Kumi-chan a cute!

>>133886860
Hot reporter chick > Hot judo doctor > Nanako > Kumi, if only because at least Nanako would've fucked Ippo by now.

The romance in this series is fucking infuriating. You know this guy for god knows how long, you both like each other but yet they can't even kiss and even getting close to each other makes them both retract.

Fuck this romance.

>>133886860
Ippo is cuter.

>>133886965
>After years Kumi still can't kiss him
>Nanako had her hands on his dick like a week after meeting him

The answer is obvious.

>>133886860
Not as cute as Ippo or some of the other boys.

>>133886965

Yagi's 'mom' > Dr. Yamaguchi's everything > Takamura's big sister > Sendo's teacher > Iimura Mari's delicious ass > Kumi's cuteness >> That NTRin' slut Reiko > Tomiko's body+burlap sack over her head > Ippo's mom = Volg's mom > Yuki > Itagaki's mom > Gonzales' girlfriend > Miyata in drag/Kojima girlfriend Nanako > Sendo's grandmother > Saichiko

>>133887104
>The answer is obvious.

That Nanako is Itagaki in drag?

>>133888823
>Miyata in drag/Kojima girlfriend Nanako > Sendo's grandmother > Saichiko

*>Miyata in drag/Kojima's pregnant girlfriend > Date's wife > Nanako > Sendo's grandmother > Saichiko

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>>133888823
>Iimura Mari's delicious ass

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>>133887121
>Not as cute as Ippo or some of the other boys.

This.

>>133887104
>>Nanako had her hands on his dick like a week after meeting him

While Nanako has grabbed Ippo's cock, both Iimura and Kumi have seen it already.

Kumi will forever have the edge since Ippo actually likes her, whereas no matter how hot Iimura is her personality of always teasing Ippo over being gay for Miyata will get in the way, with Nanako almost always being dead last due to being a kid, to Ippo on top of being cunt-blocked by Manabu.

>>133890298
Kumi is obviously endgame, I'm just saying Nanako would've fucked him by now. Kumi just saw his dick as an accident.

>>133886860
why is ippo a huge beta faggot? this is hilarious

>>133892032
It's probably because his dad died and he got bullied at school

>>133892155
he's a fucking world class boxer and he's still beta as fuck
nice character development!

>>133892321
Character development != rewriting a character personality, it doesn't work that way.

Try to recall where is his confidence and how he got it.

>>133892032
>>133892321

I don't think you know what beta means. Ippo is socially awkward, at worst, but he's actively tried to kiss the girl he likes and can hold a steady conversation with her.

It's just that his interest in Kumi comes second to boxing, instead of the typical romantic comedy where the protagonist has 6+ girls chasing after him, but is completely oblivious to all of them; Ippo has shown to actively go after Kumi, even if he'll be forever cock-blocked by the her brother/the narrative.

The fact that the author doesn't take romance in his serial serious and only as an aside to he boxing is one of Hajime no Ippo's strengths.

If you want to see people fucking all the time, look at Aoki and Tomiko. We have enough disgusting toilet humor and dick-jokes in Ippo without having to see Ippo and Kumi boning.

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>>133891981
>Kumi is obviously endgame, I'm just saying Nanako would've fucked him by now. Kumi just saw his dick as an accident.

True. But then Nanako would more than likely have to rape someone like Ippo, who's too straight-laced to have an affair with a potentially underage girl.

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>>133890298
>whereas no matter how hot Iimura is her personality of always teasing Ippo over being gay for Miyata will get in the way

But that's the beauty of Ippo x Mari.

>>133887104
>>Nanako had her hands on his dick like a week after meeting him
sauce? i don't remember this one.

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>>133893995
>sauce? i don't remember this one.

It happened during the build for 'Submarine Wars' match. During the Hajime no Ippo: Rising skipped this along with a lot of the great exposition before the matches.

I'll dump the dick-grab in question.

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>>133886860
Will Ippo ever kiss her?

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>implying Ippo isn't going to end up with Itagaki

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>>133886860
Just give her the elephant already, jesus

>>133894583
>>implying Ippo isn't going to end up with Itagaki

Get the fuck outta here, Manabu.

>>133894538

>Dat fucking erection poking out of the water and Nanako having no fear in pouncing Ippo and grabbing it.

Clearly Itagaki's sister has experience giving foreigners hand-jobs for money.

>>133892641
>but he's actively tried to kiss the girl he likes
After like six years of being basically engaged.
>and can hold a steady conversation with her.
Dude, that's normal human interaction. People who can't talk to women are lower than Beta, that's Omega territory.

>>133892750
Isn't she like 16? That's legal almost everywhere.

