Thread 281219431

Let's celebrate the 1500 chapter milestone together!

>>281219431 (OP)
My favorite character.....a jobber.......

>>281219431 (OP)
1500 chapters has Ippo fought the world champ yet?

>>281219517
He got retired by a Filipino.

>>281219585
FACT: FILIPINOS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL RACE IN THE WORLD

>>281219517
He went to the world level, found out that jabs existed, and was then given life altering CTE

>>281219431 (OP)
unrealistic, from that distance he would be punching the air

>>281219735
Mexican limbs extend

>>281219585
after all that time he just quit...

Gumu-gumu no jab. SO glad I had the wisdom not to get involved in the manga.

>>281219431 (OP)
Morikawa loves to glaze Mexicans all because his IRL protege(Manabu Fukushima) lost to a Mexican(Oscar Larios).

>>281219735
>>281219794
Also mexicans are naturally more relaxed, so their muscles extend more easly.

dump any time now...

Yeah, Sendo is dying

So if Takamura was the same weight class as Ricardo do you think Ricardo could win?

>>281219431 (OP)
It's amazing how unbelievably terrible this manga is.

Since OP is a fag

It's fucking over, Sendo didn't cross the line and become a monster. Only Ippo Negro can take down Ricardo.

>>281221816
>The bullet
George, come on

He got him.

>>281222050
What did he expect. That those chargeback, full spindown hooks were free?

>>281222127
Stop raising death flags Sendo

>>281222082
They were free in every other godforsaken sendo match in this manga

>>281222158
Calling it now. His grandma passes during the bout, and Sendo follows her to the grave

>>281221897
I think it's a fitting metaphor. I don't think he needed to repeat it on page 8, though.

>>281222027

>>281222158
>Already tilted
Dude's fucked

>>281222210
Metaphor is fine, It's the casing that bugs me

>>281222298
I dislike Sendo will get up and give Ricardo the biggest fight of his life.

Also shouldn't the ref stop the fight with two downs in a row?

>>281222080
>ZAWA ZAWA

>>281222407
>Also shouldn't the ref stop the fight with two downs in a row?
it was clearly a slip
but if he goes down one more time it's game over

>>281222439
I don't know, I see the flying chips at Sendo's face

>>281221971
>>281222276
Did Takamura really think sendo was the Mexican killer?

>>281222298
God damn this shit is so bad. I swear the more I look at it the more I realize that Volg getting an actual complete character arc was a fucking god sent miracle because no other character in this manga will ever get the same. Should've just had Sendo win here and challenge Ippo, then had Ippo fight Miyata on the deciding bout to challenge Sendo, then end the manga on Sendo VS Ippo. Easy, simple, and effective. Instead Ricardo will crush yet another challenger, Ippo will hem and haw about making his return, and the manga and its characters will go nowhere until the mangaka is dead and the story ends unfinished.

>>281222508
I bet you saw Ricardo using a gun too
He should be disqualified

1500 chapters and Ippo's virginity is still intact.

Just let Sendo win jesus christ, Ippo is never getting back in the ring, let him live his retired life with his nurse girlfriend and his disabled brother in law.

>>281222519
more like should've made Sendo lose and get crippled in the previous match
would've fit the themes and vibe the manga was going for, him YAMATO DAMASHII-ing his way into a win there to job here does nothing

>>281222158
You know your grandma doesn't actually give a shit if you win or not, right?

>>281219431 (OP)
Haven't read this since the press conference for this fight, in a scale of gonzales beating ippo to ippo telling kumi he will go see sendo fight while her brother is in a coma, how badly is sendo losing.

>>281222519
Lol, it is good that you are not the one writing this. Ippo kicked sendo’s ass two times already, no need for a rematch against some one like that. Having sendo win this match is downright dumb, one of the strongest boxer in the series losing to sendo? Might as well have aoki beat takamura in an official match and end his winning streak.

>>281222298
Should have been training with wrist weights like Ippo so he could become the ultimate boxer

>>281220281
Historically most mexicans have beat most nips.

By the way, the manga is on break until the 27th. Have fun!

>>281221720
Takamura has too many weaknesses, he gets hit too much, is half blind and has tons of trouble keeping composure, Ricardo would just taco damashi takamura.

So is this going to be some kind of cautionary tale where Ippo ultimately refuses to return and lives a happy life after watching Ricardo murder everyone who faces him and Ricardo goes on to bitterly retire at the peak of his abilities but eternally unsatisfied or some shit?

>>281222082
He thought the fear of getting Smashed would make Ricardo shit himself and grow weaker
Unfortunately for him Ricardo is not a sandbag or a retard so he knew exactly what to do when somebody is trying to unga you

TOTAL SENDNIGGER DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>281222673
Fuck you

Sendo will stand up, throw one last smash, and we'll see an xray of Ricardo's arms shattering like it's mortal kombat.
The plan finally worked. Sendo the beast has awakened

>>281219585
>>281219610
FACT!!!

>>281222513
I think it's coming from him seeing first hand how much he improved first hand. Also, this is the last time they hinted at his detached retina

>>281222080
I've not kept up well, who is that next to Ippo. Miyata and... that journalist woman?

>>281222886
Yes, the bitch that keeps trying to egg Ippo back into the ring while he's just trying to move on with his life with his girlfriend and mother.

>>281222643
Both matches of Ippo VS Sendo were highlights of the manga, I see no issue ending it on the third and final bout between them, and if not that just have the manga end on Ippo VS Miyata. Regardless if Sendo WAS going to fail here there was no reason for him not to lose the match BEFORE this so the story can progress in the exact same direction, with better themes, without wasting all these chapters.

>>281222298
This better not be how Sendo goes out. There's no way he wins anyway but Ricardo needs to suffer more for it

>>281222298
Sausage Sendo... Yara Yara human senpai?

Funny how just last chapter it seemed like Sendo might've had a chance to win just for this chapter George going "Nope!"

>>281222627
Sendo was actually doing okay up until this chapter. He was pressuring Ricardo with heavy blows and blocking or parrying most jabs and the ones that did hit him were countered with a head slip. It's clear now that he could only do as much just because Ricardo was still in his "passive" phase.

>>281222298
kwab

>>281222656
Why didn't he ever continue this anyways? They built up his increased leg strength from the weights for Shigeta/Ippo, but then never returned to highlighting them afterwards.

>>281219431 (OP)
LETS MAKE ALL THE JAPANESE JOBBERS IN MY Manga, EXCEOT FOR TAKAMURA HE IS GIGA CHAD.

Who the fuck reads this slop?

>>281222971
> Regardless if Sendo WAS going to fail here there was no reason for him not to lose the match BEFORE
No there is a reason, it is to show readers that ippo could have beaten Alfredo too, by using sendo the guy that lost twice to ippo as the tool.

>>281222761
Ippo will realize if he kept boxing Sendo would never have had the chance to fight Ricardo and then he will die of regret

Funny how in real life we have Inoue and Nakatani, two undefeated linear champs about to face each other while in Ippo the entire Japanese main cast outside of Takamura are fucking useless frauds who never even breathed anywhere near a simple world title.

>>281223153
Literally every fight Sendo had recently had people bitching about nipwank.

I can't believe Pacquiao came out of retirement before Ippo.

>>281222987
Its the other way around. Sendo has not nearly suffered enough. A single round, are you kidding me?

We need to kick Martinez' sadism and boxing tech into overdrive and drag this into 12 rounds of brain melting mini concussions

>>281223116
because it was a gimmick.

>>281223338
These people are retarded, Sendo lost twice against Ippo already. Him going ahead of him and becoming world champ would make Ippo come out of retirement. Another Jap losing a world title right after the one we just witnessed just sucks. Why does Takamura get all this pandering while everyone else has to be grounded???? For what?

>>281223026
>his "passive" phase.
H-how many phases until we reach "El diablo" modo?

>>281223026
Didn't you understand the whip exchamge for a shotgun?
Ricardo was merely playing around with the Tiger. Now he is there to hunt.

I've always believed Takamura needs to lose one fight

>>281220281
The guy that inspired Martinez is Ricardo "Finito" Lopez, he was undefeated and only tied once.

>>281223336
>Inoue and Nakatani
irrelevant midget divisions

>>281223153
Didn't read the manga. Nips have gotten off easy
>>281223268
If Alfredo lost to ippo, it'd be the least clean win in the entire manga. I re read that fight and even with Alfredo becoming retarded halfway and George not being able to decide if the "Rage mode" is a blessing or not, he still absolutely beat the brakes off ippo at every single range.
And man-handled ippo at range for the majority of the fight.

