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To be fair, Ippo is correct to go all out, since Volg is doing absolute top level matches (and I think in a higher weight class even?).
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Adnor posted:Ok Ippo, it's time to parry or dodge that. PARRY OR DODGE THAT
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I do appreciate the solution Morikawa came up with for ensuring that it's more easily readable what tightly-cropped panels are what character. If you can see a pant leg, it's Ippo's foot, and Volg is the only one wearing a shirt.
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Ytlaya posted:To be fair, Ippo is correct to go all out, since Volg is doing absolute top level matches (and I think in a higher weight class even?).
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I say this anytime something cool happens, but man I'd really love to see this spar animated.
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Hahaha Ippo is still in jeans.
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Hypocrisy posted:Hahaha Ippo is still in jeans. The biggest handicap in a fight tbh, more than the weights.
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drat this kinda rulesFrabba posted:I say this anytime something cool happens, but man I'd really love to see this spar animated. I'd kill for another season (or two or three) At the very least it will be nice to see if Discotek can license New Challenger and Rising for bluray releases, maybe the sales might send a message
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The big loss is Kimora’s voice actor.
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Really weird how Rising has an official translation but New Challenger is just kinda sitting in null space
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Ytlaya posted:To be fair, Ippo is correct to go all out, since Volg is doing absolute top level matches (and I think in a higher weight class even?). Yeah the map on the first page mentions he went up a class. Sindai posted:please god Assuming this is going to be where his supersecret parrying/countering skills manifest.
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Praying for the next chapter that Ippo doesn't decide to tank the hit to get an exchange please don't tank the hit please dodge it or parrty it please please PLEASE
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Ippo tries to dodge but fails because, despite his increased physical skills, he still has some brain and eye damage and this shows to him that he can never return to the ring.
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Garrand posted:Ippo tries to dodge but fails because, despite his increased physical skills, he still has some brain and eye damage and this shows to him that he can never return to the ring. The first step is admitting that you just can't anymore.
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he saw the hog
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CharlestonJew posted:he saw the hog It's the only thing that can strike fear into the hearts of other boxers, ippos massive hog
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volg has been at jr lightweight since he came back from retirement btw, its not a recent increase. there's a line iirc where he says he found it difficult to get back to featherweight after being retired
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Centzon Totochtin posted:can't believe we finally got another good chapter of ippo the quality has been very high since the start of the retirement arc imo. there's been a lot of very good chapters
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tbp posted:the quality has been very high since the start of the retirement arc imo. there's been a lot of very good chapters Also that first full page of Ippo fighting is fantastic, a full on explosion of adrenaline and raw power.
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Jun 8, 2022 17:54
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It says a lot that for a long time when the retirement arc started, a lot of people, myself included, were either unsure if or just straight up didn't want Ippo to return to the ring. But at this point, I think it really does feel earned if and when he does come out of retirement.
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mabels big day posted:It says a lot that for a long time when the retirement arc started, a lot of people, myself included, were either unsure if or just straight up didn't want Ippo to return to the ring. But at this point, I think it really does feel earned if and when he does come out of retirement. This is really the best bit of storytelling about this arc. I agree, it seemed like everyone was very good with ippo staying retired, to the point of it would ruin the story to have him go back in the ring. Now I think we're all excited to see the layers they built during this arc to come to fruition for him stepping back into the ring.
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The main worry I had was the beginning of the arc seemed to suggest that Ippo just needed to find his drive to win again, that all he needed to to do was be more determined/driven. This was ignoring why ippo's fights were boring the past few years, because he boxed like a complete moron and his solution to any match seemed to be "punch harder." Now the arc had Ippo reflect on the big flaws in his boxing style and working to improve them. We get to see a process of him examining himself through his own training to be an assistant/coach which allows him to pick up on and correct his flaws. The amount of time that has passed since Ippo's been in a match really helps sell the idea that this is a lengthy process of improvement. His major improvements seem very earned. Really this whole arc really shined the light on Kamogawa being an absolute poo poo trainer and I hope that this gets more attention in the future.
