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Oct 24, 2014 8:59 AM
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Nov 21, 2014 2:03 PM
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Congratulations Nishi!
Mar 9, 2015 10:01 AM
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Noriko didn't seem too happy about the wedding. I thnk she secretly loves Joe.
Mar 31, 2015 11:44 AM
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So glad for Nishi! I'm sure they'll live a happy life.

While I think Noriko hasn't sorted out her feelings completely, I do think she did the best. Joe is a lost cause for her, and I doubt she'll find someone better than Nishi. I do think she's little by little learning to let her feelings for Joe go away.

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Aug 15, 2015 8:37 AM
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Good for you Nishi, he has come a long way in our journey. Now, it's time for Joe to get the world title off from Jose's hands :)
Mar 11, 2016 1:04 PM
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Somehow Noriko didn't seem all that happy...it's kinda obvious she also loves Joe but not sure if everything is resolved by this wedding.
Oct 20, 2016 2:03 AM
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Nishi ended up marrying Noriko, she doesn't seem that she forgot about Joe, but we all know that he doesn't have anything except boxing in his head.
Jul 26, 2017 4:01 PM
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That was pretty feelsy once again.

Congrats to Nishi and Noriko, but like others said, her expression revealed a lot.

But well, seeing Nishi married was the least thing I expected back then, when he was introduced. Quite the development, he underwent from there onwards.

At the end they jumped from feels to epicness, Joses little part made me even hungrier for the match.

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Sep 9, 2017 6:41 AM
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Gratz Nishi! You deserved it bro, Noriko seems to still like Joe tho, I hope she doesn't do any dumb thing now that she's married.
Sep 27, 2017 2:17 PM

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Anyone knows that song Old man Danpei sometimes sing and Joe sang with different lyrics at the wedding.
Jan 30, 2018 3:41 PM
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Ha I was wondering if they knew that Nishi had been to prison, Noriko totally looked like she settled for her second choice but she also knows her first choice would never settle for anyone. Either way that kinda put a sad spin on all of this, I remember it used to be cute and funny when she and Joe were hanging out (remember the newspaper hat?) but it got sadder as it went on and it became clear that Joe just doesn't care about women or relationships at all.
May 23, 2018 5:48 PM

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Funny how the character who voluntarily hung up the gloves, ended up coming out pretty okay (basically not dead or crippled). And man, Noriko just staring at Joe like that made me laugh, an almost somber laugh.
Sep 2, 2018 4:47 AM
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Well, I didn't expect a christian wedding. Poor Noriko had to settle for Nishi but that's how life is.. Also I wanted to comment on how cringy english dialogue is in this anime, yikes.
Oct 1, 2019 10:29 AM
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Jose came to Japan a month before the fight, and apparently he does that all the time before a fight, what a respectable boxer. Noriko seems to still love Joe, but well, nothing she can do, that's life. Joe's speech was pretty beautiful.
Oct 8, 2020 8:42 AM

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Nishi has always been there for Joe since the beginning and still wants to be his second. I'm so happy for him.
Joe, Joe Forever....
Apr 2, 2021 12:42 PM

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Noriko seems a little sad at her wedding (and on a scene before too), she has inevitably regrets about Joe. But is it because she couldn't marry him because he is too much obsessed with boxing or because she is worried about his lonely future and feels like a sinister omen?

Anyway very happy for her <3
Mar 13, 2022 9:18 AM

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It's so weird they married at a church. Only 1% of Japan's population are christians.
Apr 1, 2022 7:40 AM

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Nishi is like Bros over hos. Preach
Dec 28, 2022 1:27 PM
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Like many others have said, it seems like Noriko still loves Joe but he's got his mind occupied with the coming fight. 

Very happy for her and Nishi, though.
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Apr 28, 2023 6:15 AM

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TuyNOM said:
Noriko seems a little sad at her wedding (and on a scene before too), she has inevitably regrets about Joe. But is it because she couldn't marry him because he is too much obsessed with boxing or because she is worried about his lonely future and feels like a sinister omen?

Anyway very happy for her <3


I think it's a bit of both.
She's probably disappointed that despite all of it Joe never gave anything a chance besides boxing, he never really took a break either.
Noriko made so many advances towards him but every single time boxing was the only thing that mattered.
And I dont think it's just her romantic feelings either, she genuinely cares for him but Joe is just unable to see anything else besides boxing.

On the other hand we have Nishi who despite wanting to box really bad knew when it was time to give up before it would destroy him the way it'll most likely destroy Joe.
Sep 9, 2023 9:03 PM
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NTR? I mean, I doubt Nori-chan hates Nishi, especially this season where his VA doesn't sound brain dead. Still, there's not much left of this show, and it really does have a ton of subplots to wrap up. I'm looking forward to it though, I've really never been disappointed by a fight with this anime.
Sep 12, 2023 3:04 AM
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I am happy seeing Nishi getting married and settling down. But I know that Noriko loved Yabuki first.
Oct 8, 2023 1:43 PM

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I have no doubt in my mind that Noriko still loves Joe, and just got with Nishi because he was the next best choice.

Also shoutout to the ost my goat
Mar 13, 2024 7:28 PM
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pelo menos o niishi teve um final feliz, né?
Nov 3, 2024 1:05 AM

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That was one of the funniest, yet one of the saddest episodes of the series. That whole singing scene made me laugh like hell. Reminded me of the good old days in Juvenile. Poor Nishi now marrying a girl who loves somebody else. Should've stayed single. Why ruin someone else's life? Was she trying to make Joe jealous? At least both Joe and Noriko have one thing in common now. Being jumped on by Nishi(: > 3:05 AM, 03/11/2024
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