He had no one waiting for him back in America. Jason was an Air Force guy stationed at Misawa Air Base. There were even times the MAIN CHARACTER felt bad about having to beat people. He wasn’t just knocking them out, he was shattering their dreams and building a staircase to the top out of the shrapnel. The author took the time to build most of them up as human beings. These weren’t just random boxers that he was defeating. I recently went through a rundown of the main character’s opponents and their goals and dreams that ruined a girl’s mascara. Hajime no Ippo does a WONDERFUL job of this.
Why should I be sad about that? Justice prevails and everyone goes home happy? I want to feel sad about the villain losing because he should be a well fleshed out character too!
I don’t care how interesting or wonderful your main character is… the forces that work against them had better at least be memorable! At best, I want to CRY when the heroes win over the villain. We have two basic forces in a story, protagonists and antagonists. Even if every last one of them were some amazingly interesting individual, you generally won’t see it… but at LEAST authors should do it for antagonists! There are lots of people in daily life you walk right by without even noticing. Often times authors don’t go the extra mile in making you fall in love with the mechanic who fixes the main character’s mech… or the owner of the restaurant they are always eating at… and I can forgive that. Sometimes, when I do, it turns out he wasn’t even the main character to begin with and was, in fact, my favorite character. The vast majority of the time, I don’t fall in love with the main character. Dankichi's special move in the days when he still fought, "Hien" ("Flying Swallow"), has been passed down to Ikki.Encouraged by the predecessors of the gym Ippo belongs to, Takamura and Kimura, his past opponent and his mother, watched upon by Kumi who he secretly has feelings towards, the date of the first defence match draws closer.Often times, I judge an anime not on how awesome the story of the main character is, but on how much the anime makes me love the characters in the background. Furthermore, Sanada Ikki's trainer was Hama Dankichi, the rival of Chairman Kamogawa when he was still active in the ring. On the other hand, Ippo, in front of his first defence match, not only is nervous but suffers progressively from fear and anxiety as he hears more about his opponent. Furthermore, he coolly analyses his condition from a medical perspective, based on his amount of perspiration, breathing rate and heart rate, and is thus a boxer with one of the most intelligent tactics. A fierce opponent who, aiming for a Dual Class Conquest, returned the title of Junior- Feather Class.Sanada has a different face as a Current Medical University Student, which enables the intimate understanding of the human body, of where a punch should land to deprive stamina and to down the opponent with consistent damage. The name of the challenger was Sanada Ikki. And so, Ippo changes from a "Challenger" to a "Champion", and the opponent of his first defence match is decided.
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Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road English Sub/Dub free on 9AnimeĪfter intense battles, defeating Sendo, Makunouchi Ippo finally grasped the place as the Japanese Feather-Weight Champion.