Baki the Grappler: Baki Breaking

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Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

It brings me great pleasure to post the latest chapter of Baki-Dou: (Chapter 131, Korean scans)

Doesn't matter if you can read Korean or not, this one is worth checking out! Well, as long as you don't mind reading ahead of the current translation, that is.

# ? Oct 25, 2016 18:14

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# ? May 25, 2024 02:52

frajaq: Jan 30, 2009; #acolyte GM of 2014

drat what a letdown. All that hype around this meme-man and for nothing.

Please bring Oliva back come on Itakagi

# ? Oct 25, 2016 23:03

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Is the bald dude on the flashback a Tokugawa? He really resembles the present one.

# ? Oct 25, 2016 23:09

AnonSpore: Jan 19, 2012; "I didn't see the part where he develops as a character so I guess he never developed as a character"

From the last line of the last page, he's not done yet. Some sort of suicide bomb vest maybe? He can't mean to actually fight anymore.

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Is the bald dude on the flashback a Tokugawa? He really resembles the present one.

AnonSpore fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Oct 25, 2016

# ? Oct 25, 2016 23:40

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

frajaq posted:

drat what a letdown. All that hype around this meme-man and for nothing.
Please bring Oliva back come on Itakagi

I'm just glad that Motobe got what was coming to him. He trolled us all by breaking up the Musashi vs. Yujiro superfight, so I have no sympathy for the meme-man. He also had plenty of time to prepare a battle plan against Musashi, and the best he could do was tossing some smoke bombs while wielding some eBay ninja weapons.

Also, I agree about Oliva, he's great. We haven't really seen him at all in Baki Dou.

# ? Oct 25, 2016 23:42

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Tough ended. Good manga, really recommend it for Baki fans.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 16:32

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

its good and i hope tehy finish off the original now they're done

# ? Oct 26, 2016 20:55

Rangpur: Dec 31, 2008

Tough was just barely clinging to reality by its toes towards the end, but unlike a lot of series that suffered from power creep, it was still fun to read.

# ? Oct 27, 2016 01:53

Work Friend Keven: Oct 24, 2015; I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD

Tough kind of peaked midway through the big tournament, all the yugen guy stuff sucks. In my opinion. I like the original series where they fight inoki for 800 chapters, and indeed any series where inoki is a weird pro wrestling gang boss (there are a lot).

# ? Oct 27, 2016 02:35

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Work Friend Keven posted:

Tough kind of peaked midway through the big tournament, all the yugen guy stuff sucks. In my opinion. I like the original series where they fight inoki for 800 chapters, and indeed any series where inoki is a weird pro wrestling gang boss (there are a lot).

Yeah the last arc was a real disappointment since the tournament arcs were completely loving bonkers. Also I agree, Garouden is cool as gently caress.

# ? Oct 27, 2016 04:00

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Saruwatari should continue the Oton series though, I loving love buff salaryman dad.

# ? Oct 27, 2016 04:02

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

he should make another insanely violent sci-fi series next

# ? Oct 27, 2016 07:20

K. Flaps: Dec 7, 2012; by Athanatos

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Saruwatari should continue the Oton series though, I loving love buff salaryman dad.

loving this!!!

# ? Oct 27, 2016 10:26

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

Spinyback posted Baki Dou Chapter 107 a few days ago, enjoy!

Could "Palace of Muscle" be a double entendre? Musashi wants to go raw, and use the real thing.

Jedah fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Oct 28, 2016

# ? Oct 28, 2016 22:06

frajaq: Jan 30, 2009; #acolyte GM of 2014

Baki Dou Chapter 132, Korean Scan

Asspull or meme magic? You decide.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 17:24

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

frajaq posted:

Baki Dou Chapter 132, Korean Scan

Asspull or meme magic? You decide.

Thanks for posting this! According to a very reputable source who translates Baki, the last page signals the end of the match, so we can assume that Motobe was victorious. His injuries appear to be very serious, however.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 17:56

K. Flaps: Dec 7, 2012; by Athanatos

Uppity
Musashi
Know Your Place.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 17:58

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

K. Flaps posted:

Uppity
Musashi
Know Your Place.

Hahahaha, well said.

Don't get into arguments with people in the Bay Area thread, or else you get a shiny new custom title.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 18:10

JDRockefeller: Apr 26, 2010

I have to say that was pretty bad rear end.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 18:39

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

# ? Nov 1, 2016 00:03

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

JDRockefeller posted:

I have to say that was pretty bad rear end.

# ? Nov 2, 2016 17:27

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

K. Flaps posted:

Uppity
Musashi
Know Your Place.

I hope you don't mind but I used your joke as inspiration for a new custom title, because it genuinely made me laugh.

# ? Nov 2, 2016 18:05

K. Flaps: Dec 7, 2012; by Athanatos

Congrats on owning somebody so hard they bought you two red text avatars.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 11:43

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

K. Flaps posted:

Congrats on owning somebody so hard they bought you two red text avatars.

Haha, thanks, I guess? It's a long story and not worth diving into.

On the bright side, Grappler Baki Chapter 186 is out!

