MUH HANMA BLOOD
did the author ever learn anatomy?
>>139129244
He learned a form of anatomy unknown to regular humanity
>>139127217
Is there an actual reason for the mango being so grotesque or did the author just have no idea what he was doing?
So Pickle thinks Musashit is a dinosaur now.
I had really hoped there'd be a real fight but it's just Musashit doing imaginary slashes and shit.
>>139129244
He knows how to draw correct anatomy, but where is the fun in that?
anyone else kind of dissapointed by the fact that the main characters are only strong because of some ancient lineage? even the olivia dude is nothing compared to them and he was made out to be a super badass
Oliva best boy, closely followed by Retsu.
I also like Musashi and Memetobe a lot.
To be honest there are next to no characters I dislike in this series which is impressive.
>>139130524
well, oliva is also a genetic freak
>>139130524
Oliva is a monster just like Dad Hammer though.
>>139130524
>even the olivia dude is nothing compared to them
wat
Baki barely defeated him. Dunno about Yujiro.
>>139129244
Don't tell me you wouldn't want a body like Yuujiro.
>>139130090
to look like traditional Japanese art
>>139134548
Stuff like this. Had to find an example.
>>139135162
Or this
>>139129244
youre looking for answers in the wrong place dumbass
>>139131772
>barely
he overpowered him with brute force in the beggining of the series, and oliva's whole gimmick was his muscle power
oliva is shit tier
>>139135496
>he overpowered him with brute force in the beggining of the series
wat
Where? What series? Do you mean the prison fight?
>>139135799
yes
>>139135928
Do you know there were two other 300+ chapter parts before that one?
It's like calling the Cell Games "the beginning of dragonball"
>>139135966
He didn't even understand that Baki did not bruteforce Oliva, just let him have this
>>139135966
you better be joking
fuck i ruined it for myself
>>139130524
Japanese people need an excuse to make the strongest characters japanese. Otherwise the series would make even less sense than it already does.
>>139136040
But he did brute force him? He pushed him back, trading hits, giving more damage than he took. They weren't using any techniques at the end, it was just a slug-fest, and Baki won.
>>139136104
The Hanmas aren't even Japanese. Yuujiro and Yuichiro are, but we have no idea on where they came from before that, beyond Egypt at some point prior.
Musashi, on the other hand, is just there because he's such a powerful and significant figure in Japanese culture. Imagine an American comic with Jack Dempsey returning to squash modern boxers or something - that's basically the equivalent.
>>139137296
look at that fucking face, Itagaki makes me swoon
>>139135928
But that was a long drawn-out fight that Baki didn't win easily at all.
>>139137296
Is Pickle extra sensitive to Musashi's imaginary slashes or something?
>>139136264
>it was just a slug-fest, and Baki won
It's true that he's a manlet, but he is a Hanma after all. If you follow the entire series then by this point Baki is ridiculously strong.
>>139138776
The thing that gets me about it the most is that Baki basically won a 'match' against him. Oliva was down for like 3 seconds; Baki basically crawled away from the fight.
Also, is it just me or is Baki the most uninteresting and most unlikeable character of his own manga?
Hanayama vs Oliva (Oliver?)
Who wins?
Well, the fight with Gaia ended anti-climactic.
Why is Yujiro crying?
this is 2deep4me
>>139139100
He's lighthearted small but super strong fighting guy who eats a lot and makes friends with everyone #293458729083.
The series wouldn't be shit without Yujiro.
>>139140452
Don't you have some smoke bombs to be memed by Ogre-san
>>139130400
>Imaginary slashes
It was hilarious in that Shibukawa fight, when even Musashi was flabbergasted when he started squirming that they hurt so much.
>>139140525
Memetobe is the fucking greatest.
>>139140401
Because that's how hard Memetobe trolled him.
>>139140525
When did this guy become so fucking smug?
>>139140452
Not just Yujiro, all the other fighters are way more interesting and/or likeable than Baki.
Which makes it so sad that Retsu is kill. Should've been Baki, fuck Baki.
>>139129244
Itagaki learned human anatomy, and then went on beyond it to invent a new species anatomy on his own.
