6.5/1070 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
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7.1/1051 votesLoading...#2 - Robe of Death
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/2001
In the first C-Block match of round two, Shiba Chiharu faces Ian McGregor.
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7.3/1049 votesLoading...#3 - The Finals
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 12/3/2001
Baki and Jack Hammer think about the training and hardships they've endured to reach their current level of ability.
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7.4/1081 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
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7.4/1062 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
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7.5/1087 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
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7.5/1077 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
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7.5/1058 votesLoading...#8 - Reverse
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/30/2001
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.
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7.5/1053 votesLoading...#9 - Darkness from Light
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/2001
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.
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7.5/1049 votesLoading...#10 - Eras End
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/10/2001
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.
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7.6/10117 votesLoading...#11 - 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.
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7.6/1065 votesLoading...#12 - 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.
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7.6/1062 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
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7.6/1061 votesLoading...#14 - The Opening
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/2001
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.
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7.6/1051 votesLoading...#15 - The Tigerslayer Returns
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/27/2001
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.
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7.6/1049 votesLoading...#16 - The Chained Patriot
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/2001
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.
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7.6/1047 votesLoading...#17 - Deception
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 10/22/2001
Igari begs Baki to let him win, and they fight in the first match of the quarter-finals.
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7.6/1048 votesLoading...#18 - The Ace and the Serpent
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 10/29/2001
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.
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7.7/1061 votesLoading...#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.
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7.7/1053 votesLoading...#20 - The King Returns
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/2001
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.
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7.8/1064 votesLoading...#21 - 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.
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7.8/1062 votesLoading...#22 - An Honorable Loss
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/2001
Baki fights Mount Toba, a professional wrestler.
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7.8/1062 votesLoading...#23 - 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.
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7.8/1068 votesLoading...#24 - 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.
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7.8/1051 votesLoading...#25 - User
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/20/2001
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.
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The Worst Episodes of Baki the Grappler
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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....
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Network:TV Tokyo
Worst Episodes Summary
"Reflections" is the worst rated episode of "Baki the Grappler". It scored 6.5/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/16/2001. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Robe of Death".