Baki Vs Ippo Vs Kenichi: Which Fighter Anime Has It All?

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Baki The Grappler, Hajime No Ippo, and Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple
The "Grounded" Big 3 Of Fighting Anime when I was a teenager
All Inspiring Martial Arts, Bodybuilding and fighting but which of these series was best overall?
Today lets compare and contrast them.
00:00 How Baki, Ippo, & Kenichi Motivated me for Training
2:52 Best Training Scenes
4:15 Best Muscle / Anime Physique Gains
5:32 Best Fight Choreography
6:58 Most Inspirational / Motivating Protagonist
9:03 Best Overall Story
10:48 Who Wins in A fight & Who is Strongest
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Baki Hanma
Kenichi Shirahama
Hajime No Ippo
Mightiest Disciple
Son Of Ogre
Hayato Furinji
Yujiro Hanma

[@JaxBlade]

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[@omari2306]

Ippo looks like the REALEST.

[@ashawnamv2117]

Baki

[@danielharvey8492]

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[@samsonrapp702]

Hajime no ippo

[@S.O.SStudio]

Kenichi. That was such a good anime.

[@wonkaswilly6924]

Kenichi was my childhood, baki was my mid teens, but man ippo has stuck with me for all of it.

[@etaname]

fr but the only one i never really got into was kenichi

[@ivanburden4658]

This is the answer

[@Liqo315]

W comment💪🏿💫

[@Liqo315]

​@@etanameKenichi is 🔥🔥 definitely give it a watch

[@iamepsilon2222]

Ippo ain't even a character anymore, though.

[@tigerjin6086]

Kenichi's arc is mine. I was a scrawny kid and teen, but kept grinding in martial arts and strength. I identify so much with Kenichi for that. I often think of that mini-arc where Kenichi was fighting a child-prodigy and losing until he figured out a way to win. His masters said that Kenichi is talentless in martial arts, but "has the talent of hard work." That always stuck with me.

[@joshuawood3055]

I always loved that every technique every bit strength he got he got through that straight grind and i love it for it

[@Mati303s]

That's the most beautiful lesson from Kenichi. Your capacity to work hard is a talent in itself. Talent is not just getting everything fast and easy. If you are smart, eager and/or hardworking, congratulations. You are talented as well!

[@lopezroilans.8384]

Sometimes I do question whether Kenichi is really not "gifted". Because bro was barely a year or 2 into training and was already capable of throwing hands with people who trained their "entire life" and manage to stay toe-to-toe with them, if not pull a really gritty W.

[@Santoryu90]

I’ve been rewatching Kenichi and I realize it’s kind of rare for the protagonist in these type of series to start off at complete ground zero, even a good amount of sports anime and manga have the protagonist shown to have at least some sort of natural talent in whatever the sport.

[@Felipera_]

Even ippo was incredibly strong due to working in the fishing boat

[@maxkim7937]

His first win in a fight was probably the best. Footwork worked better than anything they taught him. Miu is goat girl.

[@iansweesey7055]

Grounded Big 3. Kenichi. A thousand times, Kenichi. It's my favorite manga. It has literally changed my life and made it better. I used to be a weak, fat asthmatic. I was sick of never being able to do things others did easily. Then my anime club in college showed the episode where Siegfried was chasing Nijima. It was absolutely hilarious, so i looked up the manga for more. I fell in love. Kenichi was starting from ground zero, like I was. Sakaki is my favorite master, and it turned out there was a karate dojo not too far from my house. Fifteen years later, I'm a fifth-degree black belt, with actual kickboxing matches under my belt too (one with a 14-second TKO!) and recently taken the dojo over from my master, running my own place now. And it never would have happened without history's strongest disciple, Kenichi.

[@thunderkatz4219]

Nice bro I’m a gen z and I love Kenichi

[@thunderkatz4219]

Also I do karate and boxing and jiujitsu

[@pranakhan]

What a fantastic share, that's the spirit of marital arts at work!

[@kacperz5683]

That's so heartwarming! Kenichi is my favourite manga too, I finally finished it last year and it was one of the most bitter-sweet moments in my life. When I got introduced to Kenichi as a teen (first it was anime) I was actually already a martial artist but Kenichi gave me something more than "just" huge ammounts motivation for training. It gave me an understanding of what I even want to achieve in martial arts, what to gain from them, and also it gave incredible role models (Master Akisame is my favourite and I would like to have as strong mind as him one day).

