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In Ippo's changing room, before Ippo left with his gym mates to take him home, Kamogawa told him "very well done. Two days later, Ippo woke up, and became surprised to see his champion belt next to him and quickly realised that he won.

After Umezawa showed him magazines about Ippo's win, he was informed to call Aoki as his gym mates were forming a celebration party. As Ippo went to the phone, Hiroko congratulated him. Ippo then arrived late to his party at the Sugar Ray. Ippo met Kumi, who congratulated him. Yagi then got Ippo onto the stage with his belt and introduced him to everyone and revealed that it is his 20th birthday. As a present, Nekota gave Ippo a puppy from Hachi.

As Ippo held the puppy, he defecates on Ippo's belt. After cleaning the belt, Ippo was requested to sing a song. Ippo chose the "Champion" song, which caused his gym mates to throw things at him for being arrogant, making Ippo feel as if it was the greatest day of his life.

Kamogawa then asked if Ippo found his answer of what it means to be strong, however, Ippo claimed to not have found the answer. After Ippo did roadwork with his puppy which he quickly realised can not keep up with him , Ippo returned to his house where he received a call from Kumi asking to meet up with him. When Ippo met Kumi, he was gifted a jogging suit as a late birthday gift due to her not knowing it was his birthday when she came to his celebration party.

Ippo then gave her his signature as a champion as he promised earlier. Though happy that he remembered, Kumi claimed that she can not see him again. Ippo became heartbroken and confused as Kumi ran away without saying why. Ippo then decided to go to the Kamogawa gym and entered Kamogawa's office where he learned that the annual Champion Carnival was commencing, with two boxers from the gym fighting.

Ippo then assumed that this was the reason Kumi made her earlier statement, leaving mixed feelings about the match. When Kimura left the gym to seek help from someone he claimed would be able to help him, Ippo wondered who it was, which Takamura hinted towards Miyata. At Takamura's house, Ippo mentioned how sparring with Miyata was a good choice, however he believed it was bad luck that Kimura's opponent is Mashiba. Takamura then claimed Ippo was the one with bad luck due to his relationship with Kumi being affected and made him call the Mashiba family's house to make up with Kumi.

The next day, since Takamura told Aoki and Kimura about their conversation, Ippo got teased by Aoki and Takamura while Kimura was angry that Mashiba is looking down on him. When Kimura left for the Kawahara Boxing Gym in order to spar with Miyata, Takamura told Ippo how Aoki is nervous about the situation, as his rival is going for his first title match and wishes to help Kimura, but he does not have the strength to.

Later, Ippo and Kumi met up again at a restaurant. Kumi apologised for what she said to Ippo, as boxing is just a sport and did not want to end their relationship over it. After Kimura and then Mashiba spot Ippo and Kumi together and made a scene, Kumi runs away again and told Ippo they should not see each other for a while. At the Kamogawa gym, per Ippo's request, Mari gave Ippo tapes of Mashiba's spars before his last title defence.

Ippo then gave them to Aoki, as he wanted to deliver them himself. After two and a half weeks of Kimura's absence from the Kamogawa gym, Ippo, Aoki, and Takamura went to the Kawahara gym to observe Kimura's spar against Miyata.

After witnessing Kimura using an in-fighter's way of boxing, Ippo, Takamura, and Aoki discussed how impressive picking up a new fighting style in a short span of time is, however, Takamura believed that Kimura will soon realise something and have a desperate shock while trying to go through with his plan. At Takamura's home, Takamura told Ippo and Aoki that Kimura has nothing and even if he comes up with an in-fighter strategy, it won't work as Mashiba is experienced in fighting in-fighters.

Ippo and Aoki decided to tell Kimura this, however, they could not bring themselves to interrupt Kimura as they witness Kimura in a park practising by punching on a tire, with Ippo predicting that Kimura is training for a body blow when he gets into Mashiba's left side.

After three hours of practising, Kimura left and then a group of people see the tire he was punching and began to mess with it until they were confronted by Aoki. The group became angry at the two for Aoki's threat if they don't stop messing with Kimura's tire and began attacking Aoki and Ippo, who told Aoki not to fight back as they are pro boxers. After they got beat up, Ippo embarrassed Aoki by noting how close he is to Kimura by stepping in to stop them.

