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Serious Frolicking posted:There are still apologists for even the worst fights once they are over. A couple people here even say that Woli wasn't that bad. Crazy, I know. I probably consider myself an Ippo apologist. I dunno, maybe I'm overly optimistic, but a few bad fights hasn't really stopped me enjoying the series. But the Woli fight was just terrible in every way. The comeback was just so freaking stupid. I can't imagine anyone not considering it as the weakest fight in the entire series thus far. Oh, except for Itagaki fights, because these are just getting ridiculous.
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Gogey posted:I don't know, the driving loving tree trunks into hills with his fists kinda got me To me, it was the Miyata/RBJ fight. It started off pretty well and was a cool concept, a switch-hitter against counter-puncher, but then Miyata punches him so fast that he breaks the sound barrier? Come on now.
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My personal theory is that the ippo vs miyata fight was supposed to happen and begin the end of the manga but the editors refused to let it end. Afterwards Morikawa stopped giving a gently caress.
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Zahrkon posted:My personal theory is that the ippo vs miyata fight was supposed to happen and begin the end of the manga but the editors refused to let it end. Afterwards Morikawa stopped giving a gently caress. I think he said before that he wanted to end at the Ippo/Sendou rematch for the championship.
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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > ADTRW > Hajime no Ippo: Another three minutes of nobody landing a hit The first salvo of punches from Saeki looked like fireball spam from DBZ.
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I just sat down and read every translated issue of RRR. Man RRR owns.
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Speaking of RRR there's a new chapter out. This Ippo thread is stinking up the RRR conversation however; could someone make an RRR thread?
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RRR is already complete, no? How many long is it?
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Rename this one and redo the op? General punchsport manga thread? I know Zorak prefers less megathreads, but these mangas have pretty slow discussion.
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I figure Ippo, RRR, AR Meguru, Karate something something Meguru, etc. can fill a thread. Lord knows Ippo alone can't.
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Centzon Totochtin posted:To me, it was the Miyata/RBJ fight. It started off pretty well and was a cool concept, a switch-hitter against counter-puncher, but then Miyata punches him so fast that he breaks the sound barrier? Come on now. Its funny because in Baki, which is known for being completely absurd and admitting these people are far stronger than normal athletes, someone actually creates a punch that breaks the sound barrier and his arms basically burst apart when he uses it as well as he completely mangles his hands when they land.
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Fuzzy Pipe Wrench posted:Rename this one and redo the op? General punchsport manga thread? I know Zorak prefers less megathreads, but these mangas have pretty slow discussion. Hey man feel free to make a new thread, I don't actually read many sports manga, I originally  made this so people would stop posting about manga spoilers in the Ippo anime thread.
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http://www.mangareader.net/rrr/56 New chapter the fight is finally starting!
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Kweh posted:Hey man feel free to make a new thread, I don't actually read many sports manga, I originally Guess I'll toss an op together if anyone else thinks its a good idea. Dunno if it should be a sports or martial arts/punchsport thread though.
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You are not combining the eight thousand fighting manga into one megathread
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Dec 29, 2011 23:17
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New chapter. Yay, Itagaki's losing. Please let his stubbornness cost him the match.
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Won't happen unfortunatly. Enjoy the beating while it lasts I guess. Then wait for the inevitable Ippo vs Itagaki where he'll finally lose.
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This was actually almost interesting.
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Another fight where a superior boxer begins to beat the poo poo out of one of our 'protagonists' only to somehow magically lose. Because Itagaki is in no way known for super retard stamina, and there is absolutely no way he should be able to come back from a beating like this....and yet that's almost 100% what is going to happen. He will somehow get one over on the boxer that is faster, stronger, and smarter than him after spending all this time getting loving wailed on.
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He'll almost undoubtedly discover HIS NEXT GEAR and shift to a "plain that Saeki cannot comprehend" and thus disappear from everyone's sight for an extended period of time, Saeki seeming to reel from invisible blows, before finally falling to the ground.
