1 00:01:45,021 --> 00:01:47,524 He had never seen a monster like this. 2 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:51,528 It had the T. rex's teeth and tail. 3 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:55,949 The Triceratops' feet and horns. 4 00:01:57,033 --> 00:02:00,286 The Pteranodon's wings and talons. 5 00:02:01,371 --> 00:02:05,208 The weapons of three powerful foes combined in one creature, 6 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:08,378 each one of them already deadly enough. 7 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:14,134 Every aspect of their strength had been engraved onto his mind and body. 8 00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:18,721 Here it comes! 9 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,140 The teeth. 10 00:02:20,223 --> 00:02:21,641 The horns. 11 00:02:21,724 --> 00:02:23,059 The talons. 12 00:02:23,143 --> 00:02:24,060 The beak. 13 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:26,146 All of them at once! 14 00:02:28,565 --> 00:02:30,358 Baki's going on the attack! 15 00:02:30,942 --> 00:02:34,362 "Genius" is the only word to describe how he's fought so far. 16 00:02:34,445 --> 00:02:36,698 But what will he do now? 17 00:02:36,781 --> 00:02:38,533 He can emulate those dinosaurs, 18 00:02:38,616 --> 00:02:41,870 but they're a hundred times bigger than he is! 19 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:54,090 He may have been the greatest fighter of the Cretaceous period, 20 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,426 but Pickle knew nothing of the martial arts. 21 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:01,306 Understandably, he mistook the pain he felt 22 00:03:01,389 --> 00:03:03,308 as coming from a T. rex attack. 23 00:03:04,309 --> 00:03:05,977 Hmm? 24 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:08,229 Now I get it! 25 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,862 Hey! 26 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,743 Baki, don't push it too far! 27 00:03:23,119 --> 00:03:24,370 That's right. 28 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:25,914 No matter the opponent, 29 00:03:25,997 --> 00:03:29,125 whenever they meet, it's their first fight. 30 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:31,252 He's just gonna rush in like that?! 31 00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:33,213 Don't get reckless, Baki! 32 00:03:34,964 --> 00:03:38,134 But Pickle had fought many first fights. 33 00:03:44,474 --> 00:03:47,602 The search for the best stance from which to start a sprint 34 00:03:47,685 --> 00:03:49,395 has gone on for a long time. 35 00:03:50,146 --> 00:03:52,232 In the Olympics before World War II, 36 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:55,944 sprinters used various styles of starting positions. 37 00:03:56,653 --> 00:03:59,739 Essentially, the history of the starting position 38 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:03,076 has been the history of getting as close to the horizontal as possible. 39 00:04:04,118 --> 00:04:06,996 Eventually, a consensus was arrived at, 40 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,499 that the crouching stance was the best position 41 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:12,085 from which to start a short-distance race. 42 00:04:12,669 --> 00:04:15,255 With the help of a device called a starting block, 43 00:04:15,338 --> 00:04:18,716 the human body can get remarkably close to horizontal. 44 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,928 And yet, that's still not fully horizontal. 45 00:04:24,681 --> 00:04:26,349 It was on this day 46 00:04:26,432 --> 00:04:29,310 that a man achieved a fully horizontal starting position 47 00:04:29,394 --> 00:04:30,353 for the first time. 48 00:04:31,187 --> 00:04:34,857 But the man who accomplished this incredible and unprecedented feat 49 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:36,776 was no modern-day human. 50 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:41,364 The time it took for him to make contact with Baki Hanma 51 00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:42,782 was less than a second. 52 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:47,495 Asked about it later, 53 00:04:47,578 --> 00:04:51,624 Sea King Retsu had this to say about what he saw during that moment. 54 00:04:51,708 --> 00:04:53,835 Or rather, what he sensed. 55 00:04:55,545 --> 00:04:58,214 It all happened in the blink of an eye, 56 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:00,967 but I could sense many things in that moment. 57 00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:02,135 First of all, 58 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:05,221 I sensed that this is what Pickle must have done 59 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,056 back in the Cretaceous period. 60 00:05:09,058 --> 00:05:13,521 Sometimes he'd use a tree for leverage. Sometimes a boulder. 