What is Baki Even About 

For anyone who has never seen the show, this is a near perfect representation of what Baki was all about. Just forgot to mention the one guy who got so swole that he can block bullets with his muscles and the international killer criminals who apparently know where Baki is at any given time.

Baki is like JoJo, but the creator doesn’t have magic to help justify the insanity of his series, and he doesn’t care.

“Here is a picture of Muhammad Ali” THATS LITERALLY WHAT BAKI DOES HOLY SHIT

You forgot the part where the narrator explains the story behind Hanayama's tatoo for the 13th time despite not being relevant or related at all to the fight just because it's really cool

The funniest thing about Baki is how the story takes itself so seriously while having the most insane shit ever thought of happen to genetically perfect humans

“A delicacy only known to the greatest fighters. Here is a picture of Muhammad Ali.” The most Baki thing of all time

To actually explain what happened in this scene: Baki is about the strongest creature, and has certain ideas about what strength is. On a surface level, strength means the ability to beat someone up. But Yjiro is the strongest not just because he can beat people up, but because he can force people to accept his vision of the world, his way of life, everything about himself... because he can beat everyone up. There is literally nothing anyone can do to stop him. Baki invented a kind of extreme version of shadow boxing (because everything in Baki is extreme) where you pretend so hard something becomes kind of real. At first Yjiro thought it was utterly hilarious and ridiculous, but in this scene Baki got him to participate in it (this video makes it appear like Yjiro was controlling the situation, but really Baki was). In doing this, Yjiro came over to Baki's vision of the world and accepted something he had previously dismissed, meaning Baki is stronger than Yjiro. If you've seen the Chinese movie Hero, the emperor talks about the "highest ideal" he gleans through the calligraphy of Broken Sword. The first level of mastering the sword is where everything becomes a weapon (the swordsman), second level is where the warrior doesn't need a sword to kill (the emperor), and the third level is where the sword no longer exists (the ideal). It aligns with the Buddhist notion of freeing yourself from attachment. Baki is "getting rid of the sword", letting go of his attachment to violence, by stopping the fight, and inviting his father to eat an imaginary meal. The empty bowl is a motif in Buddhism, and because Baki is extreme, the bowl is doubly empty by never really existing in the first place. Baki wins through strength of spirit. The series is still insane.

Invisible food suggests existence of visible food and that fact scares me

I find it hilarious that this barely scratches the surface of how insanely weird Baki can be.

“My bones are turning into water, this guy is getting more bones, *OBAMA* ” Is the smoothest sentence of nonsense I’ve heard.

0:27 the best part about Pickle's whole existence is that literally every scientist in Baki mentions how his existence makes zero sense. He comes from the damn Jurassic period and the scientists are literally like "This dude shouldn’t exist. This shouldn’t work like this. Primates hadn’t even evolved yet at that period in time, _let alone_ Cavemen! *F•CKING HOW!?"*

On the one hand, I was shocked to learn that the daughter of the guy who wrote Grappler Baki wrote Beastars, but at the same time, it makes perfect sense that the daughter of the guy who wrote Grappler Baki would go on to write Beastars.

“Baki is what people who don’t watch anime, think Jojo’s bizarre adventure is like.” - A friend of mine

So if it's all invisible food, does that imply the invisible table, bowl, and chopsticks are edible too?

The idea that Yujiro doesn’t know how to turn off the demon back is so hysterical.

after watching this, I immediately went to watch the show. Now that I've finished it, I wish that you mentioned the guy who tactically dies of old age, the man with too many holes, or baki's brain

Baki is like if hype itself was turned into a series, after a certain point, you can see a man literally turn his arm into a whip and you just go "damn that's sick"

I love how baki always starts with something almost believable and then devolves to over the top nonsense. He goes from shadowboxing imaginary boxers, to getting IRL wounded by imaginary dinosaurs. When the scene starts with "i can match your macho fighting style" it ends with "I CAN BREAK YOUR FINGERS WITH MY EYES."

*Baki:* (exists) *Logic and reason:* _"I want to taste defeat."_

"Here is a picture of Muhammad Ali" Got me laughing so hard of how out of context the narrator can be 💀

You know this made more sense than the anime did

Now that solidjj has made a baki video, he has become the world's funniest creature.