Aoki explained that when they train the same amount, Kimura suffers the most and that when he loses the pain is also worse, but Ippo and Aoki agree that winning must be better, especially a title match.

When Kimura had not come to the Kamogawa nor the Kawahara gym, Takamura believed that Kimura ran away cowardly asking Ippo and Aoki for proof that he didn't run away. Ippo and Aoki went back to Hara Park to see for themselves.

There, they noticed that the tire is on the ground with marks on two different spots with one that was not there when they last checked. With the match poster up, Kimura returned to the Kamogawa gym and revealed that he has a new technique called the " Dragonfish Blow ", he sparred with Aoki to show everyone at the gym.

When he saw the new technique, Ippo believed that Kimura's overhand could even reach Mashiba's jaw. When the day of Kimura's title match arrived, Ippo and everyone else went into Kimura's room, where Kimura informed everyone that if he loses, he would retire.

With Ippo visibly upset, Kimura vowed to become the champion and be even with him again. Ippo then watched the match where Kimura lost in the ninth round. While reporters were talking to Kimura, Ippo listened as Kimura told them that he has retired.

At the Kamogawa gym, Ippo realised that, like him, Aoki and Takamura seemed saddened by Kimura's retirement. He then told the two how his mother named his puppy Wanpo as a pun of his own name.

When Wanpo went outside the gym and barked, Ippo and the others went outside and saw Kimura. Kimura then announced that he would come back by changing his given name from kanji to katakana. After Kobashi won and became the JBC junior featherweight champion, Ippo walked away from the hall with Kumi, who Ippo did not know was sitting next to him the entire time.

Just as Ippo was about to invite Kumi for dinner, he had to stop and catch an an elderly man who was about to fall down a set of stairs. The elderly man recognised Ippo and Ippo learned the reason the former JBC junior featherweight champion relinquished his belt was to move up to the featherweight class.

He then introduced Ippo to the former champion, Kazuki Sanada. Their friendly conversation was interrupted by the elderly man as they were about to shake hands, as he believed enemies should not shake hands. At the Kamogawa gym, Ippo learned from Kamogawa that the elderly man he met earlier was named Dankichi Hama , a trainer that was supposed to be in Mexico, but went to Japan and took Sanada after watching Sanada's fifth JBC title defence.

Ippo also learned about Dankichi's boxing history when he fought both Kamogawa and Nekota during the prize-fighting days. Dankichi then entered the gym and revealed that Sanada is ranked first, making him Ippo's opponent in the Champion Carnival, and warned his old rival and the champion about the Hien and the Tsubame Gaeshi. Confused as to what the "Hien" is, Ippo tried to get help from his gym mates. Kamogawa revealed it to be correct, and had Ippo spar with Kimura for him to see the Hien himself.

Ippo witnessed Kimura's Hien in the spar, unable to stop the Hien. Ippo then got a more detailed explanation and that it seals the Dempsey Roll. Ippo then wondered what the Tsubame Gaeshi is, which Kamogawa claimed that it is a blow with Sanada's right to defeat Ippo.

When Fujii entered the gym, Ippo was asked if felt the pressure of boxers training just to take him off the throne. Ippo answered that he would enter the ring as the challenger still.

When Takamura, Aoki, and Kimura found out that Sanada is a son of a hospital director, they began to wonder if Ippo could lose Kumi and the belt to the doctor boxer. Ippo claimed that Kumi is not his girlfriend so he would not lose Kumi, making the trio try to convince Ippo into calling Kumi to confess his love to her. Ippo decided to go through with it under one condition: he has to get beaten in an arm wrestling match.

When the arm wrestling match began, Ippo easily defeated Kimura and Aoki. Ippo then arm wrestled Takamura, however Ippo lost in the end. Ippo called Kumi and asked her if she would like to do something with him that night. After she agreed, Ippo took her to the Kahuna Pasta House along with a tape recorder as Takamura, Aoki, and Kimura believed that Ippo would try to run away from his promise to them. After eating, Ippo and Kumi went into a park in the snow. Ippo attempted to confess, however he could not do it, instead telling her about his upcoming match against Sanada.

