After his recovery, he talks with his father and understands that he still fears Yuujirou when he is thrown to a wall. Kozue can show great courage during various battles of Baki, wanting to motivate him or show her support. Moments before Baki fights Ryuukou Yanagi, and she wants to help in the fighting. Despite not understanding the level of danger and skill Yanagi possessed, her supportive nature and her courage as his partner are constructive for Baki in the long term. She also steps between Baki and Yuujirou while they are "flirting" during their fight, even scolding them for beating around the bush. Kozue notes that they continually stop and have chats during the fight. She calls them out on it, but it's because they are trying to make the fight last longer as they are fighting the one person on Earth who can bring out their full strength.

However, Hanayama's greatest weakness is his low speed. Despite being able to move relatively fast when its need, due to his fighting style and toughness he doesn't rely on that He battles Kaiou Ri, who accidentally cures the poisoning he received from Yanagi. He proceeds to eat a massive meal made for him by Kaiou Retsu, which helps him return to his former glory.Netflix Announces December Premiere Dates for Baki, Sirius the Jaeger, Hi Score Girl Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network . Retrieved November 20, 2018. While Baki Hanma and his allies discuss the events that transpired at his school, Dorian appears, infiltrating Tokugawa's heavily guarded compound. Mohammad Ali Jr tests a battle-eager Yujiro Hanma. Even though he's been poisoned, Kaioh Retsu enters Baki Hanma into the Great Chinese Tournament in China. Kaioh Retsu pleads with his mentor, Kaioh Ryu, to grant a mortally poisoned Baki Hanma special entry into the great Chinese martial arts tournament. Baki is also very polite towards people while not training or fighting, showing good and refined manners, probably for being born and raised in a wealthy family with luxuries until he was 13 years old. It is also worth mentioning that despite inheriting Emi's fortune, he has little use of money and lives frugally. Although polite, Baki can be very provocative to his opponents to get them to fight him using their full strength. He believes that a true fighter doesn't need rules excuses or conditions to fight, considering that if he wants to, he just has to do it and that's it.

Netflix renewed the series for a second season on March 19, 2019. [7] On March 5, 2020, it was announced that the main staff TMS Entertainment would be returning to produce the second season with the addition of a new character designer and art director. The 13 episode second season covering the "Great Chinese Challenge" and the Alai Jr. arcs was released exclusively on Netflix on June 4, 2020. Its opening theme is "Jounetsu wa Oboete Iru" performed by Granrodeo and its ending theme is "Dead Stroke" performed by Ena Fujita. [8] Soon Baki arrives in Tokyo and visits the household of Mitsunari Tokugawa. There he meets Kanji Igari for the first time. Igari is just leaving Tokugawa's house when Baki arrives. They watch each other for a while, and Baki tells him that if he wants to stand in his way, he will treat him as his enemy. Igari decides that he doesn't want to have any match and goes away. After a while, Baki defeats all the bodyguards from Tokugawa's house and then fights a duel with Shuumei Kanou, the best bodyguard of the Tokugawa house. Kanou surprises Baki with his fighting style, which is based mainly on self-defense and imitating the movements of his opponents. However, he turns out to be too weak for Baki. The young fighter realizes that Kanou has a great defense, but his offense is very weak. Ultimately, Baki wins the fight, showing his offensive superiority over Kanou. After the battle, Baki meets Tokugawa for the first time and asks him for permission to join the arena. Tokugawa agrees to his request. Baki Anime Season 2 Premieres on Netflix on June 4". Anime News Network. March 21, 2020 . Retrieved March 21, 2020.Kaioh Kaku is the embodiment of Chinese Kenpo. Yujiro Hanma is known as the "Strongest Creature on Earth". A battle unlike any other begins. Spec unleashes moves lethal enough to take out even the strongest of opponents in one strike, but Kaoru Hanayama counters with improbable moves of his own. Spec finally tastes defeat. In the manga, he is seen beating his wife, throwing her to the ground with a harsh slap, without any remorse, he tries to leave the house, and go to a war with a rival gang. Though being slapped, his wife with tears in her eyes tries to stop him, her husband then raises his hand again and tries to hit her, to remove her from his path. At that moment his son, Kaoru, takes his arm, preventing him from hitting his mother once again. Kaoru's surprised father then exclaims in an angered tone, asking his thirteen year old son, where his manners have gone. In the same sentence, he also asks Kaoru if that's his true strength, causing Kaoru to tighten his grip, making it the first time he used his signature move. With each grip getting stronger and stronger, he continues to look at his father without any answer. Kaoru's mom stands there in disbelief, as she looks at her son's incredible strength. That's when Keizou shouts at his son - "show me your true strength!" - Kaoru, without thinking, squeezes his father's arm with both hands. And with his incredible grip strength, he exploded the veins of his father's arm. He did not give importance to his wound, in fact, he congratulated his son to have shown him his true strength. After this situation, Keizou went to a gang war and presumably died the same night. GRANRODEO Performs OP Theme for New "Baki" Anime". Crunchyroll. April 19, 2018 . Retrieved June 10, 2018.

Goutaijutsu – powerful fighting move based on the seiken from karate; used against Kureha Shinogi for the first time, and later against Biscuit Oliva. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 14, 2018). "Baki Anime's Teaser Video Reveals Main Cast, Staff". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 14, 2018. Scarred and imposing, Kaoru Hanayama looks like a man who has seen his share of violence. And indeed, at 6’3″ and 366 lbs, he is not a man to be trifled with. But despite his rough appearance, Hanayama is still only a young adult. After the time skip, Chiharu seems to have calmed down. He casually strolls in-between two men wielding knives and advises them to fight fairly without weapons. Later on in the series, in Son of Ogre, he even teaches Baki Hanma valuable lessons and serves as a teacher in their brief clashes.The hand-to-hand combat techniques used by Baki are also varied in nature. Which are developed and expanded throughout the series, his combat style is clearly mixed martial arts integrating movements of various doctrines this would be mainly karate and pro wrestling, and in his minority judo, kempo, jujutsu, this includes both original movements and movements of his previous rivals and opponents obtained through his training, creativity and experience. He is known for his unusual training methods which include shadow boxing while imagining that his next opponent is actually with him. This allows him to anticipate every move of his opponent in the actual fight and also helps him spot their weaknesses much before the combat. Despite not being able master any style of combat instantly like his father, Baki is able to learn them much faster that others and coupled with his imagining make him near equal to Yuujirou.