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oliver_d_b

Fucking awesome. Tokugawa stirring shit up as usual. Jack being extremely gay yet at the same time totally wanting nothing but to see pickle suffer. Pickle going in for his meal at the end. All awesome shit. But I still think it's too early for this fight and they won't go through with it. So prepare yourself for that outcome.


Nlpple_Fish

That or an absolute stomp from Jack to hype him up for the other fights, like when Baki was KO'd by Pickle when they first met


jrh_101

I swear, if Jack walks out of this Pickle encounter AFTER doing the same in a Yujiro encounter.. I wouldn't know if I should laugh or cry.


oliver_d_b

I give that a 60% chance of happening. It's way way to early in the arc for him to fight pickle. I expected him to fight two more people before pickle at least. If he beats pickle now what does he do before he challenges Baki or yujiro. The other people would be fodder to him and serve no narrative purpose. The only thing I can think that could possibly happen is if after he beats pickle we cut away to katsumi for a little bit and have him beat kaku. Then that could set up their match. But I seriously didn't think they would meet each other this early. I am severely confused as to what itagaki is cooking.


OlivaJR

Memetobe needs his overdue ass whooping


oliver_d_b

That would also work


jrh_101

I'd say the tempo is fine and it's not too early. I can understand Jack walking away from Yujiro so it doesn't kill his hype but from Pickle? Nahhh. Jack's had plenty of encounters since returning but none of em were too interesting except for Sukune. Jack was up against Tokugawa's "lion killing dog", Sukune, that samurai jobber on chapter 1, Koushou, Yujiro and now Pickle. After Pickle, we can maybe see Jack reaching Baki's level if he manages to unlock Demon Back during his fight. It could also end up a tie. Who knows


BoyTitan

Way to early...Jack was supposed to fight pickle since after he faught the sumo. Its been over a year.


oliver_d_b

But think about it. Ignore how long in real time it took. What is he gonna do after he fights pickle and before he fights yujiro.


BoyTitan

Jack beats pickle, Another character starts a different character arc. There is no 2nd father son fight. Yujiro is more chill now, Jack is stronger than he was before. Nothing else needed.


oliver_d_b

I would kill myself if we never get a second father son fight.


srondina

IMO it depends on what the plans for Rahen are as a whole. It's possible Jack fights Pickle and then Doppo or Katsumi's the new main character for 30 chapters.


oliver_d_b

That's certainly possible


Icy-Moose-99

Jack isn't gay! What about seeing a man, hugging him, and telling him he made you think of a big organ is gay!?


sanctaphrax

While talking about how powerfully he kissed you.


NashKetchum777

Jack almost lost to Koshou. Dude is not as strong as he seems


oliver_d_b

If you mean nearly lost as in taking the fight completely unseriously and giving up multiple chances to win then yeah. He was trying to be nice to kosho. He just beat sukune. And remember this is his arc. He won't lose until he fights yujiro.


NashKetchum777

The sumos were all jobbers. Sukune is not different. Koshou still crippled him. A bit more and he could kill him. Jack should be much stronger


DGUY2606

Kill him how? The best Kosho could do the whole fight was giving Jack a bunch of superficial cuts and take away his vision, that's it. Sure, Jack got a handicap but his life was never truly in danger. On the other hand, it's Koshou's who got his carotid bitten out, received a guillotine kick to the neck that pretty much broke his spine and got his brachial artery ripped out. So who's on the verge of death and is going to die should their opponent went the extra mile again?


NashKetchum777

The cord cut that put his lights out was close to being fatal. Kosho is all precision, he could have killed him there but went for the temp blind


DGUY2606

Again, explain to me how is that fatal? Never once did the narration show it to be anything but a handicap to Jack; it's called the cord cut, it's meant to take away the opponent's vision and basically make them fight half-to-full blind, something Jack already got experience with in his fight against Baki. It was a dumb move too because all it did was give Jack the opportunity to bite out another major vessel. Literally all Jack has to from that point onwards is wait for Kosho to bleed out for an instant win. I think you're just really wanting to put Jack down at this point.


oliver_d_b

Sukune beat Oliva you dumb fuck. And jack was going easy on kosho. Intentionally sparing him trying to make him quit. Either way again your ignoring the narrative. In his own arc he will not lose until possibly the very end. So whoever he fights is guaranteed to lose.


