LOL people still trying to read this shit. Well me too =[
The only thing that can happen here is we’ll get some snotty reminder of Mr. Speed Star, Saeki about how he outpaced himself. Seriously, in real life, Woli would have been gassed out after the 2nd round already, but since we have dbz characters with gloves on we’re forced to watch this abysmal new style Ippo has developed, Cat Paw Kung Fu. Ippo seriously needs a new style or something, this isn’t working out. He can’t just be an exchange monster. He can’t exchange against counter punches so this fight isn’t doing anything for Ippo’s inevitably fated match with Miyata.
Literally, this fight does absolutely nothing for him. Woli is considered to be a nobody, he has 3 fights and barely ranked in any division. Ippo went through hell against NOBODY. It really doesn’t matter how good he is since he record is what propels Ippo’s forward in any world. It really doesn’t matter how good the fight is in the end and this should actually hurt his standing since he had so much trouble against some 3-0 nobody if he does manage to win.
Ippo needs to either change drastically after this fight or do something new. All those past ippo centric chapters when he didn’t have a fight felt like it was leading to Ippo discovering something new, but in all honesty, it doesn’t seem like it. I wish his growth didn’t end at his discovery of the Dempsy Roll. I wish it made him grow to have a better style than his current. Why have a special move that is countered by coughs and sneezes now? Why couldn’t he have progressed to the point where he was in full on Dempsy mode for the whole fight? Natural sways to lower direct damage while counter-hitting or exchanging at the same time. We get it, he’s got power. So what? He has no real way of touching anybody with speed and it’s been repeatedly hammered into everybody’s heads. Ippo isn’t an idiot as much as Morikawa wants us to believe. He’s simple, but he’s clever or at least he was before this shit. Probably has half a brain left after nomming on Woli’s gloves for X number of rounds for free.
People get emotional over everything, if something you enjoyed became a waste of time you can either say oh well or you’ll be upset about. We’ve read a manga that’s 20 years in the making turn to shit right before our eyes week by week so you can stick your lol emo up your fudge factory.
So after this, which OBPF countries have champions left for Ippo to fight? Thailand down, Indonesia currently, then what? Korea? I mean, that’s where this whole thing is headed. zzzz…
I don’t think it’s Ippo’s punches fucking Woli’s legs up…I think it’s Woli’s monkey tactics that’s tearing his shit up…bouncing around the ring like that has to have some kinda drawbacks…or maybe it is Ippo’s one inch punches, lol.
It’s the body punches, Woli’s trainer pointed out to him that he was getting hit in the stomach but Woli said he wasn’t phased. This shit is down to inexperience really.
If Woli ended up twisting his angle through his insane movements, the victory wouldn’t actually prove that Ippo’s hard work prevailed.
Even if Ippo wins, it wont make up for the fact that he got tooled by a smirking son of a bitch. The only way Ippo can make up for his bs performance is to not only smash Woli’s smirk away, but to end his boxing career. Break his neck or something, just make sure Woli doesnt step in the ring anymore.
I wonder what the japanese fans think of this? I mean, I keep on wondering if the artists do this kind of stuff because they think it’s cool or is it the audience. I would love for the japanese to read some marvel comics. I think they’d either a) get disgusted because xxx character gets his ass whipped like he/she should, or b) their minds would be blown by the huge leaps in the writing.