Damn punk...!
How dare you?!
Nobody gets away with bullying my little brother!
Damn...! I'll get you...!
It's all right now!
Listen, Kosho. If someone bullies you again, come get me right away!
Brother...
No matter who it is, I'll crush 'em flat! OK?
Right!
It's always been like that! I--
I always stood in your shadow...!
You were always in front...!
But that also ends now...
...Bro!
"The One to Surpass"
Whoa, he's using the Cord-Cut against his own brother?!
His opponent's super-muscular!
He'll be annihilated the instant he touches him!
Yeah. It's obvious how the Cord-Cut he used on me will fare...
But...!
The Shinogi style has achieved even greater perfection.
Bro?
Since when are you allowed to call me that, Kosho?
Call me "Brother". Come now...!
What's the deal, Kosho?!
You health freak!
There it is...!
The Cord-Cut explodes!
So that's the Shinogi-Style Karate Cord-Cut. I've never seen it before.
And it appears it's an upgraded Cord-Cut he's using...
Another chic turn of phrase...
In karate, strikes are made from a stance with the fist facing upward.
This is to apply spin to the fist and thereby intensify the resultant shock.
Yes.
Add that spin to a single nukite trained to its utmost limit...
...and you can tear through an opponent's flesh, pull at nerve tissue...
...and snap it just like a cord.
But the brief lag between the grabbing and snapping
is this technique's greatest flaw.
But the stance Kosho just demonstrated...
This stance points the palms upward to an unnatural extent...
Do you know what that entails?
The spin on that first nukite was 180 degrees.
But my nukite just now had a spin of 360 degrees on it.
In this way, a nukite with twice as much spin
tears through surrounding nerve tissue as it pierces the flesh...!
Basically, that time lag between the two actions is gone now?
Yeah.
Just as Kosho-san said, the Cord-Cut is even closer--
--...to perfection. --...to perfection.
Is that what you want to say, Kosho?
If you know that much, then give up already, Bro...!
Indeed, you may have grown a little stronger.
However, that does not mean you have surpassed me.
Kosho, it's not too late. Be brave and say this:
"Kureha-niisan! I lose!"
Oh, my! Shinogi rains down harsh attacks from Kureha's blind spot!
My brother's skin...
My brother's flesh...
My brother's bones...
One's own flesh and blood can feel this different from someone else's?!
Now to finish this...!
T-that stance...!
Kureha!
H-he finally did it!
Shinogi Kosho takes his right eye after his left eye!
Is Shinogi Kureha helpless to do anything?!
This was the only way...
The only way to end this without injuring my brother any further...
What are you doing, Kosho?
Defeat in this tournament only occurs when one can no longer fight...
Other than my vision, I have no problems whatsoever.
This younger brother has this older brother!
Shinogi Kureha declares the match will continue!
The conclusion has been reached!
I'm a martial artist. I can't turn my fists on a clearly weakened man...!
So you can't beat me after all.
You just let your greatest chance at victory slip away...!
What is he planning...?
Wha...?!
C-could this be...?
S-surgery?!
Is he operating on himself with his own hands during a match?!
He blocked it!
Does this mean his surgery was successful?!
You novice...!
B- Brother...! Forgive me!
F-forgive me...! Forgive me...!
Brother! Forgive me...!
THIS is the fearsome cord-cutting Shinogi Kosho...?!
It's almost as if his mind has time traveled back to his childhood days!
It's all right, Kosho...
Your punishment is over...
You just wanted to try and pretend to be your brother...
You just wanted to act a little mischievous and trouble your brother...
That's all you wanted...
Don't worry about the tournament. I'll take care of it now.
Leave it all to me...
Just leave it to me!
This is simple! Leave it to me!
Brother...! Wait...!
No!
No...! I can't give in!
If I give in now, I'll never be your equal...!
Any other time, I wouldn't care!
But if I yield now, I'll have to bow to you for the rest of my life!
Defeating you...
That's the only way I can stand as your equal!
That's why I will win this fight!
The revived Shinogi Kosho leaves himself completely open!
T-this stance! Could it be?!
It's the Dashin! He used the legendary Dashin on his own brother!
An intense strike that causes powerful ripples in the water of a body!
It's indeed a technique only a doctor like Shinogi Kureha could do!
But he won't go down! Kosho holds his ground!
Bro...
A direct Dashin to the face...?!
He won't go down! Shinogi Kosho continues to endure it!
Leave it to me...
I will avenge you...!
Great brother of mine. I leave the rest to you.
Match over!
The winner is Shinogi Kosho!
The sibling rivalry of the century is finally over!