Always wanted to give Ippo a go but I cannot imagine over 1000 chapters of a boxing manga maintaining tension or proper character development, that's Pokemon anime levels of stupid. Is there a drop off point or does it stay good somehow?

>>133894538
>kumi's gasp looks like a :3

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>actually discussing the romance in Ippo

>>133895004
In my opinion it's gotten a lot worse since Ippo started challenging the pacific champions, but you're still looking at very very solid hundreds of chapters to start with.-

>>133894813
>People who can't talk to women are lower than Beta, that's Omega territory.

Then that doesn't apply to Ippo because clearly he can talk to women. That Ippo is even going after Kumi knowing full well what her bother is like makes him alpha as fuck.

>>133895143
No, he's still a massive beta.

>>133895113
>>133895004
Yep. It gets to the point where everyone but Ippo's fights are interesting. Ippo becomes a jobber.

>>133895004
>Always wanted to give Ippo a go but I cannot imagine over 1000 chapters of a boxing manga maintaining tension or proper character development, that's Pokemon anime levels of stupid. Is there a drop off point or does it stay good somehow?

It's a great series to marathon. I feel like the author really hit his stride since the last A-class tournament and has been on a roll ever since.

>>133894813

>Oh, man! Ippo is such a beta for not making out with Kumi despite the fact Mashiba would fucking kill him.

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>>133895143

>implying Mashiba isn't a bro

>>133895208

Mashiba is practically Ippo's wingman now, due the the fact that the alternative is having Sendo hitting on his sister.

>>133895208

I think they're practically best friends, when it comes to boxing, even if Ryo would probably kill himself before admitting it. Ryo's more likely to accept Ippo and his sister than someone like Sendo.

>>133895207
>>Oh, man! Ippo is such a beta for not making out with Kumi despite the fact Mashiba would fucking kill him
1) Ippo beat the shit out of Mashiba already
2) Mashiba is terrified of Kumi
3) Kumi wants his dick.

The fact that he's still terrified of Mashiba just goes to show what a massive beta he is.

Besides, Mashiba already approves of Ippo deep down.
Deep deep down.

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>>133895356

>Mashiba already approves of Ippo deep down

>>133895356
>>Besides, Mashiba already approves of Ippo deep down.
>Deep deep down.

Even with that approval, Mashiba won't let Ippo court his sister properly until he's a fucking world champion.

Kumi is the entirety of Ryo's character development.

If Morikawa gave a shit about romance in Ippo, instead of using it to setup jokes, I could see Ippo and Kumi becoming a couple seriously and Mashiba having to deal with it.

As it stands, there's no fucking way Ippo and Kumi are going to get together until etiher Ryo's dead or Ippo's a world champion. And this is completely ignoring Kumi's own problems with accepting Ippo's love for boxing vs Ippo himself truly giving up the sport to settle down.

>>133895004
The moment you stop giving a crap for Ippo's fights, there are luckily other matches/returning fighters that you will be glad to watch again.

Many put the nail on the coffin when Ippo fights against the Magician or the wild monkey boy. For me it was ITAGAKI ITAGAKI ITAGAKI nonstop. Fuck that guy.

>>133895356
>1) Ippo beat the shit out of Mashiba already
Do you have a sister? Because the idea of someone so much as touching her has the potential to supercharge your fists with superhuman strength

>>133895075
it's honestly pretty well executed. just pretend the series ends when ippo becomes japan champ.

>>133895487
They're not going to get together because Ippo is a huge beta and morikawa likes his romance slower than Ah My Goddess.

>>133895529
Irrelevant. And Kumi would chase him off with a broom even if that was the case.

>>133895356
>The fact that he's still terrified of Mashiba just goes to show what a massive beta he is.

I don't know, man. When you beat a guy and date his sister, but this nigga is still stalking you on your dates and has legit beaten people into comas, it's hard not to be scared shitless of a lanky bastard like Mashiba.

I mean, when the guy literally gets a power up, mid-match for seeing some dude try to comfort his sister you either backoff or hire a hitman. I respect the fact that Ippo even wants Kumi with that kind of baggage.


>>133895606
>it's honestly pretty well executed. just pretend the series ends when ippo becomes japan champ.

That's because, despite people bitching about Ippo the author is damn good at writing characters. The slice of life chapters of Ippo are always a 10/10, along with the drama-centered ones.

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>>133895630
>likes his romance slower than Ah My Goddess.

What happens in Hajime no Ippo can't even be considered romance. It's just there as a joke between matches, which is why it's entertaining on it's on.

The people who get annoyed with are those who seriously think Mori ever gave a shit about that other side of making jokes.

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>>133895702
>along with the drama-centered ones.

