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| Now that's more like awesomeness of the first season. Seems like the fight will conclude in the next ep. |
"There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place." |
| great ep, nao's guard break is ingenious indeed. |
| WoW!! O.O Ippo went all out against nao, ippo pwnd him in ther first round, 2 downs in one round. Still nao did well with his dirty tricks but will they be enough to take out ippo, I dont expect anything more from nao now thats he's shown us his best attack (illegal dirty trick's), I think he's shown us all he's got, once ippo counters his dirty tricks all nao's gonna be seeing is stars in the next round. |
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| Nao surprised me in this episode. The guard break was pretty amusing. |
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| Good first half, boring second half. I really thought they were going to use this arc to develop Ippo's approach to fighting, but it doesn't really seem like it. I want this fight to end as quickly a possible. |
| Damn...Nao is such a freaking loser. |
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SwiftShadow said: Damn...Nao is such a freaking loser. Haha, yeah, I know how you feel. Well, I hope this match ends in the next episode. |
vindemon64 said: SwiftShadow said: Damn...Nao is such a freaking loser. Haha, yeah, I know how you feel. Well, I hope this match ends in the next episode. Yeah...I hope so too. Nao only needs...one more down....soooo....the match should end...next episode.. Unless....they have a flashback episode...with Nao training...sigh. I find it very entertaining...how Nao's ear is all cut up...Previous matches?...Or maybe intensense training sessions? |
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SwiftShadow said: vindemon64 said: SwiftShadow said: Damn...Nao is such a freaking loser. Haha, yeah, I know how you feel. Well, I hope this match ends in the next episode. Yeah...I hope so too. Nao only needs...one more down....soooo....the match should end...next episode.. Unless....they have a flashback episode...with Nao training...sigh. I find it very entertaining...how Nao's ear is all cut up...Previous matches?...Or maybe intensense training sessions? I think the three down rule is going down three times in one round. So if he goes down in the second round he can get up and continue. |
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animejnkie said: SwiftShadow said: vindemon64 said: SwiftShadow said: Damn...Nao is such a freaking loser. Haha, yeah, I know how you feel. Well, I hope this match ends in the next episode. Yeah...I hope so too. Nao only needs...one more down....soooo....the match should end...next episode.. Unless....they have a flashback episode...with Nao training...sigh. I find it very entertaining...how Nao's ear is all cut up...Previous matches?...Or maybe intensense training sessions? I think the three down rule is going down three times in one round. So if he goes down in the second round he can get up and continue. Ohhh...Ok. That makes more sense. |
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| Nope, 3 times and it's a technical knockout. Doesn't have to be in the same round. |
| good ep i liked it it will definitely end in the next ep but nao earned my respect by doing shit like that to ippo. |
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noteDhero said: Nope, 3 times and it's a technical knockout. Doesn't have to be in the same round. Wrong. "A rule requiring that a boxer who is knocked down three times in the same round be declared knocked out" http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Three_knockdown_rule |
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| I'm so happy someone is teaching Ippo to go all out and stop being a little child. I hope this fight concludes in the next episode. |
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| Sigh...I really hope the cuts on Nao's ear...have some kind of...back story....Like...wtf...did he fight a Mike Tyson Wannabe...? |
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| I believe Geromichi deserves a pummeling in the next episode, I can't help but severly dislike the guy. |
| Wow great episode. I did not expect that Ippo would take the initiative. Yamada showed up a little value, a fight was more exciting than imagined. |
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| How do people watch up to season two of ippo and not know what a TKO is? |
M_A said: SwiftShadow said: Sigh...I really hope the cuts on Nao's ear...have some kind of...back story....Like...wtf...did he fight a Mike Tyson Wannabe...? Broken and ripped ears are common for boxers from all the punching they recieve. Yeah....Just seems like they over show it...with Nao. |
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betsuni78 said: How do people watch up to season two of ippo and not know what a TKO is? They watch for the pummeling! |
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SwiftShadow said: M_A said: SwiftShadow said: Sigh...I really hope the cuts on Nao's ear...have some kind of...back story....Like...wtf...did he fight a Mike Tyson Wannabe...? Broken and ripped ears are common for boxers from all the punching they recieve. Yeah....Just seems like they over show it...with Nao. They kinda do, but i guess the point is to make him look more threatening. |
KaitoDetective said: Yea it's 3 downs per round. Nao is a god damn cheater man! Although he is one that guard break is ingenious . Also notice how Takamura is right about anything boxing related? Even the true feeling of Ippo fighting Geromichi was noticed by him. Well...Takamura is kinda of godlike....for heavens sake.....the man boxed a bear. |
SwiftShadowMar 20, 2009 7:17 AM
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| pure awesomeness. i wish this season was longer than 24 episodes. if it was as long as the original series i would cry out of joy. about time ippo learned not to be soft as a champion or even a boxer. how does he expect to ever challenge the mexican boxer. |
| what the hell happened to Kumi, Mashiba's Sister? I'd like to see her at some point in the anime. |
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| I seriously doubt Ippo would respect someone that didn't fight fairly. if Nao wanted his approval he should have fought honestly :/ |
| Not the most exciting of matches especially the fact that Ippo got hit so much at the beginning didn't feel real at all =/ but I guess it was an important match for his character, hmm now who will his 3rd opponent be =O |
| What the hell are you doing, you fucking moron.... get your act straight already, this is not funny anymore... you are supposed to be the champion... would Date Eiji fall for such stupid tricks? Destroy him already... |
It sort of frustrates me how immature Ippo can be as a fighter sometimes, I'm sure it must drive his coach nuts even with all the potential he has.This should be a two minute fight. End of story. Beat his ass properly so he can go ahead and retire. |
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| I'm not as interested in this fight as compared with Ippo's previous fights.. It'll be unbelievable for Gero-michi to win.. I just want this fight to end soon.. :-P |
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| This fight is exciting, that Solar Plexus Blow from Naomichi is tough, although he has to use his palms to actually use that blow, it's pretty effective. I wonder how Ippo will try and get out of that, and I like how Ippo's going all in on Naomichi, I was expecting him to be kind of scared and not hit at all, but he's the champion right now, so I'm glad that he's not being a chicken. |
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| Damn what intensity. Now I'm starting to get what this whole "Cannon Fodder" is all about. |
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| Now that's what I call a guard break. |
| Great match so far, let's see what's next! |
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| Wow, resorting to cheap tricks. Even Ippo's coach is calling it good tactics? That's bullshit. I hope Ippo fucks him up :P |
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