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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Ippo vs. 5 Ippos was a big win. Also Martinez's cherry-picking the Dempsey Roll. |
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| Date vs Martinez is going to be intense. Can't wait. |
| Ouch, Ippo was raped by the world champ. Though that was to be expected. Puts into perspective just where Ippo ranks in his weight class. Good episode. |
| Pretty cool. It's always good to see Ippo put in his place. I hope they show Date vs. Martinez full throttle and not just a 5 minute clip...I'd like to see that fight. |
| Martinez is way to strong. Even Ippo couldn't scratch him. |
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| Ippo and Miyata both got bent over by their sparring partners. Makes you wonder just how powerful those guys are compared to the main characters, and if Ippo and company will ever be able to surpass them. And what's worse is that this is all being done in the featherweight class. Makes you wonder about the heavyweight. x_X The next battle between the two monsters should be pretty damn epic. |
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| Makes you wonder what new techniques and training styles Ippo and Miyata are going to go through and learn as well as how much they are going to improve. Great episode that had good action and brings out questions about 2 of the main characters and creates suspense as to how Date will fair vs the World Champ. I give the episode 11 stars out of 10. 8) |
| THis is gonna be one hell of a fight! Martinez is insanely powerful ippo couldn't even touch him with the dempsey roll, that's what amazed me |
| Ippo got owned by Martinez. |
| man date is so awesome character cant wait when he is going to fight martinez |
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| next week's episode will be a blast. |
naikou said: agreed and man artinez is beastly ust destroyin the dempsey with a jab DAMNDate vs Martinez is going to be intense. Can't wait. |
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| Complete dismantling of the Dempsey Roll with just a few quick lefts, Ippo's got a long way to go. |
| Ippo got pawned. Man, Ricardo seems undefeatable. He took down Japan's champion with only left jabs. One more thing, he landed all those while Ippo's in Dempsey Roll. Now Date vs Ricardo is something to watch. |
| I'm crazy for the next episode =x will be a great fight but I bet that Martinez will not lose against Date =x |
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| this season has been off to a slow start imo, but it's finally starting to get good ^^ |
| I didn't expect Ippo to get owned quite so thoroughly. I had hoped he'd be able to do the plucky "get up and go again" thing that he pulled against Date, but its better this way. |
| Finale they show the different between japan classe and world class the big gap. Also this is good for better improvement of there experience and skills. |
| I knew he'd lose, but I was hoping he'd put up more of a fight. |
| So they see how big the world really is, Ippo came a long way but still has a long way to go xD but man what a left, although Date is one to watch out for too! |
| Show needs more focus on Oppo. Still great show. |
| SIX IPPOS GO IN! FIVE IPPOS COME OUT! ...it's actually not that dramatic. That spar was COMPLETELY embarrassing. It's not a gap, it's a chasm! There couldn't have been a bigger difference in skill between Ricardo & Ippo. But judging from Date's spar with Miyata (I know! I was surprised too) he's better than he's ever been. I'm looking forward to this match up. This should be explosive.  |
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| Man, I was so anxious for Ippo in his sparring.. but I didn't expect him to lose really badly! God, not even one punch got through to Martinez! :-( And only with a left? Damn! Date is going to be in one hell of a fight! Liking the new hair style of Date.. has a kinda Wolverine style to it LOL The only irritating thing I'm feeling after these past 5 episodes is the mesmerized Ippo.. Its starting to creep me out how he's idolizing Date and Miyata.. We need some Kumi action!!! |
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| I was hoping that Ippo would at least get one hit. |
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| Damn, Ippo got messed up only with left jabs, the difference between the Japanese champ and World Champ is really huge. Also, Miyata got owned too by Date, he's really improved since he defeated Ippo, I'm excited for Date vs Martinez now. |
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| Martinez is so strong woah and Date looks strong and cool the fight willl be awesome :D |
| All I could look at was Ricardo's mustache cuz it was buggin me. Was I the only one who lol'd when Ippo was going for the Dempsey Roll and Ricardo just punched him in the face? |
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| Ippo got his ass handed to him on a silver platter. |
| Damn that was pretty impressive! I really wonder if Ippo can improve so much to actually manage to come close to Ricardo's level! But well let's see what's next. |
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| I am blown away. This episode was so good. Ricardo is such a beast. *_* |
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| Disappointing performance from Ippo. He has changed a little this season, the tone of his voice when he is surprised is different |
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| Damn Martinez and Date are on a whole nother level. |
| Damn, Martinez is a fucking monster. Ippo got schooled hard. I'm really looking forward to this Date fight. I'm hoping that since these guy's are both hardcore veteran's the fight will be animated to display more skillful tech's being used to differentiate from all the previous fights. |
| Not even a chance for Ippo in the scrimmage! I don't know how Date's gonna be able to have a chance either against Martinez, he was very troubled and could have lost against Ippo when they fought in the champ game. Not sure if improving in only a year is enough to fight a world champion who has won all 62 fights he's done. It will be interesting either way. |
| Damn that world champion is some next level monster, only using his left without having said a word at all. |
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| Can't wait to see Date vs Martinez. |
| Ippo get rekt. Miyata tooo. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| Holy crap. This wasn't even the actual fight but goddamn, in terms of buildup this was one of the best build ups to a fight episodes i've seen anywhere. The directing was astute as well, especially for the Ippo fight, we knew he had no chance, but how they at least show Ippo making a valiant attempt but still emphasize the difference in power between the two, and i thought they nailed it perfectly. The actual fight will be fire! |
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| Ippo's imagination and Takamura mocking him was so funny. Ricardo is one hell of a guy, there isn't anyone quite as intimidating as him and the way he took care of Ippo(eh I mean warmed up his left) just wow xD Date is in pretty good shape as well, tho. |
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| It shouldn't have been too much of a surprise that their asses got handed to them by those at the very summit but it was still shocking to see that both Miyata and Ippo aren't even a fraction as good as Date and Martinez even after everything they've gone through. This just makes me excited about the possibility of them reaching that point in their careers eventually! |
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| Yeah, Ricardo is insane. Im going to be honest here, I dont belive that Date will even get a clean hit on him, hes just on that kind of level. Absolute beast, holy!!!!! |
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