Respect Miyamoto Musashi (Baki the Grappler)

[u/fj668]

Miyamoto "Memesashi" Musashi is the main antagonist of Baki Dou. With the help of Tokugawa, the Prime Minister of Japan, and Tokugawa's sister they cloned Musashi out of some spinal fluid from his mummified remains. Tokugawa's sister then put Miyamoto Musashi's soul into the husk clone of himself, bringing him back to life. What followed is a story of Musashi wrecking shop against everyone and everything in his path apart from Yujiro Hanma because he's Yujiro Hanma.

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Strength

• Throws a woman with one hand.
• Breaks Katanas with a practice swing.
• Harms Baki by squeezing his leg.
• KOs Baki by slamming him on the ground.
• Splinters bamboo with his grip.
• Breaks a 9 section whip.
  • Kaku Kaioh in his youth couldn't break these whips.
• Lifts up Retsu Kaioh with one hand and slams him into the ground.
• Breaks a chinese sword.
• KOs a man with a wooden sword.
• Flips over Yujiro Hanma.
• Makes Pickle bleed with a head butt.
• Stronger than Motobe.
• Kills a man through his helmet.

Cutting

• Cuts a leaf.
• Cuts a feather.
  • Kaku Kaioh can't cut a feather.
• Cuts through a sword.
• Breaks Xiao Lee
  • Feats for Xiao Lee can be found at the bottom of Kaku Kaioh's RT.
• Cuts through a stack of bodies.
• Sword is sharp enough to be pressed through a straw post.
• Cuts through clay bodies and their armor.
• Cuts through a TV.
• Cuts Pickle when he presses his finger to his sword.
• Cuts a short spear in half.
• Cuts Motobe.
• Further cuts him despite his armor.
• Cuts an armored car in half.
• Lobs a man's head off.
• Cuts through a riot shield.
• Cuts a large bull in half.

Speed

• Stops Baki's kick.
• Catches Baki's jab.
• Puts down two cops.
  • This action was too fast for cameras to track.
• Stops Doppo's headbutt.
• Outspeeds Doppo.
• Dodges, catches, and eventually cuts throwing knives.
• Dodges a whip.
• Cuts Shibukawa before he can take a step.
• Clears the distance between him and Yujiro in under a millisecond.
• Stops Pickle's blitz.
• Catches a ballistic knife.
• Stops Pickle's blitz again.
• Slashes Pickle mid-charge.
• Catches a cigarette.
• Cuts a man in half before he can shoot him.
• Cuts rubber bullets.
• Dodges water cannon.
• Catches a sword thrown by Hanayama.
• Dodges Hanayama and cuts him.
• Nearly cuts Baki in half.
• Catches a snake.
• Charges at Baki in under 10 miliseconds.
• Catches Baki's blitz attempt.
• Outspeeds Baki.
• Catches sword thrown by Baki.
• Catches Baki's sword swing.

Durability

• Gets hit by Baki's jab.
• Gets hit by 9 section whip.
• Survives a punch to the face from Yujiro.
• Kicked in the dick by Yujiro.
• Leaves a dent in a foot of duralumin.
• Survives a hit from Pickle.
• Fine after a barrage of attacks from Motobe.
• Survives being hit by Hanayama.

Endurance

• Doesn't flinch from sand in his eyes.
• Is fine with being eaten.
• Gets face split open.
• Takes a weight to that wound.
• Digs his finger into that wound to feel his teeth.
• Gets tasered by a 10x stronger than normal taser.

Skill

• Can react to attacks via prediction.
• He is described as two levels above a master swordsman.
• Mends his wounds.
• Retsu Kaioh would require a machine gun to have a chance.
• Flips over Retsu with a finger.
• Flips over Retsu some more.
• Ties up Retsu.
• Kills Retsu Kaioh.
• As per legend, he fought on Sekigahara.
• Manages to make Yujiro bleed.
• Beats a swordsman with his bare hands.
• Creates the swordless style.
  • Swordless style can cut Yujiro.
• Counters Pickle's attacks.
• Could easily kill a bear.
• Catches flies by their wings with chopsticks.
• Uses his hand to attack Pickle's eye.
• Cuts Pickle deeply.
  • He did this by waiting until his muscles were at their weakest to cut.
• Scans cigarettes and alcohol for Fugu poisoning.
• Catches a thrown sword with it's sheath.
• Can tell Motobe is wearing armor just by looking at him.
• Throws an object right under a man's eye.
• Knocks out a group of police officers.
• Slaughters a group of armed riot officers using stealth.
• Takes Hanayama's eye.

Imagination Swords

As a quick explanation for this section, Musashi is capable of making a person feel like they have been cut even with just his imagination.

• Kills a master swordsman.
• Cuts Baki.
• Cuts Doppo through his guard.
• Kills a distracted Shibukawa.
• Kills Shibukawa while shaking his hand.
• Kills Tokugawa.
• Wakes up Pickle when a smack to the face wouldn't.
• Slices Albert Pain to bits.
  • Albert goes in depth about how it feels real.
• Disarms Gaia.
• Kills Gaia.
• Kills a reporter.
• Cuts Baki's leg.
• Cuts Baki in half mid-swing.
• Bifurcates Baki.

[u/benzylber]

He actually killed Baki several times with his imaginary swords

[u/fj668 → u/benzylber]

I'd like to add an addendum since you mentioned this. Baki Dou was fully translated about a month after I made this RT.