Hajime no Ippo by Morikawa Jyoji

[Wrath]

My hope is that Ippo manages to nail Woli in mid-air, getting a ring out. Now that would be satisfying at this point.

[clodhopper]

this is the worst fight in the manga.
No it isn't. The previous fight with the 'magician' was wayyyyyyyyy worse. This fight is to get Ippo closer to finding his rythm with a new Dempsey Roll and for him to look back on what he's learned from the last 3 'title' fighters he's battled.

[BBB Banana]

No it isn't. The previous fight with the 'magician' was wayyyyyyyyy worse. This fight is to get Ichigo closer to finding his rythm with a new Dempsey Roll and for him to look back on what he's learned from the last 3 'title' fighters he's battled.

LOL Ichigo? really? it's ok just kiding. XD

I liked the idea the other guy above said about Ippo landing a punch while woli is in the air and the send him flying out of the ring.

[AiddonValentine]

there's really no point to having someone as bland as Woli winning as it'd be generic shock value that throws a central theme of the series out the window. It's about time Ippo started turning this thing around because Woli needs to get it through his thick skull that boxing isn't just a game to Ippo or a lot of other people.

[JustMax]

about the new chapter

spoilers

uhh yeah actually, clenching your fist only makes your punches slower... but hey what the hell, this series hasn't been operating on logic for god knows how long now.

[Pavitre]

No it isn't. The previous fight with the 'magician' was wayyyyyyyyy worse. This fight is to get Ippo closer to finding his rythm with a new Dempsey Roll and for him to look back on what he's learned from the last 3 'title' fighters he's battled.

yea right atleast with the magician he was hitting him after getting his range right, and he wasnt overly powerful like woli lol just using tricks.
woli is way off from the that guy, lol how can you even compare them when its obvious that an ass pull is waiting to happen.
it doesnt matter what he's learned from the previous fight's lol, he'll have to think diff for this fighter, this isn't like any fighter he has faced before.

It's nice to defend Ippo lol but everyone can see, this fight became the lamest one ever, when things started to go all ape in the ring and he was getting pounded for like how many ch, I dont even remember, without getting as much as a tap

[Katz]

887 has been scanned/trans'ed, I have to say Ippo at the end kinda gave me hope that he's gonna be able to finally turn this around......BUT

Then I looked thru the Raw of 888 and yea I can't read Japanese....but Ippo doesn't really seem to improve his situation.....IE he's still eating shots to the face etc etc...

[BigCamaro]

887 is good. Looks like this will be the last round in the fight. And Miguel is finally remembering the kamogawa fight? If Ippo throws a tekken thats the only way he can win without a double ko or loss.

[Pavitre]

go ahead and lose ippo, woli deserves to win if you'll fight this pathetically. let him face miyata instead of you, quit boxing and go find a job somewhere, you dozen chapter thrashed by amateur boxer

[The Boff]

seriously... this fight is becoming the most boring in the entire manga. i mean come on.
why does Ippo always have to have his snot handed to him? i mean out of all of ippos fights, the only one where he actually behaved like a champ and stayed on top of his game was against Karasawa. he was focused, did his job and smacked the crap out of Karasawa. if he'd applied the same focus every match he wouldnt be such a frikkin punchbag for everyone.

yeah ok, Woli is really friggin good. but wtf... focus and more focus and ippo would wipe the floor with that bouncy bastard.

something is up with Woli though, twice now he's remarked on being hit with the chair on the leg. my guess, he wasnt hit either time. some kind of damage in his leg that will fuck it up for him and will give ippo that one punch in which will change the flow of a match.
thats not the way our main character should win his fights. he should progress and develop with the storyline and each fight. if it keeps this way then ill still be reading this thing when im in my 50s for christ sake.

[jinoku]

Funny how no one is challenging Woli's remark about them knocking his foot with the chair.

" Hit your foot? Naw I was no where near your foot bro."

Well it won't be a chair hitting him next but Ippo's Fist! and if those baby taps can stumble this guy a full force blow is going to knock his internal organs out of his rectum.

[Sherlock Holmes]

if those baby taps can stumble this guy a full force blow is going to knock his internal organs out of his rectum.

If that literally happened, it would make this entire match worth watching.

[AiddonValentine]

true, because watching smug bastards getting a wake up call is so deliciously cathartic

[Wrath]

Funny how no one is challenging Woli's remark about them knocking his foot with the chair.

" Hit your foot? Naw I was no where near your foot bro."

Well it won't be a chair hitting him next but Ippo's Fist! and if those baby taps can stumble this guy a full force blow is going to knock his internal organs out of his rectum.
Nooooooo, ring out, ring out! Ippo punches him in the air and he flies out of the ring. That would be the most satisfying.

[Katz]

^lol at the "wanted" endings to this fight..

Question: Did the series go on a break this week?, usually the Raw for the latest chapter is out by now, but I haven't had any luck finding it

[brebaz]

^lol at the "wanted" endings to this fight..

Question: Did the series go on a break this week?, usually the Raw for the latest chapter is out by now, but I haven't had any luck finding it

Yeah. mori-san decided that we should wait more for this lame fight to end!!

[Katz]

^hmmm, thought so.....the break must be from Mori-san recovering from the Woli tattoo he had applied to his drawing hand this week.....

[brebaz]

^^ let's just hope he ends the fight in the next chapter so we can move on ( if ippo loses I'll stop reading the manga. )

I'm so freaking tired of this stupid fight already...

[Katz]

I'm kinda with u there....I really don't wanna spend another few years on Ippo trying to re-climb the ladder to challenge the world....20 years of him fighting to even get there for him to just fall again.....hell nah

[brebaz]

889 is out Raw

Click on the spoiler tag to find the link

Hotfile links are not allowed to be posting unless paired with a non profit link, go to raw paradise instead.

[Sachsenhesse]

love it

finally a chapter what we wanted to see

[Katz]

Hey its not exactly the chapter I wanted too see, but as long as Ippo is on the track to be winning this fight, I'm happy,this fight needs to end FAST, probably lowest point of the manga was this fight, but anyway thanks for the RAW post been waiting for it the last few days.

[shouryuujo]

ippo finally gained magical powers! i suspect fireball shooting boxer next time

[Shisu]

ippo finally gained magical powers! i suspect fireball shooting boxer next time

Falcon Punch! And it seems that Ippo has learned Genjutsu - out of nowhere - as well.

Though, looks like a good chapter. Finally the end is nearby.

[shouryuujo]

i think he is like when ippo was fighting date - afraid by the aura..

[AiddonValentine]

FINALLY, Morikawa got it together; guess he got over that stupidity virus that has terminally affected most other shounen writers these days.

[jinoku]

Ippo's A Swinging! Now we just need Woli to put his face in range.

[clodhopper]

Well, i'm on board with the rest of you. The fact that this is coming to a close means we'll finally get past this fight (not the greatest in HnI history, but not as bad as the last fight Ippo had, imo). Hopefully it doesn't drag out much past round 7, however we can't rule that out either. Personally I'd like to see who Takamura's up against right after this, he's about due for another title bout, isn't he?

[BBB Banana]

What pisses me off is that after this fight we probably won't see Ippo fighting for 1 year or so. There's probably going to be some takamura fight, Aoki, Itagaki maybe even Miyata.

[sharingan_kakashi]

how come all lower weight class geniuses (genii) are weak at taking hits. Woli takes a few weak shot and his feet are weakening while ippo has been taking crazy hits and h still walks. lame.

still. i wouldnt want to see him lose since he is the protagonist but still. I wish there are strategies involved in these fights like real world fighters.

[darkband]

It's not necessarily those weak hits that are weakening his legs. I doubt Woli has ever worked this hard in a match, he didn't seem to even realize that his legs had weakened until he started getting nailed. My opinion is that his wild and unpredictable movements were just too much for him to sustain like he did. He jumped around, dodged, and avoided Ippo, and now he just can't keep it up. He's been acting like a monkey in a jungle, but just like with the Shimabukuro match(where the ring was compared to the sea), its not a jungle, and acting like a monkey is what will be Woli's downfall. That is why I think that experience is the key to this fight. Ippo knows what he can and can't do as well as what he needs to do to keep fighting. Woli doesn't have that, so he's going to get owned now. And honestly, without all that unpredictable movement Ippo would have been murdering him a long time ago. Anyway that's just my two cents.

[Katz]

Just looked thru the 890 Raw and all I gotta say is.......


FINALLY, it turns into an actual fight and not a godamn jungle gym...

[Skrymir]

I wouldn't call this a fight anymore. If I were watching this from the stands, I'd say this fight was rigged and Kamogawa paid Miguel to throw the match.

[Katz]

^Well Woli excelled at pretty much everything in terms of a boxer I.E speed,accuracy, somewhat decent power or in a nutshell he was the perfect fighter, he had to had some weakness, so why not give him a glass body, all Ippo's opponents thus far have had something he could counter or stop etc etc.

[Drmke]

I don't really care who wins...
...But this fight between Woli and Ippo is way too long.