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See all his growth is great, but unless you have a timeskip or Ippo does fights in the background while other stories take the forefront for a bit, you're going to have Ippo going through low level fights to get his rank back and challenge the top again. UNLESS Mori commits to just having him stomp these fights, I am very worried of the possibility that he reverts to old patterns and has Ippo forget all these lessons to make some sort of tension in order to keep it "interesting"
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Artelier posted:Praying for the next chapter that Ippo doesn't decide to tank the hit to get an exchange please don't tank the hit please dodge it or parrty it please please PLEASE Ippo is going to knock it away and counter with a gazelle punch that obliterates Volg's abdomen into piles of meat..
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Asuron posted:See all his growth is great, but unless you have a timeskip or Ippo does fights in the background while other stories take the forefront for a bit, you're going to have Ippo going through low level fights to get his rank back and challenge the top again. it would be a huge narrative whiplash if he made ippo stink upon coming back. there'll be a few growing pains but i have enough faith that an author who decided to do this whole perpendicular arc to actually grow ippo won't just magically forget that he did so upon his return. he's handling the power up with great care, seems silly to be nervous that he won't handle the return with similar care
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CharlestonJew posted:he saw the hog  Asuron posted:See all his growth is great, but unless you have a timeskip or Ippo does fights in the background while other stories take the forefront for a bit, you're going to have Ippo going through low level fights to get his rank back and challenge the top again. It seems pretty easy to jump a bunch of ranks if you can find someone already up there willing to challenge you. Right after he won the Rookie King East v West thing Date's student, who was #5, challenged him because he didn't think Ippo was worthy to even deign to challenge his senpai. Ippo pretty easily fucks him up in one round. But anyway with all the goodwill he still has and already being on Martinez's radar, it wouldn't be complete fantasy to have him just get vouched-for into a high level match and get a decent world rank back in short order. 'Short' for this manga anyway. Takes No Damage fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jun 9, 2022 |
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Ippo's 2nd loss happened around five years ago now (I think?) and I still have no clue where the series is going. It feels like the series has meandered between Ippo's health, his day-to-day life, his training of other boxers, and always hinting at his return, yet never pulling the trigger. * If Woli wins, then it will be hot garbage because it's not earned, as Woli is still doing Street Fighter moves. If Martinez wins (like I'm expecting), then Woli isn't an important enough character to prompt Ippo to come back. A Sendo loss/possible death would have made for a perfect gateway for Ippo's return, so maybe this is just a long lead-in to that? * If Ippo does return, then how much of an uphill struggle will he have reclaiming and ascending from his previous position? Ippo won't get laid. I'm 100% confident in that prediction It's a grim thought, but I wonder if the recent passing of Miura has prompted Morikawa to think about the end of the series and to start building towards it? I'm curious what everyone else thinks about the future direction of the series?
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Ippo is going to counter with the Frog Punch after crouching lying in wait after four hours.
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One think I like for this chapter is all of the lateral movement! I feel like for at least a decade, there was so little lateral movement used in Ippo's fights. Even if they did happen, they must have been so few because I'm blanking on any lateral movement panels. Closest I can think of is the Karasawa squash (but that was more cutting him off before he can escape the corner using diagonal steps) which is very different from what happens in this chapter. Also, jabs! Lots and lots of jabs!
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Artelier posted:Also, jabs! Lots and lots of jabs!
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Ippo gets back into the ring by crippling Volg so hard that they put a wig on him and make him fight in Volg’s place so he doesn’t lose his title
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Centzon Totochtin posted:ippo gonna parry the uppercut of white fang with his monster dong The True Dempsey Roll will finally be achieved when Ippo realizes he needs to integrate his hog into the move. The flaw in his existing Dempsey Roll is that it doesn't account for the size and weight of his hog throwing off his balance.
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Coach kamogawa failed to account for Ippo's ginormous dong and peanut-sized brain, to reach his full potential he should be upside-down due to his inverted dong-to-neuron ratio, walking on his hands and boxing with his feet.
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I really hope we get to see Kamogawa confronted with the fact that he's a good trainer but a poo poo coach. And I don't mean that just as wanting him to suffer, just... I feel like that would be a better understanding of himself. Or he can reject it and die a bitter old man, that also works, either way.
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