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stoneb posted:What the hell? 894 hits Manga Fox with no 893 in sight. It looks like 894 was done by a different person than the one that usually releases it.
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Soup's up http://www.onemanga.com/Hajime_no_Ippo/893/
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OnimaruXLR posted:Soup's up Wait, wait, wait. Ippo sinks the climactic punch because Woli tries to run away from the corner, where he's at his most untouchable, to a different, presumably less safe part of the ring? It's like Ippo didn't have anything to do with this win.
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May 14, 2010 07:54
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Fight is over. Let us never speak of it again. Ever.
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May 14, 2010 09:42
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Infinitum posted:Fight is over. It may be over but we still have 4 more chapters of Ippo and Woli blowing each other because of how much they both love boxing so much more after that fight.
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May 14, 2010 09:53
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Huh, this is the first climax of a story for which I've just felt a bored sense of relief.
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May 14, 2010 16:13
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Read 894 scanslated, and the last page just made me growl. Ugh. I hate that ending SO FREAKING MUCH. He better join the list of people we never hear from again, but I'm sure he'll at least make a few Hayami-esque cameos. Wonder if he'll go up/down a weight class and progress from there. There's no real good reason for them to fight again.
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May 14, 2010 16:37
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Geop posted:Read 894 scanslated, and the last page just made me growl. Ugh. I hate that ending SO FREAKING MUCH. He better join the list of people we never hear from again, but I'm sure he'll at least make a few Hayami-esque cameos. Wonder if he'll go up/down a weight class and progress from there. There's no real good reason for them to fight again. maybe he'll have another 2 matches and fight frieza.
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May 14, 2010 16:40
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Geop posted:Read 894 scanslated, and the last page just made me growl. Ugh. I hate that ending SO FREAKING MUCH. He better join the list of people we never hear from again, but I'm sure he'll at least make a few Hayami-esque cameos. Wonder if he'll go up/down a weight class and progress from there. There's no real good reason for them to fight again. Hayami wasn't that bad was he? It's been so long since I've read that
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May 14, 2010 16:55
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tbp posted:Hayami wasn't that bad was he? It's been so long since I've read that The Hayami fight was a great follow-up to the horrid Kobashi bout, though, because Ippo went against the Rookie King golden boy and smashed him in one round.
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May 14, 2010 16:58
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I hope we get more anime some day Because I bet this, unlike the Magician fight, would be a lot less annoying animated and condensed to a little under an hour
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May 14, 2010 17:43
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OnimaruXLR posted:I hope we get more anime some day
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May 14, 2010 21:14
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Fabricated posted:3rd season was green-lit I thought. The VA for takumura hinted it but as far as I know there hasn't been much word since the end of the Hawk fight, which was what, 6 plus months ago?
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It's actually been nearly a year already I think, at least 9 months anyway. Maybe it was just signalled that the intention was "there" for a next series but I bet DVD sales have been poo poo and put them off, as it's not like the series ever gets any better than Takamura vs Hawk, so if that doesn't sell, nothing will.
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Yeah the New Challenger DVDs didn't even chart meaning none of the volumes ever did more than 800 copies sold. So Deathy has a pretty safe wager.
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"What's this? The challenger gets back up! The fight isn't over! 30 more chapters to go in this epic battle!" And then we all kill ourselves.
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KittenofDoom posted:"What's this? The challenger gets back up! The fight isn't over! 30 more chapters to go in this epic battle!" Pam wakes up in bed and finds the last 50 chapters missing. It was all a dream! Woli never really existed at all.
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May 15, 2010 14:12
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If it were all a dream, Ippo would wake up from his nightmare next to his wife. "Honey, I had the most horrible dream! I was so incredibly awkward that I could barely hold my girlfriend's hand after 5 years of dating and I kept fighting these ridiculous racist stereotypes." Note: The wife would look just like Miyata.
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May 15, 2010 15:36
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Serious Frolicking posted:If it were all a dream, Ippo would wake up from his nightmare next to his wife. "Honey, I had the most horrible dream! I was so incredibly awkward that I could barely hold my girlfriend's hand after 5 years of dating and I kept fighting these ridiculous racist stereotypes."
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I just got 2 onion rings from burger king that fused into a perfect infinity symbol, and I thought of Ippo, so now I'm watching Ippo vs. Sendo 2  edit: This has likely been brought up before, but doesn't it seem a bit odd that Takamura isn't $Texas rich after winning multiple world titles? Frabba fucked around with this message at 17:52 on May 15, 2010 |
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May 15, 2010 17:47
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frabba posted:I just got 2 onion rings from burger king that fused into a perfect infinity symbol, and I thought of Ippo, so now I'm watching Ippo vs. Sendo 2 Not to mention endorsement deals and such, then you consider that he's a world champion in weight classes that you never see Japanese boxers populating. Considering his marketability he'd be rich as hell (though maybe he's just really really cheap).
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May 15, 2010 18:36
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I just pretend his antics are enough to scare off any sponsors.
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May 15, 2010 18:45
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Also he blew a bunch of his money on those Takamura statuettes that the coach made him destroy.
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KittenofDoom posted:Also he blew a bunch of his money on those Takamura statuettes that the coach made him destroy. And on that big one on the roof of the gym. Plus he probably spends a fortune posting bail for groping charges and whatnot. Centzon Totochtin fucked around with this message at 20:01 on May 15, 2010 |
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May 15, 2010 19:57
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I've gone back and started reading it all over again from the beginning. I'm up to Ippo Vs Sendo for the title match. Holy gently caress does the awesome quality of the old chapters piss me off even more about the last-fight-that-shall-not-be-named.