[@seifo3358]

the fact that this anime turned you in to a master yourself is insane, i hope i can come that far one day and good job on all your hard work so far

[@9Godslayer]

Something I liked about Kenichi was that the manga and anime were _acknowledging_ how impractical the training for him was through the comedy until his teachers stopped trying to Heihachi him into a better fighter and gave him a more realistic (sane) regimen.

[@darthfader3122]

8:44 "😈You're nothing special, you can't do this... 😑Oh wait! A special power only YOU can do...." Had me dead 😂😂😂

[@lordzero-fall963]

Kenichi is the show that got me back into training and fitness, one of my top 3 of all time for sure!

[@datapagan1903]

Holyland is the most grounded and its MAD underrated

[@let_me_be_frank]

I honestly feel like Kenichi was more inspirational. The other two already started with talent. But it's stated he has no talent and his progress from nothing to taking down Ragnarok is awesome. Now don't get me wrong, the other two are still awesome. I just find kenichi to be more positive.

[@dast4394]

My preferences from this 3 is Kenichi, Baki (especially early Baki), Ippo. I also thing that one overlooked aspect for this video is discussing the masters/ coaches. Kenichi has some of the best masters in any series. The great thing about them is that using "grounded" advise, the masters built Kenichi with great care in all the aspects body, mind and spirit

[@CaptainJacob2007]

Started watching Ippo and it's actually so hype Can't wait for the Takumura TLTT

[@bgjazz55]

Yes sir! Hajime no Ippo is still my favorite anime to this day. Got me into the gym and changed my life!

[@Zoopadoopa23]

Ippo is great because its an awesomely well written and inspirational series thatll get you invested in fitness and martial arts, where as baki while also just as inspirational delivers more niche knowledge that you wouldn't expect to learn in a manga.

[@alejandrogallardo4580]

Grounded big three sounds perfect !

[@BriggSnipes]

Loved the Stinger at the very end lol People sleep on how OP End of Series Kenichi is

[@Leonlion0305]

GroundedBig3 6:53 Ippo hands down has the best fight scene, from quality of the action depiction, pacing, to background music, to the freaking *sound effects* nutty. I can still hear Kamogawa's two iron fists blows sound effect right now as I recall them. 8:54 additionally, later in the manga, Kenichi's lack of talent was described as "regular dirt molded by master Japanese pottery craftsman and is now worth millions" bro was literally compared to dirt yet he still becomes extremely strong all due to his masters. But unlike pottery, he still need that will of steel to overcome the training and fear against enemies. Now that I realized that Kenichi had the will but no physical capability; Ippo had no mental strength but had good physical foundation, which makes an interesting juxtaposition. Elder vs Yujiro would be crazier than the last arc of the masters fighting each other 😂 I think it would be even more epic than the Kaiou Kaku fight because Elder has both raw strength AND martial art background. By the way, for anyone who doesn't know, his nickname "back in his young wild days" was "undefeated super-human" (無敵超人)

[@ECHO-el4sb]

I LOVE U JAX U MADE ME START GOING TO THE GYM AND IM 2 YEARS STRONG NOW!!!!!

[@Charely1925]

I was so surprised to see you brin gup Kenichi. I watched through the 2000s anime and then followed the manga until it finished. It was nice to hear that others knew about this story despite how crazy it is.

[@loganrosas2226]

I need more kenichi videos from dis mans!!!

[@brilicusgaming6922]

Great to see you back man, hope your doing better. Man this an awesome video, looking to gain thw physique of Ippo to be honest.

[@Neverleterlun]

Thank you for putting RESPECT ON KENICHI!!

[@zachhanma558]

I watched all of them because of you Jax, thanks ❤

[@alexanderwalker4700]

Glad you are back bro I hope all is well

[@tristancharbonneau5241]

All three are great mashle is my recent motivator it shows how real hard work and dedication pays off😊

[@user-uw3fb3sb1c]

I am happy to see you back ☺️

[@dracovoid5302]

Loved/love all three of these

[@karanmavi4793]

Stay strong mate great video as always

[@shawntheodore8771]

History's strongest just has a big place in my heart. So I'm happy with these 3 as a grounded big 3

[@JenniferStephen-ee1po]

This video is a jax blade classic!!! Very nostalgic!!!

