Hajime no Ippo 918

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tl by molokidan

1)
1: Nine...
2: ty...
3: seven...
side: Hard training...all in order to overcome the difference of two weight divisions!

Round 918 Thicken Up!

2)
1: Alriiiiight, next!
2: Buhaaaah
3(2b): Buhaaah buhaaah
4(2b): 100?! Can you do that? My neck would break for sure.
5: Come with all your might.
6: Strike it hard.
7: And your reply is?!
8: Yes sir! I'm going!

3)
1-2: Uuuuuuu
3: Don't let them outpush you!
4: Get tight in there! Squeeze it!
5-7: squeeze
8: ...ggh

4)
1: Get up immediately!
2: Once more!
3: Yes...sir.
4: He's been doing nothing but collision training lately.
5: Yeah, they got a yokozuna march set up at the Akiba arena in Ryougoku.
6: He's building up his stamina so that he won't lose any even if he's pushed by another body.
7: And building up his neck to take the shock from punches.
8: It's all...
9: preparations with their physical differences in mind.

5)
1(2b): So it's durability-focused training over speed, then? Seeing it in front of my eyes like this
2: makes me truly realize he's going up against an opponent from a higher division.
3: And at the same time, I truly realize the tininess of Ippo's body.
4: He isn't the type to go stirring people up with speed, so he has to ram them from head on with that small body of his.
5: He's gonna be at a disadvantage with the physical difference, like I thought.
6: But he has advantages in his small size.
7: Since he doesn't need to worry about losing anything, he has the flexibility to build the right body for his opponent.
8: ...true.
9: Boxers who can train in order to add extra weight are rare.
10: Until the match, his neck and arms
11: should get even...

6)
1: thicker.
2: By the way, you two free tonight?
3: Not me.
4: I am!
5: How about we go to the hall together?
6: Whaaat, a boxing match?
7: Go by yourself.
8: But then I'll be lonely!

7)
1: A...a match?
2: Whose...?
3: Saeki-san vs. Maezono.
4: It'll decide who I go up against.
5: Uwahh...I'm interested.
6: Why didn't you invite...me?
7: Well, because I figured
8: ...you probably wouldn't be able to move.

8)
1: W-waaaaait!
2: See, I told you!
3: You shouldn't have forced yourself to come.
4: My neck and my back and my arms and my rear and my thighs and my knees and my calves are all swollen
5: So, your whole body?
6: I wonder who'll win...
7: Saeki-san, right?!
8: But Maezono-kun is a southpaw!
9: Won't he be hard to fight?
10: Saeki-san has been an amateur for a long time, so he's probably used to southpaws.
11: What I'm expecting Maezono to do is--

9)
1: --make Saeki-san get a little serious
2: so I can collect some data for myself.
3: We got here a bit early.
4: Look at those openers putting on that dopey show.
5: Gooooo!
6: Ugyaaah
7: It's alriiiight!!

10)
1(2b): You can do it! There's nothing to worry about!
2: Gooooo!
3: What the heck is he getting so excited over this snoozefest for?!
4: He should be worried about the eardrums of the people sitting beside him!
5(2b): Have courage! Just do it like you always do!
6: You're fine!!

11)
1(2b): He sure is heated up...does he have a family member out there? Maybe someone from his gym...
2: But MAN is he loud!
3: Ah

12)
1: It's Kojima!!
2(2b): Aoki-kun! Long time no see.
3: You rascal! Still stubborn enough to keep on boxing, I see!
4: That's my line...
5: Ahh
6: Er...
7: Unlike me though, you've already had a title match, Aoki-kun,
8: and you're famous now as the frog boxer.
9: That's a startling way to put it.
10: No, no, I'm proud that we're contemporaries.
11: D...
12: Do you mind if I ask for your autograph?!
13(2b): Consider it done! Come and get it anytime! Oh, so you just wanted an autograph!
14: You're such a nice guy!

13)
1: --in that case
2: do I need to introduce him?
3: No...
4: That won't be necessary.
5: I know him well.
6: Um...
7: Umm...

14)
1: You're cheering on a friend, I see...
2: Yeahh, that's right!
3: My junior is fighting right now!
4: No, not there! From the bottom!
5: Go from top to bottom, like we practiced!
6(2b): Bring out all your power! It's fine!
7: I know you can do it!
8(2b): He got hit! Dammit! So what?!
9: Just go and pay him back double!
10: A junior's match--
11: he's shouting so feverishly,
12: sweating so much...

15)
1(2b): Dammiiiit, he lost! He could have won if he used the real power he has!
2: Dammmiiiiit, dammmiiiit!
3(2b): But it's alright. There's always next time!
4: Hang in there! Don't get bent out of shape by something like this!
5: ...he's probably
6: a good person.
7: Dammiiit

16)
1(2b): There are wounds on his right fist. From what?
2: They don't look like boxing wounds.
3: I know
4(2b): a looooot about you. A loooooot.
5: Do you know
6: about me?
7: Kojima Hisato-san,
8: of course I know about you.
9: I'm Makunouchi.
10: Let us have--

17)
1: a good match together.
2: Woah there.
3(2b): I, uh...want to do a long rally.
4: You'll stop your legs and exchange some blows with me, right?!
5: Uhhhh
6: You think he'd tell you his plan?!
7: It reminds me of Sendou-san's lines.
8: He's gotta be!
9: I'm really getting a good vibe from him.
10: That is all I can do.
11: So I will do my best!
12: Good.
13: In that case...

18)
1: I win!
2: Make sure to mark my reservation
3: on that belt of yours.
side: With the champion in front of his eyes, Kojima makes an invincible declaration of victory! What is the source of his pride?!

Next: Dec. 22