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Nilbop posted:The art in this manga is so dated. It's really bad in this fight. Compare how Saeki looked against Ippo.
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Jan 22, 2012 04:33
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Oh gently caress off Itagaki.
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Jan 22, 2012 16:13
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Arise, you puntastic little bastard
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Jan 22, 2012 17:35
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I hope he keeps it up and becomes like RJJ or Prince Naseem. That would rule.
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Jan 22, 2012 17:41
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I'm sure Takamura will have something to do with Itagakis next match entrance if he wins this. Something MAD TAUNT
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Jan 22, 2012 17:42
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Urgh... I am actually amused and angry at the same time. I really don't know what to think anymore.
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See, this is really in character for Itagaki and fits his whole development great. But as a comeback off the retardedly long and boring start, it's just laughable.
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Jan 22, 2012 17:56
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It's actually a decent turn of events. Problem is it took 5 chapters of race car bullshit to get here
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Yeah, I don't know, either. Chapter 964 http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/51714949/1
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Why do I even bother anymore.
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Ahahahahahaha. Seriously? Just make Itagaki watch a few good gag shows before a fight and let him loose against Martinez.
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Jan 23, 2012 03:12
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Yay. My favorite real life boxer was incorporated into this horrible manga in a haphazard way through a character I hate.
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Jan 23, 2012 03:24
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Calling it - Itagaki evolves into the ultimate rear end in a top hat after totally going sick-house on the next few fights until he's ranked number 1. He leaves the gym and challenges Ippo for the belt. He also asks Kumi out on a date and Ippo sees him go for the kiss, but Ippo is too mild mannered and just accepts it like a little bitch. Ippo is outwardly friends and like "it's going to be a good match" (and poo poo) but he injures his fist during training because he is unconsciously pissed off. The match arrives - Ippo starts off strong the first round but Itagaki goes god mode and poo poo and starts taunting him and throwing out magic lefts and moonwalking and generally being a huge dick. Ippo continues to fail horribly at the fight until Itagaki starts saying poo poo about Kumi - then he thinks back to "what is Mananbu-kun's weakness - I don't want to lose..." So he loving headbutts Itagaki, making it look like he was just trying to go into the dempsey roll - but Itakagi doesn't go down, is just stunned Ippo would do something like that. Then Ippo does the ultimate dempsey roll and ends up breaking his fist and Itagaki's jaw and Itagaki has to retire and is never seen in the manga again. Everyone is so impressed by the motherfucking ultimate dempsey roll that Ippo relinquishes the Japanese title and decides to move up to the world for real.
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Jan 23, 2012 03:40
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Calling it- nothing changes the status quo in the foreseeable future because Morikawa doesn't give a gently caress.
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Jan 23, 2012 03:48
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Calling it - This thread continues to be funnier and more exciting than the actual manga of discussion. Even if characters do continue to moonwalk in the middle of boxing matches.
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Jan 23, 2012 05:11
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Itagaki's gonna leave the gym and challenge Miyata.
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Jan 23, 2012 05:45
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Lectim posted:Calling it - This thread continues to be funnier and more exciting than the actual manga of discussion. Even if characters do continue to moonwalk in the middle of boxing matches. I literally don't even read the manga, but I follow this thread religiously because everyone's disappointment is so humorous.
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James Totes posted:I literally don't even read the manga, but I follow this thread religiously because everyone's disappointment is so humorous. You can count on, in any given situation, the absolute *least* worthy boxer to win the match. At least as far as the current few years have gone. This current fight is quite literally "A superior boxer on every single level that is also a better person and more likable and interesting character is beating the living poo poo out of a completely unlikable pun-filled douchebag who can't fight and uses magic plot powers to win, but it doesn't matter because the loser is a 'main character' and will completely ignore the damage and pull off some gimmick that allows him to win, even though there is literally nothing that would make sense for him to win with at this point". The plus side is that because all of the recent chapters are so generically uninteresting, you can read them in 30 seconds. That's 20 seconds to focus on the interesting character, and 10 seconds to glance over everything else. The manga deserves about that much, because the gags that aren't puns are still funny and there was a time he actually wrote good matches.