>>139129244
Why do you always ask this in every Baki thread?
Even his starting art was way better than JJBA, yet i never see you complaining about it in those threads.
Where did 'Memetobe' come from, anyway? Did he troll anyone before Baki and Yujiro with that protecting shit?
i hate you all so much
it's yuujiro not yujiro
stap
>>139140770
Would Katsumi also have been an acceptable substitute for Retsu?
>>139140890
Yanagi. That was one of my favorite moments from the series, though.
>>139140936
Sorry to ask, but where do you guys go to read the series?
>>139140890
Not like he's doing now.
That's what's so great, this nobody suddenly put on a smug face, got up and started trolling the fuck out of everyone,
>>139141327
Is Yujiro barely 6 ft? Who'd know he was a manlet too.
>>139140936
Katsumi already sacrificed his arm against Dickle.
I wonder Retsu would've done better against Musashi had he still had his leg.
>>139141450
Gotta be a stupid mistake, the guy's huge.
>>139129244
>all these newfag replies
>>139141371
This.
I really want to know.
>>139141653
>>139141371
I just read it onmangafoxsince I'm lazy but surely it's on better sites too. Have you tried batoto?
>>139141018
This looks like a completely different manga
>>139141371
>>139141653
I googled Baki scans and the release site is six links down
>>139141018
Haha, that part where he thinks Motobe is going to cut him and then he just throws the sword in his leg.
>>139139100
Baki was actually great in Son of Ogre, like, real great, Baki the Grappler Baki was a nice character but he really is at his top game in SoO.
>>139140401
Memetobe no Ninja trolling 2 stronk.
>>139141868
Itagaki's style changes are enormous, Yujiro is probaby the character who changed the most, together with Memetobe, quite ironically.
>>139141894
That is to say, spinybackwebdesign.com
>>139142014
observe
>>139142210
His art has improved so much it's crazy.
>>139141327
fuck you, pic related, it's written Yuujiro
unless you wanna write it with a macron like Yūjiro
which looks fucking gross
>>139142210
Original Motobe also looked baller, but I think I like Motobe's current look better.
>>139142419
Itagaki has got real good over time and it's one of those artists who can really boast a unique style.
His coloring skills alone are a sight to behold, he's got a real weird style, but after a few volumes you can see that it's actually a carefully developed and very expressive one.
Not to mention that you can really distinguish all of his characters, which is a big plus in my book, it's useless to be as technically and theorethically good as a Murata when you only have three stock faces, or at least that's how I see it, with due respect to all the Muratas out there, but again, Itagaki is in his own league.
huh, I forgot. He did actually meme people way back when.
>>139143097
Now now, we like to joke about it but Memetobe was really always implied to be a big deal, it's just that he didn't get much time to shine until now, I blame Itagaki for not planning his characters too much, back in the first series it was all about Doppo, than Yujiro, than Hanayama, and the Maxim Tournament with Retsu, Gouki and Jack, Memetobe was there in the sidelines to provide exposition, but it was the rest of the cast that actually showed how good they were directly, then Son of Ogre introduced a whole load of other characters, some of which disappeared with no reason, like Jyaku, which wa a huge waste by the way, and still Memetobe was absent for 90% of the series but at least he DID fight Yanagi and showed he wasn't a pushover like many people thought. Now he's finally getting his very own character arc, which memes and bullshit aside was very much due.
Memes and trolling aside, what exactly does he want to accomplish by preventing people from fighting Musashi? Even if, say, Musashi was capable of killing Yujiro, how is anyone (other than Yujiro) worse off because of that?
>>139143556
>Now he's finally getting his very own character arc, which memes and bullshit aside was very much due.
Agreed. It felt like he was supposed to be important in series 1, but Itagaki wanted to elongate the childhood arc and hence didn't have time for anything involving him. Christ Almighty, the childhood arc is long.
>>139143097
Why does he speak in that weird font?
>the way you are now, I could kill you in less than a minute
That whole page makes him look like a "pshhh, nothin personnel" character.
>>139143999
>I could take you down in 5 seconds
>jobs in first round of tourney
>>139143999
>It felt like he was supposed to be important in series 1, but Itagaki wanted to elongate the childhood arc and hence didn't have time for anything involving him.
