“Baki trains to fight his father Yuujirou for "World's Strongest" title, targeting superhuman opponents.”
Hanma Baki
範馬刃牙
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Synopsis
Baki trains to fight his father Yuujirou for "World's Strongest" title, targeting superhuman opponents.
After 18 years of fighting and pushing his body beyond its natural limits, Baki Hanma is almost ready to face his father Yuujirou in one final battle. Publicly challenging his father to a revenge bout for the title of "World's Strongest," Baki sets out to train himself even further. He targets the few men who are said to hold comparable power to Yuujirou, including the "Unchained" bounty hunter Biscuit Olivia and a prehistoric human named Pickle revived from the Mesozoic era. The demonic Yuujirou monitors his son's training with a growing anticipation. The "Ogre" sees Baki as little more than a savory meal marinating for him to devour. Still, Yuujirou exists in solitude at the top of the mountain of strength. He yearns for a combatant to rise up and prove themselves a worthy opponent capable of giving him a challenge. Despite viewing his son as pathetic, Yuujirou can't help but hope his child will be the one to give him the thrill of equal combat he has lived so long without. As Baki seeks to understand his father's monstrous legacy, Yuujirou comes to terms with his true feelings toward his son. The two Hanmas advance toward their climactic fight to decide who is really the "World's Strongest."
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
What 12 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 1.01 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.75
Running avg · May 2014 → Feb 2025
- 10 “Hanma Baki is without a doubt the in my mind the most consistently amazing martial arts manga ever written, if not the best martial arts media of all time. 3 masterclass sagas, back to back. The...”
- 9 “. You cannot go into this manga with no backstory or background information and expect everything to be clear and satisfying in the end. But watching the Baki series on Netflix is what I did first...”
- 10 “A true classic. Possibly the greatest shonen of all time. The story is both unique and incredibly generic, and it blends these two opposites into something amazing. The art style evolves amazingly...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 312 × 37 ch × vol
- Total read 41h 36m approx
- Published Dec 2005 – Aug 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5525 catalog