Can I just skip the Ali Jr arc? I've heard it's garbage, and it certainly seems like garbage

Can I just skip the Ali Jr arc? I've heard it's garbage, and it certainly seems like garbage.

Also, Baki thread.

I'm surprised he doesn't order his drinks in buckets

his shits must be fucking elephant sized

>he's so hot!
so /fit/ was right...

>He's so hot!!
Just one of his pinky can destroy her pussy.

>Can I just skip the Ali Jr arc?
No. It's important that you know exactly why Baki acts like he does in Son of Ogre, which is only understood after one reads the Ali Jr arc. Make no mistake, I hate the arc far more than you do - but I also find that that hatred actually helps with coming to terms with Baki's later behavior, and adds an extreme amount of catharsis to Jr's fight against Baki.

Try to keep this thread alive; I'd like to have a functional Baki thread every once in a while.

How old is he again?
17?

He's like 19 or 20 at that point in the story, I think.

Almost 100% certain he's well into 20. Way too mature to be 19 still.

No, Ali jr getting curbstomped is delicious

Don't. It had some delicious ntr moments.

>every once in a while

They have been pretty common now that the translated chapters and raws are regular.

>They have been pretty common now that the translated chapters and raws are regular.
We've only got Dou 98 in the reserves, since no other volumes are out yet. Working on Grappler and maybe some Kenjin, though. Point is, you're probably not getting more Dou past 98 until v12 is out, so threads will be less common.

Reading Baki for the first time here, I'm really having trouble understanding the state of the manga as it stands, can someone kindly help me out?

I've read "Baki The Grappler (1991)" up to chapter 153, where Yujirou has made a threat against the prime minister, but I can't seem to find any more after that up until chapter 160, and then another skip. Do they not exist? I figured the manga was popular enough to be fully translated.

And in my initial search for Baki I found multiple different series' labelled "Baki the Grappler" that were all different, what order does Baki go in? And whats the best place to read it in the right order? Ty ty Sup Forums friends

Holy shit ! that anatomy

>that anatomy
I just can't.

You have to watch both seasons of the TV anime to get the story of baki the grappler because the manga scanlations are way behind. After watching the anime, then you can read New Grappler Bali -> Son of Ogre -> Baki Dou

The original series, Grappler Baki, is 42 volumes long and is only partially scanlated. They made an anime out of this which whilst, not a perfect adaptation, should tell you most of what's going on.

After that we have New Grappler Baki, and Son of Ogre, both of which are fully translated.

Lastly is the currently running Baki Dou, as well as the spin-off manga Scarface.

Alright, I'll pick up the anime. What episode roughly do you think Yujiro attacks the prime minister?

Man I love Hanayama

He's a big guy.

>Editors Notes: These bits weren't included in the English version.

The manga starts with Baki as champion of the underground arena then has a flashback of Baki, whereas the anime does it in chronological order and starts with kid Baki. Anyway, Yujiro attacking the minister must be about ep 12 or 13. My point is that after Baki and Yujiro's fight there will come a bunch of episodes that cover an arc you already read. Then comes the 2nd season of the anime, subtitled "Maximum Tournament". After that, the order of the manga goes New Grappler Baki, Baki Son of Ogre, and Baki Dou.

Also, I'm pretty sure there are more chapters scanlated of the first series. Kissmanga has them up to 170. I remember someone saying Wild Fang released the next volume, but I can't find it on any online reader. They were removed on batoto.

>has a flashback of Baki as a kid

Who is stronger though? Garou or Yujiro?

I found young Motobe.

>it's a "another character jobs to musashi" episode

I can take musashi being unstoppable with swords but why the hell is he physically stronger than pickle?

Good taste, his fights are my favorite.

His battle against Speck has probably been my favorite fight in the series so far. Speck was a pretty fun character, wish he had been around longer.

Do you have the one with the guy and the baby where the text is like 'i promise to protect you always'

Happy father's day

Yujiro stopped a fucking earthquake with one punch, smash through solid concrete, push his face through "unbreakable" glass, defeat the entire US army in Vietnam at age 17, and defeated an elephant that weighed something like 400 tons.

Garou struggles to beat metal bat.

metal bat can handle s rank monsters tho

But then Garou starts to break his limiters and then becomes able to block microsecond long full chain rush combo, overpowers Blackshit who could probably lift the Super Elephant, and even survives Earth Re-entry

Guys, putting Ali into this manga is the dumbest shit I've possibly ever seen, and this is a manga where muscles can shrug off shotgun blasts.

What in the fuck was the author thinking? What is this bullshit?

Wasn't the earthquake a coincidence or something?

>Putting in the Greatest is the dumbest shit.
seriously?

>Hanayama isn't even 6'3" (he's 6'2.8")
>He weighs 365 lbs though
He's a lot shorter and a bit heavier than pic related. Just for some reality check.

