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Ippo is such a masochist. And he has it backwards: slapping the kid was entirely moral, but almost certainly illegal. Ippo wants to punished if he does wrong by the "proper people". As this kid's coach and mentor, Ippo almost certainly could be classed one of the "proper people" to have meted...

Kumi is such a manipulative, selfish bitch and she really dares to think she doesn’t want to control Ippo’s life? Please. She is poison in Ippo’s life and I pray he one day sees her for what she is.

Suck it Itagaki.

I hope and pray that, in 2069 when this manga finally comes to a close, Ippo does not end up with that selfish, controlling bitch Kumi.

Mari can fuck right off too. Admittedly, Ippo is really dense in just about every subject, and especially anything related to romance / relationships. However, it's way off base for Mari to act like Ippo cannot choose his own topics of conversation. He is an adult and should not be treated...

Fuck off Kumi, you're not his mom.

I don’t mind Ippo’s politeness and meekness in general, but holy shit do I wish he would stop freaking out at the slightest bit of intimacy and act like an adult male (or even a teenage male). Sweet moment ruined.

What a bitter pill to swallow, for the characters and for readers. The manga clearly goes on, but it will never be the same.

“Its an Aoki match but it has actual boxing in it.” My thoughts exactly. Nice to see Aoki and Kimura getting (reasonably) serious matches instead of those joke ones that never felt like they fit in this universe.

Ippo has no business giving people relationship advice. Of course, I suppose it is a window into how he overthinks things and has too many rules.

The first time Takamura acted like a creep with Yamaguchi, but this time it seems pretty clear to me she was setting him up to foot-fondle her breasts.

Mashiba and Sendo are the best.

Thank fuck. I was afraid at any moment Morikawa was going to pull something out of his ass so Itagaki could win. Feels so good to see that little punk crushed, and for someone that clearly worked harder, prepared better, etc win (Imai).

And after a brief respite in Vorg heaven, we are back down in Itagaki hell. Dude thinks he's too good to even know the name of the person he's fighting now, let alone doing any research or special training.

Can't believe there's no comments on this fight. In my opinion this was one of the best, maybe the best fight in the manga up to this point (I have not read further yet, so still might be best) and it did not even have build up (e.g. training, weight control, drama between the fighters, etc)...

Takamura really is a hypocrite. He has definitely let fights get personal before both inside and outside of the ring. And unlike Iga and Kurita, he does not just keep his violence to the ring, a fair fight. He regularly has (and continues to) beat up people outside of the ring, including...

Detective Aoki strikes again. At this point I would rather read a spin-off where Aoki and Tomiko solve mysteries.

The thing is, Kojima was right (as was Miyata), Ippo is pretty predictable. He is great at what he does, and has a lot of strengths that make up for it, but he is repetitive, simple, straight forward, etc. In other words, his training is a blessing and a curse. It would have let him down...

Takamura gets to go in the ring and be a wild savage, running on “instinct” and that is praised. To a lesser extent Bryan Hawk and Woli had their wild instincts praised (by the author). But now the author is going to lecture us and Ippo (through the Coach) because Ippo threw a hard punch in...

They’re not wrong. Takamura continues to make the world title picture seem like a joke.