7.6/10117 votes#1 - Stirrings of Destiny
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2001
Baki Hanma fights a gang of 100 thugs; afterward, he is walked home by Detective Kido and his partner, who watched the fight. Baki then trains and thinks about what he should do to get stronger. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa, the man who hired the thugs to fight Baki in order to test his strength, pays the gang's leader. Also, Baki watches a sparring match between Yuri Chakovsky, the international welterweight boxing champion, and Dinoy, Thailand's Muay Thai champion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1087 votes#2 - Those Who Squirm
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2001
Baki spars with Yuri. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa meets with Kaoru Hanayama, a gangster and renowned brawler, to set up a fight with Baki.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1081 votes#3 - The Beast of Yasha Crag
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2001
Baki meets his friend Reiichi Ando in the woods and stays with him. While there, Baki adopts some of Ando's training techniques, and he camps alone on Yasha Rock, hoping to fight with the Yasha Ape.
Director: N/A
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8.0/1087 votes#4 - The Fang and the Tears
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2001
Baki Hanma fights a rematch with the Yasha Ape. After very hard fight, Baki eventually defeat the giant monster. Later he and Yasha Ape becomes a friends and Yasha Ape gives Baki his fang.
Director: N/A
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7.5/1077 votes#5 - A Warrior's Heart
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2001
After returning home, Baki learns that Yuri will be fighting for the heavyweight title, so he visits Yuri at his gym. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa tells Hanayama that he can't fight Baki until Baki has fought Yuri, but Hanayama has other plans. Before Yuri's title fight, he is attacked by Hanayama who defeats him and destroys his hand.
Director: N/A
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8.0/1074 votes#6 - Spirit
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2001
After being knocked down by Baki, Hanayama flies into a rage in his office. Afterward, he visits his sick mother in the hospital. Also, Baki visits Yuri and his sister, Nina in the hospital before his rematch with Hanayama.
Director: N/A
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8.1/1077 votes#7 - Gripper
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2001
Baki and Hanayama continue to fight, and Hanayama's tattoo is explained.
Director: N/A
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8.2/1085 votes#8 - Demon
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2001
Baki's father, Yujiro Hanma, shows up after Baki's fight with Kaoru Hanayama. After the story of how Yujiro met Baki's mother is told, Yujiro and Hanayama fight.
Director: N/A
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7.6/1065 votes#9 - The Division
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2001
Baki explains to his mother why he fights, visits Hanayama in the hospital, and trains. After a brief encounter with Yujiro, who killed the Yasha Ape, which made Baki angry since Yasha was Baki's friend after their fight, they decide that Baki and Yujiro will fight in one month. Baki then meets Captain Gerry Strydum, who tells him of a mercenary group in Hokkaido, and Baki decides to go there to defeat them.
Director: N/A
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7.9/1066 votes#10 - Battlefield
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2001
Captured by the mercenaries as soon as he parachutes in, Baki must free himself and fight his way out against Nomura's jungle warfare team (Copperhead, Kuraishi, and the Chiba twin brothers, Sanada and Chiba). Meanwhile, an old friend warns Strydum of Gaia's fighting ability.
Director: N/A
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7.9/1073 votes#11 - Gaia
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2001
Baki fights Gaia (an alter ego of Nomura).
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8.0/1070 votes#12 - Bite Marks
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2001
Yujiro Hanma breaks into the Prime Minister's office to prove a point; Baki Hanma fights the swordsman Kurokawa; Yujiro forces the archer Kanemoto to shoot an arrow at him; Baki visits his mother after she is rejected by Yujiro.
Director: N/A
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7.8/1064 votes#13 - The Midnight Hour
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/2/2001
All of Baki's friends show up to watch his fight with Yujiro and to help him warm up; meanwhile, Yujiro fights Gaia. Also, Hanayama opens up to Baki about his mother.
Director: N/A
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8.2/1079 votes#14 - Lullaby
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/9/2001
Baki fights his own father, Yujiro.
Director: N/A
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6.5/1070 votes#15 - Reflections
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/16/2001
A recap episode. Detective Kido reflects upon his experiences with Baki Hanma, and Hitoshi Kuriyagawa tells Kido about Baki's relationship with his mother and his fight with Yujiro.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1062 votes#16 - Coming Home
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/23/2001
Antonio Igari, a pro wrestler, tells Mitsunari Tokugawa, an old man who runs an underground fighting circuit, about Baki Hanma and his recent global travels. In the narrative, Baki is seen training and fighting, and, while in Brazil, he visits a fighting master named Dickson. Learning of the circuit, Baki returns to Japan to meet with Tokugawa, and he fights Tokugawa's bodyguards to earn a chance to enter the circuit.
Director: N/A
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7.6/1062 votes#17 - Champion
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/30/2001
Flash forward three years: Baki Hanma is now the champion of the underground arena. Mitsunari Tokugawa meets with Doppo Orochi, a great Shinshinkai karate fighter, and asks him to enter his son in the arena. Doppo finds Kiyosumi Katou, a former student, at his dojo beating up his fighters, and he introduces Katou to the arena. Baki trains for a fight at the boarding house where he is staying, where Kozue Matsumoto, the daughter of the woman who owns the house, has a crush on him.
Director: N/A
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8.1/1066 votes#18 - The Cord-Cutter
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/2001
Baki Hanma fights Kousho Shinogi, a master of Cord-Cut Karate.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1061 votes#19 - The Right To Fight
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/2001
Kiyosumi Katou spars with the fighters in Doppo Orochi's dojo; Kozue Matsumoto interferes with some bullies that are bothering Baki Hanma, which causes problems for her later; several fighters petition Mitsunari Tokugawa to be Baki's next opponent; Baki trains with Izou Motobe.
Director: N/A
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7.8/1062 votes#20 - An Honorable Loss
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/2001
Baki fights Mount Toba, a professional wrestler.
Director: N/A
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7.8/1062 votes#21 - An Unlikely Challenger
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/28/2001
Yujiro Hanma shows up after Baki's fight and knocks him out, and Doppo Orochi challenges Yujiro to a fight. After watching Doppo spar with his students, Baki spars with him. Yujiro starts a fight with a group of boxers at their gym, and he fights with Izou Motobe and Baki's next opponent is revealed.
Director: N/A
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7.8/1068 votes#22 - Head On Collison!
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/4/2001
Dr. Shinogi Kureha reveals to his brother, Kousho Shinogi, the Cord-Cutter, why he is fighting Baki Hanma; Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma fight.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1072 votes#23 - Medical Miracle
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/18/2001
The fight between Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma continues; after Dr. Shinogi Kureha performs a medical miracle, he demonstrates his physical abilities to the crowd; one of Kureha's former patients visits Baki.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1085 votes#24 - The King's Ransom
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/25/2001
Baki fights Dr. Shinogi Kureha.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Baki the Grappler Season 1
Every episode of Baki the Grappler Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Baki the Grappler Season 1!
Baki Hanma is a young fighter who yearns to follow in the footsteps of his father, Yujiro, and become the strongest fighter in the world....
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureDrama
Network:TV Tokyo
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Stirrings of Destiny" is the best rated episode of "Baki the Grappler" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/8/2001. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Those Who Squirm".