I don't think that was idea. Yujiro beat him in 2 pages, and then Baki was supposed to fight Motobe's disciple who was even more awesome than him, and that guy just ended up jobbing to Mount Toba offscreen.
>>139143006
>His coloring skills alone are a sight to behold
Ah, so he does them himself? I noticed the coloring jobs being out of this fucking world.
>Not to mention that you can really distinguish all of his characters
That and nearly all of them are memorable.
>>139144463
But remember - beyond the "I could kill you in less than a minute" thing, he also said he was able to see attacks of Yuujiro's that he couldn't before, indicating he'd fought Yuujiro before and was weaker then. He also did the weird trick where he pulled 5 people into submission when he was surrounded. Being completely sidelined after the childhood arc must have been something done because Itagaki didn't have the time to give the exposition to the character that he wanted.
>>139143556
Memetobe lost to a nobody in Maximum Tournament.
>>139144718
ᵐᵉᵐᵉˢ
>>139145681
He said that *after* he fought Yuujiro again, no? So he's not just saying it to say it.
>>139146180
I just wanted to post the scamp saying things like this when he is now strong enough to be able to take on 99 percent of life on earth if he has a broken beer bottle
>>139143953
>what exactly does he want to accomplish by preventing people from fighting Musashi?
He wants to protect people from Musashiby trolling them to near death,true story.
No really, he's doing all this because he wants to "protect them", because none of the big name grapplers are used to weapon warfare, much less to the "ancient" way of weapons, at least that's how the man himself puts it.
So basically it turned out that Motobe is versed in ancient ninja techniques because reasons and all his fame as aikido/ju jitsu master wasn't his real deal and field of expertise.
In a way it's interesting because as it was implied during the Escaped Convicts arc there's some kind of theory that Itagaki was pushing, that is that Grapplers are often limited by the world of martial arts and are often at odds with weapons, most of the convicts used in fact, weaponry of various kinds, Speck used bullets, Doyle used concealed blades and explosives, Yanagi used blades and poisons, Dorian used everything from glass shards to grenades, titanium wires and even gasoline, and the grapplers had it real hard in the beginning, because they weren't used to such methods of fighting, Doppo lost its hand and got burned badly, same with everyone in his Dojo, Doyle managed to slightly injure Oliva of all people and get away with it, Yanagi got a few draws with Gouki and Baki and Speck vs Hanayama was a real close call and a rollercoaster of a fight.
But while Escaped Convicts had an overall air of contempt towards weapon users (even Strydum tells Doyle that he didn't win honorably against Shinogi because he used "tricks") the present arc is basically the contrary, this time weapon users aka Muh Sashit and Memetobe are the big boys, all the other grapplers except Yuujiro are eating dirt.
>>139146454
Baki used to be such a qt
>>139146552You wouldn't a 3DPD Baki
>>139146501
>fucking filename
My sides.
>>139146552
He looked way too similar to Ippo, but I think that was intentional. The story's very beginning directly destroys any implication that it would be similar to Ippo.
>>139146501
>Doyle managed to slightly injure Oliva of all people and get away with it
Motherfucker was almost bleeding out, it was way more than a slight injury.
>But while Escaped Convicts had an overall air of contempt towards weapon users (even Strydum tells Doyle that he didn't win honorably against Shinogi because he used "tricks") the present arc is basically the contrary, this time weapon users aka Muh Sashit and Memetobe are the big boys, all the other grapplers except Yuujiro are eating dirt.
The thing is that none of the convicts were weapons *experts* except for Yanagi, who got fucked by Motobe. Speck just picked up a random gun + bullets, Doyle was more-or-less just an assassin and hence wasn't a genius with his blades, Dorian didn't show any favor to a weapon other than the wire - which he deliberately discarded in the end anyway, and Sikorsky only really used his fingers.
Musashi (and Motobe, apparently) almost invariably fight with only weapons, but both are still masters of martial arts, for cases wherein they don't have weapons. That familiarity with their weapons gives pause to the other fighters because they themselves are not masters of that/those specific art(s). Retsu had never been "cut" with a sword until he died: he didn't *know* what a sword could do, and was not as careful as he could have been. The same goes for the other fighters; Motobe wrecking them clues them in on the idea that they might be missing something important.