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Boogaleeboo posted:You can count on, in any given situation, the absolute *least* worthy boxer to win the match. Counterpoint: Any Takamura fight.
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Centzon Totochtin posted:Counterpoint: Any Takamura fight. Countercounterpoint: The last few Takamura fights (where he forgets how to box) have been lovely. His fight with Eagle was like 10 years ago.
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http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/51714949/3 This is the worst drawing of human anatomy I've ever seen in a manga. And I include Toriko in that.
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Nilbop posted:http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/51714949/3 Saeki's face.  I actually kinda liked that chapter because of how silly it was (this manga is really only good for gags now, the actual matches are slow, tiresome poo poo), but it's ultimately just turning into loving god mode again.
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Jan 24, 2012 04:38
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loving predictable. Didn't think he would do the comparisons to another boxer. When was the last time he did that? I barely paid attention, last time was Ippo being compared to Tyson (when he was legit) For this loving smug guy to have him channeling one of the most cocky bastards in real bastards in real boxing almost feels fitting. Almost. gently caress Itagaki. gently caress pun smug bastard. 
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I think the last time they referenced real boxers was when they introduced Mashiba with the flicker jab. I may be forgetting some other point.
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KidDynamite posted:I think the last time they referenced real boxers was when they introduced Mashiba with the flicker jab. I may be forgetting some other point. They reference a lot Japanese boxers that I can't remember and had never heard of and a few other boxers.
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Tezcatlipoca posted:They reference a lot Japanese boxers that I can't remember and had never heard of and a few other boxers. Was Mowgli from the Jungle Book a boxer? It's been a while since I've seen the movie.
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I've put up with a lot in this manga. While others have been getting increasingly pissed off at Morikawa I've, for the most part, remained cautiously optimistic. This is the first time I've actively hated it. gently caress you, Morikawa. And gently caress Itagaki.
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hahahaha knew it. JUST knew it was going to happen. I thought Ippo's fight was bad but this was worse. You know it's bad when you cringe at the explanation of the bullshit why it works.
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New Chapter Dance Dance Revolution meets National Geographic. Nice.
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Well, We all knew he was going to bullshit his way out of this, but I never in a million years thought it would be THIS bad.
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Feb 15, 2012 12:57
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Itagaki belongs in Naruto and not in a boxing manga
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Duel posted:Itagaki belongs in Naruto and not in a boxing manga I don't think that's really very fair to Naruto...
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Feb 15, 2012 14:57
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Yessss the power of puns conquers all
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I wouldnt mind this at all if he had made Itagaki into the underdog gag guy, but to be the underdog gaga guy and also be the fastest person in the world is just poo poo.
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This is depressing. When this fight started it was loving baller, the most I've enjoyed this manga in quite a while. Then the last two chapters happened. Why do you do this to me Morikawa?
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Duel posted:Itagaki belongs in Naruto and not in a boxing manga Only if he fights Sasuke. Two Mary Sues coming into contact with each other would result in an explosion of catastrophic proportions.
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Sanguinia posted:Why do you do this to me Morikawa? I've asked this like every fight since probably chapter 600. Maybe before that.
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Feb 15, 2012 19:22
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As dumb as this fight has been, from the pages of obvious race car metaphors to the moon-walking, I feel like this chapter is really within Itagaki's character. The whole thing about him needing to not think too much of the fight on hand has been seen several times with him getting his rear end handed to him as he listens to the stupid little brain ghosts, until he learns to disregard them and run circles around the next guy. Now with him just thinking about stupid pun stuff he can just get into the flow and teleport or whatever the gently caress. I've been consistently disappointed with HnI recently, but this last chapter has been a pretty good one in my eyes.
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