61 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:18,192 That's how he was able to stop a beast that weighed five tons. 62 00:05:19,193 --> 00:05:23,114 And in that same instant, I had another thought. 63 00:05:23,197 --> 00:05:26,242 Baki weighed only about 150 pounds. 64 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:31,456 If I, who weigh more than 220 pounds, couldn't withstand Pickle's charge, 65 00:05:31,539 --> 00:05:33,082 how could he hope to? 66 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,208 What's more, 67 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:38,046 Pickle had only started from a crouch when he launched his attack on me. 68 00:05:38,129 --> 00:05:40,965 This time, it would be even more devastating. 69 00:05:41,049 --> 00:05:44,886 I thought, "I'm seeing the end of this fight right here." 70 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:46,721 Huh? 71 00:05:46,804 --> 00:05:50,892 In such a brief period of time, how could I have so many thoughts? 72 00:05:51,642 --> 00:05:52,560 Well. 73 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:55,271 You know what it's like? 74 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:58,858 It's like taking a bite of a truly delicious curry and rice. 75 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:01,194 It's spicy. Salty. 76 00:06:01,694 --> 00:06:03,654 Sweet. A little sour. 77 00:06:04,238 --> 00:06:06,616 There's the aroma. The richness. 78 00:06:06,699 --> 00:06:10,119 The texture of the rice. The subtlety of the spices… 79 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:14,499 Describing every sensation triggered by that bite, 80 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:18,628 well, it would take a lot longer than it took to eat it. 81 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:21,172 Does that help you see what I mean? 82 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:23,674 Anyway, at that point, 83 00:06:23,758 --> 00:06:27,136 what really surprised me was that Baki stood his ground. 84 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:29,639 He dropped his stance and faced Pickle. 85 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:30,932 He just stood there. 86 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:36,270 He didn't even try to dodge. 87 00:06:36,354 --> 00:06:38,356 He took the full force of the attack. 88 00:06:41,192 --> 00:06:42,276 Nevertheless, 89 00:06:42,902 --> 00:06:45,363 it was Pickle who was sent flying. 90 00:06:45,988 --> 00:06:48,241 Not just staggered or knocked backwards, 91 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:52,161 but literally sent flying high and far. 92 00:06:58,543 --> 00:07:01,421 He nearly sent Pickle to outer space! 93 00:07:03,047 --> 00:07:04,799 How did he manage that? 94 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:06,676 I don't Know. 95 00:07:07,802 --> 00:07:09,262 As a matter of fact, 96 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:12,348 all that Baki had done was flick his hand. 97 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:15,017 Like shooing away a fly. 98 00:07:15,852 --> 00:07:19,230 That's not a Jujutsu attack. Or aikido. 99 00:07:19,814 --> 00:07:23,776 And yet, somehow, a man who weighs more than 450 100 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:26,821 was sent flying up into the rafters by someone half his size 101 00:07:26,904 --> 00:07:28,239 with a flick of the wrist. 102 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:31,367 That Pickle, he's amazing. 103 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:33,244 -Hmm? -Just look at him, 104 00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:35,746 It didn't even faze him. 105 00:07:40,334 --> 00:07:41,752 Very impressive. 106 00:07:42,253 --> 00:07:43,754 You're one tough bastard. 107 00:07:46,340 --> 00:07:47,467 Why do you say that? 108 00:07:47,550 --> 00:07:50,011 It was Baki who threw Pickle, wasn't it? 109 00:07:50,094 --> 00:07:53,014 What's so amazing about getting thrown halfway to the moon? 110 00:07:53,514 --> 00:07:58,769 I don't know the physics behind it, but it's more like he threw himself. 111 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:02,356 The stronger the forward thrust of an object, 112 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,401 the more vulnerable it is to a force from the side. 113 00:08:06,194 --> 00:08:09,405 That's why a bullet fired into a body doesn't follow a straight line. 114 00:08:10,072 --> 00:08:12,992 It can come out the side or the shoulder. 115 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:17,538 The path it takes can be affected by any soft tissue it runs into. 116 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:21,834 There are times when even something as flimsy as the leaf of a houseplant 117 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,794 can bend a bullet's trajectory. 118 00:08:23,878 --> 00:08:26,506 So if you think of Pickle as a bullet, 119 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:28,716 with all of a bullet's force, 120 00:08:28,799 --> 00:08:32,303 his path can be deflected with something as simple as that, 121 00:08:32,803 --> 00:08:34,805 just the merest flick of the wrist. 