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May 15, 2010 20:56
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894 would have been pretty good if it had come something like 4 chapters earlier. At least Ippo blocked that FINAL DESPERATE HOOK
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May 15, 2010 21:12
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Takamura is also a huge rear end in a top hat who gets booed just about every time he enters the ring. He is famous, but the fact that he isn't popular probably limits his endorsement opportunities.
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Yes, but would title matches have multi million dollar purses alone. Even if he got no endorsements EVER, he should still be rolling in money.
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Serious Frolicking posted:Takamura is also a huge rear end in a top hat who gets booed just about every time he enters the ring. He is famous, but the fact that he isn't popular probably limits his endorsement opportunities. Yeah. Too bad he isn't American, where being a loud cocky jackass would have made him the star he deserves to be. And anyways, the answer is clearly that the writer is too lazy to actually have characters develop and progress.
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Chinaman7000 posted:Yeah. Too bad he isn't American, where being a loud cocky jackass would have made him the star he deserves to be. Right. That is all true. Takamura's world title status could do a lot for the story development. For one thing, it could be a lot less formulaic. Since Takamura should have money and clout, the Ippo gang could easily fly to new locations to train, meet new characters, like up-and-coming, talented World rankers from America/Philippines/insert country here, and have a World title bout in Vegas. Plus, you have the comedy potential for Takamura acting in commercials/being on TV and acting like a complete pervert/moron, random people approaching him in bars/on the street, etc. None of that is being tapped into, it's quite a let down. The focus just isn't on Takamura, it's.. unfortunately, on Ippo. And Ippo is a boring, predictable character, especially right now. I'm sure for Mori, he's the perfect main character. Mori doesn't have to be creative with Ippo whatsoever. Ippo just follows the same formula for success: train hard, get beat up in the ring, default to "Japanese Fighting Spirit" to win with a comeback punch. At this point I am barely interested in the manga anymore. Jedah fucked around with this message at 19:39 on May 16, 2010 |
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May 16, 2010 19:36
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I wonder if Morikawa's burning Japanese pride is the reason we've seen next to no overseas fights in the series. The only one I even remember was Miyata vs Jimmy Sisfa. I'm willing to bed all the world rankers will still end up coming to fight Ippo in Japan.
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I'm mostly interested in Aoki and Kimura's fights now. Their winning or losing isn't predetermined. Naturally, the story of two struggling, aging boxers who continue to follow their dreams even when no one expects anything from them any more is played for comic relief. SAMURAI SPIRIT PUNCHING BAG VS. RACIST CARICATURE is always played totally straight.
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God I wish Mori would go in random directions more, and like, play with characterization. He's actually loving good at it when he does that. The reason the Hawk fight owned was because we FINALLY got to see Takamura, like for real. And how good were the chapters after Miyata called his fight off with Ippo?
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Every time I get upset thinking about the Woli bout, I skip back to the very beginning of the fight, where Ippo blitzes Woli, nicks his chin, and he's on the ground. Woli just stares at Ippo, making a D: face while Ippo does a chest-bump with his fist. That was so badass. What happened  As odd as it sounds, it feels like shortly after Mori stopped focusing on/mentioning Sunday Punches, things started going downhill. Sure, it was unrealistic with how they'd focus on SUPER MOOOOVES, but that was when it was in its prime  And it's not like removal of them has made this manga more realistic at all.
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Serious Frolicking posted:I'm mostly interested in Aoki and Kimura's fights now. Their winning or losing isn't predetermined. Naturally, the story of two struggling, aging boxers who continue to follow their dreams even when no one expects anything from them any more is played for comic relief. SAMURAI SPIRIT PUNCHING BAG VS. RACIST CARICATURE is always played totally straight. That's something I've been finding weird in the later chapters. Ippo gets more and more freakishly strong, wins more matches, becomes a champ, and it's still YOU'RE THE ULTIMATE UNDERDOG KID YOU'RE THE CHALLENGER EVEN IF YOU ARE DEFENDING YOUR BELT YET AGAIN while Aoki and Kimura are goofy hopeless losers because they lose frequently and don't win every match by knockout. I mean, the chapters when they actually focused on them were good, but then those were ages ago and it's back to them being beaten up or barely winning off-panel again.
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Ippo hasn't been getting stronger in quite some time. It was better when he was actually acting like a challenger and training in different ways to beat his next opponent. Now they just say he is like a challenger while he trains the same way to prepare for every match.
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Ippo will probably challenge the world after this fight so I'm actually rather excited.
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tbp posted:Ippo will probably challenge the world after this fight so I'm actually rather excited. Ohoho. Are you being sarcastic?  Mori will cock block us on this. He knows that once Ippo "challenges the world", there is some degree of an end in sight. Kamogawa could always just do what he did with Sisfa, Gedo, and Woli and end up side-tracking Ippo because he isn't ready for the world stage. Hell, I thought he was going to do it after the Gedo bout. Seriously, read it as the fight winds down, when Gedo gets serious and Ippo still beats him down. I thought the "third guy" on the cover a few graphic novels back (it was Woli) was a world ranker. NOPE 
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tbp posted:Ippo will probably challenge the world after this fight so I'm actually rather excited. lol
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Forest Fuckery posted:894 would have been pretty good if it had come something like 4 chapters earlier. That was some Bloody Cross poo poo right there, the fight ended with such a whimper Morikawa just said gently caress it and ripped himself off. Infinitum posted:I've gone back and started reading it all over again from the beginning. I'm up to Ippo Vs Sendo for the title match. I did that once a while ago and was basically amazed at how good it used to be. You can see his drawing style develop and by the time he gets to Ippo VS Date he's basically a master of conveying movement and storytelling through pictures. It was after Sendo2 that we hit the endless stream of gimmick fights for our, what, 10 time defending champion now? what the gently caress tbp posted:Ippo will probably challenge the world after this fight so I'm actually rather excited. 
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