Alfredo was about 1/10th of the fighter, comparatively, in his fight against sendo. It was just not a good fight in a thematic or narrative sense.
>timid opponent rerun of the exact same dynamic against ippo
>except he doesn't dominate the long range and wins on points before going for the kill
>his long range strikes and setups are ineffective and don't do damage anymore (for some reason)
>his fight iq is 70, before 140
>his rage mode suddenly doesn't dominate in close range
>zero knockout potential whatsoever
It was a waste. Just feeding cans to sendo

>>281223386
How else are we going to get to ch.3000?

Hajime no Ippo is the story of Takamura and a bunch of journeymen.

>>281223386
Because Takmura's characted is being the strongest while Sendo's is going face to fist style with moxie.

>>281223455
Yeah I wish so too. Maybe it's too dark for ippo but have some sort of "bad condition" due to arrogance.
Can't see it happening now though, he's in his prime.

>>281222298
grandma... lets go t ogether....

>>281223386
>the guy that lost to me twice is now the world champion? I guess it is time to come out of retirement to beat him a third time and finally be world champion.
Yeah no.

>>281223455
Takamura is the feel good character. Can't make every single Jap boxer in this Japanese manga a can. This is a shounen after all.

>>281223386
It is pretty ridiculous how Takamura is just an unbeatable god and everyone else is just a pathetic jobber. Also the premise of Ricardo being the ultimate final boss gets stupider as every year in the mangas timeline passes, boxing is a young mans sport, especially in the lighter weight classes where speed is more important. You can't go polar bear mode like Foreman in your 40s and just rely on brute strength and mass in the lower weight classes. Honestly the manga would've been way better if Alfredo actually beat Ricardo and became the new final boss instead of having a guy who would've realistically been looking at retirement years ago inexplicably hanging on to the title.

>>281223583
>redemption arcs? NOOOOOOOO GIVE ME MORE ASHITA NO JOE JOBBER TIER SLOP

>>281221915
Oh no he used a straight right! Who could have seen such a move used in a boxing match? Truly revolutionary development for the boxing world here

>>281223609
Foreman was a fairly crafty fighter when he made his return. He had power sure but he also could not hang with the young cats for obvious reasons.

I dont think ippo's been retired for more than a year or two, at most. Timelines might be fucked but Takamura hasn't declined in the slightest and hasn't grown old either. He's in his 30s

>>281223474
>implying featherweight isn't still midget division
Ehhh retard alarm

Sendo is going to die. He is modeled after Joe.

>>281223455
The only time this could have worked was against Hawk, show Takamura the strenght of the World.
Have him move up against Eagle and then become World Champ, then make him rematch Hawk with the weight handicap.
However, his victory against Hawk is incredible so I won't really take it away.

>>281223658
>redemption arcs?
For who? Sendo? The guy that still take punches with his face? The guy that didn’t change his style at all? The guy that lost twice to ippo with that same fight ting style? what the fuck would ippo get out of beating him a third time?

>>281223738
Ricardo is at least in his late 30s, if not 40s, since he was already in his 30s at the start of the manga. If they would at least address his age and how he compensates maybe it wouldn't be so eye rollingly stupid, but they don't so it is.

>>281223785
So you think Ippo doesnt deserve a redemption arc? Because all the shit you said implies to Ippo as well.

>>281223844
Manny Pacquiao defeated Tuchman as a fucking boomer. Mayweather remained undefeated until his mid 40s.

I don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

>>281223844
>Ricardo is at least in his late 30s, if not 40s, since he was already in his 30s at the start of the manga.
I'm pretty sure he was 30 when he fought the Date rematch and that was in-universe like 5 years ago at most.
So he might be in his mid 30s, old sure, but not THAT old.

>>281223862
Yeah ippo does because he is actually trying to change unlike sendo. Sendo sure as hell shouldn’t be the linchpin that get him back into the ring.

>all these anons implying Ippo has a gf
Not after he left her on the hospital during her weakest moment. His lover is boxing.

>>281223747
anything below 130 is an irrelevant midget division

>>281223891
>Thurman
Split decision and Thurman didn't condition himself properly for the fight like a retard.
>Mayweather
GOAT, but even still his last KO in a professional fight was 14 years ago, when he was in his 30s, after that he relied on outpointing and his superior movement and defensive boxing since he didn't have the power and speed he once did in his youth for actual knockouts. Ricardo is still firing out shots like he's a 21 year old in just this last fight. If the manga acknowledge Ricardos age and had him shift his style to a more savvy, measured one that let him still get wins despite his age, that would've been cool, but he basically stays in his prime and somehow gets even more powerful rather than aging negatively effecting him. It's dumb shit but then again this manga is basically DBZ half the time with how the fights go (Miyata VS Randy) so whatever.

>>281223844
Ricardo was never this physical beast though. The name of his game is discipline and mental game. He was depicted as the most clean boxer ever, with a hardened and cold mentality, call it killer instinct, that made him something more than a sportsman.

The idea that such a guy could prolong his natural peak seems doable, if he is a one in a billion genius line the manga says.

>>281224056
>only 130
Ok shortie

>>281224077
>hitting Sendo of all people on a counter
>showcasing monstrous punching power
Nigga please
The guy leads with his face

Ricardo probably broke his hand with the big knockdown, his hand was shaking, doesn't mean he will lose but something to look out for.

>>281224159
which will be even dumber when he loses to the boxer turned trainer who hasn't fought in years

>>281224159
>Ricardo was never this physical beast though.
He was, he outgunned Alfredo and that's why he tried to be more technical.
However, Ricardo was better at that too.

>>281224013
This, that was absolutely brutal, even if they remain in good terms they will never get together after that.

>>281222298
>Mowgli will show a better fight than Sendo
Lmao

>>281224254
That would be the best possible result, Kumi honestly deserves better than a faggot like Ippo.

i only ever saw the anime. does ippo ever stop getting the shit beat out of him every match before he wins? like kid stop getting your shit rocked so much godamn

>>281224349
Lol no.

>>281224349
>does ippo ever stop getting the shit beat out of him every match before he wins?
Yes and no. On his "main" matches he behaves the same, he has a couple of matches were he absolutely outranks the opponent and is barely scratched and after certain events he has became a more complete "non"-boxer.

>>281223773
George doesn't have the balls to kill anyone off. Sendo will be retired by this fight though.

>>281222184
Date please, you are supposed to be a commentator.

>>281224349
He eventually gets his ass beat so hard that even YAMATO DAMASHII and OXYGEN can't save him and he retires in disgrace. His entire role in the manga now is doing youtube soifaces during the matches of the characters that actually still box.

>>281221915
KWAB

>>281224409
figures taking it to the face so much eventually catches up with ippo. maybe there will be more anime some day.

>>281224349
Ippo has cte from all the face blocking.

>>281224184
ali funeka used to compete in Super featherweight

>>281224242
Don't think so. At least, that's not how I remembered it. Ricardo was simply better than Alfredo and no one had ever really breached him and made him feel human. His technical skill was simply that high.

Alfredo got the furthest using his wild style, but styled himself on Ricardo as a way to calm down.

George in any case shows plenty of monster hits, but what Ricardo is doing, still, is textbook boxing stuff with counters on opportune targets. His hits really hurt because he's so measured and able to read ahead.

At least, that's my take on what's going on in this fight.

>>281224409
>>281224458
Ippo's problem was always mental. In that he's mentally retarded

>>281219794
>>281220759
Sounds like something from Phantom Blood.

>>281224565
i remember thinking that the old coach was also just a relic who should have retired years ago.

>>281219610
lel

>>281222912
me btw

>>281223153
Any jap being a world ranker at all is pure fantasy so he's already glazing japan beyond reason.

>>281223389
Chadcardo is so based, i wish he would fuck my gf

>>281224159
>Ricardo was never this physical beast though
when martinez fought mccallum he destroyed the philly shell with jabs

>>281221915
>>281222276
Bless Ricardo. He's my fuarking Hero.

>>281223994
You know what? go fuck yourself retard

>>281224389
>George doesn't have the balls to kill anyone off
Not all the way but both Woli and Mashiba were written off by being in a coma.

>>281222158
>
Yeah Sendo is totaly gonna get killed, hopefuly he fucked his teacher before this so we can see his son in the epilogue or something.

