Hajime no Ippo by Morikawa Jyoji

[tobeulp]

Spolers Out @ http://www.mangahideout.com/content.php/171-Hajime-no-Ippo-930-Spoilers

Still preparing for the fight I hope the fight is much longer than all the preparation of it..

[bittman]

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

Are we reading the same manga?

Ippo, ruthlessly beat someone? Even angry Ippo would have complete and total respect for the rules. Angry Ippo would not be as savage as Angry Sendo, or cruel as Angry Mashiba.

Angry Ippo might be like normal Sendo. Enormous amounts of pressure that instills fear into the opponent, and that even with punches blocked his power increases with confidence. That's my bet for the moment.

And yeah, also have the sentiment as above that this fight better be worth the, what now, 20 chapters of hype? Somehow, like the Woli fight, I'm not feeling this at all.

[shouryuujo]

Are we reading the same manga?

Ippo, ruthlessly beat someone? Even angry Ippo would have complete and total respect for the rules. Angry Ippo would not be as savage as Angry Sendo, or cruel as Angry Mashiba.

Angry Ippo might be like normal Sendo. Enormous amounts of pressure that instills fear into the opponent, and that even with punches blocked his power increases with confidence. That's my bet for the moment.

And yeah, also have the sentiment as above that this fight better be worth the, what now, 20 chapters of hype? Somehow, like the Woli fight, I'm not feeling this at all.

ippo did say it will be over soon? and the arc might just be ippo showing a darker side or maybe a new devastating move? maybe the goal was for ippo to grow a backbone and not be all friendly and apologizing all the time

[kidopitz27]

after i saw it i think ippo will change his stance in this fight .And he will become mike tyson and always aiming for the K.O and in Mike Tyson's case it became his downfall i hope ippo will not be like that :)

[Kisho Cho]

am I only one who thinks this fights with Ippo wont be as good as the one with Wally? That was my opinion the best of the series. really showed off the writing skills of mangaka.

[Katz]

am I only one who thinks this fights with Ippo wont be as good as the one with Wally? That was my opinion the best of the series. really showed off the writing skills of mangaka.

you actually enjoyed the Woli fight....man your one of the very few, everyone around here hated that damn fight (including me)

hopefully its just not drawn out ridiculous like the woli fight was

[jinoku]

I'm hoping for a 1 hit KO in this next match but that seems to quick for all this build up. Ippo was prolly eat a counter... its almost as if he has too just to justify his opponents existence. Of course it won't work and Ippo will then demolish the guy but still... a 1hko would be nice.

[sharingan_kakashi]

Ippo is predicting a Takamura-esque fight. He wants to dominate him fast and heavy to leave no doubt that Kamogawa is the best coach/2nd/manager in Japan.

[Kisho Cho]

you actually enjoyed the Woli fight....man your one of the very few, everyone around here hated that damn fight (including me)

hopefully its just not drawn out ridiculous like the woli fight was

Most person I talk with say it best. I hope for that this fight be long because it build up suspense and wonder. Plus this guy TWO weight class higher!! Even with Ippo great body and skill it going to be hard for him definitely.

[luffyg2]

Man this is getting me exited for this fight... I really want Ippo to win this one easily and show that he deserve to be the champion.. he need to win by a landslide like takamura does most of the time...and then ippo can concentrate on taking the world

[Katz]

^I hope so....its time for Ippo to make his way to Ricardo Martinez...I mean the manga has been going for nearly 20 years and Ippo is still fighting exclusively in Japan...starting to think we're gonna have an opened ending here in a few years unless the pace really picks up, though I'm quite excited for this fight...not sure whats gonna happen

Another thing about the manga going on for so long...weren't we supposed to see a completed Dempsey roll like forever ago?http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hajime_no_ippo/v52/c467/19.html <-seen here....besides the Dempsey roll there's also this http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hajime_no_ippo/v47/c424/8.html if we turn a few pages http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hajime_no_ippo/v47/c424/12.html

[tobeulp]

Chapters out
http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/56496182/1
I think what Takamaru will say is that for the first time Ippo will fight with Killer instinct ^^.... With this chapter I think Kojima will had a head injury or some sort of a big injury.

[luffyg2]

Man this fight will be so unpredictable... anything could happen... the 3 possibilities that are the most likely to happen is..1: Ippo kills the guy (literally) 2... Ippo injure him seriously..... 3: Ippo just beat him easily... but at this point I dont see the challenger winning anymore...the question is how far is ippo going to go.... but still.. at this point anything can happen

[Duzy]

I haven't noticed it before but Ippo's opponent has the same hair and eyebrows as Ippo. As if it entailed strong puncher characteristic.

[brebaz]

Chapter Is out on MS

[ibn.]

they said he was stiff in another fight too. he still won. i hope there will be blood.

[luffyg2]

This is becoming such a tease I want to see the match so much now... Ippo will kill that guy it seams... or he will render him unable to ever fight or stand up on his own again...thats what happen when you unleash the ippo

[Smit]

Another hype chapter. This time in favor off ippo losing or at least getting beat up. But DAMN i cant wait to see how this fight is gonna go.

Oh yeah and i loved the page where ippo is shadow boxing in the smokescreen. He totally has an epic face right there. A combination of determination and silent rage.

[Katz]

hmm...I have a feeling that Itagaki not giving Ippo that advice might have some serious effect on this upcoming fight...I see Ippo winning but something will go "wrong" for him! but like Smit said..another hype chapter, really hope next week we see some blows exchanged...

On a side note: Does anyone else dislike Itagaki?, idk what it is about him but he still doesn't really "fit" to me, his boxing style is decent (can't really stand that "speed god genius" thing he does but w/e) he just seems to me like he was placed in the gym/series to add a fresh (recurring) face...just IMO tho

[Smit]

I dont dislike Itagaki yet but he's getting there. But I think I know the reason why he's doing this. Ippo has been his goal and inspiration since the beginning. Over time he's getting to know ippo and it annoyes him that ippo is the "perfect" sportsman. Ippo never takes things too personal and is an overal nice guy to everyone (even to Mashiba and Sawamura). But now there is a challenger who manages to infuriate Ippo. Making Itagaki curious about what kind of fighter ippo would be if he's angry. Forgetting that he's Ippo friend and what's best for Ippo. That's what I dont like about him right now.

[BBB Banana]

The hype arround this fight means the fight will be over in one round.

I think Ippo will either become a complete new and better fighter and win instantly or he will be hitten by the counter and lose but that wouldn't make much sense at this point of the history.

[shouryuujo]

the mangaka is really milking the pre-fights in this fight... i hope we dont get an underwhelming fight where ippo blows him away and he says "yes i was trying to ignite your hidden potentials"

[kidopitz27]

I hope Itagaki will get jealous again after ippo finished the fight again in faster than his time :)

[shouryuujo]

would you guys like a long drawn out fight (like against the geezer last time) or a quick fight? i guess the loyalists probably want the long drawn out since there's so much leading into ippo's weakness?

[Katz]

would you guys like a long drawn out fight (like against the geezer last time) or a quick fight? i guess the loyalists probably want the long drawn out since there's so much leading into ippo's weakness?

It depends on how good the fight is, the Woli fight for example...was hated around here when it was going on, and we seen how long that lasted..../shudder

If this turns out to be a brawl, I'm on the fence if I wanna see Ippo drag it out or beat the living crap out of this dude for 10 chapters

[shouryuujo]

woli fight was a bit lame yeah... the old geezer prior to him was OK/ Honestly I want to see Ippo fight some foreigners not native has been/never was who seemed to "evenly match" ippo for most of the fights

[Magnus]

933 is out on mangastream.
Incredible pace as always. Seems like Ippo is trying to prevent himself from going bananas, but the sooner he does the better it will be. I can hardly wait for his opponent to get his butt kicked.

