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Baki headed to the hideout with me.

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It was strange.

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It was a residential area,

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but it was full of graffiti
like a public restroom in the city.

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And if you looked closely

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most were smears against Baki.

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BAKI, YOU BASTARD

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There's so much graffiti.

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They don't stand a chance against me,

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so they fight through graffiti.

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The strongest high schooler in the world.

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Graffiti even on your house.

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Baki began to stretch in his room.

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His body was unbelievably flexible.

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Um, about what you said earlier.

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About your shadow-boxing opponent.

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Yeah.

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That Iron Michael was only a warm up.

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You're going to fight your father, right?

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My old man and I don't
really see eye to eye.

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Your father is strong, isn't he?

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The unequivocal champion
over all life on Earth, bar none.

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Lions, tigers, elephants, orcas…

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even cancer cells are no match for him.

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His father was supposed to be an enemy,
but when he spoke of his strength,

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he sounded a little proud for some reason.

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So, to prepare to fight your father

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you're going to meet
this strong opponent now?

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A man who surpasses even Iron.

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What kind of monster is he?

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Hey.

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He's in here.

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Is that a basement?

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It's empty and dark.

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A barren room with only
the table over there.

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Um…

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My old man acknowledged me as an opponent.

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He apparently fought against
a dino-sized African Elephant.

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Stronger than a lion,
tiger or brown bear,

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the strongest, biggest
African Elephant on Earth.

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In that case, who should I fight?

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It's coming!

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Rumina,

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the opponent stronger
than an elephant is already here.

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It's been here on that desk.

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Huh? What?

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Stronger than an elephant?

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This guy?

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Um, this…

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That's right, a praying mantis.

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This?

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When it comes strictly
to fighting one-on-one,

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insects are the pros among pros.

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Beasts don't compare.

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No way.

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I'm not pulling your chain.

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First, their power is on another level.

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Power?

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Tigers and lions barely manage
to drag an approximately 800 kg prey.

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Even if they weigh 200 kg,
that's three to four times their weight.

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Then how about insects?

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They carry prey seven to eight times

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their weight and easily transport them
long-distance, nonstop to their lair.

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Let's say you weigh 30 kg, Rumina.

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Imagine carrying a 200 kg man
from school to home.

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Yeah, that's impossible.

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A deer that can jump
ten meters isn't uncommon,

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but it's child's play compared
to a flea or grasshopper.

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If they were human-sized,

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they could easily jump
over a ten-story building.

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You feel it when you hold them.

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They weigh a few thousand times
less than us,

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yet your fingertips feel their power.

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If you weighed the same,
you'd never beat them.

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If you were kicked by that leg,

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or held by those front legs and pinned…

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If you were caught in those tusks,

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you wouldn't walk away in one piece.

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And that praying mantis.

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He is the consummate pro fighter.

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It's a well-known fact the ancient
Chinese martial art of Mantis Boxing

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was created in the style
of the praying mantis.

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Their blow,

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their grind, their bite,

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their violent nature.

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They're top-notch in all they do.

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They have no weakness,

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a complete martial artist.

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If they weighed over 100 kg,

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they would definitely prey
on the African Elephant.

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But, it's small…

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I'm going to make it big.

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To a hundred kilograms?

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With this and this.

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He's from faraway America.

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In fact he no longer even exists.

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But I brought the champion
Iron Michael from the heyday

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to the Tama River riverbank.

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Michael doesn't exist in this world,
but he appeared.

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I can create it.

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I can create a match
with a 100 kg praying mantis.

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He moved!

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It's the kick that beat Iron Michael!

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Baki is nervous.

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He's nervous of an invisible,
imaginary praying mantis

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created in his mind.

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The angle of his face changed.

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He's looking up.

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What sort of monster does he see?

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It's just like Baki said.

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A 100 kg praying mantis

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is far stronger
than a 200 kg tiger or lion.

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Th-This is…

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No way!

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Could it be?

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He's caught by the praying mantis!

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He hit his mark!

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It's dead!

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A clean hit!

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He should just turn the praying mantis
weak and easily beatable.

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He should just crush it.

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He's so tough on himself.

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Normal martial arts
won't work against a real mantis.

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Baki's moves were slowly
becoming something else.

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Baki is moving in a dim room.

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He's attacking empty air.

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He's blocking attacks from empty air.

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I watched him,

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trying not to miss a thing.

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I kept following Baki's dizzying moves.

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I kept watching…

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And then…

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Just as if you see a case,

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you could picture
the shape of what goes in it.

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Or if you see a cover,
you could picture the size of the book.

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Or with a pendant like this,

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you could picture another similar pendant.

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You begin to see

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within the empty space,

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slowly…

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The form of something that doesn't exist.
Slowly…

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Slowly, but surely…

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you begin to see!

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What Baki created,

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was just a bug, but it was over 100 kg.

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When you're actually faced with it,

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it almost makes you laugh,

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you feel so hopeless.

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Baki was openly facing such a thing!

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It's the strongest in the world,

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so Baki's father apparently
beat a dino-sized African elephant.

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But no matter how strong
the African elephant may be,

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it has that advantage because of its size.

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If they were the size of an insect,

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their strength would be that of a…

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Caterpillar.

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It happened suddenly…

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Baki's specialty high-kick.

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The speed, the timing,

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everything was just right!

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I expected a knockout.

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I see.

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My bad hunch was right.

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The head of a praying mantis
essentially has no brain.

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Concussions don't happen
like they always do in humans.

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Attacks to the head don't work.

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He did it!

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Don't let it go!

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What's this?

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He's watching me.