Every fight in this series since Ippo won the title has been this long or longer (besides the fights he wins in one punch) so I have kinda just gotten used to it.

This chapter was more exciting than the last 10 or so because Ippo is actually doing something \o/

[wasu311]

I think this feel like when ippo vs sanada in ch.308.
It must be bodyblow for sure. ^ ^

[kangclaw]

I don't like to see Ippo loosing, but I hope the mangaka allows Ippo to win plausibly, because according to Takamura in this fight Ippo was out classed in nearly all areas, and from his performance so far Ippo doesn't deserve to win.

Ippo was disgraced in this chapter, his performance against such a talent looked very very bad; he was being played with, according to Kamagawa, by a rookie. Ippo needs to redeem himself properly and win this fight.

If Ippo ever wins the World Title he will have no chance against an experienced Woli. He barely has a chance against an inexperienced Woli. I mean Woli has more talent than Takamura. So if Ippo wins, I hope he wins convincingly and deservedly.

Seriously Ippo is no longer a rookie challenger. This fight was good in the beginning but 'went south' very quickly. After reading the chapters, I was really upset. It is one thing to show another character is talented but there is no point in disgracing the main character and making him look really bad.

This was one of the worst or the worst fight and one of the longest it is nearly 25 chapters long.

The mangaka really messed up this fight. He created a broken character, Woli is just too talented and if Ippo wins he may not deserve the win, because Woli is the better fighter so far.

[brebaz]

Well the Raw for Chapter 891 is out over Here (http://www.raw-paradise.com/)

I didn't check it yet


Edit: After actually checking it out I just wanna say F*** u mori-san!!

[BBB Banana]

I was wondering since Ippo has been runing for over 15 years could it be that there are adults who follow the series since they were small? It's along time following a series.

[AiddonValentine]

Whoo-hoo, Woli's gettin' the snot kicked outta him! Get 'im, Ippo, get 'im!

[shouryuujo]

apparently those "touches" ippo did actually were worth something. Guess it is less than the "3cm" punch he did before...

[JustMax]

****ing end this crap already, burn down Woli's island and make Woli watch his family turn to coal.
Seriously the author is a ****ing one trick pony.

[jinoku]

After some thinking I think i've finally figured out what the author was going for though he pulled it off badly. It remind me of a time when i was playing Fight Night and I had muhummad Ali vs Butter Bean or some short chubby tank type guy. I swear I was whopping his ass for 7 rounds. But the guy wouldn't stay down and come the 8th round I couldn't dodge anymore and I was getting hit HARD. I went down and I couldn't get up and it didn't make a damn lick of sense. I guess it was exhaustion, and even though i was knocking the dude around the hits weren't doing nuff dmg. Now if Ippo would have looked like he had been somehow reducing the dmg from woli's attacks and just buying time while landing those small hits this would have been an easier case to sell. Anyhow I think thats what we were spose to get from it.

[brebaz]

Since Raw-paradise is no more, There won't be a new RAW for a long time...

[Lord.Strife]

Since Raw-paradise is no more, There won't be a new RAW for a long time...

thats terrible i keep getting redirect to a japanese site.

i am real sad now

[Sherlock Holmes]

is raw paradise the only place that scans ippo?

[sabret00the]

I believe there's one more source, but scans don't surface until Wednesday.

[BBB Banana]

You can get the trough certain IRC chanels though you need to spend a while of your time to find them or ask someone who knows about any.

[shouryuujo]

what is the other source?

[sabret00the]

http://raws.shining-bind.net/scanning.html

[Katz]

891 is out on OM...and I gotta say MAN it must be a day breaker when you can see the imprint of a first on ur body

[brebaz]

CAM raw for 892 Thanks to Sugarboy from DynamiteGlove.


892 Cam RAW (http://www.mediafire.com/?gzjmgmmihmh)

[Katz]

^I can't click on that link at all, you sure you pasted it right

[brebaz]

^ Check again now I'm sure it was working when i posted it :S weird

[Katz]

^yep it worked, well after what seems like ages, Ippo is finally seemingly going to use the Demsey Roll again, thx for the Raw

[brebaz]

Well i hope mori would finish the fight this chapter, but how can you make a long fight longer?! that's what he did.

well I certainly want to see the Dempsy roll but, not the way he is right now... and also i think he's doing it ( morikawa not ippo ) for woli's sake so he could grow up and learn how to do this one too!!! what a nice way to destroy what ippo been working so hard for!!! but, that's just how i see it.

Great chapter it is, But, I'm already bored with the fight.

[Katz]

^I've been bored with this fight since the first two chapters of it, woli's whole act was cute and new at first....but then it got really really really old quick, I'm ready like yourself for this fight to end and move into the next fight arc, which hopefully see's Ippo start challenging the world

[AiddonValentine]

eeeeyeah, Woli, trying to do the corner strategy isn't going to work now that your legs are made of jelly.

[bittman]

Apparantly this whole fight was to get Ippo desperate again?

I thought the point of this fight would be for Ippo to do a 360 Dempsey roll like the Coach imagined? I mean, Woli jumps over punches. Woli ducks under punches. Rocket Science is invented.

Down, Diagonal, Side, PUNCH ALREADY!

[Katz]

360 Dempsey Roll?, I don't remember the coach ever imagining that, what chapter does that happen in? (not doubting you, I just don't remember for the life of me)

[Uruner]

Well i hope mori would finish the fight this chapter, but how can you make a long fight longer?! that's what he did.
...
Great chapter it is, But, I'm already bored with the fight.

Maybe it's boring if you are folowing each relese of ippo ... but looking at it the other way - when you'r waiting for several chapter to come out before catching up... it is whooooooole lot more interesting in my opinion...

[Katz]

since RP no longer exists, has anyone else found a place to get RAWs of Hajime yet?

[darkband]

360 Dempsey Roll?, I don't remember the coach ever imagining that, what chapter does that happen in? (not doubting you, I just don't remember for the life of me)

I don't think it was so much a 360 Dempsey Roll, as it was one that would be less predictable since Ippo could mix up the punches instead of it just being continuous hooks. Ippo has already used it, I think in one of his recent fights, he just hasn't mastered it yet it's still very rough. Honestly though I don't find much to complain about with this fight like many others, I just like to go with the flow of the manga. I don't really think Woli can last much longer, I think he'll get a down, get back up just to show how much he likes boxing, then go down hard.

[brebaz]

Maybe it's boring if you are folowing each relese of ippo ... but looking at it the other way - when you'r waiting for several chapter to come out before catching up... it is whooooooole lot more interesting in my opinion...

Maybe it is because of that... but, i've been following the manga for a long time now, and i'm used to read them weekly so, for me that is not the case the fight just dragged on for a long time now.


since RP no longer exists, has anyone else found a place to get RAWs of Hajime yet?

the only place is Ignition one they get a different Raw provider which usually comes out on Wednesday.

[repme]

raw892:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OCQ73GO4

[brebaz]

Raw893:http://www.mediafire.com/?r5nggitcmvw


Enjoy


One more Thing ( Trans ) Thanks To ssjian1 (http://forums.narutofan.com/member.php?u=29244) From Naruto Forums...


Hajime no Ippo – Round 893 – Trap vs. Figure eight!

Page 1
Text on the first panel: He accepts Woli’s invitation to the corner, and unleashes the rest of his strength!!
Announcer: This movement is—!?

Page 2-3
The seal is off. Behold the ultimate weapon of Makunouchi Ippo.

Page 4-5
Announcer: THERE IT IS!!! This movement that traces the path of a figure eight—without a doubt, IT’S THE DEMPSEY ROLL!!
Takamura: Ippo…
Kimura, Itagaki, Aoki: He took off the seal—!!
Miguel: So he brought it out now and got all fired up—?
Coach: He’s decided that this ain’t the kind of opponent we can beat without pulling out all the stops! That’s the spirit!!
Miguel: Mu…
Coach: …But

Page 6
Ippo: U…gu….
Coach: Now that he’s already near his limit with that damaged and fatigued lower body, does he have any bullets left in him!?
Crowd: Here it is!! He’s gonna use it! He lifted the ban on his special weapon!! GO~~! Knock him down with that!!
Takamura: … The guests in the audience who haven’t seen the Dempsey Roll in a while haven’t noticed it yet. But there’s clearly a lack in the number of rotations. Fundamentally, it’s a technique that puts burden on the body. With those legs right now, it’s taking all his might for Ippo just to do the rolling. He won’t be able to land any shots while moving.

Page 7
Ippo: I’m just managing to sustain the movement. My hands…—won’t go out.
Miguel: The rotations have weakened. Come to think of it, Woli managed to jump back when he retreated to the corner. Even though it’s just in small intervals, he is recovering some physical strength from the damage. If he could just move faster than the opponent, he’ll be able to slip around to the side.

Page 8-9
Miguel: Yes, slip around! Get to the side of wherever Makunouchi is facing—and end it with a counter!!
Coach: Woli’s picking up speed. If the kid can’t start moving his arms, then this attack is gonna end in a failure.
Miguel: That movement is nothing more than that of a fool waving around his pistol with no bullets.
Coach: His courage will betray him. He’ll wind up dancing right into the trap. Which will triumph!? The trap of a genius! Or the fool’s rush!

