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あしたのジョー [Ashita no Joe] #19
Rocky Joe, Vol. 19
野獣対けんか屋、野性の血の戦い!! 世界チャンピオン、ホセ・メンドーサとの対戦に執念を燃やすジョーだったが、試合興行権を持つ白木プロモーションは、マレーシアからハリマオを招き、ジョーの世界タイトル戦の前哨戦として、ハリマオとの東洋タイトル戦が行われることになった。ふたりの対戦はファンの異様な興味と関心を集め、ついに決戦の火蓋が切られた！ 反則もゴングも関係ない、まさに野獣のようなハリマオを相手にジョーは……!?
224 pages, Paperback
First published May 7, 1973
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Ikki Kajiwara
141 books8 followersAsaki Takamori (高森朝樹, Takamori Asaki), known by the pen names Ikki Kajiwara (梶原一騎, Kajiwara Ikki) and Asao Takamori (高森朝雄, Takamori Asao), was a Japanese mangaka.
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February 13, 2025
*spoilers - but then this is volume 19, right?*
The wrap up of the worst storyline segues into one of the best (so I had to knock stars, when half of this volume is 5* material). Obviously it was important to have the feral fight in there as the buildup for the fight against Mendoza, as well as the buildup to the Punch drunk storyline were important and has been, frankly superb. The fight was fine too, and Joe did stop calling him monkey eventually, at least ... so that was good. But I love the way this segues with the Youko revelation and, whilst we knew this was coming the eventual scene that handled it felt dramatic and wonderful - Joe is still being a d*ck and I groaned, but it felt in character that he'd want to throw his life away over a boxing match whilst someone else confesses their love to him. Kinda moving, really. Can't believe I'm nearly there with this series - phew!
The wrap up of the worst storyline segues into one of the best (so I had to knock stars, when half of this volume is 5* material). Obviously it was important to have the feral fight in there as the buildup for the fight against Mendoza, as well as the buildup to the Punch drunk storyline were important and has been, frankly superb. The fight was fine too, and Joe did stop calling him monkey eventually, at least ... so that was good. But I love the way this segues with the Youko revelation and, whilst we knew this was coming the eventual scene that handled it felt dramatic and wonderful - Joe is still being a d*ck and I groaned, but it felt in character that he'd want to throw his life away over a boxing match whilst someone else confesses their love to him. Kinda moving, really. Can't believe I'm nearly there with this series - phew!
March 18, 2021
Pretty decent manga, the story wasn’t to great and a little dull but the boxing matches were really great and awesome especially the final one😻👌🥊🥊
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