Baki: New Grappler Baki

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Synonyms: Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero

Japanese: バキ―NEW GRAPPLER BAKI

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 31

Chapters: 276

Status: Finished

Published: 1999 to 2005

Genres: Action, Martial Arts, Shounen

Authors: Itagaki, Keisuke (Story & Art)

Serialization: Shounen Champion

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Score: 7.92¹ (scored by 2443 users)

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Ranked: #1215²

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Popularity: #1821

Members: 5,137

Favorites: 134

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Ranked #1215Popularity #1821Members 5,137

MangaShounen ChampionItagaki, Keisuke (Story & Art)

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Hanma Baki (named "Wild Fang" by his father) is a boy born under an unlucky star. Since the day of his birth, Baki has been rigorously training at all kinds of martial arts, strengthening himself at his father's command. For he must obey his father's rule that at his "coming of age" Baki surpass his own father, Hanma Yuujiro, "the most powerful creature walking on earth." Baki's life has been nothing but trouble. This has given Baki a wild nature and convinced him that "to be the most powerful" is his way of life. Tenacious and fearless under all adverse conditions, Baki continues his training looking for new masters and new challenges to strengthen his personality and become "the strongest man on earth." That road is a lonely one and Baki experienced the cruelty of his sick dad in a move that would change his life forever.

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Hanma, Baki

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Hanayama, Kaoru

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Orochi, Doppo

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Kaiou, Retsu

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Hammer, Jack

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May 27, 2014

276 of 276 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

THEAnimeHERO (All reviews)

14 people found this review helpful

Also known as New Grappler Baki: this is part 2 of the Baki series taking place after the Maximum Tournament Arc.

Part 2 of Baki is where fights begin to become gritty & its artstyle develops its current detailed style. There consists a total of 3 arcs in New Grappler being told in more detail below.

5 Convicts Arc Chapters 1-169
As the title suggests, 5 convicts who survive their death penalties break out of their prisons to battle the previous contestants of Maximum Tournament being Baki, Hanyama, Retsu Kaioh, Doppo Orochi,& Shibukawa however even Kato,Olivia Biscuit, Jack Hammer & Yujiro Hanma take part in the battles. This arc isn't a tournament but instead combatants must look for each other & fight on contact. Most of the battles in this arc are taken to higher levels of power as we see people take gunshots, cutting of limbs, damaging the statue of liberty & obviously broken bones. However towards the end of the arc some of the convicts get beaten too easily.

Kaioh Tournament Chapters 170-240
This time around Baki needs some recovery so Retsu Kaioh suggests participating in the Chinese Kaioh Tournament where the best fighters of Kaioh reside. Towards the middle of the arc it becomes a 5 vs 5 battle with the Kaiohs on side and on the other being Baki, Yujiro, Olivia, Muhammad Ali Jr, & other guy not worth mentioning. This arc offers a more insight in the top tier characters such as Yujiro & Olivia while delivering a small confrontation with Baki with his father. At the same time you see how much Baki cares for Kozue & vice versa.

Boxing VS MMA Chapters 241-276
Muhammad Ali Jr wants Kozue for himself so he challenges Baki for the right to marry her. As interesting a setup this is, it fails miserably. This is one of the few hints that I speculate that Itagaki has this grudge against boxers & really takes it on Muhammad Ali Jr being the son of the real life Muhammad Ali. The arc is poorly written as it set ups Jr to being a miserable person where it makes the readers believe he'll have a great fight with Baki but ends being a low bow to the boxing community. This is further established when Yujiro Hanma is a fan of Muhammad Ali & would often spar with his son. As a whole this arc is skippable & just comes off as an angry rant on MMA being superior to boxing. It's very offensive whether you're a boxing fan or not as it ruins the progression & develops inconsistent personalities of some characters.

Overall the fights in this part are better executed than its previous arc but due to the sloppy events occurring in the final arc is a major con to the point where I wondered why it even exists. The following arc takes place in the Pickle Gaiden & Baki Son Of Ogre aka Hanma Baki where a caveman named Pickle is revived from the Jurassic Period & Baki Vs Yujiro finally happens.

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Jan 20, 2009

275 of 276 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

Draykid (All reviews)

20 people found this review helpful

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Being both a fighting fan and a ridiculous shonen fan is probably only half the reason why I like this. The other half is that I'm not grossed out by the gratuitous amounts of shredded male nudity. The story is pathetic, yes, and the art's actually really bad from a general standpoint, but there's tons of fighting, great characters, tons of fighting, and did I mention that there is a lot of god damn fighting? The ridiculous physical feats are astounding as well. One of the characters from the first Baki series, Scarface, can effortlessly bend coins, tear apart thick card decks, and squeeze your read more

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