[brebaz]

The longer this fight is going to take, the more I'm going to love the WOLI fight!

After 900+ chapters Ippo should be at least thinking about the world Stage.

[shouryuujo]

wow a whole chapter about nothing - and here i thought the mangaka for Gantz can milk all his worth on some scenes but this is getting bad and seems to be a long drawn out fight. I would not be surprised next chapter ends with the first punch thrown by somebody.

[sharingan_kakashi]

Its not about milking the tension. It looks like this fight will be mostly mental rather than the heavy physical fights weve seen so far. Ippo is in a dillema because he feels like hurting the guy who talked bad about his coach but he cant because it isnt in his nature to take revenge.
It isnt the author's style but i want to see flashbacks that will lead up Ippo realizing his weakness, that he needs to be ruthless in the ring.

[Charizardon]

Next Chapter would be either Ippo One round KO his opponent or somehow the fight gets difficult and Ippo finally will win after using some new deadly technique

Either way it will definitely be fun to read, i just want to see his opponent get beat up badly :P

[brebaz]

spoilers are out.

This is the worst dragged fight ever written in the history of manga.

[sabret00the]

Haha did the chapter end before he even threw a punch?

[brebaz]

Looks like it ended that way!! I just don't understand, the most unimportant fight in Ippo's career get dragged this long!!

[tobeulp]

I think no one will be punch here and Ippo will have a heart attack

[Katz]

Spoilers can be found where?

[brebaz]

Mangahideout, i can't post links cause the site sometimes asks for registration.

[shouryuujo]

damn my prediction was wrong! i thought one of them was gonna throw a punch! But i think i found the guy's tactic - he's gonna get into a staring contest with ippo for 9 rds thus wasting ippo's stamina and then go all out last rd to win on technicality

[Naruffy]

This chapter frustrated me a crap load. I'm going to be disappointed if Ippo doesn't pull out something new and spectacular within the next couple chapters.

[shouryuujo]

i hope ippo pulls a new super move. maybe he discovered a new stance since he is not doing peekaboo?

[sabret00the]

This chapter is trying to build suspense but it's simply poor.

[Magnus]

HNI completely defeats Bleach in terms of slow pace and full-page panels. Just WOW
How can Morikawa not notice that this pace is incredibly slow and boring ? Though I liked this situation of "one whole minute without fighting" it surely didn't deserve one whole goddamn chapter. How can HNI stay popular like this ?

[jinoku]

Well that was frustrating to read. Next chapter better be a hell of a slugfest or i am going to be very disappointed.

FALCON PUNCH! STYLE!

[tehgrim]

oh god that was a terrible chapter...

reminded me of that one dbz episode where the kamehameha lasted for the enitre episode and then some...

[brebaz]

I said it when i saw the spoilers of this chapter and i knew this would be the last chapter i read for the next 2-3 months. Morikawa you dragged this to a new level!!

[sharingan_kakashi]

lmao i thought i was reading Bleach for a second.
cross your fingers for action next chapter. looks like ippo is close enough to Kojima for a slugfest.

[Katz]

lmao i thought i was reading Bleach for a second.
cross your fingers for action next chapter. looks like ippo is close enough to Kojima for a slugfest.

Kubo might have kidnapped Morikawa a few chapters back it seems, but Tbh this is ridiculous (the pacing I mean)

we need punches not thoughts about throwing punches

[Duzy]

How can Morikawa not notice that this pace is incredibly slow and boring ? Though I liked this situation of "one whole minute without fighting" it surely didn't deserve one whole goddamn chapter. How can HNI stay popular like this ?

This manga has long become his pension. I don't believe he does not realise these matters. I don't believe a person who is really passionate about his main protagonist would drag Ippo as the defender of the Japanese title for 900 chapters. I'm gonna eat my words if I'm wrong, but I have this feeling this Japanese / OPBF title defending will drag on until the publisher wants to shut down and then we'll get a world title from Ippo in 50 chapters.



....If not 5 chapters of epilogue :-_-.

[scav]

damn this chapter pissed me :yelling
the worst fight in hajime no ippo :yelling

[tobeulp]

@scav
the fight isn't even started yet but Worst Chapter I had seen...

Well I predict a brain damage punch from Ippo like what I predicted chapters ago..

[Bludvein]

What the hell is this shit? Reminds me of that episode-long charging of that kamehameha in DBZ that I saw when I was a kid. You can't write like that and expect anyone but the most diehard fans to keep reading. Its boring as hell.

EDIT: lol, I just read some of the earlier posts and noticed someone already mentioned it. My bad.

[Katz]

Is it more or does it seem like we haven't got a chapter in awhile?, I know Golden Week was last week but we seemed to get shounen jump anyway.....with the exception of Ippo

[sharingan_kakashi]

yup. im not sure what is going on either. Hopefully someone is working on it so we the people can get our fill.

[shouryuujo]

i doubt we are missing much...

[fuzzfuzz900]

Is it more or does it seem like we haven't got a chapter in awhile?, I know Golden Week was last week but we seemed to get shounen jump anyway.....with the exception of Ippo

Ippo is in weekly shounen, not jump. So it should come out at the same time as fairy tail.

[ikuroi]

Well the chapter is out, and yeah.... same as last week with a little bit of progress.

[tobeulp]

All I can say is WTF... But next chapter should be the one hit KO!

[ikuroi]

Or maybe they took a step!? OMFG they took a leap forward, this is getting exciting! IMO it's getting a bit of ridiculous, I understand what Morikawa is trying to do, but I think he overdid it.

[tobeulp]

No maybe Ippo had a Stroke because of standing there for 2 chapters lol
The past 3 or 4 chapter could be compressed to a 10 page this is really frustrating..

[kidopitz27]

nope it will be a month long Petrificus Totalis a spell casted by harry potter :)

[BBB Banana]

Maybe someone shoot Ippo from the Crowd :o

[shouryuujo]

new chapter and i stand corrected - we didnt miss much. I guess ippo is gonna get countered bad soon because if he does do one hit ko then the whole build up from so many chapters will be wasted...

[scav]

after all that, i hope we will have a one hit K.O im already tired of this fight :bored

[Katz]

after all that, i hope we will have a one hit K.O im already tired of this fight :bored

Well the way everyone keeps saying things like "Ippo at full strength" and "Ippo at 100%" a 1 hit KO isn't out of the realm of possibility

[Wowzers]

I'm trying to remember if Ippo has ever had a 1 hit k.o. fight before. He always seems to end up in a long drawn out fight and hardly ever gets out unscathed.

This might be his first actually. The opponent can read Ippo's every move... however, Ippo is using a stance that he has never used before so reading him will not be easy. Countering requires being able to read your opponents movements so this guy is toast in the first round... assuming Ippo actually swings before the bell.

[BBB Banana]

We want a ringout :yelling

That would payout for the wait :bored

[jinoku]

who wanna bet on how many chapters in it takes for a knockout? I'm going to say... 5.

[shouryuujo]

another outcome could be ippo kills the guy. but part of me thinks the result is not going to be anti-climatic like one shot win and it will be dragged out long and hard since there was so much buildup...

[Bludvein]

wow.....really? Still no punches thrown. Well atleast we have a guarantee of action next chapter, but damn.