Page 10
Woli: He won’t swing—I can still do this!! I can slip behind him from over there! Go, go, GO!!

Page 11
Ippo: The rotation is becoming dull. He’s going to be able to slip behind me… Don’t let him escape! Move!! Move, MOVE!!

Page 12-13

Page 14
Woli: Es…cape? Where on earth TO—!?
Miguel: With the Dempsey Roll…
Coach: He put up a screen right before his eyes!
Miguel: Don’t stop WOLI!!
Ippo: Guu…~
Coach: KID!!

Page 15
Announcer: AHH—both of their movements… have come to a halt~~~!
Miguel: NOW!!
Coach: HERE IT IS!
Woli: Esc…ape!
Ippo: Don’t let him… escape!

Page 16-17

Page 18
Text: THE FULL-POWER CANNON EXPLODES!!

[Bludvein]

This was was already boring months ago. I seriously can't take anymore of this. Atleast Tarzan finally got messed up.

[Katz]

thoughts on 893

all I gotta say is FINALLY, seeing Woli getting hit like that makes me happy...I only wish it had happened 3-4 chapters ago so I could stop QQing about how one-sided and boring this fight was for Woli's side

[JustMax]

Hmm... Maybe I should get myself checked out? I seriously wanted Ippo to rip Woli apart with that punch and make him die a slow painful death.

[bittman]

Like everyone else I was sick of this fight about 15 chapters ago...

...but I can't help but smile seeing the dempsey roll build up. That attack has a special place in my heart.

[Shisu]

Finally Ippo is going to Dempsey Roll the shit out of Woli.

Will there be a chapter next week ?

[tobeulp]

Please make Woli be injured and not to be able to fight again so he will regret making us the readers piss

[Katz]

^I rather not ever see Woli again, but maybe a match up between him and Itagaki (a short one) but it'd be a interesting match up speed vs speed....next chapter is set to release on may 6ish right?

[clodhopper]

Nice to see this one drawing to a close. I suppose next chapter we'll see Ippo and Woli exchanging thoughts on how much they both like boxing, how fun it is, how they both still have so much to learn etc etc etc. Ippo will then pass out, as usual, just after the winning bell. Excellent artwork in 893, probably some of the best I've seen of Ippo in a long time. Anyone else think Ippo got some speed boost there? Like he gave up power for speed while working the corner?

[ish3]

893 is very nice. Somehow he trapped Woli in the corner with a faster and still just if not more powerful dempsey. Is this a third version or something? Either way with his supposed aura I doubt woli will be getting back up after this.

[Robotic Red]

I know this fight seems long, but it doesn't seem anywhere near as bad if you go through it in one sitting.

[shouryuujo]

basically ippo tried to use dempsey but couldnt do the "punching" part due to injury/stamina and woli tries to escape - so basically ippo is trying to prevent woli from leaving the corner while woli is trying to move behind ippo. Woli got exhausted first so ippo ended up punching him with a normal punch...

[repme]

893raw (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VRRDX3G7)

[Katz]

^alittle late there buddy, 893 was posted almost more then a week ago


Alitte of topic but I was watching Super street fighter video's earlier and there's a character on their named Dudley and one of his Ultra's looks exactly like the Dempsey Roll....pretty random comment but I seen it and I thought I must tell someone else about this

[JustMax]

^alittle late there buddy, 893 was posted almost more then a week ago


Alitte of topic but I was watching Super street fighter video's earlier and there's a character on their named Dudley and one of his Ultra's looks exactly like the Dempsey Roll....pretty random comment but I seen it and I thought I must tell someone else about this

Woah, weird. I did just that yesterday o_O
Yeah Dudley has a Dempsey roll. I lol'd when I saw it.

[warbandit66]

Dudley not only has Dempsey roll but one of his signature moves is 'cross counter' a nod to Ashita no Joe.

[brebaz]

There are some spoilers images out. ( won't link them.) that means the RAW chapter should be out soon. I'll post the link once someone upload it.

[Katz]

There are some spoilers images out. ( won't link them.) that means the RAW chapter should be out soon. I'll post the link once someone upload it.

I believe I found the correct spoiler pictures but honestly they look kinda fake to me, like it was taken from different issues and posted together to make it look like real, there's a chance though that I didnt find the same pics you found so just gotta wait a few days till the raw drops

[brebaz]

I believe I found the correct spoiler pictures but honestly they look kinda fake to me, like it was taken from different issues and posted together to make it look like real, there's a chance though that I didnt find the same pics you found so just gotta wait a few days till the raw drops

Let's Wait for the RAW then. Should be out today or tomorrow...
[hr]
Raw ( Cam shots ) is out

Raw 894 (http://www.mediafire.com/?hzigldgm2ny) Thanks To Sugarboy


My comment, I have none...

[Sherlock Holmes]

What.
That's seriously all I can say.
What.

[Katz]

So it finally ends......thank god

[JustMax]

Finally FFS... though...
why the hell is Woli still alive!?
Stupid series :mad

[brebaz]

Here's the link again
Raw 894 (http://www.mediafire.com/?hzigldgm2ny)

And here's The translation Enjoy


Hajime no Ippo – Round 894 – THIS is a boxer

Page 1
Text along the side: This is it! The compilation of the accumulated effort!
Announcer: The Dempsey Roll failed to launch! But Makunouchi’s other signature move—THE LIVER BLOW explodes!!

Page 2
Announcer: Woli doubles over in agony. His body collapses downward! H-he endures it!!

Page 3
Announcer: The pride of the Indonesian champion! The willpower of the Japanese champion! What will happen here!? Everything is riding on the offence and defense being shelled out in the corner!
Crowd: You can knock him down with ONE MORE blow!
Crowd: YEAH! YOU CAN DO IT!
Ippo: Zeh—zeh—zeh—zeh—zeh—zeh—zeh—zeh
Crowd: But… that “one more blow”… does he even have it in him…!?
Woli: Makunouchi’s at his limit too. If I can just endure this and land one more, it’ll be my victory. But…

Page 4
Woli: My body won’t move!! I see… So to have your body shut down, it’s something like this. It’s my first time experiencing it. Body blows. Accumulation. Perseverance. Fatigue. Pressure. Fear. I understand now… THIS is boxing!!

Page 5
Ippo: I…if it only takes one more… I wonder… if I can handle it.
Woli: Gu…Ah~~~ AAAH! I learned a lot from this. And so now I’ll win and finish this lesson.

Page 6
Announcer: Both fighters enter their motions at the same time! Which fist will strike first!?
Woli: I’m faster!
Miguel: Woli will strike first.
Coach: …. ….

Page 7
Woli: (THIS is boxing. THIS…)

Page 8
Woli: (is a BOXER!!)

Page 9

Page 10
Islander: Woli… I wonder how he’s doing.
Islander: Don’t worry.
Islander: He’ll win. He’ll come home victorious really soon.
Elder: I wonder…
Islander: What do you mean, Elder? Are you saying Woli could lose?
Elder: I don’t know about winning or losing. But… you know

Page 11
Elder: That young man traveled away from our small island. With his new knowledge of the world abroad, don’t you think it’ll be a little while before he returns home?
Islander: I… I wonder when he’ll come back to us.
Islander: Yeah, I wonder what’ll become of him…
Elder: Certainly, he’s become a fine man. Certainly, he’s already a true hero.

Page 12
Page 13

Page 14
Announcer: The Indonesian Champion crumbles in the corner—and the thrown towel lands in the ring at the same time!! The match is over! The winner is the Japanese Champion!!

Page 15
Miguel: WOLI! (As if I could stomach seeing my last sun be destroyed!)
Coach: KID—!
Announcer: What a winner—Makunouchi falls over himself with arms outstretched like an angel on the canvas. The only one left standing in the ring is the referee! This moment will go down in history as part of the fierce struggle-to-the-death between these two fighters!

Page 16
Crowd: UWAAAHH!! WHOOOOA!!!
Announcer: There’s a huge clamor over this ending! The charming wild instincts and the natural! The accumulated hard work and willpower! As though both fighters can take pride as the winner, the heavy thunder of applause won’t stop!!
Woli: The… match?
Miguel: For now, don’t say anything.

Page 17
Woli: And …Makunouchi?
Miguel: He’s completely drained.
Coach: KID—can you hear me!? You won!!
Woli: Hm… (I knew it from the start. That boxing could be a painful and mortifying thing like this.)
Yagi-san: It seems like he has consciousness. Hey, take a look at his face.
Coach: Mu…
Woli: (But…you know)

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Woli: (This was the first time I saw that boxing could be fun too.)
Text along the side: Having unleashed everything, he grabs an exceptional victory.

Super Thanks to SSjian1

[BlackHair]

This fight was by far the most worst fight ever in manga I read. Glad that this is finally over. Hopefully the mangaka speeds his pace a little. 20 years and we are still at Japanese title while he is still not in the top 5 in world rankings list.

