Finally there is the arrival of Muhammad Ali Jr. After some of the most gritty and gruesomely realistic fighting in the series, Baki heads to China alongside his father (and a few special guests) to duel against the representatives of various traditional martial arts styles called "Kaiohs." They do this to take part in the centennial Raitai tournament wherein the winner will be declared the "True Kaioh". Their search for a challenge leads them to unknowingly and inexplicably congregate to the secret fighting circles of Tokyo. New Grappler Baki directly follows the climax of the previous series, as Baki and four of the best fighters from the Korakuen arena face off against five of the world's most dangerous death row inmates who have escaped maximum security prison and even their own executions and are now looking to face the strongest fighters in the world.
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Finally we see Baki having already distinguished himself as Korakuen’s foremost champion, enter into the “Maximum Tournament” where he will have to defend his title against a slew of powerful fighters from the heights of professional fighting to the bottom of the underworld, before facing off against the man who will become his greatest rival. All of these battles just stepping stones setting Baki up for his first serious fight with his father, the strongest man in the world, Yujiro Hanma, and beginning the years long feud between the two. Baki’s fighting foundations are established through his countless life or death battles against a litany of formidable opponents: from champion heavyweight boxers to yakuza bosses, from special ops soldiers deep in the war torn jungle to great beasts hidden in the mountains.
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Grappler Baki is the first series of the saga where we see Baki’s humble beginnings against the martial arts clubs and delinquents of his school and the start of his delve into serious training. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from 1991 to 1999, lasting 42 volumes, and followed by four sequel series, New Grappler Baki, Baki: Son of an Ogre, Baki-Dou, Baki Dou and Baki Rahen. Much deliberation is spent discussing what it means to be a fighter as characters are given ample means to express their philosophical inclinations. Each major fighter in the series has taken on a different perspective on what it means to be a martial artist, and each fight is as much a duel of minds as it is of bodies. Also noteworthy is the focus spent on the philosophical sides of combat.
Underneath this insanity lies a very personal plot following Baki's development as a fighter and his assembly of a motley crew of True Companions.
The series revels in completely absurd antics the whole way through. Just about every major plotline has at least one totally ridiculous plot point, from death matches with reanimated cavemen to people who have more crushing force in their jaws than pneumatic presses. If it didn't take itself seriously you would swear it was a parody of martial arts shonen manga. Probably one of the most over-the-top and Gornographic Manga Fighting Series of all time. The manga follows Baki as he slowly grows stronger and stronger and the vendetta against his father only grows in intensity, building up to the eventual grudge match between father and son.
You see, the Hanma bloodline carries with it incredible superhuman genes, and Yujiro is intent on molding his son into a warrior by whatever means necessary. Unfortunately for Baki, success in the public scene is not enough for him- his true goal is to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, a titanic monster of a man who has made it his goal to ruin Baki's life as punishment for being born "too weak" for his standards.
Born to Emi Akezawa in Japan, Baki is a talented prodigy in the field of martial arts, easily crushing most opponents who come his way. Baki the Grappler is a shonen manga revolving around teenage martial artist Baki Hanma.
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