[tobeulp]

Wow this is just pure trolling another one with no punches at all.. Is this even a boxing manga or just a boxing commentator manga ^^

[Smit]

This counter is so gonna happen. Ippo has been standing still for 4 weeks now. Who couldn't see a punch that takes 4 weeks to land.
This has to be the biggest manga troll in years.

[Katz]

HEY LOOK! an entire chapter of talking about counters...../sigh...a whole month we've had to wait for a punch to be thrown...and we're still waiting, cmon Ippo get your're shit straight....

[shouryuujo]

wow... i guess if ippo gets countered.. there will be another month of dissection

[BlitzRonin]

This is getting ridiculous....

This manga is a shadow of its former self, as is the mangaka....

[sabret00the]

troll managaka is troll

[kidopitz27]

And then ippo got punched by a counter and that punch made him fly away from the ring and then fall to the ground and that's how Ippo died

MAN! this mangas pace is so slow he is on 2nd place to bleach :P

[sabret00the]

Coming this summer, to a manga near you. The first thrown punch in a manga epic expected to last six years. George Trollikawa has perfected the DBZ format and will be dragging out fights beyond anything you've seen before. It took a month just to see them move, now you can wait another month to see them close the gap between each other. Expect a full month of making eye-contact and yet another to prep the muscles to pull back their arms in order to see a punch. Ladies and gentleman, IPPTROLL!!!!!!!!!!!

[sprakinayt]

the manga is out..
http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/39047009/1

[daman246]

FOr the past 3weeks Ippo hasn't moved a muscle in this match how many more weeks is it gonna take for some punches to start landing sigh author is really dragging this

[shouryuujo]

i guess IF ippo went full power and either misses or gets countered and lose stamina way early maybe an interesting battle?

[kidopitz27]

i think it will be like in the breaker new waves on how Shioon use the power of his enemy to counter i think it is in chapter 28 and i think it will happen to ippo

[sharingan_kakashi]

Prediction: the whole chapter will be about ippo throwing a single punch with Kojima countering said punch. We would probably not find out who lands a punch until chap 938.

[scav]

i haven't read the last chapter, i'm taking a break. i'll read it once this slow paced fight will be over. i bet nothing happened again in this week's chapter :p

[Drakk707]

Chap 397 is out

http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/42643675/1

Finally some action!

[tobeulp]

Still no progress and again Troll... Well I think next chapter will be ippo going down about 6 pages then add 10 pages explaining how he can get back up... This fight is the worst Troll arc it could be compressed to 1 chapter but he need to milk it and make it 5 chapter before someone get punch

[DBC]

This arc is freaking infuriating... the manga itself has been down hill in quality and stagnant in story for far too long IMO, and if this is how it's going to continue he should pick up the pace to the final arc and end it. I'd hate to see him ruin it after so long by degrading further.

[BBB Banana]

Let's hope Takamura brings some epicness after this fail fight :faint

[ErosVp]

For a moment there I thought it was going to be a double KO! But damm, this autor is really trolling too much! Maybe Ippo will lose and finally focus on his focus on his international career, up his rank for a world title....

[kidopitz27]

i hope ippo dies on that punch or he will be like terminator after he got punch he will just smile and starts pounding his enemy :P

[brebaz]

Wow! a month has passed, and only now is the first punch thrown?! Morikawa got the seal of approval from a troll master just recently.

My bet is, the punch will slide from ippo's face and or Ippo just shaking it off like it was nothing and landing his punch. Also, i bet Ippo's punch will be so powerful that kojima will have a flashback for 3 chapters and after that he will continue the fight with more reasons to win.

[Drakk707]

Guyz I get that all of you are mad because of the pace of the manga recently but jeez chill out already, I mean Can we get back to commenting about the actual chapter? I get your ranting, I really do, the pace had indeed been too d*mn slow during this arc however all of you have already stated your discomfort at least twice, it's time to realize that no matter hoy many times you complain it's not gonna change the fact that the plot is moving slow and move the f*ck on. In all seriousness if you're so displeased with the current development (or the lack of it) just drop the manga for like a year and maybe then this fight will be over.

Now about the chapter (Wich I really liked btw) I have a doubt, in page 16 (here (http://mangastream.com/read/hajime_no_ippo/42643675/16)) you can see in the bottom right panel Ippo's punch connected however in the last page Ippo's punch is not even touching Kojima's face What the heck just happened there? Did Ippo's punch landed first? If so Why was Kojima able to pull the counter? Did they knock each others out? I knew this fight would end in a One-Hit-KO by either Kojima or Ippo, I mean Why else would Morikawa stretch this "fight" so long? Besides he already hinted it at near the beginning of the arc but now i find myself doubting this outcome.

[kidopitz27]

@Drakk707

there are 2 possibilities on this scenario

1.the one showing a skull breaking is Kojima that Ippo's punch is so fast that even Kojima released a counter it hits Ippo's face but with no power on it (on past chapters we saw Ippo's hands making sounds by just making a fist he also trained his neck to withstand those punches) and then Kojima will fall down (DEAD)

2. IPPO IS SCREWED!! BIG TIME!!


if #1 will be the next one i think the referee will stop the fight noticing Kojima not breathing and a lot of people speculate that the punch Ippo released killed Kojima well ever since ippo started boxing he always break something on his enemies ribs mostly and their spirits (harhar) if this happens i don't know if this is Ippo' s first time to hit someone on his temple

Kojima is boasting about his 2 tone punch but Ippo's punch is more than 2 tons well remember this guy? (http://www.mangareader.net/115-4909-17/hajime-no-ippo/chapter-583.html) he feels like Ippo's punch is a drill

if #1 will not happen please refer to #2 this one doesn't need a description because we know what will happen :P

[shouryuujo]

OK so the plan is to deal ippo a damaging blow via counter then waste his stamina? i thought the battle plan is waste ippo's stamina early on so he can't throw those punches... a blow to the head prob disorient him a lot but i dont think it magically waste his stamina unless the guy start pummeling ippo's gut for a while?

I really hate these has beens (like the other old geezer) who magically gain the courage to fight Ippo - maybe ippo should be a trainer and level up mediocre boxers -_-

[luffyg2]

In page 16 it looks like its kojima who got hit but then in the next page we see that's its ippo... did they hit at the same time or am I missing something here... anyway... we finally get a punch thrown in this fight ...I've been waiting for that for weeks, now let's see how it all turns out

[jinoku]

I didnt think they were going to kill Ippo wow what a crazy turn of events. But in all seriousness for a 2 ton truck punch Ippo sure didn;t move much. (Besides his head going all exorcist). I'm leaning towards Ippo taking a down. Everybody starts to panic, then eventually itagaki gives ippo takamuras message and Ippo somehow wins. That is the prediction.

[jinoku]

I didnt think they were going to kill Ippo wow what a crazy turn of events. But in all seriousness for a 2 ton truck punch Ippo sure didn;t move much. (Besides his head going all exorcist). I'm leaning towards Ippo taking a down. Everybody starts to panic, then eventually itagaki gives ippo takamuras message and Ippo somehow wins. That is the prediction.

[sharingan_kakashi]

If the guy getting countered wasn't Ippo, it would be over by now. (i agree with Jinoku) I think Ippo will stagger or even fall but i dont think he will b KO'd. It wouldnt be an HnI manga if it ended quickly.

[Katz]

chapter 938 http://www.mangareader.net/hajime-no-ippo/938

released a few days ago, but since this thread has been closed (thanks to Kaiten for fixing said problem....he's epic)....quite the amazing chapter IMO....time for Ippo to come back full force...I hope the action is gonna pick up now

[Duzy]

Yeah that thread closing was quite frustrating.


I liked the chapter. To the extent that I read it a few times.


