The Hajime no Ippo (HnI) thread - Gazelle Punch Her in the Gut!

Ch 877 RAW is out:

God damn it, finally. Let this shit end already.

It won’t end. Woli will grow black wings, horns and shoot laserbeams at Ippo’s crotch.

Well, at least he actually hit Woli for once. Even if it was blocked for the most part.

Someone let me know when woli gets funched in the fuck. Till then Im done with this crap.

You know, from a storyline perspective, what does being able to shoot out flickers add?

I mean, Ippo just sorta…cruises through them for the most part. It doesn’t really do anything besides add more chapters?

We saw the Smash get a clean hit in.

We saw the FREEDOM movements get in lots of hits and stuff.

We’re seeing his phase through punches at ropes (ropeadope is it?) mean that Ippo’s “best” gameplan of getting a person to a corner and committing murder there being neutralised.

But the flicker’s just sort of…there. You know? Ippo’s not even fazed by it, just surprised for like a few panels if I remember correctly.

i belief it was there to show the progression that ippo is beyond this techniques and they can’t give him much trouble anymore. before woli used freedom he brushed off everything woli threw at him. now it’s just to find out the puzzle that is woli and how to beat him.

I think all Ippo can do is just wait for Woli to fuck up and take advantage. I can see Woli slipping after trying to do his rope trick bullshit. Then that proceeds to Ippo fucking his shit up.

Flickers are there to basically emphasize how “good” Woli is supposed to be. They already mentioned that his Flicker isn’t anywhere near the level of Mashiba’s or even Taeki’s. You have to remember, flicker jabs are still just jabs, they are supposed to be used to setup stuff and for Woli, they’re there to force Ippo to raise his gloves to protect his face while raising his elbows for the Smash and hooks.

Woli isn’t going to slip and get hit, Ippo’s going to get an eureka moment and there’s going to be some fake desperation struggle before Ippo wins.

Ch. 877

Goddamn what a frustrating fight, made infinitely worse because I gotta follow this fight week after week rather than get through it in one go like when I had a huge back log of volumes. I can only imagine how retarded the Ippo/Date fight was if you followed it week by week.

“Now I know that I have to pay close attention to everything that he does.”

Fuck You Ippo, Just Fuck You.

This shit is just setting up for Ippo to do either A) Rope-a-Dope or B) some sort of OMGWTFBBQ COUNTAH!!

I said it before and i’ll say it again. Fuck this fight.

And finally Woli isnt doing his bitch ass smirk.

+1, nothing really more needs to be said.

I’m not even going to bother making a funny joke cuz it’s not funny anymore.

I seriously doubt it could hold a candle to the fucking Miyata/Randy Boy Jr. fight. I wanted to smash boxes full of kittens after reading that shit.

that has been the MO of this manga lately, and to be quite honest it’s lame. I wonder how japanese readers are reacting to this fight.

:lame::lame::lame::lame:

I was debating reading this chapter, but I’m sick of this fight. Maybe I’ll read Ippo once this is all over.

I remember a while back in training Ippo threw some sort of punch that made a ridiculous sound, and they said that it was the perfect punch or something. I feel like Ippo’s blocked desperation punch there was reminiscent of that, maybe Ippo will just start throwing them out.

I find it more reasonable to have Miyata getting a beating from Randy Boy jr. than having Woli doing roll cancels against Ippo. Randy Boy seemed like he had a plan and was working his way to it, while Woli is FREEEEEEEEEDDDDOOOOOOMMMMM.

Though I don’t want Ippo throwing a EOTL punch straight from Veritas like Miyata did.

:p: round 878 :p:

Woli is the shit.