Hajime no Ippo - The First Step - Ch. 1471 - Lightning Strike

[MangaDex]

 

[Cidolfas]

Happy 35th anniversary, George!

Now let this fight finish

 

[Big_Boss]

Thanks George for this wonderful story, and translation team for keeping this updated! Also on page 7, third frame "my way to the [missing?]" I think something is missing in that text?

 

[kalayo]

wow 35 years of Hajime no ippo? i hope we see the end of the stories of all the characters eat your vegetables Morikawa san!!

 

[Remixman87]

Oooohh cliffhanger counter, it either:

A. Mashiba expected it, dives low and makes a right straight to body and a left uppercut to the head.

B. Mashiba eats the counter entirely, more fighting drama ensues.

C. They both clash in a way they both get damaged, just for lil push for either one.

 

[rudezki]

Now that's a cliffhanger.

 

[Qoute]

Alright. Rosario is getting more tired each round and the bidy blows really start to add up

 

[awbeans]

35 fucking years. and we're like 60% of the way through only.

 

[TooOldForThis]

Thanks George for this wonderful story, and translation team for keeping this updated! Also on page 7, third frame "my way to the [missing?]" I think something is missing in that text?

"top" is the missing word

 

[brndndss]

rosario got that early ippo mindset of just grit teeth through pain if means can land that one hit. those 2 gut shots from mashiba, i think rosario is gassed out

 

[AmnaelFamnael]

35 years... that is longer than I'm alive...
And these cliffhangers still make sure I'll come back next week for more

 

[someone2795]

Serialized for 35 Years!!!! That's just incredible, huge congratulations to George-sensei!!

 

[LeannaCR]

was that 7 pages?

 

[Graywing]

Happy 35 years Morikawa sensei!!! Thanks for the chapter!!!

 

[dem0sthenes]

Wow, 35 years! I've been with it the entire time!
I don't think I've stuck it out with any other series.
Congratulations!

 

[AlmondMagnum]

35 years is almost long enough for a pro boxer to be born, have a full career, and retire. (Quick google search say the average retirement age is 37.)

 

[KajurN]

I know how the people who were annoyed at the Woli fight feel now.

 

[Big_Boss]

I know how the people who were annoyed at the Woli fight feel now.

How? That fight was worse reading even one go, if anything, this fight is example of peak Ippo.

 

[KajurN]

How? That fight was worse reading even one go, if anything, this fight is example of peak Ippo.

Because Rosario is a boring opponent, it's more or less certain Mashiba will win, we've been getting chapters with very few pages for a while now and this is at most Morikawa wrapping Mashiba's story, and i'm not sure this Mashiba becoming world champion arc really adds anything other than maybe Mashiba accepting Ippo's relationship with Kumi, at least it should've been shorter. We got a Ippo x Mashiba spar that was fun, but that's it.

I'm not saying Woli's fight wasn't worse, but i've been following this manga for 15 years now and this is the first fight that i am struggling to care even a little bit about.

 

[ghostkun]

35 years....


I thought it was like 50. At least it feels like I've been reading it that long

And I ain't even 50!!!!!