All right... Maybe I overpacked.
No way... It'll be good for me.
Great.
Man, why does he live all the way out here?
I made it.
I haven't seen a human in a year and a half... Perhaps I should eat you.
Hey, Ando! It's so good to see you again! Don't you recognize me? It's me, Baki.
Baki? You snot-nosed little runt! I can't believe how much you've grown.
What's Yujiro up to?
Oh, this and that. Same as always.
That's good... Tonight... I'll treat you to some bear sashimi...
It's different, but really tasty.
Poor kid must be exhausted.
Awesome.
Oh, man. That's huge!
Well, look who decided to wake up.
Feel better now?
Yeah... This tree is amazing.
Yes, that it is.
It's pretty old, too. At least a thousand years.
Really?
They normally die after a hundred or so, but not this one.
It's still going strong.
You know, this tree has seen twenty or thirty generations of humans
pass through this forest... It's wiser than any man.
Baki... What is it that made you come up here to see me?
I doubt you're here just to visit.
Eat up.
You killed this bear all by yourself?
Well I may not be strong enough to kill polar bears like Yujiro used to,
but these fists of mine are plenty strong for the bears around these parts.
It seems like you've gotten bigger since the last time I saw you.
Well, I've had a lot of time to bulk up.
Wow! This is good!
I told you so.
Darn wasabi!
So you lost to a regular old boxer?
Yeah, but he is the world champion.
What a wimp.
Let's step outside, Baki.
When Yujiro came here, he would do this exercise every day... We would compete.
Watch this.
Almost all fights are won by those who can eat the most.
Just give me one month... That's all I need...
And I'll fill your body with the same power I have so you can beat Yuri with ease.
Thank you...
There is one thing I'd like to ask of you.
What's that, Baki?
Yuri! Big smile now!
Quevas! Yuri! Do a quick pose!
Madam... About Baki.
What about him?
What do you recommend?
Just leave him be.
Yes.
He's just starting out on the same path that his father did.
As you wish.
You want to what?!
I want to camp on Yasha Crag. Alone.
By yourself? Alone?
Baki, do you realize how dangerous that place can be?
Ando, I know.
It would be like sending a child out on the streets of New York to fend for himself...
Don't underestimate the mountains.
Believe me, I'm not...
Just thinking about staying on Yasha Crag is making my hands tremble.
I have to go through with it.
I'm certain of it.
Do you have any idea what lives up there? Something you can't imagine.
Yasha Crag is not a place for kids. Survival is impossible.
I'm going to train there, whether you like it or not!
I'm sorry... I shouldn't have said that.
Your dad was the same way... What the hell kind of family are you anyway?
Whoa!
Baki. I want you to take this axe.
That's a monster up there... Not just some ordinary ape.
Monster?
That's right.
He's over nine feet tall, and is around 150 years old. They call him...
The Yasha Ape.
He attacks with a mouthful of fangs as numerous as a mountain range.
Really?
There used to be four Yasha Apes in the surrounding mountains...
Yujiro managed to kill one of them,
though I assumed much of that had to do with luck.
Baki, you're not nearly as strong as he was at the time.
Look Ando... I know you mean well.
But take this.
You crazy?!
That's precisely the type of beast I want to fight with my bare hands!
Baki...
Who says I can't do something my dad's already done before me?!
Come on, Yasha Ape... Bring it on!
It is a monster!
Baki!
Ando!
Oh, great! I guess that didn't work.
Ando! No!
Ando! Watch out!
Stop!
Too strong... I'm no match for him.
Baki! Help!
Damn you!
No. You alright?
Ando!
Sorry about that, Ando. But we have to disinfect it quickly.
Baki... Get me the shotgun shells... They're on the dresser there.
Shotgun shells?
Empty them out.
Animal claws are the damnedest thing...
Getting stuck with one is like bathing in bacteria.
Regular alcohol won't do me much good on these wounds.
Here you go.
Ah, thank you, Baki.
Will you hand me that towel over there?
Here.
You sure about this?
Baki... Press that button over there.
Okay.
We've received a distress signal from Keichi Ando in mountain sector J.
Immediate evacuation requested.
This is Mountain Rescue. Show us en route and we have a visual.
I never feared anything.
I was proud of being feared by guys who called themselves good fighters...
Even when a top pro beat me,
I still believed I could win by rededicating myself to training.
I thought I was afraid of nothing. But now... the Yasha Ape terrifies me.
It looks like he already disinfected the wound by igniting gunpowder on it.
He claims he was attacked by a nine foot ape.
Are you familiar with the children's song that is sung in this region?
"The strong shall go to Yasha Crag, and do battle with the giant ape."
Yeah?
I've heard that over the years, many warriors have gone to fight the Yasha Ape
to test their skills, and that not one of them has ever returned.
Excluding the more famous names, like Musashi Miyamoto and Bokuden Tsukahara,
the fates of nearly all ancient warriors are unknown to this day.
Some people say that's because the Yasha Ape ate them.
But, to be honest, I can't imagine a monster like that existing today.
Son of a--! This guy's huge!
I will eat.
I'll eat and eat and grow bigger!
I will fill this body the way Ando said...
and grow stronger than ever before!
I will settle the score!
Who will it be? Who will reign as the middleweight champion?
Yuri pitted against Quevas! It's the match-up of the century!
And there's the bell.
Hey boss... the match is starting.
You gonna watch?
Quevas unleashes a powerful storm of punches, but Yuri is untouched and unfazed!
Quevas hasn't landed a jab this entire round!
How lame... This fight was over before it even started... So?
I apologize... but I have not been able to locate Baki yet.
That's all right, Kuriyagama. I know exactly what he's been up to.
He is... attempting to cross the line.
The line?
The human brain sends a distress signal to the body
when one continues excessive exercise over a long period of time...
That signal manifests itself as pain...
Your average human will rest when that happens.
But the human body can go much further than that...
If one ignores that signal and continues to push on,
the brain will finally stop the pain
and produce a wonderful sensation throughout the entire body.
Wait. Do you mean...?
Yes... the body does... through the secretion of endorphins.
Endorphins?
You mean the chemicals that allow fighters to continue until they die... Right?
There's not a doubt in my mind. He's trying to awaken his brain's endorphins.
Isn't that right, Baki?
Come on! Keep pushing!
What's happening?
What is this...?
Is this it?
Yes! Those are endorphins! Nearly all top-class athletes experience this.
Incredible! This feeling is unbelievable!
With this, I will be able to...
Baki... It's much too early to get excited.
Grapplers have to take it even further than that.
Yuri ended it with a devastating counter punch that sent Quevas to the mat.
All that remains now is the heavyweight bout.
If you can't make yourself cross that line, it's all over for you.
And you'll never become a true Grappler.
Get out here and show yourself! We know you're in there!
He's not home... but he left this note.
"Going to the mountains to train. -Baki"
It's time.
I have to cross the line.
I can't! I'll die if I try to go through with this!
Baki! Help!
What the hell... I'll do it!
I have to cross the line.
Oh, crap!
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.
What did he see? What could he grasp? The boy is reborn.
When he fights it out with his huge opponent, the Yasha Ape,
further proof of his mortality is carved into him.
All for the sake of achieving even greater strength.
All for the sake of catching up to him.