Ippo then made Kumi upset and run away when he claimed that it was not her duty to cheer for him nor his right to ask her to, instead telling her to cheer for who she wants to cheer for. Ippo then returned the tape recorder to Takamura to let him hear what happen before walking out of the house emotionless. Ippo continued training against the Hien by pushing the Hien's left with his right and then stepping in until the day of the weigh-in arrived.

At the weigh-in, when asked for the champion's comment for the match, Ippo, who forgot he was the champion, wished to learn from the more experienced Sanada and to enter the ring with a challenger's standpoint.

After Sanada reminded Ippo of the two previous holders of the JBC featherweight belt and how he should take more pride on it, the two shook hands. Walking away from the hall, due to Sanada's pectorals being more developed since his last match which are used for inward punches, Ippo and Kamogawa assumed that the Tsubame Gaeshi had something to do with hooks and uppercuts.

When Ippo returns to the Makunouchi Fishing Boat, he was gifted new red boxing trunks with twelve stars for his twelve knock outs and shoes from Umezawa and Hiroko.

That night, Ippo thought about how he will never give up the belt that the people he respected so much put on. The next day, when the match was about to begin, Ippo walked into the ring nervously and feeling the pressure of his first title defence, as if it was his debut match.

When the match began, Ippo got hit by a right straight that caused him to panic. Sanada took advantage of the situation and attacked Ippo, forcing him onto the ropes and, Ippo was attacked again until he recovered from Sanada's right. Ippo attempted to get into his rhythm and went towards Sanada, however, he was hit by Sanada, who used his Hien to change his jab into a hook. Ippo continued to have trouble getting close to Sanada due to his Hien, getting hit by the fast hitting technique until the round ended.

When the second round began, Ippo attempted to take the pace by dashing towards Sanada immediately and started his Dempsey Roll motion. The Dempsey Roll motion was stopped by Sanada, who pushed his body onto Ippo's. Ippo continued to be unable to get close to Sanada because of the Hien. He then got pushed back onto the ropes by Sanada's rapid punches, guarding against them waiting for a moment to strike back.

Sanada's rhythm changed, and Ippo guarded against a right uppercut. Ippo then prepared to guard against a second right uppercut, however, the uppercut went through Ippo's stiff Peek-a-Boo style block and hit him. Realising that the double right uppercut was the Tsubame Gaeshi, Ippo retaliated and hit Sanada's guard with a right that caused damage to Sanada and made him fly back to the other side of the ring.

Sanada escaped from Ippo's follow-up attack at the ropes by using his Hien and began hitting Ippo on the ropes with the Hien. With Ippo on the ropes guarding against the Hien, Sanada launched his Tsubame Gaeshi, with the second hit going through Ippo's guard again, causing Ippo to go down and become unconscious. Ippo, after hearing Kamogawa in his unconsciousness wanting him to come back to him as he knew how to beat the Tsubame Gaeshi, Ippo got up, wanting to go back to Kamogawa.

The second round shortly ended after Ippo gets up. In his corner, as Ippo left for the third round, Kamogawa told him to remember what Kobashi Kenta did that gave him trouble in the match. In the third round, not wanting to let Ippo recover, Sanada rushed towards him and used the Hien. Ippo blocked the Hien and got his guard hit by the first uppercut of the Tsubame Gaeshi.

Ippo then successfully blocked the second sideways uppercut with the Cross-Arm Block , remembering that Kobashi used the Cross-Arm Block against him. With the block, Ippo advanced toward Sanada, guarding his lefts. After Ippo got into close range after getting hit by Sanada's left and right hooks in the process. Ippo hit Sanada with a liver blow and the two begin an in-fight due to Sanada being unable to escape. Ippo won the in-fight as Sanada went down. After Sanada got up, Ippo was clinched when he got close.

When the clinch broke, Ippo began losing balance as Sanada punched his head during the clinch that shook his superior canal in his inner ear. When Ippo's balance came back, Ippo pushed forward against Sanada's Hien as they began to weaken. Ippo got to Sanada's chest right before the gong sounded, ending the third round. As the fourth round began, Sanada got into an in-fighter's range and got close to Ippo while blocking and dodging punches, delivering body blows at vital points, making Ippo's face blue due to cyanosis.

