Baki the Grappler

E01

Episode 1

★ 8.9

Stirrings of Destiny

2001-01-08 · 25m

Baki Hanma fights a gang of 100 thugs; afterward, he is walked home by Detective Kido and his partner, who watched the fight. Baki then trains and thinks about what he should do to get stronger. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa, the man who hired the thugs to fight Baki in order to test his strength, pays the gang's leader. Also, Baki watches a sparring match between Yuri Chakovsky, the international welterweight boxing champion, and Dinoy, Thailand's Muay Thai champion.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 9.0

Those Who Squirm

2001-01-15 · 25m

Baki spars with Yuri. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa meets with Kaoru Hanayama, a gangster and renowned brawler, to set up a fight with Baki.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 5.5

The Beast of Yasha Crag

2001-01-22 · 25m

Baki meets his friend Reiichi Ando in the woods and stays with him. While there, Baki adopts some of Ando's training techniques, and he camps alone on Yasha Rock, hoping to fight with the Yasha Ape.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 10.0

The Fang and the Tears

2001-01-29 · 25m

Baki Hanma fights a rematch with the Yasha Ape. After very hard fight, Baki eventually defeat the giant monster. Later he and Yasha Ape becomes a friends and Yasha Ape gives Baki his fang.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 10.0

A Warrior's Heart

2001-02-05 · 25m

After returning home, Baki learns that Yuri will be fighting for the heavyweight title, so he visits Yuri at his gym. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa tells Hanayama that he can't fight Baki until Baki has fought Yuri, but Hanayama has other plans. Before Yuri's title fight, he is attacked by Hanayama who defeats him and destroys his hand.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 10.0

Spirit

2001-02-12 · 25m

After being knocked down by Baki, Hanayama flies into a rage in his office. Afterward, he visits his sick mother in the hospital. Also, Baki visits Yuri and his sister, Nina in the hospital before his rematch with Hanayama.

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E07

Episode 7

★ 10.0

Gripper

2001-02-19 · 25m

Baki and Hanayama continue to fight, and Hanayama's tattoo is explained.

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E08

Episode 8

★ 10.0

Demon

2001-02-26 · 25m

Baki's father, Yujiro Hanma, shows up after Baki's fight with Kaoru Hanayama. After the story of how Yujiro met Baki's mother is told, Yujiro and Hanayama fight.

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E09

Episode 9

★ 10.0

The Division

2001-03-05 · 25m

Baki explains to his mother why he fights, visits Hanayama in the hospital, and trains. After a brief encounter with Yujiro, who killed the Yasha Ape, which made Baki angry since Yasha was Baki's friend after their fight, they decide that Baki and Yujiro will fight in one month. Baki then meets Captain Gerry Strydum, who tells him of a mercenary group in Hokkaido, and Baki decides to go there to defeat them.

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E10

Episode 10

★ 10.0

Battlefield

2001-03-12 · 25m

Captured by the mercenaries as soon as he parachutes in, Baki must free himself and fight his way out against Nomura's jungle warfare team (Copperhead, Kuraishi, and the Chiba twin brothers, Sanada and Chiba). Meanwhile, an old friend warns Strydum of Gaia's fighting ability.

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E11

Episode 11

★ 10.0

Gaia

2001-03-19 · 25m

Baki fights Gaia (an alter ego of Nomura).

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E12

Episode 12

★ 10.0

Bite Marks

2001-03-26 · 25m

Yujiro Hanma breaks into the Prime Minister's office to prove a point; Baki Hanma fights the swordsman Kurokawa; Yujiro forces the archer Kanemoto to shoot an arrow at him; Baki visits his mother after she is rejected by Yujiro.

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E13

Episode 13

★ 10.0

The Midnight Hour

2001-04-02 · 25m

All of Baki's friends show up to watch his fight with Yujiro and to help him warm up; meanwhile, Yujiro fights Gaia. Also, Hanayama opens up to Baki about his mother.

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E14

Episode 14

★ 10.0

Lullaby

2001-04-09

Baki fights his own father, Yujiro.

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E15

Episode 15

★ 10.0

Reflections

2001-04-16

A recap episode. Detective Kido reflects upon his experiences with Baki Hanma, and Hitoshi Kuriyagawa tells Kido about Baki's relationship with his mother and his fight with Yujiro.

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E16

Episode 16

★ 10.0

Coming Home

2001-04-23

Antonio Igari, a pro wrestler, tells Mitsunari Tokugawa, an old man who runs an underground fighting circuit, about Baki Hanma and his recent global travels. In the narrative, Baki is seen training and fighting, and, while in Brazil, he visits a fighting master named Dickson. Learning of the circuit, Baki returns to Japan to meet with Tokugawa, and he fights Tokugawa's bodyguards to earn a chance to enter the circuit.

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E17

Episode 17

★ 10.0

Champion

2001-04-30

Flash forward three years: Baki Hanma is now the champion of the underground arena. Mitsunari Tokugawa meets with Doppo Orochi, a great Shinshinkai karate fighter, and asks him to enter his son in the arena. Doppo finds Kiyosumi Katou, a former student, at his dojo beating up his fighters, and he introduces Katou to the arena. Baki trains for a fight at the boarding house where he is staying, where Kozue Matsumoto, the daughter of the woman who owns the house, has a crush on him.

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E18

Episode 18

★ 10.0

The Cord-Cutter

2001-05-07

Baki Hanma fights Kousho Shinogi, a master of Cord-Cut Karate.

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E19

Episode 19

★ 10.0

The Right To Fight

2001-05-14

Kiyosumi Katou spars with the fighters in Doppo Orochi's dojo; Kozue Matsumoto interferes with some bullies that are bothering Baki Hanma, which causes problems for her later; several fighters petition Mitsunari Tokugawa to be Baki's next opponent; Baki trains with Izou Motobe.

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E20

Episode 20

★ 10.0

An Honorable Loss

2001-05-21

Baki fights Mount Toba, a professional wrestler.

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E21

Episode 21

★ 10.0

An Unlikely Challenger

2001-05-28

Yujiro Hanma shows up after Baki's fight and knocks him out, and Doppo Orochi challenges Yujiro to a fight. After watching Doppo spar with his students, Baki spars with him. Yujiro starts a fight with a group of boxers at their gym, and he fights with Izou Motobe and Baki's next opponent is revealed.

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E22

Episode 22

★ 10.0

Head On Collison!

2001-06-04

Dr. Shinogi Kureha reveals to his brother, Kousho Shinogi, the Cord-Cutter, why he is fighting Baki Hanma; Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma fight.

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E23

Episode 23

★ 10.0

Medical Miracle

2001-06-18

The fight between Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma continues; after Dr. Shinogi Kureha performs a medical miracle, he demonstrates his physical abilities to the crowd; one of Kureha's former patients visits Baki.

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E24

Episode 24

★ 10.0

The King's Ransom

2001-06-25

Baki fights Dr. Shinogi Kureha.

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