Baki: Dai Raitaisai-hen

Weakened by the poison from his last battle, Baki Hanma finds himself on the verge of death with no salvation in sight. However, after Baki's friend, Retsu Kaiou, brings him to China, he learns about the centurial Raitai Tournament, where the fiercest warriors fight to be crowned as the strongest martial artist in all of China.

As it is now allowing entry to foreigners, Baki is informed that he will have to compete in the tournament as it holds the cure to his illness. Unfortunately, Baki's father, deemed the "Strongest Creature on Earth," is participating too. Baki 2nd Season details the events of the grand Chinese tournament, as well as Baki's encounter with the eccentric yet powerful Mohammad Alai Jr.

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Hanma, Baki Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Hanma, Yuujirou Main

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Kaiou, Retsu Main

Koyama, Rikiya Japanese

Hanayama, Kaoru Supporting

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Hanma, Jack Supporting

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Biscuit, Oliva Supporting

Ootsuka, Houchuu Japanese

Orochi, Doppo Supporting

Sugou, Takayuki Japanese

Doyle, Hector Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Dorian Supporting

Ginga, Banjou Japanese

Shibukawa, Gouki Supporting

Shimada, Bin Japanese

Hirano, Toshiki Director

Urakami, Keiko Sound Director

Moritomo, Hiroki Episode Director

Oyunamu Episode Director

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Jun 4, 2020

dragon97king

Recommended

Baki new season just dropped and like always its a wild journey

Story
Baki takes place right after season 1 with baki going to china to enter the Raitai tournament to cure the poisoned. It's differently one hell of a way to end and start a season but with over the top fights and characters it's such a fun bloody journey.
Art
They really went all out on this season no butt ugly cg and each impact of the fights looked painful it's a fun to watch.
Sound
The sound in this anime is great as I said in my art part the fights look painful ... but also sound painful with some exciting music it just makes for a awesome watch.
Ps the opening in this season is by far the best op for baki so far.
Character
The characters in baki are usually all baddasses with a few things to tell them apart with baki he's very respectful to his opponents and won't go looking for a fight unless it's his father. many others of the fighters are also a joy to watch just don't look for anything to deep about them.
Enjoyment
I had a blast watching this I watch all 13 ep when I woke up if you enjoy baki you'll love this season
Overall
9 out of 10

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 4, 2020

Yurg

Mixed Feelings

So this will include a spoiler or two so there is that. The last season left us off with Baki going to this tournament to help him recover his fighting spirit. And we continue with the tournament starting and finishing after around 7 episodes.
(Small Spoiler so small it doesn’t matter) when its Baki’s turn to fight he fights against Mr. poison hand man, Baki negates the poison and somehow this helps him in the long run.

This is great an all. An by all means if you like hearing about fighting instead of seeing it then this season/show is definitely for you. During the final fight ... between Yujiro and Kako in the tournament it was about 7 to 5 minutes of fighting And 30 minutes of explanations of fighting, techniques and classic “this guy is not as strong as he looks.

Muhammad Ali Jr. was in this, oh did I mention Muhammad Ali Jr. was in this.
I bet you didn’t know Muhammad Ali Jr. was in this. They go beyond to signify that both Muhammad Ali Jr. and Muhammad Ali are in this. But to the point where there are around 4 episodes surrounding only Muhammad Ali Jr. during those episodes, there were fights so it was entertaining in that sense. But besides that it was lacking. As well as Muhammad Ali Jr. hits on and tries to marry Baki’s girlfriend.

The ending song was probably the best part about the sound, and the only credit I can give to it. In one episode when Baki is jogging, the sound of him stepping isn’t synched to the animation, and made me physically cringe hearing it.

The characters are the typical ones you could expect from a fighting anime, they fight and explain things that happen. Most of them are from previous seasons too so they are already known. Does that mean they are the best characters created, no it does not.

I didn’t like this, I got bored after the tournament and on the 12th episode I got excited again because it hints at Baki fighting his father, finally. And in the episodes prior it was Baki fighting none other than Muhammad Ali Jr. which was not exciting like it was hyped up to be.

The art is the typical style for Baki, a fast blur to make it seem like it was inhuman. It’s not necessarily bad I like it for this kinda style, but it makes some of the characters look as if they don’t know what’s happening, and or have a dumb look on their face when they don’t mean too.

Also the tournament takes place over the span of one day.

I wrote notes as I was watching and I stopped after the tournament because there was nothing else to take note of. If you like surprises and interesting fighting styles then hey this might be for you. If you like long drawn out explanations about those fighting styles and the people using them then again this is for you. But I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone and wouldn’t tell people openly I watched it even though I am.

I will say this to defend Baki, the fights were entertaining no matter how dumb or slow they took. Each was unique to an extent where it didn’t seem old and already used. The techniques introduced are new and interesting they are just talked about a lot.

Ok that’s it, overall I gave this anime a 5.

If you liked Baki before you will probably still like this one to get ready to see the next season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 14, 2020

Mekartur

Not Recommended

Honestly It baffles me how many people thought this was a good season. I already had a bunch of things that I dislike regarding the first season, but honestly this one is just plain worse in every step of the way.

Not going about too many spoilers, first there's this tournament, that gets all hyped up and delivers basically nothing. Just the main characters fighting a bunch of random "kaioh masters" that get defeated very anti-climatic. Then there are the episodes regarding Mohamed Junior that seems to be getting to a point, and barely makes a point at all. When we finally get to the fight ... in question, it lasts 3 seconds. And the end is just pathetic.

This entire season doesn't have a SINGLE well-built climatic exciting fight. They ALL are simply boring, yet they want to be more than what they are, they try to show as something serious and solemn. The drinking of 10 liters os water with glucose; the teardrop that HEALS the poison in the character's body all of a sudden, as well as a bunch of other stupid things... Is just plain bad, guys. If you want to watch a reasonably good anime like this go watch Kengan Ashura, which has a lot of issues but is actually better in every aspect.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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