We should go, Boss.
A fang...
Who am I sensing...?!
Welcome back. I'm glad to see you're safe.
Kuriyagawa-san...
"A Warrior's Heart"
Madam. I've brought Master Baki.
Rause the monitor.
Baki!
Been a while!
Welcome back.
Have you gotten fatter...?
No, but I did get bigger.
Fighting that ape made you stronger?
Your news comes as fast as ever.
Baki. While you were out fighting apes, the world continued on.
The greatest match-up of the century! Yuri versus Quevas!
And there's the bell!
But it wound up a big disappointment once it started.
One! Two! Three! Four! Five!
A formidable right counter...
That's how it was described on the front of every sports section.
Could you dodge it?
Actually, after winning the match, Yuri announced
he would challenge the heavyweight circuit next.
Rresently, Yuri weighs 81 kilograms.
He's succeeded in gaining 15 kilograms in 2 months
while maintaining his speed and increasing his muscle mass.
Well, Baki? Your rival's put a lot of distance between you.
He's slow.
Yuri is?!
The Yuri I remember was five times faster than this.
This is like he's in slow motion.
--Kuriyagawa. --Yes, ma'am!
Am I dreaming?
The welterweight Yuri is overwhelming a heavyweight, Doctor.
May I make a few changes, Coach Vladimir?
Yuri Chakovsky is the world's fastest
and most skilled heavyweight fighter.
If you leave him to our renowned medical staff,
he will become the undisputed world champion.
That's reassuring, Doctor.
Next!
He has the finest staff. Not to mention heavyweight muscle and power.
He's perfect...
1 00-million yen.
I'd like you to free-fight once more
with the boy you sparred with 3 months ago.
I despise Japanese like you who think a glimpse of cash
can bend a person's will to do their bidding.
I have only one desire...
...to prove that the blood of the peerless Xigil people
is the greatest in the world!
My only goal is to win the heavyweight boxing title
and be recognized as the world's strongest fighter!
You're all ignorant of the world.
We don't recognize the world boxing champ
as the world's strongest fighter.
If you're truly seeking to be the world's strongest, then--
Goodbye.
As I've said, he and Yuri's fight will come first.
That doesn't mean you won't be able to fight him. It just-
Yujiro Hanma...
Will I really get to meet him?
If you win the fight, his father will undoubtedly appear.
After all, Yujiro-sama places fighting above all else.
Even above water, food, and women.
So your match with him will take place after he fights Yuri...
--That doesn't matter. --Doesn't matter...?!
The fight'll happen whenever we run into him.
He can fight whoever he wants; we do things our own way.
Hey, Yuri.
These fellows are your opponents today.
--I'll destroy them all. --Is Yuri-san here?
Hello!
--Did you come to fight me? --Fight? Heck, no.
Everyone's trying to make me fight you, but they don't understand.
They all think sports and fighting are the same.
Sports and fighting?
You're saying boxing isn't fighting?
Sorry, but boxing is too incomplete to be a fighting style.
We don't recognize the world boxing champ
as the world's strongest fighter.
I've heard enough, kid.
Stop. He's just a child.
I just wanna teach him something.
He sent that 100-kilogram water bag flying!
Was that punch incomplete?
W-what a huge back...!
You wear gloves. There are no kicks, no holds.
No throws, no special techniques.
That's why a boxer is too incomplete to be a Grappler!
The day all of Japan - and Asia - has been waiting for is here!
Tonight, the five-title-holding Yuri Chakovsky
will finally attempt to take the heavyweight title!
You wear gloves. There are no kicks, no holds.
No throws, no special techniques.
That's why a boxer is too incomplete to be a Grappler!
But what you're trying to do is incredible.
I'm behind you all the way.
For these past three months, that boy has undergone
even more intense training than I?
Hey, Yuri.
--It's time. Let's go, Champ! --OK!
I'll prove if it's incomplete or not!
Has it already started?
--Not yet. Are you anxious? --A little.
Vladimir!
Who are you?!
This man is strong...!
Don Stander has finally appeared in the ring!
Talk about huge! The Japanese are used to featherweights,
so he must seem like a giant!
Oh! And there's the champ's sister, Nina-san!
She's here to watch, too!
Brother...
Yuri-niichan!
It's all right, Nina!
There's just a little more prey to hunt...
He's stronger than wolves!
Yuri...!
Yuri! Run!
He's-!
Crap!
Brother...!
Explosives?
The instant he grabbed Yuri's arm, I heard an explosion...!
Sorry, but boxing is too incomplete to be a fighting style.
So what?!
Fighting until the very end...
...is what a Xigil warrior does!
Yuri...!
Yuri has yet to appear.
Shouldn't he be out by now?
Let's check in with Nakamura-san in the waiting room.
Nakamura here.
Yuri has left, but I don't see him anywhere...
That's odd...
Giving up already?
Grandpa... I...
I don't want to lose! Not to you, not to anyone!
Yuri. Xigil warriors never lose.
--They don't...? --That's right. Never.
Being knocked down is not true defeat.
True defeat happens when your heart yields.
When your heart yields...?
Understand? As long as you never give in,
not even Genghis Khan himself can take victory from you!
Yuri! Stay down!
My heart... will not yield...!
He's taken a stance...
Even after taking a direct hit from the boss...!
Stop!
Yuri!
Broadcast booth! Broadcast booth!
Broadcast booth here! What is it, Nakamura-san?!
Bad news! Yuri has just been attacked by someone!
He's unable to fight! They're carrying him out on a stretcher!
Excellent work.
--It's Hanayama... --Hanayama...?
The strongest brawler in Japan, Kaoru Hanayama.
We do things our own way.
The boy is a monster.
Almost no gang wants to get involved with him.
Sounds like quite the boy.
I have interesting information about him.
--He's able to burst people's arms... --Burst...?
Once he's grabbed your arm, it's over.
Your arm makes an explosion-like sound and bursts open.
--So he uses a weapon? --Quite the opposite.
His distaste for weapons is seen as the pinnacle of aesthetics.
You're certainly quiet.
Your father would be trembling with excitement right about now...
I'm goin' home. I'm sleepy.
Good night.
That brings back memories. He would always hide his excitement
whenever I bought him a new toy...
--Got it? The sooner, the better! --Yes, ma'am!
Kaoru Hanayama...
--Stop! --Someone stop him!
What's goin' on?
I'll check it out.
Sorry, Boss!
You Hanayama-san?
You're really famous! Everyone I asked told me about ya!
I hear you're a good fighter!
No...!
Let's get this party started!
"Next Episode"
That night, the men became beasts.
A devastating eruption rips through the air after a smaller explosion.
The sources of the rash man's power are the scars on his back
and his male dignity.
He's a fearless man, in other words.
"Next Episode: Male Rride"