Hajime no Ippo

[vansonbee]

Ippo should gain weight and move up on the ladder as well

[AnimeFangirl]

His ideal weight is as a featherweight. He barely has to do any weight management to stay there. If he forced himself to get heavier he'd only get sluggish.

[Sol Falling]

Takamura...lol.

[Aesthetic Shampoo]

That was funny. Poor rabbit.

[Haru~]

"What a silly wabbit" LOL.

[vansonbee]

Takamura needs to lose once at least

[Fenrir_valindri]

Poor rabbit, he almost beat Takamura too.

[Tsuyoshi]

I knew Rabbit was gonna lose the moment he did a victory pose. But really, does Takamura have no honor? I really hoped he was gonna lose, and thought my hopes were going to come true.

[Casshern]

It was over as soon as the crowd started cheering for Rabbit. If only the crowd knew it was their own fault that Takamura won

[kenjiharima]

Don't make Takamura angry you wouldn't like him when he's angry.

But you just gotta love the crowd...

Makes me think now Ippo is the mini Takamura instead of Sendo.

[Fran~]

what's more unbeliavable is that Takamura could distinguish Sendo and Date's voice between the entire crowd

Ippo isn't a mini Takamura, people loves him , they're mad at him because they wanted more than just a one hit KO.

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by Fran~

what's more unbeliavable is that Takamura could distinguish Sendo and Date's voice between the entire crowd

Ippo isn't a mini Takamura, people loves him , they're mad at him because they wanted more than just a one hit KO.

Yeah, generally, people tend to like Ippo's matches. This time, it was just different from previous ones and it left the audience disappointed, and Takamura's fight only made their feeling even worse. But it's more likely to be a case where they wanted to see Ippo on the ring longer because they like him better.

But that doesn't mean Sendo is mini-Takamura. Sendo's still way more likable.

[Telcalipoca]

the foreigner got more love than the defending national champion.what does that tell you of takamarus fan base in japan? jeez

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by Telcalipoca

the foreigner got more love than the defending national champion.what does that tell you of takamarus fan base in japan? jeez

A fanbase from any country is extremely flighty. You'd be surprised at how quickly people can change their mind if something they like suddenly changes to something different and you don't like it quite as much anymore.

[AnimeFangirl]

Takamura has never really had a strong fanbase in the manga. Even when the audience supports him, it's usually because he's Japanese (esp. when he fought Hawk) and not because he's Takamura.

[Fran~]

I believe that's a very clever idea of Morikawa. It wouldn't be the same if Takamura, besides his skill as a boxer, it would be a popular boxer like Sendo in his city. Takamura is like those stars that don't care fanbase and they do what they want to do... i'm thinking in Dennis Rodman's scandals.

Takamura's background as a rich boy who only wants to do things in his own way completes the idea that Morikawa always thought Takamura as a punk who founded in Kamogawa and boxing a way to focus his talent. Because besides boxing Takamura is just a spoiled boy, i don't think that he is even a mature person, he's still a child looking for acknowledgement, but he wants to do it in his own way.

Yeah... Hanamichi Sakuragi is the same... but that idiot did it to impress a girl

[ShiroiRyu]

943 : RUN GUYS !
RUUUUUUUUUN !
Oups ..
No exit ... Game Over. XD

[HayashiTakara]

A really funny chapter, it's been awhile.

[Aesthetic Shampoo]

ROFL on last panel, haven't seen that before xD

OH and good thing the cover was misleading, i thought it was going to be an ippo emo chapter

[xellos2099]

If it me or are we seeing a comical freak out Mashiba for the first time?