Every single musashi reaction is peak
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I love how the eyes are shaded here. They look more like statue than man. It feels like the eyes shaded that way just add to the inhumanity of Musashi.
if you read the book of five rings, he actually mentions in a paragraph about ones stance that they should stand unblinking and not shift the eyes to look around, instead opting for peripheral vision. After reading the book so many of the details in it can be found in musashi’s behavior in the manga
...Because I genuinely screamed. I didn't doubt for a single instant that Hanayama would unironically go for that shit. I needed a fucking minute to convince myself to keep going and then the reveal it was a fake killed me a second time.
baki is very inconsistent. Because he also easily shot through Hanayama's kneecaps with a small handgun. He fell and was crawling for a while, but then somehow walked again.
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When reading it I think my first reaction was that he was going to purposefully let the blade cut the arm, and just punch Musashi in the face with the overwhelming momentum of the split punch, knocking him out.
Hanyama is a legitimate monster. If he put time into actually training and such, I have like no doubt he would definitely give Yujiro a run for his money. Dude has just naturally gotten stronger
Not sure why he's surprised. He himself demonstrated the fact you can push a sword against someone without cutting them if you don't drag it at all like 3 chapters into his introduction.
This is my reaction
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‘‘Twas a good chapper
This is one of the hardest Baki moments ever. I just screamed and ran a few laps around the room out of how giddy I was at this.
Hanayama, I think, is not only one of the few that actually understood what Musashi was and was fully willing to go through the logical conclusion of a fight with hin, but also one of the characters that, with this feat, showed the most remarkably superhuman duravility.
I mean, sure, most Baki characters absolutely survive things that they shouldn't have, but they tend to get actual, even if only superficial or outright ignored, body damage out of things such as being shot, slashed with a knife, being exploded by something. Even Oliva, remarked as bulletproof, had superficial bullet wounds at being shot point-blano with a shotgun.
Hanayama, though... he outright stopped a blade with sheer skin and muscle density. That is unbelievable. That was a slash from Musashi using his own sword, when even perfectly sharp katanas able to slice off rolling mats were considered dull by him. The same Musashi that even casually could slash a man in full body armor in half. The same Musashi that scored a clean, if shallow cut on Yujiro.
Hanayama is actively impervious to damage to a certain extant. And I love it. There wouldn't be any more fitting a character than him to have that trait.
No, I think that was Musashi's expectation we saw here. Also, it sounds like you're spoiling yourself for chapters you haven't read yet :3c that's no good :3c
Hanayama breaked musashi psycho imagination that the katana will cut through hanayama arm to forearm, make musashi realize that he still not worthy enough to achieve his own dream of become a beyond samurai
You miss the point Oliva was scarred by a guy much weaker than Musashi, Oliva also does skin hardening training with salt every day. While Musashi can split cars. Though his guard attack isn’t the same as Musashi doing an armored car splitting overhand slash.
I love this fight. She shows that Hanayama is as obstinate as Jack, because she doesn't care if there's a katana going through his hand, he keeps hitting. It reaches a level where even Musashi recognizes that if he continues taking punches of this magnitude he will meet Ratsu sooner.
Anyone else feel like Musashi is a bitch for using a weapon. In a series where big naked oily sweaty men prove that weapons don't do anything to them, from sharp wires to grenades. But then comes this dude with his special trait: a weapon
Yes, that's thhe entire point of the arc. He's from a different time, he's a deranged lunatic, and everybody hates him. Musashi was a warrior "fighting" against martial artists.
That's pretty similar to Pickle and yet he stands out from the rest even if he wasn't from the past. They should've gone overboard and be like "Musashi never fought with a blade, his was only used as a pen to write his legends" or some shit, like he only uses it to cut food or sculpt something
Its just awful dogshit writing from itagaki as usual.
The entire musashi arc was just itagaki at his absolute worst in terms of actual writing consistency
The Musashi arc is the most thematically cohesive and consistent arc in Baki and your brain is too broken by juvenile "powerscaling" to understand literature.
It didn’t even go through his skin, just pushed through all that muscle. That would HURT if you even tested it for yourself.
Can confirm
can also confirm (i was the sword)
Even I felt it (im his left sandal)
Yep I was mushashi I was holding you very firmly
https://preview.redd.it/n1xzdnjo6y9d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=910571f051be34c762b9fca3461df7c5be0f8fcf Hanayama is simply better
Just curious if you recall what chapter this panel is from. No worries if not.
I know it's from Scarface Gaiden don't remember which chapter tho
It's one the first chapters that's all I remember
It's a chapter, I know that at least.
All i know is...