2:10 I died when the narrator itself couldn't explain it. "Albert Einstein?.. holy shit! I'm Out!"

King Pin: it was never the money Spider-Man. Spider-Man: alrighty, then what was all it for? King Pin: the Invisible Food. Spider-Man: what King Pin: (starts to eat 100% organic potato chips) (slow chewing and loud crunching).

I still have no idea how Flipping the Imaginary Table made Yujiro go "yeah kid, you got me."

I’m genuinely shocked that you didn’t bring up Yuichiro’s ghost. That was one of the most baffling parts of the entire story.

2:05 is my favorite frame in all of solid jj canon

I’ve never seen this show yet I can’t shake the feeling deep down in my stomach that this is all 100% completely canon.

I think I saw a few episodes of this, there was a martial art tournament, and one guy got his optic nerves ripped out of his neck somehow and went blind, but then repaired his optic nerves with his bare hands while in the ring and restored his sight. I'm not sure how it gets from this to invisible food, but the seeds were already planted.

I watch baki and have even read the isekai. This is genuinely the funniest shit ever. "Invisible food, a delicacy to the greatest of fighters, here is a picture of Muhammad Ali." Is genius

2:00 I lost my shit at this moment

Baki is a slice of life about a boy reluctantly following in his fathers footsteps. He's reluctant because they have a troubled history. And not much in common. But eventually, the father comes to respect and appreciate the son for who he is. And acknowledges him on his own merit.

Baki is 1% plot 49% fighting and 50% talking about fighting.

The “you killed my mother” bit in Baki might actually be the most HILARIOUS version I’ve seen in fiction. It’s really just been aggressively unresolved so far. Baki just stops caring and Yuujiro’s just implied to regret it.

0:33 also don’t forget the time that the prison arc was started because Baki kidnapped Bill Clinton.

1:38 the sad theme from yu yu hakusho... hit me right in the feels 😭 Especially ive been rewatching it.

"That's never gona be resolved" lmao Baki entire thing was to avenge his mom but author forgot

I swear the entirety of Baki is some mad genius deprogramming course designed to make you immune to immersion break.

this is the funniest fucking thing solidjj has ever made, and it's literally just talking about the denouement of baki. the script and voice acting were fantastic, and the editing just took it to another level. my sides are in fucking orbit, and i salute you

1:32 That was so out of nowhere lmao

The fact this is all canon and not exaggerated in the slightest is phenomenal im surprised you went with obama instead of when baki kidnapped George bush to fight a prison inmate

This video is the probably the most accurate in portraying a baki episode, down to random black and white cutaways. The only thing it's missing is someone getting peed on

0:50 "Invisible food a delicacy only known to the greatest fighters" And gymnast 🤣

Actually, wasn't the mother murder resolved? I think there is this whole thing where Yujiro loved his wife so much that he wanted to give her a real hug for once with all his strength. And since he's clinically insane that is exactly what he did.

As someone who’s never watched Baki, I’m assuming this is the show in a nutshell.

Love how he starts explaining just like the anime

"Here is a picture of Muhamad Ali" - that was the moment this truly ascended.

The only series that can compared the bizarreness of Jojo is Baki.

Nothing can describe my expience of someone who hasn't watched Baki, stumbling onto the final fight between those two (an unfrozen caveman was present, as is expected) and it ending with them eating imaginary food.

I died when Pickle made the Donkey Kong Noise 😂 With that being said, I love Baki, and I hope it never changes

How were you able to just upload unedited episodes of Baki on youtube without getting a strike?

I can imagine during writing/acting this out he realized how fun it's to say "invisible food" in the manner he did and so he leaned into it.

I like that Yujiro sounds like an Italian mob boss with a dry throat.

Baki was one of those series where you have to imagine it as a fantasy in a different world. Otherwise,you may begin asking how a guy with bullet wounds in his knee can stand tall and walk, or the idea someone with enough willpower can have 90% of his body destroyed and be in critical condition and still manages to take throw a few punches (Honorable mention is ali jr punching with a cast and using that punching to heal himself)

"Wait, it's all invisible food?" "Always has been" *Gunshot*

I like how the narrator, the guy who’s supposed to explain everything just gives up

Even the narrator had absolutely no idea what was going on! 😂

Baki is the embodiment of "author wants it to be taken seriously, nobody ever does". Seriously, I've tried to finish this thing like twelve times and can't get past half an episode before my brain simply refuses to go on.

