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Having watched Hajime no Ippo and having liked it very much got me really into this kind of sports-anime, but unfortunatelly RnK1 was a huge let down for me 'cos instead being realistic it mixed DBZ and Hajime no Ippo and for me and this just didn't work for me at all.

You might say, that RnK1 is like a parody of HnI because both have the same maintheme,boxing, but while HnI concentrates on realisim, RnK1 likes to mix effects from series like DBZ to it. One good example would be the main character's ultra punch called the "Boomerang Hook". Everytime when he uses it, he ... shouts the name of it and then we see this flashy animation where his fist lauches a boomerang made of light which can cut things, for example punchingbags made filled with sand. Later on it's cutting effect is explained by air.

So if you're looking for a real sports-anime, I'd suggest that you stay away from this one. On the other hand, if you happened to like DBZ and like to believe that normal people can hit 3 punches per 0.1sec and that when somebody punches, flashes of light and immence wawes of air are created from nothing, then you might want to take a look at this serie. Instead of being a sports-anime, I like to consider RnK1 and it's second season as comedy(because like you could quess, these DBZ-effects just keep on coming one after another in season 2)