>>139146501
>So basically it turned out that Motobe is versed in ancient ninja techniques because reasons and all his fame as aikido/ju jitsu master wasn't his real deal and field of expertise.
The ninja shit is new to us but he did say in his fight with Yanagi that he had moved on to real combat, actual weapons for war.
>>139147277
Those fucking coloring jobs.
Is that painted?
>>139147367
I dunno, but it's pretty stuff. Look at this young Doppo
where the hell those color pages come from?
link
>>139147277
>The thing is that none of the convicts were weapons *experts* except for Yanagi
And that's exactly why they couldn't win in the long run, or at least that's how I see it, same thing that Strydum said to Doyle, he was just using "tricks" that wouldn't have helped him in a fight with someone that would have been more skilled than him, and that's exactly what happened to him when he met Retsu.
They did "win" the first rounds, at least, Dorian and Doyle did, mostly because the grapplers needed to adapt to the unusual way of fighting, but once they did adapt, especially Doppo going into fighting nirvana, they didn't stand a chance.
Now, Motobe and Musashi are actually as good with weapons as grapplers are with martial arts, but the difference is that both Motobe and Musashi actually know quite a bit about martial arts while none of the grapplers except Yuujiro knew nothing about "ancient warfare".
>Motobe wrecking them clues them in on the idea that they might be missing something important.
And that's the same thing grandpa Tokugawa says to Jack, he wouldn't have been able to win against Motobe because despite being tremendously stronger he lacked basic knowledge about fighting with and against weapons.
>>139147322
>he did say in his fight with Yanagi that he had moved on to real combat, actual weapons for war.
That he did,maybe it could have been implied by him using a kusarigama but I still think Itagaki pushed ninjutsu out of his ass for current Memetobe.
>>139141450
It was stated several times that Yujiro's 190cm.Itagaki can't into your shitty imperial system.
>>139141554
This is Japan, anon. I'm taller than the Orge apparently.
>>139148008
But are you taller than Hammer?
>>139147740
Various places, various Gaiden. Several of them are somewhere on vk.com, evidently the one place Ichido Reichan couldn't shove his rat snout.
>>139148222
How tall is he?
>>139147920
If this is true I'm his exact height.
>>139148222
He's 8'2 now, right? So there's one person alive that is taller than him.
>>139148306
>no Baki Gaiden: Baldy-den
why live
>>139140704
When weapons got involved.
Notice how Motobe fucking eviscerated Yanagi.
I don't think he even took damage and he gave Yanagi possibly permanent injuries
>>139148384
>How tall is he?
2.43 meters, basically 8 feet.
>>139148707
Is he taller than Pickle?
>>139148601
baldy? You know there's a Doppo one, so what are you referring to
>>139139155
It's Oliva because he's based on bodybuilder Sergio Oliva, pic related.
>>139140401
He's butthurt that Motobe thinks he needs to protect him.
>>139148833
dude was a freak holy lol
>>139148775
I guess Pickle is slightly taller, but even then they were almost equal in size.
Pickle also has a weird skeleton so in a more human like posture he'd probably dwarf everyone but Jack anyway.
>>139146501
It's a huge theme in Grappler Baki and also Japanese martial arts in general: Sport free fighting (Jiyu Kumite) vs "real" fighting (Jissen Kumite).
>>139148778
Gaia
He's a skinny Japanese guy who somehow ended up as a mercenary in Africa, where he unlocked endorphin super mode and became the second most feared man in the world of warfare. Also trained under the meme maestro
Gaia's mysterious as heck and I don't think it would be awful to reveal some of what he did (whereas revealing anything indepth about Yujiro on the battlefield past what has been said would be an awful idea)
>>139149065
Yeah, I guess I can see how some Gaia warfare chapters could be pretty awesome. Problem is that Itagaki isn't really trained/experienced in drawing guns and gunfights, is he? It doesn't quite fit the old Japanese ukiyo-e aesthetic, does it? I mean, look at this shit. I don't think I'd be able to take it seriously if it looked like an Itagaki variant of this.
