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Hanaukyo Maid-tai: La Verite: Overall Rating 6/10

I personally thought the beginning of this anime was very boring, but I had to give it a shot. After watching the whole anime I can say it was alright for an anime. I was going to give it a 5, but it was alright for an anime so I changed my mind and gave it a 6.

This anime is whacky in way, it starts off with a young boy named Taro Hanaukyo a 14 year old who is going to be staying with his grandfather because his mother has passed away. All of that change's though when his ... grandfarther leaves the mansion, for some unknown reason. He is now the new master of his grandfathers mansion, and inheritance of the Hanaukyo family. The maid that tells him this is Mariel, a beautiful young woman that is kind and is completely dedicated to pleaseing her master at any cost, remember this it's important.

Taro Hanaukyo is then greeted by all the maids at his grandfathers mansion as soon as he gets there. Every single maid greets the young Taro. At first he seems to be having a bit of trouble living like this, but eventually he gets the hang of it. There is a love interest for the young Taro. Taro has a special relationship with one of his maids although she doesn't seem to notice it, some of the other maids already knew.

Story wise the anime focuses on Taro Hanaukyo and his maid's. Some of the maids think he's some bratty child and they assume he can't live up to his grandfathers name. Until they get to know Taro personally, one by one they slowly but surely accept him not as there master but as a person and a friend. Most of them find out that he's actually really mature when he need's to be. The beginning of the series is really random and happens for no reason most of the time. Until it get's half way through, then you'll start to care and it begins to get serious.

There are a few heart warming moments in this anime but they don't last very long. The character development is really slow paced. They could of done better job of introducing them. So this anime was alright, but you probably won't really fall head over heels for it.

Baki the grappler II: Overall Rating 9/10

If you want a better understanding on Baki the grappler II, I highly recommend that you watch the prequel before seeing this.

Baki the grappler II takes place 4 years after all the events of the first one. All grown up and now champion of the underground tournament baki's back and ready for more action. His goals remain the same as in the first one, to become the world's strongest man alive. I have to say after seeing this I felt like I was watching someone else playing a videogame tournament and me in the audience cheering on the ... champ. The hype was exactly like the first one, scratch that I think it was better.

Baki is now 17 years old and alot more mature in this one. He doesn't get angry over little things anymore, he's more relaxed and cool headed. Instead of using his head as a weapon he uses it to think strategically. He tries his best to find that certain achilles heel/weak point on his opponent's fighting style.

Baki has earned his respect as the new undeafeated champion of the underground tournament and for that he must defend his title against the world's best. Before I continue there's something you should know, the events of Baki becoming the new underground champ probably happened in the manga. I haven't seen it so that's what probably happened. Let's continue shall we, fighters all across the world with different stature want a taste of the young champ. Some of the Characters from the prequel make an apperence, and have also have improved greatly in there fighting skills. New and even formidable opponents await the young fighter.

The way the new fighters are presented in terms of back story and character development are pretty much the same as it was from prequel, they just have more screen time. It was really interesting seeing moves from different martial art styles being used here, and let me tell you there are alot of martial art styles presented in this anime.

Baki the grappler II has top notch action and alot of fighting scenes combined with a tounament like setting. The pace of the story is alot faster than the prequel. New martial artists testing there skills against one another, it felt like a little taste of heaven in a way for fight fans and action fans.

Baki continues his journey towards his father's title of being the strongest creature on the planet. Is a dream only a dream or will the young fighter succeed in making his dream possible?

Baki the grappler: Overall Rating 9/10

Have you ever dreamed about becoming the world's strongest?
Have you ever wondered what it felt like to be defeated by someone a hell of alot stronger than you?
Have you ever trained your hardest, but you could never win against your father? That's what Baki the grappler is all about.

It starts off with the main character Hanma Baki a fearless 13 year old delinquent who is hot headed and isn't afraid to pick fights with anyone, just to test his fighting skills. Baki would charge his way through the crowded street gang of a 100 young punks ... but in baki's eye's he only see's 4 people all together, ready to fight he charges.

Secretly Baki was being watched by his mother's employee, to see how he was progressing. Baki goes back to the gym and his hot headed attitude kicks in. The boy goes completely insane for the lust for strength and power. His lust for power has been growing for quite sometime. His mother gets wind of it and knows her son is becoming a man. The way Baki was presented in the story is intriguing to me. His goal is to be the strongest fighter on the planet. Doing this will take more than just a hot headed attitude, rigorous training, a few broken bones, and bloody fists. Does he have what it takes?

Eventually during his encounters with other fighters he makes new friends, even if they had fought each other. It's all about respect for a martial artists. Along the way you'll notice that most of the fighters Baki encounters have backstories, getting to know a little more about them personally. Character development has done well to explain itself. I thought the way they handled there reasoning for fighting was good enough. While watching this I could see Baki growing, training, fighting many challenging foes in the near future.

Opponents that fought the youngster were reasonable enough to keep me from turning away from my screen. The different fighting styles made the fighting scenes more enjoyable because all the fighters had different strengths and weaknesses. It took me only a day to watch this, but none the less it was really fun to see some action done right most of the time.

Baki the grappler is definitely fast and tends to skip most of the boring moments, the anime got me all hyped up. While I was watching this, my head was filled with many unanswered questions. Could a 13 year old with execeptional fighting skills actually exists in this world? Could I be this strong when I become 13 years old? Many questions have gone through my head and till this very day I still wonder about it.

What awaits this young fighter is a tough and rigorous journay. Through many hardships Baki must fight bigger and even stronger opponents that rival his level. He must become stronger than he is now, because his father is waiting for his son to improve himself. Baki the grappler is filled with action, a ton of fighting scenes and a story of a young boy training to become the strongest man alive.