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That would make it what, 1 out of 3 popular boxing manga's? Japanese sports manga tends to fall on the side of 'makes it to the big game, loses the big game, learns something important.'
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Let's just say that Ricky is more likely to become a world champ than Ippo.
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Sep 27, 2011 18:57
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That's because Ippo's author doesn't realize he is literally going to die before he finishes it. They'll find his body sprawled over a desk, an over-the-shoulder, mouth-wide-open shot of Ippo saying "Wow, I guess I have a long wa"
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Sep 27, 2011 19:07
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Nilbop posted:That's because Ippo's author doesn't As bad as ippo is now, and has been for years, I want my goddamn WWII arc OVA 
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Nilbop posted:That's because Ippo's author doesn't realize he is literally going to die before he finishes it. This is  as gently caress because I just realized it's probably gonna go down like this 100%
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Sep 27, 2011 22:42
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Will Ippo have managed to kiss any of the girls who want his cock before the author dies is the tricky question
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No, because Ippo is terrified of women. He may yet grow as a boxer (though that hasn't happened in a long time), but Ippo will probably never grow as a person. Taking that first step towards a real relationship requires more courage than Ippo has ever shown. Besides, even though Miyata was clearly the most important person in Ippo's life, he hasn't been all that important ever since it became clear they wouldn't ever have a rematch. So, even the homosexual route is closed.
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I'm still hoping for the end of Ippo to be the reporter lady raping Ippo, then he realizes the value of his monster cock, and he becomes the porn king of Japan.
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30 years in the future they have perfected male pregnancy, Ippo proposes to Miyata[-kun] having gotten no farther than like accidental first base with a chick in the last few decades, series end before reply.
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Sep 28, 2011 19:50
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New chapter out. Punching: The cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
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pnumoman posted:I'm still hoping for the end of Ippo to be the reporter lady raping Ippo, then he realizes the value of his monster cock, and he becomes the porn king of Japan. This would be an amazing turn for the series into full on comedy and now is clearly the best course of action for him. Probably a load of puns waiting to be used since he was both a boxer and national champion
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Huzzah! posted:New chapter out. Takamura holding up Aoki's lifeless corpse by the helmet was pretty boss Haha, seriously these last few chapters have been pretty entertaining.
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Yeah I love how everyone's so used to Ippo sucking that when a few good chapters actually come out, we can hardly even admit it might be true. Apparently nothing says "keep your eyes open" like a face full of broken glass. Also isn't Itagaki still working for Ippo's mother being paid in pennies and fish? He's gonna be paying for those helmets for months.
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Oct 1, 2011 13:08
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That was loving hilarious
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Oct 1, 2011 18:32
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It's like whiplash, coming off of that terrible fight to genuinely good laugh-out-loud comedy.
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Coughing Hobo posted:It's like whiplash, coming off of that terrible fight to genuinely good laugh-out-loud comedy. Basically anything with Takamaura is guaranteed comedy goLd.
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Takamura holding up Aoki's lifeless corpse by the helmet was pretty boss Yep, that's one of my favorite panels from the last few years honestly. That shiteating grin loving makes it.
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In the event that we get more anime episodes by some act of god, I'd be OK with it being the WW2 arc, and then this chapter. I was laughing for a solid 5 minutes at that loving grin.
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More retirement talk: 952
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I...did not need to see a sex scene between those two 
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Oct 19, 2011 00:18
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Hope Itagaki gets his rear end beat. But no, Kamogawa Gym needs *three* unstoppable boxers.
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The thing is I wonder if Mori has the balls to write Kimura/Aoki out of the manga and have them retire considering that like the majority of the funniest poo poo in the manga is them serving as Takamura's physical/verbal punching bags. Spoilers: no
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Fabricated posted:The thing is I wonder if Mori has the balls to write Kimura/Aoki out of the manga and have them retire considering that like the majority of the funniest poo poo in the manga is them serving as Takamura's physical/verbal punching bags. It's not like they'd have to stop showing up if they retired, though. Isn't one of the guys that Takamura beat the poo poo out of a few chapters ago retired?
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You know I dont get this whole retirement angle. I mean theire only in their mid twenties and talking about how they are getting too old for boxing and how their bodies are failing them while most real life boxers dont retire until theire in their mid 30s. For chrissakes the two best boxers in the world, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are 32 and 34 respectively. Its a small thing but it kind of irritates me as a fan of the sport
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That might be true for good boxers, but Aokimura are punching bags. They get smacked around almost as badly as Ippo does, only they don't necessarily win afterward.
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Oct 21, 2011 03:57
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Since when has the general health and safety of a fighter ever been a priority in Kamogawa Gym?
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Centzon Totochtin posted:Hope Itagaki gets his rear end beat. But no, Kamogawa Gym needs *three* unstoppable boxers. Am I the only one who doesn't like Itagaki? Dude is hella lame and always comes off as a smug prick.
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Shindragon posted:Am I the only one who doesn't like Itagaki? Dude is hella lame and always comes off as a smug prick. If we could lose Itagaki and keep his family, that'd be the best thing ever.
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Shindragon posted:Am I the only one who doesn't like Itagaki? Dude is hella lame and always comes off as a smug prick. I like him when he's making terrible puns, otherwise I want to see him pound into dust.
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I think it would be more difficult to find people in this thread who actually like Itagaki. He isn't very interesting, and his god mode bullshit is incredibly dumb even for this manga.
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I actually like Itagaki since he wins fights by being a good boxer. Not some retarted mega punch or magic body blow.
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coathat posted:I actually like Itagaki since he wins fights by being a good boxer. Not some retarted mega punch or magic body blow. 
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All of the skilled, well-rounded boxers in HnI are people that Ippo punched the gently caress out. Itagaki's main ability is a direct connection to the speed force. It is only a matter of time before Itagaki starts running around the ring so fast he travels through time.
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He might be smug and have the crazy poo poo going on but I always felt like he was tempered by that when he got beat in his debut and acted like a bitch about it only to get chewed out by everyone on the team. I guess I always figured he was kind of scared since then to screw up and was just legit trying to be good / seemed redeemed as a character.
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What irks me about Itagaki is that the author seems like he wants to set up a big fight between him and Ippo but I don't really give a gently caress. I want Ippo to fight Miyata dammit.
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jsun posted:What irks me about Itagaki is that the author seems like he wants to set up a big fight between him and Ippo but I don't really give a gently caress. I want Ippo to fight Miyata dammit. That possibility is so far gone he doesn't even bother to tease us with it anymore. Has Miyata even fought any matches since his Randy Boy JR fight?
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Shindragon posted:Am I the only one who doesn't like Itagaki? Dude is hella lame and always comes off as a smug prick. What I'd like is for him to get into a fight with a heavyweight that loses 80 pounds to fight him, and puts 40 of it back on the night after the weigh in. And for that person to spend the first 2 minutes of the fight hitting him so hard he no longer has the ability to use words, or control his bowels. Forever. I would like the only time we see his rapeface in the manga after that to be directly before he shits himself for comedic effect.
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Boogaleeboo posted:What I'd like is for him to get into a fight with a heavyweight that loses 80 pounds to fight him, and puts 40 of it back on the night after the weigh in. And for that person to spend the first 2 minutes of the fight hitting him so hard he no longer has the ability to use words, or control his bowels. Actually, weight control is one of the few areas in the sport where we still haven't seen any cartoonishly superhuman feats. Unfortunately we're about due.
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Miyata is off boxing in international matches, where he has already found a new rival and a love interest. Unfortunately for Ippo's aspirations, those roles are filled by two different people.
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So wait, this is a racing manga now right? Or about aliens?
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