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I've got its back,
but he can clearly see me!

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Not only that,

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it's frighteningly deft!

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I'll be eaten!

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It's so strong!

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Crazy to have a strength contest
against an insect!

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No matter…

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No matter who the opponent.

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Human, beast, or insect,

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it won't change what I do.

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There's only one thing to do.

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Fight…

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Fight…

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like usual!

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It's so hard!

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It's like steel!

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But I'll do it!

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No matter what, I'll do it!

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I'll do it even if nothing happens!

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Sudden deaths and weaknesses
can go to shit!

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I'll do what I can!

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He got it!

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A human got ahold of
a mantis's reverse joint!

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Break it!

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Martial arts doesn't work on it!

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This isn't normal.

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He doesn't have to go so far.

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As effective as it may be
to realistically imagine an opponent,

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in reality,
there's no one in front of him.

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He's diligently using
his imagination in this empty space

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to create an illusion to fight it.

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It's not a match or battle,

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he doesn't need to take it this far.

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Baki, no more!

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You've done enough!

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No need to go so far, Baki!

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This is silly!

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He's no longer listening.

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My worries aside,

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it became even more realistic.

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You could almost feel its temperature.

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Just as I thought.

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With those eyes, it has no blind spot.

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No matter what direction it's facing,

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every corner of this room
is within his field of vision.

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There's no where to run.

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To run?

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Am I here to run away?

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With him too?

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Am I going to look for a place to run
when I fight him too?

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You've gotta be kidding.

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Think!

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A way to fight a praying mantis!

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I felt it under its neck.

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A soft spot.

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The attack I used, was this.

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This is Toroken!

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I guess I'll give it a try.

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Once upon a time, in China.

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There was a priest named, Shu Amon.

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Hm, what is that?

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One day, he saw something
extraordinary in the forest.

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What?

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A fight between a bird and insect?

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A sparrow versus a praying mantis.

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The sparrow will win
no matter how you look at it.

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Huh?

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What?

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Oh my, oh my!

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To Amon's surprise,

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the praying mantis was the victor.

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I never expected the insect to win.

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Like this?

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Is it like this?

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The praying mantis's strength
struck Amon deeply,

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and he began to diligently research
their way of fighting.

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Until finally,

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he created a martial art.

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The name of that martial art is of course,

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Toroken!

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Baki changed his stance.

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That stance,

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seemed a mimicry of the praying mantis
rather than a fight pose.

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The world of martial arts is savage.

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There are ways of thinking
unimaginable in other sports.

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What exists in martial arts,
but not in other sports?

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That is…

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"Which is stronger?"

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There's no way baseball
and basketball would fight.

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But martial arts is different.

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The same style fights, of course.

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But they can fight other styles too.

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They can even fight other species.

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The inquiring human mind's
pursuit for strength runs deep.

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It's moved on from other species
to imaginary giant insects.

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And Baki has finally,

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made a 360 from
the world of other species,

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and stepped into the world
of same species martial arts.

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It's getting closer.

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Did you see, Rumina?

271
00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:11,525
They don't have
a natural enemy among insects.

272
00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,027
The end is drawing near.

273
00:19:15,362 --> 00:19:18,157
They've never received an attack.

274
00:19:18,699 --> 00:19:21,326
Their attacks are strong
and extraordinary,

275
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but they're empty-handed in defense.

276
00:19:24,121 --> 00:19:26,039
Move aside, Rumina.

277
00:19:27,875 --> 00:19:29,293
Baki is gonna win.

278
00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:39,303
This move…

279
00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:45,601
I'm starting… I'm starting to see it now.

280
00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:50,606
I thought this perfect all-around
martial artist was impenetrable.

281
00:19:51,106 --> 00:19:55,360
But within that figure here and there,
I see room to take advantage of.

282
00:19:57,571 --> 00:20:02,075
I see glimpses of
a clear weak point in that movement.

283
00:20:02,659 --> 00:20:03,911
Have I gotten used to it?

284
00:20:05,454 --> 00:20:06,955
To this fight?

285
00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:08,457
My body…

286
00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:10,834
is adjusting!

287
00:20:13,003 --> 00:20:17,466
My body is telling me
how to deal with him.

288
00:20:19,092 --> 00:20:21,136
Baki has changed somehow.

289
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:24,890
His expression is somehow relaxed.

290
00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:26,767
His moves…

291
00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:29,269
somehow,

292
00:20:29,811 --> 00:20:31,063
aren't reckless.

293
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:33,398
It was already…

294
00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:38,695
not mantis to mantis, but something else.

295
00:20:40,822 --> 00:20:41,698
Yes.

296
00:20:43,116 --> 00:20:45,577
It was like watching a bird
versus the mantis.

297
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,206
The mantis that was so violent,

298
00:20:49,706 --> 00:20:51,333
now just keeps running.

299
00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:54,419
Baki seemed even more relaxed.

300
00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:56,922
He used to keep looking up,

301
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but the next thing I knew,
his gaze was lower than level.

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Rumina.

303
00:21:05,806 --> 00:21:07,599
If you find its weak point,

304
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it doesn't matter if it's
100 kg or life-sized.

305
00:21:18,694 --> 00:21:19,945
It disappeared!

306
00:21:20,028 --> 00:21:22,864
Now, where is the real one?

307
00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:25,158
Aha, there you are.

308
00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:34,751
Gotcha.

309
00:21:38,922 --> 00:21:40,048
There's no denying it!

310
00:21:40,757 --> 00:21:42,884
It's Baki's total victory!

311
00:23:13,308 --> 00:23:17,187
Subtitle translation by: Harry Darkins