Baki the Grappler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally serialized in the sh?nen manga magazine Weekly Sh?nen Champion from 1991 to 1999. The story follows teenager Baki Hanma as he trains and tests his fighting skills against a variety of different opponents in deadly, no rules hand-to-hand combat. The Baki series is one of the best-selling manga series of all time with over 100 million copies in circulation.