>>139148939
That one boxer that Retsu fought was also like 8 ft.
>>139149277
>I mean, look at this shit. I don't think I'd be able to take it seriously if it looked like an Itagaki variant of this.
>inb4 Musashi dies by a gunshot
>next arc they cloneSaika Magoichi
>>139149359
The last boxer in the arc right?
Was he that tall? I remember him being pretty gigantic but I can't remember his exact height.
>>139148306
Man this blood chick went from unique QT to generic Baki girl in like a few pages
>>139149277
Itagaki doesn't draw most of the gaidens, he just writes them. And to be honest I find that to be a bit suspect and he's more than likely just a supervisor to the artists and gives an ok or nay on whether what they want to make fits with Baki canon
Also I doubt any of Itagaki's assistants are experience in guns either and I am also pretty sure the gaiden artists are current or former assistants to draw in a similar style. It would be risky to bring in an 'outsider' if you will to draw guns and stuff. Even more when there are no artists like that in Japan of note, war comics with guns blazing are more of an american thing
>>139149484
they clone simo häyhä for the gunfighting imo
>>139137296
>Imagine an American comic with Jack Dempsey returning to squash modern boxers
Shut up and take my money.jpg
>>139137296
I think it would make more sense to casual people to de age and fix Ali instead.
He's far more famous than Jack Dempsey to anyone who doesn't watch Ippo.
>>139149600
War comics haven't been an American thing since the Comics Code Authority, unfortunately.
>>139149600
operators operating like Ajin is great, and something there should be more of. Gaia fills that niche perfectly imo
>>139149484
>The last boxer in the arc right?
Nah the guy that got one shotted in one chapter
>>139149065
>He's a skinny Japanese guy
I don't think they ever stated his nationality.
>>139149770
DC had like five war anthologies up until the early 80s and there's Larry Hama and GI Joe
The point is there is a precedence in American comics while there is not in glorious nihon
>>139149961
>nomura
>>139149875
Shit, I completely forgot about him, oh well, he's still smaller than Jack.Retsu ;_;
>>139149600
>It would be risky to bring in an 'outsider' if you will to draw guns and stuff. Even more when there are no artists like that in Japan of note, war comics with guns blazing are more of an american thing
Kakizaki Masasumi. He's a versatile guy, I bet if they crash-coursed him in Baki art, he could make it work.
>>139149607
was about to post this, Hayha's record is perfect for Baki
>>139149712
Fine, it can be Ali. Orrrr, stay with me here - John Henry.
>Jack Hammer fights the man WHO BEAT THE JACK-HAMMER
>his strongest technique, which he used to beat it, was not his hammer... it was his fists!!!
Could Baki's Musashi beat Kenshin? Hiko Seijuro?
>>139150176
He'd probably beat Kenshin but Hiko is basically the Yuujiro of Kenshin's world so who knows.
>>139135162
>>139135320
So I guess *Teleports behind you* is a Japanese tradition.
>>139150376
In the copypasta the guy behind is the one supposed to do the stabbing, though.
>>139147593
It's fucking amazing, i'm convinced that his colorings are actually painted.
Could Yujiro beat Akuma or a KoF Boss?
>>139150963
Yujiro is literally Akuma
I wonder what his art process is like. Are there any videos of him drawing?
So if there was a new Baki anime, who would you like to voice the narration? You think Kaiji's narrator would do a good job with Itagaki's pseudoscience?
>>139151134
>Kaiji's narrator
For some reason this would be totally awesome.
>>139151131
Itagaki is pretty reserved and I don't think there's any video that show him working on his drawings, which is a shame.
>>139151134
>You think Kaiji's narrator would do a good job with Itagaki's pseudoscience?
You mean Fumihiko Tachiki? I don't know, he seems a bit too over the top for Baki, I think Furuya Tooru, who also did Akagi's Narrator would be better for something so exotic as Baki.
I really, really liked him when he narrated Akagi playing against Washizu, I feel it's something that could work very well with Itagaki's weird pseudoscience.