>>281224688
Inoue has more belts than Takamura.

What's the over/under for Sendo ending up like Prichard Colon when the fight ends?

>>281222158
I assume even George isn't so stupid that he would kill off Sendo, people virtually never die in boxing, especially since they dropped the round count down. Brain damage is understandable, outright death in the ring would be pure fantasy. Then again, this manga went into that realm plenty of times already.

>>281223459
>he was undefeated and only tied once
he just defeated cancer like a week ago, truly unstoppable

>>281224967
What do you mean? People die from brain hemorrhage due to boxing. It happens.

And if it's gonna happen to someon,
Its gonna be sendo with his "all in" reckless style

>>281222298
I'm so tired of the "human" shit Takamura peddles about when a world ranker fight happens. I hope he gets his shit pushed if he fights for another belt and can't stop thinking about his eyeball, Ippo being a disappointment, or Kamogawa dying

>>281224967
I just looked it up and a british boxer died during a fight in 2024 and a jap did as well a year before that. It's not super common but it still happens.

Taking in account that the Ippoverse is still in the 80s or 90s and the refs are downright insane it doesn't seem that silly.

>>281225029
No you don't understand the entire reason Takamura bodies everyone is that he has become an actual, real Eagle in his own mind, he has embraced his fursona and that is what gives him power. Without this skill no other Japanese boxer can succeed.

>>281225077
Sendo is le tiger tho

>>281222643
Aoki deserves that win tho

>>281225109
Nah Takamura confirmed in this chapter he hasn't fully embraced his fursona and that is why he's failing. He must achieve his ANIMALITY in order to stand a chance.

https://youtu.be/z_03vIgyPog

Sendou never crossed the line and abandoned his humanity. He could never scale the wall that is The World.

>>281224967
Dying outright in the ring is weird but it wouldn't be that weird to die from a medical complication that resulted from getting punched in the wrong spot a bit too many times.

Is George going to die before this manga ends?

>>281225830
Considering the fact that he's deliberately dragging it out as much as possible, yes. I don't know his financial situation, maybe this is the only way he can keep his rent paid.

>>281222298
Sendobros I don't feel so good...

>>281224223
I was looking through the previous chapters and Ricardo has been taking a lot of hits to his right arm. The last chapter even had this bit with the following page being his arm being metaphorically torn.

This is a thing

>You have read the manga, watched the anime, and this year, fans can get a chance to experience the world of Joji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga through a live boxing event titled "Dynamite Glove 2025," on November 18 at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall — the real-life venue where many of the manga's iconic boxing matches were held.

>The first official, one-night-only event that brings the manga's world into the real ring will feature seven live professional boxing bouts; an art exhibition of the original manga including rare artwork(s); immersive anime-inspired visuals, banners, and boxing ring atmosphere; and a live talk session, in a rare public appearance by manga creator Joji Morikawa.

>Volg = Wolf
>Sendo = Tiger
>Ippo = Dog
>Takamura = Egale.
Furry was Morikawa's fetish all along.

Hear me out
>Mashiba in coma
>Sendo dies
>Takamura has to retire because of his eye
>Coach dies
>Ippo finally gets motivated because all of this and comes out of retirement
>One final fight
>It's Ricardo
>He's about to win
>Diablo mode activated, he loses and becomes retarded
>Ricardo fucks Kumi

>>281226039
The thing miyata said before the fight about date and wally basically passing the baton would be interesting if it's in a form of a injury.

>>281221915
>>281222197
Zero chance, Ippo is never that grim a series. Sendo will either win or retire, but either way, he's marrying that nurse.

>>281222276
>>281222298
Ricardo’s so fuckin cool man

Just like, chilling, polite, insurmountable

>>281222519
>Should've just had Sendo win here and challenge Ippo, then had Ippo fight Miyata on the deciding bout to challenge Sendo, then end the manga on Sendo VS Ippo.
FUCK NO.

Christ, Sendo has done nothing at all to deserve World Champion status, and the manga has been building Ricardo up as the ultimate for a decade now. Throwing that away for the third fucking Ippo v Sendo match would be absolutely shit.

If Sendo wins this match I'm gonna have to talk myself out of dropping the manga.

>>281223389
Looks nice. How is this manga?

>>281224013
I remember that most of us were thinking "What the fuck is wrong with you Ippo?"

>>281222627
>while her brother is in a coma
Still annoyed that's how Mashiba will go out. He's one of the best characters

>>281226425
If Sendo was gonna lose he should've just lost before this fight even happened and saved us the entirety of this arcs wasted chapters.

>>281226462
Ippo is 100% a faggot, he only gets hard and excited when talking about Miyata.

>>281226355
Wouldn't it be a bit embarrassing for Sendo that his contribution was hurting Ricardo's fist with his face?

>>281223609
Sacrificing narrative for realism rarely makes your story better.

Yeah, in reality most things that happen in sports manga aren't realistic, that's not really the point. Removing the character who's been setup for years as the final boss because "Um actually, he's too old in our sliding time scale series!" is incredibly unsatisfying. Nobody cares about that shit.

>>281219585
And he just never returned? I heard he became a mentor or something. How long has he been doing this nonsense?

>>281224013
Yeah, it's a shame but that feels like the end of the Kumi story. Guess Ippo is gonna die alone

>>281224349
Eh, for the most part it's usually not that bad. Anons play it up a lot, but there's no such thing as an inboxer that doesn't take some hits.

>>281224723
Technique can make up the difference in raw power. Throwing a perfect punch in combat is actually quite difficult, but Ricardo is a punching machine.

why the fuck aren't they posting on scan sites any more? not even baka is updated

>>281226550
Technically he was also punching his arms lol.

>>281224619
And what, Ippo should be an outboxer and rely on range instead? He's short and has small reach, he can't do what Miyata does.

The coach specifically trains Ippo on defence, ducking, weaving and minimising damage. His defence has been praised at multiple points in the series where he avoids hits at close range.

If Ippo tried to box anyway except what he was doing, he'd his end up a middling ranker like Aoki.

>>281226730
Just go to https://hni-scantrad.net/comics/hajime-no-ippo

>>281226582
>Yeah, in reality most things that happen in sports manga aren't realistic, that's not really the point. Removing the character who's been setup for years as the final boss because "Um actually, he's too old in our sliding time scale series!" is incredibly unsatisfying. Nobody cares about that shit.
meh slam dunk is better than hajime no ippo because its a more grounded series
the best japanese player in the story is not the best player in the world

>>281226730
>why the fuck aren't they posting on scan sites any more?
MangaDex is fag central now, the "alternatives" are chink farms, so they are selfhosting.

>>281226693
nah
shane mosley and cotto lost to mayweather
there is no difference between dragon ball and hajime no ippo
fuckamura beat a bear with his bare hands

>>281226781
>slam dunk is better than hajime no ippo because its a more grounded series

I prefer Ippo. Morikawa is still the king of choreography.
SD has superior art and waaaay better pacing.

>>281226486
The series is clearly building towards a conclusion and having Ricardo setup as prominently as possible for that conclusion is good.

I think Sendo v Alfredo was absolutely fucking bullshit too, but following up bullshit with more bullshit isn't going to make things better. Handing Sendo undeserved wins, when he's done absolutely nothing to improve as a character or a boxer, and he relies on exactly the same style that got Ippo reprimanded is ridiculous.

>>281226781
Slam Dunk isn't better than Ippo and it's absolutely not more grounded either.

Are you mistaking a downer ending, because the author ran out of juice, as realism?

>>281226815
which I guess is fine but at least wish people would self-update on baka. Having to set reminders for series is annoying.

Did he really just shove the Kumi shit to the side for 100 chapters? Guess Sendo dying and Kumi breaking up with him will be the breaking point for Ippo.

>>281226884
The problem is that he's falling on wildness and instincts being like super saiyan or the prince of tennis ultra instinct thing at this point. We're still waiting to see Ricardo's super saiyan.

>>281226355
>Ricardo vs Ippo fight
>power of friendship sequence
>but it's of all the lingering injuries everyone inflicted
Would be pretty funny.

>>281226872
>I prefer Ippo. Morikawa is still the king of choreography.
meh
if i wanted that i can just watch dragon ball

>3-week-break
Fuck you George

Sendo clearly needs MOAR OXYGEN.