122 00:08:35,389 --> 00:08:36,974 Hanayama was right. 123 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:39,060 I was reminded of something. 124 00:08:39,810 --> 00:08:44,440 A boxing match that took place in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1964. 125 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,275 It was the heavyweight title fight 126 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:50,029 between the champion Sonny Liston and the young Cassius Clay. 127 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,283 At one point, Liston threw a powerhouse right, 128 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:57,036 and Clay brushed it aside with a flick of the glove. 129 00:08:57,537 --> 00:09:01,832 The result of that one small move was that Liston's shoulder was dislocated. 130 00:09:03,084 --> 00:09:07,463 Most experts credited Clay's strength for causing the injury. 131 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:08,714 But they had it wrong. 132 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:10,216 In fact, 133 00:09:10,299 --> 00:09:12,593 it was the force behind his punch, 134 00:09:12,677 --> 00:09:14,595 more than Clay's deflection of it, 135 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,098 that put Liston's shoulder out of action. 136 00:09:25,690 --> 00:09:26,691 Huh? 137 00:09:30,194 --> 00:09:32,363 Oh, that's good. 138 00:09:39,704 --> 00:09:40,746 There. 139 00:09:40,830 --> 00:09:42,123 You see that, Pickle? 140 00:09:42,623 --> 00:09:45,001 I peed in eight different spots. 141 00:09:47,461 --> 00:09:50,881 Since you've decided to cower in the shadows up there, 142 00:09:50,965 --> 00:09:53,509 I've marked this arena as my territory. 143 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:56,262 What? What in the world's he thinking? 144 00:09:56,345 --> 00:09:58,014 The audacity! 145 00:10:12,862 --> 00:10:16,532 Okay, no more of that. I'm done doing tricks. 146 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:20,620 No T. rex, Triceratops, Pteranodon. 147 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:21,912 Enough of that, right? 148 00:10:22,788 --> 00:10:24,415 Time to get back to basics. 149 00:10:24,999 --> 00:10:27,543 I mean, we're both homo sapiens here. 150 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:32,798 Let's finish this thing man to man. 151 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:40,806 I want to do it this way at least once! 152 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:42,808 What a fool. 153 00:10:42,892 --> 00:10:43,934 Yes! 154 00:10:44,435 --> 00:10:45,978 A head-to-head fight! 155 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:47,647 More like a face plant! 156 00:10:48,272 --> 00:10:49,857 More like a whole body plant! 157 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:53,361 I was just smashed right into the ground… 158 00:10:54,403 --> 00:10:55,988 Was this what I expected? 159 00:10:56,822 --> 00:10:58,282 Maybe more than I expected-- 160 00:11:09,543 --> 00:11:12,588 Oh. Yeah! 161 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:15,091 Oh-ho-ho-ho! 162 00:11:15,174 --> 00:11:17,718 Oh! Oh man! 163 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:20,721 You really are strong, aren't you? 164 00:11:20,805 --> 00:11:22,556 There's no doubt about that. 165 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:23,474 Oh! 166 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:29,480 Even when I try to protect my vulnerable spots by-- 167 00:11:31,315 --> 00:11:33,526 By blocking his blows with my arms, 168 00:11:33,609 --> 00:11:35,945 then my arms become my vulnerable spots! 169 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:38,447 That's how strong he is. 170 00:11:40,741 --> 00:11:43,119 Oh, look, the lights again. 171 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:45,121 That's the third time I've been up here today. 172 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:51,001 Ah, when I think of superhuman strength like this, 173 00:11:51,085 --> 00:11:55,631 that's who I think of, Biscuit Oliva, Mr. Unchained. 174 00:11:56,215 --> 00:11:59,218 Now, that's something I'd love to see. 175 00:11:59,301 --> 00:12:00,594 And he'd do it, too. 176 00:12:00,678 --> 00:12:02,388 He'd take Pickle on, head-to-head. 177 00:12:03,264 --> 00:12:06,851 Man, that would be a fight for all ages! 178 00:12:07,643 --> 00:12:09,645 And speaking of head-to-head fighters, 179 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,856 there's that guy standing right over there. 180 00:12:11,939 --> 00:12:13,315 Those shoulders. 181 00:12:14,108 --> 00:12:15,526 Those fists. 182 00:12:16,610 --> 00:12:17,862 He's the same way. 183 00:12:18,362 --> 00:12:20,531 Ain't no cheap tricks with him. 184 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,701 Yeah, he'd take Pickle on, face-to-face. 185 00:12:24,493 --> 00:12:27,663 Well, of course face-to-face. What other way is there? Back-to-back? 186 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,040 Nah, that's not even a thing. 