>mfw Volg sayonara
>mfw Takamura was implied to go blind...but then not, because fuck you, I'm takamaura
>mfw Aoki and Kimura go full jobber underdog, always saying they'll quit after this one matchbut they don't

Did somebody ever croaked in this manga?

>>133895805
Is this how you've come to rationalize the fact that mori is a shit at moving things forward?

>>133895702
>I don't know, man.
Ryo won't do shit unless Ippo legit does something bad to Kumi. And again, Ryo has come to see Ippo as the only decent alternative for his sister.

>That's because, despite people bitching about Ippo the author is damn good at writing characters.
Was. Shit's gotten damn stagnant since Randy NTR'd ippo.

>>133895884
Aoki and Kimura should have quit after their title matches. They're too pathetic to even look at at this point.

>>133896041
They will alway be remembered for "Frog punch" and the fight against Mashiba, though.

A fight so awesome that it was worth of an OVA.

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>>133896154
>>133896041

Aoki had the greatest fight in history though.

>>133895910
>Is this how you've come to rationalize the fact that mori is a shit at moving things forward?

Moving forward from what? Morikawa never gave a shit about the romance in Hajime no Ippo. Being bitter about it not getting serious focus is fucking ridiculous, especially when the character's boxing careers are the only thing that's seriously stagnated.

>>133896004
>Shit's gotten damn stagnant since Randy NTR'd ippo.

I actually still felt something for Itagaki's opponents, Vorg and the poor, stupid fucks who fought Sendo and Takamura, so that's not true at all.

Dude can still write some good characters, even if the main cast is in an endlessly loop.

>>133896041
>Aoki and Kimura should have quit after their title matches.

Why? So you can turn around and bitch about the author never doing anything with them?

I'd rather Aokimura look pathetic and keep striving for their dreams, instead of writing them out of the story to give even more focus to that faggot Itagaki.

>>133896472
>Moving forward from what? Morikawa never gave a shit about the romance in Hajime no Ippo.
Lol. I bet you'd say the same about AMG just because the romance never fucking moved.
>>133896514
Fair enough, it's just Ippo that's been sucking ass. And Takamura sucked with Bison too.

>>133896594
>Why? So you can turn around and bitch about the author never doing anything with them?
No, because NOW the author does nothing with them except the same shitty joke matches every few years.

If they'd retired, then they could be doing different things and still showing up. But nooo, they're literally in the same place they were before their title matches.

What chapter of the manga should I pick up if I watched the 3 seasons of the anime?

>>133896514
>I actually still felt something for Itagaki's opponents

I'm still mad about that the SpeedStar and Karasawa were retired by Itagaki. Seeing them both lose and give up boxing was heart-breaking, especially since Itagaki didn't even care about them outside of using those guys as time-trials. The only silver-lining is that Kyosuke ended up as champion.

>>133896685
>No, because NOW the author does nothing with them except the same shitty joke matches every few years.

Not that guy, but Aoki was not only just given a power up, but finally given a legit rival, even if he's hopelessly outclassed. Even if Kimura sucked ass in his fight, it's good that Mori finally acknowledged that Kimura is getting along in age and should seriously retire.

This subplot with Baron-Iga vs Aoki could be interesting if Morikawa actually follows through on Aoki's preexisting development of being a genius when it comes to strategy coupled with him finally having eyes that can keep up with his opponent.

I'm sure there's going to be the usual status-quo with Aokimura always and forever, but compared to Ippo, Itagaki and Takamura they really don't have far to go to reach their goals.

>>133896955
>What chapter of the manga should I pick up if I watched the 3 seasons of the anime?

The first chapter. There's a enough difference from each anime adaptation that reading the series from the beginning is well worth the time.

>>133895910
>Is this how you've come to rationalize the fact that mori is a shit at moving things forward?

You're posting this while talking about the same manga where the author used the setup of the main character potentially breaking up with his would-be girlfriend to use as the butt of a masturbation joke for Takamura.

>>133897189
And that changes fuckall, because you can do both things. You're super delusional if you think the Ippo and Kumi interaction is nothing more than a setup for jokes.

>>133896955
>What chapter of the manga should I pick up if I watched the 3 seasons of the anime?

Chapter #1. Hajime no Ippo is not a series you should go anime to manga. Even the first anime omitted a lot of character-specific stories. >>133896651
>Fair enough, it's just Ippo that's been sucking ass.

Agreed on this. The Bison fight was a mess too, but I had no doubt that Takamura was going to win.

The only positive that came from those awful 'Conquer the Orient' matches is that Ippo's confidence in his strength (Scratch J), confidence in the scarcity of the sport (Gedo) and confidence in his workaholic mindset (Wolly) were all tested, with Kojima finally testing his mental fortitude, which ultimately led to him losing to Gonzales after being thrown so far off track.