[AiddonValentine]

now let's just agree that this whole fight NEVER HAPPENED.

[Katz]

894 is out on Mangafox, just hands up for everyonehttp://www.mangafox.com/manga/hajime_no_ippo/v93/c894/

[ghost305]

yea that's my biggest pet peeve about Ippo. The mangaka seems to be milking the underdog card so he can attract more sympathetic views toward Ippo(kinda like all shounen mangas). But Ippo is anything but an underdog in the asia division. Thats why he has to move to the world stage. 20 damn years....damn....

[brebaz]

I'm Glad the fight has finally ended.

[Wrath]

We can only hope that Woli enters the ranks of those whose careers were ruined by Ippo's fists. Punch drunk Woli unable to jump around ever again might just make up for this terrible fight.

I still say he should have gotten a ring out.

[Bludvein]

The only one who is gonna end up punch-drunk is Ippo.

Tanking hits every single fight is great from a boxing fan's perspective, but unless Ippo becomes decent at dodging and using speed hes gonna end up a retard before he ever gets a match with Martinez.

[jinoku]

Lmao I wouldn't be surprised if Ippo started talking with a lisp and a string of drool after this match.

[Drmke]

Well, the fight wasn't just god-awful but I'm definitely glad its over. Next I guess we have Takamura's fight and the ranking tournaments. So quite awhile before we see Ippo in action again, and hopefully he will do much better. I figure he will take on the World Stage for his next fight (whenever that may be) because he really has nothing left to do in the Asian area. He's beaten three countries' champions, his ranking should be plenty high to start pounding on world rankers.

[Bludvein]

As much as Id like to see him just forget about the asian title, I sort of doubt it. I don't think Ippo will move on until he either fights Miyata or Miyata relinquishes in favor of challenging the world himself.

[Pavitre]

yea I agree, ippo's not an underdog anymore so a match like this should never happen again. And I'm really surprised that Ippo can't even dodge any punches, I know he's not that fast on his feet but I always believed he could avoid fast punches by moving his head and upperbody, he was like sandbag.

[Robotic Red]

(wonders if he's the only one who found the fight somewhat enjoyable)

[Astral_Shive]

(wonders if he's the only one who found the fight somewhat enjoyable)

I loved the fight too , so don't worry you are not alone :D

[Nagumo]

Are you guys masochists or what? Ippo was getting beat on that whole fight by a totally uninteresting character - a monkey boy. Seriously - a monkey boy.

I loved the fight too , so don't worry you are not alone :D

[Robotic Red]

*shrugs* Just made it more interesting to see how Ippo would pull out of it.

[jinoku]

The fight wasn't sold well enough. I might have been ok with it if Ippo wasn't beaten so thoroughly.

I mean those light punches to the side should have came across as at least medium sized ones or lead up to a big one. Woli suddenly running out of gas seemed too convenient just like Ippo still being alive seemed too convenient.

[AiddonValentine]

and unfortunately Woli is the worst-written character in the series. Even David Eagle, friendly as he was, wasn't as blank, dull, and Gary-Stuish as Woli was.

[Nagumo]

The thing about Woli is that everyone hates someone who's naturally uberpowerful without having worked for it, particularly in the world of shounen manga. Basically every shounen battle manga is about overcoming hardship and becoming stronger - DBZ, OP, Naruto, Bleach, HxH, YYH etc. etc. etc.

So what Woli represents is an affront to the way these stories are told. The core problem is that he's not portrayed as evil, just as a brat. You look at superpowered enemies from each of these other series - Freeza, Lucci, Pain, Aizen, etc., they're clearly evil (at least initially) and therefore it's easier, and in fact canonical, to hate them. Woli wasn't written this way and therefore there's not the same catharsis when he was beaten as there was with, say, Sawamura.

and unfortunately Woli is the worst-written character in the series. Even David Eagle, friendly as he was, wasn't as blank, dull, and Gary-Stuish as Woli was.

[Drmke]

Well, look at it this way, yes the way the fight was told was lacking quite a bit what with Ippo getting beat more than anyone could ever take, but Woli being naturally strong is something that really happens. There are always natural who show up in every sport who can just trounce all the hard-work put in by others. Woli is like Takamura in regards to the fact that they both are just natural-born fighters. Of course, Takamura has been in it long enough to have seen people who can potentially beat him; Woli is still young and will probably turn into a main character later with more depth to him.

[BlackHair]

Woli was portrayed as some super genius who could do every move. And I still don't rly understand how Ippo won. This is just like Bleach, Aizen is also portrayed as some god, but he will go down in a cheap way.

Not that I like Woli or anything, Im just complaining how the author handled Ippo's victory. He should have let Ippo lose or not making Woli as godlike in the first place.

[Nagumo]

Yes, people who are naturally strong show up in sports, but you don't have people who have essentially no training beating people who are world-class. Yes, there are the Cassius Clays of the world, but he put in an assload of hours getting there; it wasn't just talent. Yes, there are the Schumachers of the world, but he put in an assload of hours getting there, too.

What Woli represents is the Last Starfighter phenomenon - taking some honed set of skills from one domain and transferring them seamlessly into one that's ostensibly similar but actually completely different. This just plain doesn't happen.

I mean to take your example, Takamura, while he didn't require as much work to be a world-class boxer as Ippo did, still did a lot of training to get there. Woli is not shown to have done any of that.

[...] Woli being naturally strong is something that really happens. There are always natural who show up in every sport who can just trounce all the hard-work put in by others. Woli is like Takamura in regards to the fact that they both are just natural-born fighters. Of course, Takamura has been in it long enough to have seen people who can potentially beat him; Woli is still young and will probably turn into a main character later with more depth to him.

[Katz]

Well hopefully Woli never shows up again, atleast for a rematch with Ippo, that being said.


Any word on a raw for 895 yet??

[brebaz]

Well hopefully Woli never shows up again, atleast for a rematch with Ippo, that being said.


Any word on a raw for 895 yet??

No chapter this week. Next Wednesday it should be out

[Apollo1984]

Here is the link 895 raw:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HPVLTFKK

[•Sasuke•]

link to watch online the raw Here (http://animeprodestiny.forumcommunity.net/?t=37482042&p=265012580) ^^ if i can't do this please sorry and feel free to delete this post

[tenebrae]

Im glad that the fight is over and I can't wait for the next chapter. When d you think ippo will finally give up the japanese title and move onto the worlds?

[Nagumo]

Im glad that the fight is over and I can't wait for the next chapter. When d you think ippo will finally give up the japanese title and move onto the worlds?
I'm not that familiar with how the title systems work - does he in fact have to relinquish the title to compete as a Asia-Pacific or World challenger?

[Sherlock Holmes]

Huh, interesting...Most characters reacted the way we did to Ippo winning.

[shouryuujo]

such a slap to the face on ippo. Basically he won only because he has more boxing knowledge... guess if woli had hit the books he wouldve won? Also i think ippo's career might be in danger since the coach is basically letting him stay in fights that are very disadvantageous to him instead of just throwing the towel..

[•Sasuke•]

dunno if this is the right place to post it but here is the 896 chapter's raw (http://animeprodestiny.forumcommunity.net/?t=37764272&p=265941364) tnx to Dragonnext ^^

[Apollo1984]

I found a quick translation:

D21(file#)-Miguel is saying he respects a way of samurai, but he thinks it's not good idea to be too patient. He threw towel quite early for both of his boxer because he didn't want anything happen to them for being patient "a little longer".

D22-Kamogawa disagrees. He can not throw the towel while there is still chance to win.

D23-Miguel said he is not saying his boxers could win both matches, he just worry about Kamo's boxers. He saw many boxers got seriously hurt enough.

D24-Kamogawa said he did not train his boxers to go down easily. Then Miguel said he guess he concerned too much. Kamogawa also give Miguel a advice that tell "Wolly?" to not give up on boxing because he is very talented.

D25-Miguel said he and Wolly will come back soon.

D26-27-Miguel said they came to Japan to learn, and he believes Wolly will be much stronger "next time" they meet. Kamogawa thinks they may not have "next time" since they are both quite old. Miguel thinks the joke is not funny, but it is true they don't have much time left. He still hopes they meet again in World title Match. Kamogawa agrees.

D28-Miguel left, and as soon as he turned at corner, his poker face goes away. He is actually disappointed and concerned if Wolly is
even more disappointed that he might wanna give up boxing.

D29-Wolly appears and seems happy. He says let's go home, and Miguel says "ok, let's go back to your island for rest".

D30-Then Wolly said he wants to go to Miguel's hometown.

D31&32-Wolly says he is not disappointed that he lost, but he wants to learn more. He likes boxing, but after his match against Ippo, he loves boxing even more.

[JustMax]

The whole idea of this series has been dropped.
It was supposed to be "with hard work you'll be the best" but then we get mister monkey flying all over the place with no real experience and literally beating up a world title contender. This is STUPID. Here we have Martinez who's supposed to be this unstoppable force and Ippo is about to fight him, but then some damn amateur comes in and does a hat trick.
I hope this series ends because it lost the final shards of realism it had. This series SUCKS.

