Apr 6, 2020
A very interesting and yet unknown Ova from the early 90s, the designs were made by the same guy who do the "Bounty Hunter" Ova, so it really haves a good looking style. Story is kind of basic "underdog goes for the top" type, but it really has is own ideas, specially depicting the ghettos or bad neighborhoods from that era, and the sort of hard life that people have back then, you know the tale: prostitutes, drunks, extreme poverty and boxing as this sort of chance to make out a leaving, more than a sport.
What it surprise me the most was how this
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Ova decided to show off very "hot topics" for the time it was released, despite being a seinen it wasnt the most common thing to do for Ovas of that time period (that tend to be more focused on showing of gore and sex that in developing a story) and the limitations of this tipe of format, specially the AIDs stuff, and how it affected the boxing world, if you are interested on this topic in real life, search for the story of Tommy Morrison, it kinds of remind me that.
The story ends up with the first pro fight of Gai, and showing up some flashbacks from his childhood. It continues in the manga, but as far as i know, it was never translated, or seen the light outside of Japan.
It was short but really enjoyable, hope the manga see the light someday, somehow.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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