Baki Hanma continues on his quest to challenge his father, Yuujirou, the world's strongest man, after winning a horrific subterranean competition. When the tournament runner, Tokugawa Mitsunari, pays him a visit at school, he has little time to recuperate. He tells Baki that five extremely dangerous death row criminals from throughout the world, all of whom are talented in martial arts, have all escaped confinement and are on their way to Tokyo, each wishing to taste defeat for the first time. Baki will meet them sooner or later, Tokugawa says, due to his well-known power, and he will not be their only target. Baki is based on the first story of the second manga series and depicts an all-out fight amongst Japan's most illustrious martial artists.