There Is No Looking Back!
Only Hating Evil, And Striking Toki Down!!

Rei, Mamiya and Bat have arrived at the Village of Miracles, but Bat thinks it's one creepy place. Mamiya thinks it looks like hell, whilst Bat wonders if Lin is alright. Mamiya is sure that if Lin is with Ken, she'll be fine. The group start to move in to the village, but then Pel runs up to them, barking like crazy. Bat asks where Lin is, and Pel barks at Toki's fortress.

Inside the fortress, Kenshiro tells Toki he's about to die -he should say his prayers. Toki tells him he's seen the scar on his back, so he won't be able to do anything to him now. He won't be able to betray the man he owes his life to -that's the sort of person he is.

Kenshiro suddenly swipes at him, which cuts his face. Toki asks him if he's forgotten what he's done for him. Kenshiro says all he can hear are the moans of the innocent villagers that have suffered and died because of him. Toki laughs, and says that many sacrifices are needed for him to perfect the North Star divine fist. The lives of some villagers aren't even worth mentioning! He says there's no use for kindness in this world, only power and violence can change things now.

Kenshiro starts using a rapid punch technique. Toki manages to block some of the punches, but then he starts taking several hits. As he gets knocked down, he thinks that he couldn't see Kenshiro's fists at all!

As he starts to get up, he realizes Kenshiro has disappeared. He frantically tries to find him, but then Kenshiro stabs through his hands. As Toki moves away, Kenshiro tells him to taste his fists, and know for himself the burden of being the successor to the North Star divine fist, and all the battles he's fought to this day.

Toki panics, but then notices Yuu's mother. He grabs her and tells Kenshiro he knows what his greatest weakness is: this!

He leaps up and says if he wants to kill him, he'll have to kill this woman as well. As he drops her, Kenshiro catches her. But it lets Toki strike pressure points on his back.

Kenshiro can't believe Toki has fallen this low, but then the pressure point takes effect. Kenshiro can't control his arms, and they rise up. And then he finds that he can't move. Toki says he struck the sen-yoh pressure point, which is one he discovered. And now, he can get to work on his new test dummy!

Outside, Rei's group have to stop when some axes are thrown at them. A group of men appear, and one of them says that they are Lord Toki's elite guard. But he freezes when he realizes that Rei is here.

Rei also recognizes him -he's Nevada! Rei asks him what he's doing here, and Mamiya asks how he knows him. Rei says it was from a long time ago. He tells Nevada that it has been a while, and says that if he's here, it must mean... before he can finish, Nevada tells his men to kill them all.

The guards attack, but Rei and and Mamiya start dealing with them. One tries to attack Bat, but he hits a pressure point on his head.

"You are already dead."



"What? Really?!"



"In three seconds. One... two... three!"



"WAAGH!"



"Huh?"

Rei and Mamiya take out the remaining guards, and soon only Nevada is left. Rei asks him what he's doing to do -will he lead them to Toki?

Back inside, Toki punches Kenshiro a couple of times, and says that someone as naive as him could never be the successor to the North Star divine fist. He says that it's not rage that moves your fist, it's desire. He believes that under his own guidance, the North Star divine fist will become even stronger, an even more terrifying art of assassination! He declares himself to be the successor, and says that now, he'll experiment on Kenshiro's body... which pressure point should he strike first? But before he can do that...

...Nevada crashes through the door. Toki asks him what's wrong, but Nevada doesn't get the chance to say, as his head splits apart. Toki immediately recognizes the South Star waterfowl fist style, and sees that there's someone at the door.

Rei appears, and tells Ken that this man is not Toki. His real name is Amiba, who was once a student of the South Star holy fist, like himself. He tells Amiba that he and Nevada were always causing trouble together. Mamiya and Bat appear, and Mamiya says they've heard the whole story -how Amiba intentionally scarred his own back, just to look like Toki. Bat thinks he's a dirty cheater! Toki laughs and says he never thought Rei would should up here.

He admits that it's just as he said, he is Amiba. But it's too late, as Kenshiro is now his test dummy. And once he's killed him, he intends to live on as Toki, the successor to the North Star divine fist! Rei asks what happened to Toki, but Amiba says Toki is also a pathetic loser. The tragedy that befell the Village of Miracles really happened, but in abandoning his hopes because of that, Toki showed himself to be a second-rate man. Like Kenshiro, Toki was also too naive. Rei thinks Amiba hasn't changed at all, and it seems now he's set himself on the North Star divine fist school. Like he does to his face, he changes his objectives over and over too.

Amiba tells him to shut up -nobody understands! He says that he's a genius, and can learn any martial art faster than anyone else -but nobody will acknowledge it! And nobody ever teaches him the secret techniques of the art. Even Toki wouldn't acknowledge his skill! Rei says that because of that, it made him kill innocent people so he could experiment on them, just to try and learn the North Star divine fist.

Amiba says that's right -it's because he's a genius, and geniuses can do whatever they want to do! He kicks Kenshiro over and stomps on him. Amiba tells them all to look at what's happened to the true successor or the art, when he challenged the North Star divine fist he's learnt.

Amiba says he'll make all the fools who didn't recognize his genius bow down before him! He wants Kenshiro to lick his boots, and stomps on him a few more times. Lin shouts to Rei, and asks him to help Ken. But Rei tells her not to worry -Kenshiro can't be beaten by Amiba's fake North Star divine fist.

