Hajime no Ippo - Ch. 1490 - White Hot Sparring

[ShikiAlter]

Lets hope his hug doesn't break Sendo spine by mistake

 

[Menhir]

Blah blah another chapter of 'Ippo is at his physical peak'
Just focus on the other characters Morikawa, you're not giving us Ippo back for at least another 5 years

 

[Infimus]

 

[Smark_Henry]

bro next chapter gonna have 2 pages wtf old man

Would you rather he work himself to death, or end up in a situation like Togashi and HxH? I know it can be frustrating but I'm glad that he's still doing this on a weekly basis, even if it's only 7 or 8 pages at times.

 

[brndndss]

i cant even be mad. any glimpse at ippos growth gets me hyped. that boulder was good imagery

 

[Makenai]

I know the hellish work that is being a manga author and I don't blame Morikawa for doing shorter chapters but personaly I would prefer him switching to a bi weekly release schedule. Like this he has more time to draw and we get a 20 page chapter every time.

 

[goodknife]

ippo can clinch!? he doesn't have this when he's active boxer!!! only if he...

(break next week)

 

[Ganerikz]

The "so unfair" its something I didn't expect from ippo, he looks like he wants to give sendo a lesson or to give him a good punch (answer). It looks promising.

After cracking Volgs ribs so he is trying to be extra carful with sendo so probably why he said its so unfair.

 

[Irfanzud02]

Ah yes Morikawa tried to justify Miyata waiting for Ippo to come back for another 100 years...

 

[Mogima]

I get some people are mad about the number of pages for a manga. A little, maybe. Maybe more wondering why they're so mad when its a manga they don't pay for, never have and never will.

But I think there is some irony for readers of this manga to have some particular comments that sound like a typical worthless delinquent with no achievements to his name going up to an old champion boxer still hitting the bag after so many decades and going "you're a no boxer, get out of here old man". And he takes the fact that his head isn't being ripped off right now as proof that he's right.

fair point, but rather than giving 1 chapter every week with 7-8 pages, i'd rather him giving us 1 chapter ever 2 weeks for 16 pages.

and sure i respect morikawa. but the dude is running on pride nowadays. the right thing to do is to partner up with a good artist. morikawa can give the name, and the artist and assistant can help him out with the art.

try to reread this manga. the first 20-30 volume's art is so freakin good, the art these days can't compare.
heck, in the latter part of this manga, it looks like all the boxer skipped leg day.

yes, at the end of the day this is morikawa's art. but if you are a professional, you will give your client what they want if it's at all possible. if you cling to your own ideal, that's a hobby/ not a career.

 

[shekel]

Next arc we'll study how Ippo's manner of wiping his ass is not that of a retired fighter

 

[Beastkun]

again slowly but surely ippo is coming back

but man the way ippo is talking sounds like he would just destroy Sendo

really cant wait to see Ippo fight again

 

[SuguruB]

8 FUCKNIG PAGES TO SHOW A FUCKING ROCK

So right :/

 

[KinGrove]

Sadly people didn't learn from what happen to Kentaro Miura and only care if Mangaka put out more content

 

[Boomburst]

again slowly but surely ippo is coming back

but man the way ippo is talking sounds like he would just destroy Sendo

really cant wait to see Ippo fight again

Because he would. He STILL upkeeps his body in ridiculous ways even after retiring, and his work as a trainer is actually helping him learn skills he didn't focus on when he was active. If he didn't learn anything new, he would still be able to give Sendo a close fight. Question would be who's standing at the end of it, and there is no definitive yes in either way, since it would just be their Japanese Championship fight 2.0. As Ippo is now? How strong Sendo's spirit is determines when the fight ends.

 

[Wazouille]

Sadly people didn't learn from what happen to Kentaro Miura and only care if Mangaka put out more content

That's not the point.
Ippo went downhill hundreds and hundreds chapters ago. Now it's getting nowhere.
The mangaka should have retired long ago instead of risking his health for... this.
As other mentioned, he should either delegate to other artists and sit back or do one full chapter every two weeks / montly.
Ippo right now sucks, and i hate it since i've been reading it for 20 years.

 

[Alesund]

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't care whether or not Ippo ever gets back in the ring. I'm enjoying all this time with other boxers.

 

[Razorwenis]

Having Ippo calling Sendo an idiot is brutal. Ippo really has come so far in these years since putting up the gloves he is seeing just how foolish he is being.

 

[Nuggz]

Mind u: IPPO IS ON HIS TOES, NOT FULLY PLANTED

 

[lemurmoo]

Ippo is like I can just kill this guy but I'm not allowed... It's unfair