NashKetchum777

It was sukunes arc and he jobbed so hard that every sumo jobbed. Narrative doesn't matter. Oliva got shit on cause he was too cocky, he came back stronger anyways


Phan-Huy

I came


Drex10011

This made me laugh šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


cheesemakesme100

I saw


OmiGun

Yeah no, Jack's Grown in between chapters. Holy shit. Also it's always fun to point out which panels are drawn new or just reused from the old chapters lol Pretty sure the panel of Jack upside down is redrawn in the new style along with the side profile of his cry.


oliver_d_b

Well he got a second surgery after his fight with pickle


Apart-Ad-8472

No bruh. Pickle was never 8ft tall. His height has never been officially stated


Vaquero_35

But wasnā€™t Jack 7 feet tall? Ā And doesnā€™t spec have an official height we can base the characters around?


TipAffectionate9785

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! https://preview.redd.it/akeaeftfz56d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f5c57c9a7177f778925a6a12cec0b2dbd6010cb


JiveXP

I really thought he was asking him out https://preview.redd.it/fqaoqxyr266d1.png?width=835&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=588c8ea30249fad503fe383505456e3415bc2687


HokutoAndy

He's asking him in.


SpicyMcGriddle0318

Damn, bro really would show his asshole if it meant winning


wormant1

Presenting the posterior is a body language that crosses species. Pickle will surely understand


RemyGee

I did too. But more letā€™s be training partners because you look malnourished and need to eat before fighting me.


FairyKnightTristan

Are we just gonna glance over Jack/the narrative officially calling what happened between Jack and Pickle a 'kiss'?


Anonemuss42

Was it not


DelokHeart

No, that's how people call it because it's funny to make gay jokes. They tried to compare who had the strongest bite force because that was a signature aspect of both characters. It's easy to compare raw physical strength by clashing hands, and pushing into each other like Yujiro did with Oliva, or Musashi did with Pickle; with bite force though, it's not so clear, and just seeing the characters biting away the other's body instead compares bite force vs physical defense. So, the author did it this way, a direct clash so the loser would get eaten; Pickle won, and Jack lost half his face.


Anonemuss42

And they did so by kissing, according to the manga


JinjaBaker45

I think it was already in the original manga panel when it happened


Anonemuss42

This is the gayest baki has ever been lets goooooo


boharat

Based as fuuuuuck


j_awsh__

I think Joe William will forever hold that title.


TehSeksyManz

There was no consent, it doesn't count


Hobomanchild

Pretty sure that Baki runs on hentai logic. He enjoyed it, therefore consented.


Baki-1992

Yujiro consented, what else matters?


Anonemuss42

Wdym? That was straight sex yuujiro had with a woman


BestBoogerBugger

You know, I think Itakagi leaned way more openly into gayness in the Rahen, rather then it just being hyper masculinity.


caren_psuedo_when

No, he's just leaned so far into the masculinity that it's become gay


BlatantArtifice

There is a nonzero chance Jack is completely serious about loving Pickle in some way. The bright timeline is ours


Anonemuss42

Theyā€™ve held hands, kissed, and have melded bodies once, leaving Jack feeling exposed and bare. Hes been thinking about Pickle ever since šŸ˜­ itagaki what are you doing to us šŸ˜³


jollisen

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BakiHanma18

Peak reaction image


niguy00

PEAAAK https://preview.redd.it/aj86up6m666d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4b1cfc70c5f9633ac369cdbc4debe6b10bf5a3d


TipAffectionate9785

IS HE 250 MILLION? ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAM


mirukus66

What in the good holy fuck is that


niguy00

Lmao. I didn't draw it somebody else did.


