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Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
His point was that they are alike in that they win in a way different from how the main character does that makes them really fun to watch.

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Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I always secretly hoped that the end of the manga would be Hiruma actually using his guns to mow down the other team.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Hahaha it looks like the Gate from Full Metal Alchemist is trying to grab Woli.

Also that little panel of Ippo's fist two inches from Woli's face is the most god drat beautiful thing.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I'm looking forward to this because I enjoy Itagaki entering the Matrix more than Ippo being a punching bag.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Ippo vs Sawamura was rad as hell and definitely up there with the best fights.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I like Itagaki's superpowers the best. The only way to make him better would be if he made more puns while phasing through time and space.

But then I always liked playing the fastest character in fighting/action games.

EDIT: After reading Prince of Tennis this is so tame by comparison that I just can't be bothered by it. My only problem with the Woli fight was how long it dragged on.

Sindai fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Oct 17, 2010

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
That was pretty much the best fight in RK (except for the one just after it). This fight in HnI is great too.

Sindai fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Oct 19, 2010

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
All I could think about while reading those was how infuriated this thread was going to be. :3:

Especially that he still beat Ippo's time, which almost no one thought was going to happen.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
What I'm really anticipating is what kind of dumb gimmick Takamura will show up with when he comes back from his Secret Training.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Well that certainly is a face. :shepface:

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Hahaha that last page is wonderful.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Kuai posted:

Ippo is dead guys. His neck has been snapped from a 2 ton punch.
This makes Itagaki the new main character.

The remainder of the manga takes place in bullet time and is filled with awful puns.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
My favorite part of the manga was Ippo tricking Sawaura with the dempsey and putting his fist through his skull.

The Hawk fight is second place.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I liked that chapter.

Took too long leading up to it though.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I love Tough. It's like a slightly more realistic Baki but without the somewhat unsettling art.

My favorite part of the current arc is that it's not enough that that guy was just raised by monkeys, oh no. He also needs chameleon eyes for no apparent reason.

Sindai fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Jun 15, 2011

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
You know, having the chapters released in batches where something actually happens at the end seriously improves this series.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Mangastream has started doing it in bursts of 4-5 chapters at a time, which greatly improves the pacing.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I had completely forgotten Mashiba and Kumi were related.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
That was actually a pretty good joke until he spent a whole chapter running it into the ground.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I like Itagaki because I like fast characters in fighting games. :v:

It strikes me as all just part of following in Ippo's footsteps. His first and only loss was fighting for the Japanese title for the first time. Now Itagaki need never lose again.

Sindai fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Aug 24, 2013

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Ippo becomes an award-winning manga artist when he draws a series about an untalented but tough and dedicated boxer who becomes world champion.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
While it's very predictable so far I'm still enjoying this.

Mostly though I wonder how much longer Morikawa plans to keep it going. It feels like it could end at any moment or be only halfway.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Rikudou has insanely good art.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I'm okay with Ippo being a comedy from now on.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I'm way too lazy to do it but I want to see every Umezawa reaction panel side by side.

Also hey, it's that guy. I'd pretty much forgotten about him.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

SwissArmyDruid posted:

:doh: Christ, I forgot about that too, no wonder Umezawa kept doing dogeza.
Oh I completely forgot about that too that makes the whole thing way funnier

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I ruined the page for myself by re-noticing that Morikawa can't draw ears and now they're all I can look at.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Cao Ni Ma posted:

Ippo realizes his calling is slapping the poo poo out of people, puts on weight and becomes the yokozuna
Unfortunately he's way too short and gets sued for copyright infringement

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
lol if Kumi gets painted as the bad guy for not wanting Ippo to get punched in the head any more

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Jose posted:

Ippo just needs to finally gently caress and he'll be over boxing or it'll cure his brain.
Like Baki he'll attain enlightenment and easily take the world title

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Next chapter we learn Mashiba's actually shaking with laughter

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Takes No Damage posted:

Ippo is going to accidentally unleash the beast and lay Sendo out with his secret not-getting-punched-in-the-head style boxing he's been practicing. They're going to dress him up like Sendo and hope the Mexicans don't notice. Ippo easily beats Gonzalez then Martinez, and learns what it truly means to be the strongest, but ironically all as Sendo :ironicat:
And by "dress Ippo like Sendo" you mean "put him in a lucha mask."

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
He also refuses to fight any champion not named after a (possibly mythical) animal.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Eight-Six posted:

it's gonna be "takamura beats up a weeaboo by dropping anime quotes mid-fight to distract him"
Aoki distracts him by waving a new chapter of Saki from the corner

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
That's Ippo's line

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
"Weird, I regretted it every other time I ended someone's career. :shrug:"

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Adnor posted:

Ok Ippo, it's time to parry or dodge that. PARRY OR DODGE THAT
please god

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
https://mangadex.org/chapter/2ea11de4-ba9e-4796-8365-9c8b61929e19

I can't believe Ippo is going to be Junior Lightweight co-champion!

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Making a point of how much Woli loves to jump and flip around, things he'll definitely still be able to do after this match.

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Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I think Morikawa's solution to working on a weekly manga for 20 years without dying is occasionally doing half or third length chapters like how Oda takes weeks off now.

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