[@buttox]

Yoooo such a sick video idea

[@wubear260]

Loved this. Brings me back and man re-watching both Kenichi, all of Baki and Ippo currently and man these shows great in their own ways. My top 1 is Kenichi followed by Ippo and Baki, but top 1 is inter changeable for me. GroundedBig3

[@Fl4meFlow]

I hope youre doing better. Know that were all behind you❤

[@joshuajenkins9088]

💪🏿 Good to see the homie 💪🏿

[@magvs_mæstro216]

They really need to bring back Kenichi. Oh, what was the name of the anime where the main character has the big black friend with dreads, and they both get trained at a dojo by a female sensei who can change her size?

[@TheShark110]

Tenjho Tenge

[@KuroRaiga1]

Anytime I’m lacking motivation, any of these three can instantly get me hyped to do stuff immediately!

[@TheDirtyBum900]

How you doing fam, you ok? You been taking care of the community for a min with your content/advice I hope you taking time to take care of you, as always love the Content, working in My baki asthetic

[@brianlaureus]

Great video. As much as I was rooting for kenichi here I also understand and respect you view points. But I love ippo I started but stopped the series I while ago and have been meaning to get back into it. But as for kenichi I recently last year in fact went back and watch the series all the way through man I love the series so much . I watched it for the first time at a similar age to kenichi and he resonated with me as a character cause I was and still the under dog. I’ve come a long way but I’ve stopped and started my fitness journey so many time throughout the years. I’m looking to get back to it and kenichi is my inspiration him and Goku. But kenichi to a degree might be more so cause of how much more realistic it is to obtain a physique like his as well as his hard work and dedication.

[@zach123101]

All 3 shows I see you're a man of culture as well

[@ee-mx5hi]

my man jaxblade working out with a naruto in the end amv

[@david95ms]

We need a second season of Kenichi where Shigure kidnaps him and goes in a traveling training arc exclusive to weapons. It's unfair that he accepted all of the Ryozanpaku as masters but completely disregarded Shigure teachings coz he wanted to be a barehand fighter. Would be cool if in his journey he fights the weapon disciples that appeared for the last arc Edit after finishing the video: there is no way that he has beaten the elder, he knew that they were meant for each other so he let them be, but I don't doubt he trains everyday to fight so one day beat him

[@Godzmin]

Grounded big 3 I'm not a gym bro anymore or work out as much as I should but I can't understate how much ippo got me into being a boxer when I was younger it's max inspirational

[@kakashi-__-vi]

That thumbnail goes hard

[@dxd--ajay]

Started boxing recently and naturally had to start Ippo and got to say there’s solid advice in there and great techniques

[@KingBoxer119]

GroundedBig3. Great video Jax. HolyLand video when?

[@kaynhuros2050]

Welcome back

[@erwinsmith2777]

GroundedBig3. Loved this video. found out about ippo last years and inspired me to get into combat sports. I currently taking a recovery period from Muay Thai training because of a concussion I got during a sparring. I was wondering if anyone has advice on preventing a second concussion and how to ease back into it?

[@TheVampireAzriel]

I've always appreciated your love of Kenichi. It's hard to find anyone who even knows the show. I wish they'd have continued the series. 😅😢

[@IReapZzvZ666]

That thumbnail goes crazy

[@Leo-nard0]

Hey King! Glad to see an upload idk if this was shcheduled but rooting for ya and Kenichi underrated Af

[@earnestbrown6524]

I watched Kenichi then read the manga and the later Arcs are great. Best Zero to Hero out there.

[@BespectacledSaitama]

Oh! What about Joe Yabuki from Ashita no Joe?

[@R3TR0J4N]

Love how 3 are great exposure to combat sport

[@nicokrasnow1851]

#GroundedBig3 I agree with your conclussion. In regards to Kenichi, I think It's interesting that Isshinsai Ogata/Kensei actually thought of him as talented and with the potential to use both types of Ki, and the Elder sometimes compares Kenichi with his younger self. Putting aside that, it would be interesting to add Kengan Omega to the discusion with Koga's training at the beggining of the manga, or some more or less grounded manhwas/webtoons like Viral Hit, Hanlim Gym, Study Group and/or To Not Die. As always, thanks for your content, it's great

[@LeVarKBoyd]

Ippo by far went to the jb boxing gym when i went to japan awesome ... was obsessed 😆

[@eiric6958]

Goated thumbnail.

