okay fine let's get this over with
I'm getting really tired of Tokugawa's innocuous internal monologue, though
>Tokugawa: Watching the pond and having lunch...
>T: It's nice to do this every once in a while, isn't it?
>T: Though there are some flies.
>T: Ohhh!
>T: This is... he's...
>T: The wings...
has captcha been fucking with any of you too? with fucked-up boxes appearing for no reason or resizing your shit
shit's getting on my already-tense nerves
>T: There *is* something like this, isn't there?
>T: There's an anecdote that states, at mealtimes, he caught flittering flies with his chopsticks.
>T: I thought it was absurd...
>T: Dismissed it as fiction...
>T: But he isn't catching flies with chopsticks.
>T: It's not the bodies of the flies that he's catching.
>T: He's catching...
>T: Their rising wings!!!
[sudden scene break for no reason]
>Musashi: Eat?
>T: Yup. Eat...
>M: "Eat" as in, like, this?
>M: Food-"eat"?
>T: Yeah, that. That kind of eat.
>M: Eat...
>M: *Really*, eat?
>M: Eat me?
>T: You, the unrivaled Miyamoto Musashi...
>T: Will have his head eaten!!!!
>M: BU-
>M: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
>>143524784
So this is the story of the father from baki? Thats the father? They look so different so I just wanted to make sure.
DOPPO BEST BAKI
>M: ..............................
>M: Christ... (obv. doesn't say 'Christ', it's just the closest *connotative* equivalent in English other than "Goodness gracious")
>M: So, he could actually...
>M: Actually eat me?
>T: At the very least...
>T: From Pickle's perspective...
>T: You look like a lovely feast.
>M: Without killing [me]...
>M: Without defeating [me]...
>M: He'll eat me.
>>143524825
what on earth are you talking about? Short Round? That's Tokugawa. Musashi is just Musashi. Baki Dou is the fourth installment in the Baki series. I know some people have picked it up first on accident, so if that's you also, there you go.
>M: I wonder if I taste good?
>>143524959
Oh I thought there were only 2 installments I read son of ogre first thinking the other one was never translated so why bother waiting for it.
>fag: Excuse me...
>f: Smoking is prohibited here, so...
>f: Understood?
>>143525005
Funny, I was just talking to the main Dou translator the other day about how we shouldn't give Kenjin an English title because it fucks with people's understanding of the series and their order. What you went through is something I like to call "The Wild Fang Experience". Through means of re-titling every installment, they fucked with the Western fanbase's ability to get into the series.
What you're going to be looking for are these, in this order:
Grappler Baki
New Grappler Baki
Son of Ogre
Baki Dou
Their *real* titles, in Japanese, are this:
Grappler Baki
Baki
Hanma Baki
Baki Dou
>Motobe: Ah. Yeah.
>f: [incomprehensible]...
>f: there's a smoking area... [incomprehensible]
>MT: Err...
>MT: Sorry.
>MT: Tomorrow...
>fag 2: It's been 6 days...
>>143525190
>What you're going to be looking for are these, in this order:
>Grappler Baki
>New Grappler Baki
>Son of Ogre
>Baki Dou
Thanks for the order. Also since this is Baki Dou does the kick boxing guy who lost a leg show up? I was pretty pissed that him fighting the champion wasn't shown.
>f2: He has not drunk anything.
>f2: He has gone without eating.
>f2: He has not slept.
>f2: He's starting to look wild.
>f2: Tomorrow is best. (no context, dunno)
End of chapter.
>>143525441
>kick boxin
I mean whatever chineese martial arts he studied.
Not that bad of a chapter, at least we got plot progression.
Also, volume 12 is out on the 8th, which means the lovable retards who scan the volumes will presumably also have it scanned by the 8th. So we'll be right back on it. Unfortunately, we'll probably be back on it before Kenjin chapter 1 is done - we've had a few setbacks that'll cost us a day or two. Oh well.
>>143525441
>does the kick boxing guy who lost a leg show up? I was pretty pissed that him fighting the champion wasn't shown.
I'm gonna go ahead and not answer that one, for your best interest
His name is Retsu, and he is extremely prevalent in the second series. He has some pretty awesome fights in it. He's also relatively prominent in the first series, but we haven't gotten to translate the last arc, which is the only part where he appears. On that note: most people just watch the anime to view the last arc of the first series. It's not particularly important that you do that, as nothing in it lasts beyond its own scope outside of the introduction of half of the main cast, but it's still a good watch if you've the time. The main cast is essentially reintroduced at the beginning of series 2, so it doesn't quite matter that you don't know who they are immediately.
that some fucked anatomy, esp near end page
>>143525625
Aye. I enjoyed how irritated Tokugawa got with the whole "do you actually mean eat" routine Musashi put on. If you didn't notice, he's mimicking chopsticks and a bowl here: >>143524755
Oh yeah, and there's our weekly character recap page, this week is Kato. You get the gist of the text from the images. Big line on the far right reads:
>That's why I'm absolutely the number one!
Ehehehehe, it's funny because he thinks he's relevant.