I reeeaaallly hope the referee isn't 5 times faster than the 2 guys in the ring and won't manage a split second feat of picking up the mouthpiece from the floor and getting in between two boxers ;). That would be pretty anticlimatic.


EDIT: Noticed just now (after reading it yet again ;))
http://www.mangareader.net/hajime-no-ippo/938/15

I don't know the sound but the onomatopoeia sliding along Ippo looks really cool.

[luffyg2]

I've been thinking that the bell will ring soon because they took quite a bit of time to start the match... if the bell ring it will probably be before Ippo has the chance to retaliate

[Magnus]

I think there is no room anymore for moaning about the slow pace, as this chapter featured the usual rythm of HnI.
On another note it was a bit wtf for me to see how Ippo defied gravity itself after this page :
http://www.mangareader.net/hajime-no-ippo/938/12
Hopefully he pulls a OHKO next time.

[ZayCon]

Two last chapters have been pretty amazing, after lots of chapters that built up the tension. I really hope Ippo gets to finish his punch before the bell rings. Would be superhuman of the jugde to get in between them now, and to actually manage to stop the punch Ippo is about to do.

[shouryuujo]

i hope ippo lands the hit and NOT have the guy counters it again or gets slightly grazed...

[jinoku]

Its good to see Ippo not getting Knocked out by that punch and actually fighting through it like it was nothing. Almost makes up for him getting hit in the first place. I mean i think almost everyone wants Ipoo to have some shine time now that he has been through so many hellish matches. Hopefully he decks this dude so bad everybody is like "Ippo!Ippo!" than finally we can challenge the world, where we expect Ippo to have tough fights.

[shouryuujo]

another thing i dont want the manga to get into is concussions... it might come into play since the manga is a little toward "realism" but hope it doesn't have a lingering effect. I recall we had a "scare" with Takamura's eyesight - actually i am still not sure if it has been "solved" or not...

[brebaz]

the chapter is out on MS

One hit destroy finally!!

[scav]

chapter was amazing :zomg

[kidopitz27]

i think that guy is dead :P and maybe Ippo received an internal injury that will pop out on his next fight

[Magnus]

Finally !! Best way for this fight to conclude !
Now to Takamura's fight !

[luffyg2]

I see that some people did not like the fact that ippo did not get knock out by the counter and won with a one hit k.o but I think that it was actually a great chapter... I never got into ippo for the realism of the fights anyway so I don<t care if its not possible in real life...otherwise I would have quit reading at the Woli fight..or even before that

[kidopitz27]

Ippo trained his neck for that purpose ippo is just stunned that Kojima countered but in the end Kojima got hit by a typhoon and got blown away and if you look on Kojima's head it twist a bit like near breaking point "MAN" that's brutal

[Katz]

To all those that predicted a 1-hit KO from Ippo, you all rule......I'm really wondering what the repercussions of this fight will be...

[tobeulp]

As expected 1 Hit KO and most probably a brain damage on Kojima.. And Ippo will be devasted after he hear that Kojima will had a baby and part o the name is from him...

[shouryuujo]

i still couldnt believe he HIT him till it happened. I was really half expecting the bell to ring and the fist stop a cm in front of the guy's face. I hope ippo doesnt get into a slump though. He mightve been depressed because this time he is boxing not "for fun" but for vengeance or whatever?

[ZayCon]

As expected 1 Hit KO and most probably a brain damage on Kojima.. And Ippo will be devasted after he hear that Kojima will had a baby and part o the name is from him...

Agree on that one. Awesome chapter after all. I've been waiting for Ippo's 1 Hit KO for a long time :D

[ErosVp]

Finally a great chapter! I agree that Kojima will probably have some kind of brain damage, that punch made him fly literally!!! I hope Ippo to give up the japanese title and finally enter the international scenario....

[Naruffy]

Holy crap, I think Ippo may of killed a man. This chapter definitely makes up for the stalling

[sharingan_kakashi]

before, his opponents only retire after getting beaten now they die lmao. I liked the spread but i think the author could have milked that scene some more. for example different angles.

Prediction: takamura will end his fight in the first round. Ippo will be very depressed.

[BlitzRonin]

Morikawa drug his feet... but I will give him this. He can still draw the best brutal punches in comics. Damn that was wicked. As soon as Ippo's glove dug into Kojima's face... it had to be a one hit KO... That was an awesome chapter.

[scav]

i don't think he will have brain damage. Takamura already made alot of K.O like that, and none of them had brain damage. Bryan hawk is gone insane but it was cuz the chock of the defeat.

it's hard to predict what will happen, if Ippo will drop the title and go on world stage or if he will continue to challenge asian champion. One thing is sure, no one in japan will challenge him now or maybe Itadaki.

[shouryuujo]

i still not sure what "weakness" ippo has that was being dragged on so much in this arc. If it is "being countered early" then it is really lame...

[kidopitz27]

Blame the Bitch Itagaki for that counter punch why? if he told Ippo the message takamura gave him then ippo will not rush and got punch by a counter and then again Ippo Beat Itagaki's time record :P

[BBB Banana]

I don't think it would have made a difference... His pattern is something that's craved in his body's memory is not something he could change after hearing Takamura's message. The message served it's purpose which was to help Ippo overcoming his weakness.

[luffyg2]

Nice chapter but I wish Ippo would not be such a wuss... he won and in a cool way..why does he need to be all sad and negative... anyway lets see what Takamura gives us next... that panda thing was hilarious

[ErosVp]

Takamura is always doing this stuff, he is the most hilarious character of the mangá! His fight will be easy, we didn't even had a proper presentation of opponent so that means he is just a fodder....
I wonder if the plot will move now, there were guys in the audience wondering if Ippo was going world stage.... And I wonder if he will stay only the japanese champion forever...

[BBB Banana]

Oh man this chapter was awesome :D

Takamura is awesome and even though sometimes he acts childish he's trully a big brother to Ippo.
Aoki and Kimura's reactions were priceless :D

And I wonder if Itagaki will eventually leave the gym to fight Ippo after reading what Miata said :\

[ZayCon]

Takamura is always awesome! Funny as hell! :D

I think the chapter was really good. Looking forward to Takamura's match, even though it'll probably end in one round.

[BlitzRonin]

This was the best chapter that we have had in a long time. The Coach and Takamaura being awesome, Miyata and Itagaki being little outboxer bitches..

Then Takamura pulls out one of his old tricks. I am hoping we get some nice panels of him just destroying this guy....

Next up has to be Itagaki Vs Saeki I would think... Then Aokimura getting a few panels until they make it to the finals where they can get their own chapters.

[zelllogan]

Finally a good chapter. Late Ippo fights were plainly awful (just a personal opinion). I couldn't stand Woli & we knew from the beginning that Kojima was not a worthy opponent.

What I will only keep from that fight is that Ippo ruled with his left ... and it was the same thing Takamura did before taking over the world ...

[jorped]

Started reading Hajime No Ippo yesterday, and i am already at chapter 58.
I know that it is going to be a long road but i am enjoying it a lot so far, so i probably will read the all chapters out and not end drop it ;)

[Magnus]

IMO if you could watch the anime that'd be at least as good as reading the manga, if not way better.
It consists of 75 episodes + 1 film + 1 OAV. All of them cover about 33~35 volumes of the manga, and are faithfully adapted and amazingly realised with very nice animation and epic OST.
A more recent season (24~26 episodes) came out a couple of years ago and catches up to the 42th volume. But it fails when it comes to music, dropping out the old OST for unknown reasons.
I really recommend watching the anime if it's possible and doesn't end up being too expensive (you know, dvds).