187 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:35,004 Talk about backs, what about his? 188 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:36,797 The Ogre's! 189 00:12:37,631 --> 00:12:39,800 You know, I bet they'd even use the same stance. 190 00:12:39,884 --> 00:12:42,803 Oh man, I wonder how that fight would end! 191 00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:46,307 That's not it. 192 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:49,393 That's not what I'm really interested in. 193 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:50,811 What I wanna see… 194 00:12:51,979 --> 00:12:53,397 what would Baki Hanma do? 195 00:12:55,357 --> 00:12:58,068 How would Baki Hanma stop this guy? 196 00:13:00,654 --> 00:13:02,573 I've lived for 18 years. 197 00:13:03,532 --> 00:13:04,450 Mindfully. 198 00:13:05,659 --> 00:13:06,577 Diligently. 199 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:09,330 I have lived to win. 200 00:13:09,914 --> 00:13:11,123 To be the best. 201 00:13:11,916 --> 00:13:15,711 And I've followed in the footsteps of the most powerful being on Earth, 202 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:17,797 Yujiro Hanma. 203 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:20,341 But why? 204 00:13:21,717 --> 00:13:23,969 Why? What do you mean, "Why?”" 205 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:25,471 Why do I need a reason? 206 00:13:25,554 --> 00:13:27,807 Do I need a reason to fight Yujiro Hanma? 207 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:31,685 Okay, maybe it's to get vengeance for what happened to my mother? 208 00:13:33,562 --> 00:13:34,396 That's right. 209 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:37,024 That was four years ago. 210 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,360 Do I hate him? 211 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:41,362 Yes. 212 00:13:44,615 --> 00:13:45,741 Do I admire him? 213 00:13:47,701 --> 00:13:49,245 No, don't be stupid! 214 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:51,622 Why would I admire him? 215 00:13:51,705 --> 00:13:53,249 But there is one thing. 216 00:13:53,958 --> 00:13:57,002 I gotta admit, there is one thing I admire. 217 00:13:58,212 --> 00:13:59,380 His strength. 218 00:14:00,881 --> 00:14:05,636 There's no denying that, as a fighter, every inch of him is flawless. 219 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:07,721 In a way, 220 00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:09,640 you could say I trust him. 221 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:14,144 That's why I've tried to copy that back. 222 00:14:14,728 --> 00:14:16,522 Emulate those fists. 223 00:14:16,605 --> 00:14:18,232 Emulate that speed. 224 00:14:19,733 --> 00:14:21,819 That's how I can do this. 225 00:14:22,319 --> 00:14:23,988 Dodge these attacks. 226 00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:28,909 I know I'd be in serious trouble if just one of these blows landed. 227 00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:30,411 But I can dodge 'em, 228 00:14:30,494 --> 00:14:33,831 even if I wait till the very last second… 229 00:14:34,498 --> 00:14:37,751 They came closer and closer, but still he dodged them. 230 00:14:37,835 --> 00:14:39,795 With no time to spare, 231 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:43,549 he managed to move his body just enough to avoid contact. 232 00:14:43,632 --> 00:14:45,885 Then, one blow touched his hair. 233 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:47,845 Another grazed his skin. 234 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:51,390 He wasn't just fighting anymore. 235 00:14:51,473 --> 00:14:53,183 It was more like 236 00:14:53,767 --> 00:14:55,936 he was performing a dance. 237 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:57,396 An intricate dance. 238 00:14:57,938 --> 00:14:59,982 It was like he was in a bull fight, 239 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:01,901 and he was the matador. 240 00:15:05,696 --> 00:15:08,240 Pickle had seen many kinds of speed before. 241 00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:09,909 On land. In the water. 242 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:11,827 In the air. 243 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:13,454 But this, 244 00:15:13,537 --> 00:15:15,623 he had never experienced this. 245 00:15:20,669 --> 00:15:22,963 This was speed beyond speed. 246 00:15:23,547 --> 00:15:25,174 Instead of ending up here, 247 00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:27,343 Baki went there. 248 00:15:28,344 --> 00:15:30,846 Then it hit him. A distant memory. 249 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:35,225 At first, it was just in sport. 250 00:15:35,309 --> 00:15:37,353 He'd only wanted it for a snack. 