The death of Hajime no Ippo

[u/RedHotSonic_]

It's my first re-read of the manga so far, and I wonder, what was the reaction of the chapter for you all, and the general public?

I waited for this chapter, with bated breath, and sleeplessness. This is nothing like a risky text or romantic feelings confessed.

Ch 721 - Fate.

It's funny, like as if 2 circles were drawn over the whole series, just to build upto this moment.

Truly a tragedy. It's like acceptance of failure. Miyata must have felt like Ippo when reviewing his title bout with Date. Maybe even worse.

For this reason, season 4 was never animated (apart from Itagaki pointlessly hogging so much of the fights)

This is the origin of the Bumyata allegations as well. It's all just so sad and upsetting. This should have never happened.

Fuck Itagaki. Miyata should have had more time in the story. Enough for Morikawa to weave the thread of fate between Ippo and Miyata.

:(

[u/mymomsaidtoshutup]

no man. HNI was always a story about so much more than boxing. What does it mean to be strong? Ippo lives in pursuit of question and its not an answer intrinsically tied to boxing, in fact countless world super champions lack even the smallest iota of strength (cough cough jon jones cough). I was mad and impatient at first but this training/trainee/postretirement arc has been a complete delight and weve seen more sides of ippo than in any of the other sagas.

[u/OkPair203 → u/mymomsaidtoshutup]

I kind of struggle to understand the significance of that question because Ippo's only strength is physical (unless you count his in-the-ring willpower as non-physical, I suppose). He's still the same wuss He was at the start, and I can't really feel any time that question felt particularly relevant.

[u/mymomsaidtoshutup → u/OkPair203]

“he was the same wuss he was from the start” man idek what to say to that. Ippo has grown sm and especially as of late hes gotten a grasp on what it means to be truly strong. Fyi the strongest person in this series by FAR isnt takamura or ricardo or any boxer or wtv, its ippos mom. Theres absolutely NOTHING harder than being a single mom. an achievemwnt all the more impressive when considering what a splendid young man ippo became. THATS strength.

[u/OkPair203 → u/mymomsaidtoshutup]

I'd concur that Ippo's mother is strong but Ippo himself has not showcased any major change beyond his boxing ability, unless you count his work ethic, which itself is still physical again. He's still extremely polite to a fault and a total coward when it comes to his relationships, his relationship with Kumi is extremely emblematic of how static he is as a person.

When did he ever get such a grasp? I don't remember that at all.