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Sep 2, 2008 7:13 PM
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good epsiode
Sep 28, 2008 8:10 PM
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oh miyata became much stronger than before
Oct 29, 2008 9:37 AM
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I wonder what kind of boxer s gonna be his opponent.
And yeah, Miyata has improved quite a lot
Jan 8, 2009 2:52 AM
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Ippo, Coach Kamogawa, and I are all very anxious about the upcoming fight.
Jun 28, 2009 4:48 PM
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They did a good job building up the coach's sickness over a couple of episodes with a cough here and there, and its good to see Ippo finally mixing offense and defense.
Aug 26, 2009 4:07 PM
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maybe its just me, but that duck and weave looks like it could easily be merged into offense by using his forward momentum.
Sep 21, 2009 2:27 AM
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jacobpaige said:
maybe its just me, but that duck and weave looks like it could easily be merged into offense by using his forward momentum.


Yeah I think that's what Ippo is aiming for, an Ippo with an incredible defense and offense style should be really deadly though =]
Jan 24, 2010 3:36 AM
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Saw this coming with the Coach, but then it was pretty obvious.

Ippo's kind of slow on the uptake, isn't he?
Aug 3, 2010 4:33 AM
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Gogo Ippo.
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Jan 27, 2011 8:58 AM
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lol this is getting good, good build up :)
Jun 12, 2011 10:11 PM

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Ippo's training session is tough! Hope he doesn't get cold feet in his upcoming match! :-D
Nov 25, 2011 7:51 AM

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I loled at the Aoki part , everyone is like clapping lol , i thought Takamura would go laugh at him or something . Also Ippo's training session weee, i was just wondering why does the coach put all the time in Ippo and not for Kimura and Aoki ?

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Sep 7, 2013 7:21 AM

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Is it just me or were the faces of ippo kimura and aoki different in many scenes
Oct 14, 2013 9:59 PM

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greenmush said:
I loled at the Aoki part , everyone is like clapping lol , i thought Takamura would go laugh at him or something . Also Ippo's training session weee, i was just wondering why does the coach put all the time in Ippo and not for Kimura and Aoki ?

He does its just usually offscreen, and he's just worrying about ippo because ippo lost his first match and is still learning all this
Dec 24, 2013 4:43 AM

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Ah, seems like this training is probably the setup for something called a
. Interesting, I wonder how Ippo will pull it off in a match.
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I really liked the stifling feeling the first half was giving. All this anxiety must be awful. Myself to have anxiety disorder, I know what it is to wake up in the middle of the night sweating and not being able to concentrate anywhere...

It was obvious that something would happen to the coach, always coughing like that.

Our quatuor of boxer is always so funny :P
That cape was horrible xD
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Apr 13, 2014 4:45 PM

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Shotaro96 said:
Is it just me or were the faces of ippo kimura and aoki different in many scenes
It wasn't just you. The animation this episode wasn't on par with what it usually is. It actually kind of threw the entire episode off for me, lol. Still good though.
Apr 25, 2014 11:23 PM

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Great episode, can't wait for Ippo's match!
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Aug 11, 2014 3:14 PM

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Nice development, it's good to see a bit of a better Ippo! Let's see what happens next though!
Mar 26, 2015 6:53 AM

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Still bummed about the Date fight =/
Aug 3, 2015 4:04 AM
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Cannot wait to see Ippo's comeback match, it's gonna be a blast :D
Aug 29, 2015 7:18 AM

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Seems Ippo is gonna have to train solo for a few days.
Jan 23, 2016 11:30 PM

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The anxiety of a comeback match, he can't lose this one.
Mar 11, 2016 8:07 PM

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I love how realistically they're showing how shitty it feels to lose. Not just Ippo but the Coach. Always thinking of what ifs and how things could have gone differently.

