I’d rather them not spend too much of those episodes building up to this particular fight, so I’m ok with this. This fight should be over by next episode, with time to foreshadow whatever is coming next.
Little bummed out they skipped the Weigh in since it was pretty funny, but I can understand why they have to skip shit when they only have 25 episodes.
wait, he still hasnt piped Kumi? Wow
Hell naw, he’ll lose what little killer instinct he has if he gets some… Ippo has to remain celibate if he wants any chance at the world title.
I don’t understand how this series could go on for over 20 years and haven’t even kissed her yet. He should have had kids already
Believe it or not, slow paced relationships like Ippo’s is not that uncommon in Japan. Just remember how long it is in the manga’s timeline, not in our time.
please ippo timeline he’s been with that girl for years now. It may go slower than our own…but he’s legit been at the gym for years. At the least 5 years…at the most 10. he isnt saul alverez who sped his way to a super fight.
Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t pro boxers on Ippo’s level only have 2 or 3 fights a year? He defended his title 8 times and in addition of beating three other national champions. I have that enough time has pasted in universe for his relationship with Kumi to take a couple of levels.
Ippos been at the gym for almost a decade in manga time, and he’s known Kumi for like a decade.
Ippo’s a grown ass man now. It’s time to dick something down!
Name a remotely similar manga were the main character levels up there relationship or gtfo. Honestly, you should know this is the standard for J-land fighting/sports manga. Even if Ippo should have 5 plus years in the ring, he’s not even kissing her 'till the end (a fight with his true love rival Miyata).
Ippo would instantly become a dad and a mentoring coach (following a time skip) if he did anything with Kumi, and I don’t want this to become the Itagaki show.
a lot of you dudes are REAL caught up on having ippo fuck the manga chick.
kind of weird.
More like 4-5 for the first couple years. If you stay healthy and are considered a special talent, you get a fight every 2 months for a couple years against guys for ring time and skills building. They won’t be awful fighters, but they’ll be guys to test you.
once ippo became champ theoretically he’s fighting every 6 months to once a year.
We’re just kind of tired of seeing him stay such a puss outside of the ring. For all the character development that happened as he was becoming a boxer, none of this translated to outside the ring relationships like this. Makes no sense.
Y’all got it twisted. Future chapters will have Ippo go to Mexico for a championship bout. It will then be revealed that Ippo has a thing for Mexican women. He will then fall in love with a woman who happens to be the trainer of his Mexican rival.
lol when my mexican dude came out in a sombrero…part of me was like oh these racist japanese…then i remember…mexican boxers realllyyyy do that. hahah.
lol, I love this fucking manga.
“PUNCH HIM IPPO!”
Mexican Dude - “nah”
Everyone - makes noise that Japanese crowd makes after a Ganzo Bomb
Damn, Mexican dude parried the shit out of Ippo’s BnB.