Episode
Baki the Grappler: The King's Ransom
Overview
Baki fights Dr. Shinogi Kureha.
Details
- Series
- Baki the Grappler
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2001-06-25
Episode context
The King's Ransom is Episode 24 in Childhood + Underground Arena Sagas of Baki the Grappler. It aired on 2001-06-25.
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More episodes from this season
Episode 22: Head On Collison!
Dr. Shinogi Kureha reveals to his brother, Kousho Shinogi, the Cord-Cutter, why he is fighting Baki Hanma; Doppo Orochi and Yujiro Hanma fight.
Episode 21: An Unlikely Challenger
Yujiro Hanma shows up after Baki's fight and knocks him out, and Doppo Orochi challenges Yujiro to a fight. After watching Doppo spar with his students, Baki spars with him. Yujiro starts a fight with a group of boxers at their gym, and he fights with Izou Motobe and Baki's next opponent is revealed.
Episode 20: An Honorable Loss
Baki fights Mount Toba, a professional wrestler.
Episode 19: The Right To Fight
Kiyosumi Katou spars with the fighters in Doppo Orochi's dojo; Kozue Matsumoto interferes with some bullies that are bothering Baki Hanma, which causes problems for her later; several fighters petition Mitsunari Tokugawa to be Baki's next opponent; Baki trains with Izou Motobe.
Episode 18: The Cord-Cutter
Baki Hanma fights Kousho Shinogi, a master of Cord-Cut Karate.
Episode 17: Champion
Flash forward three years: Baki Hanma is now the champion of the underground arena. Mitsunari Tokugawa meets with Doppo Orochi, a great Shinshinkai karate fighter, and asks him to enter his son in the arena. Doppo finds Kiyosumi Katou, a former student, at his dojo beating up his fighters, and he introduces Katou to the arena. Baki trains for a fight at the boarding house where he is staying, where Kozue Matsumoto, the daughter of the woman who owns the house, has a crush on him.
Episode 16: Coming Home
Antonio Igari, a pro wrestler, tells Mitsunari Tokugawa, an old man who runs an underground fighting circuit, about Baki Hanma and his recent global travels. In the narrative, Baki is seen training and fighting, and, while in Brazil, he visits a fighting master named Dickson. Learning of the circuit, Baki returns to Japan to meet with Tokugawa, and he fights Tokugawa's bodyguards to earn a chance to enter the circuit.
Episode 15: Reflections
A recap episode. Detective Kido reflects upon his experiences with Baki Hanma, and Hitoshi Kuriyagawa tells Kido about Baki's relationship with his mother and his fight with Yujiro.
Episode 14: Lullaby
Baki fights his own father, Yujiro.
Episode 13: The Midnight Hour
All of Baki's friends show up to watch his fight with Yujiro and to help him warm up; meanwhile, Yujiro fights Gaia. Also, Hanayama opens up to Baki about his mother.