>>281226912
>Slam Dunk isn't better than Ippo and it's absolutely not more grounded either.
whats unrealistic about slam dunk?
shohoku is eliminated in the national championship against aiwa because their stamina was always and their bench players are terrible
hajime no ippo is just plot armor

>>281227117
He's been drawing for 87 years.

>>281226150
Based. Kumi has waited long enough. She deserves a good time after what Ippo did.

>>281222050
I wonder what it focuses on his arm. Did Ricardo damage his arm? It seems to be shaking, and it could imply that the hits Sendo are taking aren't as powerful as they should be.

>>281227378
i think the punch along with blocking the smashes is quite a bit of stress on the ol man.

>>281226150
>Kumi tries to beat the cock by Dempsey rolling her hips
>Ricardo jabs the shit out of her womb
>Ricardo shoots a single sperm cell that goes straight into kumi egg instantly impregnating her
>Ricardo has an inner monologue about pregnancy efficiency, how unsatisfied he is and what does it mean to be strong.
>Ippo is watching commenting about the sex like it's a boxing match.

>>281227071
DB ended decades ago, Morikawa still manages to make great fights within a ring.

how many belts does takamura have left?

>>281227462
3 i think.

>1500
Man, I dropped it around 1000

>>281222407
>Also shouldn't the ref stop the fight with two downs in a row?
Not really.both were clean KDs. Refs only really stop fights if they think the fighters cant defend themselves due to being dazed.

For example, the Usyk Dubois fight: first KD was more Dubois being caught off balance, second KD was a proper KD. He got counted out instead of waved off.

>>281227481
That's ridiculous. He's had 3 for a decade. When is he going to make progress on his goal of 6?

>>281227450
>DB ended decades ago
dragon ball super ended a few years ago

>>281226655
People are going to be super piss if that happened. Over 1000 chapter and ippo never get his dick wet?

So Sendo got the most unearned growth of all characters only to end up jobbing to Ricardo? What is the point of this match?

>>281227781
Humbling Sendo. Ricardo is supposed to be the best of the best and Sendo’s love for his grandmother is not enough to beat him.

>>281222298
>Fucking monsterlets, when will they leran?

>>281222886
Her name is Mari.

>>281222298
I can't believe Sendo is going to fucking die for real this time...

>>281221971
>>281221942
KWAB

>>281223609
>Also the premise of Ricardo being the ultimate final boss gets stupider as every year in the mangas timeline passes, boxing is a young mans sport
Inoue is 32 (30-0)
Crawford is 37 (41-0)
Usyk is 38 (24-0)

>>281226605
It has literally been years real time since Ippo had his last match.

>>281222276
At least Wolly put Ricardo in a difficult position for a few rounds. sendo is being destroyed from the start. wtf

>>281222298
Narratively, Sendo MUST give Ricardo the toughest FIGHT of his career, but now that he's been knocked down twice and it's only the first round, you know the writing will be dumber than usual to make that happen.

>>281222298
>yo fuck your grandma nigga
>how about you dodge my straight

>>281221942
OOF

>>281222298
ONLY HUMAN

>>281228305
It's the second round though

>>281224967
Ginjiro Shigeoka had to go through brain surgery after a fight. Seiya Tsusumi killed an opponent around a year ago. Just recently, another japanese fighter went into a coma after a fight. There's a shocking number of deaths/near-deaths experiences in japanese boxing.

>>281224077
Mayweather is not a good comparison. He was undersized and had notoriously brittle hands. Furthermore, Sendo is CRASHING into Ricardo's shots. You can't do that and not get knocked out, it doesn't matter if your opponent has pillow hands. The boxing in Ippo is very, very unrealistic but this is the one thing that actually makes sense. If anything, we should be complaining Alfredo didn't do the same to Sendo.

Sendo is simply absorbing data with his face
He will make a comeback next round

>>281224013
This is jap story. She will forgive and continue pursuit of getting the dick.

>>281222298
I can't believe George tricked me into thinking Sendo would get one good hit in

I feel like a fool

>>281226781
That's the funny thing, fictions provide fantastic exaggerations but they still have to be plausible somewhat.
How are they gonna make baseball series now and compete with the real-life freak show that is Ohtani?

Sendo is going to die.
He is based on Joe from Ashita no Joe.
Never beat his main rival.
Had the chance to fight for a world title.
Dies on the stool
It's been forshadowed before. His arc is now coming to a close. Sendo fans need to accept this. OWARI DA

>>281229133
>How are they gonna make baseball series now and compete with the real-life freak show that is Ohtani?
Balance the MC's OPness by having him play on the worst team in the league.

Remember when Wally got brain damage and was a sacrificial lamb (monkey) only for Sendo to get clowned on 5 minutes in?

>>281224688
You retarded bro? Japan has the most world titles other than US and (up until like last week) had 3 top 10 p4p fighters.

>>281227154
>hajime no ippo is just plot armor
For who? Not for Ippo.

>>281229709
Ippo beating Kobashi because Kobashi threw his entire gameplan in the final round was straight up bullshit.

>>281229709
>Not for Ippo.
makunouchi is still alive
thats plot armor in action

There is alot of weird fighting for a finished series that has nothing to do with boxing. Just enjoy the series you enjoy. SD is awesome and so is Vagabond. Ippo rules and will always be cool to me. The series have nothing to do with eachother. Flame warring is just silly.

>>281229341
But will it spook Ippo out of retirement?

>>281226605
He's been teasing that Ippo might rile up his yamato tamashii and get back in the ring on and off for literally 8 years

>>281229874
shut up
both series are spokon

>>281229948
Youre wrong, they still have nothing to do with each other. They are built differently.

>>281221915
>>281221942
>>281222298
Wow. What a fantastic way to celebrate the 1500th chapter. George is such a goddamn fucking hack, I'm so sick of this shit. Ricardo is the blandest character ever written. It would unironically be a more satisfying conclusion for him to die off screen than suffer through yet another one of his fights where he just wins because he's le strong.

>>281225029
Takamura has become insufferable ever since Ippo lost.

>>281230041
blah blah blah
too much plot armor in the story
ippo should have died in multiple fights at this point

>>281230114
>Ricardo is the blandest character ever written. It would unironically be a more satisfying conclusion for him to die off screen than suffer through yet another one of his fights where he just wins because he's le strong.
yeah lets ignore sendo and his inhuman resistance to brain damage

so, whats gonna be, slow painful defeat or he will be annihilated in 10 minutes?

>>281221971
>>281226605
It's been around 300 chapters since he retired

I look forward to when Hajime no Ippo is abruptly cancelled and forced to end the same way Kenichi did

>>281229931
It's been 8 years

>>281230202
Bad opinion. Its a manga.

>>281229931
>>281230346
The threat of Ippo getting back into the ring is the equivalent of Guts getting off the boat. The moment Ippo steps back into the ring, George is gonna die.

>>281230284
Likely he will get a down on Ricardo and then pass out from exhaustion. Ricardo stands up and says "ya did good kid."

What is even Sendo's character arc? He doesn't even have a "What does it mean to be strong" existential question like Ippo

>>281227761
Ippo is fucking Mari. Best of both worlds.

>>281230380
>"ya did good kid."
>punches him so hard he leaves him brain dead
based

>>281224077
>since he didn't have the power and speed he once did in his youth for actual knockouts.
he did. he stopped fighting the way he did to avoid hand injuries that were plaguing him.

>>281225039
>Taking in account that the Ippoverse is still in the 80s or 90s
it isn't. the timeline slides to an extent. that's why we have smart phones and twitter.

>>281230537
>that's why we have smart phones and twitter.
Still the most retarded decision imaginable, but I guess zoomers wouldn't care otherwise

hey chat recommend me a manga where the author spends the last 100 chapters of his series dismantling everything he has ever created. i'm also a huge fan of nisekoi

>>281230360
>Its a manga.
this is a bad excuse
slam dunk and haikyuu dont have this issue with plot armor

>>281224159
Ricardo isn't exactly Sendo or Ippo in terms of punching power, but he aint no feather fingers like Miyata either. His right straight is the real deal. When he landed it on Date and Date managed to hold and survive, Ricardo was legitimately shocked that Date must have actually taken blows from someone in the world with more power than himself. Add in the fact that he can and will relentlessly wail on you nonstop in the most surgical way possible for over half a match, him being a physical beast shouldn't even be a question.

>>281229730
>Ippo is just plot armor
>Example is from 30 years ago.
Cmon now.