[@Lupin1978]

All are my favorites. For Manga Kenji, Holyland and Tough are really good too.

[@jamaljohnson1789]

Crazy my three favorite martial arts anime that got me into martial arts or practicing it myself

[@The_Cr8zy_Editz]

Finally!!!! Someone talks about KenIchi 😭🔥

[@RetroAlex125]

W takes!!

[@RioGrande-eq2vz]

We the same age love ya page

[@TheGoldenConnorific]

Bro I started boxing around the time I started watching Hajime no Ippo and damn did it change my life. Everytime I go to the boxing gym I feel like Ippo training

[@pirateslifeforme7158]

Hope you are doing well man!

[@bzunderdog695]

Honestly that’s a great glow up. What’s ur personal routine?

[@GallowglassAxe]

Grounded Big 3! I haven't seen Ippo yet and I've only started watching Kenichi. With Baki I really like the first 2 seasons and I've seen most of the rest but I just can't get into it. But I'm enjoying Kenichi so far. I really like that he comes from nothing and through sheer hard work he is able to become great. Like you said no special powers or natural ability but sheer determination and hard work. Gotta love it.

[@Noobmasterbruh]

Hope your getting better

[@mysteriousweeb]

Baki I guess for abit at the start and time to time. Kengan at the start (not anymore 😂) kenichi kinda at times and I'd say ippo is the most for the more popular series. Holyland is a fire manga that should be talked about more and garouden

[@reeseblakeney7917]

A manwa I had been following forever has JUST finished at the beginning of the year. How To Fight/ Fighter. Where the bullied MC learns to fight from youtube videos and trains to beat specific people but ends up taking on a criminal organization. It's a really good series. I put it somewhere underneath Histories Greatest Disciple. There's also manga called Holyland where a bullied nerd becomes the strongest street fighter.

[@thunderwing2124]

Bro, the guy in "How to Fight" is the real underdog. He had to go on KZbin to learn how to fight. No master to push him or encourage him. Even getting the girl looked harder for him 😂

[@thunderwing2124]

Kenichi is the one for me. I loved how they preached Katsujuken (Non-Killing) over Satsujuken (Killing).The concept of working hard to be strong enough to beat your opponent without killing them is Gold.

[@magicofactuality]

#groundedbig3 - I love how inspiring Kenichi is. Like you say, almost every shonan anime protagonist in "gifted" in some way. It's refreshing to have someone who, like a lot of us, has to work hard.

[@danielordonez1643]

Kenichi is my personal favorite, just seeing him grow from nothing and literally shows that hard work beats natural talent always hits home!! And it just applies to a lot of things in life besides martial arts. Love the others shows but kenichi anime/manga lives in my heart 😂

[@yashaoftheflames8475]

Jax you gotta check out the manaw called the breaker

[@Liqo315]

0:59 sad but true thank God i grew up on baki the grappler a lot of people should check it out

[@bakionigeri6414]

5:23 I'm glad you said it. Cuz just for one example, when doppo orochi first years of Jack taking substances, doppo didn't even flinch or bat an eye. And in the manga got doppo was even bigger and stronger than ever and he's between 60 to 65 I think. And even with jack, people aren't nearly as perturbed by his usage, as people are in the real world are, at the slightest hint of enhancement.

[@kananelomabe4534]

Currently rewatching hunter hunter and i've been wondering, how effective snd realistic was the training at the zoldicks?

[@Lupin1978]

Hajime No Ippo had me like I was waiting watching real life boxing matches in real time.

[@vonthom2827]

When I came across kenichi The strongest/mightiest disciple man I did not expect it to be that good it was 10 out of 10

[@jibranmahmood9930]

Grounded big 3. Nice. Anyways i mostly agree with everything you said but like u mentiontioned everyones opinion on what their faviroute story is will differ, and personally i prefer baki's story over ippo's. Also i think a cool category to include could have been best side characters (kinda like the kengan vs baki vid) as stuff like gym bros and teachers are important to fitness and fitness media, in my opinion atleast.