251 00:15:42,858 --> 00:15:45,736 He learned that it wasn't so easy to deal with. 252 00:15:45,819 --> 00:15:48,322 He was sure he'd caught it that time. 253 00:15:51,992 --> 00:15:54,161 That's when Pickle suddenly realized 254 00:15:54,244 --> 00:15:57,873 that there were beings in this world that could travel through his body. 255 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:01,669 Late in his life, 256 00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:06,131 the fighter known far and wide as the father of fighting karate once said… 257 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:09,468 "I have faced many blows." 258 00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:11,971 "I have faced many kicks." 259 00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:15,516 "I've been attacked with many elbows, knees, and headbutts." 260 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:21,981 "With steel pipes, stones, and even knives." 261 00:16:22,481 --> 00:16:23,857 "But at the last second, 262 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:26,151 the last split-second, 263 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,778 in the very nick of time, 264 00:16:27,861 --> 00:16:29,405 by a whisker's breadth, 265 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:31,490 I have dodged these attacks." 266 00:16:32,241 --> 00:16:35,744 Then he said that once, during an ordinary practice session, 267 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:38,414 he experienced something extraordinary. 268 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:40,082 He passed through them. 269 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:44,336 He said he had passed through his opponent. 270 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,881 This, of course, was physically impossible. 271 00:16:49,550 --> 00:16:52,845 But after countless hours spent honing his skills 272 00:16:52,928 --> 00:16:55,180 at outmaneuvering an opponent, 273 00:16:55,264 --> 00:16:56,432 his defenses, 274 00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:57,850 his reactions, 275 00:16:58,350 --> 00:16:59,518 his footwork 276 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:02,938 had all been stripped of any excess movement. 277 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:06,608 He had transcended merely circling his opponents, 278 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:09,194 and entered a state of passing through them. 279 00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:17,202 What sort of man is this? 280 00:17:19,413 --> 00:17:21,749 Just how many tricks is he capable of? 281 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:24,168 Incredible. 282 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,714 To think that Baki's fighting abilities have reached this level. 283 00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:31,050 Could I have ever done that? 284 00:17:31,633 --> 00:17:33,343 Done what he's doing? … 285 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:39,641 The man known as the God of War, Doppo Orochi, 286 00:17:40,184 --> 00:17:43,645 or that living embodiment of fighting, Goki Shibukawa, 287 00:17:45,147 --> 00:17:47,983 or even my own teacher, Master Kaku, 288 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,194 the greatest living king fu fighter, 289 00:17:50,944 --> 00:17:54,364 could any of those giants have done what Baki has done?! 290 00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:07,628 It was little wonder that Pickle was confused. 291 00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:10,631 This opponent, who was always just out of reach, 292 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,634 had suddenly appeared right at his feet. 293 00:18:14,218 --> 00:18:17,596 In his hand, an invisible blade like a matador's sword, 294 00:18:18,138 --> 00:18:21,391 which he now thrust into his prey's most sensitive spot. 295 00:18:22,726 --> 00:18:24,228 It penetrated deep. 296 00:18:26,730 --> 00:18:30,359 He could predict just how great the coming pain would be. 297 00:18:32,027 --> 00:18:34,404 Just as when we stub our toe, 298 00:18:34,988 --> 00:18:37,407 or when we're hit hard in the solar plexus. 299 00:18:38,492 --> 00:18:42,412 In those few moments we're granted before the actual pain arrives, 300 00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:48,377 our brain is already predicting the approximate intensity of that pain. 301 00:18:49,753 --> 00:18:52,256 A moment later, the pain hits us 302 00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:55,050 with an intensity every bit as excruciating 303 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,177 as our brain predicted it would be. 304 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:02,933 God grants us just those few moments to prepare ourselves for it. 305 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:05,435 He could predict what was coming 306 00:19:05,519 --> 00:19:07,938 from similar blows in his two previous battles. 307 00:19:08,939 --> 00:19:10,274 Here it comes. 