>>281223844
>since he was already in his 30s at the start of the manga
[citation needed]
IIRC he got the world belt in his early 20s, and the rematch with Date was like 7 years later

>>281230787
miyata vs randy boy junior
ippo vs wally

>>281227071
>i wanted that i can just watch dragon ball
You know someone is a mental midget when they compare the coreography of the ki blast manga to the boxing manga. Totally the same shit.

I dont know what happened in the last 15 years but the average manga fan has gotten a fuck of a lot dumber. Youre mentioning Slam Dunk and Ippo so you dont even have the excuse of being underage.

>>281222080
>ZAWA
Is this Kaiji?

good lord Sendo, even Wally did better on Ricardo's own turf.

>>281230422
I swear I can hear this page every single time.

>>281219431 (OP)
This guy is punching longer than his entire body

>>281228230
Even funnier is how Ippo vs Kojima, vs Alf, and vs Guevara also were years apart in-between.

>>281231001
Stupid mexicans and their rubber bones man.

>>281230895
>miyata vs randy boy junior
Miyata had already earned his W earlier. Landing one good counter punch is hardly plot armor.
>ippo vs wally
Eh the whole fight was bullshit anyways. Wally is a bullshit character anyways, he deserves to be beaten by bullshit.

Ippo has no plot armor. The plot is that he got brain damage and retired. Theres no plot to advance other than him returning. Mashiba lost and is in the hospital and Sendo just got knocked down twice.

Miyata vs Randy Boy is also probably in the top 5 fights in the whole series. Miyata had Randy beaten then he rallied and then Miyata landed his counter. What plot was advanced by this victory? If anything Miyata is in a limbo since then.

You can call a victory a reach, but all you really need in boxing is the right punch. Even a super tired, cornered guy can land a desperate haymaker and win.

Bitching for the sake of bitching.

>>281230899
>Totally the same shit.
well yeah hajime no ippo fight are unrealistic
almost every fight is won by knockout
blocking punches with the face is an effective strategy

>>281231001
He's only had 1500 chapters to get the spacing down, cut him some slack

>>281231127
>Miyata had already earned his W earlier. Landing one good counter punch is hardly plot armor.
broken ribs and miyata has a weak jaw thanks to his weight cut
>Ippo has no plot armor.
when he fought against jason ozuma
he sparred against fuckamura and he was knocked out at least twice
kobashi fight is just plot induced stupidity
ippo gets knocked out even in his sparrings
makunouchi is somehow alive despite so many brutal fights

Sendos been boxing like a retard and kind of deserves to eat punches to the face

>>281231001
that's normal in the ippoverse

>>281231333
he is emulating ippo
both fighters are idiots

>>281223455
No Takamura being undefeated makes all his fights interesting by default. Just like irl how people love seeing if a undefeated fighter will finally lose, like Mayweather.

>>281231450
>like Mayweather.
but mayweather always takes his fights seriously

>>281231450
No, it really doesn't. Takamura has become a completely one note character as a result.

>>281231556
>Takamura has become a completely one note character as a result.
I don't agree. Even though he always wins its rarely easy. He wins by the skin of his teeth and already has a permanent injury. People are so fixated on the 0 but he has paid a high price to reach this point. His storyline is the best as showing off the amount of sacrifice and pressure that comes with being at the top of the game.

>>281231731
>O MY BIG TOE

Muh monster line
Muh falling leaves
Muh oxygen

Anything else I'm forgetting?

>>281231914
Muh yamato damashii
Muh what does it mean to be strong

>>281229133
With a manga like One Outs

>>281231914
Muh wrist and ankle weights

>>281231914
>Anything else I'm forgetting?
fuckamura can do anything
morikawa and his insecurity are really annoying
he cant accept that Japanese fighters are only good in the smaller divisions
in mma japanese fighters get wrecked even in the smaller divisions

>>281231914
Muh big mara. Muh what if he returned to the ring.

>>281230284
Ricardo will pick up a shadow bazooka

Can't wait for the 70 chapter long Sendo coma arc.

Reminder

>>281231264
>kobashi fight is just plot induced stupidity
complaining about that fight is stupid. humans are not always rational and it was the culmination of the insecurity that got so much spotlight prior to their match

>>281219431 (OP)
Huh. It's been 1500 chapters, eh? Been reading this since Snoopcool translations. I don't see Sendo winning this or losing easily despite George's love for bait and switch. Not having neither Sendo's teacher or even the trio of ageless brats at his match is not a good sign though. I honestly feel like Sendo should have lost to Alfredo if Morikawa isn't going to do anything with Sendo in this match.

>>281233893
Sendo getting his ass beat so hard he fucking dies will wake Ippo up
Either that, or Ricard bouncing him off the mat makes Sendo remember the real reason he started boxing. The same reason Ricardo started. He wanted to know what it means to be strong.

I can't wait until Sendo goes rage mode and then ricardo goes rage mode and then sendo outrages him but it turns out ricardo wasn't going full rage mode but false rage mode and his real rage mode comes out and then sendo goes super rage but ricardo still wasn't at his full rage.

Sendo can't possibly die because he has a cute older teacher that just said she won't let him be alone to his dying grandmother.
He will go into a coma killing the grandma and retiring to become a domesticated house cat for the teacher.

>3 fucking weeks break followed by a 7 page nothingburger chapter
Yep, both George and his readers won't be seeing that ending alright.

what was the point of Sendo's grandma falling ill if that made him a full retard

>>281234637
He has to let go of what makes him human in order to go beyond his limits before losing anyway

>>281234664
>Ricardo whips out the gatling gun

>>281222298
Morikawa with the low self esteem thinking a Jap can't beat a foreigner. Meanwhile, Naoya Inoue has been knocking out foreigners left and right. I'm not even a Jap but almost 40 years of this shit is annoying. Why not just conclude the match off panel? Why waste chapters with this filler nonsense.

>>281235596
>if main characters are losing its filler
stop being gay

Would you get yourself beat up to real retard level if it guaranteed a cutiepie caretaker lives with you forever?

>>281222158
This is reminiscent of megalo box spinning the boxer going out to box for their dying relatives as cope

>>281219585
MOST POWERFUL RACE
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P
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He didn't kill off that edgelord who biked with a concussion into oncoming traffic, he's not killing sendo

>>281233956
If Mashiba didn't die after falling on his neck with all the deathflags Morikawa was showering him with, I doubt Sendo who's decidedly more pants-on-head retarded and reckless than Ipoo will die either and Sendo eats punches more. Worst case scenario is him accidentally ruining his fist after losing so he can retire, get married and become a firefighter fulltime. But not before giving us the usual breadcrumb where he hypes up Ippo getting back in the ring and throwing punches that can actually put Ricardo down.

>>281222214
>>281222249
>>281222276
>>281222298
Morikawa is gonna slow kill off every character until Takamura finally completes his weight class gauntlet run and Ippo returns to the ring to finally get finished off by brain damage and die with the rest of his generation

>>281234057
>and then ricardo goes rage mode
It's almost a given that Ricardo is going to go back to his original rougher style and finish Sendo off in a brawl, since that's the Ricardo that destroyed Date 8 rounds straight after dropping his perfect boxer façade.

>>281236163
I just wonder how many rounds Morikawa is going to skip for Sendo getting pummeled into ground meat before his spirt breaks. However, I'm sure there's going to be some gruesome imagery of a tiger being defanged during the beating, since Morikawa loves making the beatings extra brutal.

>>281222158
Parallel to ippo jobbing while spouting "muh coach"

>>281236138
Ippo should become a brain-damaged JAV star that utilizes Big Mara to its fullest potential by using deep breathing techniques and attaching a weight to it while practicing kegels.

is Morikawa using AI? Sendo looks like Sawamura in most of these panels

>>281227855
Isnt that quite anti-shonen? Shouldn't the power of love as motivation be enough to accomplish anything?

>>281226039
looks more like a bear that got painted with stripes, Sendo might be a furry tranny

>>281219431 (OP)
>1500 chapters
>main character out of the plot for like 300 of them
that'd be like if luffy spent 210 chapters cheering on the boat while his crew fought all their enemies, or if yugi hung out with tristan for 50 chapters wringing his hands

>>281235596
Ippo defeated a foreigner in one of his first matches. And not just any foreigner, but a BLACK foreigner.

>>281219431 (OP)
I'm sure even Grandma Sendo is gonna survive to the end of the manga

>>281237147
Promise?

