The Best Episodes of Baki Hanma Season 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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