Random observations of Ippo up to episode 20
Takamura is a goddamn monster. Looking forward to when Ippo fights him assuming he gets to that weight class at some point. Also looking forward to seeing Ippo lose a match and how he handles that. I know its coming with the way he's having to improve himself so much on the fly like this
I like how all the boxers are fleshed out with different styles and motivations and after each fight you get their emotional post match reaction. That's what Haikyuu did really well, made it hard to really pick a side in matches because you knew what they were all fighting for and how hard they worked to get there. I hope they're reoccurring characters
Ippo's mom is great. She didn't try to stop her son from becoming a boxer because its just what he wanted to do. There was never a point where Ippo even had to tell her he was boxing, she already knew, and she gave a perfect reason for not wanting to go see his fights because she doesn't want to see her son get destroyed. A rare good parent in anime
Apparent that the creator of Ippo actually knows his shyt and is a big fan of the history of the sport with the homages to Tyson and Hearns. Takamura starving himself the night before a match and having trouble getting up the steps post fight. Nothing seems all that unrealistic except for the weigh ins. No way in hell Ippo is 125 lbs while I'm sitting here at 158 lbs
LOL @ there being a better sports anime than this
Takamura is a goddamn monster. Looking forward to when Ippo fights him assuming he gets to that weight class at some point. Also looking forward to seeing Ippo lose a match and how he handles that. I know its coming with the way he's having to improve himself so much on the fly like this
I like how all the boxers are fleshed out with different styles and motivations and after each fight you get their emotional post match reaction. That's what Haikyuu did really well, made it hard to really pick a side in matches because you knew what they were all fighting for and how hard they worked to get there. I hope they're reoccurring characters
Ippo's mom is great. She didn't try to stop her son from becoming a boxer because its just what he wanted to do. There was never a point where Ippo even had to tell her he was boxing, she already knew, and she gave a perfect reason for not wanting to go see his fights because she doesn't want to see her son get destroyed. A rare good parent in anime
Apparent that the creator of Ippo actually knows his shyt and is a big fan of the history of the sport with the homages to Tyson and Hearns. Takamura starving himself the night before a match and having trouble getting up the steps post fight. Nothing seems all that unrealistic except for the weigh ins. No way in hell Ippo is 125 lbs while I'm sitting here at 158 lbs
LOL @ there being a better sports anime than this
and those female gambling addicts 