>>133897368
Nothing good came out of Woli.
NOTHING.

>>133897267
>And that changes fuckall, because you can do both things. You're super delusional if you think the Ippo and Kumi interaction is nothing more than a setup for jokes.

isn't that sorta the point, since mori doesn't take those interaction as serious as we'd like?

>>133897437
>Nothing good came out of Woli.
>NOTHING.

the post-match chapter with ippo feeling like shit for putting on such a poor performance wasn't worth the length of that match, sure, but it was certainly a nice touch.

it certainly made kojima fucking roasting ippo afterwards all that more entertaining.

>>133897634
>isn't that sorta the point, since mori doesn't take those interaction as serious as we'd like?
No, he takes them seriously often enough. He simply doesn't advance them, which is why it's so infuriating.

>>133897634
>since mori doesn't take those interaction as serious as we'd like?

Considering said 'interactions' between Kumi and Ippo have always been used as filler between matches, with literally only the Sawamura match being an instance where Kumi being hit was something that motivated Ippo to fuck someone up, Ippo x Kumi being used as fodder for a joke is the least that can happen.

I mean if you didn't get a clue that nothing would come from Ippo x Kumi when Ippo confesses his love to a drunk Kumi only to have her pass out, then you only have yourself to blame for taking Morikawa's bullshit seriously.

>>133897739
>with literally only the Sawamura match being an instance where Kumi being hit was something that motivated Ippo to fuck someone up

Which shouldn't count, since Ippo practically forgot about Kumi being hit by the end of the match, once Ryuuhei started cheating and pushing his shit.

>>133897634
>it certainly made kojima fucking roasting ippo afterwards all that more entertaining.

That shit was practically breaking the 4th wall with how close it hit to home.

>>133897670
>No, he takes them seriously often enough. He simply doesn't advance them, which is why it's so infuriating.

The most serious I've seen Ippo and Kumi was when Aoki ended in the hospital and recently after Ippo lost. Even in those instances, it felt like Morikawa was just reminding us the unresolved issues between them.

>>133897979
>The most serious I've seen Ippo and Kumi was when Aoki ended in the hospital and recently after Ippo lost. Even in those instances, it felt like Morikawa was just reminding us the unresolved issues between them.

I'd rather they stay in fucking limbo until Ippo retires, because I don't want to see Ippo going into a match worried about whether he got Kumi preggers the night before or if Kumi is secretly cheating on him with Umezawa.

>>133897670
>No, he takes them seriously often enough. He simply doesn't advance them, which is why it's so infuriating.

can you seriously see ippo and kumi's relationship advancing while ippo is still boxing? realistically, a couple like ippo and kumi would have fallen apart by now, but it's past the point where splitting them up will do much more than give us empty drama.

only subplot about a new character being introduced for the express purpose of someone forcing ippo to get serious about kumi could shake things up, but i can't see that happening for anyone, but someone like aoki.

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>>133897842
>That shit was practically breaking the 4th wall with how close it hit to home.

Even if Kojima was bullshitting, this was some Grade-A shit-talking and trolling. The only thing better than the shit-talking was those crazy as fuck reactions we got out of Ippo.

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>>133898810

>even Itagaki shat himself when he saw Ippo mad

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But can anyone defeat Yagi?

>>133900044
>>133900044

>But can anyone defeat Yagi?
>"I'm not talking about 'Kamogawa Gym fodder boxer' Yagi, or even based "Ima no ISU, Na~ISU" corner-man Yagi; not even 'you know, Tomiko, with clothes on, is so fucking ugly, she literally looks like Yagi if fucking drag!' Trap-mode Yagi.

I'm not even talking about 'taking your boxers to a hostess bar, run by your sexy mom' Yagi-san or 'quick to throw in the towel like a little bitch', Yagi-kun, much less pensive, 'Aokimura sucking ass this much at boxing reminds me of my golden years. These fucks should seriously consider retiring already, like goddamn' Yagi-dono.

I'm talking secret Dark Overlord 'No Yagi's Allowed' Fishing God Yagi, that has been banned from several fishing holes across Japan and could easily become a world champion fisherman, 20 times over, but would rather suppress his power on the off chance troll the shit out of Takamura and Kamogowa', because he's secretly a self-insert for Morikawa, Yagi-chan."

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>>133900536

The answer is no, no one can

>>133900001

Fuck Kamogawa for chided Ippo for getting angry. That's most emotional I've seen Ippo get in 20 years.

>>133900863
>>133900536
>>133900044

Fucking kek

>>133886860
Weren't you killed by Takamura?