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はじめの一歩 [Hajime no Ippo] #36
はじめの一歩 36 [Hajime no Ippo 36]
宮田、カウンターで瞬殺なるか！？ついに宮田が東洋太平洋（ＯＰＢＦ）タイトルマッチに挑戦！！父のボクシングを証明するため、一歩との約束を果たすため、決して負けることはできない。しかし、無謀な減量で身体をすり減らした宮田に、王者アーニーの不気味な秘密兵器“ブラッディ・クロス”の刃が光る！！
181 pages, Paperback
First published January 14, 1997
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June 11, 2025
Always love seeing Miyata back on the pages. He offers a very different calm, cool and collected charm than the usual cast. This was a shorter arc but still pulled a couple different strings - the Miyata pride, his own father’s projection of doubt onto his son, and callbacks to early Ippo where Miyata and Makunouchi first crossed paths. It’s got everything you want, except a good opponent.
Arnold is an okay opponent who’s made much worse by his pompous manager/coach. It works to embellish Arnold as a boisterous Australian brawler but it doesn’t make him any more likable.
Fight camp is solid with a lot of the emotional storybeats stemming from Miyata’s dad fearing for his son against Arnold and the weight cut continuing to get harder and harder on Miyata. There’s subtle points to his eventual moving up to a higher weight class and I like that this series is always looking ahead.
The fight is also solid. Boisterous brawler meets calculated counter-striker is good enough on paper, but with Miyata running on empty from the weight cut, the fight pretty quickly devolves into last-ditch efforts with waning stamina. And HNI delivers on those dire straits moments every frickin’ time.
Very satisfying to see Ichirō belted on a regional level. All the boys are making it. Ends with a recap that again, looks towards the future and the biggest featherweight bout on the world stage - Date v. Martinez!
Arnold is an okay opponent who’s made much worse by his pompous manager/coach. It works to embellish Arnold as a boisterous Australian brawler but it doesn’t make him any more likable.
Fight camp is solid with a lot of the emotional storybeats stemming from Miyata’s dad fearing for his son against Arnold and the weight cut continuing to get harder and harder on Miyata. There’s subtle points to his eventual moving up to a higher weight class and I like that this series is always looking ahead.
The fight is also solid. Boisterous brawler meets calculated counter-striker is good enough on paper, but with Miyata running on empty from the weight cut, the fight pretty quickly devolves into last-ditch efforts with waning stamina. And HNI delivers on those dire straits moments every frickin’ time.
Very satisfying to see Ichirō belted on a regional level. All the boys are making it. Ends with a recap that again, looks towards the future and the biggest featherweight bout on the world stage - Date v. Martinez!
May 12, 2017
A more than thrilling fight, plus it's all about Miyata (who happens to be my favourite character...)
November 11, 2022
Vamos Miyata, no puedes caer otra vez:(
August 3, 2021
Really love Hajime no ippo!! Easily my favorite sports manga/anime, it’s a lot more than just the boxing! Great character development and story outside the sports part!😁👌🥊🥊❤️
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