As Ippo began to lose balance from the body blows, Sanada used his Tsubame Gaeshi, but Ippo blocked the second uppercut by putting one of his hands between the attack and his jaw, still causing damage. As Sanada continued his attack, he noticed Ippo is at his limit and threw a right, making Ippo start to fall. Ippo barely managed to stop his fall by hanging onto the ropes.

Ippo's light returned to his eyes and he released a punch that missed as the fourth round ended. Before Ippo headed out for the fifth round, he received a slap on the back by Kamogawa as a request. Ippo dashed towards Sanada as the fifth round began and relentlessly attacked Sanada. Ippo then prepared to do his last attack as he did the Dempsey Roll motion, however, Sanada pushed his body onto Ippo's, stopping it.

Ippo landed a liver blow as Sanada stepped in as he predicted Sanada would step-in to stop the motion. Ippo then hit Sanada with a Gazelle Punch. Ippo attempted to hit Sanada, who withstood all of Ippo's punches, however, Ippo's right barely grazed Sanada's cheek. Sanada launched a finishing right, which caused Sanada to fall down from his own momentum and missing Ippo, causing a down.

The referee then signalled the end to the match, with Ippo winning his first title defence. With the help of his seconds, Ippo walked away from the ring and went to his changing room in the hall, immediately sleeping while tightly holding his belt. Two days later, Ippo became bored as he fished with Wanpo until Kumi approached him. Kumi congratulated Ippo on his victory and explained that she came to watch the match and was alone in the crowd, cheering for Ippo.

When Ippo returned to the gym, he learned that Takamura is training for his world contender match and Kimura is sparring with Miyata for his OPBF featherweight title match against Arnie Gregory. Sakaguchi , and how Gregory's destructive power is comparable to Ippo's, the gym mates believed Miyata has a chance to lose, leading Ippo to rebuke them for talking in a way that may give Miyata bad luck.

Ippo realised that the gap between them is more than filled. Ippo then learned from Kamogawa that Ricardo requested to spar with him. After Ippo agreed to the spar, Ippo discussed it with Umezawa, who compared Ippo's 13 win record to Ricardo's 63 win record and claimed that Ricardo was only five times stronger than Ippo and that Ippo would be able to land one hit out of five punches. Ippo then went with Kamogawa to the Otowa gym with the expectation of landing at least one punch within the three rounds.

When Ippo arrived to the Otowa gym, he met Ricardo and felt the pressure of the super champion after going into the ring with his match boxing trunks, wanting to treat the spar as an actual match. As the spar began, Ippo attempted to use a feint and a liver blow, however, he stopped midway as Ricardo saw through the tactic. Ippo entered his Peek-a-Boo Style and threw a one-two, which Ricardo easily dodged the first hit and threw a jab that Ippo couldn't see coming.

After repeatedly getting hit with Ricardo's motionless lefts, Ippo managed to get close to Ricardo by blocking some of his punches. In range, Ippo began the Dempsey Roll motion. Before Ippo could even start to throw a punch, he was effortlessly hit repeatedly by Ricardo's lefts until the figure-eight motion stopped and left Ippo standing unconscious and frozen in shock.

Noticing Ippo was unconscious, Ricardo walked away and stopped the spar. Kamogawa got Ippo, still unconscious, out of the ring and the two leave the Otowa gym with Ippo realising that the gap between him and the world was huge.

Back at his home, Ippo looked into a mirror his face and was shocked on how swollen it looked after Ricardo only used his left. When Ippo returned to the gym, he got immediately kicked out by Takamura, who told him to go see Date and apologise for his performance in the spar. When Ippo arrived outside the Nakadai gym, he looked through the window and discovered that Date was sparring with Miyata. Ippo watched the spar and was shocked to see Miyata easily beaten. Miyata walked outside and was embarrassed that the spar was seen by someone.

The two then realised even though one is a Japanese champion and the other is an OPBF champion, they were still so far away and that the world is a big place. After watching the press conference between Date and Ricardo, Ippo received a call from Takamura to go with him for roadwork. Ippo went with Takamura to a park so that they could meet Date. When they met Date, they joined him in his roadwork to discuss the press conference and his upcoming match against Ricardo.