[Bludvein]

Ippo is still a LONG way from challenging Martinez.

Actually, im not sure if he ever will. Martinez has been made out to be a super talented monster.

With the way things are going Ippo might be heading quickly towards a punch-drunk retirement. Theres already hints that Takamura is developing a detached retina, though it was played off as just worrying.

[bittman]

Ricardo Martinez is based off Ricardo Lopez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Lopez_%28boxer%29

Lopez was undefeated, but did have one draw before he ended up moving up to higher weight classes.

I've predicted it for a while now, but I bet Ippo will fight Martinez to a draw, then the final HnI battle will be Ippo claiming the title properly against either Miyata or Sendo (probably Miyata) before retiring on top of the world.

And maybe he'll get laid before that...ok that's a bad prediction...

[jinoku]

Ricardo Martinez is based off Ricardo Lopez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Lopez_%28boxer%29

Lopez was undefeated, but did have one draw before he ended up moving up to higher weight classes.

I've predicted it for a while now, but I bet Ippo will fight Martinez to a draw, then the final HnI battle will be Ippo claiming the title properly against either Miyata or Sendo (probably Miyata) before retiring on top of the world.

And maybe he'll get laid before that...ok that's a bad prediction...

Don't you know Ippo's power comes from that built up tension. Getting laid would be like giving kryptonite to superman.

[Robotic Red]

The whole idea of this series has been dropped.
It was supposed to be "with hard work you'll be the best" but then we get mister monkey flying all over the place with no real experience and literally beating up a world title contender. This is STUPID. Here we have Martinez who's supposed to be this unstoppable force and Ippo is about to fight him, but then some damn amateur comes in and does a hat trick.
I hope this series ends because it lost the final shards of realism it had. This series SUCKS.

Actually, Coach Kamogawa put it in a different light before Takamura's first World Title Match.

"Not everyone who works hard succeeds. But all those who succeed have worked hard!"

Also, to be frank, Ippo is nowhere near being a world title contender; what gave you that impression? To date, his only opponents outside Japan have been three national champions (Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia). He's not even close to being a contender for Ricardo Martinez's belt.

[JustMax]

Actually, Coach Kamogawa put it in a different light before Takamura's first World Title Match.

"Not everyone who works hard succeeds. But all those who succeed have worked hard!"

Also, to be frank, Ippo is nowhere near being a world title contender; what gave you that impression? To date, his only opponents outside Japan have been three national champions (Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia). He's not even close to being a contender for Ricardo Martinez's belt.

Yeah so basically the author just retconned his whole original philosphy = bad series.

[•Sasuke•]

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[Robotic Red]

Yeah so basically the author just retconned his whole original philosphy = bad series.

...lolwut.

How is it a retcon? This was introduced before chapter 400 for crying out loud. And how is acknowledging that all those who succeed have worked hard a retcon? There are a LOT of people who worked hard and did not succeed; we've got plenty of examples in the manga from before the Woli fight.

Heck, that's the way it happens in real life sports; hard work does not always equal success.

[JustMax]

...lolwut.

How is it a retcon? This was introduced before chapter 400 for crying out loud. And how is acknowledging that all those who succeed have worked hard a retcon? There are a LOT of people who worked hard and did not succeed; we've got plenty of examples in the manga from before the Woli fight.

Heck, that's the way it happens in real life sports; hard work does not always equal success.

Bringing real life to the question is retarded, monkey boy IRL wouldn't have stood a chance. Experience plays A HUGE ROLE in boxing. No person who has just trained for a month or so has EVER taken a belt. Besides, you're not being objective there.
It is a retcon because the whole idea of the series is that someone with no natural talent can reach the top with hard work. Now we're getting "he's never going to beat him again".
This fight was crap from the very beginning. This show has started to become crap.

[Robotic Red]

"Bringing real life to the question is retarded, monkey boy IRL wouldn't have stood a chance."

Can you objectively prove this?

"Besides, you're not being objective there."

How so (let it be said that you were the one claiming that Ippo was a world title contender, which he's nowhere NEAR being)?

"It is a retcon because the whole idea of the series is that someone with no natural talent can reach the top with hard work. Now we're getting "he's never going to beat him again"."

You assume that Woli's done nothing to earn his work in the ring.

The problem is that we don't know how long Woli actually trained (where was it said that he only trained for a month? We already know it takes a few months at LEAST between fights; do you think Miguel Zale would've done nothing with him? Plus, what was his physical condition before boxing?). True, he didn't have much fight experience, but we have no idea what his training outside of the actual fights was like.

We already have an example in the manga of Bryan Hawk being a guy who did little to no training and was still able to get the Title Belt. True, Hawk had had more fights (him being from America and all, the path to the top is naturally longer than it would be in Indonesia), but then again, neither Woli nor Ippo can be said to be contenders for the world title either.

[pahoeho]

Its not entirely correct to say Ippo has no natural talent, he already had good balance from his time on working on the ship and he could punch well right off the bat.

[JustMax]

Can you objectively prove this?
http://www.google.fi/search?q=boy+wins+boxing+belt+with+no+training&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:fi:official&client=firefox-a


How so (let it be said that you were the one claiming that Ippo was a world title contender, which he's nowhere NEAR being)?
Well let's nitpick every little detail then.
I meant it as Ippo becoming the one to beat them all, because he's the main character AND he is a world title contender because he has a world ranking.


You assume that Woli's done nothing to earn his work in the ring.

The problem is that we don't know how long Woli actually trained (where was it said that he only trained for a month? We already know it takes a few months at LEAST between fights; do you think Miguel Zale would've done nothing with him? Plus, what was his physical condition before boxing?). True, he didn't have much fight experience, but we have no idea what his training outside of the actual fights was like.

We already have an example in the manga of Bryan Hawk being a guy who did little to no training and was still able to get the Title Belt. True, Hawk had had more fights (him being from America and all, the path to the top is naturally longer than it would be in Indonesia), but then again, neither Woli nor Ippo can be said to be contenders for the world title either.

Wasn't it pretty clear that Woli had like one or two matches BEFORE he got the title?
Wasn't it understood that he had very little time to train because he didn't even know all the techniques? If you pay attention, you might see he never "learned" the techniques, he's naturally pulling them off.
It takes a month or two to get the basics down in boxing, like "fighting stance", "footwork", "jab", "straight". Maybe throw in a hook there.
This is the level we see Woli at WITHOUT FREEDOM.

Ippo is nowhere near WINNING the belt, but he is a contender because of his ranking.
It's a pretty simple concept.

[susanoo13]

HNI 900 out yesterday at onemanga

[Katz]

I noticed that this board pretty much dies, when there's no fight going in in the manga, even if it was "bashing" on the Woli fight atleast it was LOL worthy and a decent amount of posts came daily.

[fizban]

I'd say that I hope 901 has the fight start, but I expect 901 to just be a chapter where both fighters make their entrances and people comment about ____'s condition and how ____ will be tough because they are good at punching people in the face.

[sharingan_kakashi]

I noticed that this board pretty much dies, when there's no fight going in in the manga, even if it was "bashing" on the Woli fight atleast it was LOL worthy and a decent amount of posts came daily.
The series was gone for a while. was it in hiatus or are the scans in hiatus?

i expect some fighting in the next chapter. Itagaki's fights are usually short and sweet and i expect nothing less on this next fight. He is going to go for Ippo belt soon

[Katz]

The series was gone for a while. was it in hiatus or are the scans in hiatus?

i expect some fighting in the next chapter. Itagaki's fights are usually short and sweet and i expect nothing less on this next fight. He is going to go for Ippo belt soon

What Hiatus?, we got 3 chapters in May,June and so far 2 in July thats not really a "hiatus" for Hajime

A fight between Itagaki/Ippo would be a good match IMO....Ippo would probably just eat dmg and eventally get that heavy hand on the chin and KO Itagaki

[BBB Banana]

I think is about time to either Ippo move on to the world stage or for Itagaki to change gyms so he can fight Ippo and that would probably be his last fight as Japanese champion.

[Drmke]

Well lack of convo is probably do to lack of substance in each chapter. Not much happened in each chapter individually but now we got some fun going on. If next week's chapter is regular length (18-20 pages) I think it will be mostly prep for the fight with some fighting near the end. If its a short chapter, it will most likely be all prep :s

[BBB Banana]

Maybe we will get next 2 or 3 chapters for Itagaki's fight and one chapter at maximum for aoki and kimura.

[Drmke]

Itagaki's may last maxium of 5 chapters in my opinion. The author is good at having nearly no time pass in one chapter lol but more than that would seem ridiculous for less than one round. Aoki and Kimura shouldn't be long since this isn't a title fight for them; they're usually fodder anyway :p

[sharingan_kakashi]

What Hiatus?, we got 3 chapters in May,June and so far 2 in July thats not really a "hiatus" for Hajime

A fight between Itagaki/Ippo would be a good match IMO....Ippo would probably just eat dmg and eventally get that heavy hand on the chin and KO Itagaki

it probably felt that way to me cause of the 2 week interval between 899 and 890. but you are right, its normal for HNI.

don't say that. that would be like the (W)Miata/racoon boy(Asura) and (W)Ippo/Monkey boy. Kamogawa should just make Ippo relinquish the belt. i dont want another Sendo/Ippo fight, assuming Sendo is the interim champ.

