I love hand-to-hand combat in manga, comics, and animation. “Yeah, I’m glad he’s deceased cause that sad weak being been replaced with a beast” He goes all the way back to the 1920s, when Ippo’s signature move “the Dempsey Roll” was created by Jack Dempsey. Morikawa is paying respect to eras even past my father’s time. It wasn’t closed circuit back then, ” he says. “We use to watch the Friday Night Fight of the Week on television and listen to it on the radio. I told him about a character named Mashiba Ryou that utilizes the Hitman fighting stance and flicker jab made famous by, “ Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns!” my dad interjected excitedly. I pointed this out to my father who grew up on boxing. Every punch and style on display by these characters is explained and a point is made to pay homage to the real-life boxers that made them famous. Morikawa is able to humanize each character and fight so they stand out.įun Fact: Morikawa use to be a 2nd (a corner-man in boxing) which explains the in-depth research and visuals he puts into the manga. Everyone fights for their own reasons and we see them all, getting glimpses into the path that’s brought them in front of the protagonist at the time. There are few over the top opponents that are “evil” as opposed to being straight arrogant asses. The cast is so well rounded that you at times forget who’s the main character, as Ippo’s friends and opponents shine.
I’m focusing on Ippo but there are so many other character’s stories that get told as they step into the limelight. I found life!”Ĭreator Morikawa Jouji is a master storyteller. He also earns respect and a rival in Miyata Ichirou.
All you need to know is that Ippo earns not only the right to get trained at the gym under Takamura’s coach, Kamogawa Genji. Now, there are so many key moments that I can’t cram into this paragraph from early on in the series.
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We then witness the trials Ippo endures to prove how serious he is about becoming a pro boxer. Right there, that’s the moment our boy Ippo gets with the shits. After viewing the tape and seeing Tyson’s transformation, Ippo asks the question that’ll haunt him and us for years to come: Takamura gives Ippo a tape of Mike Tyson, explaining that Tyson’s demeanor was the same as Ippo’s in his youth until he became reborn. Takamura realizes he has power and that his work on the fishing boat gave him the muscular build to be a serious threat as a boxer.
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Ippo hits the heavy bag so hard that skin from his knuckles flies off. Ippo learns the first steps to throwing a proper punch from Takamura. Ippo wakes up in the Kamogawa boxing gym (thanks to Takamura) and this is where it all comes together. By chance, Takamura Mamoru happens to be jogging by and comes to his aide. Ippo gets picked on often due to his polite demeanor. His father died at sea saving a crew member’s life. He doesn’t have time to make friends as he helps with his mother’s fishing business. It’s impossible for you not to love this kid. The most polite, modest, and good-natured kid. In Japan’s late 1980’s era, we meet Makunouchi Ippo. “Get used to me, far from what I used to be”
If you don’t, then in order to understand the heartbreak you need to get familiar with where it all started for Makunouchi Ippo.
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If you know the series you know what I mean. Hajime No Ippo is an incredibly beautiful story about a kid that falls in love with boxing… but it’s also the most devastating literature I’ve ever kept up with. I’m nervous even writing this because I’m so passionate about the series and I want to do it justice. It’s safe to say, all my shares of emotion are invested into this series. I read it every day and everywhere I went for months. I started the series when it was about 800 chapters deep. In 2010, he told me to check out Hajime No Ippo created by Morikawa Jouji in 1989. Remember when Diddy shouted, “What I’m supposed to do now? Huh? What I’m supposed to do now? It’s all fucked up now.” That’s how much of a wreck this chapter and series has left me.
Seven years later, chapter 1202 of Hajime No Ippo has me staring up into at the rain like Vegeta. “You’ll love the action and story,” he said. “You should check out this boxing manga,” he said.