Man I don’t care that he lost, I don’t care about a rematch, I just don’t care.
All the side characters are better and have more interesting fights/stories, Ippo’s arc as a character is totally worthless and has been for like 600 chapters. Being world champ is a joke when everyone he knows has one, and when his cornerman is asssssssssssssssssssss.
Just wanna say again that I called it from the beginning. There was no way Ippo was going to win and reach the final boss with that level of skill.
I’m ready for some Kumi healing time.
I’m honestly surprised how badly ippo’s face got crushed when he got walloped. It looked like someone punching a giant stack of pancakes.
Good shit to Alf for stopping the plot tank from rolling on.
Overall, a bad day for team Kamogawa.
The worst loss was for the readers, 11 months of this shit.
Nigga needs to hang up the gloves.
Had niggas waiting this long only to get slumped.
Ippo needs to start thinking about life after boxing. Every fight he been in, been a war. Brain damage ain’t cool man.
Consider how the coach was thinking, I wonder if Ippo will go into a ‘maybe it’s time to retire’ saga again.
I never realized how much detail was put into the audience. Good stuff.
Oh and LOL plot Armor!
Is it time?
Aside from the world 2th ranker getting sucked into playing the Ippo in-fighting game, I actually enjoyed this battle. Hope Ippo recovers and learns a true bob and weave style not that reckless charging that got him murked in the first place.
To be honest, I’m glad Ippo didn’t use some of his crazy stupid plot armor magic to win this match
Lost bad
Ippo lost how he should. That resiliency is great but not being able really change tactics and fight smarter is basically what proved to be his downfall. Now its time for Kamogawa to really teach ippo a deeper level to boxing.
Fuckin’ right.
Liked simply for Vorg. Gotdman I miss Vorg man, his matches are so much better.
I enjoyed this fight, and I’m looking forward to the next arc. Maybe Takamura will get his next title shot.
Jesus Christ I hope I don’t see Ippo’s face next chapter.
From a story-telling point of view, this is a golden opportunity for the story to take a new direction or go deeper or take up a new wind. Before a protagonist goes on a journey or evolves or is fleshed out, something goes wrong or right and a new story is unfold.
I’m not writing my thoughts properly but hopefully some of you may understand what I’m trying to say.
I am so ready for some more Vorg. Or even Sendo, fuck. SOMETHING else. Really glad Ippo lost this one in the end.
Guys, you don’t understand. This is much brilliant. Guys. He needs to learn that he can’t keep doing what he’s been doing. This is it. We’ve waited the whole manga for this.
This is Hajime no Ippo. This is The First Step.*
So deep. 1069 chapters in the making.