<p>After reading the manga, I have determined that this is the artist's way of depicting each fighter's aura or bloodlust.</p>

<p>It's not for a specific fighter or occasion and appears constantly throughout the anime and manga.</p>

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Callat
<p>In the anime <em>Baki the Grappler</em>, there are several scenes in the 1st and 2nd season when there is a bit of a staredown and these reddish waves emanate from their bodies when two characters are about to fight. </p>

<p>What are these red waves? </p>

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2015-11-11T18:02:17.203Z
@AshishGupta how did you get that tag? When I tried using that tag it said I needed 150 reputation to make a new tag. But it already exists and I couldn't use it. Did I do something wrong?
Callat
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2015-11-11T18:05:41.423Z
No. I have 150 reputation and hence was able to created that tag. It wasn't there before this question. You can provide a tag guidance [here](http://anime.stackexchange.com/edit-tag-wiki/1198) which will then be approved by someone who has 1.5k reputation.
Ashishgup
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2015-11-11T19:07:02.957Z
Use the [tag:retag] tag if you can't find the tag you're looking for.
кяαzєя
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2015-11-11T19:34:39.383Z
I see well @AshishGupta is there a way for you to add a tag for "bakithegrappler"? Since grappler-baki is the title of the manga and my question is about the anime which has the "Baki the grappler" title?  I'll also post the retag tag.
Callat
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2015-11-11T19:41:28.257Z
@Hikari I posted that tag because the title [here](http://myanimelist.net/anime/287/Grappler_Baki_(TV)) said that Baki The Grappler is the English name of the anime. Anyway, someone has already suggested a tag synonym for grappler-baki as baki-the-grappler and I don't have sufficient reputation to accept or even suggest that. It'll be dealt by users having more than 1.5k reputation.
Ashishgup
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2015-11-11T20:11:29.213Z
@Hikari For future reference, if you type in "baki-the" into the tag field (when it's empty), it'll auto-suggest "grappler-baki", since "baki-the-grappler" is already marked as a synonym for [grappler-baki](http://anime.stackexchange.com/tags/grappler-baki/synonyms).
senshin
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2015-11-12T09:57:54.820Z
It could be their aura.lol.. :D
bot
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2015-11-12T17:33:31.650Z
@bot It could be that's something that I considered but it seems like they would have spoken on it more in the anime or at least given sort of a description. I seen aura plenty of times in other work. But in this series it's never talked about. Most I've seen is it described as a feeling. But nothing outside of that.
Callat
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@KazRodgers _could be_ the representation of the thirst of blood and fight.
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What are the red waves around fighters?
# What are the red waves around fighters?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-11-11
In the anime *Baki the Grappler*, there are several scenes in the 1st and 2nd season when there is a bit of a staredown and these reddish waves emanate from their bodies when two characters are about to fight.

What are these red waves?
**Tags:** grappler-baki
> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: @AshishGupta how did you get that tag? When I tried using that tag it said I needed 150 reputation to make a new tag. But it already exists and I couldn't use it. Did I do something wrong?  
> **username_1**: No. I have 150 reputation and hence was able to created that tag. It wasn't there before this question. You can provide a tag guidance [here](http://anime.stackexchange.com/edit-tag-wiki/1198) which will then be approved by someone who has 1.5k reputation.  
> **username_2**: Use the [tag:retag] tag if you can't find the tag you're looking for.  
> **username_0**: I see well @AshishGupta is there a way for you to add a tag for "bakithegrappler"? Since grappler-baki is the title of the manga and my question is about the anime which has the "Baki the grappler" title?  I'll also post the retag tag.  
> **username_1**: @Hikari I posted that tag because the title [here](http://myanimelist.net/anime/287/Grappler_Baki_(TV)) said that Baki The Grappler is the English name of the anime. Anyway, someone has already suggested a tag synonym for grappler-baki as baki-the-grappler and I don't have sufficient reputation to accept or even suggest that. It'll be dealt by users having more than 1.5k reputation.  
> **username_3**: @Hikari For future reference, if you type in "baki-the" into the tag field (when it's empty), it'll auto-suggest "grappler-baki", since "baki-the-grappler" is already marked as a synonym for [grappler-baki](http://anime.stackexchange.com/tags/grappler-baki/synonyms).  
> **username_4**: It could be their aura.lol.. :D  
> **username_0**: @bot It could be that's something that I considered but it seems like they would have spoken on it more in the anime or at least given sort of a description. I seen aura plenty of times in other work. But in this series it's never talked about. Most I've seen is it described as a feeling. But nothing outside of that.  
> **username_5**: @KazRodgers _could be_ the representation of the thirst of blood and fight.  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_0 on 2017-11-18. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
After reading the manga, I have determined that this is the artist's way of depicting each fighter's aura or bloodlust.

It's not for a specific fighter or occasion and appears constantly throughout the anime and manga.
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