Raoh and some of his troops head to the Holy Cross mausoleum, and see that children are being made to construct it. Raoh has still not fully healed from his battle with Kenshiro, and so tells Souther to enjoy acting so big whilst he still can. Meanwhile, Kenshiro enters a village, and is almost attacked by villagers who think he has come here to capture their children. The village elder stops them and explains to Kenshiro about the Holy Emperor, and how his forces are taking children away to work on his mausoleum. Kenshiro journeys on and witnesses this for himself, but stops the bad guys from taking anyone away.

Some of Souther's troops appear and are going to kill Kenshiro, when they are killed by Shu and his force. Shu is the blind master of Nanto hakurou ken (South Star white heron fist), and intends to fight Kenshiro. Whilst he cannot see, he is still powerful, and uses a secret technique of his style called yuugen shou (alluring illusion palm).

Kenshiro just about manages to stop this attack in time, but then turns the tables by using Yuda's tradition-defying rending wave against Shu. Kenshiro reveals that there is a secret technique of the North Star divine fist known as suieishin (water reflection spirit), which allows him to use the techniques of other martial artists once he has witnessed them himself. Kenshiro defeats Shu, but he could tell he was holding back. Bat and Lin then appear and tell Ken to stop, as Shu is not evil, and helped them earlier. Shu says that he wanted to see Kenshiro's power for himself, and that he was one of Rei's friends. He knew Kenshiro would come here one day, as he is the only one who can defeat the Holy Emperor, Souther.

Manga Differences

-The one scene this episode has with Souther in it was not in the manga.

-The scene where Bat and Lin are saved by Shu was not in the manga. But they do still mention to Kenshiro that he saved them.

-The scene where Kenshiro enters the village and is almost attacked by villagers was not in the manga.

-Kenshiro does not seem to rescue Taka in the manga. It's clear in the anime that he does do this.

Notes

-This episode does not have the usual style of title card. Instead of a black background, it features Shu in front of some stars.

-This episode contains a few clips of Rei speaking to Kenshiro, which were taken from episode 56. There are a few differences with these clips, click here for details.

-When Kenshiro mentions how the water reflection spirit technique works, footage of Yuda using the rending wave technique against Rei is shown from episode 56. However, Kenshiro actually saw the attack before then, as Raoh used it against him back in this episode. Nothing wrong with using the Yuda clip though.

-The captain who Shu kills is voiced by Daisuke Gori, who previously voiced Diamond, Gertz and Uighur.

-Shu is voiced by Katsuji Mori, who previously voiced Zaria.

Errors

-In the first scene with Bat and Lin, the color of one of the troop's helmets changes color between shots.