[ErosVp]

Starting reading Hajime no Ippo just now? You'll at least have reading material for a loooong time! But it's a very good manga, with hilarious moments (many provided by Takamura and Sendo)

[ZayCon]

I've both seen the first anime and read every chapter, and personally I actually like the anime better. This is one of two animes that I like better than the mangas (Death Note being the seccond). Haven't seen the "season 2" yet though, because I kind of quit watching anime overall. But it's a shame they dropped the OST from the first season, because that was amazing (Inner Light, Dread, Yuuzora no Kamihikouki, Black and Blue etc.). It's weird if the new OST isn't good though, because it's the same composer that did Death Note.

The animation is awesome, especially in the fighting scenes. The anime has managed to make the AWESOME humor in the manga equally good, perhaps even better. Comparing awesome fighting scenes with one of the best OST's ever made, it gives you shivers all over your body.

The manga on the other hand has very good art too, and the humor is very good. The pacing of the manga is faster than in the anime (obvious).

I love Hajime No Ippo, so my recommendation would be to both read the manga and watch the anime. But this takes quite some time, so therefore I would actually recommend you to watch the anime, then read the manga from there.

[Katz]

New chapter is out for all those who don't check mangastream daily (my life is just that awesome ^^)

decent chapter, didn't really go anywhere but after the 1 hit KO chapter I expected the slowness to re-emerge right after,hopefully Ippo will FINALLY move to challenge the world....but who knows

[Magnus]

Daaaaaarn the faces Aoki makes :Haha
And finally Ippo figures out he needs to work his crowd.

[ZayCon]

Very good chapter!

Haha, Aoki's face was awesome. Also funny when they called Aoki "Oyabun/Godfather" x)

Looking forward to Takamura's match now.

[luffyg2]

Hope Ippo does not end up with some brain damage or sever injuries.. and I was expecting to see the Takamura fight, won't they show it. Well it will probably end up with a fast K.O by Takamura aynway

[brebaz]

I chuckled at the guy who is fighting Takamura " i won't le him knock me down" getting hit by the coach afterwards lol

[jorped]

So many days passed since the last post, so i decided to make a post here :amuse
I am already at chapter 410, and i have been really enjoying it . Takamura is epic material :rofl
Only a bit more and i will be here posting :sweat

:p

[ZayCon]

Chapter 943 is out!

The funniest chapter I've read in a loooooong time! So fucking awesome xD Wondering what Takamura will do in the next chapter :D

[BlitzRonin]

WOW, EPIC last page! I really want to see this super bar brawl!

Morikawa has been bringing his A game with the yucks lately.

[tobeulp]

Great chapter just don't like the name of the bar Mayweather ^^.. I want a brawl next chapter to bring this manga up again

[kidopitz27]

I'm going home .... Wait no i'm not........ i just wanted to make sure i was blocking the exit.....so you assholes have nowhere to run



EPIC!

[ErosVp]

Hahaha
This is going to be tough! Date, Sendoh and Mashiba.... Now Takamura will take some damage! hahahahaha

Sendoh aiming Ricardo was one of the big points of the chapter, Ippo should take a challenge like that too... Kumi was cute this chapter too, like when she saw the panda....

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Takamura beat everyone lol! Date ended the fight without his pants XD

Now Hajime will go back to the super slow pace i think.... if they announce Ippo will have to defend his belt again, i'll put this series on hiatus and come back after a few months...

[Wowzers]

Date, Sendoh and Mashiba.... Now Takamura will take some damage! hahahahaha
Not a scratch I think :XD


Takamura beat everyone lol! Date ended the fight without his pants XD
In the first punch Sendo bounced off the ceiling! :XD
I'm surprised the police weren't interviewing people.

[scav]

i liked this chapter, Takamura is a monster xD. when the coach call ippo, i thought he wanted to talk him about the world :XD
i guess i had too much hope.

[luffyg2]

Really nice chapter... I would have liked to see Takamaura after the fight in order to see if he took some hit or if it was just a one sided fight. Anyway hope Ippo really just has a cold and not something more serious going on there.

[scav]

chapter 945 is out on mangastream. it's was definitely a nice chapter.
they're finally talking about a new dempsey roll and about the world :wtf

[ErosVp]

Yay! The coach finally gave me hope! Ippo will enter the world stage soon, i think. The reaction of everyone would be cool, does ricardo remenbers Ippo?

ps: Poor Kojima... But it makes angry to know we watched only his thoughts for several chapters and he himself can't remenber.

[Katz]

Ugh finally the seal is coming off....took so damn long...but woot finally can't wait to see the new roll....gonna be so so epic

[luffyg2]

Kimura and Aoki are probably going to get a title and then retire... well now its time for the A class Tournament, cant wait to see what Itakagi is going to do... and after that I want Ippo to start taking on the World

[scav]

chapter 950 was funny.I can see Kimura winning the title then retire. But i can't imagine Aoki becoming champ :XD

[ErosVp]

Takamura was the star of the previous 2 chapters! Wangpo hahaha! Ippo's mother thinking Ippo was going to masturbate...

By the way, how old is Ippo and co? I knew but forgot..

[Katz]

Another Chapter came out today......obviously nothing awesome happened or this threads last post wouldn't be on Sept. 21st, feels like it's been so long time since a highly enjoyable chapter was released.....we'll see how the future turns out tho (could just be me tho)

[BlackHair]

I have given up on this manga long time ago. The progress is way to slow to read this with excitement. The author takes imo way too long for the fights. Ippos last fight with that jungle dude was about a year (our timeline) long. Im still reading this manga, but without any expectations, just like I read Gantz.

[Drmke]

The pace of this manga is quite slow but the is a common practice with long running series, especially seinen ones like Gantz. But I still find it very fun to read and if the slow pace bothers you, read it in chunks. That really helps with series like this.

[kidopitz27]

i hope Itagaki lose i hate that smirk and cockiness on him and his dual personality disorder thinks his the best i hope ippo and him fight and ippo will break his ribs and cant box anymore :)

[Katz]

i hope Itagaki lose i hate that smirk and cockiness on him and his dual personality disorder thinks his the best i hope ippo and him fight and ippo will break his ribs and cant box anymore :)

Really glad I'm not the only one who hates that whole "dual personality" crap, but I doubt him and Ippo will ever fight, unless Itagaki leaves the gym it'll never happen...I do hope he fails to beat Ippo's time this fight tho

[kdowns]

I believe that Itagaki is going to get his ass handed to him when he realizes that he isn't that fastest boxer out there.

[Oberon]

Hajime no Ippo #957 Raw & Color Page: Click Here (http://juinjutsuteam.forumcommunity.net/?t=46969379)

[Katz]

Hajime no Ippo #957 Raw & Color Page: Click Here (http://juinjutsuteam.forumcommunity.net/?t=46969379)

Well that's cool been a long while since I've seen a Ippo Raw

[manelmachado]

saeki has to win this match!!!

[kidopitz27]

saeki has to win this match!!!


yes i want Saeki to win too and i want him to woop Itagaki's arse like a speed ball :P

even though their fight is on faster speed no one would like them to see jumping and running all the way and then at the end they will just say

"i can get faster to hit each other" and another speed match sigh.......