308 00:19:10,357 --> 00:19:11,525 And his brain told him 309 00:19:11,608 --> 00:19:13,944 that this would be an even greater wave of pain 310 00:19:14,027 --> 00:19:15,487 than those he'd felt before. 311 00:19:16,530 --> 00:19:18,532 The pain! 312 00:19:19,032 --> 00:19:20,492 Just as he had thought. 313 00:19:20,576 --> 00:19:22,327 Even worse than he had thought. 314 00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:31,503 Well, that seemed to do the trick. 315 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:33,255 Of course it did. 316 00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:35,591 The trusty kick to the groin. 317 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,051 I've never known it to fail. 318 00:19:38,135 --> 00:19:39,428 How is this so?! 319 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:43,599 How can a blow to two such tiny parts of the body cause so much pain? 320 00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:45,225 It's not about size. 321 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:47,936 Their importance is far from small. 322 00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:51,607 The testicles are vital internal organs. 323 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:52,566 Huh? 324 00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:54,568 But they're fragile. 325 00:19:54,651 --> 00:19:56,778 While in the womb, they're formed inside the abdomen 326 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,822 and only descend shortly before birth. 327 00:19:59,948 --> 00:20:00,908 They're weak. 328 00:20:00,991 --> 00:20:03,368 No part of a man's body is weaker. 329 00:20:04,077 --> 00:20:05,454 Not the heart, 330 00:20:05,996 --> 00:20:06,830 liver, 331 00:20:07,331 --> 00:20:08,207 stomach, 332 00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:10,167 or even the brain. 333 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,504 All those organs are kept safe and secure 334 00:20:15,130 --> 00:20:17,174 by thick layers of muscle and fat, 335 00:20:17,841 --> 00:20:19,009 by bones, 336 00:20:19,593 --> 00:20:21,011 and by a sturdy skull. 337 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:24,598 Because they've been given the vital task of producing sperm, 338 00:20:24,681 --> 00:20:27,893 the testicles must be kept cool for the sperm to thrive. 339 00:20:28,435 --> 00:20:30,312 So they're kept outside of the body, 340 00:20:30,395 --> 00:20:33,523 with their only protection a very thin layer of skin. 341 00:20:34,107 --> 00:20:35,275 In this state, 342 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,028 they're totally exposed and extremely vulnerable. 343 00:20:39,863 --> 00:20:43,909 Imagine it was your heart dangling there between your legs, 344 00:20:43,992 --> 00:20:45,786 wrapped only in a layer of skin. 345 00:20:45,869 --> 00:20:48,872 What a vulnerability that would be in a battle. 346 00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:52,542 I don't think I'd ever leave the house! 347 00:20:55,879 --> 00:20:58,298 So I guess it's over, then. 348 00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:02,928 -Is it though? -No, it's not. 349 00:21:03,011 --> 00:21:04,304 It's not? 350 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:05,847 That look. 351 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:08,183 The look on his face when he went down. 352 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:09,309 Huh? 353 00:21:09,393 --> 00:21:12,437 Will you stay down or will you get back up again? 354 00:21:13,021 --> 00:21:14,439 After a blow like that, 355 00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:17,317 you instantly make a decision, deep in your heart. 356 00:21:18,026 --> 00:21:21,238 It's either, "I'm done. I give up. Leave me alone," 357 00:21:21,738 --> 00:21:25,158 or it's, "How dare you? I'll make you pay for that!" 358 00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:29,579 In that moment, as you collapse, your expression tells it all. 359 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,415 Your strength of heart. 360 00:21:31,498 --> 00:21:33,542 Your will to get back up and fight. 361 00:21:33,625 --> 00:21:35,168 It's written on your face. 362 00:21:35,669 --> 00:21:38,755 And from the look on Pickle's face as he went down… 363 00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:42,843 Not only is that caveman gonna get back up, 364 00:21:43,593 --> 00:21:46,471 but I think Baki's really made his blood boil now. 365 00:21:47,681 --> 00:21:50,225 Both their bodies were trembling 366 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:53,228 with nervous anticipation, with rage… 367 00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:03,822 We're finally here. 368 00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:06,408 It's been a long, hard battle. 369 00:22:07,576 --> 00:22:09,077 Now comes the war. 370 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:12,998 That face. 371 00:22:14,207 --> 00:22:15,417 That stance. 372 00:22:17,419 --> 00:22:19,880 This is his final form.