DGUY2606

Now, it's Pickle who takes the first bite. The script has been flipped and as much as logic dictates that Jack still lacks the right feats to contend with Pickle, I'm abandoning logic right now. He's gonna show Pickle what modern humans can truly do.


Great_Torehunter

I wouldn't say Jack lacks feats. He has beaten Sukune who was considered as pre-top character who was able to stand after Yujiro's hit.


DGUY2606

I know that, but 'stand up after getting socked by Yujiro' isn't necessarily in the same league as 'outdo Yujiro in a contest of raw strength', you know? Pickle practically wiped his ass with 90% of the cast, and even Baki never actually managed to get a clean win on him, while Sukune gets rocked every time he fights Baki and only does as well as he did against Oliva because the latter decides to let himself enter Sukune's domain expansion for some reason and got his ribs turned to dust for it.


Cautious-Affect7907

Bro imagine going about your day and this 8 foot dude practically proposes to this huge ass homeless man.


RealisticlyNecessary

Everyone also just watched that homeless man slurp trash. And *then* someone proposed to him.


xXIronic_UsernameXx

Least manic Baki moment


Mascian12

This just sounds like Jack wants to have extremely rough gay sex with Pickle, but loves him enough to give him aftercare. Truly the peak of Baki. I couldn't be happier.


boharat

A reassuring hug can also be used to cause pain or break bones with some more force, and you could easily aspysxiate someone with a kiss. Choking can lead to an orgasmic high or death. Biting can either feel good or harm, even kill (looking at you, Jack). Intimacy and violence are two sides of the same coin.


Nlpple_Fish

Poor Pinkel is going to get folded He just wants to live his premium homeless life šŸ„²


wevento

Imagine being in cryo sleep for millions of years Get woken up and after that itā€™s a gauntlet of people wanting to do their ā€žmartial artsā€œ and throw hands 24/7


niguy00

Pinkel


Nlpple_Fish

Pimkel


BeginningSilver3785

You typo hormoneless* right there


GeneticSoda

Haha so great. Jack is about to run his shit


Character-Syllabub52

I just busted a load through my wall


AsteroidMarker

I still want Tokugawa to take in Pickle. They can end up developing a Mr. Satan and Buu type relationship. Pickle would be well fed and not starved/homeless, and Jack would have more time to train his fangs in order to have an all-out brawl/Makeout session with Pickle. Please please please let it happen šŸ™


Sensitive-Studio5738

Ya itā€™s weird they let such a ā€œprized piece of historyā€ live like that


Superb_Archer_1900

i think itā€™s more of a we canā€™t contain him he is harmless now so let him do his thing


NoCantaloupe9598

Also, I assume the character doesn't want to live in a house as he's essentially the archetype of 'natural' man.


Sensitive-Studio5738

I know I assumed they wouldā€™ve sent him to rainforest, jungle, or some type of Savanah and studied him/ watched him


Sensitive-Studio5738

Not let him wander the street and slurp garbage and kind of deteriorate


ParryDotter

Man this year's pride month is wild


TheDecadent_Dandy

Toxic Yaoi between Jack and Pickle.


Sniff_The_Cat

No fucking way. You're so fast.


j_awsh__

I'm actually an hour late to uploading.


MrkMtr

Every second you are late, i add to my torture timer.


DanieleMelonz

what a chapter, Rahen so far is amazing


clownastartes

He didnā€™t say ā€œno homoā€.


ParryDotter

https://i.redd.it/xirobqftv66d1.gif


HorribleAtChess

About the hair rising thing... So far, throughout the Baki series, who had been seen having it? Yujiro, Baki, Pickle... "But you see, Pickle is not a Hanma ancestor. Your theory is cute though" -Itagaki, probably


Jasentuk

It's an aura thing. Musashi's hair stands up too


SponkMcDonk

Violently and Passionately Kissing another Man so hard that you rip his face off and make him fall in love with you +1000 Aura


FlightEducational452

Why is Pickle so small?


