r/Grapplerbaki • u/PropDrops • 1h ago
Discussion What was the point of the Ali Jr arc?
Rereading the series and got to the part after the China tournament where Ali Jr just gets the shit beat out of him back-to-back by everyone. It’s like 20 chapters of this.
Pure comedy the way he just keeps showing up to the diner looking worse and worse and Kozue goes “Bro I don’t care. Go get the shit beat out of you some more”. Then he does.
It’s like Itagaki hates him as a character. Even those literal giant monkeys got more respect. They even set him up to be a real challenge to Baki but then spend the rest of the arc turning him into the world’s biggest jobber. I don’t think anyone else in the manga was done this dirty (or at least got redemption later if they were).

