To gain the skills he needs to surpass his powerful father, Baki enters Arizona State Prison to take on the notorious inmate known as Mr. Unchained.
The best episode of "Baki Hanma" season 1 is "The World's Strongest Senior", rated 7.1/10 from 226 user votes. It was directed by Keiya Saito and written by Tatsuhiko Urahata. "The World's Strongest Senior" aired on 9/30/2021 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Mixed species' martial arts".
The world is shaken by news of a man taking down a monstrous elephant with his bare hands. Back in Japan, Baki is confronted by a knife-wielding child.
Director: Keiya Saito
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
To train for his eventual battle against his father, Baki spars against an imaginary giant praying mantis he’s created in his mind.
Director: Masatoshi Hakata
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
In the middle of a heavily guarded parade, the President of the United States is kidnapped in plain sight by an unknown young man.
Director: Daisuke Shimamura
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Baki comes across a man known as “Mr. Second,” a powerful inmate who seems to enjoy special privileges within the prison.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Kenichi Yamada
With just a few weeks left on his sentence, Iron Michael is attacked by triplet hit men hired to make sure the ex-boxing champ never fights again.
Director: Kazuomi Koga
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Just as the Mouth triplets are about to finish their attack on Iron Michael, Guevaru rolls in and instigates a fight.
Director: Keiya Saito
Writer: Kenichi Yamada
Guevaru refuses to believe that Biscuit Oliva, the most notorious inmate in the prison, is comfortably serving his sentence in the company of his lover.
Director: Hitoyuki Matsui
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
The match between Guevaru and Oliva begins, and the rules are simple: They both hold onto the same piece of cloth and the first one to let go loses.
Director: Daisuke Shimamura
Writer: Atsuo Ishino
Guevaru is fighting for the people of his impoverished homeland, and he won’t go down so easily. Later, Oliva makes a discovery.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Kenichi Yamada
Baki is surrounded by guards with their guns pointed right at him, but he doesn’t seem worried at all — he seems to be planning something.
Director: Keiya Saito
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Oliva inadvertently kicks off a major incident when he enters Baki’s solitary confinement cell to challenge him to a fight in two weeks' time.
Director: Hitoyuki Matsui
Writer: Atsuo Ishino
Baki learns the hard way that he might not be ready to fight the man known as “Mr. Unchained” — Oliva’s power and technique are on another level.
Director: Keiya Saito
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata