Baki the Grappler Vol.3

Grappling clashes against wrestling in the most brutal volume of Keisuke Itagaki’s best-selling Baki saga so far! Keisuke Itagaki’s genre-defining fighting manga is finally being released in English with a new Perfect Edition! Featuring professional translations and lettering approved by the original Japanese publisher, as well as a premium slip cover and all of the full-color insert pages that were featured in the manga’s original serialization, the Baki the Grappler Perfect Edition is the definitive way to experience the martial arts saga that has sold over 100-million copies worldwide! The first print run of this volume will feature an exclusive foil-stamped cover, only available while supplies last! Baki goes up against Mount Toba, a towering fighter who proves that pro wrestling is very real-- and extremely dangerous! Can Baki overcome the giant, and just who is the mysterious man that’s been watching the young grappler from the stands? Available officially for the first time in English, experience Keisuke Itagaki’s best-selling and highly influential BAKI saga from the start!

Keisuke Itagaki is a manga artist and writer who is best known for creating the Baki the Grappler series. He is a practitioner of both boxing and Shorinji Kempo, Itagaki channeled his life-long passion for the martial arts into Baki, which is widely regarded as one of the most influential fighting manga ever made. Itagaki’s works have made him into one of Japan’s best-selling and most respected creators, with Baki being frequently cited as the direct inspiration for countless movies, anime and video games that followed it.