[@somegamer4071]

GroundedBig3 I've only really seen ippo out of these 3, and it has been very effective. I found myself doing road work all summer (Basically just a long walk up hills) every day and shed kilos like crazy for a bit. The characters are massively inspirational especially the likes of Date Eiji, Wolg and Ippo himself. Because of them my winter routine whenever it's icy out has been to go a full 3 minute rounds of mitt boxing for cardio, it is so fun and very exhausting XD Ippo is def one of those shows I wish I found years ago, like 20005

[@TeamPerilous]

Kenichi has always been my favorite. i still get hyped watching it

[@haziq-vd9hy]

Can you do a video on a mahwa like lookism

[@d.wbrown1154]

Grounded big 3. I agree with your ranking. Out of the 3 kenichi was my first and most loved. After years of avoiding hajime, ippo has become my favorite. I'm skowly getting into baki. But fav show ippo fav character kenichi.

[@Leefamily146]

Hajime no ippo: training for your next fight. Baki: training for the next survival. Kenichi: TRAINING FOR THAT BOOT……im mean training to protect.

[@piplupz1586]

Grounded Big 3, all 3 are fun as heck. Kenichi was my repeat binge series in middleschool

[@controllerfreak78]

Kenichi and Ippo have both gotten me back into martial arts after my off periods with it. I'm trying to figure out how to hack it to keep me motivated in my fitness journey because I am obviously very motivated by anime like that

[@tjrocha7732]

Do an Oro from Street fighter vs Hayato Furinji

[@Silvercomet251]

Just started watching Kenichi it has been great so far. As for the video I enjoyed the characters different work out ethics and the effects is had for each of them. Especially he sticks out amongst them considering he was working from the ground up.

[@symbio626]

Hey, JaxBlade. I would like to recommend a similar manga to read about fighting and body anatomy. It's called Koukou Tekkenden Tough, and its sequel, Tough.

[@pathfinderGM]

Grounded big three. I had a a one piece dvd that had an ad for kenichi. So after I got married 12 years ago and kenichi was on Netflix for the first time, I decided to check it out. I was full on binging it, then my wife came home during one of the "plot" scenes. She looks at me like "what the hell? You really Watching this?" I was so thrown off and confused. Looking back and forth from the TV and her, then it hit, "I swear this isn't porn, just sit down and watch it with me." Then we both binged the whole series together. First anime my wife and I watched together all the way thru.

[@TheDevilsGreatestTrick]

I have mad respect for all three, no doubt, but I'm undergoing the Garou/Bang route myself. Sure, they're not beating Aliens or whatever, but they--to me--encompass a training point from start to end. And not just in look, but mentality as well. We're all doing our best to make it, but it takes another soul of steel to want to get others to reach the peak of their potential, I think. 🤔

[@thebrownbaldy]

That Baki narration was spot on 😅. Loved the Kenichi anime BUT definitely gotta give it to Hajime no Ippo 🥊🥊🥊 #GroundedBigThree

[@richardrandall9809]

Ipo was the first boxing anime that I ever watched and I've loved it ever since wish that the continuation would have been in English but then I fell into kenichi and after that Bucky they're all really great animated series Love every one of them🎉❤

[@antisocialremote7400]

Was kenichi remastered at some point? Like ik for a fact some of those clips arent from the OVA

[@Omnicortisol]

Funny this video shows up, i actually just started boxing this past week. Partially because of ippo. (And rocky, punch out, etc)

[@staticmix1493]

Anyone know where I can find Baki Seasons 1 and 2?

[@d.selror608]

I really love kenichi since i was doing jiu jitsu with 5 getting really good winning Tournaments then starting muay Thai and finnaly going MMA going pro. 2 place ippo i really like the grind and also love the manga but it really drops the ball on chapter 1200 + with a suppresing ending and then still goes on. baki is way more entaitement then motivation for me to mutch insanity even thought i like IT.

[@ali_thestaff412]

The stables of my combat sports/resistance training arc 👁️👁️ 👄

[@seifo3358]

ngl the fact that kenichi was stated to have no real talent just goes to show how hard he worked for his strength and while i only watched the anime (cuz i just don't have the time to read the manga) he is my biggest motivation by far

[@The31st]

Ippo is easily one of my favourite shows and it's so good I'm considering reading the manga

[@DaniG._.German]

*Grounded Big Three* 1- Ippo 2- Kennichi 3- Baki Also, even if they agreed to only punch, Baki whoops the both of them.

[@lamardowling637]

I 100% agree with literally everything you said in this video, but Kenichi is still my favorite. I think it just hits me hard to see a skinny dork who got bullied like me transform through nothing more than sheer determination into a true master!