurin (North Star holy ring) stance, which is a signal to Rei.

The two then strike and seemingly kill each other, and the Fangs are sent down by their leader to check the bodies. However, it was just a ruse, as the Fangs are destroyed and both Kenshiro and Rei have survived. Kenshiro tells the Fang King that he was bound to die since the start of this.

Manga Differences

-You actually see Mamiya kiss Ken in the manga. In the anime, it cuts just before their lips come together.

-At one point in the manga, the Fang King throws Airi to the ground and lets some of his clan prod her with daggers. This isn't in the anime.

-After the above happens, the Fang King throws Mamiya to this clan member who has a knife and fork, who wants her.

Mamiya kills this guy, so King Fang dislocates Mamiya's shoulders. None of this is in the anime.

-The guy who throws knives is just some random clan member in the manga, but is Gojiba in the anime.

-Between the knife throwing scene and the scene where the Fang King tells Rei to fight Kenshiro, the manga has an additional scene were Gojiba fights Kenshiro. Gojiba makes his first appearance in the manga here (he is never named, the Fang King just refers to him as being the smartest) and Kenshiro kills him. This fight is in the next episode of the anime.

-When the Fang King finds out that Kenshiro and Rei are dead, he releases Mamiya and Airi and tells them to go to the bodies. This isn't in the anime, when it clearly should have been and creates a continuity error for the start of the next episode.

Notes

-This episode features more more detailed animation than usual -this is the best looking episode of the series so far. This style will be seen in a few episodes throughout the rest of the series.

-This episode's recap has a number of oddities in it. The first two shots are actually used in this episode, and not any of the previous ones. But the footage used from the previous episode has some background coloring differences, click here for details.

-When Kenshiro talks about Yuria, footage from episode 5 and 22 is used.

Errors

-Kenshiro's shoulder pad is back, even though Madara destroyed it in the previous episode.
-The Fang King's hair is colored violet instead of brown during this shot.
-At one point during Kenshiro and Rei's fight, Kenshiro's shoulder pad is blue.
-Kenshiro has red shoes during this shot.
-When the Fang King tells Rei to hurry up and kill Kenshiro, everyone up on the cliff is mis-colored. The clan members have blue clothes, whilst Mamiya and Airi have, bizarrely, blue skin.