My opinion is that Sendo is going the get the beating of his life, but at the very end hes gonna land a single smash and get a KO against Ricardo. Hes gonna recover and go into murder mode, and literally cripple Sendo forever. The Ippo is gonna get all fired up but Kumi is going to dump his stupid ass for not staying with her, so he breaks inside and finally decides that boxing is the only thing he has in life, and comes back to the ring.

>>281222298
It's really funny that Takamura is dropping lines like this mind but his actual commentary spoken out loud is complete dogshit.

>>281235596
Sendo can beat any foreigner that isn't Ricardo.

>>281236192
Alf was the only one other than Date to bring this side of Ricardo out. Sendo not being able to bring this out would be quite sad.

I have no idea how to compare the Woli match to the Date beating. He didn't seem to go into his merciless oppressor mode, but he was put on the defensive for most of the match and did seem to go to another plane of elation near the end >>281223389

>>281237169
>Kumi is going to dump his stupid ass for not staying with her
I was always for the two of them getting together until recently, but now Kumi needs to go. At last I truly see that it should be blows before hoes in the boxing world.
Narratively, I don't think it makes much sense to split them up after building them up for 1500 chapters, but it also made no narrative sense to retire Ippo against a literal who, so anything goes, really.

>>281237270

i think is more reasonable that Kumi tells Ippo that she doesnt want to see him anymore because she cant take him out of boxing, but eventually in 200 chapters, after Ippo goes back boxing and is a world ranked again, they reunite again because she finally understands that forcing him to pick between her and his passion is retarded and selfish

>>281224712
>Chadcardo is so based, i wish he would fuck my gf
Shut up Alf

>>281236192
>Ricardo's true style is wild boxing instead of the clean surgical style he spams
...which we have never seen again, not even against Wally

>>281237270
I thought that everything with Ippo and Kumi surrounding Mashiba becoming a vegetable was handled pretty well. You really can't blame Kumi being pissed at Ippo, she was clearly reaching out to him at her lowest point and he prioritized boxing over her. Their relationship ultimately can't work, she will never be able to accept boxing being as important to him as it is and he will never most past it. Them getting back together after Ippo truly retires is a possibility but Kumi just kind of waiting for Ippo to start caring about her enough then instantly hopping on his dick would make her look pretty pathetic.

>>281236192
I doubt Sendo would last 12 rounds against Ricardo unlike Date

the fact that Ippo with his "block punches with my face" technique and boxing from the 20s and Sendo with his "never learned anything but SMASH" were or are world rankers is an insult to boxing itself

>>281237613
and smash should be the most prone to counter punch because of it's huge windup time

>>281237613
At least Ippo eventually ate shit for it. Sendo having yet to really get called out for his bullshit by anyone is insane considering he's arguably worse than Ippo.

>>281229133
Make it about Yamcha.

>>281221547
Nuh uh. He'll survive, but his gma will die, ot without being proud of him simply for living.
>>281221720
Grim track record for Ippo's alleged return. Imagine if his match vs Martinez either ends on a draw or in a no contest decision.

>>281222407
>Also shouldn't the ref stop the fight with two downs in a row?
Ref only stops after 3 downs in a row

>>281237703
Alfredo got fucking robbed. I still don't buy him turning into a retard just so Sendo could beat him.

>>281222508
>O MY DEFEAT FRENCH FRIES SPILLING ALL OVER THE PANEL.
Classic Morikawa

>>281222298
Thanks.

>>281237810
They kept matching him up with retards so he just figured "well clearly I am in the wrong here"

>>281222911
>trying to move on with his life with his girlfriend
Who will now look at him with contempt because he is a BOXER after all, and BOX turned her aniki into a glass chin crippo.
>and mother.
Who willl push him back to boxing.

>>281223773
Morikawa ain't Kajiwara tho.
Sendo is an idiot, but he NEVER a deliberately suicidal idiot who became suicidal because he started to carry a big burden after killing his rival despite of losing. He doesn't have reasons to become suicidal as he didn't sent opponents into retirement or a crematory.

>>281237578
This.
Besides, on the other side of the line there was that chick who assisted to the fights Ippo lost but still wants him to return (in a metaphorical way, her phone number's there).

>>281237328
>because she finally understands that forcing him to pick between her and his passion is retarded and selfish
Not happening. She'll settle with Manabu after he gets bored of boxing and retired by Ippo after returning.

>>281237939
>She'll settle with Manabu after he gets bored of boxing and retired by Ippo after returning.
Not even you believe this sad cope Manabu.

>>281237169
>boxing is the only thing he has in life
That's how Takamura, Volg and Miyata have always won. They don't have emotional excuses to step into a ring, they simply live for boxing and once they enter into the ring, they simply leave everything behind and go ahead to eat or be eaten.
That's what means being a monster: let go of all the affectionate or emotional chains and be willing to die.

>>281228860
>If anything, we should be complaining Alfredo didn't do the sa
I have been complaining about this for years. Highway robbery

>>281236971
Ippo's message is anti-nekketsu.
Ai or Nakama power won't bring you further, only your hunger for victory, egoism, willpower and willingness to abandon everything.
If you think about it, the key to win is undergoing a nekketau rival-to-enemy path to darkness arc.

Remember when they called Sendo Rocky during his first fight with Ippo? That just went away. Was kinda cool though.

>>281229341
>sendo is based on Joe
Sendo has never done anything as advanced as a cross counter

>>281230753
Can be explained by superior shot placement, superior timing and speed. He doesn't need absurd power to do what he does. He doesn't even need stamina if he dominates timing and space and fights on his own pace.

His style is great for an aging fighter. Not that he has even taken much damage during his bouts either. His long prime can be explained by all of this without much issue.

>>281219585
>>281219610
POWERFUL

>>281229658
No, they don't, you retard.

>>281237988
Remember the time he won against volg because of hometown advantage? That was embarrassing. Fucker lost and he know it but he wasn’t man enough to do anything about it.

>>281237906
>didn't sent opponents into retirement or a crematory.
Shigeta

>>281237843
>Who willl push him back to boxing.
Yeah sure, after seeing what happened to kumi’s brother. She is going to push her son back into the ring. Come on.

>>281222158
>son...I need just one thing from you
>fuck the cute teacher that groomed you and give me a grandson
>YES MA'AM HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR I WILL KILL MYSELF IN THE RING ON A MEXICAN

>>281219431 (OP)
whats the appeal of shonen where you just watch the heroes lose? I never got that. Like with the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen or the last story ark of HunterxHunter it just feels frustrating to me.

Do you guys just root for the villains or what?

>>281221915
dios mio......

>>281239247
Quintessential Osakan.

>>281222249
Timingbros, we're so back.

Sendo bros we fucking SUCK

>>281239151
Ippo's mama doesn't know tho.

>>281239252
It's mean-spirited, but realistic.
>Hunter X Hunter
Gon's goal was finding his dad. He fulfilled that, so his story after that was just pointless. Him exhausting his nen against Pitou was just his sendoff.

>>281237948
It will happen tho.
Kumi's Noriko-coded

>>281239384
>realistic
and thats what you watch anime for?

>>281239149
Didn't murder him tho.
Joe became suicidal because he self admittedly murdered Rikiishi.

>>281239413
There are lots of people with different taste.

The sooner you accept it, the quicker you can move on to things you personally like

>>281237169
>Ippo will go back to boxing because post breakup depression
you guys aren't paying attention

>>281219517
yes
...
in a sparring match when he lasted like 12 seconds
whats worse is that he has a better chance of beating recardo than getting back with kumi

I for one iam happy sendo will fucking die

>>281223389
Monkey got off easy, should have straight up murdered him.

>>281226692
Duran is famous for his defense.