Amiba thinks he's talking nonsense. Rei calls him an idiot -he's heard one of the North Star divine fist's secret techniques involves the blocking of pressure points. Suddenly, Kenshiro begins to rise up.

Rei asks Amiba if he really thought his fake North Star divine fist could defeat the art's true successor. Kenshiro stands up, and Amiba thinks this is impossible -Kenshiro shouldn't be able to stop the pressure point's effect! Kenshiro tells him that if the real Toki had struck his pressure points, he never would have been able to break free. Amiba gets offended, thinking Kenshiro is saying he doesn't have the same level of skill as Toki. He says he's a genius, and that nobody can beat him. He leaps towards Kenshiro:

YOH SOH SANKAKU KYAKU

(Hawk Talon Triangle Kick)

Kenshiro avoids the technique at the last moment, and then hits Amiba. Amiba crashes to the ground, and more of his face is bleeding.

Rei tells him he has his old face back now. Amiba yells at his men, and tells them to go and get Kenshiro. But they laugh at him -they say that they've only followed him up until now because they thought ht was the real Toki. But now that they know who he really is, they're not taking any more orders from him.

They throw off their helmets, and Lin is also released. As she runs to Bat, Rei asks Amiba what he's going to do now. Amiba gets even more angry -all he ever hears about is Toki! He asks why everyone only ever acknowledges Toki, but nobody ever acknowledges his genius.

He punches the ground in frustration, whilst Kenshiro asks him why he impersonated Toki. Amiba says it was because... it was because Toki hit his face -that's why! It was in the village...

Amiba looks around the Village of Miracles. He'd heard about Toki, but he thought he could do the same things as him. He finds an older guy sitting down against a wall, and sees he has an injured leg. He decides to fix it, despite the man telling him that Toki has already cured him. Amiba tells him not to worry -he's a genius, so nothing's impossible for him.

He hits a pressure point on his leg, but rather than help, it causes him a lot of pain. As Amiba wonders if he hit the wrong one, Toki appears. He sees what Amiba is doing, and hits him out of the way.

Toki undoes the damage Amiba had done. But Amiba is beyond angry that Toki dared to hit the face of a genius, and goes to attack him. However, he freezes when Toki nearly hits a pressure point on his head.

Amiba falls down, and Toki tells him that he doesn't know who he is. But he shouldn't use a martial art that he hasn't even mastered yet. As Toki walks off, the other villagers thank him for his help. Amiba watched this, becoming completely enraged.

Back in the present, Kenshiro asks Amiba if he really did all of this just for that. Amiba says he did -Toki made a fool of him. That's why he turned the name of a Messiah into that of a common murderer. Now Toki is just a murderer, whilst the North Star divine fist is seen as the devil's art. Kenshiro sees that Amiba has defiled the North Star divine fist as well. Rei thinks Amiba is a fool... he's made Ken even angrier.

Amiba says he'll show Kenshiro the North Star divine fist he's perfected by himself. By using his test dummies, he's already discovered many new pressure points. He strikes some pressure points on his own body, which causes him to bulk up.

He says that these new pressure points have made him even stronger -this is Amiba-style North Star divine fist! He tells Kenshiro that his North Star divine fist is no match, and asks which pressure point should he strike on him first? Kenshiro asks him if he intends to strike any pressure points with those hands.

Amiba looks at his hands, which suddenly bulge up, and then explode. His body returns to normal, as Kenshiro gets right up to him. Kenshiro tells him that the North Star divine fist has a 2,000 year history... it's not a martial art that someone like him can master.

Amiba screams, as Kenshiro uses a technique on him:

HOKUTO SHINKEN OUGI
ZANKAI SEKIHO KEN

(North Star Divine Fist Secret Technique
Burden of Regret Punch)

Amiba suddenly finds he can't control his legs. Kenshiro tells him that he struck the pressure point known as shitsu-gen -his legs will now walk backwards without him being able to control them. He tells him to walk himself to hell. Amiba knows what's behind him, but he can't stop himself from walking back. The group walk outside, and Amiba begs for them to stop him.

Mamiya says he's meant to be a genius -why doesn't he just stop the pressure points himself? Amiba looks at his hands... and then realizes he has no hands any more. Rei tells him he won't be pressing anything with those hands.

As Amiba gets to the edge, he tells them that if they kill him, they'll never find out where Toki is -don't they care about that? Kenshiro tells him to just relax and fall, as a guy like him could never have killed Toki. Amiba screams why this had to happen to a genius like him. He steps off and falls, but as he does, he screams out a name: Lord Ken-Oh (Fist King).

Amiba splits in half before he hits the ground. But Kenshiro wonders who the Fist King is. Rei says he's heard that's the name of a man who is trying to become the master of the postwar world, but no one knows his true identity.

Bat asks if they think the Fist King might have captured Toki, but Kenshiro doesn't think that could be the case -Toki isn't that weak a man. He does know this much: Toki is waiting somewhere for him to come.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Mamiya discovers the whereabouts of Toki! Kenshiro and his group head to the legendary Cassandra! Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "Instead, I Shall Reject Love! For I Bear the Cursed Star of Death!!"

Kenshiro: Toki... we must meet.