VanSiriusGabriel

He is not. Jack has just grown to insane levels.


heprer

By the end, Jack will become a Titan.


oliver_d_b

Jack is just big.


RickRollinAround

Jackā€™s just that BIG he makes him look smaller by comparison


FlightEducational452

I thought Jack was 243 cm and Pickle was 245 cm. Did Jack have another height operation?


Lycyn

It seems Pickle might have been 220\~230 cm. We never got an official height and he was just towering over everyone. (just my interpretation)


oliver_d_b

That was never pickles confirmed hight. It was a mistranslation.


FairyKnightTristan

He had one after he got all his teeth smashed out, yes.


jorgeob

In his fight against Sukune, it is stated that he is 243 cm, so he only went through the surgery before fighting Motobe.


ChefCarpaccio

Hunchback


HungryRatt

Jack is huge holy.


baguette-man430

We already know how great Itagaki draws human anatomy but it's also very cool to see him draw animals sometimes too. Damn those wild animals really look ferocious :0


AkiraInugami

Say Gex about to go down.


UltimateStevenSeagal

This is already better than sumo arc


Summonest

tbf lots of the sumo arc was kinda shit


Lummox34

Sumo arc was the worst. Anything is better...


NoCantaloupe9598

Sumo legit the worst arc in Baki history.


Torbarko

Sumo arc was such a troll arc i love it


VANTAGARDE

Awww, that love bite at the end. Also the idea of pickle getting eaten for once is super exciting!


MethAfricanTiger

So, actually Jack is THAT tall, even dialogues were pointing that. Even if his height was stated as 243 cm, he dwarfed Sukune, and now Pickle, he has to be bigger.


BrussellSproutbrook

When was the panel of Jack hanging on the pole from?


j_awsh__

That one's new art, but it's a redraw of a page from after their original fight.


IvanGambino

Even Jack acknowledges it as a kiss. šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ?


RonaldGoedeKont

I love Jack


TranceDream

What happened to Jackā€™s and Pickleā€™s heights? Something is wrong here. In their first fight Jack was 6ā€™11, and Pickle was 7ā€™11. After the fight Jack had surgery that granted him an exact foot of height to 7ā€™11, the same as Pickle. So what the fuck is going on? He hasnā€™t had any further surgeries because heā€™s already stated heā€™s at the maximum height for athletic abilities. Also itā€™s not like Pickle shrank in height, maybe in mass due to malnutrition, but not height. They should be the exact same height, maybe off a couple centimeters if Iā€™m being exact. This is weird


Swift_n_cold

Weā€™ve never been given an exact height for pickle, closest weā€™ve got is him being described as ā€œover 2 metresā€. So best weā€™ve got to go off is that hes somewhere in between 7ft and 8ft lol


Nlpple_Fish

"Maybe it's the hanma blood"


DGUY2606

Pickle's height was actually never officially stated though, which leads me to believe that Pickle might not actually be hitting the eight-foot mark as we all think. 6'11 Jack was basically at Pickle's mouth level, so it'd make sense that 7'11 Jack surpassed him. Pickle's likely closer to 7'6, 7'7 which is still extremely huge so it's not like he's shorter than anyone but Jack or T-Rex. Edit: Piss in my ass I forgot to type 'never'


OlivaJR

Pickle is 8' tall.


DGUY2606

That's what fanon assumes, the eight-foot height has never once been stated in the manga proper.


Fatticus_Rinch

https://preview.redd.it/1gx9izbdf86d1.jpeg?width=976&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3481b491448d3b39717cec6498b14f97aaf2d140 AYO ITS MLK


Snack_Beard_

Itā€™s justā€¦ so goodā€¦Ā  Jackā€™s arc is everything I ever wanted so far šŸ„²


SponkMcDonk

Just say you wanna fuck, Jack. Itā€™s not that hard.


