But when those opponents that do outmatch him come up, they make for some of the best fights in the series. There are very few in the show that can actually hold their own against him. Unlike Ippo, Takamura views himself as the best boxer that ever lived, and goes into every fight already convinced that he will win because nobody can withstand his power. Takamura, while being an ass most of the time, is still lovable and one of my favorite secondary characters of all time. The supporting characters are another great highlight of the series. So when he wins a fight, it feels well earned after having seen the training he goes through and the strategies he implements with his coach. He takes heavy beatings in just about every match. But this still isn’t enough to get him through the fights he goes through. His balance is far better than most other boxers he goes up against, and carrying heavy boxes of fish day after day for years starts him off with a particularly high upper body strength. Of course, working on a fishing boat most of his life has lent to some skill advantages that he brings with him into the ring.
In fact, he almost always acknowledges everyone else to be the better fighter. He doesn’t think of himself as superior to anyone. He strives to become a better person through the sport and to find strong opponents so that he can learn and grow into a better fighter. His particular strength is his fighting spirit and his genuine love for the sport. And when in the ring, he usually takes quite a beating from his opponents who have huge advantages over him. He spends hours upon hours training and receiving advice from fellow boxers and his coach. He’s not some chosen hero, or a brilliant tactician who always has the upper hand because the plot demands it. Ippo isn’t particularly anything special. Seems pretty straightforward right? So what is it exactly that makes this so addicting? In large part, this is due to the great characters in the show. The show sticks to a general formula throughout that usually goes through a few episodes of Ippo and the others training for their upcoming matches, them realizing that their opponent is completely different than the last one they faced, coming up with strategies to beat said opponent, and then their match against that opponent. From there, the show is about Ippo gradually building up his fighting prowess to become a successful boxer. It is here that Ippo decides to join the Kamogawa Boxing Gym that Takamura is part of. He notices that for someone that gets bullied, Ippo seems well built and had the potential to defend himself if he put the effort into it. Ippo is constantly bullied by a few fellow classmates, when one day, a local boxer name Takamura steps in to help. The main character, Ippo, is just an average everyday kid who works a fishing boat with his mother. Which was a bit surprising to me, considering how simple the shows premise is. Before I knew it, it was 3 in the morning and I was already nearly 20 episodes in, and not wanting to stop. So I decided to take it slow and start the first season one evening.
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So needless to say, when I first saw that Hajime no Ippo over a course of 3 seasons and a movie ran 126 episodes, I was slightly hesitant to start it even though so many fans told me that I would absolutely love it. Mostly because when you get into a run time that long, half the episodes just become filler in order to stretch out the length of the show. Usually when I watch an anime, I have a certain amount of episodes I can tolerate. If I see an anime that is over 100 episodes, there’s a strong chance I don’t have the motivation to sit through it all.
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