Hajime no Ippo
- Genre: action comedy drama martial arts shounen slice of life sports
- Author: morikawa jyoji
- Artist(s): morikawa jyoji
- Year: 1989
- Original Publisher: kodansha
- Status： Ongoing
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20th century 21st century adapted to anime adapted to game adapted to movie adapted to ova / oav adapted to stage play americans travel to japan award-winning work black characters boxing character growth classic manga comedic facial expressions coming of age dead parents determined protagonist dogs extended flashbacks facial expressions fisherman friendly male lead friendship hard-working protagonist high school huge cast of characters injury/ies japan long-running story love polygon multiple couples muscular male lead nurses old man partial nudity perverts polite male lead professional sports rivals rivalry romantic subplot sexual innuendo slow romance strong characters strong male lead strong to stronger symbolism tournaments trainer-trainee relationship training unarmed combat unrealistic fighting violence weak to strong young male lead
Rating(4 / 5.0, 93 votes)
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Popular Reviews
uber manga
howw can... I read this IPPO things . Please . I'm frustrated right now
70 Volumes and just getting started...
i've read many good mangas, but only a few that are so addictive like Ippo
one of the best sports manga but still i don't like it enough to give it a 10...
nice art but the plot repeats itself after some 30vols
One of the best manga there are. It has a lot of volumes but I just can say thanks for being able to read so much of a manga that I like.
The series gets better and better the more chapters that pass.
You'll like it for sure if you just like reading manga. It really doesn't matter if you don't like boxing.
best manga ever
You could probably read full reviews elsewhere, I just felt that this manga deserved yet another 10.
If I where to make a list of must-read manga for any new otaku, this would definantly be on it. If I where to also make a list of the best, this would on that aswell. The pacing of the manga is very interesting. It keeps you glued to each page and to every volume with its great story. The fact that the series is still going should impress everyone. I humbly tip my hat to the manga-ka for keeping things freash after so long.
Now that the good parts out of the way, let me get to the bad. Sometimes this manga tends to drag on, and sometimes the fights can drag on too long. Its interesting to note that alot of the important fights are done over many chapters, however some characters fights take one or so chapters, while others could take a few pages. The author's choices in which ones go longer and shorter are quite interesting. Established characters sometimes have short fights, and new ones can have longer fights. It seems quite akward to me.
Other than that, this manga is just short of perfect. However, it's not for everyone. Still, I have yet to read a sports manga that I didn't like. Whether or not I like the actual sport, manga always makes it better, in my opinion.
I will personally give massive credit to ANY company that winds up liscensing this, as to support it would take quite an investment.
I can't believe I'm still reading this after sooo many volumes! And even better is that I keep waiting for the new chapters to come out. It is an amazing sports manga. All credit to the mangaka for being able to continue such a great story even after 15 years since he started 🙂
its the best manga i ever read. ippo rocks!
It just might be
fun funny and cool
probably will end when ippo will recive the world title
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