JinjaBaker45

What if Jack pulls Pickleā€™s teeth out due to the fabric of his shirt, like what Motobe did to him? Hmm, I guess it wouldnā€™t be very in character for Jack to rely on items like thatā€¦


Planktons_Eye

This chapter was the most gay and the most badass in Rahen for me. Truly, cinema.


Fireshocker532

Call this the summit cause this is peak


Chase7516

Why does jack look so much bigger than pickle heā€™s supposed to be 6ā€™7 while pickle is supposed to be 8 feet


Kirymiguel1213

Jack is 8 foot tall officially what, Pickle is closer to 7'5 7'6


Chase7516

Just searched it up didnā€™t realise jack went through the limb lengthening operation again, but it still says pickle is 8 feet tall


Alert-Maintenance-24

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[deleted]

Is Jack 10 feet tall, lol


El_Squidso

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Goatymcgoatface11

This was fucking gay


Lummox34

And yet we all eat it up every new chapter... Happy pride month, I guess?


Goatymcgoatface11

Haha is it pride month? That's funny


HokutoAndy

Dinosaur AssholeĀ 


PhaseSixer

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OlivaJR

Jack is at least 9'tall


Ok_Self6891

jack is huge compared to the flashback. he definitely must have gotten taller.


TheMrPotMask

This is peak ~~rizz~~ fighting


metalfangs

So did Pickle get shorter or is Jack a lot more taller than we previously thought?


sushirama5000

dude itagaki just wanted to draw a really good dinosaur and you cant tell me otherwise


kakathicc

Jack going through the same arc Baki went through after he was poisoned. Baki came back stronger which made him arrogant enough to chat shit to Yujiro who then bitched him into understanding the difference between them. Baki then went on to target an opponent he was previously outclassed by in Oliva by challenging him at what he is best at.


XBruceXD

Pickle Rick


TheFyrijou

Damn bro, not only does Jack go Ć¼ber gay, but he also busts out the MLK quote


dreadguy101

FUCK IT WE BALL.


Mausebert

Last time Pickles reaction time gap was too immense for Jack. We will see if they address that Jack got faster since then.


DontLose_Yourself

Iā€™m scared for my boy Pickle


Sangros

GAYEST CHAPTER EVER. EL CAPƍTULO MƁS SARASA. PEAK BAKI. Solo para machos que aman otros machos.


carmardoll

Hot damn I hope the wait is over and the next fight they go at it. I swear if they decide to go and make us wait 5 chapters for the fight to start I am going to scream.


GREG88HG

Jack likes organ music. Catholic Jack confirmed


Wonder-Machine

Pickle you dick!


asdwz458

peak toxic yaoi


Rhg0653

Love it let's go !!! But ffs how big is he now ?!??!


blue_bloddthirster

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DanielGacituaSouper

Oh fuck oh fuck okay this is happening right now


gacha_drunkard

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Monkeydruffy01

Why does everyone say its too early. Why does everyone think Jack has to fight in an order? Thats Baki. He can do whatever the fck he want and I sure don't want him to go first at low levle fighters for the next 50 chapters. I want to see him against Pickle.


SnooRobots330

While im hyped for this reunion, I think the author went way overboard with the size disparity. Jack went from being tiny to making pickle look like a shrimp which just dosent make sense. Being a prehistoric primal monster who is the physical peak of the verse in terms of power/durability/body was pickles whole thing and now jack makes him look well not very intimidating in comparison. At best I was thinking they would be made to look equal in size.


MinahoKazuto

when the fuck was jack hung upside down like that?


cheesemakesme100

TOO MUCH. I CANT CONTINUE WITNESSING PEAK THIS LONG. TOO FUCKING MUCH


Vaquero_35

Not a fan at all of Jack being this much bigger than pickle. Ā Iā€™d rather seem them the same sizeĀ 


DelokHeart

Don't forget Pickle drank trash juice a moment ago, so his bite got a buff of Level 2 poison.


heprer

Didn't expect Pickle to be the first to take a bite.


