The BEST episodes of Baki Hanma
Every episode of Baki Hanma ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Baki Hanma!
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.
#1 - Turning the Table
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/24/2023
Retsu's first boxing match in America is announced, and it's against former world champion Andrei Valev. Meanwhile, Baki gets a premonition.
#2 - Praying Savage
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2023
As riveted spectators look on, Katsumi Orochi sacrifices everything to his supersonic attacks, and yet Pickle continues to get back on his feet.
#3 - Devouring Each Other
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/26/2023
It's a past-versus-present battle when Pickle, a powerful prehistoric human, fights a man who has ingested the most advanced performance enhancing drugs.
#4 - Food Reserve
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/26/2023
Baki enters Pickle’s enclosure and settles in; breathing the same air, eating the same flesh and living as the prehistoric man does.
#5 - The Weak Eats the Mighty
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/26/2023
The full effects of the 30 foot fall continue to crush Baki. Even Pickle looks disturbed by the sight of his opponent.
#6 - Final Form
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/26/2023
Baki goes on the offensive, visualizing three different dinosaurs at once as he clobbers Pickle, who responds with an unexpected move of his own.
#7 - Unwritten Rule of the Fight
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/26/2023
Having recognized that the man he's now facing is stronger than any opponent he's ever faced, Pickle morphs into his true, all-powerful form.
#8 - Feeling the Beginning
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/24/2023
Strydum readies himself to fight Yujiro Hanma. Then Mitsunari Tokunaga talks to the Prime Minister about the upcoming battle between Yujiro and Baki.
#9 - New Horizon
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/24/2023
Though training as a boxer, Retsu has no intention of changing his Kenpo fighting style. Then, boxing champ Akio Mani challenges him to a sparring match.
#10 - Legendary Promoter
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/24/2023
Legendary boxing promoter Kaiser arrives in Japan and walks into the gym where Retsu is training. Impressed, Kaiser makes him an offer.
#11 - Moment of the Heat
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/2023
The moment comes when Pickle recognizes Katsumi as his prey; Katsumi responds by quickly unleashing his new and improved Mach Fist move.
#12 - God of Boxing
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/24/2023
For some reason, Chiharu Shiba keeps trying to fight Baki. Meanwhile, Retsu gets ready to face the battle-hardened boxer, Smoking Joe.
#13 - Their Own Way
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/24/2023
Despite getting clobbered, Chiharu Shiba never gives up — and Baki wants to copy his relentless style. A series of hard knocks leaves Retsu reeling.
#14 - Father & Son Dining
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/24/2023
Baki cooks some food and sets his table; and sure enough, his father arrives and sits down. But this isn’t going to be a normal family meal.
#15 - The Biggest Father-Son Fight in History
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/24/2023
Their nice meal at a fancy hotel turns violent when Baki asks Yujiro a personal question, setting off a sky high scuffle for the ages.
#16 - Urban Legend
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/24/2023
Baki counters his father's attacks by visualizing a cockroach. Meanwhile, word of the epic battle starts to spread and a huge crowd begins to gather.
#17 - Tears Swelling
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/24/2023
As a growing crowd looks on, the father-son battle continues. Baki puts his father on the offensive with a triceratops attack.
#18 - Son, Father and…
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 8/24/2023
Using an ancient battlefield move, Baki is finally able to subdue Yujiro in what should be an inescapable move. But then, Baki notices his father's hand.
#19 - Dress
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 8/24/2023
Yujiro uses his secret, highly effective "dress" move, grabbing Baki and spinning him around with such speed, his son begins to lose consciousness.
#20 - Taste of Dad
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 8/24/2023
Their battle has exceeded all expectations; and now, the family feud between the most powerful being in the world and his son reaches its conclusion.
#21 - The Prison Guard Talks About It
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/30/2021
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.
#22 - Mixed Species' Martial Arts
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2021
To train for his eventual battle against his father, Baki spars against an imaginary giant praying mantis he’s created in his mind.
#23 - Prison and Hell
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/2021
In the middle of a heavily guarded parade, the President of the United States is kidnapped in plain sight by an unknown young man.
#24 - The Second
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2021
Baki comes across a man known as “Mr. Second,” a powerful inmate who seems to enjoy special privileges within the prison.
#25 - Terrible Triplets
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2021
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.