Baki Hanma

News outlets around the world erupt after a massive African elephant is found brutally killed, and the lone survivor of its rampage insists the beast was brought down by a single unarmed man—unwittingly pointing to Yuujirou Hanma, the “Ogre,” feared as the strongest creature alive. Far from the headlines, Yuujirou’s 18-year-old son, Baki, continues honing his own overwhelming strength, even testing himself against a giant praying mantis.

Certain his training has reached the next stage and intent on surpassing his father, Baki takes the extraordinary step of kidnapping U.S. President George Bosch to set his plan in motion. He deliberately gets himself locked up in Arizona State Prison, home to Biscuit Oliva—the United States’ strongest man, an inmate granted unusual freedom. Eager to measure himself, Baki seeks a fight with Oliva, only to find him focused on his peculiar rivalry with Jun Guevaru, “Second,” the only other prisoner granted special privileges. As Baki endures the prison’s brutal routine, he studies the men around him and waits for the moment to make his challenge count.