In the manga, the knife that Tomoe was wielding falls from her grasp when she is wounded and it cuts Kenshin's left cheek, finishing the familiar cross-shaped scar.
Tetsuma tries to reason with Kaishu, only to resort to violence.
Arundo discovers that Saitō is actually allied with.
In the anime, Raijūta had been shown to have murdered the people that he hired to fake a kidnapping of Yutaro.
By putting them on opposite sides Watsuki inteded to illustrate the differences between the two factions.
He leaves, stating that if Kenshin cannot fight him to his fullest potential, he does not want to fight him at all.