"here is a picture of Muhammad Ali" is criminally underrated

The best parr is that this is quite literally a summarization of what happens, with little to no exaggerating

All it takes is one scientific discovery irl and it will be used as a fight move in Baki

This is basically how the last fight went. Yujiro lost because Baki was so into it that he made Yujiro believed the imaginary dining table was real when he flipped it. I wish that was a joke.😅

Baki's bewildered stutter at 1:51 makes me laugh so hard

Very Abridged / Reductive TL;DR: -Early Baki: A Story about a kid running the fade of every jock and sportsman in his age range, also he's been a Korakuen champ for a while; -Maximum Tournament Baki: He wants to avenge his mom, and hates his dad, but loves his newfound older half-brother; -Prisioner -> Raitai Baki: He wants to get out of his dad's shadow, still hates him; -Son of Ogre Baki: He says he just saw a man hug his wife (mom) to death, and that's okay, but he still wants to come out of his dads shadow, hate is dwindling and being replaced with combat lust. He also can't tell if he respects his dad, or is allowing himself to be manipulated by these feelings; -Dou Baki: There's two mangas with this name, and in both, Baki has just elevated himself to a ludicrous level, also you get unsatisfying matchups in the second one, but one very cool new character. -Baki Rahen: Jack Hanma is one tough bastard.

I've only seen half an episode of Baki, and I can't even tell how much of this is parody vs what the author actually wrote

baki is about kids who watched too many martial arts movies making up their own fighting moves to play fight each other, meanwhile, yujiro is the older brother who doesn't let his sibling win by countering every single move they throw at him

The invisible food thing was a metaphor for exerting your will onto others. Baki made his father get into the illusion and catch the "food" baki flung into the air, thus exerting his will onto the ogre.

2:05 Pickle 😭😭😭😂😂

itagaki is the pinnacle of trolling his audience. sometimes i feel like he's reading up on reddit and sees just what the fans want or expect, laughs and draws the total opposite. like when he hyped up a character for months, just for him to get entirely destroyed in an instant, while he blew a snot rocket with his foot.

That's...the perfect voice you could've use for Yujiuro. Thank you.

The ultimate goal of Baki is still to surpass Yujiro; it's just his motivation has shifted. It started as a form of vengeance for Yujiro killing Baki's mom, but now it's as an act of respect. Baki, while he still mourns his mom, understands who Yujiro truly is and how to understand his twisted sense of love. Baki wants to surpass Yujiro so that he can take the mantle of Ogre and use it with a wee bit more discipline.

When you catch a whiff of a mere 1% of an invisible apple fritter

0:55 had me absolutely dying of laughter lmfao

Allow me to explain the significance of the invisible food in excruciating detail… Yujiro Hanma, time and again, has been established as the world's strongest creature. A man who bows to no-one, fears no-one, and respects no-one. Even his own family is a write-off to him, as he pursues further strength. Baki, despite his initial motivation of revenge, is ultimately a tragic character, beset by loneliness. His entire life, his mother treated him less like a person, and more like a means to an end to reach Yujiro, who again, had no love or respect for Baki. So, by forcing Yujiro to make Baki invisible dinner, it's not just an act taking victory over Yujiro by making the world's strongest serve dinner, but it's a way of earning some respect from an estranged father figure. Baki has finally won some appraisal from the man who's shadow he's lived in for his entire life. It's a symbolic reconnection. As for Pickle… Yeah, I got nothin'.

I love how the "Here is a picture of Muhammad Ali" come out of nowhere and nobody even question it since they already confused by the invisible food

0:56 "Here is a picture of Muhammad Ali" 💀💀

I can only imagine what would invisible food do to Baki, if just drinking a bucket full of sugar water will completely regenerate his body.

Yujiro Hanma is like Omni-Man, he wants his son to follow in his footsteps, but is also willing to beat him to a bloody pulp.

The plot actually made sense in the beginning. Baki training to beat his dad in a fight to get his mother's approval. Then he lost and Yijiro killed his mother. You would think it was supposed to be a revenge story like Tekken, but then they oversimplify it, making it a meaningless father-son fight. Then it turns out Baki also wantes his father's approval which he has. Now where is the plot headed, since Baki achieved his ultimate goal?