Shinogi Kosho endures all the techniques unleashed by brother Kureha
and advances to the second round!
Who could have predicted this conclusion?
The younger brother has indeed just surpassed the older brother!
The second round of the Greatest Tournament will now begin!
Leading the van is the young champion of the underground arena...
"Total Fighting Hanma Baki"
...Hanma Baki!
"Vale Tudo Zulu"
And his opponent, Brazilian Pure Fighter, Zulu!
He defeated Muay Thai fighter Jitpika in the first round to be here!
I...
...just can't make any sense of the fighting that you guys do...
What's this?! Zulu surprise attacks before the match begins!
That's a dangerous angle!
Baki can't get up!
Match over!
Zulu! Stop...! Stop!
--Baki... --...Iost...
I... Iost...?!
W-what a situation this has become!
In a surprising upset, the champion has been defeated!
Hanma Baki regrettably goes down in the second round!
The hell he does! The match never even started!
--That wasn't no fight, you morons! --I refuse to accept this crap!
Redo the match!
--Redo it! --That wasn't fair!
Silence!
Regardless of what anyone says, Baki lost this fight.
Baki. I see you've lost your touch as well...
The matches here are not sport-fights like in boxing or judo.
As the King, you should know this more than anything else,
so losing due to an unexpected attack before the match is no excuse...
Back when Andy Fugu and Francisco Filho competed
in the Worldwide Karate Championships...
Even though Filho's roundhouse was after the clear signal for a break,
it was a clean hit to Fugu.
Filho then went on to be proclaimed the winner.
Naturally, Fugu's supporters protested intensely.
However...
...the highest authority, President Oyama Masutatsu, roared this:
"A true fight allows for not even a momentary lapse!
The excuse that they had been told to stop carries no weight with me!"
I'm told that Zulu fellow is from a tribe of warriors in Africa.
Their fights are always true ones!
As are the fights in this underground arena...!
Baki...
I'm sorry...
Sir...!
What fighting instincts...
He saw Baki leaving on his own...
...and his pride as a wild warrior refused to accept the fight was over!
But at this rate...!
No...
Ol' Baki isn't dead...!
A crotch attack!
But since all attacks are allowed in these fights, it isn't against the rules!
Competitor Hanma, stop!
Hey...! Why're you stopping me?!
Sir...!
I must acknowledge it...
Commotion upon commotion!
After letting victory slip away once, the champion reclaims it!
His luck is ultra-first class, as is his skill!
The winner is Hanma--
Wait.
Mister Zulu...
Are my feelings getting through...?
Had you left me alone, you would've won...
But you fought me again, and I won.
Now we're 1-and-1, on equal footing...
Even if we can't understand each other, we know what we want to say...
Now let's settle this!
Both intend to continue fighting!
Have the rules changed to best-out-of-three at some point?!
What shall it be, sir?!
Carry on!
That's more like it!
What offense and defense!
Neither are giving up a single step in this epic battle!
This is a duel between two ultra A-class males...
At this level, no one else can decide who wins and loses...
Zulu takes a mount position!
The mount position is the hardest to escape from,
even in modern martial arts.
After all, there are no ways to attack from below.
Say, what would you do to break free?
Ending it before your opponent gets hold of you like that
is what karate is all about...
So you'd have no plan, then...
Zulu's intense attacks continue unabated!
The champion is at a huge disadvantage!
What's this sensation...?!
I've never sensed it before during fighting or hunting...!
Fear?! Am I, the proud warrior, feeling fear...?!
Oh no! He bit him! Zulu has lost control of himself!
What the hell're you doing...?! This isn't a fight to the death!
What?!
What's this?!
He effortlessly stood up from the indomitable mount position!
Match over!
It was neck-and-neck at the very end!
The stormy first match of Round 2 closes with Hanma Baki's victory!
Spectacular fight, Baki-kun.
Igari, a fighter in the next match, has come out!
What a beautiful sight!
Great fighters know great fighters!
Igari himself is congratulating the victorious Hanma!
And the best part at the very end gets stolen away...
Whether he's sly or clever, that Igari is good at doing that to people...
Get some rest. I'm gonna be your next opponent.
Right! I look forward to it!
It's the yokozuna!
Active yokozuna, Kinryuzan, enters!
Match 2 of Round 2 is pro wrestling versus grand sumo!
The showdown of ultra first-classes is about to become reality!
Victory.
That thought alone supported the men.
No matter what it took...
No matter what was sacrificed...
With each carrying his own history, the men continue their lone battles.
Next Episode- "The Reason I Cannot Lose"