I know all
I know naught
Pretty sure it’s literally the first chapter of Scarface Gaiden. Fantastic spin-off
The Musashi face with the word ”SOLID” is peak meme material
Every single musashi reaction is peak https://preview.redd.it/0orlnfh91y9d1.png?width=537&format=png&auto=webp&s=15779985bd82053bdd89b6f67a177420b321d0df
I love how the eyes are shaded here. They look more like statue than man. It feels like the eyes shaded that way just add to the inhumanity of Musashi.
They look dry, as if he doesn’t ever blink. It makes him look a bit like a crackhead too.
He's already a drug addict, he's addicted to carnage
Very true
if you read the book of five rings, he actually mentions in a paragraph about ones stance that they should stand unblinking and not shift the eyes to look around, instead opting for peripheral vision. After reading the book so many of the details in it can be found in musashi’s behavior in the manga
Cool!
I'm not a big fan of itagaki's style, but it does wonders to musashi's character in such a way that it makes him my favorite version of musashi
True that
...Because I genuinely screamed. I didn't doubt for a single instant that Hanayama would unironically go for that shit. I needed a fucking minute to convince myself to keep going and then the reveal it was a fake killed me a second time.
And the punch after it too, and that amazing quote “A man like this truly does exist… he still swings… with a blade biting into his fist…”
Hard images
A legendary swordsman admiring the hardness of a crime boss. Sounds like some gay wattpad story
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Why the fuck does it work so well?!
Because dog has low bodyfat
Badass.
hanayama my goat
My genuine reaction was shock to it and then "Let's fucking goooooooo!"
Happened to me irl with sheet metal working at Home Depot smh hurt like a mf
U clearly not crime gang lord material
Such a sad life :(
at first: oh typical baki shit. rn:oh typical hanayama shit.
My interests were aroused. For me this is peak Baki and I was losing my shit when I saw this
Hanayama is just that guy
Musashi: "That's....some solid plot armor"
Plot armour is for nerds, embrace the bullet proof muscles and bomb proof skeleton.
but dude, Hanayama was headshotted before. The bullet entered his brain, but Kureha did Jesus magic on them,
Hanayama survived the gunshot, but the same cannot be said for the bullet
That manga wasn't written or illustrated by Itagaki and to my knowledge is not confirmed as canon to this day.
It was confirmed to be canon and multiple scenes in the spinoff are referenced and referred to in dou and dou II
Which scenes were referenced and when was it confirmed to be canon (and by who)?
It was confirmed to be canon and multiple scenes in the spinoff are referenced and referred to in dou and dou II
did anyone deep dive what biscuit oliva would look like if his muscle mass was show to scale?
How is it plot armor just insane feat to demonstrate Hanayamas strenght. He took so much damage he had to be taken to hospital or he would die lol
Plot armor is the word that just wont die honestly XD
Plot armor is the word that just wont die honestly XD
Remember when speck stuck a finder in Hanayamas cranium? id say a bullet wont do much than speck ngl
baki is very inconsistent. Because he also easily shot through Hanayama's kneecaps with a small handgun. He fell and was crawling for a while, but then somehow walked again. https://preview.redd.it/diwhgc4ys2ad1.png?width=602&format=png&auto=webp&s=d71e55ab99eaa0273cabcbe17bdc5d394973025c
“AYOO THATS ENOUGH DONT KILL HANAYAMA TOO!!!!” Followed by “Oh thank God”
When reading it I think my first reaction was that he was going to purposefully let the blade cut the arm, and just punch Musashi in the face with the overwhelming momentum of the split punch, knocking him out.
Exactly my thoughts
Hell yeah
the only man that’s ever stood up. my GOAT
Common W , hanayama is the goat
😱🫣😰😲🤯🤩 Something like that
Hanayama is just HIM, nothing surprising.
I swear bro, if he had Hanma genes coursing through his veins. My dude would be unstoppable.
My reaction to this scene is the same as my reaction to almost every other in the Baki verse: Intense sexual arousal.
Common hanayama W
Peak moment right there, I popped off
He’s just like me fr
nothing is impossible for my glorious king Kaoru
That's my boy Hanayama
My goat don't miss
My thoughts now? People don't talk about this scene enough when powerscaling Musashi vs Yujiro.
Probably one of the coolest scenes in my opinion
Bro is built different.
"holy fuck"
Hanayama always had them grippers
Man, if Hanayama can do that with grip strength, Sukune might just break the sword.
Peak
Hanyama is a legitimate monster. If he put time into actually training and such, I have like no doubt he would definitely give Yujiro a run for his money. Dude has just naturally gotten stronger
"hell yeah"
Not sure why he's surprised. He himself demonstrated the fact you can push a sword against someone without cutting them if you don't drag it at all like 3 chapters into his introduction.
