Grappler Baki Volume 12

グラップラー刃牙 [Grappler Baki] #12

by Keisuke Itagaki

The story revolves around Baki Hanma and his quest to proclaim himself as the strongest grappler in the world, thus taking the title from his father. Baki also fights to gain the trust of his overly psychotic mother.
Volumes: 42
Chapters: 371
Status: Finished
Published: 1991 to 1999

Genres: Manga, Martial Arts

182 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 1994

About the author

Keisuke Itagaki (板垣恵介; Itagaki Keisuke) is a Japanese mangaka, creator of the Baki The Grappler series. He is the father of Paru Itagaki.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this volume, Baki trains on the top of a mountain and eats loads of food to gain weight. After completing his training and bulking up immensely Baki goes out into the woods to fight the Monkey King, a large sasquatch-like beast that's said to be nearly undefeatable to humans. Baki fights the great beast and defeats it, then returns to society with his newfound strength.

Baki sees a fight on TV with Yuri in it (the boxer he lost to in Volume 10) and decides he can beat him now after his recent training. He's now set to fight Yuri again next, but will Baki's training prove to be enough to overcome Yuri's impeccable boxing talent?

[Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Do you think it’s possible for me to live a quiet life where I don’t have to harm things to become stronger?”

Tears sting my eyes as I write it. Baki never wanted any of this shit. He’s just a boy 

“True defeat is when you lost the heart to fight”

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine, just fine.

[নাজমুল হাসান · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baki powers up a lot and starts to mature as a fighter both physically and mentally. We get some epic man vs. wild fight scene in this one. Also the connection he makes, the relation of respect that he builds up with the monster ape is truly magnificent. Then after his return, its a showdown to decide his next opponent. Who will face Baki is decided in the last chapter of the volume. It will be interesting to watch if Baki can take down the strongest Yakuza leader by himself.

[Philmore Olazo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome and gory.

We get to see how Baki really grew stronger and prevailed against his monstrous oponent by using not just his new found strenght but also his tenacity and fighting strategy. Truly amazing work here.

After all of this we get a bit of Baki getting back to school and, well he really stands out like a sore thumb.

Then another bait and switch. We're presented with a powerful rival, who actually beat Baki before, and is quickly eliminated by a third party that wants to fight Baki instead. To Itagaki's credit, at least this character was introduced before.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Realllyyyyyy loved this Awesome Martial arts manga, really love the art style and very awesome/Exciting fights and Characters! Pretty sure it’s the my favorite Martial arts manga 😻😻🥋💪❤️

[Omar Villafane · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only thing one can really do is get stronger 💪🏼🔥🦾

[Vincent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Baki vs the Yasha Ape is fantastic but I am a lot less interesting in Yuri’s story of becoming the Heavyweight champion