After the semifinals which ended in Okita 's victory, Ippo was approached by Fujii and was informed that Date wanted to see him in his changing room.

Outside the changing room, Ippo met his wife and son , telling the latter that Date would become the world champion as he was beaten once by Date.

When Ippo saw Date, Date told him that he would be waiting at the top of the world and for Ippo to not take too long. Ippo then wished for Date to win and become his eternal rival.

Ippo proceeded to watch the match between Date and Ricardo, which ended in Date losing and Ricardo's 18th title defence win. Ippo was emotional about Date's loss which sent him to the hospital, and at the Kamogawa gym, told Takamura and the others to not mention Date's possibility of retirement.

Fujii entered the gym and revealed that Date was awake with no brain damage and that he is able to speak in short durations. Takamura advised for Ippo to go see him, claiming that there was a meaning to it. Date placed his hand onto Ippo's as a baton pass.

Ippo apologised as he explained that he could not, as Ricardo was too strong, not being able to as he is now. Ippo revealed to Takamura, Aoki, and Kimura what happened in the hospital with him and Date. As Ippo's second JBC featherweight title match against Hammer Nao was approaching, Manabu Itagaki , who recently joined the gym because he looks up to Ippo as a senpai, appeared in the Kamogawa gym.

In order for the newcomer to feel the pain of being a pro, Ippo, along with the others at the gym had Itagaki do roadwork with them. Later, while mitt training with Kamogawa, he saw Yamada's face on his mitt and pulled his punch, infuriating Kamogawa. When Mari arrived to the gym and revealed that Yamada arrived to Tokyo, Ippo went with her outside to discuss the information she gathered.

After hearing Yamada's background of him being an underdog and taking the shortest path to his dream match against his senpai, Ippo became disheartened about fighting him. Ippo eventually realised that just like him, Yamada set his goals high and he was chosen as Yamada's goal, wishing to answer Yamada with his hands. Ippo's newfound motivation led him to continue training for his second title defence without holding back.

During the training, Ippo was instructed by Kamogawa that it would be a mostly close combat match and that he could not use his Dempsey Roll. On the day of the weigh-in, Ippo met Yamada for the first time in two years.

After the weight check, Yamada declined Ippo's handshake, and thanked him for teaching him about boxing and that he was giving him the belt. Ippo responded by claiming that while they practised together, he never taught him how to take the belt. Ippo then went to the ring where he intends to go full power to answer Yamada. When the match began, Ippo, wanting to rush the fight to spare Yamada, immediately knocked Yamada down with powerful combinations thirty seconds into the fight.

When Yamada got up, Ippo intended to knock him down again but was stopped with a clinch, which Ippo broke out of. After dodging many attacks, Ippo knocked Yamada down a second time. Much to Ippo's dismay, Yamada got up. Ippo got Yamada at the ropes and began attacking his guard. Ippo then blocked a body blow that sent him off his feet.

With Ippo aiming punches at Yamada's head, he was hit by multiple body blows. Their exchanges ended when the referee got between them as the round ended. Ippo then witnessed Yamada hitting the rope in disappointment.

In the corner, Ippo was told by Kamogawa, the three meanings to be a pro: to do any job with ease, to answer the customers demands, and to devote one's self to the fight. In the second round, Ippo began blocking his body to prevent the body blows that happened from the last round.

Just as Ippo was about to counter a right hook that missed, his guard was broken by Yamada pushing Ippo's left side of his block with his opened hand. With Ippo's body unguarded, Ippo was struck by the Solar Plexus Blow , immediately being unable to breathe and began getting hit.

After recovering, Ippo was soon stopped again by getting pushed by Yamada's shoulder and getting hit with close ranged body blows. Ippo began to block his body blows until his guard was opened again by the previous tactic, leading Ippo to get hit by another solar plexus blow. With Ippo at the ropes, Ippo was unable to stop Yamada as he used the tactic a third time. As Ippo got attacked after the third solar plexus blow, he acknowledged that Yamada had gotten strong, however, he wanted to teach him the feeling of the first loss.

