BAKI (2018) | How Woke Is It?

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BAKI2018

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What We Think

BAKI proudly wears its non-woke credentials, offering a testosterone-heavy showdown with zero identity politics. This is a rare example of modern action anime that refuses to play the woke Hollywood game.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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BAKI keeps its focus on raw martial arts combat and character growth rooted in determination and toughness. Identity factors like race or gender are not artificially centered, and characters earn their strengths through battle. There's barely a hint of box-ticking.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The show thrives on traditional values like discipline, strength, family honor, and personal rivalry, with masculinity celebrated rather than mocked. It avoids lecturing or rewriting cultural fundamentals. If anything, it relishes old-school, even exaggerated, themes of manliness.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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If there’s a monoculture here, it’s the universal language of fists, everyone’s worldview is focused on fighting prowess. There’s no obvious villainization of traditional perspectives; different philosophies of strength are respected. Ideological preaching is practically nonexistent.

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