[manelmachado]

i personally like saeki's personality in this match! And i think that the manga will be boring if we have three characters winning all the matches, takamura, ippo ( except with date) and itagaki. takamura is the boxing god, ippo is our hero and itagaki is.....
i'm expecting, after the class a tournament, a fight of Ippo with a world high ranker or the fight the 3rd world title for takamura

[Oberon]

Hajime no Ippo #959 Raw: Click Here (http://juinjutsuteam.forumcommunity.net/?t=48373201)

[BlackHair]

The pace of this manga is quite slow but the is a common practice with long running series, especially seinen ones like Gantz. But I still find it very fun to read and if the slow pace bothers you, read it in chunks. That really helps with series like this.Im not badmouthing Ippo or anything. Its just I started reading this manga sometime between 550 and 650 (I believe) and since then the only significant progress in plot was, Ippo giving up on Miyata and thus deciding on getting the unofficial oriental champ title and its world ranking. Also Ippo finally declaring that he wants teh world title. I don't rly see how you are supposed to read in breaks, if in the last 5 years or sth there was no major no progress in main plot. I understnad that the author has to keep a balance between his several supporting characters and the main gang, however my main problem are the fights, which take too long.

And ever since the author decided to give some of the characters supernatural shounen abilities, like Thunder-punch and god like speed that even the referee can't follow, he fell on my bad side. I understand why he did that, still i don't like it.

If ppl were to ask me why Im still reading this manga, I would answer them because of Takamura and Aoki. Srsly I have been reading manga since a bit over 10 years and I never cracked up so much reading comedy scenes involving those two stupid mofos. I remember crying seeing Takumarus shit on Aokis head, or he shaving his eyebrows etc. :p Just remembering those scenes made me want to reread this manga. This series is fun, Im reading it for the comedy, but not for plot or boxing. Thats why Im also not posting much, since there is unfortunately not much discussion material.

[Drakonim]

The manga is now going at a slow rate for a battle between two speed monsters it''s taken 4 chapters to show the first round. Morikawa could have put all the stuff that happened in the last 4 chapters (speed-up, super attack versus super attack, another speed-up) in to 2 chapters I think and then gone on with the outcome of this match because if this pace keeps on going for the other two matches of the Class A tournament Kimura and Aoki it'll take at least 3 months before we see another Ippo fight and that is if he fights like two chapters after the Class A tournament. So I hope there's a speed-up in the next chapter so we can see our hero fight gloriously once more (Ippo fights are the best in my opinion because you see his hard work pay off :D)

[kidopitz27]

the fight scene are too fast but the pace of the story is super slow this manga needs to start the pace of hitting each other if they want to know who's the fastest they should go on a track field to race not on the ring

after this round itagaki will tell again to be faster and then this opponent is the same speed too and then again itagaki will start to think to get fast more and then again the opponent is the same speed too

maybe after a lot of chapter they will land on the timeline when ippo started to punch the punching bag on the early chapters

[Katz]

Well new chapter is out on MS....nothing really much to say we've been in this fight a decent few chapters now and we're only now getting out of the first round *facedesk*

[fcToho]

If ppl were to ask me why Im still reading this manga, I would answer them because of Takamura and Aoki. Srsly I have been reading manga since a bit over 10 years and I never cracked up so much reading comedy scenes involving those two stupid mofos. I remember crying seeing Takumarus shit on Aokis head, or he shaving his eyebrows etc. :p Just remembering those scenes made me want to reread this manga. This series is fun, Im reading it for the comedy, but not for plot or boxing. Thats why Im also not posting much, since there is unfortunately not much discussion material.
Exactly my point of view. I don't know a manga with better humor. Heck seriously, I can't laugh over One Piece or the other shonen. They are still my favourites but not because of the humor.
But with Ippo I really laughed my ass off. Maybe because it's a little realistic. The kind of funny atmosphere you could have with really good friends or when you are drunk. :amuse

My biggest critic isn't the pace of the manga overall, but as you said, the pace of the fights. Much toooo long and repeating. There is sadly one exception: Takamura (btw THE best manga character out there).

I don't see him ever taking his 6th title *sigh* Maybe in 50 years. :-_-

And to add something to the actual chapter: Stupid speed fights, stupid retiring. Yeah, I'm sorry, not really constructive.

[manelmachado]

finally itagaki is getting his ass kicked by saeki, but i just hope that they don't change this!!
i loved this new chapter

[Katz]

New chapter is out on MS.....probably the first chapter I've enjoyed in quite some time....please keep this going

[kidopitz27]

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO! yes Saeki beat the crap out of Itagaki !!!!!

[Bludvein]

Is it bad that I was practically laughing as Itagaki got his ass kicked?

How likely do you think it is that Morikawa will let the arrogant little shit lose?

[ErosVp]

I liked a lot too, but calm down guys! You know the author loves comebacks wins... Well, after the talk between Saeki and Karasawa I rooting for Saeki even more!

[BlackHair]

I liked a lot too, but calm down guys! You know the author loves comebacks wins... Well, after the talk between Saeki and Karasawa I rooting for Saeki even more!My thoughts exactly. One of those little moments in which the opponents shines, very soon Itegaki will find his rhythm and will once again win. I hope he dies.

[fcToho]

Lol, I agree with all of you. I hope Itagaki gets the beating of his life.

I like him outside the ring (if he doesn't think about being better than Ippo), but as a boxer... Fuck no.

[Drmke]

I know you're all enjoying watching what's happening to Itagaki, but you all know character bashing is against the rules here and you're almost to that point. Let's tame our convo and no more wishing for death :notrust

[manelmachado]

IMO, there is too many "geniuses" in the manga, and i think its why people dont like him because he is another one(i tryed to figure why i dont like him and this is my explanation). we already have takamura, miyata, wally, martinez and now a kid that wants to surpass his hero just with his superhuman abilities and not with hard work, humility and "heart".

[Katz]

Welp it's official now, Itagaki is gonna get the comeback win soon...I don't think he's gonna beat Ippo's time but he'll come and win this fight...I doubt the mangaka is gonna let him lose this one-sided like

[Aikyet]

Hell. Fucking. Yes.

No sight in current Ippo is as pleasing as seeing Itagaki beaten to a bloody pulp.

[kidopitz27]

please let itagaki lose i (i really do :)) why? because in the end the author will just make this fight like what ippo did to Saeki i know even if Itagaki's punch is weak this will turn out to be a V2 of Ippo Vs Saeki (well may the author said : some people will not remember the similarity so i'll get on with it :) )

and if? Itagaki win's by narrow decision Takamura will say that Ippo beat Saeki with one eye and another personality will pop out again from itagaki so i want him to lose :P

[manelmachado]

now, the only possible way to beat saeki is like ippo dit but i think saeki will expect that as well (maybe he created a counter measure). with the end of the round the coaches will tell itagaki how attack saeki but also saeki's coach will tell him to not forget what happened against ippo.

---------- Post added January 19, 2012 at 01:50 PM ---------- Previous post was January 16, 2012 at 04:22 AM ----------

http://animeprodestiny.forumcommunity.net/?t=36838654

[Drmke]

I'm expecting a flood of hatred for chapter 964 because...
Itagaki is actually managing to hang in there, and he is inexplicably hated in this thread I guess for being an arrogant "genius"? Which is strange to me since more than half of all shonen have the exact same type of character and I can't recall this much hate anywhere else...

[brebaz]

The fight is dragging on for no effing reason! if this fight could be this long, Imagine how long Ippo last fight would be? 100 chapter maybe? I'm gonna start reading this manga on a yearly basis from now on cause this is not going anywhere.

[Katz]

The fight is dragging on for no effing reason! if this fight could be this long, Imagine how long Ippo last fight would be? 100 chapter maybe? I'm gonna start reading this manga on a yearly basis from now on cause this is not going anywhere.

