Nice job, Yuri... Now, on to the next program, I think.
Now, who is that young lad?
Yuri chakovsky, if I'm not mistaken.
Think you can go a few more rounds?
Wait up! Do you have any idea what you're doing?
The guy is the welterweight champ--
champion, right... That's exactly what I'm looking for...
Hey, pal, I hear you're a little short on sparring partners.
That was some great work, kid. But come back in five years when you've sprouted.
Now, Yuri, we still have one more program to finish up today.
Yuri, stop staring... You're wasting time.
Give that boy some gloves.
Let's see what he's made of.
What is this? That kid's not gonna help you. He's a one punch knock-out...
You are the world champion!
Vladimir...
Above everything else, I am always Xigil.
Never in rich history of Xigil
has anyone ever turned down a fighting challenge.
Not even if it meant fighting an entire nation.
Not even if it meant fighting women and children...
It is time for that kid to strap on gloves.
What's Xigil?
They were the strongest Nomads in Mongol history.
Even the legendary Genghis Khan feared them...
So, are you sure you wanna get into this?
You're fighting a child, Yuri... I simply cannot permit this.
I think you hit... my pancreas.
So, are you ready for this?
Just say the word, champ.
What's your name, boy?
Baki. Baki Hanmai And don't call me boy.
Are you sure you're ready...
...Warrior Baki?
I never thought I'd actually fight a world champion--
Man, Yuri's not messing around.
Yuri, he's gonna die!
Don't move!
No one is allowed to enter into this ring
until Japanese warrior has admitted his defeat.
He asked for everything he's getting.
Finally found someone who could throw a punchi
What are you waiting for? I didn't say I was finished.
What are we doing here?
Going inside.
Inside? I requested an audience with the new head of Hanayama Industries.
Kuriyagawa... I am quite aware of how full of it you thought I was
when I told you that our new boss is only fifteen years old...
I'm hoping that when you do get to meet him in a few moments,
you'll realize that I am no liar.
Everything is undergoing a great deal of change these days.
Rifts between different organizations have even changed.
It used to be all group battles,
but the latest gig is to get one rep from your side
to fight the one rep from their side.
So, you're saying that your leader--
Will be here shortly.
Our boss is our representative in this battle. He needs to be here.
What took you girls so long?
My representative here got so bored he started punching the air.
Representative?
I recognize him from somewhere.
'course you do.
He's a former professional.
Yajima... We have rules that clearly state one rep fights another and that's that.
Easy, slick, there's no need to yell about it.
Tommy here has been in my employment since yesterday...
'course, I'm gonna have to fire him tomorrow.
A member is a member even if it's just for three days, right?
It's called using your brain... You should try it.
It's Yajima He's brought in some punk kid.
That's him? Fifteen year old Kaoru Hanayama...
Kaoru, just who I'm looking for. You know we had some trouble with your guys.
Perhaps we can settle it here.
We'll just play a quick game of cards, and you know what... You can go first.
Don't do it, Yajima.
Hey, those are mine. You can't have 'em! What are you doing?!
Boss!
Man, he knocked out some teeth!
To do this to a deck of cards, he must be stronger than any man I've ever known.
Tear that guy apart!
What the-? He's getting pummeled! Why doesn't he even bother to fight back?
He's just biding his time.
He might be slower than other fighters,
but the power behind his blows is almost unimaginable.
He shattered his arm...
You're managing well, but you're still a far cry from beating me.
He stood his ground?!
What is this kid made of?
Move now.
No way!
He dodged it!
Move! If you wanna stay on your feet then you can't stay still for a second!
Stop it!
You have earned your title of warrior.
But I have always achieved victory by my ability to read my enemy.
Ever since that one day...
Yuri, I'm scared!
Everything will be fine, Nina.
I've just got to do a little more hunting.
Twenty-three, twenty-four. Now, read.
Read them. Read the enemy's breathing, their bloodlust, their power.
Nina... Whatever you do, don't leave my side!
I can win! I know I can! I'm more powerful than all of them!
I did it, Nina.
Now, we'll all have meat for rest of winter.
Read the enemy... Do so...
...and all becomes clear.
Read the enemy. Do so, and all becomes clear.
He's out cold.
Someone get the stretcher!
You gave that kid a worse beating than Dinoy before him. But why, Yuri?
My courtesy as warrior.
It's what he wanted... This warrior, Baki.
So... Kaoru Hanayama. Sounds very cute.
You should see him. He is definitely one of the strongest fighters I've ever seen,
and he's only fifteen years old.
He's too young to be considered a real gangster,
but he might be a fantastic match for Baki.
He's a Super A-Rank Total Fighter.
We would be wasting him if he fought any old roughneck on the street.
Kaoru's greatest strength is in his restrained power.
