“Bored strongest boy Baki faces cloned samurai Musashi, reigniting his passion for combat.”
Baki-dou
刃牙道
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Synopsis
Bored strongest boy Baki faces cloned samurai Musashi, reigniting his passion for combat.
Growing complacent with his title of "World's Strongest Boy," Baki Hanma spends his days in a haze of boredom. After finally settling the feud with his demonic father Yuujirou, Baki defends his title in the Kourakuen Underground Arena while stifling yawns brought about by the ease with which he defeats his challengers. Baki's friends and mentors also struggle with this new peaceful stasis, completing great feats of strength training with little enthusiasm. Soon, Japan is shaken by the reveal of a long-gestating science experiment that results in the successful cloning of legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto. The famed warrior relishes in testing his strength against Baki and the other fighting icons of Tokyo, but he struggles to assimilate with the modern era. Miyamoto clings to his ancient ideals of honor and dueling to the death, a philosophy that clashes with the more tranquil present. As the resurrected swordsman attempts to rise to the top of this unfamiliar society by cutting through Baki's friends, he finds himself on a collision course with the vengeful teenager. Baki embraces this rush of excitement and meets his new rival head-on.
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What 5 viewers settled on.
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σ 0.98 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.20
Running avg · Feb 2026 → Apr 2026
- 8 “Baki-dou is the newest and I can confidently say the best part of the Baki-universe til date. Finally, a real serious threat that is treated with love and respect, not just a cannon fodder that...”
- 7 “The best thing about Baki is not taking it seriously. The Itagaki family has a serious problem with illicit substances. Which I appreciate, because it gives us gems of internet meme culture. Baki...”
- 7 “-It keeps very well that exaggerated, absurd, and violent identity that defines Baki, when it goes into confrontation mode it does transmit that strange, almost mythical sense of danger, Musashi...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2026 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-26404 catalog
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