Survived an electric chair execution, broke free, and hijacked a military plane.
The episode introduces 17-year-old , the champion of an underground fighting arena, who is living as a seemingly normal high school student. However, his presence is so intense that his classmates and teachers are visibly shaken just being near him.
The core plot is set in motion when , the elder who runs the underground arena, warns Baki that five incredibly dangerous death row inmates are converging on Tokyo. The Five Escaped Convicts