>>139151134
I don't think an anime would do baki justice, even with a high budget.
>>139152756
If they did what they sorta did with Hellsing vis-a-vis copying/replicating the thick-lined manga style, I thnk it could work pretty well.
>>139151134
Nah I want the Jojo Narrator.
>>139151337
>>139151559
>>139153477
>not the Shin Mazinger one
Plebs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPI6tBQz93k
>>139148222
Just kill Jack off already. He lost to fucking Motobe.
>>139154289
Jack isn't going anywhere until he gets 3 meters tall.
>>139154289
what ifJack kills Yujiro
>>139156040
wouldn't make any sense, unless he used some hardcore cheets
>>139154289
>Jack has been memed to crippledom and is in the hospital but still wants to fight Musashi
>Baki visits him to dissuade him after everyone has gotten their ass kicked by Musashi
>Baki and Jack finally connect as brothers, not just fellow grapplers but Jack still wants to go and fight even though his body is broken
>Baki and Jack hug
>"I love you niisan"
>snap
>>139140401
it's like when another man holds the door open for you at the gas station
>>139156261
What if Jack gets new teeth and takes biting further and starts eating people and gets their powers when he does so.
When is Guan Yu, Oda Nobunaga, Date Masamune, Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Lu Bu going to be resurrected?
Fuck, now that we are reviving people whats gonna be the next crazy thing they come up with for them to fight. Clones? Cyborgs? Gene splicing?
>>139158104
Guan Yu and Benkei are the only two that deserve to be on the resurrection list. Mofuckin Saint of War and Whitebeard.
>>139158226
It'll do a Dark Souls 3 style "the most powerful souls in history revive"-type deal, I'll bet
That's how we'll get Yuichiro back
Where can I find translated Grappler Baki including and after the Kid Saga?
>>139158657
It's being translated right now, the end of the fight with Gaia is the latest chapter. You'd have to watch the anime for the rest.
>>139154289
>then
>uses strategies
>now
>rushes in like an idiot
steroids really are bad for you
>>139158729
Yeah but I was under the impression that the people doing the scans were holding back releases.
Guess I'll just have to binge on the anime.
>>139158908
>the people doing the scans were holding back releases
We're not, that was Wild Fang, years ago.
Things take time and people have jobs, just gotta accept it unfortunately.
>>139149969
Well, this is one situation where I'm glad to know I'm wrong. I had always heard that war comics basically died after the CCA started up.
>>139158908
Well, they are. They're almost through the Maximum Tournament saga, and then all of Baki will be scanned.
But they don't do public releases do to a lot of stuff. However, I hear Reichan doesn't care if the Wild Fang Project's stuff gets leaked anymore, so maybe someone will feel generous someday.
>>139159211
>do to a lot of stuff
Due to them being jews
Their translations are so shitty, it's probably not even worth it
>>139159211
>>139159407
Wait, Wild Fang is still going? I assumed they died.
where there ever be another baki series? I wanna watch something like mystery science theater commentating on it
reminder to stay natty
>>139159640
seriously, are they around?
because we might be able to do something about being attacked if we *know* it's them
DOPPO BEST BAKI
>>139161424
Ichido was posting on mangafox just last year
I loathe Motobe.
>>139162793
>hating the only guy to make yujiro cry
>>139162793
Right babe?
>>139162717
Okay, but that doesn't mean they're active now, or even active on Baki. He asked for Garouden help.
I have yet to see anything that indicates they're still doing Grappler Baki besides that one guy's word above. Not even vk has these chapters that he's mentioning, which tells me he is a Wild Fang subscriber or whatever, Ichido being a snarky rat, or lying. If he is a Wild Fang subscriber and isn't giving out whatever scans he has, he's a fag. In all seriousness, we're just doing it for completion/so people can read all the way through. Our pro translator doesn't even work on it, he just does Dou. If they're significantly farther along than us and still going, it might be grounds to find someone to leak it and then take it from where they are now, or just stop doing it on our own.
this entire series is based
I wish we got more of baki with his gf, they are cute together.
>Baki fans will defend this
>>139166250
Oh, there's more than enough to go around if you know where to look. Twice.
