History TearJerker / BakitheGrappler

* At the end of the fight between Yujiro and Baki in the third Baki series, Yujiro still manages to beat Baki (though this time Baki had become so strong that Yujiro had to put some real effort into beating him and didn't come away unscathed). While that isn't a tearjerker in and of itself as it was an amazing fight and even Yujiro who rarely [[IShallTauntYou ever compliments his opponents]] nor seems to get any real [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction satisfaction]] from his [[CurbStompBattle usual fights]] said that [[BaddieFlattery Baki would soon be a Hanma without a care in the world]] and that the [[WorthyOpponent fight was fun]], what was heart rending is that while Baki couldn't move and was still conscious, he will to keep fighting was so strong that his battle spirit created a shadow of himself tangible enough for expert fighters to see, which then proceeded to attack Yujiro. Doppo Orochi, one of Baki's closest friends and allies, A master Karateka and PersonOfMassDestruction himself and definitely a GoodIsNotSoft [[PayEvilUntoEvil kind]] [[TrainingFromHell of]] [[TheSpartanWay guy]] looked like his heart was breaking when he saw Baki beaten, injured, and unable to move with his fighting spirit still burning strong.

-->'''Tokugawa:''' I made a mistake. That is all there is to it.

* After Yujiro has beaten Baki into unconsciousness, decimated his friends, and [[spoiler:killed his mother]]. Baki is walking through the streets, happily talking and joyfully describing how wonderful it is to be in such a loving family while carrying his mother on his back. A stranger bumps into him and reveals that he [[spoiler:was imagining it all and is only carrying a ring while wearing the bruises and scrapes from his fight]]. He screams out, much to the dismay of the people on the street, fumbling after the [[spoiler:ring that belonged to his mother]]. Crying, he laments.

** Much more intense in the manga, where he isn't carrying his mom's ring. He's carrying [[spoiler:his mom's ''corpse''.]]

* Baki visiting Yasha Ape after their fight. He realizes that the Yasha Ape wasn't just a vicious predator, but a creature with its own culture, as shown by Yasha's cave filled with his ancestors' skeletons, and that Yasha is likely the last of his kind. Baki apologizes for misjudging it, and Yasha gives Baki one of his own fangs as a gift. [[spoiler: Even more of a tearjerker, when Yujiro taunts Baki with a box with Yasha's head inside, and then proceeds to eviscerate it to pieces with one decisive strike.]]
* Once Orochi manages to defeat [[spoiler: Dorian]], the Death Row Inmate loses himself even further. [[spoiler: He ambushes Orochi, blowing his face off, and then is defeated in one strike by Retsu. As it turns out, Dorian wishing for a genuine defeat (one where he is absolutely defeated with no possible chance of him winning) as results in him wishing for a genuine ''victory'', realizing he's never defeated someone without cheating through use of tools or other CombatPragmatist strategies. The result is that despite being one of the top five dangerous death row inmates in the world (along with being a Kaioh ''purely on the merit of his own strength''), Dorian realizes he's essentially wasted his entire life as a martial artist. Dorian snaps, regressing mentally into a ManChild, with Retsu describing this as his soul being "cleansed".]]

-->'''Doppo:''' ...With nothing but his fighting spirit...Even in that state it doesn't waver...I can't bear to watch this any longer.

* Once Orochi manages to defeat [[spoiler: Dorian]], the Death Row Inmate loses himself even further. [[spoiler: He ambushes Orochi, blowing his face off, and then is defeated in one strike by Retsu. As it turns out, Dorian wishing for a genuine defeat (one where he is absolutely defeated with no possible chance of him winning) as results in him wishing for a genuine ''victory'', realizing he's never defeated someone without cheating through use of tools or other CombatPragmatist strategies. The result is that despite being one of the top five dangerous death row inmates in the world (along with being a Kaioh ''purely on the merit of his own strength''), Dorian realizes he's essentially wasted his entire life using offhanded tricks. Dorian snaps, regressing mentally into a ManChild, with Retsu describing this as his soul being "cleansed".]]

* Once Orochi manages to defeat [[spoiler: Dorian]], the Death Row Inmate loses himself even further. [[spoiler: He ambushes Orochi, blowing his face off, and then is defeated in one strike by Retsu. As it turns out, Dorian wishing for a genuine defeat (one where he is absolutely defeated with no possible chance of him winning) as results in him wishing for a genuine ''victory'', realizing he's never defeated someone without cheating through use of tools or other CombatPragmatist strategies. The result is that despite being one of the top five dangerous death row inmates in the world (along with being a Kaioh ''purely on the merit of his own strength''), Dorian realizes he's essentially wasted his entire life as a martial artist. Dorian snaps, regressing mentally into a ManChild, with Retsu describing this as his soul being "cleansed".]]

* At the end of the fight between Yujiro and Baki in the third Baki series, Yujiro still manages to beat Baki (though this time Baki had become so strong that Yujiro had to put some real effort into beating him and didn't come away unscathed). While that isn't a tearjerker in and of itself as it was an amazing fight and even Yujiro who rarely [[IShallTauntYou ever compliments his opponents]] nor seems to get any real [[No ChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction satisfaction]] from his [[CurbStompBattle usual fights]] said that [[BaddieFlattery Baki would soon be a Hanma without a care in the world]] and that the [[WorthyOpponent fight was fun]], what was heart rending is that while Baki couldn't move and was still conscious, he will to keep fighting was so strong that his battle spirit created a shadow of himself tangible enough for expert fighters to see, which then proceeded to attack Yujiro. Doppo Orochi, one of Baki's closest friends and allies, A master Karateka and PersonOfMassDestruction himself and definitely a GoodIsNotSoft [[PayEvilUntoEvil kind]] [[TrainingFromHell of]] [[TheSpartanWay guy]] looked like his heart was breaking when he saw Baki beaten, injured, and unable to move with his fighting spirit still burning strong.

