What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
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4Liked it!
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3It was OK
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Average 4.5
141 votes
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Had a feeling they would only show the opening of the fight in this episode. Looking forward to next week and seeing this fight in motion. |
| I can feel an epic fight in the next episode or two. This episode was intense. |
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Veronin said: I can feel an epic fight in the next episode or two. This episode was intense. Anything involving Date is intense! I can't wait anymore :( This is going to kill me Anyone else catch Tumbling Dice? I kinda laughed when I heard that, as much as it may have gone with the scene. And is it wrong of me to miss Inner Light playing every fight? For whatever reason that song got me going something fierce. |
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| Yeah, Tumbling dice was pretty awesome. Wish they'd use some more old tracks. :\ I hope this match finishes in one episode. Not going to be able to take waiting multiple weeks. Also, Date is king. |
| awesome episode, saw the cliff coming though; i cant wait for next week but i also doubt the fight will finish in just one episode |
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naikou said: Wish they'd use some more old tracks. Me too. Okay, I guess, but the real action comes in ep 7. |
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| Tumbling Dice actually got me going for this fight, I say inner light would have better though. This is going to be something beyond epic, if things keep going like this imagine when ippo gets his shot...I will die in anticipation for that |
| The episode actually made me feel a bit tense from the behaviors of all the characters in the ep. I really look forward to next week. |
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| Pretty intense at the end. Really good episode=] Music is getting better, but it`s not close to the first season...yet. Next episode is going be awesome, no doubt. |
| As I've suspected,.,.it's only an intro,.,want to watch the next episode now,.,.that background music in the beginning of the match is kinda not appropriate because I can't really feel the intensity while it is being played during the match,.,. |
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| i believe most ppl thought that this episode will be intro, i didn't excpect this to be so intense |
| I can't wait for the next episode. |
Grimmm said: I can't wait for the next episode. Yep, pretty much. |
| This series is moving so incredibly slowly. Ugh. I'm glad at least ONE punch was thrown though. Otherwise the episode just didn't do anything. :( |
| WORST CLIFFHANGER. EVER. |
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| INTENSE ! |
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| That was intense, I got the same feeling from the start of Ippo and Sendo's second fight. |
| Looks like this will be an epic fight. Date managed to land the first hit. |
Neverender said: WORST CLIFFHANGER. EVER. Same as the manga's. Speaking of the manga, while this episode was decent, the manga protrayed this SO much better. I was looking forward to Date and Ippo's greeting, but this version didn't hold up. Hopefully the fight scenes end up being just as epic. |
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| wow the intro with date and martinez epic.lol but it started lets see wat happens^^ |
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| Man, I love this series, The fight should only last an and episode and a half, due to the fact he is not the maiin character, I have a tenacy not to be a big fan of cliffhangers if the series has one episode on a weekly bais, but atleast it is exucuted very well eh.. |
| Nice greeting there, and so the match begins. Go get him Date =] |
| I'm guessing Date would win. |
| I wanna say the old man has a chance. The hype and atmosphere for this fight was intense. The anime did a great job building this up. And I would hardly call that opening punch a cliffhanger. What'd you expect Ricardo's head to do when Date punched it? Explode? It merely means we're getting underway.  |
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| This fight is so intense! I really have no feint idea who'll win.. hopefully it's be Date but this Martinez dude is tough.. Looking forward in watching this fight unveil in the next episode :-D |
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| Man, this episode really raised the tension on the fight, I'm not sure who will turn out to be the victor, but I want to see how this fight will go. |
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| Damn, what a start to this match. I got a feeling this fight is going to be one of the most brutal yet. |
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| And so...it begins. Just a little thing I feel compelled to mention, it looks like they're having this fight at the Kokugikan. I recognised it at first because the Ryogoku station sign was shown in the episode, the showed the roof thing above the ring and the box seats. I was there on the 23rd of Jan 2014 to watch Sumo. Pretty amusing coincidence that I would watch this episode a couple hours after I get back from watching it. |
| I like Date a lot more this time around, he seems more defined now and looks humble as hell. His entrance when he opened the doors on his way to the ring (when Ippo went to see him) was bad ass and also was accompanied with intense, awesome music. He seems really confident, I hope that isn't his downfall. |
Uber_DewberApr 18, 2014 11:31 PM
| Oooh this fight is gonna be epic! |
| Great episode but man that ending! Well things sure are going to get down in the next episode so let's see what kind of match they'll offer us! |
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| Wish there was some more backstory to humanize Ricardo. Good episode, getting right into the fight. |
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| This fight is gonna be EPIC! |
| Damn, intense way to start the match. Such a douchebag cliffhanger for people watching it weekly though lol |
| I don't know who's going to win Please let Date win, otherwise he's going to be broken after all the bragging he did Especially to his son |
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| Had a hunch they would only show the beginning of the match, but damn Date managed to hit Martinez, something even Ippo couldn't do. Seems like he has become really strong. |
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| It’s a good episode. I’m very curious for this match, both Date and Ricardo are great boxer, hopefully it will be a great match. |
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| Gimme moar!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| "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." |
| Well, since his nose ain't itching anymore it means that the old Date is technically back. But there's another season for him to keep pushing besides Ricardo and the belt. |
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| A dream match is one of the few ways to describe this match-up! With all the hype behind Ricardo and his undefeated winning streak, Date delivering the first punch of the match to the champion was an awesome surprise that might have just foreshadowed how the fight will turn out~ |
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| Cant wait to see this fight! Though I can already tell from long ago that Ricardo is the victor of this fight. He is way too op. |
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| not so much of cliffhanger there. the OST theme of op3 of previous series was here made me realize what i so liked about first series OST and hate this series OST lol. i actually have bad feeling about date here. "the scar isn't itching anymore", what is it? harry potter? lol |
| ricardo martinez's heavy voice is sick aff and the hype is real, the build up was very well executed. |
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