[jinoku]

Am i the only one who think Itagaki has the right attitude to be a champion. I wish Ippo but that kinda face on sometimes and predicted/knew he would win. Ippo lacks confidence.

Now even though I said that I think Itagaki is going to lose in this tourney so they can establish him a new goal besides Ippo. It won't be this fight but prolly the last one, either against one of Ippos old enemies or against a new challenger with super potential like Woli but more likeable.

[Katz]

Chapter 901 is out rather quickly as well, decent chapter.....I have no "feelings" for any other fighter then Ippo ATM, I wanna see him challenge the world....anyone else can lose and/or retire. ^^

[bittman]

Yeah I'm pretty much with you there Katz. Ippo is practically the only one I remain interested in.

I mean, Takamura wants to have 6 world titles and he's only up to 2 after 901 chapters, so I can't be, even in the slightest, interested in watching 4 more of those.

I do remain a little interested in Itagaki, but even then I can't see him as anything but Miyata 2.0.

Sendo has taken a fierce back seat, as has Vorg. Mashima got boring years ago because it's just flicker and everyone going "OMG he's doing a flicker!" like it's new.

Aokimura never interested me other than to pace Ippo's growth.

And Miyata totally blew any interest I had in him with his lame ass personality leading up to that switch hitter fight.

So yeah, though I bashed the Woli-Ippo fight just as much as everyone else, I would rather watch that twice than almost everyone else. Itagaki is up and down, and I can't help but feel I'm going to be disappointed in this fight again given the super lack of build up Karasawa got.

Also betting that random guy who "beat" Malcom Gedo beats Saeki in the face. Saeki is always such a fodder character.

[BBB Banana]

I kind of like Itagaki fights he's cool for me.

Takamura had some very intense fights I loved the fight angainst Hawk but others were just meh.

Ippo is allways nice even when it's boring comparing to his most exciting fights.

[dantoddd]

guys i want to get hold HnI volumes 83 and up. can some one help me please?

[BBB Banana]

In japanese or english? Cause there's a thread about where to get Japanese raws.

[Katz]

Welp I went to Ignition-One's forum abit ago to find out what the hold up on the releases, and apparently one of the main admins/scanlator computer messed up, but he posted that he's up and running again and plain to drop 3 chapters on this coming Monday


EDIT: Visited they're forums again, Admin says sometime this week, so we'll see now/

[tenebrae]

Sweet I have been waiting for chapters forever!

[BBB Banana]

Chapters 902-905 are avaiable here (http://www.confusticated.com/ignition-one/Hajime_no_Ippo/902/01/1100/1/)

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I'm glad to see that Karasawa is showing his experience in this fight. Itagaki really needs to get knocked down a few pegs, especially with his idiotic desire to go for a KO in this fight. He could be doing well if he wasn't letting himself get so arrogant and spending all his time trying to show up Ippo.

[jinoku]

I expected a better showing from Itagaki in this match. But I do agree he does need to be enlightened that he isn't woli and can't go doing everything. Trying to use Miyata's dangerous move was the start of his downfall.

[darkband]

I agree that he is failing badly in part to his "but Miyata can do it" attitude. Miyata (although an annoying prick IMO) trains his ass off get the timing for counter right, to use the jolt, etc. He worked hard to attain that and Itagaki is just trying to be a copycat, banking on his athleticism and talent only. He has neither the experience nor training to be trying what he is trying against an A class boxer. Although Woli was incredibly talented, and pulled this sort of thing off, he did have a world class trainer 1 on 1 with him for months, a year or however long. He didn't try to be a copycat (yes, he may have spontaneously come up with the flicker and smash, but he wasn't copying them) and had his own style. Itagaki needs to see that experience and hardwork matter a lot. His whole desire to surpass Ippo by going for a knockout is hurting him. Also honestly, after catching Woli, Itagaki wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell if he and Ippo fought for real.

Anyway, I think that this match will go to decision with a victory for Karasawa. This will really be sobering for Itagaki, because Ippo will have been right, and show him how smug he was.

[sharingan_kakashi]

i want Karasawa to win but it would make more sense if Itagaki wins. Itagaki losing here means the he has to go back to the drawing boards and reevaluate things. However, if he wins via unanimous or split decision, he would know where he stands and apply what he learned to his next match. He still has to fight Saeki.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Itagaki wouldn't learn anything if he won, even if it was by decision (and I'm not sure that he can suck up his pride the way things are going). The only way that he's actually going to learn a lesson is by taking a loss. If he wins, he'll just keep going down his current path.

[sharingan_kakashi]

He is cocky and immature but nothing a few matches cant cure. He has the skill and talent and he put in the effort. He put in almost as much effort as Ippo. He probably wont reach his goal of beating Karasawa in the 2nd round but he is an outboxer with light punches what did he expect?
I would say his only weakness is that Kamogawa isnt his 2nd and that he doesnt have the bond Kamogawa has with Ippo.

[susanoo13]

Raw 906 is out and after you'll read it you will get your answer if he did or did not meet his goals.

Just watched it on youtube

[jm]

do you guys really think ippo is going to go through all the countries of the orient???

there are a lot of them and each one of these fights take a long time in the manga.

if he cannot fight the champion of OPBF then why not the other champions of the rest of the federations

* North American Boxing Federation (NABF)
* European Boxing Union (EBU)
* Asian Boxing Council (ABCO)
* African Boxing Union (ABU)
* Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE)
* Central American Boxing Federation (FECARBOX)
* CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB)
* South American Boxing Federation (FESUBOX)

lot less of them.

[sharingan_kakashi]

http://mangahead.com/Manga-Raw-Scan/Hajime-no-Ippo
Ippo 908-910 raw

[jm]

looks like he put on the after burners and won out.

[darkband]

Good lord. This is turning out just like the Miyata-Randy Boy Jr. fight IMO. Not the actual development of the fight or anything like that, but the fact that the genius somehow comes out with something to suddenly OMGWTFPWN his opponent. Miyata gets a lucky punch, and Itagaki somehow becomes so fast that he can make a rag doll out of Karasawa with only his left.

I wanted Itagaki to lose, to learn something. For the record, I wanted Miyata to lose the aforementioned fight. In all honesty, in a manga all about hardwork and training, which is what got Ippo to the top, it really irks me to see people like Itagaki and Miyata pull stuff like this, just because they are geniuses. I feel that the story would be better served if they had lost these fights.

[Drmke]

Well Itagaki already lost his first fight which really set him back, and if he keeps losing fights we will never see him accomplish anything in the manga. Right now he's learning while fighting. He thought he could just walk in a destroy Karasawa like he was nothing, yet here he is learning that just speed isn't going to cut it in ranked fights.

[darkband]

See, now I disagree. By being able to beat Karasawa with just his left, and being so fast that he can disappear from Karasawa's sight, he is learning that he can win these fights with just speed. All he did was go even faster and throw even more lefts. I think that Itagaki's basic problem is his attitude. He is way too cocky, and I think that a win is only going to continue that...unless the author does something like remove him from the tournament due to his right fist being broken. Anyway, that's just how I feel about it.

[Drmke]

Well from what I remember he hasn't won it yet and was getting annihilated because he couldn't figure out how Karasawa was hitting him. I'm not sure if I'm completely caught up or not though, last chapter I read was 906.

[darkband]

Oh, sorry. I was reading the raws that were linked to on the last page. I probably should have used spoiler tags, but a bit late now.

[jm]

the raws are out to 911

[jinoku]

Anybody got a ETA on the raws getting translated?

[jm]

no idea i really want to read something new.

in important stuff i want to see the World champ destroy someone again. we have not seen him in 600 chapters.

[Katz]

new chapters up on mangafox (907,908)

[jm]

912 raw is out.

in that fight vs Woli ippo throw a punch that seem to surprised everyone. it was going up and down and the focuses on his ankle when he throw it. more clues that he will soon use the new roll.

personally i want to see the world champion again. and maybe have ippo fight a non Asian. he has done that once right.
[hr]
here is the raw to 915

MediaFire - http://www.mediafire.com/?50lfdgzr348o58e

[sharingan_kakashi]

He fought Vorg. I dont think he fought any other non-asian boxers since he has never left the country to fight for a world title.

[repme]

917 raw here (http://manga4lifez.com/Raw-Downloads/Shounen/)

[sabret00the]

That's been out a week on MangaHead.

[darkband]

Well, since mangastream has decided to pick hajime no ippo up, we might be able to hope for more than raws in the future. As far as non-asian fighters Ippo has fought, I can only name Osuma ( The black guy early on) and Vorg. Other than that, his fights have been pretty much all asians.

[Sachsenhesse]

actually you can count volg as asian too, cause he was born and raised in siberia and thats in the asian part of mother russia

[zelllogan]

pfff , I couldn't stand Woli because the whole character was about "talent > hard work". Now we have a title defense with a nobody. And you can already guess what will happen: everyone will bid on a easy win from Ippo just to discover that the nobody had a secret weapon especially designed for Ippo.

