The WORST episodes of Baki Hanma

Every episode of Baki Hanma ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.

Last Updated: 5/11/2025Network: NetflixStatus: Ended

7.09

54 votes

#1 - 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.

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7.16

58 votes

#2 - Just Want to See You

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/26/2023

On the streets of Shinjuku, Pickle tussles with the legendary street-fighter Kaoru Hanayama, a modern day human with the power of a Jurassic dinosaur.

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7.21

47 votes

#3 - 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.

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7.28

69 votes

#4 - Can't you laugh?

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/2021

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.

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7.28

64 votes

#5 - Dying for Love

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/24/2023

Life returns to normal for Baki – but not for long,. After bumping into his mother's old colleague, Baki recalls his parents' tumultuous relationship.

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7.31

75 votes

#6 - Hyper male and Hyper male

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/30/2021

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.

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7.33

51 votes

#7 - 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.

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7.33

51 votes

#8 - 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.

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7.35

74 votes

#9 - 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.

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7.36

103 votes

#10 - The World's Strongest Senior

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2021

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.

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7.37

78 votes

#11 - 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.

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7.38

84 votes

#12 - 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.

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7.40

58 votes

#13 - Beyond the Sound Barrier

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/26/2023

Katsumi Orochi has never been able to gain the respect of his peers, but the time may have finally come for him to bring his skills to the next level.

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7.41

75 votes

#14 - Man of the Sea

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/30/2021

Just as the Mouth triplets are about to finish their attack on Iron Michael, Guevaru rolls in and instigates a fight.

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7.42

48 votes

#15 - 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.

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7.44

50 votes

#16 - 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.

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7.45

71 votes

#17 - 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.

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7.46

72 votes

#18 - Gilberto Style

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/2021

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.

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7.49

72 votes

#19 - Decision Time

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/30/2021

Guevaru is fighting for the people of his impoverished homeland, and he won’t go down so easily. Later, Oliva makes a discovery.

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7.49

55 votes

#20 - 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.

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7.50

70 votes

#21 - New History of Mankind

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/26/2023

Captain Strydum pays Baki a visit and gives him some shocking news; scientists have discovered a human preserved in a salt slab from the Jurassic era.

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7.59

73 votes

#22 - 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.

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7.59

59 votes

#23 - Pickle's Tears

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2023

After Retsu gives him a taste of highly evolved martial arts moves that have been passed on for thousands of years, Pickle suddenly begins to weep.

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7.60

73 votes

#24 - Beyond the Brawn

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/30/2021

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.

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7.62

52 votes

#25 - 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.

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