Ippo stopped Yamada's attack, then proceeded to open and lower his guard into the Brawling Style stance, inviting Yamada to attack. Ippo received many hits after Yamada accepted the invitation until Ippo, after many exchanges between both, landed a liver blow on Yamada, sending him down. When Yamada got up, Ippo blocked Yamada's one-two and liver blow. Ippo then successfully delivered a one-two and liver blow of his own, along with a combination of attacks that sent Yamada falling.

Ippo attempted to catch Yamada's fall, however, the referee stepped in and signalled an end to the match, resulting in Ippo's second JBC title defence win. Ippo was interviewed, and he commented that he did not want the match to last long and that, while it was painful during his first loss against Date, it taught him a lot about boxing.

He ended the interview claiming that he believed that Yamada will be stronger when he returns to the ring. At the changing room, Kamogawa advised for Ippo to not see Yamada, as Ippo's comments may make Yamada hold a grudge, believing that the winner has nothing to say towards the loser.

Ippo's words during the interview however, made an impression on Yamada to continue boxing. Ippo discovered that Takamura, Kimura, and Itagaki were going to a training camp at the beach, with Takamura taking Wanpo with him. Ippo got excited to go until Takamura mentioned how he was told to rest after the match.

Aoki then arrived and invited Ippo to the beach with him, Tomiko, and Kumi. Ippo agreed after seeing Kumi. He then found out from Aoki that he set up a room at the hotel for him and Kumi, wanting to advance Ippo's relationship from "just friends" with her.

That night, Ippo and Kumi decided to go to the beach, where Ippo tells her a scary story that brought her closer to him. Fireworks then bloomed in the sky, resulting in Ippo and Kumi's shock when they see Takamura groping Tomiko next to Aoki. When they ran back to their hotel and drank alcohol, Kumi began to talk about how she felt when she first met Ippo. Ippo then used the conversation for a chance to confess his love to her.

However, Kumi fell asleep after Ippo's lengthy build up to it. Ippo, however, was satisfied that he said it at all. The next day, Aoki misinterpreted Ippo's joy, wanting him to return the favour by helping him get revenge on Takamura by having him catch a sea slater to put in a okonomiyaki.

They then went to the building being used for the training camp, where they witnessed Kimura and Itagaki sparring. Ippo then watched as Aoki's revenge ended in tears after Takamura spilt the okonomiyaki in half and shoved one down their throats. When Itagaki asked Ippo for a spar, he agreed to it, with neither holding back.

During the spar, Itagaki showed his speed and skill, however, Ippo pressured him and knocked him down four times before he passed out. Then, Nekota stopped by with fireworks to use at night, with Ippo later going to the beach that night with everyone but Takamura, who decided not to go. On the beach, with everyone enjoying fireworks and sparklers, the group noticed Takamura, who claimed would just go back, as he would just get in the way.

After Ippo and Itagaki's sweet talk and everyone cheering for him, Takamura finally joined the party. After watching fireworks, Ippo looked up at the stars, setting his goal to have a firm grasp on Date's baton. Takamura's fireworks that he set earlier for revenge start going off toward the group as they ran away. When Ippo returned to the Kamogawa gym, he was informed by Kamogawa that a sparring session was set up for him against someone who has yet to debut.

Ippo then got into the ring to spar against Imai. The spar lasted three rounds with Imai having no downs and was giving Ippo a hard time. It then turned out once Itagaki entered the gym that Imai was Itagaki's high school rival, with Itagaki then explaining his history with Imai to his gym mates. Takamura asked Ippo, who fought both, who would win in the pro ring, but Ippo really did not know. That night, Takamura's WBC junior middleweight title match was announced.

It was then explained that the champion's manager scheduled the match for December, knowing that Takamura would not have a chance to recover in his match in October. When Fujii entered the gym to give details about the champion Bryan Hawk , Ippo was shocked to find out that Hawk hates to train. After Itagaki lost his debut match by Fumito Makino 's fouls, Ippo went to Itagaki's changing room and explained how they were not fouls as the referee did not stop the fight and that it was Itagaki's fault.

Ippo returned to Aoki at the audience seats as Kimura's final tenth round against Arman Alegria was about to begin after the previous rounds consisted of Kimura throwing large swings. Ippo then watched as Kimura won in a decision and Takamura won in a ring out victory against Morris West.

