Baki-dou · review
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 Baki and his dear friends could use to test their new skills on. And if you see who they summon upon the series this time, you could easily understand why. I've known of Miyamoto Musashi before this anime, he is an icon of Japanese samurai. An undefeated dueler, a legendary swordsman, a philosopher and a masterful strategist. When Mr. Tokugawa summons him to modern days using cloning technology, the worldof Baki once again have to learn the true meaning of martial art and combat.
I've always felt this way, but this anime is way too awesome, just adrenalin-filled intense actions. We got to witness martial art's history and the way they blend together in the most ridiculous way imaginable. I got to give them prob for portraying Musashi, he's so samurai-coded, so cunning in combat, so wise yet kinda babaric and honestly pretty close to what I've read about him in history.
Nothing much to say about animation since it's still pretty much the same as previous seasons, the sound design though is pretty good. Both the OP and ED are catchy.
The only bad thing is that it ended, too soon, only 13 episodes. Where's my second season, Netflix? Please don't let us wait too long to continue this madness. I want to see the journey of this undefeated samurai.