Hajime no Ippo - Ch. 1488 - The Best Condition

[MangaDex]

 

[Abeace]

🤓 I would like to point out only miyata makes ippo smile like that I'm not into BL but leave kumi man

 

[HawkGoggles]

I said it before and I'll say it again the best thing to happen when Ippo quit boxing was the change up of character dynamics. You already got to see a bit of this when Volg had is champion fight but putting these guys in situations where they don't have to focus on each other is really refreshing. And the Ippo, Miyata, Sendo dynamic really balances it self out with how each of them talk to each other. Wish it came way sooner.

 

[Yaboi27]

Mashiba

 

[Yiledute]

"as of right now the only one in the world who possibly could is you"

I may be reading too much into it, but it's almost like he said "if I don't count Ippo, you are the only one who could"

 

[Yiledute]

I said it before and I'll say it again the best thing to happen when Ippo quit boxing was the change up of character dynamics. You already got to see a bit of this when Volg had is champion fight but putting these guys in situations where they don't have to focus on each other is really refreshing. And the Ippo, Miyata, Sendo dynamic really balances it self out with how each of them talk to each other. Wish it came way sooner.

Mostly yes, but at the same time Miyata is more dry to Ippo than before. They don't have that "secret cursh" for each dynamic other any more. It's more like "you are my ex now".

 

[FlorianGran]

Not a complaint since Morikawa needs to do what's best for his health and when it's time for the fight he'll bring it but boy you can really see how simplified the artstyle has become since around the midpoint of the Mashiba arc. I feel like faces used to have way more detail.

 

[Saizken]

Mostly yes, but at the same time Miyata is more dry to Ippo than before. They don't have that "secret cursh" for each dynamic other any more. It's more like "you are my ex now".

As funny as it is it hurts to read this

 

[Josehsmentol]

From Grok:
"The evidence leans toward craniotomies typically spelling doom for a boxer's career, driven by lengthy recovery periods, medical recommendations for a one-year hiatus, and the sport's inherent brain injury risks. While guidelines exist, the lack of successful return cases and the severity of injuries, as seen with Michael Watson, suggest significant barriers. Further research is needed to clarify outcomes, but for now, it seems likely that most boxers face career termination post-craniotomy."

 

[NeverAnother]

I think Ricardo still clears Sendo though. Legit I cannot see him winning or even really pushing Ricardo for that matter, but then again maybe there is something that Morikawa has been holding back in regards to Sendo’s capabilities lately.

 

[lonce]

They are trying to hype Sendo, and it would be nice if he won. But I just can't see Ricardo losing.

 

[hahanaho]

I haven’t read it in a while. But what happened to the art?

The fight posters used to look so cool. The faces look sloppy too, like the placing of mouth and eyes are off.

 

[Kireato]

I think Ricardo still clears Sendo though. Legit I cannot see him winning or even really pushing Ricardo for that matter, but then again maybe there is something that Morikawa has been holding back in regards to Sendo’s capabilities lately.

I think it's more that Sendo might be a bad match up for Ricardo. As everyone keeps saying, Sendo's quite capable of turning things around in a single punch and he can take some punches until he gets that opportunity. Then there's Ricardo's shown style: he analyses his opponents and completely dismantles them. The thing with Sendo is that we're told that he's a wild beast with sharp instincts, so he's more flexible in how he fights, more unpredictable, more capable of avoiding the dangerous traps and trapping his opponent even if he doesn't consciously understand why something works. He'll go off his gut feeling and that may allow him to match up to Ricardo's precise style.

We'll see how it turns out. I think it was hinted that Ricardo had a hidden facet which he's yet to show in a match because he simply didn't need to, but all we've ever seen are cold calculations.

 

[NotSomeone]

From Grok:
"The evidence leans toward craniotomies typically spelling doom for a boxer's career, driven by lengthy recovery periods, medical recommendations for a one-year hiatus, and the sport's inherent brain injury risks. While guidelines exist, the lack of successful return cases and the severity of injuries, as seen with Michael Watson, suggest significant barriers. Further research is needed to clarify outcomes, but for now, it seems likely that most boxers face career termination post-craniotomy."

Craniotomies are when you remove (temporarily) a piece of someone's skull to access their brain.
The procedure does not "solve" anything, you have a craniatomy done so that the medical team can do brain surgery on you.
So Mashiba had a traumatic brain injury that had to be operated, maybe even a clot.

In theory, if he recovers without brain damage and if his skull heals completely, he could return to boxing.
But would you want to? From this point on, any damage to his brain is going to be permanent, that is if he doesn't have any permanent brain damage already.

For some people wondering, temporary brain damage is normal, some people can't speak, see or hear after a TBI but they recover after some time.

My grandma had a heart attack mid surgery and it resulted in brain damage, it took one week for her to wake up, two for her to be able to see again and one month for her to be able to eat again, she's 100% normal right now and her MRIs are normal too.

 

[Irfanzud02]

Dunno what gonna happen next after Sendo (losing) match. Either probably back to Takamura again since 3 Kamogawa clowns already thrown out from plot.

 

[Fireboy]

it was hinted that Ricardo had a hidden facet which he's yet to show in a match

Since George loves rehashing stuff it'll turn out that Ricardo has a wild, brawler side hidden underneath his calculating exterior. He'll become so engrossed in his fight with Sendo that it'll be a slugfest at the end.

 

[tave49]

If, and only if, sendo manages to win, hes gonna have to win so hard that he forces ricardo into retirement. Otherwise hes just gonna take the title back by next (in-story) year.

Its true that sendo is instict based and unoredictable, but so was wally, and he lost.
I guess the big difference is that sendo is extremely good at tanking hits, even better than ippo

 

[Faint15]

Sendou is going to lose badly now isn't he?

 

[AmnaelFamnael]

Doing Mashiba so dirty there... and Miyata glazing is getting on my nerves. Put Miyata in the hospital and Mashiba as the champion

Also what kind of irony is it to call the chapter Best Condition and then talk about Mashiba's brain operation

 

[Remixman87]

I think it's more that Sendo might be a bad match up for Ricardo. As everyone keeps saying, Sendo's quite capable of turning things around in a single punch and he can take some punches until he gets that opportunity. Then there's Ricardo's shown style: he analyses his opponents and completely dismantles them. The thing with Sendo is that we're told that he's a wild beast with sharp instincts, so he's more flexible in how he fights, more unpredictable, more capable of avoiding the dangerous traps and trapping his opponent even if he doesn't consciously understand why something works. He'll go off his gut feeling and that may allow him to match up to Ricardo's precise style.

We'll see how it turns out. I think it was hinted that Ricardo had a hidden facet which he's yet to show in a match because he simply didn't need to, but all we've ever seen are cold calculations.

For one, I'd like to point out the one feat that surprised me the most out of Sendo: He got one in on Takamura, a good one.

None other in this series whether in sparring, friendship or lower weight boxers (not counting his real fights ofc) have managed to even touch Takamura, but Sendo managed to sneak in a weird Smash that landed squarely on him. For me that just gives me the props that Sendo would manage to go all the way with Ricardo... but just that, defeating Ricardo is seemingly out of the question