There is better fighting in other mangas out there (most are already mentioned so I will not repeat them) but like Maalik, Hajime no Ippo is among the best overall fighting manga when all is taken into account (comedy, characterization, story, fighting...)

Ippo FTW!!!

<_< I CONCUR... IPPO.... FTW....

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Ares has some of the most beautiful and...fluid...fighting involving swords/weapons.

It's so realistic you sort of get scared :<

although the ecchi was a little to much for me, I think airmasteris a very good fighting series.

another one I really liked was change guy.

most defienently (SORRY IF I SPELT THAT WRONG)
BLEACH a manga with alot of epic battles later along the series

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IMO, Vagabond. Followed closely by One Piece.

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Grappler Baki. Just because of the sheer amount of fighting in the series.

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I didn't actually think anyone would dare to mention Naruto or Bleach.... A sign of an adult swim fan??

I'd say Holyland or Ares for me. I really like Ippo as well. And I would also like to take notice of HSDK. I've been into it for a year or two and recently there has been a huge surge of releases. That latest of which have been coming from Nerieru at an astonishing rate.

Yeah Ares and Hajime no Ippo

Objectively speaking, i think Hajime no Ippo has the best Fights, but anyway Dragonball is still my favourite. Also, although it`s kind of different i really like the "battles" in Initial D

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I don't usually get blown away by fight scenes; then again maybe I just don't read manga with amazingly good fights. That said, I'll just give my vote to Claymore.


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Bleach has very dynamic well-drawn fight scenes, where you can always tell what's going on. Theres nothing wrong with admitting that a good cheesy predictable fight manga is also decent art
For pure badass though, things like Berserk (after the first 3 volumes or so), Blade of the Immortal, or more realistically Vinland Saga win.

I remember reading a Korean comic called Dangu a while back which had very well-drawn fight scenes; also something called Banya about a courier in a post-apocalyptic world. The characters in both these were a bit boring but it was worth it for the fights and quality of the drawings alone..

I must check out Ares, looks interesting..

Hrm. Does Saiyuki count as a primarily fighting manga? That's my personal favorite. (DragonBall's fights go on forever.)

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