Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
October 3, 2000
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to Takamura boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo’s classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo’s journey to the top of the boxing world begins.
Written by Latinchico on April 30, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
I have to say after watching Kenichi, this is a great way to keep it going with watching anime that have character learning to fight. The main character gets pick on and knows nothing of fighting; but is already strong for helping out mommy all the time. The humor in this anime is awesome with man to man bonding lol. Some jokes are little carry away but hey, that's the beauty of watching this stuff. No hold bars ;)
I really look forward to seeing more anime like this one. I heard of Grapplier Baki so that is my next step soon.
