Hajime no Ippo
Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!
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Hajime no Ippo

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Fighting!, Fighting Spirit, The Fighting! Ippo, Hajime no Ippo Gaiden: Naniwa Tiger
Japanese: はじめの一歩
English: Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!
French: Ippo
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Sep 27, 1989 to ?
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Sports Sports
Theme: Combat Sports Combat Sports
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Authors: Morikawa, George (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.741 (scored by 3873638,736 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #502
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #165
Members: 91,772
Favorites: 7,124

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Synopsis

Makunouchi Ippo is a 16-year-old high school student who helps his mother run the family business. His hefty workload impedes his social life, making him an easy target for bullies. One day, while being beaten up by a group of high school students, Ippo is saved by a boxer named Mamoru Takamura, and is brought to the Kamogawa Boxing Gym.

This afterschool bullying session turns his life around for the better, as Ippo discovers his latent talent for boxing and decides to practice the sport professionally. However, Mamoru doubts Ippo's determination and assigns him a task deemed impossible to complete; but the resolute Ippo trains tirelessly to fulfill his mission. Along the way, he finds out what it means to attain true strength while making new friends and fighting formidable foes.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Hajime no Ippo won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1991. As of July 2023, over 100 million copies of the series are in circulation.

The series has been published digitally in English as Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit! by Kodansha USA through K Manga.

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Reviews

Feb 27, 2024
Preliminary (1450/? eps)
This is a manga about boxing. And I meant that to a fault. It's not going to hit you with some drama, crazy twists and turns, or philosophical questions. It's strictly about boxing. And I'm not just talking about the MC, although a lot of the plot naturally involves him, but every boxer character gets their own spotlight and even a whole arc dedicated to their match. Even the supporting aspects of boxing such as the gym, trainer, corner, and media were explored.

That being said, after 1000+ chapters and ongoing, it does get very repetitive. Just like a real sport would, it doesn't get any ...
Apr 12, 2018
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (1204/? eps)
For the part of the manga up until the anime covers, I would give a rating of nine-point something.Let's call this the good part, for the rest of the review.This series HAD some of the best character development and thrilling action with the right amount of good comedy mixed in. It was almost a masterpiece. Then the train keeps on going off track many number of times and gets really frustrating. All the logic and realism behind fights is lost and we lose on the action prospect of the manga. There is no sense of progression in the MC's skills at this point as really ...
Sep 23, 2022
Preliminary (860/? eps)
Hajime no Ippo was great until the series decided to repeat everything, no changes, barely any plot, and became worse over time.
Story: 6/10
the story is fine, the typical shonen manga with the protagonist wanting to be "the strongest"
Plot: 3/10
I know this series is supposed to be a sports manga, but for fuck's sake, make some changes, literally almost nothing that happens, matters.
The typical formula in the manga is like this: Ippo trains > we get to see the new opponent > Ippo nearly loses but wins in the last second > the cast doing "side quests" > rinse and repeat.
It was like that for ...

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