Hajime no Ippo - Rising

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 02


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INTENSE, gripping.. you name it. Makunouichi is back! It felt just like the good days where I watched Ippo (or whoever) exchange blows, hoping with each punch that the opponent would go down and Ippo won't. Calling the episode "Dempsey Destroyed" certainly helps.

This isn't the first person to try countering the Dempsey. I remember a Thai guy from last season who missed Ippo's head because the Ippo's first punch grazed his chin. I also can't remember who it was that made Ippo realise the inadequacies of the Dempsey, since he then had to develop the Liver -> Feint-stare-> Gazette -> Dempsey combo. Maybe it was the Kyoto guy..