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Grappler Baki

The first part of an extremely long manga series that cost me a lot of time. To be honest, the manga itself wavers between hate and love until the current Baki-Dou part.

The manga always manages to create completely bizarre fights in which you have to rearrange the power of the characters again and again according to fluctuating proportions, especially later it becomes extremely difficult to determine who is above whom in the food chain.

In any case, the author loves to bring bizarre visualizations of strength, training, and explanations into the manga. I have always found this aspect very appealing and at the same time daunting.

In the realm of the plot, Baki owns absolutely nothing. The story only revolves around Baki's growth and how he wants to face his father and what he needs to do so. On the way, he fights against a wide variety of opponents, learns a number of techniques, and is defeated or wins. And so it goes until the finale of the third Baki Manga when he finally gets the duel of his life.

When it comes to characters, there is only one thing you can say about Baki. They are dull and clichéd, all of them. However, it's the positive nature of it, they are still interesting despite everything and give the shounen setting a certain charm through their charisma.

The representation of the fights in the first manga is poor and the author develops tremendously in the visual presentation. Until then, you have to get used to fluctuating chapters at the beginning.

Long story short, he is always interested in material arts and bizarre battles full of brutality will find his love here. Baki is one of my favorites when it comes to this genre. Unfortunately, he is quite mediocre in terms of turnover. You should get an idea of ​​this for yourself. In the worst case, you can skip the first manga and read a short synopsis. The other manga has a lot more dynamic in battles.