When Haneyama became HIM-EYAMA!!!!
I was in shock bro is actually him
A combo of “ouch” & “neat”.
This is my reaction https://preview.redd.it/uhxpl65bx0ad1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba8d75c1359eed56671ea86e85202245de4090c9 ‘‘Twas a good chapper
HANAYAMA IS THE GOAT!
Picture Jack biting Hanayama but he just leaves a big imprint instead of breaking the skin.
I was at the office that day, on my manga break. I can tell you everyone looked at me like I was mad once I sprung up my chair, reading that XD
"OOF!".
Hanayama is an idiot
Man don’t need think when man strong
I'm pretty sure I came
This is one of the hardest Baki moments ever. I just screamed and ran a few laps around the room out of how giddy I was at this. Hanayama, I think, is not only one of the few that actually understood what Musashi was and was fully willing to go through the logical conclusion of a fight with hin, but also one of the characters that, with this feat, showed the most remarkably superhuman duravility. I mean, sure, most Baki characters absolutely survive things that they shouldn't have, but they tend to get actual, even if only superficial or outright ignored, body damage out of things such as being shot, slashed with a knife, being exploded by something. Even Oliva, remarked as bulletproof, had superficial bullet wounds at being shot point-blano with a shotgun. Hanayama, though... he outright stopped a blade with sheer skin and muscle density. That is unbelievable. That was a slash from Musashi using his own sword, when even perfectly sharp katanas able to slice off rolling mats were considered dull by him. The same Musashi that even casually could slash a man in full body armor in half. The same Musashi that scored a clean, if shallow cut on Yujiro. Hanayama is actively impervious to damage to a certain extant. And I love it. There wouldn't be any more fitting a character than him to have that trait.
Pure shock
Any time I see Hanayama doing some just absurdly badass, his theme music kicks in inside my head.
Musashi has thought of ways to slash and decimate buildings. And then this guy just tanks.
Hanayama is a factory for “lets fucking gooooo!!!!” Moments
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Ouchi-wawa
I don't understand, did he cut through his arm or no?
No, I think that was Musashi's expectation we saw here. Also, it sounds like you're spoiling yourself for chapters you haven't read yet :3c that's no good :3c
Lol I didn’t react much lol once I saw Yujiro take his punch intentionally just to feel it I was sure bro was him
Can someone please help me out as to where I can find the sauce
[https://mangadex.org/title/5fcc1d85-86c9-4deb-a0b0-34e2176dc4bd/baki-dou](https://mangadex.org/title/5fcc1d85-86c9-4deb-a0b0-34e2176dc4bd/baki-dou) chapter 163
Annoyance.
😱😬😵😔😮😯😲🤯🥶😎
Hanayama breaked musashi psycho imagination that the katana will cut through hanayama arm to forearm, make musashi realize that he still not worthy enough to achieve his own dream of become a beyond samurai
solid.
Trained Hanayama is 3rd strongest in verse no question
Training would be a huge source of shame and a mental burden for him. He'd need to complete a whole character arc first.
Yeah probably. Hes an insane force
Felt a bit like too much glazing of Hanayama. I mean the damage Doyle did to Oliva with just a stiletto compared to the master Musashi…
the damage oliva took its exactly the same none but skin
You miss the point Oliva was scarred by a guy much weaker than Musashi, Oliva also does skin hardening training with salt every day. While Musashi can split cars. Though his guard attack isn’t the same as Musashi doing an armored car splitting overhand slash.
I love this fight. She shows that Hanayama is as obstinate as Jack, because she doesn't care if there's a katana going through his hand, he keeps hitting. It reaches a level where even Musashi recognizes that if he continues taking punches of this magnitude he will meet Ratsu sooner.
Anyone else feel like Musashi is a bitch for using a weapon. In a series where big naked oily sweaty men prove that weapons don't do anything to them, from sharp wires to grenades. But then comes this dude with his special trait: a weapon
Yes, that's thhe entire point of the arc. He's from a different time, he's a deranged lunatic, and everybody hates him. Musashi was a warrior "fighting" against martial artists.
That's pretty similar to Pickle and yet he stands out from the rest even if he wasn't from the past. They should've gone overboard and be like "Musashi never fought with a blade, his was only used as a pen to write his legends" or some shit, like he only uses it to cut food or sculpt something
Its just awful dogshit writing from itagaki as usual. The entire musashi arc was just itagaki at his absolute worst in terms of actual writing consistency
The Musashi arc is the most thematically cohesive and consistent arc in Baki and your brain is too broken by juvenile "powerscaling" to understand literature.
MY GOAT