>>281221915
> geriatric old man still glazed to hell and back

I thought this thing was supposed to be 'realistic'

>>281239706
You retard.
Ippo returns to boxing because it's the only thing he has left for him. Kumi cuts ties w/ him, mom dies and Kamogawa croaks, so the only thing he has left is to ask Jagi to make him become a pro boxer again and arrange some retur fights.
The things that will happen are:
>Ippo's return fight vs Imai.
>Ippo vs Itagaki, it's revealed Itagaki told Kumi, now that she was free from Ippo that he'll marry her if he loses. Ippo wins with a OHKO, Kumi decides to talk and have a clean break w/ Ippo. She, Mashiba and Manabu get benched.
>Ippo has issues to climb again in the japanese ranking because NOBODY there wants to fight him after the 2 curbstomp fights, Miyata challenges him for the asian title.
>He barely wins. Their rivalry and homosexual tension ends there.
>Ippo has another class meeting w/ Umezawa et al. He gets the news of Martinez issuing a fight for the world title against him... in the Budokan.
>Itagaki marriage. Kumi asks him if he's ok with her marrying Manabu and Ippo shrugs it off, saying it was inevitable as they belong to opposite worlds now.
>The day before the fight and after having his weight checked, Ippo meets again with Aikawa, knowing he may not come back alive or mentally sound... he uses his big mara on her for the 1st time just for the sake of letting some pre fight stress off. Fortunately, the big mara makes her not being able to go to the stadium(*)
>Ippo vs Martinez becomes a wild fight... Ippo is about to lose, but has no regrets, however, he begins to hallucinate w/ Kamogawa who tells him, not to win or lose, but to LIVE, only that way, he'll find the meaning of being strong. All his rivals and his pupils encourage him to get up because there's 1 round left. They resume the fight, but it gets too intense to the point of throwing fouls at each other. Right when Ippo is about to give the dempsey roll that will give him the victory, the match ends... nobody wins, it's not even a draw, it's a no contest.

sendo
kwab

also goddamn morikawa isn't a genius writer or anything but literally every attempt at the ending in this thread is somehow absolute dogshit compared to what he's doing

>>281224349
He had one match where he mopped the floor with some punk, basically Morikawa showing that Ippo had matured a lot as a fighter and wasn't going to be shocked any time someone threw a jab.
Of course, it was then followed by a streak of the worst Ippo fights in all the manga, with Ippo jobbing to the worst bullshit before realising he has to dodge and punch to win.

>>281222298
>1500 chapters
Yeah, think i'm done reading this for now. Might pickup again someday if the humiliation ritual ever ends

Sendo will lose
Takamura will win his next fight
Coach will seem disinterested, causing further rift between Takamura and Ippo
Coach will pass away
Ippo will feel guilty
Ippo will throw away his "humanity" and cross the line that Takamura drew in the grass all those years ago, becoming a "monster" who will challenge the world
Ippo will claw his way back to the top to challenge Ricardo
Ricardo will correctly guess that Ippo's fists are the heaviest in Japan and that is why Sendo was unafraid of Ricardo's punches
Ippo will lose against Ricardo and die in the ring Ashita no Joe style
Ricardo will retire and give up the belt, claiming there is no one left to fight

>>281241590
>He had one match where he mopped the floor with some punk, basically Morikawa showing that Ippo had matured a lot as a fighter and wasn't going to be shocked any time someone threw a jab.
Only to feel guilty because he went too far. There's also the reason he got incensed bc Sawamura attacked Kumi.
He simply went full monster bc his (at that moment) oneitis got attacked.
>Of course, it was then followed by a streak of the worst Ippo fights in all the manga, with Ippo jobbing to the worst bullshit before realising he has to dodge and punch to win.

>>281237987
>only your hunger for victory, egoism, willpower and willingness to abandon everything.
explain Wally, a top 3 featherweight

>>281241812
ah yes, there's nothing left in boxing if Japan's mightiest can't even last 3 rounds against you

>>281219431 (OP)
Is it still going? What do they do for so long, box?

>>281225256
But Ricardo is "too strong."

>>281242655
at least 250 chapters are on comedy SoL stuff 250 chapters on padding filler fights so there's only 1000 chapters of real boxing (includes training) at most even if you're very conservative

Is boxing actually fun to watch?

>>281242919
real boxing? no. the entertainment only comes from slowing the action by a factor of 20 and having a cast who can commentate every punch because talking is a free action

>>281242919
Most of the time

>>281242919
yes
>>281243426
fuck you weeaboo

>>281242919
When the boxers are good hell yeah it is, but avoid the heaviest weight classes because those are all fat ogres flailing and gassing after a few rounds.

>>281243462
>>281243464
>>281243755
Any recommendations that's legible to an outsider?

>>281223459
He also beat a bunch of actual literal nobodies in a weak era for the division

Why has Ricardo just sat at Featherweight his entire life? Why did he never move up to another weight class if he's so bored? Is he retarded?

>>281243950
>Why has Ricardo just sat at Featherweight his entire life? Why did he never move up to another weight class if he's so bored? Is he retarded?
morikawa is a hack

>>281243950
Guy could go up to middleweight yeah
Like fuck it, just go one step at a time until real big dudes show up

Are there any realistic fighting manga that aren't repetitive slop?

>>281243950
boxers of his generation are explicitly dodging HIM by moving up/down a class so there's no point in him going to another class for that to repeat again

>>281244190
lmao is he the boogeyman?

>>281244190
If they were belt holders they'd have to drop them anyway to move division so they'd lose their titles regardless

>>281225029
Sendo is desperate and rushed in fighting for his grandma, he's not thinking about the match properly and not going to win just running into punches

>>281243950
ricardo lopez never move up in weight
there is a reason why nobody cares about lopez crappy record

I thought Sendo would fair better but this is a more realistic take of a champion still at the top of his game taking down a guy that's fallen in love with his offense and has no defense. Its funny that the crowd is called Ricardo's jabs mosquito bites when we know in universe Mexican jabs penetrate deeper then they look.

>>281244446
>Its funny that the crowd is called Ricardo's jabs mosquito bites
The crowd is an extension of whatever the narrative with which the reader is most likely to sympathize. It does get kinda stupid, yeah. Ricardo is on his home turf and has also been the undisputed champion for years, not 20 people in the crowd should give a shit about some no-name Japanese in the ring.

>>281244446
This is basically Marquez v Katsidis

>>281243878
You can just start off with the Japanese champ rn

>>281244446
yeah, miyata mentioned that countering sendo as he is now is basically impossible because he'll react to the counter and switch up his offense mid punch, but that's not exactly what we are seeing here. no doubt sendo will drop the muh grandma act later but he does look awful here. alf must be seething

>>281244517
Not that I disagree with the extension of narrative part but you do realize they are fighting in japan and the crowd is full of sendo fans?

>>281244598
>because he'll react to the counter and switch up his offense mid punch
is the "muh tiger instinct" the new "muh oxygen"?

>>281230114
Sendo is more boring than Ricardo.

>>281244652
>you do realize they are fighting in japan
No I didn't realize that because I'm a speedreading moron who only picks up the manga every few months.

>>281244656
>the new
it was around way before oxygen was brought up

>>281231127
Miyata literally crawled on his hands and knees back to is corner, any sane ringside doctor would've stopped the fight based on that alone.

Ippo has no plot armor? Sawamura literally knocked Ippo out on his feet then just stared at Ippo. Old man Take Keichi could've ripped the cut on Ippos head open in a clinch but didn't even through it would've guaranteed him the victory. Ippo only beat Malcom Geddo because Itagaki told Kamogawa what was going on.

>>281231731
>Even though he always wins its rarely easy
I disagree. Outside of his major fights he's always won easily, via easy KO. His major fights are Bryan Hawk, Eagle, Bison, and Keith Dragon. Of those four his hardest fight was Hawk and that was due to the weight cut. Eagle was competitive but he was drowning at the pace of the fight, and Bison and Dragon only had success because Morikawa realized Takamura was going to win too easily and to make the fights interesting he had to give Takamura injuries to handicap him to make things interesting.

>>281242056
Wally was having fun
unlike any other boxers
or anons in this thread

>>281242056
Woli's motivation was as pure and intrinsic as it could get

>>281243878
Try Beterbiev vs Bivol 2.

>>281244190
No they're not, there was not!mayweather that dropped his own belt just so he could fight Ricardo.

>>281243950
If featherweight is Ricardo's ideal weightclass, why move? He wants to be tested at his best, otherwise there would be no point.

Let's pray for the best so Sendo dies here

Sendo will turn it around and barely scrape out a win, only to finally succumb to his injuries and die in the changing room afterwards.

Volg got his good ending
Mashiba is in the dreamlands
Sendo is getting sent to Mictlan right now

are we nearing Ippo's retirement arc endgame?

>>281239368
Sure just because we didn’t have a page of her reaction, this mean she has no idea what happened to her son’s girlfriend’s brother.

