Babaki (馬馬鬼 Babaki?) was a member of Team Spirit Warriors who fought in the first round of the Dark Tournament. He and the other Spirit Warriors were all killed by Younger Toguro single-handedly at only 45% of his maximum power.
Appearance[]
Babaki has clear characid (freshwater tropical fish) features, most closely resembling a piranha along with pale blue skin, pinkish red eyes, tiny nostrils, and fangs approximately five feet long. While bald with an egg-shaped head in the manga, he has a lavender-colored mohawk flowing backwards in the anime. Another difference is his wardrobe going from a spiky collar with normal pants in the former to an open vest (indigo in color) with a light brown loincloth and lavender wrestler boots (similar to Gagaki) in the latter. Also in the anime are wraps on his forearms. He carries a three pronged spear/trident as his weapon of choice in the anime whereas it is a hammer in the manga.
Personality[]
He was incredulous that Younger Toguro wished to battle Team Spirit Warriors single-handedly without any of his own team members present. He also had no qualms about double-teaming Toguro with Gorilla after the former killed Dosukoi and Gagaki in the anime. In the manga, he seemed far more reckless when he was the first to charge Toguro alone only to be killed in a single hit.
Synopsis[]
Dark Tournament Saga[]
In the first round of the Dark Tournament, the Spirit Warriors were matched up against Team Toguro and were surprised when only the younger Toguro appeared to fight. A confused Babaki expressed his doubts when asking Toguro if the latter's team was going to appear, only for the reigning champion to reply that his team was lazy and was not interested in the match. Toguro further stated that he wished to fight all of the Spirit Warriors at the same time, much to everyone's shock. The fight gets underway nevertheless with Dosukoi and Gagaki being the first to fall to Toguro, who is only powered up to 45% of his strength. Babaki then charges Toguro alongside Gorilla in their own attempt to kill him, but the smaller demon easily counters with his own strikes to their abdomens, blowing a hole in both which results in their deaths. The manga has Babaki be the first to charge Toguro only to get a hole punched through his torso alongside Gagaki's head being blown off.
Trivia[]
- "Babaki" means "rugged", which fits with his teammates all being named after rough things/subjects.
- Babaki is given a very high and raspy voice in the English dub befitting his fish-like appearance.
- Babaki was the first of Team Spirit Warriors to be killed in the manga (around the same time as Gagaki) whereas he was the third in the anime, dying around the same time as Gorilla. The anime changed it so that Dosukoi would be the first to die.