* At the end of the fight between Yujiro and Baki in the third Baki series, Yujiro still manages to beat Baki (though this time Baki had become so strong that Yujiro had to put some real effort into beating him and didn't come away unscathed). While that isn't a tearjerker in and of itself as it was an amazing fight and even Yujiro who rarely [[IShallTauntYou ever compliments his opponents]] nor seems to get any real [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfation satisfaction]] from his [[CurbStompBattle usual fights]] said that [[BaddieFlattery Baki would soon be a Hanma without a care in the world]] and that the [[WorthyOpponent fight was fun]], what was heart rending is that while Baki couldn't move and was still conscious, he will to keep fighting was so strong that his battle spirit created a shadow of himself tangible enough for expert fighters to see, which then proceeded to attack Yujiro. Doppo Orochi, one of Baki's closest friends and allies, A master Karateka and PersonOfMassDestruction himself and definitely a GoodIsNotSoft [[PayEvilUntoEvil kind]] [[of TrainingFromHell]] [[TheSpartanWay guy]] looked like his heart was breaking when he saw Baki beaten, injured, and unable to move with his fighting spirit still burning strong.

* At the end of the fight between Yujiro and Baki in the third Baki series, Yujiro still manages to beat Baki (though this time Baki had become so strong that Yujiro had to put some real effort into beating him and didn't come away unscathed). While that isn't a tearjerker in and of itself as it was an amazing fight and even Yujiro who rarely [[IShallTauntYou ever compliments his opponents]] nor seems to get any real [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfation satisfaction]] from his [[CurbStompBattle usual fights]] said that [[BadieFlattery Baki would soon be a Hanma without a care in the world]] and that the [[WorthyOpponent fight was fun]], what was heart rending is that while Baki couldn't move and was still conscious, he will to keep fighting was so strong that his battle spirit created a shadow of himself tangible enough for expert fighters to see, which then proceeded to attack Yujiro. Doppo Orochi, one of Baki's closest friends and allies, A master Karateka and PersonOfMassDestruction himself and definitely a GoodIsNotSoft [[PayEvilUntoEvil kind]] [[of TrainingFromHell]] [[TheSpartanWay guy]] looked like his heart was breaking when he saw Baki beaten, injured, and unable to move with his fighting spirit still burning strong.

* At the end of the fight between Yujiro and Baki in the third Baki series, Yujiro still manages to beat Baki (though this time Baki had become so strong that Yujiro had to put some real effort into beating him and didn't come away unscathed). While that isn't a tearjerker in and of itself as it was an amazing fight and even Yujiro who rarely [[IShallTauntYou ever compliments his opponents]] nor seems to get any real [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfation satisfaction]] from his [[CurbStompBattle usual fights]] said that [[BaddyFlattery Baki would soon be a Hanma without a care in the world]] and that the [[WorthyOpponent fight was fun]], what was heart rending is that while Baki couldn't move and was still conscious, he will to keep fighting was so strong that his battle spirit created a shadow of himself tangible enough for expert fighters to see, which then proceeded to attack Yujiro. Doppo Orochi, one of Baki's closest friends and allies, A master Karateka and PersonOfMassDestruction himself and definitely a GoodIsNotSoft [[PayEvilUntoEvil kind]] [[of TrainingFromHell]] [[TheSpartanWay guy]] looked like his heart was breaking when he saw Baki beaten, injured, and unable to move with his fighting spirit still burning strong.

* Baki visiting Yasha Ape after their fight. He realizes that the Yasha Ape wasn't just a vicious predator, but a creature with its own culture, as shown by Yasha's cave filled with his ancestors' skeletons, and that Yasha is likely the last of his kind. Baki apologizes for misjudging it, and Yasha gives Baki one of his own fangs as a gift. [[spoiler: Even more of a tearjerker, when Yujiro taunts Baki with a box with Yasha's head inside, and then proceeds to eviscerate it to pieces with one decisive strike.]]

* Baki visiting Yasha Ape after their fight. He realizes that the Yasha Ape wasn't just a vicious predator, but a creature with its own culture, as shown by Yasha's cave filled with his ancestors' skeletons, and that Yasha is likely the last of his kind. Baki apologizes for misjudging it, and Yasha gives Baki one of his own fangs as a gift. [[spoiler: Even more of a tearjerker, when Yujiro taunts Baki with a box with Yasha's head inside, and then proceeds to eviscerate it to pieces with one decisive strike.]]

* Emi's final moments with her son Baki; they're probably the only time Baki will ever have a (somewhat) normal parent-son relationship. [[MoralEventHorizon You WILL hate Yujiro afterwards]].

* After Yujiro has beaten Baki into unconsciousness, decimated his friends, and [[spoiler:killed his mother]]. Baki is walking through the streets, happily talking and joyfully describing how wonderful it is to be such a loving family while carrying his mother on his back. A stranger bumps into him and reveals that he [[spoiler:was imagining it all and is only carrying a ring while wearing the bruises and scrapes from his fight]]. He screams out much to the dismay of the people on the street, fumbling after the [[spoiler:ring that belonged to his mother]]. Crying, he laments.
-->'''Baki:''' Not just yet mister. Let me hold onto this for just a moment longer.
** Much more intense on the manga, where he isn't carrying her mom's ring. He's carrying [[spoiler:her mom's ''corpse''.]]

->Baki: Not just yet mister. Let me hold onto this for just a moment longer.