>>281245918
5 more years

>>281245918
No we need 300 more chapters of Namek boat where Ippo muses about how much boxing means to him

>>281245304
If he wants to be challenged, gaining power and stamina due to lack of cut and becoming swole might be fun and change the entire game of boxing for him

>>281245304
Every ATG fighter other then heavyweights are multidivision champs, even the old timers when weight divisions were 25 pounds apart, not 7 or 8

>>281246489
>>281246678
We've been at it for decades, what's one more.

>>281226957
How would any of that push him to return to the ring?

>>281227481
4, he has 2 weights and one unification title for one of them.

>>281227781
For ippo to find the path of not blocking punches with his face

>>281230317
That was bullshit, I enjoyed Kenichi a lot.

>>281227781
Finally showing how good Ricardo is.

>>281230317
>>281248483
magazine treats their veterans better than sunday

>>281222276
>>281237179

>>281222276
>>281237179
Image 2

>>281222276
>>281237179
Image 3

>>281222276
>>281237179
Last one from the end of chapter 1078 and chapter 1079

>>281248967
More like veterans abuse of their power in the magazine.

>>281230317
>and forced to end the same way Kenichi did
By closing the story conflicts and have the mc actually marry his crush and have a child with her? I guess i hope the same.

>>281245918
>are we nearing Ippo's retirement arc endgame?
Not until Miyata gets his shit rocked for being passive little bitch.

muh monster line
muh you must you leave your humanity to be da best

>>281235596
Naoya Inoue is a punk bitch who doesn't eat punches with his face so Morikawa doesn't like him

>>281253224
Didn't he win after getting his eye socket broken?

>>281244579
>>once-in-a-generation boxing talent and undisputed champion of his weight class
>>fights nothing like Ippo
Feels satisfying because the Yamato Damashi attitude is pure artistic melodrama and does not belong in a ring. I know it's for story-telling purposes, but it's simply too silly

>>281223862
>>281224750
>An actual ippo faggot
NTA but if you ask me ippo should stay far away from the ring.

He doesn't deserve a redemption arc. That's gotta be earned first. But not without a confrontation. Any redemption arc that doesn't involve ippo confronting his coach for bad coaching and putting his health in danger over Yamato Damashi BS is an arc I never want to see the light of day.

Until ippo confronts his coach, no way I want to see him back in the ring. Also, go fuck yourself bozo. I actually like how everyone else in the spotlight.

>>281253704
Why doesn't Ippo just pump his muscles and bloodstream full of oxygen before each fight? He's immune to embolism.

>>281253644
>>281253224
There are manga boxers like that
Actually good at what manga boxers could be (impossibly skilled and savvy)

>>281253554
That injury was inflicted by a very good boxer by the name of Donaire. Naoya's defence is good, but not that good.
Meanwhile in Ippo-verse, defence is optional

no way ippo finishes with him at the helm
probably doesn't even know how to jack off

>>281223780
His match with Dragon was hot garbage though.

>>281219462
jobjob

>>281219431 (OP)
never in 1000

>>281222298
Thank you for posting.

>>281219462
one day it will be his turn

>>281239252
if you want the heroes to always win unscathed go watch power rangers

>>281219431 (OP)
Why Ricardo don’t move up another weight class, is he a pussy? Even Amir Khan with pillowfist moved on

>>281246939
Roberto Duran didn't need to move up a division to be an ATG. I mean, he did, but what he achieved at lightweight was more than enough.

Ricardo should move up a weight class just because it would be a great gag for Aoki or Kimura to realize he's in their weight class now.

>>281231264
>>281244737
He literally won in the first 5 chapters then george pulled some shenanigans to make it last 20 chapters longer

>>281259867
>Aoki and kimura
Holy shit i can't remember the last time i saw them.

did ippo impregnate kumi yet?

>>281260852
no he's still a 27 yo virgin or whatever his age is

>>281260852
If by impregnate kumi you mean ruin any possibility of a romance between them, yes he did.

>>281251582
Man, to this day I wish that Matsuena drew a bonus chapter of adult Kenichi fighting Hayato. Unless that comment about
>you can only get with Miu if you beat me
was just bants.

>>281259172
Pretty sure even the power rangers lose sometimes.

>>281219431 (OP)
how is this shit still ongoing?

>>281260852
No.

I guess George is a fan

I like the aesthetics of boxing a lot.
Wish someone would translate Hideki Arai's boxing manga already

>>281241084
>ask Jagi
Good decision

>>281228230
>>281229931
well the fuck have they been doing? 8 years of fishing chapters?

>>281265287
Kek, however i was referring to Kamogawa's assistant.
The asterisk part refers to Aikawa being a bad luck harbinger everytime she goes to see Ippo's most important matches. In the prediction-fic, Ippo... or should i say, Ippo's big mara leaves her with shaking legs and bedridden, so that prevents Aikawa from going to the stadium. However, because she's seeing the match on TV, it still prevents Ippo from winning, and because he can't lose, the only salomonical solution is for Ippo and Martinez match finishing in a no contest.

>>281264178
In terms of aesthetics, boxing will always beat MMA

>>281265348
The rest of the cast having their own matches, Ippo participating as a second and sometimes as a sparring partner that's actually more skilled than the one he's supposed to help with everyone edging us asking "What if he came back?". He almost kills Volg once with the Dempsey and even broke his ribs before an important match (still won though).

>>281239413
Art exists as a mirror of reality. We read art to explore and examine life, the universe and our place in it. Sheer escapism loses its appeal quickly.

>>281219431 (OP)
How many of those chapters has Ippo been retired for? Like 800?

>>281267711
He retired in Round 1208. So 292 chapters.

>>281267433
>Art exists as a mirror of reality.
Which is why photography (a literal snapshot of reality) has replaced painting as the highest art form

>>281267984
Jesus. That's still like a fifth of the fucking series.
Should renamed it Hajime no Somebody Else.

I don't even know why I keep reading this garbage. Sendo blatantly deserves so much more and Morikawa insists on making him a jobber. What an awful, awful man. I've been putting up with this for far too long.

>>281268189
I’m not sure what angle you’re going for so I will make an interpretation.

Photography is what changed art from “replication” to “reflection”. No longer was the pinnacle to recreate life: that could be done perfectly, by machine. Impressionism and the like arose to *examine* life, to evoke thought and emotion through abstract reflection of how a time and place could feel, rather than how it exactly would look.

Literature has always been about that. Encapsulating elements of life, to examine and experiment and try and absorb. People read sad poetry not to just have fun being sad, we do it to feel a connection to other people, in another time and place, who was feeling the same sadness as we were, to reflect on that, and hopefully learn to grow and deal with it.

Youth, triumph, age, loss, death, are all parts of a full story. This isn’t some postmodern addition, it’s as old as writing—Gilgamesh ends with him failing, and aging, and dying.

And sometimes something that is sad or harsh can be more beautiful than a sugar-candy illusion without depth.

>>281238124
They actually did up until Teraji lost his two titles two weeks ago, now they're the third country with the most world titles behind US and Mexico.

Fucking DKSABer retard.

>>281268354
He deserves CTE, the feral retard

>>281268467
Screw you, he's the best.

>>281222948
That’s me.
He’ll get is comeback but he’s not winning this when he’s in Grandma mode.

>>281222158
>Granny has a heart attack when she’s Sendo die in the ring

>>281268295
Just because he's retired doesn't mean the manga isn't about him

>>281237179
He is just like me then

>>281269294
I wonder when we'll see Hajime again.

>>281269294
Could Ippo (forma diablo negro) reach Ricardo?

>>281269876
he is sealed along with the dempsey roll, and will only be unleashed when the coach, his mom and his dog all die from mexican gang violence

Sendo will die

>>281269913
He could slap Ricardo in the ring

>>281270019
of happiness

Killing someone in the ring will break Ricardo, he will no longer be the final boss for Ippo.He will lose to some filipino guy and go on a 3-fight losing streak and then face Ippo where he will regain his fighting spirit but he will lose to Ippo and eventually retire.

>>281222233
Where's the tilt?

Is been a while since an Ippo thread hit bump limit, see you in three weeks.

>>281270347
SENDO CAN STILL WIN..
PD: BUMP LIMIT

>>281249743
I never even saw the spooky ghosts in the background

>>281249696
He is right, Ippo was absolutely blessed to get as far as he did while comparatively sacrificing very little compared to most boxers
But being the worlds best takes something else

Prepare to be...
...Subverted...

>>281270220
I wouldn’t see that ever breaking him. He is adult enough to understand that the risk is always there in boxing.

>>281272240
That's right.
The tiger hasn't shown his fangs yet.