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Aug 13, 2014 1:40 PM

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It's going to get down next episode! Oh boy oh boy, this is just way too intense! Really great match so far so let's see what's next!
Mar 15, 2015 3:05 PM

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Stark700 said:
That's right Hawk, who's your daddy now

LOL. Takamura with the comeback!
Nov 1, 2015 7:44 AM
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Awesome war cry from Takamura, setting up for that grand finale fight between Hawk and him.
Jan 2, 2016 9:25 PM

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Greatness, This is just pure greatness. Freaking awesome.
Feb 24, 2016 4:51 AM

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Takamura is the fuckin BOSS!!

noteDhero said:
So, they backpedal on everything that everyone was saying in the last episode about Hawk being stronger in about a second at the beginning of this episode. Suddenly now they are equals and it's all good? Whatever.

Ok episode. It's definitely done way better than last week, but I'm gonna agree with callmeagnew. I just don't really care about what's going on screen; nor do I think that there is any sense of urgency in any of these fights. It's funny to me that the only piece of music I ever remember from this show is the little blip they've been using during the eyecatch, and that's it.

Feels to me like the one thing this show had going for it has been reduced to mediocrity: the fights.


Man shut the fuck up you've been whining in every goddamn episode discussion.
Mar 30, 2016 3:24 PM

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Awesome episode. And yeah, NoteDhero should just shut the fuck up and drop the series since he apparently hates it so much. This fight was a pure adrenaline rush from start to finish. Gonna immediately go into the next one
Jul 2, 2016 9:11 PM

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Amazing come back, but there must be one more struggling phase
Jun 8, 2017 6:52 AM

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Madman. Takamura is absolutely fucking madman!
Aug 13, 2018 12:27 AM

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As someone who hasn't read the manga, I thought this episode was pretty damn good! It still doesn't reach season 1 quality, but it comes pretty close. They finally used some actually good OST and I think I've gotten used to the drop in animation quality. But most importantly, Takamura is so badass that it's hard to not make him look cool.

I think I'll pick up the manga at some point, too. Especially for that Mashiba fight everyone's raving about in various comment sections. I have the Hajime no Ippo OST downloaded and I tried reading manga continuations to the anime OST before and it's pretty damn amazing. It worked brilliantly for the Kaiji series. So I can recommend doing that to those who haven't tried that before.

For a time I was pretty pessimistic about this season and wanted to give it a 5/10. It's gotten to a 6/10 by now, but I think depending on the next few episodes it might even get a 7/10. Which is really good, according to my own rating system! I simply can't deny the fact that it's still very easy to binge and time seems to fly by. Which is something only pretty good anime series can do.

But if Hawk wins I'll have to choke a bitch. (Not that I expect that to happen)
Nov 26, 2018 7:11 AM

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Heck yeah!
Takamura looked cool in this episode
Next ep, it must be time for Takamura to lose a little again xD
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Jun 17, 2019 2:55 PM

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"I bet you've never lost. But that's because I've never been to America"
Damn Takamura has some really cool lines.

Mar 16, 2020 11:45 AM

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The REAL Brawl begins now.
"The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there."

"Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life."
Mar 19, 2021 7:01 AM

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Takamura's finally in his element but it looks like it's more than possible that Hawk will end up making a comeback eventually...








Aug 13, 2021 10:07 PM

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Takamura is in the lead now, Im loving this! Keep it up, Takamura!!!!!!

Dec 9, 2021 6:55 AM

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after that ending, the preview really messed up ><

that's how i like my takamura :D
Jan 11, 2023 1:08 AM

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IT WAS SO FUCKING HYPE WHEN TAKAMURA SLAPPED HIS GLOVES TOGETHER

and that proclamation of a K.O right at the end. 
Mar 1, 2023 5:09 AM
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THIS fight is legendary
Mar 23, 2023 1:29 AM
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LFG!!!!! Takamura makes this show so much better man!! Awesome episode. I wouldn't be mad if he was the main character XD (Ippo is still good too)

Got me so hype at the end. Let's win this!!
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