Random page, arbitrarily misplaced in the magazine, advertising the next volume. Celebrating Baki's 25th anniversary! Apparently there's some color pages in it that aren't the cover, that could be nice.
I put actual effort into this stuff, guys. Let's keep the thread alive a little longer.
>>143527884
Doesn't seem like the chapter had much to discuss. Not like this series typically does, not saying that in a bad way though.
>>143528933
Yeah, but Baki threads are rare enough. Since there's actual content in this one, I feel like it should last longer, but I do understand what you mean.
this chapter got me hungry for grilled oily fish on rice
>>143529286
114 had Doppo and Tokugawa discussing shaoxingjiu and gyouza, and Tokugawa lays out a brief historical framework of gyouza preparation for no reason.
>>143524984
He probably tastes like over dried jerky.
>>143525190
So what was up with the Wild Fang project? It looked like there was some drama surrounding it for a while.
Isn't there a special chap or spin off about bakis granddad?
>>143531065
That's Kenjin you're thinking of; it's 6 chapters, and the first one is about Yuuichiro. It doesn't give us much more information to go on about his character, though. The chapter is centered around a Baki-style parody of Rikidouzan vs Masahiko Kimura (with Yuuichiro as Kimura) and the surrounding scandal, so there's not much room for him to grow as a character in it. Hoping we get more Yuuichiro in the future.
>>143530963
What specifically would you like to know? That project has had nigh-incessant drama throughout its existence. It doesn't tend to be their fans or their translators that cause anything; it's their leader - a mentally ill Chilean who picks fights with everyone who attempts to talk to him. Are you talking recent or old, or about their faulty translations, or...?
>>143531343
Recent? Are they still around?
>>143531738
They're "back" or something.
Here's the story:
The Chilean got freaked out after some people stole fizzy lifting drinks and released New Grappler - and however much of SoO was done - to Slugworth and hence the general public, and went on a tirade about how they broke the contract they signed when they first entered the factory, then 'closed off' the project so that only the most trustworthy (read: paid the most) people were allowed to stay. They've been releasing in private to those same ~10 people or whatever for something like 6-7 years. Now that the Chilean's pocket money is getting scarce, he's decided to re-open the group to the public; primary efforts in recruitment being a smear campaign against any other person releasing Baki material (SpinyBack is the obvious most-targeted 'rival' group), and repeatedly insisting that they're being considerate and oh-so-generous by giving you the opportunity to pay to join their sekrit club.
They've managed to stay under the radar for so long by using fake names and set-up pages to make people forget that they're WFP (priority #1), and to prevent any undesirables from finding them. Their primary means of contact is Facebook, followed by direct emailing. Their Facebook is "Forest of Gubbio". Just Google it; it should be the first result. You'll find some interesting stuff there if you really care.
I just want to make this last point very clear: the quality of their releases has not improved at all. What I'm primarily referring to is their inability to manage the English language. This is a recent page from one of their releases. I get the impression that, even if somebody managed to publicly release the volumes that we the public are missing, nobody would be satisfied due to the lack of comprehensibility (and/or accuracy).
>>143532332
Is it bad that the drama associated with Baki is almost as entertaining to me as the series itself? How could he keep it up for such a long time? Who would still be paying for their releases? What a world.
>>143532659
>How could he keep it up for such a long time?
Extreme, extreme autism. I honestly don't know how he managed to keep anything together. You should go digging around for his old forum posts on various forums; they are beyond hilarious. I have quite a few of them stockpiled for later re-reads. Take a look at these for examples:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=371707&highlight=#371707
and
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=347556&highlight=#347556
>Who would still be paying for their releases?
Idiots. Go check the Forest page I mentioned and look at who's commented on it or liked it - they're all braindead ~25-30 year-old guys.
>>143534021
Forgot to add; absolute highlight of the first post:
> Unforgivable ovelooked manga series:
>-GANTZ
>-HAJIME NO IPPO
>-KOROSHIYA ICHI
>-HOMUNCULUS
>-GRAPPLER BAKI
>-POUND BY POUND
>-20TH CENTURY BOYS (still wanting to be released first)
Ryu vs Baki who would win
>>143534275
Which Baki are we talking? Current, post-training Baki? If so, I'd go with Baki. The sheer force that Baki was able to put out even before this new training was ludicrous; now that he's even stronger, I can't imagine Ryu winning.
>>143534403
Nah man i don't Baki has had an challenge like Ryu
>>143534021
>>143534075
How autistic do you have to be yourself to keep almost 10 years old posts of some guy bookmarked for the sole reason of public shaming on an anonymous board?
>>143534403
Ryu survived getting uppercutted to the moon that one time, though.
>>143534021
Dang. I genuinely don't know what to think.
>>143534732
How autistic do you have to be to try calling out somebody for keeping almost 10 year old posts of some guy bookmarked for the sole reason of public shaming on an anonymous board? And how autistic am I for noting it?
>>143534732
It has nothing to do with shaming him here. It has to do with shaming him the next time he publicly attacks me personally.
>>143525190
>The Wild Fang Experience
>>143524645
Yes, it has been happening to me since yesterday. Thanks for translations by the way.