Ippo's definately gonna kick this upcoming guy's ass though. There's no way they'd have him lose twice in a row, especially to some nobody
Jan 26, 2017 4:30 PM
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Uber_Dewber said:
Shotaro96 said:
Is it just me or were the faces of ippo kimura and aoki different in many scenes
It wasn't just you. The animation this episode wasn't on par with what it usually is. It actually kind of threw the entire episode off for me, lol. Still good though.
Thank god I noticed this too and I hope it goes back to the normal way because it was very hard for me to watch.
May 5, 2017 8:25 AM

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Dicklesworth said:
I love how realistically they're showing how shitty it feels to lose. Not just Ippo but the Coach. Always thinking of what ifs and how things could have gone differently.

Ippo's definately gonna kick this upcoming guy's ass though. There's no way they'd have him lose twice in a row, especially to some nobody


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Aug 1, 2017 8:06 PM

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Anyone noticed how Yagi is supposed to stay with the coach but instead... he got switched with Kimura setting on a chair next to the coach?
Nov 18, 2018 5:14 PM

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"Hit without getting hit" ----> "Hit before getting hit"

Ippo still hasn't learned since his mother overworked D: Coach was coughing and he didn't catch that -.- poor Coach D: rest well~
May 9, 2019 1:30 AM
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Hooooo boy, you can really feel the budget crunch in the animation here.
Jun 15, 2019 3:05 PM

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Damn miyata, that match at the beginning was just him toying with his opponent, seems like he has made his comeback.

Feb 25, 2020 9:02 AM

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Man the animation was so off
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The Chief pushed himself too hard so he can prevent Ippo from experiencing something as horrible as losing again and getting left behind by his constantly improving rivals. I hope that he'll be fine.

Everyone better do great out there!








May 19, 2020 7:26 AM

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Third time through this series and it's as good as ever BUT DAMN I never noticed before just how bad the animation is in this episode. It looked like a bootleg of previous episodes for some reason.

With abit of searching online I came across these comparisons





Apparently the DVD version is the left and the TV version is the right. Interestingly it would appear that those of us watching the Geneon USA released DVDs (or via a rip off those DVDs) got the TV version for episode 61 rather than the DVD version of that episode.

Really strange.

thanks to @lanblade and their Reddit post on the subject for this information and comparisons.
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Jan 1, 2021 4:08 PM

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Feel bad for Aoki, but he gotta blame himself for being so naive. Also a bit of Takamura's fault for making that suggestion xD

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Jun 6, 2021 4:40 PM

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nice episode, but I felt a huge drop on the animation quality. There are some really ugly scenes there
Jun 6, 2021 4:41 PM

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BlaizeV said:
Third time through this series and it's as good as ever BUT DAMN I never noticed before just how bad the animation is in this episode. It looked like a bootleg of previous episodes for some reason.

With abit of searching online I came across these comparisons





Apparently the DVD version is the left and the TV version is the right. Interestingly it would appear that those of us watching the Geneon USA released DVDs (or via a rip off those DVDs) got the TV version for episode 61 rather than the DVD version of that episode.

Really strange.

thanks to @lanblade and their Reddit post on the subject for this information and comparisons.


oohhh I thought it was just me! now everything makes sense
Aug 8, 2021 8:45 PM

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Lol rip Aoki.... hahahaha

Oct 10, 2021 2:47 PM

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lots of development on ippo, and ippo now is working on defence and offence combined, that should make him almost unbeatable.

LOL that aoki scene took me off xD

and the couch collapsed were actually had seen through the first moment he cough.
Dec 12, 2022 7:55 PM

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excited to see ippo's opponent! it was sad seeing Kamogawa in the hospital :(
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Jan 8, 2023 11:14 PM

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the chief is a real good guy.

also kimura to aoki 'you gonna do your froggie jumps in the main event?!' killed meee.
Aug 10, 2023 5:36 PM

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fuck the coach is getting old.
Dec 9, 2023 1:16 PM

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Reply to Shotaro96
Is it just me or were the faces of ippo kimura and aoki different in many scenes
@Shotaro96 yeah I also noticed the animation seemed strange in this episode.. I guess they blew the budget on the last fight
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This episode looks like ass 😭😭

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