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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. Through that he trains tirelessly and fights constantly to hone

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 15 - Reflections
    6.7/10(84 votes)

    #1 - Reflections

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 10 - Robe of Death
    7.3/10(64 votes)

    #2 - Robe of Death

    S2:E10

    In the first C-Block match of round two, Shiba Chiharu faces Ian McGregor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 20 - The Finals
    7.4/10(62 votes)

    #3 - The Finals

    S2:E20

    Baki and Jack Hammer think about the training and hardships they've endured to reach their current level of ability.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 1 - Stirrings of Destiny
    7.5/10(139 votes)

    #4 - Stirrings of Destiny

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown
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  5. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 8 - Eras End
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #5 - Eras End

    S2:E8

    In the second A-Block match of round two, Igari faces Kinryuzan; in the first B-Block match of round two, Retsu Kaio faces Mount Toba.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 3 - The Beast of Yasha Crag
    7.6/10(97 votes)

    #6 - The Beast of Yasha Crag

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown
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  7. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 16 - Coming Home
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    #7 - Coming Home

    S1:E16

    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:Unknown
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  8. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 1 - The Opening
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    #8 - The Opening

    S2:E1

    Mitsunari Tokugawa announces his plans for a world martial arts tournament, and fighters from around the world gather for it. In the first fight of round one in the A-Block, Baki Hanma fights Artemis Regan, a professional wrestler; in the second fight of round one in the A-Block, Vale Tudo master Zulu fights Muay Thai master Dentoranee Jitpika.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 2 - Those Who Squirm
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    #9 - Those Who Squirm

    S1:E2

    Baki spars with Yuri. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa meets with Kaoru Hanayama, a gangster and renowned brawler, to set up a fight with Baki.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 5 - A Warrior's Heart
    7.7/10(92 votes)

    #10 - A Warrior's Heart

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown
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  11. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 9 - The Division
    7.7/10(79 votes)

    #11 - The Division

    S1:E9

    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:Unknown
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  12. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 2 - Reverse
    7.7/10(71 votes)

    #12 - Reverse

    S2:E2

    In the third A-Block match of round one, heavyweight kickboxing champion Rob Robinson takes on the professional wrestler Anton Igari; in the fourth A-Block match of round one, Motobe Izo fights the grand sumo Kinryuzan; in the first B-Block match of round one, the Sambo master Sergei Taktaroff fights Retsu Kaio, a master of Chinese Kenpo; in the second B-Block match of round one, Kato fights the son of the Yasha Ape.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 3 - Darkness from Light
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    #13 - Darkness from Light

    S2:E3

    Baki saves the Yasha Ape's son from Katsumi; in the third B-Block match of round one, Hanayama fights the Japanese Kenpo master Inagi Bunnoshin; in the fourth B-Block match of round one, Roland Gustaf, a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, fights Orochi Katsumi.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 11 - The Chained Patriot
    7.7/10(62 votes)

    #14 - The Chained Patriot

    S2:E11

    Andreanof Garland, the last reserver, is introduced when it is deemed that Shiba is in no condition to fight in the next round; in the second C-Block match of round two, Jack Hammer faces Misaki Kengo.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 14 - Deception
    7.7/10(59 votes)

    #15 - Deception

    S2:E14

    Igari begs Baki to let him win, and they fight in the first match of the quarter-finals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 17 - Champion
    7.8/10(75 votes)

    #16 - Champion

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown
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  17. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 19 - The Right To Fight
    7.8/10(75 votes)

    #17 - The Right To Fight

    S1:E19

    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:Unknown
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  18. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 4 - The King Returns
    7.8/10(66 votes)

    #18 - The King Returns

    S2:E4

    Yujiro arrives and enters his protégé Amanai Yu in the tournament; in the first C-Block match of round one, heavyweight boxing world champion Ian McGregor fights Taekwondo master Li Moko; in the second C-Block match of round one, biker gang leader Shiba Chiharu fights judo master Hatanaka Kohei; in the third C-Block match of round one, Shorinji Kenpo master Misaki Kengo fights pro wrestler Mike Queen.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 6 - The Tigerslayer Returns
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #19 - The Tigerslayer Returns

    S2:E6

    Richard Filth, a bouncer, faces Orochi Doppo in the second D-Block match of round one; Roger Harlon, an amateur wrestler, faces the jujutsu master Shibukawa Goki in the third D-Block match of round one; Shinogi Kureha faces Shinogi Kousho in the fourth D-Block match of round one.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 15 - The Ace and the Serpent
    7.8/10(60 votes)

    #20 - The Ace and the Serpent

    S2:E15

    In the second fight of the quarter-finals, Katsumi faces Retsu Kaio; Andreanof Garland fights an anaconda to make things fair, since he hasn't fought in the tournament yet, and then he faces Jack Hammer in the third fight of the quarter-finals.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 22 - Head On Collison!
    7.9/10(82 votes)

    #21 - Head On Collison!

    S1:E22

    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:Unknown
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  22. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 5 - User
    7.9/10(64 votes)

    #22 - User

    S2:E5

    Brazilian Jiu-jitsu master Sergio Silva faces pit-fighter Jack Hammer in the fourth C-Block match of round one; Yujiro tries to fight Hammer, but Baki intervenes; shoot wrestler Yamamoto Minoru faces Amanai Yu in the first D-Block match of round one.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Baki the Grappler Season 2 Episode 21 - Blood Battle
    7.9/10(64 votes)

    #23 - Blood Battle

    S2:E21

    Baki faces Jack Hammer in the final match of the tournament. Also, in flashback Yujiro meets Jack's mother in Vietnam.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 10 - Battlefield
    8.0/10(79 votes)

    #24 - Battlefield

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown
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  25. Baki the Grappler Season 1 Episode 13 - The Midnight Hour
    8.0/10(76 votes)

    #25 - The Midnight Hour

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Reflections" is the worst rated episode of "Baki the Grappler". It scored 6.7/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/16/2001. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Robe of Death".