Baki Dou (2018) is still relatively early in its run (60ish chapters in what will likely end up being a couple hundred) but I thought I'd write this review to encapsulate some of my problems with the early parts of the series, how it continues some of the biggest flaws of the previous series and why so far this has been more or less the nadir of the long Baki series.
First, the good. Baki still has great art. The art is detailed and has a sense of weight that feels very rare in modern manga. Everything Itagaki draws has a sense of momentum and vitality
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Baki-dou 2, Baki-dou (2018), Baki's Path II Japanese: バキ道 InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 17
Chapters: 154
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 4, 2018 to Jun 15, 2023
Genre:
Action
Theme:
Martial Arts
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
Shounen Champion (Weekly) Authors:
Itagaki, Keisuke (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #49672 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #1815
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Jun 15, 2023
Baki Dou (2018) or Sumo-Dou as it came to be known, could generously be called inventive and more realistically could be called "controversial". The fifth Baki series by Keisuke Itagaki, this series is no stranger to mixed opinions by the general public, with many people being turned off by the artstyle of the series, which really couldn't be called pretty by any stretch of the imagination. But Sumo-Dou feels unique in that it's the first of Itagaki's series that seemed intensely polarizing to people who were already fans of the manga. I feel this reason is the management of expectations. To be 100% clear, this
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Feb 13, 2025
Following Baki's encounter with the Legendary Musashi Miyamoto, Itagaki tries to explore how the modern martial artits we have come to know and love fair against one of japan's own martial disciplines, Sumo.
In itself, that idea is as cool as any of the other match-ups Baki has explored over the years, Although personally, not being that interested in sumo myself, I did feel less attached to the characters presented in this entrance than the previous ones. If you read Baki up to this point you don't need any introductions, this manga beauitifully and skilfully displays one of japan's oldest martial arts in all it's ... |