Jedah fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Nov 4, 2016

# ? Nov 4, 2016 17:08

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Kengan Ashua is freaking win... I wonder if I should make a thread for it or a martial art manga megathread on top of this one

# ? Nov 5, 2016 17:43

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Kengan Ashua is freaking win... I wonder if I should make a thread for it or a martial art manga megathread on top of this one

Both are good ideas. I'd love to spam images from Garouden into a martial arts manga megathread.

Also, here's a link for anybody who wants to read an english translation of Baki Dou Chapter 132. The translator is from Spinyback.

# ? Nov 5, 2016 20:17

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

In the Baki-verse, equipping a gun immediately makes you stupid:

# ? Nov 6, 2016 23:38

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

Baki Dou Chapter 133 (Korean scans) is out!

# ? Nov 7, 2016 14:14

AnonSpore: Jan 19, 2012; "I didn't see the part where he develops as a character so I guess he never developed as a character"

"I managed to threaten your victory, but never your life."

Interesting way to put it, Motobe.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 17:15

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

AnonSpore posted:

"I managed to threaten your victory, but never your life."

Interesting way to put it, Motobe.

Thanks for the translation.

What do you think about Musashi removing his katana from Motobe? Was that Musashi's way of showing mercy and defeat?

Motobe's wound doesn't look good, but Baki-verse characters have suffered much worse and survived, so who knows.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 17:44

AnonSpore: Jan 19, 2012; "I didn't see the part where he develops as a character so I guess he never developed as a character"

Jedah posted:

Thanks for the translation.

What do you think about Musashi removing his katana from Motobe? Was that Musashi's way of showing mercy and defeat?

Motobe's wound doesn't look good, but Baki-verse characters have suffered much worse and survived, so who knows.

Motobe basically asked him if he wanted to keep going in turning it from a spar to an actual battle for life and death, because he's all down about not being able to actually push Musashi that far by his own strength. Musashi takes the sword and leaves, but says "Thanks, but you were still the victor."

# ? Nov 7, 2016 21:52

Ytlaya: Nov 13, 2005

One thing i like about manga like Baki is how they seem to interpret human bodies as just being a mass of flesh that can be moved with a person's willpower alone. Like, in real life having a sword stab through your arm or hand would sever a bunch of nerves and muscles that would physically make it impossible to move normally afterwards. This particularly bugs me* in scenes where a guy will let his opponent stab him in the hand with a large blade and then he'll push the blade all the way through and the grab the guy's hand. Like, if you actually had a big blade through your hand like that all the "machinery" of your hand would be hosed up to the point where you wouldn't be capable of moving your fingers normally, much less tightly grabbing something.

* This doesn't actually bother me, I just think it's pretty funny.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 21:52

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

That kind of thinking was that made Katsumi lose his arm

# ? Nov 7, 2016 22:17

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

AnonSpore posted:

Musashi takes the sword and leaves, but says "Thanks, but you were still the victor."

Thanks again for the translations, mostly I'm just happy their match is over. And despite being cleaved by a katana, I'm guessing Motobe will be okay? Characters tend to rebound from horrible injuries pretty quickly in the Baki-verse, like when Doppo was killed by Yujiro and essentially brought back to life right after their match.

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

That kind of thinking was that made Katsumi lose his arm

Katsumi needs to get some metallic arms installed, sort of like Jax from Mortal Kombat. Then he could break the sound barrier consistently with his punches, and he might be relevant again. Plus, he wouldn't have to worry about his flesh flying everywhere. It just makes sense.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 19:23

K. Flaps: Dec 7, 2012; by Athanatos

Didn't Katsumi start training his legs to go supersonic after he lost his arm, or am I imagining things.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 19:24

AnonSpore: Jan 19, 2012; "I didn't see the part where he develops as a character so I guess he never developed as a character"

Jedah posted:

Thanks again for the translations, mostly I'm just happy their match is over. And despite being cleaved by a katana, I'm guessing Motobe will be okay? Characters tend to rebound from horrible injuries pretty quickly in the Baki-verse, like when Doppo was killed by Yujiro and essentially brought back to life right after their match.

Motobe will probably be fine-with-enormous-scar in the time honored Jack Hammer/Orochi Doppo style

# ? Nov 8, 2016 19:36

Jedah: Sep 1, 2001; YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST

K. Flaps posted:

Didn't Katsumi start training his legs to go supersonic after he lost his arm, or am I imagining things.

Sounds right, I'm almost certain Katsumi can throw supersonic punches and kicks, but breaking the sound barrier resulted in ripping his flesh apart. I remember Katsumi was involved with Shaori (Feather) training with Retsu Kaioh, just before the Musashi match. If Katsumi has been training under Kaku Kaioh, maybe we'll see a new and improved version of him at some point.

However, Doppo will always be cooler than his son.

AnonSpore posted:

Motobe will probably be fine-with-enormous-scar in the time honored Jack Hammer/Orochi Doppo style

Yeah I agree, it's just not right that Motobe is gonna get an enormous cool katana scar after all this. You know he'll walk around with eternal smugness.

Jedah fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Nov 8, 2016

# ? Nov 8, 2016 21:15