Hell that might be the best idea...at least the pacing would feel alot smoother, but we all knew coming in, with itagaki's goal to break Ippo's time of beating this guy, it was gonna come down to the wire of him beating it...so I see this fight lasting maybe 2-3 chapters, then we'll go from there

[kidopitz27]

i hope Saeki will stop following Itagaki and then Itagaki will notice it and boom! head shot! i really like the shuffle thing but i hate it when Itagaki use it :(

[Katz]

Wow the "Ali shuffle" when I first picked up this manga back in...hell I think it was 08-09 somewhere I figured the Ali shuffle would eventually make it's debut somewhere, after 700 chapters I figured it would never come but now my long ago self-proclaimed prediction has come true....and the character I dislike the most in the entire manga is using it.....

[zelllogan]

Hajime no ippo ... it's fucking time to close this manga. Ippo vs Woli, Saeki vs the annoying brat, ... the author is getting nowhere nowadays.
ENOUGH WITH USELESS FIGHTS, I want to see Ippo & Miyata vs the world & then the final fight Miyata vs Ippo for the world championship. And we can conclude with an happy ending ...

Next to the definition of DRAGGING, we should put a picture of the mangaka Morikawa

[Oberon]

Hajime no Ippo #965 Raw: http://juinjutsuteam.forumcommunity.net/?t=48373201

[BlackHair]

Just read 965 seconds ago, honestly this is getting ridicules. Disappearing at long range? hopefully Morikawa can pull a decent explanation. All these speed fights are plain ass boring. Just like those hypnoses/genjutsu fights, not that it has anything to do with this manga.

[Katz]

two Ippo chapters in one day....if Ippo was fighting I'd feel like I was in heaven but since Itagaki is fighting, it feels like I'm in some eternal speed hell where semi-realistic boxing manga goes to fantasy manga in the span of 4 chapters....If I didn't have the this unbreakable habit of reading manga the day/hour it releases I'd take a 6 month break off Ippo....damn you OCD

[外国人]

WTF George? This is beyond rediculous. I seriously hope that Itagaki doesn't win. He doesn't deserve it, but alas, it looks like he will.

[Goral]

Of course he will win which makes this manga a f**king joke. It's long past it's prime and has jumped the shark like 500 chapters ago. I preferred when there were no teleportations, other dimensions or boxers doing impossible things (one Takamura was enough but now every boxer is inhuman).

[sabret00the]

Morikawa is just a big fan of metaphors. I'm sure Gaki will lose his first fight with a non-Japanese opponent.

[scav]

lol. i've stopped to read hajime no ippo when the fight started ( knowing the author ). It's been few months already and somehow i'm not surprised that the fight is not over.
I wonder if the author have plan to finish this manga one day, i read his background. Apparently before Hajime no ippo, all his manga failed and somehow Hajime no ippo was his last shot. So i guess, he don't want to let his only-popular manga end, and plan to drag Hajime no ippo till the end of his career.
he want to make the fight as long as possible, so the quality is dropping. thought nothing annoyed me more than the fight ippo-woli, i thought it would never end and it made me drop Ippo for a whole year :XD

[外国人]

In this fight, I've seen the most b*llsh*t I have ever seen in my whole life. This fight was sh*t.

[fcToho]

Oh man... When I started reading Hajime no Ippo (~1 year ago) it was my favourite manga. I read 30 chapters a day. The humor and characters were just great (well it was ok after the last Takamur fight).

Now I don't know where the story is heading. A 20 chapter fight from a (disliked) sidecharacter in a No-title-fight. And of course this speed, dimensions, jumping, wild swing battles.

I'm afraid, but after all this, the story can never get a proper ending.

[Bludvein]

So Itagaki managed to beat Ippo's time again, /sigh.

[zelllogan]

Ippo vs Woli, Saeki vs Itagaki ... and Miyata taking an interest in him ?

I'm wondering if there is still any reader not disappointed right now.

Itagaki is a really annoying character who is taking a too big place in the manga. His cockiness & resentment towards Ippo are of course his most annoying features.
So, it's already hard to care about a fight involving Itagaki. And just before, we had the Ippo vs Woli fight. Woli ... I'll just say that this guy is coming after guys like mashiba, miyata, sendo, sawamura ...

I really respect what the author managed to do for 20 years. It really is fabulous ... but it's time to close this manga & move on.

[Bludvein]

Spoilers are out at the usual place. We got the whole raw this time.

Knew that was gonna happen since Shinoda got carried away last chapter. He practically raised the death flag. So will Aoki finally get his title match that will ultimately fail? or will he fail now and retire with Kimura?

Note the abysmal chance of him becoming champ. The odds are so bad I didn't even include it. Its only a choice of WHEN he is going to fail.

[Duzy]

http://www.mangareader.net/115/hajime-no-ippo.html

an actual good chapter this time

At the end I wonder if he wants to train Kimura, or is it still Aoki who he's talking about

[BlackHair]

The first chapter in like 20 I read without skipping pages. I like Ippo if its about build-up, jokes and generally everything except fights. Good chapter.

[zelllogan]

The first chapter in like 20 I read without skipping pages. I like Ippo if its about build-up, jokes and generally everything except fights. Good chapter.
Indeed the first good chapter in months (maybe years).
I think that Takamura is talking about Kimura. Kimura got the talent. It was again hinted in the last few chapters by Mashiba. Those two assholes awakened a beast. Don't get me wrong, Kimura will always be too short for the world BUT Japan is within his reach. I think that Kimura's main issue is that he is no killer ... but after what they did to Aoki ...

[ErosVp]

Kimura is a weight class lower than Aoki right? I remember a chapter saying they weighted around the same but to not fight each other Kimura "sacrificed himself" to make a weight cut harder in order to fight in the lower weight class.... So I think he will move up to his original weight class win a title and retire or fail to defend...

[BlackHair]

Featherweight -> Ippo
Junior Lightweight -> Kimura
Lightweight -> Aoki
Junior Welterweight
Welterweight

Junior Middleweight -> Takamura (moved-up)
Middleweight -> Takamura (currently)


I also guess Kimura will fight Morons I don't know his name fighter.

[Drmke]

Ahem...Finally!! Bout time Ippo goes to the freaking world stage. Now maybe the story will pick up a bit.

[Magnus]

Now this is some real turning point. Wasn't excited for the next chapter like this since long ago !

[BBB Banana]

Indeed about time Ippo goes world stage and seems like Itagaki will become the Japanese champ now.

[jacek185]

i laughed so hard when itagaki's father ate that wasabi sushi xD and ippo going to world stage is great! Go ippo Defeat every guy there !:D

[MangaPage]

Finally an exciting chapter. I’m usually not a fan of Ippo, it’s been going on for way too long and getting boring, but now that Ippo is going for the World it’s pace will hopefully get quicker. I think it’s time to start ending this manga, so it can have a good ending, rather than drag on the story further and further. I’m looking forward to Ippo’s fight with that 2nd in the world Mexican.

[zelllogan]

If I got it well: "white fang" Vorg vs Ricardo Martinez and Ippo vs Wolrd Number 2.
Ippo will do his usual come-back KO routine & Vorg should normally (and unfortunately) lost badly.

[BBB Banana]

Vorg fighting again is awesome, I also wnated to see Sendo fighting Martinez. Miyata will probably fight Ippo when he becomes the world champ.

I wonder how the Itagaki thing will go though. Will his rivalry with Ippo be kept a secret until the end?

But if Ippo goes for the world they will most likely never fight.

[tobeulp]

If I got it well: "white fang" Vorg vs Ricardo Martinez and Ippo vs Wolrd Number 2.
Ippo will do his usual come-back KO routine & Vorg should normally (and unfortunately) lost badly.