I thank the mangaka for his work, I enjoyed to read Ippo for so long but that's it for me. I stop reading this manga. After 900 chapters, the mangaka is completely out of ideas.

[scav]

well i liked the fight against woli. Its was interesting. for the challenger, thats right its "deja vu" but i won't say the author run out of idea, its just he like to take his time to do things ( thats why ippo is 900+ chapters), all the recent fight of ippo was against champion maybe he wanted to put something to change a little.im reading Hajime no ippo since more than 5years and its still enjoyable and the fight are amazing. If you want to stop reading this awesome mangas cuz u're disappointed about one fight, up to you.thats not our loss

[Rowel]

Anyway, what do you think Kojima's strategy is?

All I can think off is

1) Stamina battle

2) Not letting Ippo make a comeback.

[scav]

mangastream started to translate Hajime no ippo. Chapter 918 is out http://mangastream.com/
seriously that kojima start to piss me off

[Katz]

I have this really weird feeling that Kojima has something "artificial" about his hands...widely un-possible idea I know but.....yea I doubt Kojima will KO Ippo...

[tenebrae]

I expect ippo to have anoter hard fought battle but be the winner as always. I just hope he moves onto the world stage after this freaking fight.

[tehgrim]

mangastream started to translate Hajime no ippo. Chapter 918 is out http://mangastream.com/
seriously that kojima start to piss me off

pretty sure its the same group, just hosted on mangastream.

[BBB Banana]

pretty sure its the same group, just hosted on mangastream.

Nop :oh

It is indeed scanlated by mangastream it has MS watermarks.

[tehgrim]

Nop :oh

It is indeed scanlated by mangastream it has MS watermarks.

I guess i am mistaken :P

anyways Im not complaining or anything, as long as i get my fix ill be happy. :P

[scav]

I expect ippo to have anoter hard fought battle but be the winner as always. I just hope he moves onto the world stage after this freaking fight.

if he have a hard fight that'll mean he's not ready for the world yet. i hope its will be an easy win, after all he's the champion, Kojima ain't strong.I mean if he back every time to the point where he have difficulties with a normal challenger,then when the story will progress and when he will be ready for the world?

[zidane]

pretty sure its the same group, just hosted on mangastream.

We aren't an aggregator, we don't host other groups work on mangastream, only stuff scanlated by ourselves. :amuse

Anyway, if Ippo can't knock him out "easily", I fear the manga might drag on for another 200-300 chapters until we get to see some world stage fights.

And I dunno why, it's probably just me, but the scars on Kojima's hand kinda had a Yakuza vibe.

[scav]

We aren't an aggregator, we don't host other groups work on mangastream, only stuff scanlated by ourselves. :amuse

Anyway, if Ippo can't knock him out "easily", I fear the manga might drag on for another 200-300 chapters until we get to see some world stage fights.

And I dunno why, it's probably just me, but the scars on Kojima's hand kinda had a Yakuza vibe.

lol i have the same feeling.btw i think the last challenger of ippo will be itagaki. he will want a fight against ippo, im sure about that.But i dont want to see him leaving the kamogawa-gym. damn its such a shame that a mangas like that don't even have a sub-forum, i can't even do a poll :darn
Also i wonder where is Takamura.i bet he's doing one hell of a training

[Sachsenhesse]

Also i wonder where is Takamura.i bet he's doing one hell of a training

good joke :D

kojima has now builded up a very good tension between him and ippo, i´m looking really forward to this fight

(and to see saeki lose to that other guy) =)

[tobeulp]

lol i have the same feeling.btw i think the last challenger of ippo will be itagaki. he will want a fight against ippo, im sure about that.But i dont want to see him leaving the kamogawa-gym. damn its such a shame that a mangas like that don't even have a sub-forum, i can't even do a poll :darn
Also i wonder where is Takamura.i bet he's doing one hell of a training

Takamura is making a baby Takamura ^^... I predict that Itagaki will try to provoke Ippo to make that fight happen like dating Kumi ^^..
Itagaki vs Sendou first before Itagaki can even have a chance to challenge Ippo IMO
I hope we get to see more Aoki/Kimura fights because their fights are funny...

[jinoku]

Heres to hoping that Ippo destroys Kojima. Like people said if he has a tough time with every fight then hes never going to go to the world stage and that is lame. So heres the prediction, Kojima comes out with some sort of uppercut looko for a KO but Ippo dodges it and proceeds to dempsey roll massacre Kojima. End.

[bittman]

No, I'd prefer the first good dempsey roll in 5 or so fights to be epicly built up against a worthwhile opponent.

I'm with everyone else here in hoping that Ippo destroys Kojima and moves further into the world. Fight an american or a russian or something idk.

That said, I expect Ippo's next battle to be against either Saeki or Itagaki. Depends on how that all plays out though. Ippo might just see Itagaki and relinquish the belt to move straight into the world without regret. Of course, could do some major 50 chapter thing with the fight between Itagaki and Ippo. And it's just as likely that it will never happen.

Who knows. I'm long gone predicting good plot movements in this manga, I just look forward to the next good fight.

[daman246]

looks like where finally gonna see ippos first 1hit ko soon

[brebaz]

I've never seen Ippo get angry before in the series!! The next title defense is going to be great I'm pretty sure.

[tobeulp]

It seems like Ippo's next match will be a 1 round KO.. Ippo's angry face is epic..

[fizban]

That would probably give Itagaki a brain aneurism. He almost killed himself trying to beat Ippo's old record.

Can't wait for this fight. Pissed off Ippo is something I am not used to seeing, and I am kind of glad I will never have to see in person

[scav]

only the last page of the chapter 919 is good. now i expect a one round K.O.

[sharingan_kakashi]

ok, u guys know how anger clouds judgement right? Its happened to de la Hoya. Im not saying that he is going to lose. Because the opponent doesnt have a tear-jerker backstory or a long history with ippo, i doubt he has a chance of winning. All im saying is this is going to be a good fight.

[jinoku]

Is it just me or is Ippo's game face like really spooky. Like serial killer spooky.

[Drakk707]

I've never seen Ippo get angry before in the series!!

This is the second time, first was when he was up against Ryuuhei (Sawamura).

I just hope this turns out to be an entertaining fight (I'm not even asking for something epic) cuz lately Ippo's fights have been reeeally annoying (with lately I mean from The Magician fight onwards) and that he can learn something new from this fight, something useful that he won't forget right after he's told about his next match. I kinda liked the idea the author introduced during the fight with Scratch J of slowly yet steadily making Ippo adapt to certain moves that will help him (Without him noticing) develop the ultimate form of The Dempsey Roll but looks like the author forgot completely about that, I hope he remembers by now and uses this fight to develop the Dempsey Roll even further (since you we've all notticed weaving is gonna be something really important during this one) cuz otherwise I don't see how this match can be of any relevancy whatsoever to Ippo's growth.

[Smit]

The latest chapter is out on MS: http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/96843968/1
I think I get Kojima after reading the last chapter.
Ok so he's got a few things going on:
1)His right hand is almost useless after breaking it twice.
2)He's a Ippo fan
3)He knows Ippo's weakness
Here's what i think about this fight. Kojima probably only has 1 good fight left in him with his right hand and wants to out with a bang. The title belt would be a good end for him. The thing i consider as Ippo's weakness is his mindset pre-fight. He's never really start out at 100% of his ability. Kojima is probably gonna take advantage of that with some hard punches.
So if he wins he gets the belt and teaches ippo a lesson for when he hits the world stage. And if Kojima loses ippo still learns a lesson and he taught his idol a lesson that would ensure he would do better in his career. Either way Kojima and Ippo both gain something.

[Katz]

Latest chapter is out MS....http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/47365634/1

some rather interesting comments by Miyata in this chapter.....Im lookin forward to this fight more and more now.....I don't see Ippo losing, but I see him coming close to losing

[bittman]

Can already see this. Will be something about how Ippo will ALWAYS throw a liver blow as he closes in. With Kojima's power, he's probably hoping that even if his counter timing isn't perfect, it's good enough since he knows exactly where the punch will come from and can land a high power, but only semi-accurate, counter.

Of course, could be something else. But if there's one Ippo punch that will ALWAYS come without fail at least 20 times a match, it's the liver blow. Especially against taller opponents, of which Kojima is definitely up there.

[TemplateR]

Well, is there any information about the current anime situation ? I could remember, that a third season and a movie was confirmed by an voice actor of them.
I hope, that the project wasn´t affected by the current financial problems ( ??? ) of Madhoouse Studio.
I also wouldn´t mind, that Madhouse make a HD remake the first series, but I NEED IPPO-ANIME !!!!!!!!!!!