I witnessed this myself. He's patient while he coils up inside.
Restrained power?
He sounds neat... I like him.
Put him up against Baki.
Understood.
A mother who demands her own son fight a vicious gangster...
If only all mothers were as loving.
The world would be better.
Write down whatever amount you think is fair.
Naturally, this isn't a personal request...
This comes from the highest levels at the Akezawa Group.
From Emi Akezawa, you mean.
The inheritor of the multi-trillion dollar Akezawa Group-
not to mention raging golddigger.
Why does a crank like her need the skills of a yakuza boss?
Please keep your unpleasantries to a minimum.
Yeah, anyway. What does she want the boss for?
Ms. Akezawa wishes him to battle a certain fighter.
He is just a boy of thirteen, but...
Kuriyagawa, I think you should stop your mouth right there.
Our boss is proud and would never stoop so low...
In fact, I think we should forget this conversation ever happened...
As if you, of all people, are ignorant of how taboo the name of your employer
has become among the gangs in this town.
I understand.
You rotten--
Sir, no!
Mr Hanayama, I realize this is rude of me,
but I am not here today as a mear child's messenger.
You are clearly no average fifteen year old,
and our fighter is no average thirteen year old.
I'm sure you've known many children who have been channeled into
some type of fast-track lifestyle...
Spending every waking hour of every day studying for test after test, perhaps.
This boy has the same story.
He has been channeled into the hands of the best equipment
and the greatest coaches in all manners of training.
And with the best coaches, the best training, and the best environments,
he might be a boy in age-- But he is a warrior in mind and body.
Just the other day he took on one hundred men and knocked out thirty-seven of them.
Wait!
I know that you see a boy as just a boy, no matter his strength, but this boy--
Shut up!
Not yet.
Kaoru, as long as you are known as the strongest fighter in town...
There is one thing you can never avoid...
The shadow of Yujiro Hanmai
It seems that a simple name can be quite a shock.
We're not idiots... He's the most famous fighter our kind has ever seen.
Many consider him to be the strongest being on the planet.
Only those who believe in brute force
would ever hold the Hanma name in such high regards...
Yujiro Hanma is the father of the boy we wish you to fight.
He's coming to.
So, how you feeling?
Oh, man...
So... where did Yuri go?
He's long gone.
He was worried about you after the fight... but he said he couldn't stay any longer.
What's wrong with you?
come on, you're not gonna start crying like a little girl, are you, man?
Let it go... You fought the world champ and didn't even get killed.
You don't know anything!!
I've never, ever lost a fight to anyone!!
Pick up your butts, would you?
Where have you been, coming home this time of night?
What does it matter to you?
Something about last nights brawl doesn't sit right with me...
Guys who'd normally jump at the chance to kill each other
and they all side to fight you. Why is that?
Oh, great. Mom.
Holy crap! That's your mom?
I've decided to quit my training.
I want to do things my way from now on...
So go ahead and tell me how stupid I'm being...
How I can't be the best without you and you trainers...
Grow strong, Baki. I know that you can.
Grow strong like your father before you.
He's just like his father.
I understand most thirteen year olds, you know...
I've been in this business a long time.
There are those guys out there who are eager to hurt you while others watch it.
Those are the easy ones... Those are the guys using violence instead of words.
It's classic.
But not with you, kid... It's not about the scars.
You're not making me a snack, are you?
I'm just cooking the water out so it won't spoil.
I just don't get you... You're so serious all the time.
No one's asking you to stick around.
I'm having some trouble with the missus.
Yeah... You're lucky having such a cool mother.
She really seems to support you.
You ever thought of living with her instead of by yourself?
I'll never win in this state.
Power, speed, and technique.
I have to start all of my training over from square one or I'll never beat him!
Packed and ready.
All right... Maybe I overpacked.
No way... It'll be good for me.
"Going to the mountains to train. -Baki P.S. Pick up your cigarette butts."
Ninety wins in a row and still going strong!
The granite-fisted Julio Quevas has finally touched down here at the airport.
The entire world has waited breathlessly for his clash with Yuri chakovsky.
In just one short month, this fight of legends will become a reality!
Oh, uh...
Kitazawa, I presume.
We need to ask you about Baki.
The hazy afternoon in the winter sun
hangs onto love in one corner of the pavement
When I blew on my cold hands
a tiny bit of courage swelled up.
Today will certainly be wonderful,
gently enveloped in love
There are some strange feelings too,
but they will be reborn
Today will certainly be wonderful;
they will be reborn as even more love.
He fought and lost in the last episode,
but defeat has only ignited this boy's fighting spirit even further.
In his unending quest for a great opponent, he challenges a monster
that stirs only in the darkest pitch of night.
And Baki's touch on reality slips into that all too familiar place
in all of us that we refuse to go.