>>139166436
Is this the legendary terrifying sex scene?
>>139132321
I wish I could find Yujiro's outfit.
Is this an actual manga page or just a shop?
>>139167644
What they saying?
>>139166706
Does this man just not bother blinking or dodging at all?
>>139167644
>>139168096
>Swords are scary shit
>One of you is definitely going to die. It's probably you on the right.
>It's probably me. But I'm going to fight anyway like a dumbass.
>>139168155
He doesn't dodge or move unless he absolutely needs to.
>>139168636
Doesn't say that, don't lie to people.
>I wanted to visit you all.
>I...
>have made a mistake.
and then something about "where can we do something" or something I can't translate there cus no hiragana
>>139168636
'Swords are scary shit ' would be a decent sub title for whole Baki Dou, really.
>>139171188
Found the kanji; they're "stop" (as in yamero) and "answer", "explanation", "key".
So I think he's asking them how he can keep people from dying? idk
>>139172381
More like 'Musashi is scary shit', weapons have never really been effective until now. Oliva took a shotgun blast to the chest and it didn't do anything.
>Tfw Motobe will kill Musashi.
How do I even read this series?
The first book seems to end during the tournament, but the second seems to come far after
>>139178872
the first series isnt translated i think. just start at the second then read from there.
>>139174475
>Oliva took a shotgun blast to the chest and it didn't do anything
That's because Oliva has super high density muscles,and yet that chinese assassin in the Kaioh tournament managed to slightly pierce his abs with his bare hands, yeah, thanks Itagaki.
Wonder if he'll ever bring up Oliva's magic regeneration bullshit again, he'd need to bring back Oliva to begin with though.
>>139178872
>the second seems to come far after
That is because they're separate publications. There isn't anything in between the series, really. That's just how it is. There was a 2 year gap between the 3rd and 4th series, and they connect with radically different moods. Just go with it; everybody loves the second series the most.
>>139179224
I think Oliva was intended as a callback to Kureha, regarding the "show muscles". He showed the ability to perform insane workout regiments (the helicopter pull), but those muscles/that training didn't help him in the brawn fight against Baki.
>>139179543
>but those muscles/that training didn't help him in the brawn fight against Baki.
Which is still bullshit because unlike Baki Oliva could crumple steel doors like paper and demolish concrete walls like it was nothing, but Baki was wearing plot armor through that entire fight anyway.
I also wonder if he'll ever explain what Oliva meant by him containing his muscles, his explanation was kind of silly back then.
>>139179773
>I also wonder if he'll ever explain what Oliva meant by him containing his muscles, his explanation was kind of silly back then.
Oliva was kind of joking, which was acknowledged. I think it was a weak-handed (read: late) attempt at explaining the fact that none of the fighters have immobile, hyper-massive arms, despite possessing the corresponding level of strength. It's not like Itagaki can be faulted for trying to avoid that question; orators/writers have been doing it since the beginning of "superhuman stories".
Pic related, the most powerful character in the entire series; is familiar with environmental warfare, art of war, dirty fighting, and real fights: Kuriyagawa, the god.
>>139180276
Did they ever explain what happened to him after Dad Hammer hugged Mom Hammer too much?
I might be remembering things wrong but he kind of disappeared.
>>139181530
>Did they ever explain what happened to him after Dad Hammer hugged Mom Hammer too much?
>I might be remembering things wrong but he kind of disappeared.
Yep. He kinda just bailed to do Emi's finances and maintain her estate. He reappears in series 3 in the last arc, and has a long coffee-shop talk with Baki which ultimately spurs his motives and actions in the father-son fight.
>>139181847
>He kinda just bailed to do Emi's finances and maintain her estate.
What. It's not like they were legally married or anything, how would that fall on him?
>>139181953
He worked for her as her Albert, really. Since Yuujiro has infinite resources, I doubt she left him any money, she wouldn't have given Baki a penny, so it's most likely she did not have a will. Without a will or relatives/SOs willing to take up the helm, I think he legally but involuntarily became the executor of her estate as a result of being an administer of her estate.
Fuckin, I don't know shit about this legal stuff, why ask in a Baki thread
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