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Mr. Deathy posted:He'll almost undoubtedly discover HIS NEXT GEAR and shift to a "plain that Saeki cannot comprehend" and thus disappear from everyone's sight for an extended period of time, Saeki seeming to reel from invisible blows, before finally falling to the ground. Then Saeki will get one of those dumb smirks and think about how Itagaki has improved and poo poo and got better because the two fought blah blah blah
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Mr. Deathy posted:He'll almost undoubtedly discover HIS NEXT GEAR and shift to a "plain that Saeki cannot comprehend" and thus disappear from everyone's sight for an extended period of time, Saeki seeming to reel from invisible blows, before finally falling to the ground. I'd rather he just disappear from everyone's sight forever, reappearing sporadically to make bad puns.
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No, the most natural thing in the world will happen. Rather than Itagaki disappearing, once they finish their zwee contest the two boxers will discover that the entire audience disappeared instead. HnI will become more meta than Bakuman.
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frabba posted:If Itagaki doesn't get punched in the face I am going to be so upset. I am appeased.
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Oh hey, a new chapter. Itagaki's still losing. Still stupid.
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Just more proof that Kamogawa knows nothing about boxing beyond "hit guys hard". "Itagaki is still relatively unhurt!" *Is literally bleeding from the mouth*
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This just makes the ensuing comeback that much more bullshit.
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That's loving stupid. The whole reason that worked against Ippo was because he was slow. Itagaki is fast and should be able to keep him in his field of vision when he moves. Morikawa just doesn't give a gently caress anymore, does he? Also, I'm not a boxer or anything, but when I close one of my eyes I don't lose half of my loving field of vision. IT's more like 25-33%. Zellyn fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Jan 14, 2012 |
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This chapter wasn't bad. The manga does improve when boxers are actually throwing punches instead of dancing and running. The thing is that, in order to do a comeback the manga has pretty much established that you have to either a) Hit really loving hard or b) Do a huge counter. (Which happens to be kinda the way it works in real life). Itagaki is not a power-hitter so a) is out but neither is Saeki so he won't get that damaged with a counter and b) is out too. So, in order to win (and the fucker will win) Itagaki will have to go beyond the impossible and do some incredibly lame bullshit. My bet is that he will go "Great Tiger" and attack from many different spots a the same time.
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trucutru posted:This chapter wasn't bad. The manga does improve when boxers are actually throwing punches instead of dancing and running. Well as the previous Itagaki fights have shown, when Itagaki sees the little ghosts who tell him what to do, he gets his rear end kicked. But when he gets hit hard enough that the ghosts shut the gently caress up, he suddenly moves super fast and his punches hit like trucks.
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WeaponBoy posted:That's loving stupid. The whole reason that worked against Ippo was because he was slow. Itagaki is fast and should be able to keep him in his field of vision when he moves. Morikawa just doesn't give a gently caress anymore, does he? It's an exaggeration but getting an eye closed up is a very bad thing in a fight. Look at George St. Pierre vs. Koschek for a relatively recent example. A closed up right eye makes you very vulnerable to jabs and left hooks
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Aww man, here comes the bullshit. Just for a moment there I thought Morikawa was finally going to let him lose, but nope Magic super feet to the rescue.
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In other boxing manga news, RRR has been really good recently
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http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/39650806/1 GOD MODE ACTIVATE
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Y'all are missing it. This is a new epoch of boxing manga! The future! Instead of burning shonen spirit, the new paradigm is burning COMEDY SPIRIT! Pun gags to the rescue! With your puns and my horrible comedic timing, we can rule the boxing world!
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All I want from the next chapter is for the first page to be blank, with "..." on it or something, and the next panel to be the custodian scraping Itagaki's remains off the floor of the ring. Is that too much to ask?
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Ohhh I get it. He's entering focus mode by trying to come up with puns as his body does the work for him. By NOT thinking about fighting, he will win by sheer ability
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ilifin posted:Ohhh I get it. He's entering focus mode by trying to come up with puns as his body does the work for him. By NOT thinking about fighting, he will win by sheer ability No, but he adapts the fighting style of each animal he thinks of and Saeki can't keep up with all the different styles!
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Centzon Totochtin posted:No, but he adapts the fighting style of each animal he thinks of and Saeki can't keep up with all the different styles!
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Itagaki is gonna win, but him getting punched in the face for most of the fight is an improvement at least.
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