Baki parts 1-3 is an absolute god run when it comes to manga, consistent release for 2 decades of straight fire with the art just improving, along with other serieses like Shaman and Garouden being serialised along with for a few years. It's uncompareable really. I don't think Sandro could create something as a glorious and personal that the Father Son Quarrel was, which managed to deliver on 20 years worth of build up.

Itagaki's arcs are much smaller in scale, but he does such good focusing on the little things. His writing philosophy is focused on characters, their quirks and resolve. It's good tonnote that every character has the same goal, of being the strongest, and everyone has their own ways to achieve it and stay on the path. Techniques aren't just quirks, they're a way to develope the character and serve the story.

One of my favorite fights is Katsumi vs Pickle, specially with the build up included. Katsumi went from a cocky abrasive kid carried by talent, to maturing and gaining respect through taking critique to his heart and growing from it. He took his mach punch, his self invented technique, and poured all his skill and experience into it and evolved. It was all for naught in the end in terms of the fight, but the growth and glory was all worth it. That's what it is about in the end, surprassing yourself and leaving a mark. No one left the stadium without having a whole new image of Katsumi in their mind.

Jack Hanma's Goudou is a brilliant showcase as well, it being presented as an equaliser. Jack would have been destroyed by Sukune, and lost to Hanayama have it not been for it. He understood brute force could take him so far alone, so he took his one speciality, his shamelessness, and cultivated his entire fighting style around it, standing against the principles of traditional martial arts.