Found someone about his size, actually. 6'3" and 360.

Where did you find that picture

Because the medieval era created the pinnacle of human physical strength. I mean, obviously.

Yes, seriously.

Also, why the fuck does Yuujiro give a single shit about Ali, let alone professional boxing, when he can do shit like win a war single handed and stop earthquakes with his fist?

Like, what the fuck?

I get that the author apparently likes Ali, okay, cool, but this is like a goddamned Ali fanfic.

Personally, I fucking hated Muhammad Ali for what a racist, self-assured cunt he was.

I literally googled 6'2" 260 lbs.

Start from episode 12 if you read the manga.

If you want a true defensive boxer, look up Nicolino Locche. Ali was just hyped and many matches were fixed. Read up what Foreman had to say about his drugged water before Rumble in the Jungle.

>Half of the first page on google images when you google 6'2'' 260 is gay porn

I agree, best fight in the series.

>This at 20
Holy shit, IRL Hanayama would be even scarier

that actually looks about right.

But you were ok with El Che?
He just chose the most famous boxer and made him crap out a son that was stronger to update the concept, that's all.

I haven't gotten to the Che part yet.

But, that's pretty fucking retarded too. If I had to pick, I'd say Guevara was a far bigger piece of shit than Ali, who was just more of a loudmouth jackass, whereas Che was kind of a monster.

if Yuujiro was real as well, he would be even worse.

It's a manga, stop getting triggered.

Refer to
This whole manga is ridiculous. It's fine that you know the real person and are aware of their shortcomings, but try to think of this from the artist's point of view. He just needs a character with certain traits, and in this manga bringing real people works. So he goes with whatever person fits his character best.
Musashi hate is reasonable because from a narrative point of view it makes the fights ridiculous and Baki's eventual victory even more stupid.

Yeah, no, that's still stupid. He could just create a new character based off of Ali. It's really simple, and it's done all the time, and it's less glaringly dumb.

Not for me. What does this say about you?

It's mainly strongmen and stugg.

> He could just create a new character based off of Ali
but that's exactly what he did?

Show me your google images

And he could create a Barman Omaha, a Geoffrey Bushes, etc.
It's just cool. A kid sees Ali in a boxing show on tv and goes "oh fugg I know that dude, so cool". Japs love that.

>this is Ali jr, who is Ali's son, and looks just like him and can fight with ogre the strongest creature in the world
>original character do not steal

The Speck fight is what really hooked me on the series, it's so good.

it says you're gay

desu it's not really ali

It sure is.
Want some more?

Half of that is gay porn if you hover over and find out the source

>stacked windows

Unless you bothered to look at the source for all the pics (who the fuck does that), you know they what they were.
Admit it, you're gay

Now is the perfect time to bring back Ali, his training somehow made him stronger then ever then Musashi kills him.

samurai > boxer

The original image you posted had a bigdonsboys watermark and I googled it and found it was gay porn but you found it when you googled 6'2'' 260 lbs on the first page of google

I then did the same and found it there but found it indeed did come from where you said it did but it was also from bigdonsboys. Then I hovered over all of them because gay porn shouldn't be on the front page of google and found out that half of them were gay just from hovering over them and the other half was pics from bodybuilding forums.

Do not call me a homosexual when you have jojo thread tabs open

I'm not that poster, I just googled too.
All I get from your paragraph is that you care too much about whether some dude is from gay porn or not.
You are gay.

Incredible how so many people there could make up the cast of a Baki live action.

>Doppo
>not the fag with a cap to the right of Jack Hanma

Tell me that bigdonsboys sounds like a non-pornographic website

>Trips as the ogre
Always gotta go over

You've got a point m'boy, should've cast Baki as the fag to the far left of Jack Hanma

Tell me why I should care

It sounds gay and the guy looks gay but it's in a Baki thread so I don't know if it's on the up and up and maybe Don is just a bodybuilder enthusiast

You can't skip it, it's a recurring arc in the series, it's also important.

Updated to reflect cast changes.

It's going to be directed by M Night Shamalanamananon.

>Yasha Ape
>Kid Baki
it's perfect

Thank you, user.

I think if you look at Tokugawa, and imagine some added wrinkle makeup and a shaved head, you'll see he is possibly the most perfect choice in existence

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This fight is amazing, sadly speak is destroyed now

List more of your favorite fights Bakibros

Why was Biscuit's wife obese? What was itagaki thinking?

>What was itagaki thinking?

9 times out of 10 he's thinking about muscular men whose muscles have their own muscles... the rest seems to be even weirder shit.

This. It's feels really out of character for Yuujiro. I mean I'm fine with wanting to praise Ali for his activism but he should have picked another character for the job.

>Why was Biscuit's wife obese?
I think she was part of some experiment that made her that way irc

Where is he looking?

>ywn love someone so much you become a giant hulking mass of muscles just so you can pick them up.

Oliva best baki.