Hajime no Ippo
Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!

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What can I say about Hajime No Ippo other then it's a great story that gives otaku everywhere some self confidence to be strong.

The story consists of one Makanouchi Ippo, a social outcast who is picked on because he is passive, poor and smells bad because of his family fishing shop. One day Ippo is being bullied out in the open and a man jogging by scares off the kids. Ippo asks the man to teach him how to be strong and thus begins Ippo's run of determination.

The theme of this manga is "What is it like to be strong?" and pure determination and hard ... work. It has very good character development showing every last spec of emotion that all the characters feel at every moment, as well as epic fights (although I do admit the fights wouldn't be like that if they were real)

There is a good bulk of training in this series and it takes up a good chunk of the series but is more then made up for when the fights roll around. And you know what? I don't mind all mind that much because that's what boxers do. Train, fight, train, fight. Very good insight on what a boxers day to day life is like.

The comedy in this manga is great. Usually in manga when there is filler people dread, but Hajime no Ippo delivers the most hilarious filler I have ever seen in my days.

All in all Hajime no Ippo is a great long running story with a mangaka that has as much stamina as his protagonist when it comes to writing. (And I'm not sure about all of you but Hajime no Ippo has motivated me to start working out more and become more active)

Overall Rating
10/10

Since the author realized that he's going to make this run as long as he lives (or as long as there's interest) it has become a formulaic, and repetitive story. It basically runs like this:

-Training
-Fights
-End fight filler
-Rinse and repeat... FOREVER!

Of course there are good fights with the occasional serious Takamura title match. However, there are too many filler fights (Ippo title defense and Kamogawa gym underling matches) to keep things interesting during volume 50+. With how things are going, this manga will stretch forever.

It is likable though since I have lasted up to v60 and still going but I have found myself scanning the post ... and pre-fight fillers as well as the filler matches in hopes to get to the more important matches. This basically sums up how HNI is going.

Unless the author keeps things interesting, I will simply skim through the repetitive and formulaic discussions/fights and go through the important matches.

-This review is in English and Spanish.
-Esta Review esta en inglés y Español.

ENGLISH

-Hajime no Ippo, an anime / manga well known for its great story, its charismatic characters and ...... Just Kidding, now I start the manga review.


Story:5/10 (1-268) 3/10 (269-???)

The story begins with a world conveniently armed at the convenience of the protagonist, parents with a tragic past, enters boxing in a way NOTHING casually ("casually knew a boxer at a convenient time) and wants to box because he saw a video (an excuse to get him to box without complicating too much).Besides this,the plot does not have much more, just wants to know ... that it is strong, through boxing (In addition to being an excuse, the protagonist is already strong), This could be passable until the 268th chapter, would have ended up as your typical history of action and self-improvement, but not the author extended it (to earn more money), But no, it has lengthened, this would not be a big problem if the character changed or showed the relationships between the characters (which happens in a limited way) Is exactly the same, the character trains fight, wins and from time to time interact between them, for a mangan of 100 chapters or 200, but for one of more than 1000? no thanks.

Characters:5/10
The protagonist is a gary stu, kind, energetic, kind, without fail and besides that his family has a very convenient tragic past.One reason why Ashita no Joe works so well is because the characters change, progress and evolve,In addition to not only training and boxing, the characters feel human,change their way of thinking while here in +1100 chapters does not change ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, although now seems to change a bit, I doubt it is a big change Of trancendence for the manga, The villains follow the same pattern, they appear reckless, and then they present them as tragic (with the exception of one or two), in the end fatigues is continued pattern, The secondary ones are the best for much of the manga, a more adequate past and with a greater motivation than "knowing that it is being strong" and each time the series is presented, it improves even if they only give it small bows every so often.


PS: The relationship between ippo and kumi is one of the least credible I have ever seen.

Art:10/10
Every action series that wants to succeed has to have a great quality of drawing, and this is not an exception, although at first it is a dirty drawing, it ends up improving at an incredible level, the best point of the manga for a lot, nothing negative I have to say.

Enjoyment:5/10
Although at the beginning I was surprised, at the end of the chapter 300 to 400 begins to decline and from before half of the manga is already boring, predictable and others.

Overall:4/10
I do not recommend it, there are many better action sleeves, but if for some reason you get to read the manga you should not see much beyond the 300 or 400 chapter since the rest is more of the same, repetitive, boring and static.

ESPAÑOL

-Hajime no Ippo,un manga bastante conocido por su gran historia sus personajes carismáticos y.....era broma,ahora empieza la reseña del Manga.


Historia: 5/10 (del capítulo 1 al 268) 3/10 (desde el capítulo 269 en adelante)

La historia comienza con un un universo construido a conveniencia del protagonista,familiares con un trágico pasado,entra al mundo del boxeo de una manera NADA casual (conoce a un famoso boxeador en un momento conveniente) y quiere boxear porque vio un video (una mera excusa para meterlo al mundo del boxeo sin complicarse demasiado) además de esto quiere saber que es ser fuerte a través del boxeo (además de que es una excusa,el prota ya es fuerte desde el comienzo).
Esto podría ser pasable hasta el capitulo 268,habría terminado como tu típica historia de acción y autosuperación,pero no,el autor lo alargo sin motivo alguno (para hacer mas dinero) esto no seria tan grave si los personajes evolucionaran o cambiase algo,pero no,es como ver un vídeo en bucle y el mejor ejemplo es el Mashiba vs Kimura,cuando parece que algo va a cambiar vuelve a su status quo,esto no seria tan grave para un manga de 100,200 o 300 capítulos,¿pero mas de mil?no gracias.

Personajes:5/10
El protagonista es un Gary Stu,amable,enérgico,altruista,sin fallos y además de eso su familia tiene un pasado trágico (nada conveniente)
Uno de los motivos por los que ashita no joe funciona tan bien es porque hay una verdadera interacción ente los personajes que afecta mucho a la trama,además que no solo es entrenar y boxear,los personajes se sienten humanos mientas que aquí se sienten de cartón osea (planos y blandos)además de que en +1100 capítulos no cabía nada,aunque ahora parece que vaya a cambiar algo no lo hará,seguirá manteniendo su estatus quo.Los rivales siguen un arquetipo,aparecen temibles y luego te los cambia con su pasado trágico (a excepción de uno o dos) y al cabo del tiempo fatiga esto.Los secundarios son lo mejor del manga,su pasado y justificaciones son mas adecuadas que las de el prota y cada vez que aparecen el manga mejora aunque solo le den un arco cada cierto tiempo.

Arte:10/10
Si quieres hacer un manga de acción de éxito tienes que hacer unos dibujos de calidad y Hajime no es la excepción, si bien al inicio del manga tiene un trazado algo sucio,con el paso de el tiempo mejor muchísimo hasta un punto incomparable con la mayor parte de mangas de acción,la verdad es que en este apartado no tengo quejas.

Disfrute:5/10
Si bien al principio me gusto,sobre el capitulo 400 ya empieza a aburrir y ya antes de la mitas es los mismo,ver peleas que no cabían nada con un patrón repetido y demás.

En General: 4/10
Hay muchos animes de acción mejores,pero si un día te da un ataque de inspiración y por algún motivo te lo quieres leer no deberías mas allá del capitulo 268 o como mucho mas allá de su pelea contra Sawamura ya que mas allá de allí no hay nada mas destacable y es una completa perdida de tiempo.