Hajime no Ippo - Ch. 1489 - Lucky Ticket

[MangaDex]

 

[Jonasmeister]

nice chap, thanks

 

[Graywing]

Please let this spark Ippo. Thanks for the chapter!!!

 

[KJon]

Is this the first time Ippo has sparred since retiring?

 

[Kababman]

I thought maybe we'd get Ippo winning a sparring round against Sendo the day before his title match or something interesting, but nope. We can't have nice things in current-day Ippo.

Is this the first time Ippo has sparred since retiring?

He sparred Volg and cracked his rib. I think that was post-retirement. He sparred Mashiba too before his world title match.

 

[Rand564]

His last spar post-retirement was Volg and he put the fear of god into that man for a moment. It showed everyone that Ippo somehow became an even bigger monster.

 

[ShikiAlter]

It would be funny if Sendo damaged his hand by hitting the brick walls of Ippo arms blocking his punch and being unable to go and then send Ippo instead to fight Ricardo

 

[Beastkun]

little by little ippo is coming back

 

[AmnaelFamnael]

this is Ippo in a nutshell. The man improves simply by training, all his skills were build in the gym. Sendo needs real fights to hone his instincts, but our boy needs pure hard work.

It's so cruel though that we only see him fight in sparring matches

and Miyata cannot admit that he just wants to see Ippo fight

 

[HawkGoggles]

They're like dumb teenagers. I love them.

 

[boldmonkey]

How long has Ippo been retired in-universe?

 

[ISingTheBodyElectric]

Is Sendo gonna die?

 

[Jupiterexile]

I don't think that's how Morikawa would draw a shot that lifts Ippo off the ground. I think he jumped back...

Retirement has given Ippo southpaw, pivots, parries. His full form won't need to take blows to get close.

 

[NeverAnother]

Ippo being in fighting shape and demonstrating a mastery over his body that he didn’t have before hurts my soul! Goddamn I want to see him have a real fight again, but I don’t think I would stay sane if Morikawa gave him a loss. Is it really better this way?!?

 

[FlorianGran]

If we're all correct about how the story is gonna go, this may be the last time we get these two in the ring together...

 

[tave49]

Omg... Just realizing these guys dont know ippo can southpaw now. Although he probably cant do it while panicking.
Even though i wanna see ippo being cool, it would be sweet if sendo finally got his win on ippo right before his execution

 

[DLRevan]

If you assume Miyata isn't wrong, then frankly 1:100 chance to win is amazing. Because as far as any other fighter is concerned their chances were zero. Going from no chance to some chance, is the largest step towards winning, from a certain POV.

I'm hoping the next chapter brings Ippo down to earth a bit. I expect him to handle this well, but he won't trash Sendo by any means. The guy is ranked 1st, he's a natural born monster, and he's been training like mad.

Admittedly we are running out of foils for retired Ippo to strut his stuff against. But I still personally believe Ippo will never be world champion as long as Ricardo is. All of his improvements are amazing, but a recurring theme in the series is the existence of limits. The series is more about what men do to get where they want to be and how they deal with what comes after, not about actually winning.

How long has Ippo been retired in-universe?

Uncertain. At least 2 years. He retired in early 1998, and the current date is somewhere late in a year starting with 200X. It could be 2000 itself, or later.

 

[Abeace]

Is this the first time Ippo has sparred since retiring?

No the second the first was eit vorg (spelled it wrong) and he scared everyone

 

[brndndss]

sorry sendo, feels like hardly a gotcha moment unless was aiming for ippo's feet leaving the mat. he both knew was going to throw feint, and blocked it too. but was also first contact so maybe thats it

 

[Razorwenis]

Ah shit Sendo, you may have messed up. I got a feeling Ippo is about to bruise a rib on that man.