Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!

Sports · Drama · Action · Romance

A bullied teenager discovers unexpected punching power at a boxing gym, then asks for the training needed to make that strength deliberate.

Synopsis

The Anime Lad

Ippo Makunouchi spends his school days enduring bullies and his free time helping his hardworking mother. Boxer Mamoru Takamura rescues him from another beating and brings him to Kamogawa Boxing Gym. A first attempt at punching wakes something in Ippo. Training, however, requires passing a test rather than purchasing gloves.

Super Eyepatch Fox

Quiet Ippo wants to become stronger but has never acted on it. After Takamura brings him to a boxing gym, hitting a bag turns that wish into a specific possibility. Ippo asks to train. Takamura answers with a difficult task and one week to complete it. Desire now needs discipline.

Gigguku

Ippo enters Kamogawa Boxing Gym with no confidence and leaves wanting to learn what his own hands can do! That first spark matters because the show does not hand him a heroic identity. Takamura gives him a test, a deadline, and a reason to work. Boxing becomes the first goal Ippo has chosen for himself.

Father's Basement

The bullies are written with all the nuance of punching bags, and Takamura's first lesson is hardly gentle. The setup improves once Ippo asks to train. He is not declared a finished boxer after one emotional punch. He receives a difficult task with a time limit, making his first challenge about commitment before competition.

Early Days and Debut

E1–12 · 8.1

A bullied teenager discovers boxing and trains for his professional debut.

First Rounder

E13–19 · 7.9

Ippo enters the Rookie King tournament against increasingly tricky specialists.

Rookie King Finals

E20–28 · 8.4

Prodigies and bitter rivals stand between Ippo and the regional crown.

Rocky of Naniwa

E29–34 · 7.7

Osaka's ferocious rookie king challenges Ippo for national supremacy.

Two Rookie Kings

E35–40 · 7.8

Fresh from victory, Ippo measures himself against champions and rising rivals.

Speed Star

E41–44 · 8.1

A lightning-fast contender turns Ippo's next ranking match into a chase.

White Fang

E45–50 · 8.5

A hungry Russian boxer brings cold precision and fierce purpose.

Challenge for the Throne

E51–57 · 8.0

Ippo earns a title shot against Japan's seasoned featherweight champion.

Road Back

E58–64 · 8.3

A painful setback leaves Ippo rebuilding his body and fighting spirit.

Mountain Training

E65–70 · 8.2

The Kamogawa crew heads uphill to sharpen weapons for coming fights.

Lallapallooza

E71–75 · 9.5

Ippo and Sendo meet again with the featherweight belt between them.

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Bloody Cross

E1–3 · —

Miyata challenges a dangerous champion whose Bloody Cross punishes every counter.

Revenge

E4–8 · —

Date earns another shot at the undefeated ruler of world featherweight boxing.

Proof of Power

E9–12 · —

Ippo's former junior returns as a hungry challenger with brutal body blows.

Battle of Hawk

E13–26 · —

A beach training camp begins as Takamura's world title fight approaches.

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Comic Show

E1–6 · —

Aoki earns his first title shot against a relentlessly prepared champion.

Dragon Slayer

E7–13 · —

A vicious counterpuncher exposes the Dempsey Roll's weakness before challenging Ippo.

A Passing Point

E14–21 · —

Departures and a world title challenge push Kamogawa Gym toward its next stage.

Post-War

E22–25 · —

Postwar Japan tests young Kamogawa and Nekota against a brutal American soldier.

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