Baki Dou - Vol. 22 Ch. 198 - Nomi-No-Sukune

[4cans]

thanks for the chapter

 

[banjogrundy]

So many people shitting on the ending.
Personally I liked the entire arc quite a lot. Some of my favourite fights are here not to mention just some of Itagaki's best illustrations.

Thanks translation team for the awesome work, you guys rule.

 

[Bullza]

Wow all these chapters in one go was a real nice surprise.

 

[kyrex]

What a wild ride. Thanks for translating the whole thing and letting us see for ourselves. The negative hype was overblown. I couldn't see Baki butchering an opponent like that, so what other choice did Itagaki have? From wacky supernatural bullshit he came and thus he went.

 

[drfreeman12]

Thanks for the ending, im glad nothing happened to pickles at the end, i was worried since on the next manga pickles haven't appeared at all yet.
Pickles is my fav character uwu

 

[Garnt69]

The Royalty of fights, begin!!

 

[torrenz]

I understand using the old hag to kill him but the sucker punch method they delivered it with is completely unbelievable
isnt musashi supposed to be the guy who invented sucker punches and won duels by any means? he knew that a "win is a win", he did not fall for motobe's tricks and legitimized them as true combat, he had zero trouble fighting as many enemies as he can be surrounded by and he was still in good shape since he and baki literally didnt fight, all they did is kick eachother in the nuts and wax about not using swords, and then he just goes oopsie and gets backstabbed like that?
heres a list of endings I would have preferred, in no particular order.

-baki actually kills musashi in a sword duel
-disillusioned musashi kills himself after winning/losing
-both are injured, musashi moves in for the kill but is restrained by baki long enough for the hag to do her thing
-yujiro crashes the wedding and kills musashi himself so baki's character integrity is preserved
-musashi has an epiphany after getting hit in the nuts by baki. flashback to ogre kicking his nuts, he realizes that swords are stronger than strikes but strikes to the groin are stronger than swords therefore sword to the groin is the ultimate technique. he severs baki's balls and returns to his planet

I'm used to weird outcomes to fights in baki, with both or neither sides winning or the informal outcome being different from the official one, so I didnt have my mind set on a particular victory at all. I only required a proper fight. It's a shame we didnt even get that.

 

[kokeko]

Retsu....

 

[sleepy-goose]

Thank you for completing this! Kinda hoped a Yujiro v Baki fight wouldve been the end fight but next time!