Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger

[ShadowClone]

"hang!?" lol, that's such an understatement

Almost 860 manga chapters and NO PROGRESSION AT ALL between Ippo and Kumi...and if there even was any HINT of it, it only occurs in the "downtime" between fights, and yes, he "let's it 'hang'" bigtime! (that sounds soooo wrong!) lol

But then again, we don't watch/read Ippo for THAT, right? We come to see fights as bad-ass as Takamura vs. Hawk!!

[kenjiharima]

There was ONE on the latest chapter where Ippo and Kumi GOT THAT CLOSE and still progressed on in one man's return fight, I'll stop there. But I guess your right they're fighters. It's like Iam a fighter not a lover sorta thing going here.

25!!! BASH SOME HEADS!!!

EDIT

Spoiler for ep.25 YAY!!!:

[Tallen]

Allmost time for THE GREATEST TO GLOAT!!!!!!! i cant wait to watch it hahaa

[SuperKnuckles]

I guess the sheer waterfall's amount of epic fights in the series is the reason why not too many romantic angles progress much. I'm guessing that the span of the series so far in real-life-years is about 4 or 5 years? At least from looking at Ippo's fight record and activity is concerned. Especially for kids who are as naive and pure as Ippo/Kumi are, I'd think they'd get serious not too far ahead. But I guess that leaves some elbow room, plotwise.

[kenjiharima]

This is where the old saying is reverse.

Iam a FIGHTER not a lover.

[kamikazex]

well after watching 24 we all knew it was coming.

Spoiler for 25:

man i wouldnt mind 10 or 20 fun random episodes like this one after that epic fight previously

it kinda nice for a change not have to wait in anticipation week after week. everytime i watch ippo during a fight i get pumped up and it was pretty nice to take it easy this week lol

[kenjiharima]

Episode 25!!!

TIME SKIP!!! IT CAN'T BE!!! MAD HOUSE DID A TIME SKIP!!!! X3 X3 X3

Spoiler for Itagaki Family:

And YES!!! FINALLY we see Nanako animated!



And yes there are alot of puns and greens jokes in this episode!

I'll GIVE YOU ALL MY SPERM!!! - Takamura

Oh yes the REAL Itagaki daddy! ROTFL!!!! He's much funnier than Aoki!

[Tallen]

is there any way u can run down what the champ was saying and what the hell Itagaki Family was talking about lol am trying to learn Japaneses but ya hehe its not that good it

[ultramojones]

Spoiler for EP 25:

An epic end to an epic match, who doesn't want to be like Takamura?
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Time skip! That means the arc that was skipped is probably going to be made as an OVA. They are probably going to cut out a lot of stuff they deem unnecessary, like they did with Mashiba vs Kimura.

My guess is so that they stick as close to Ippo as much as possible? If I remember correctly, this arc could be skipped without messing up the storyline

Then next season is going to start a bit ahead, all the more closer to the head tilting, if you know what I mean

(Avoiding manga spoilers)

[gonzo562]

Spoiler for time skip:

looks like they are skipping about 15-20 chapters. I guess thier gonna have a ova to cover these chapters.

if anyone curious i think its around chapter 400 through 415 in the manga their skipping

[ShadowClone]

Originally Posted by Tallen

is there any way u can run down what the champ was saying and what the hell Itagaki Family was talking about lol am trying to learn Japaneses but ya hehe its not that good it

Are you really sure you want to know? You might regret it!

I can just picture what a miserable time the translators/fansubbers will have doing the "Itagaki family dinner scene", if you know what I mean!

And I predicted correctly, that the arc that was "skipped" would work perfectly as a second OVA, similar to the Mashiba vs. Kimura fight.

[Fran~]

I'm a bit late but i want to tell that just a few characters in anime/manga can be described so well in just ONE episode:

Mamoru Takamura= Hajime no Ippo - New Challenger / Episode 24

[RaiLong]

LOL, Takamura and Itagaki's "ball" jokes are hilarious!

Spoiler for Takamura's balls:

nice summary at:
http://thestateofhappiness.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/hajime-no-ippo-new-challenger-ep-25/

[Kizetsu]

Anybody got some epic gifs from 24?

[kenjiharima]

Originally Posted by RaiLong

LOL, Takamura and Itagaki's "ball" jokes are hilarious!

Spoiler for Takamura's balls:

nice summary at:
http://thestateofhappiness.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/hajime-no-ippo-new-challenger-ep-25/

Spoiler for NSWF Itagaki balls:

This is the manga translation which goes WAAAAAAY back.

Edit:

Originally Posted by Kizetsu

Anybody got some epic gifs from 24?

Spoiler for Total Bad ass Takamura:

[DidCart]

Guys, where's Episode 25 funsub?

[Eak]

Originally Posted by DidCart

Guys, where's Episode 25 funsub?

If by fansub than.... well, don't know. It's taking much too long.. A week late now :/

[kamikazex]

WOWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Spoiler for 26:

hurry up ova's and new season. new depsy roll sounds badass!!

looking forward to the next installment. this season was awesome

[gonzo562]

episode 25 subbs has been on youtube for a while now.

cant wait for the next season. IPPO gonna have a ton of epic fights coming up not cannon fodder fights.

and I wonder how far many fights they will cover

[ShadowClone]

Probably the fansubbers are still in a daze after the epicness that was the Takamura Vs. Hawk match that they forgot that there are still 2 episodes to go till the end of the season!