The Gathering, known as Champion in the English dubbing version, is the seventeenth episode of Baki the Grappler TV. The episode first aired on April 30, 2001.
Summary[]
Flash forward three years: Baki Hanma is now the champion of the underground arena. Mitsunari Tokugawa meets with Doppo Orochi, a great Shinshinkai karate fighter, and asks him to enter his son in the arena. Doppo finds Kiyosumi Katou, a former student, at his dojo beating up his fighters, and he introduces Katou to the arena. Baki trains for a fight at the boarding house where he is staying, where Kozue Matsumoto, the daughter of the woman who owns the house, has a crush on him.
Characters[]
- Kaoru Hanayama
- Kizaki
- Baki Hanma
- Mitsunari Tokugawa
- Musashi
- Doppo Orochi (debut)
- Atsushi Suedou (debut)
- Kiyosumi Katou (debut)
- Kozue Matsumoto (debut)
- Kinuyo Matsumoto (debut)
- Mai (debut)
- Matsuo (debut)
- Koushou Shinogi (debut)