Baki is so outlandishly bizzare. The plot can literally be summed up with: "Big giant Buff dudes beating the piss shit out of each other for the sake of beating the piss shit out of each other. Fighting for the sake of fighting. Its almost beautiful in its simplicity.

How do you think pickles got so much gains, he had to eat a lot of invisible food before he was even allowed to taste any real food during the prehistoric era.🐱

Baki is one of the few shows that’s actually more silly than the SolidJJ parody 🤣🤣

1:44 he managed to get yujiro in a face of remorse..

This is actually how this fight went down. All that was missing was the ghost of Yujiro's father showing up to call him a bitch.

Giving Yujiro the Green Goblin voice weirdly fits him

Woah this has to be the fastest recap of an anime I’ve ever seen Solid JJ sure saved me a lot of time.

Remember the author of Baki is the father of the author of Beastars. Being able to remember what your story was about is not taught at Mr. Itagaki's house.

I love how for once nothing is being exaggerated in solid jj video because baki's plot is just that insane and for those who don't know the story this fight starts with the tall guy throwing the kid out of a skyscraper

"I made you the invisible food so we're cool now".....yep pretty much

“ there is a picture of Muhammad Ali” most realistic part of the show

The thing about Baki is that, at least imo, it’s a lot less of a dedicated action series and more of a loving parody/sendup of other action anime. Thinking about it this way just makes it make a lot more sense imo.

Baki is about being as insane as possible while gaslighting the audience into thinking that the feats are somehow feasable with enough will.

Yes, Baki is absolutely ridiculous and insane, but that's the point. The entire show is basically about the absurdity of the desire to be the strongest. Despite all the effort that Baki goes through, everything he overcomes and endures, he ends up without a real resolution, and Yujiro is the same, because he doesn't get to fight someone strong enough to defeat him. Honestly, I feel like that's the secret message behind everything in Baki. No one in the series ever really seems to reach fulfillment through fighting, and instead a lot of people seem to just flat out ruin their lives in seeking greatness through martial arts. Several people are permanently disfigured and/or crippled trying to fight an unfrozen caveman simply because they think he's pretty strong, in fights with no meaning and no reward other than "I beat a guy who used to wrestle T-Rexes". Yujiro Hanma killed his wife and made his son hate him because he wanted Baki to be the ultimate fighter, and in the end he still wasn't enough to defeat Yujiro or give him a satisfying match. Yeah, Yujiro Hanma can punch an earthquake to death, but as impressive as that is, it's more or less a parlor trick. A guy threw a punch faster than the speed of sound and destroyed his arm in the process, and what did that net him asides from respect amongst the people there to see it? None of the things any of the martial artists in Baki accomplish will ever mean anything to anyone barring a small audience who actually cares about that kind of thing. It's all meaningless self-satisfaction. In the end, Baki doesn't get fulfillment through fighting his father, but by basically closing the book on their fight and getting to know the man for who and what he is, ultimately finding resolution by not pursuing it further. He literally finds happiness by reconnecting with his father. It is weird, but also fitting, since the secret message is basically "Look at all of these guys who are called the strongest in the world and tell me if any of them look truly happy and fulfilled?" "They do when they're fighting..." "Yeah, and the rest of the time?" "Not really."

See this reflects a lot of my feelings about this series ... .. . But I'm still excited to see them do Musashi.

I binge read the entire Baki series (that existed at the time) in like a week of continuous reading and I couldn't say what any of it was about other than that it was really awesome. This video is like 99% accurate except it needs more narrator-explaining-stuff :) iconic

It still stunned me till this day that invisible foods are just…shadow boxing, yes, you didn’t read it wrong, it was all shadow boxing. Baki practices by accurately imagines the fighters he wanted to fight, his imagination was so on point that his brain perceived it as a real thing and started to damaged his body whenever he got hit. Last time I checked, he boxed a dinosaur in his mind right before the Retsu Kaio vs Pickle fight

Technically its about how one fighter makes the most slightest movement then we get half an hour on commentary based on the movement.

Solid as always, loved the ending.

0:40 "Yujiro Hamna"

"Here is a picture of Muhammed Ali" with nothing following it up killed me