Baki the Grappler Vol.8

More Hanma family secrets are revealed in this shocking volume of Keisuke Itagaki’s best-selling action series! Baki finally trades blows with Kaoru Hanayama, a teenager who has already become one of the most feared figures within the Japanese Yakuza. Does Baki have the strength needed to go toe-to-toe with the criminal underworld’s toughest fighter?

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.