[Locke]

Hajime No Ippo 4.

Ippo's training begins! Meh, I prefer a good training montage, rather than a whole meandering episode that couldn't shut up about how amazing Ippo is, while admitting his only strength is Power and that he hasn't even fought a proper match yet.

I tell you what though, this show has a rocking soundtrack.

[losondro]

Just finished Bodacious Space Pirates and now starting We Without Wings.

[Locke]

Ippo 5.

That shower scene man.

Anyway, this was a much better training episode, the rivalry between Miyata and Ippo is really well established here, and it makes you appreciate Miyata so much more as a character who for the first four weeks was just sort of a brooding bad boy with a bad haircut.

Can't wait until their rematch next episode!

[Locke]

Ippo 6.

Hell yeah, round two! And what an amazing second fight, it's so cool to see just how much Ippo has grown, I guess the slow pace of this show really did pay off in the end. Making every frame count, for the biggest investment with the audience.

About the only thing I dislike about the visuals of this show is how everyone has the same face, the girl Ippo is crushing on just looked like a cross dressing Ippo and Ippo isn't a looker to start with.

[losondro]

Sports Anime/Manga aren't my cup of tea :I

[Locke]

Quote:

Originally Posted by losondro

Sports Anime/Manga aren't my cup of tea :I

Me either, usually. But Ippo was one of my all time favourites when I first got into anime, which is why I'm trying it again now. And Eyeshield 21 is one of my all time favourite mangas.

[Locke]

Ippo 7.

Round two continues!

I must say, Miyata is fucking awesome. He chose a weaker style of boxing, to honour his Dad, and has trained it into a razor sharp deadly force. I don't really remember much about this show, honestly, but I hope they can keep doing stuff throughout this show like this. I mean it's just two guys punching each other, but they've given Miyata so much technique and tactics it's just amazing to watch.

It's just a shame that Ippo's victory was achieved in such an underwhelming way, especially as the show almost forced us to root Miyata, despite Ippo being the underdog.

[WhiteRanger]

ok after nearly a month i shall say i am now uptoday with one piece one of the or is the longest running anime to date so fare and i cought up with in the month and i also continued where the current episode i was on with the manga and i am now following that and i forgot why this was one of my fave anime as a kid due to i watched the german dub way before the 4kid dub came out so i instantly knew sanji was meant to be smoking a ciggerate and not sucking on a lolipop

[Brainchild]

I've become obsessed with Golden Time and only three episodes are out. Really strong Toradora vibes from this show, which makes sense considering it's the same writer and studio. I hope this show continues to exceed my expectations.

[SideswipePrime]

Rewatching Star Driver.