Vorg move up the weight so we don't know who he will be fighting still I hope get the championship in a brutal fight don't want Vorg to lose again just to hype the world stage champ

[senewe]

Hey guys what happened to the scanlation?

[brebaz]

Raw chapters can be found here (http://www.mangaturbo.com/mangaraw/hajime-no-ippo/)

[scav]

just caught up with hajime no ippo. the story is finally moving, apparently the author was just waiting to hit the 1000th chapter and 100th vol. I predict something big or a major change will happen on chapter 1000 :plot

[MangaPage]

I like how the author showed the harsh reality of world boxing in a foreign country with Vorg, in the last chapter. The manga is not going to deal with Ippo's match so soon, but anyway I'm not disappointed with the Vorg thing. I hope it's an interesting fight.

[Reclaimer]

The series in in the middle of the best fight since Mashiba vs. Sawamura (and actually the current fight is very similar to that fight in a lot of ways), Ippo has a fight coming up that with a win will put him on a direct path towards a world title match, and there is actually potential for development for Aokimura (until we hear their next plans, we don't know. Their situation hasn't been close to resolved yet), yet the interest in Ippo is extremely low. /sigh

[Astray]

I am absolutely loving the current fight in the series, one of the best in the series in a very long time.

[rajin]

HAJIME NO IPPO 999 RAW


http://raw.senmanga.com/Hajime_No_Ippo/999/1 (http://raw.senmanga.com/Hajime_No_Ippo/999/1)

[MangaPage]

Indeed this fight is the best in a long time, and with Ippo going to the world stage, things have taken an exciting turn of events. The series has at last emerged from it's long boring period and I'm becoming much more interested in it. But at this point I feel like it has to go full speed ahead to keep the interest, if after this fight it starts dragging things out a lot once more (it most probably will to a certain point, it depends on how much) it will become quite boring again for me at least. This manga would have been best if it was a bit shorter. Here's hoping it will continue at an exciting pace and keep it's freshness!

[Reclaimer]

The series has definitely dragged on and you could realistically cut out huge chunks of the series and it would markedly improve, but you can say that about each and every shonen series out there.

[MangaPage]

That's certainly true, but even among those long-running series Ippo's length particularly stands out (only a few manga can compare to it), and, mainly, for those long shonen series even if there is a lot of unnecessary stuff usually they manage to keep the hype, which I don't think Ippo did, and many times those unnecessary chunks are overall as good as important arcs (maybe not as good, but you see my point). Well, the most obvious example of this is of course One Piece, from which many arcs are not really necessary and could be cut off but the manga didn't lose quality in those parts. I guess it's also related to the fact that a big majority of these long series are big hits, and while Ippo is very well-known I don't think it ever attained the popularity of, let's say, Detective Conan or other series who stand a chance to it in length. The only counter example to this that comes to my mind right now is Kochikame, which is like an isolated case, which of course every japanese must know about since it's been there for a huuuuugely long time, but which never was a "hit", and it's nearly only popular with small kids, I imagine (plus, no popularity at all outside Japan and only 15 first chapters scanlated - I think after those they did some other 20 chapters starting from nº 500 or so, but anyway that's beyond the point).

Ok, so going back to the original point I think that unnecessary parts in Ippo are generally more boring than average unnecessary parts in others very long manga, mainly because every fight drags out a lot, even secondary fights, and there is little room for variation in a manga about boxing so every part long enough to be able to make it drag out is a fighting part, obviously. Also, since they are boxing fights so it's always the same kind of regulated fight, no much space for variation there either. Well, of course, my intention with this isn't to criticize Ippo at all, there are many manga worse than it and even with all this I'm interested in it :).

[Drmke]

I freaking loved the drawings by the other mangaka in chapter 1000! Inoue's is probably my favorite. Adachi and Miura's are both good and their notes are funny. But man, 1000 chapters is pretty crazy.

[tobeulp]

I freaking loved the drawings by the other mangaka in chapter 1000! Inoue's is probably my favorite. Adachi and Miura's are both good and their notes are funny. But man, 1000 chapters is pretty crazy.

It is crazy even though it is declining from the past arc it is slowly getting back with the current arc with volg 1000chapters is crazy!.. Inoue's look like a Rukawa going to box ^^ I prefer Miura's drawing and his notes is great knowing on how great his manga is he still respect the guy... A lot of Takamura fanatics on most Mangaka ^^

[Mazino]

1003 spoiler :zomg
http://animeprodestiny.forumcommunity.net/?t=36838654

[kidopitz27]

What a chapter i really thought that the wolf lost consciousness and in the end it was just a fake hahahah Epic face when he got hit :)

[Reclaimer]

A bad development to a fight that while initially promising has dragged on way too long and dived into the ocean of B.S. along the way. A character with infinite ability to read attack patterns does not suddenly change their defense (going from a 1-handed parry to a 2-handed block) and ignore their basic strategy to the fight.

[•Sasuke•]

chapter #1004 raw


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chapter 1006 raw


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[2878]

chapter #1004 raw


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chapter 1006 raw


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So all I have to do is wait for these to be translated.

I am disappointed in Mike. I expected a straight right in the referee's face, but who knows. Maybe he isn't aware that he was sent to the floor.

So, if there is a raw of the 1007, can I expect for translated version up 1005>>1007 in the next few hours? .. Or how does it work?

[BBB Banana]

I don't think Mike is aware of any of his coach's dirty methods. And as you said he must be out of his self to even realize the referee helped him.

[Reclaimer]

So, if there is a raw of the 1007, can I expect for translated version up 1005>>1007 in the next few hours? .. Or how does it work?
I've been told that the wait between 1002 and 1003 was the longest wait for a translation since people started translating the series. I'm not sure what was causing the issue for Mangastream, but they've shown they can release chapters in short succession or take months between chapters or both.

[the6millionbeliman]

1007 raw is up.

Holy shit, that was amazing. This has to go up there with the all timer fights. Vorg is one bad mutha. Don't even need the text translated to realize everything amazing about this chapter - the art tells the whole story.

[Magnus]

That was a memorable fight... no ultimate special hit to end it... the way Vorg realizes the outcome is awesome. I was thinking either Vorg would lose or Mike would realize the dirty ways of the referee and give up the match. It would have been an original way to end a fight, but what Morikawa chose is absolutely fine.

[Reclaimer]

Why would Mike give up after finding out about the ref? The ref screwed him of the victory by not stopping the fight early one when he was beating the living shit out of Volg for long periods of time without Volg fighting back. Fans might not like early stops, but you absolutely have to make that stop for the safety of the fighters. Of course, in Hajime no Ippo's world, Ippo isn't brain dead despite having the living shit beaten out of him in almost every single one of his fights.

[Magjee]

Did mangastream drop Hajime?

Broke my own rule and read the raws, lol

[DragonSoul]

Chapter 1011
damn you, now we have to wait another 1000 chapter for Ippo to get another chance.

[reaper2507]

Still no translation? Whats happnning here.. nobdy intrested in translating it anymore??

[Doraku]

Still no translation? Whats happnning here.. nobdy intrested in translating it anymore??

I'm not sure about this, but I believe that Mangastream is still committed to do the translation. Probably they're decided to release it in bulk.

[reaper2507]

well now we got some Chapters. I realy am wondert why ippo is not on "full power" or even above his previous level.

[kidopitz27]

i think Ippo is getting weaker because of the Dempsey Roll effect in his legs a weak leg means a weaker punch

[reaper2507]

Maybe its in his heart he thinks not strong about himself and now he enters the world stage

[Magjee]

Hoping for a large batch of releases.

Luckily were not mid fight anymore.