In Takamura's changing room, Hawk arrived to see Takamura. Hawk's visit eventually led Takamura to rush toward him in anger. Ippo, Aoki, and Kimura attempted to hold him back, however, they were overpowered and the punch lands on Hawk's opened hand, Hawk then left after claiming it was a handshake.

Later, after being shown tapes of Hawk having two ring out victories, Aoki and Kimura got into an argument as to who would win between Takamura and Hawk until they were stopped by Ippo, who told them to believe in Takamura, reminded them that meeting Takamura was like meeting boxing itself.

The three then decide to meet Takamura to ask him why he began boxing. The next day, Ippo, Aoki, and Kimura was doing roadwork with Takamura and asked him why he started boxing. Takamura answered that he did it to prove that he is the best. Itagaki then approached them to join their training after his absence. Ippo and the others became worried about Takamura's weight management and bought him bags of dried shiitake for him.

After Takamura's harsh weight management, Ippo attended the press conference, where he, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki were tasked to be on standby to stop Takamura in case the conference does not go well. When Takamura was struck in the jaw during a pose for a picture, Takamura began to rush toward Hawk. Ippo and the others hold him back, however, Kamogawa was the one to act as he grabbed Hawk by his collar in anger.

Hawk then smacked Kamogawa in the face, causing Takamura to freeze in anger, however it ended without anyone getting hurt. When his and Takamura's match arrived, Ippo met with Takamura at the changing room where he made a promise with him that if he wins by a first round knockout, Takamura has to become world champion. When Ippo's match began against Yi Yon Su , he was caught off-guard when Yi charged toward him at the start.

Yi attacked aggressively with lefts that Ippo dodged. Ippo started the Dempsey Roll motion as he dodged Yi's lefts. Ippo grazed Yi's chin with a left hook. Yi then prepared to attack an incoming punch, but was countered first with a right. After Yi's body flew back after being hit, Ippo hit him with a continuous attack from the Dempsey Roll.

Right as Yi tried to respond with a punch, he fell to the ground instead, resulting in Ippo's promised one round knockout. Takamura then mentioned the promise to Ippo, telling him he would not break it. Ippo then watched as Takamura won and became the world champion.

The next week, a large package arrived at the Kamogawa gym containing a bronze bust statue of Takamura , which Aoki accidentally broke an arm off of.

When Ippo heard that Aoki was sent around Japan selling mini versions of the statue for a higher price than it was, Ippo and the others decided to check on Aoki to see how any he sold.

Upon arrival to Aoki's home, Tomiko answered instead, revealing that he went to Shinjuku. Ippo was then tasked to look for Aoki in Shinjuku the next day. When Ippo found Aoki at Shinjuku selling the statues, Aoki, mentally unstable about the situation became overjoyed at the sight of him. Ippo then mentioned to Aoki that the reason Takamura was acting out is because Kamogawa is not at the gym, suggesting to go to Kamogawa at Nekota's place.

Ippo and Aoki went through a snow storm to get to the Pension Yoshio to tell Kamogawa to come back to the gym. When Ippo and Aoki arrived to the Pension Yoshio to request for Kamogawa to come back to the gym due to Takamura's actions against Aoki and using his fight money to purchase statues of himself, Kamogawa decided to instead leave Takamura alone.

When Ippo and Aoki asked about a picture of a woman , Kamogawa and Nekota decided to tell Ippo and Aoki of their past as prize-fighters and relations with the woman.

Afterwards, Ippo, Aoki, and Kamogawa left to go back to the gym. Miyata demanding an answer from ippo as to why he turned down his match requests. As Itagaki was thankful to Ippo for sparring against him, Itagaki invited Ippo to his home for a celebration dinner.

Upon arrival at Itagaki's home, Ippo met Itagaki's sister, Nanako , who is a big fan of him, and Itagaki's mother. He then had dinner when Itagaki's father arrived. Throughout the course of the dinner, Ippo was caught off guard by the Itagaki family's plethora of bad puns and could not find time to eat, having to eat dinner at his house. Later, Ippo was surrounded by reporters at the Kamogawa gym and getting asked about his future. Ippo answered the reporters by saying that he would just take things one match at a time and just focus on his next opponent when asked who he would like to fight the most.