Till that time, that something new of Ippo-Anime is coming, I´ll still reading the great manga^^

[Katz]

http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/95246198/1

New chapter popped up on MS today, getting a little more excited for this fight more and more.....Kojima seems rather outclassed here but he has what people call "a puncher's chance"

[elitefox]

http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/95246198/1

New chapter popped up on MS today, getting a little more excited for this fight more and more.....Kojima seems rather outclassed here but he has what people call "a puncher's chance"


Well if ippo cannot hit like he did with woli then kojima will be at that level of threat too and if he has power with his left then it will be pretty much a combination, annoying one but I don't think ippo is not that soft, with now, I think kojima will think he is as hard as steel :tem

[•Sasuke•]

924 raw tnx to raw bunko

http://www.filesonic.com/file/75569783/Hajime_no_Ippo_924.zip

[repme]

read raw online (http://www.manga4lifez.com)

[brebaz]

It's been out on MS for a bit now.

This chapter is decent with no real progress. Takamura & his pranks lol!!

[Bludvein]

It's been out on MS for a bit now.

This chapter is decent with no real progress. Takamura & his pranks lol!!

Decent with no real progress could describe about 50% of this manga unfortunately. Then another 30% good/amazing chapters, and the final 20% would be "why the hell am I reading this?" chapters.

[hollow14]

Decent with no real progress could describe about 50% of this manga unfortunately. Then another 30% good/amazing chapters, and the final 20% would be "why the hell am I reading this?" chapters.

You are right. This is going to start 50 chapters of ippo being beaten and then beating his opponent in the last second. He is a champion he should be winning easily. About to stop reading this manga.

[luffyg2]

Yeah this time ippo need to act like a champion and beat his opponent (one that is obviously not of his level) easily... just like takamura often does

[brebaz]

Chapter is out MS (http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/15648580/1)


Now, i understand setting up the match is good and all but, this is just boring. Not an inch of progress from the last chapter!!

[sabret00the]

Not a bad chapter.

[ibn.]

can anyone remember the 4th time Ippo was angry? i don't. and i think it's strange that Manabu knew Ippo condition even though he wasn't around.

[luffyg2]

Lollllll yeah never even though about that.. I was just searching for the fourth time but when you think about it .. Manabu wasnt around from the begining how come he knows those thing....

Anyway I think that the fourth time is linked to Miyata... Ippo always seems to get emotional when he is involved

[Artuir]

One thing that jumped to mind immediately was how protective he is of his family. I wonder if insulting his mom (and/or dad!) would send him into a rage. I expect to see some dialogue shortly before the match along these lines, there has got to be something.

[Sachsenhesse]

probably hammer nao where he was pissed of that he must fight a friend

[kidopitz27]

i think in this fight ippo will pawn his opponent and then he breaks his friends record of knock outing his opponent :)

[Magnus]

probably hammer nao where he was pissed of that he must fight a friend
I don't think Ippo was really angry back then. But worried and stressed instead. Though I may be wrong.

[Bludvein]

926 is out.

Am I the only one who feels like Ippo should work on his speed rather than endlessly increasing his power? He is gonna end up brain damaged if he doesn't change his style in the near future. Not only that, even if its a good show for the audience, its not really a very good strategy in boxing to just tank blows like that. Ippo should be introduced to the concept of dodging.

He has enough power to end it in one or two good hits already. He should focus on actually being able to get the punch to the target.

[luffyg2]

Nice chapter... this guy is a little bit more likable now that we know his story... but he seemed to say that he would be satisfied just having the match against Ippo...anyway can't wait for the match to come...

[jinoku]

Looking forward to "Super Ippo" punching people in halve. I predict the challenger gets his 1 punch in and Ippo brushes it off then proceeds to beat him senseless with his new power. The challenger is happy to be brutalized by his hero. KO in the second round.

[Shisu]

I like how he is training like a beast. The art is pretty nice in the recent chapters and I also love how he drew the last page of the current chapter.~

Ippo is going to one hit K.O. him. :tem

[icybluz]

Verification: Confirmed
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http://www.mangahideout.com/content.php/43-Hajime-no-Ippo-927-Spoilers
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[Lapin]

927 eng:
http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/82193083/1
http://mangahead.com/Manga-English-Scan/Hajime-no-Ippo/Hajime-no-Ippo-927-English-Scan

[sharingan_kakashi]

oh snap. Ippo is angry.
can anyone translate the texts? id like to know what Kojima was saying.

[luffyg2]

I don't know if I missed something but they did not talk at all about takamura's opponent., though it was strange.. let's see who it will be.. anyway the ippo's fight is near let see how it goes with that ''weakness'' of his

[kidopitz27]

wow ippo's hand makes a cracking sounds and them buffed up this guy will be like a bomb hitting his enemy in the face and the guy mocking his boxing will never talk about how powerful ippo's punch is because he will just shut up and tremble when thinking about it

[scav]

wow the author really know how to keep readers in suspense, can't wait for the fight now @_@.
the last page was priceless

[tobeulp]

Great chapter I was expecting Ippo Punching the wall then had a huge crack after it then saying how about measuring this ^^... And Takamura's fight will be over in about 20 seconds or less

[Shisu]

Again the last page... epic. *_*
If his punch hits like a truck, then Ippo's hits like a meteor.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Well, he finally got Ippo completely pissed off. Honestly, after all the time this joker has spent riling him up and talking about his weakness, I hope Ippo dismantles him even worse than Karasawa.

[Bludvein]

I almost feel bad for the dude, but not really. If he is dumb enough to antagonize someone like Ippo, then he deserves it. I think he will be leaving the ring on a stretcher somewhere in the first round.

Of course, that is assuming that Ippo's anger doesn't make him fight stupidly. I don't think it will, but you never know. Ippo seems the type that just becomes highly focused when he is pissed.

[jinoku]

Murder...

[<3Matsumoto<3]

i think ippo is going to cripple the dude in the first or early second round... most likely ippo will get a solid hit in on that hand that is broken/weak and crush it...

[Magnus]

Wow Ippo is all psyched up, that's really cool.
Good to see that Morikawa still manages to come up with interesting characters and situations. I hope this match won't be as long as the others usually do, it'd change the standard formula.

[luffyg2]

I've been thinking that maybe Ippo don't really have a weakness and that the guy was just trying to get Ippo mad so that he would not fight in his best condition (because he won't be able to controle his emotion) Ippo's strong point is that he always stick to the plan and to his training, that's what make him win most of the time but if he's mad and start trowing punch than maybe this is what the whole weakness thing will be.. him letting his emotion interfere with the match

[Bludvein]

I've been thinking that maybe Ippo don't really have a weakness and that the guy was just trying to get Ippo mad so that he would not fight in his best condition (because he won't be able to controle his emotion) Ippo's strong point is that he always stick to the plan and to his training, that's what make him win most of the time but if he's mad and start trowing punch than maybe this is what the whole weakness thing will be.. him letting his emotion interfere with the match

I doubt it. It seems to me like the opposite.

He wants to end his career with a bang by fighting his favorite boxer in his best condition. He intends to win, but that really isn't the objective.

By giving Ippo a personal reason to hate him, he hopes to make Ippo fight better than he ever has before.

[kidopitz27]

that guy really want ippo to be in berserk mode when the match start and i think when they are in the ring he will continue to blabber none-sense to ippo to make him angrier and in his surprise ippo is angry and still focused on breaking his face :P

[brebaz]

I really want to see a One hit ( Ring out KO ) and be done with it. But, that's not gonna happen.

[jinoku]

I want to see the johnny cage uppercut ur head clean off into the crowd KO.

[brebaz]

Chapter is Out on MS (http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/38863331/1)

I enjoyed this chapter didn't think Miyata would show up at all. I also like how confident Ippo is about this fight.

[1nfamous]

Did you guys see Ippo's face? Holy crap, that is the first time I seen crazy Ippo. LOL

[Katz]

Did you guys see Ippo's face? Holy crap, that is the first time I seen crazy Ippo. LOL

That was pure psycho/insane look right there.....I was afraid for my life looking at it (j/k) really enjoyed this chapter especially the little part with Ippo's old opponents bickering back and forth...as long as this doesn't turn out like the Woli fight....

[kidopitz27]

that look is called the Woli (the boxer who is always jumping like a monkey)look :p

[tobeulp]

Woli face = Worst Fight Lol :)
The pace of this fight is so slow I hope the fight will start soon I want to know what is the weakness of Ippo or what is the bluff..

[jinoku]

I think Ippo is going to bite the guys ear off! jk
But in all seriousness Ippo does look like a murderer right there. If Ippo had a fundamental weakness when he was boxing then it might have been his mind set in the matches but now that dude has awoken Evil Ippo who knows how he is going to box now. I definitely don't think it is going to cause any disadvantages to Ippo.

[kidopitz27]

i think after this fight people will hate ippo maybe because in the fight ippo became a merciless boxer and he looks like he is trying to kill his opponent and maybe all of his previous opponents will shiver after seeing his fight

[mrfry]

Yea that won't happen. Not too likely from his past opponents

[luffyg2]

for me there are 2 ways this fight could go .. 1 is that Kojima really had a plan and will beat Ippo or will at least give a really good fight.. and 2 is that Ippo destroy him really fast and he might even go to far and beat him to the point of no return