episode 20:
Fantastic fight! Without any gimmicky special-moves, this is just pure, raw, awesome boxing. And itīs still super exciting. I love how Takamura gave no shit about some perceived fairness. Heīs doing what a pro is supposed to do. And Eagle realized that then, too.
I have no idea whoīll win this fight, but I hope itīs Takamura. Let him have that belt!
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
HS - Episode 20
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That detached retina thing would kick in soon I think. It could have been just a little build-up for tension (or perhaps a foreshadowing to mark the end of Takamura's run for a while).
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It's kinda awesome how Takamura is a protagonist but he's pretty much a villain by every definition of a story like this.
Oh, btw I loved it when Takamura was comparing Eagleīs textbook style to Ippo. Made it sound like some future rivalty was incoming ... that is if Takamura continues his career and doesnīt go blind :/
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I told you man! Takamura will eventually work his way up to Heavyweight champ! And Ippo will work his way up behind him. And then series climax is a fight between them!
Granted, it'll take another 50 years for the manga to reach that point at the rate it's going. But whatever man!
I looked up the treatments for detached retinas and it seems that as long as you get in quick and it's not completely screwed, it responds rather well to treatment, which was why I revised my previous opinion and didn't think that it would cut Takamura's career off permanently.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Takamura is already a middleweight when Ippo is only a featherweight. That already means a 15kgs difference.
To my knowledge, their growth is already over. And Takamura is 20cm taller than Ippo.
I do not see them in the same weight class ever, even more now that Takamura wants to go all the way up to Heavywieght.
I don't think it's possible to be 91kg with little fat, fully boxing efficient muscles, while at the same time being only 165cm tall.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
As we discussed earlier in this arc though, when you're a world champion, you're allowed to challenge a higher weight class even if you don't actually weigh that much.Originally Posted by David75
So Ippo doesn't have to gain weight to catch up to Takamura, he just has to defeat every world champion between him and Takamura.
oh fantastic, a flashback AND a love triangle. someone please shoot me lol
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Lol, what's with the Nazi helmets on those American soldiers?
So they impose fillers on us on a backstory that has been hinted 2 or 3 years ago, around the Takamura/Bear incident.
Great...
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
What's wrong with this? Seems pretty good so far, even if the guys suck.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Episode 23 - HS
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I still donīt see the point of this flashback, but I have to say: Crazy good animation. The scene where Nekota was alone in the preparation room, staring at his shaking fingers ... made me feel like I was watching some BERSERK. The ending was fantastic, but come on, itīs so obvious that the he wonīt be the winner. Thatīs like Krillin winning before Goku gets the chance to do so.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Meh. As far as the series is concerned, they're both Master Roshis.
HS - Episode 24
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I really do like Showa period shows. Perhaps it's just because it's refreshing and not very common, but it's also the perfect setting to have these motivational fights and hardship living.
Too bad Nekota's retired like that now.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I wanted to talk about the awesome fight and all, but ... was that the biggest bullshit-scene in anime-history? WHAT EXACTLY was Yuki-chan gonna say when Kawogama interrupted her?
As I see it, she was going to confess to him. So then he interrupts her, telling her heīs dedicated his life to boxing. So then she returns to Nekota and falls in love with him.
Wat
Super-bitch
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
HS - Episode 25 (END)
I think she could be genuinely in love with Nekota to some degree. When you see someone sacrifice a lot for you, you can start feeling appreciative and moved but it can also develop into something more. Kamogawa was her "first" love though and I'm not sure she could move on without that part resolving. She would be happy with either of them*, but at the same she was tied to both of them.
* - maybe that's a definition of bitch.. but monogamy is a human construct anyway. If we think about scenarios where widows remarry, it's not as if they love their previous husband any less. The human heart just has room for more than one person.
So Ippo is over again for now. Quite the way to finish.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Holy crap, that fight was straight up gruesome. Those rib breaking shots...yeesh.
That was some crazy swelling music in the train station there too.
I can't believe they're ending it on a flashback arc though. As I was watching the first ending with him making the promise I was thinking "Shouldn't they have shown this BEFORE Takamura's fight so we'd have this extra narrative weight for that fight?" But then when they got to the 2nd ending in the present, it made more sense, because he doesn't consider Takamura to be the resolution of that promise.
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