Kamogawa and Yagi announced everyone's matches for early spring, with Ippo's fourth JBC featherweight title defence being first. That night, Ippo walked home while wondering what his goal is. He then came across Miyata , who grabbed Ippo by his collar and demanded an answer as to why he had been ignoring his match requests to the Kamogawa gym after he became the OPBF champion.

With Ippo confused, Miyata walked away, expressing that he thought it was a promise. Ippo then ran back to the Kamogawa gym, asking Kamogawa why he turned down Miyata's requests and never told him about it. Kamogawa answered that the gap between him and Miyata had reversed by a great amount, comparing their individual abilities and weapons. Ippo, however, expressed how he wants to fight Miyata while he is at his best shape, not knowing if he can continue to win.

Kamogawa smacked Ippo for thinking he is at his peak and deemed a fight with Miyata a dream. Ippo then left the gym after showing his intention to get stronger in order to make Kamogawa let him fight Miyata.

Ippo began planning a way to improve his Dempsey Roll by increasing the speed. Soon after, Ippo learned that his next opponent, Iwao Shimabukuro , claimed that he would destroy he Dempsey Roll in a newspaper article. Later, Ippo watched a recording of Shimabukuro winning against Keigo Okita.

The recording revealed how Shimabukuro is the same type of in-fighter as Ippo and that he is shorter than him, making his usual short height advantage turn into a disadvantage. Ippo then came up with an idea to catch Shimabukuro with increased hand speed and step-in speed.

He showed Kamogawa the Dempsey Roll that he had recently trained to increase his speed, however, Kamogawa was displeased with it due to the speed taking place of power. Kamogawa decided to have Ippo increase both speed and power of his Dempsey Roll with intense training.

Ippo began his intense training with Kamogawa. After completing the menu, he sparred with Aoki , and could barely do anything against him. He later was visited by Shimabukuro at his home and was requested to show him the ocean. Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! Japanese Featherweight Champion Makunouchi Ippo has defended his title belt once more with the help of his devastating signature move: the Dempsey Roll.

However, new challengers are rising up left and right, claiming to have an answer for the move responsible for crushing his opponents. Will Ippo be able to step up to the challenge, or will the weight of his pride destroy him before he finds out just what it means to be strong?

Meanwhile, fellow Kamogawa Gym mate Aoki Masaru is just a hop, skip, and a Frog Punch away from claiming his own belt, ready to take on the Japanese Lightweight Champion! Hajime no Ippo: Rising continues Ippo's quest to become stronger, featuring the same cast of loveable dimwits from Kamogawa Gym, as they put their bodies and hearts on the line to make their way in the harsh world of professional boxing.

With a will of iron, Ippo steps into the ring once again. However, new challengers are rising up left and right, claiming to have an answer for the move Japanese Featherweight Champion Ippo Makunouchi has successfully defended and retained his title. Share on twitter. Share on reddit. Share on pinterest. Share on whatsapp. Table of Content. Ep No. Ep Title. Hook vs. Season 3: Hajime No Ippo - Rising. You won't comment but fight? Aight, Try me! More Filler Lists! Mayra Rifat.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. More Hajime No Ippo! No Comments. The first step. Fruits of labor. Tears of joy. Shadow boxing. The opening bell of the rematch. The destructive force of 1 cm. Promise to meet again. C Class License. Debut match. Obsession for victory. Becoming a bully's buddy. Powerful Arms! Test of Endurance. Anticipating a Fierce Fight. Ippo on the Beach. The Threat of Shotgun.

The Way to Capture a Prodigy. The Other Semi-Final. To the Promised Place The Battle for Distance. Death Match. Victory or Defeat. Rocky of Naniwa. To Enemy Ground. Traces of Intense Battles. Throw Your Right! Smash Force. The Rookie King. The Continuing Journey. The Champ and I. A Thing to Strive For. Two Rookies of the Year.

Challenge in a Foreign Land. A Counter to Surpass All Counters. Barf-michi's Big Fight. Sharing a Dream. The Speed Star. Blind Spot in the Ring.