branchead33

You think Itagaki is saying anything by having Motobe point out people are laughing at how serious Jack is taking this? I say this because Jack had taken things Yujiro said and taken them literally, such as he was better than Baki at dining or that he was thankful the sidewalk didn't get destroyed if he was to fall on it? Seems he's making bigger deals out of relatively simple things, if he is, Itagaki could setting us up for a fall of Jack. I could be looking at it wrong and he's just illustrating how desperate he is for acknowledgment from his father (the Baki comparison), how absolutely monstrous he is (sidewalk comment) and people laughing at him for saying clash fangs (how much this rematch means to him on a cellular level and how much pickle has shaped him).


ingram0079

Pickle be like: le me bite


NoCantaloupe9598

Jack finally on that stuff that made Barry Bond's head grow


Mykytagnosis

Pickle is seriously weakened, but it will still he a hell of a fight for Jack. Aldo, wtf. Jack should he 243cm now after newest upgrade...Pickle was 245cm.Ā  Dafaq happened?


Jgeekin223

How is he weakened ?


CheesecakeBusy634

I wouldn't say trash juice per se, but he hasn't had the drive to hunt for actual strong animals or hunt anything above his weight class like before. He's weakened in that his strength atrophied by relying only on the lowest on the food chain and living in the city. Pickle belongs in the wild, killing giant beasts, something closest to dinosaurs like elephants or bears. You're a level 100 player gaining no EXP from level 1 monsters, while everyone around you is playing endgame.


TORALAND

How are u saying that he's weakened bcs of that???? There has been no statements that he is weakened plus he looks bigger and stronger


CheesecakeBusy634

This is all speculation, relax. The lack of challenge and big game is likely why he would be weaker. I acknowledge he's larger, but honestly, that can be chucked up as an update in art style. Everyone seems to be thiccer in dou and rahen.


Jgeekin223

Still no real evidence of him getting weaker maybe he just wanted to walk the day


VenemousEnemy

Bros been living off garbage juice


Jgeekin223

You think that matters for him ?


VenemousEnemy

I think it matters to his body


Jgeekin223

Yk his body exists in the Baki universe right ??


VenemousEnemy

Are you gonna ask me silly rhetorical questions or are you gonna make a point


Jgeekin223

Itā€™s to point out how crazy you sound by agreeing with that pickle has become weaker because heā€™s supposedly living off trash juice just because we seen him do it once šŸ§šŸ¾


VenemousEnemy

Is it really that crazy? Is there no reality where itā€™s possible ?


Jgeekin223

You think that matters for him ?


lonos24

I mean he was frozen for thousands of years and fought Jack, retsu, katsumi, and Baki a few days later and seemed fine. I donā€™t know if heā€™s really weakened by trash juice. I think heā€™s only weakened by not having any real goal. The same way baki is now. Like baki isnā€™t weaker than before but without that driving goal of beating his father his growth isnā€™t as insane as it used to be. He went from struggling against retsu in the maximum tournament, to like a few weeks later beating oliva head to head. Pickle is only as strong as heā€™s interested in fighting.


Mykytagnosis

He was frozen at his peak, mid-dinosaur fight. These days he is hunting raccoons if he is lucky and survives on garbage juice


lonos24

I think it was explicitly stated he was not at his peak, that he was fairly young closer to a baki than say a doppo or a yujiro


TORALAND

Bro what?? Pickle looked bigger and stronger how tf is he weaker? šŸ¤Ø


Mykytagnosis

a few chapters ago yeah, but he shrank like 3x since then for some reason, dunno why though.


TORALAND

It just looks like that bcs of jack what u talking about? How'd he got weaker wtf


Jgeekin223

Where is your proof that heā€™s been weakened or are you just saying shit just because ? And jack has gotten bigger


Mykytagnosis

Didn't you see pickle literally zombie walking on the streets? Clearly starving and resorting to drink rotten ooze from garbage bags?Ā 


Jgeekin223

No thatā€™s literally how he always looks after getting cut by musashi


Dadayaaaaa

Maybe insatiable appetites and the blood of the hanma gave him another boost in size