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This quintessential underdog anime follows the story of a timid high school student who becomes a boxing prodigy with the help of a veteran coach and hard work.

This quintessential underdog anime follows the story of a timid high school student who becomes a boxing prodigy with the help of a veteran coach.

Hajime no Ippo (Original Japanese)

Ippo is a high school student that gets bullied on by the kids at his school. When a professional boxer introduces Ippo to the world of boxing, his life changes.

The First Step

Ippo is granted his first sparring session.

Fruits of Labor

Ippo shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.

Tears of Joy

Shadow Boxing

3 Months to Counter

The Opening Bell of the Rematch

The Destructive Force of 1cm

Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.

Promise to Meet Again

Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.

C Class License

Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.

Debut Match

Obsession for Victory

Becoming a Bully's Buddy

Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.

The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins

Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut

Test of Endurance

Premonition of a Hard Battle

Ippo on the Beach

Clinch

KO Dream

Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.

Threat of Shotgun

The Way to Capture a Prodigy

Will Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura help him win the match?

Forward! Forward

Another Semi-Final

To the Place We Promised

Every Emotion

Battle for Distance

Death Match

Will Ippo be the Rookie King of Eastern Japan?

Victory or Defeat

Rocky of Naniwa

To Enemy Ground

A recap of the boxing matches that have taken place thus far.

Traces of Intense Battles

Ippo is still having trouble with his right fist but his match with Sendo begins.

Throw Your Right

Ippo tries a different fighting stance making his match with Sendo only get more intense.

Smash Force

Ippo and Sendo keep fighting, the crowd starts cheering Sendo on and the match reaches its climax.

The Rookie King

Ippo graduates and takes photos with people from his school. New people join the gym and are put to the test by running with Takemura, Ippo, Aoki, and Kimura.

The Continuing Journey

Kimura, Aoki, and Takemura each fight their match. Ippo spars with the featherweight champion, Date.

The Champ and I

Dante uses his secret weapon on Ippo, the fact that Date used it on Ippo made Okita challenge Ippo to a real match.

A Thing to Strive For

Okita uses moves that make him unpredictable for Ippo. Okita also uses a fighting style like Dante and he uses a corkscrew.

Two Rookies of the Year

Miyata's in Thailand and he gets a tough opponent with a great record, Jimmy Sisfa.

Challenge in a Foreign Land

Miyata's fight with Jimmy Sisfa begins, Miyata starts off bad and when that happens Miyata tries a counter punch.

A Counter to Surpass All Counters

Aoki, Kimura, and Ippo all try going to A-class. Yamada has his first fight. All the guys want to go to training camp.

Barf-michi's Big Fight

Ippo's mother collapses from overworking so Ippo has to look after the family business. Ippo thinks about quitting boxing so that his mother doesn't overwork herself again.

Sympathy for a Dream

Ippo Prepares for his match against Saeki, the speed star, by trying to improve his movements and become faster.

The Speed Star

Ippo's match with Saeki has begun, but Saeki is so fast that Ippo can't land a hit on him. Ippo Is left with a blind spot after getting his eye swollen making it even harder to track Saeki.

The Ring's Blind Spot

After all, the guys are done with their matches they go to karaoke. Takemura lets everyone know Yamada is leaving so they give him a send-off.

White Fang of the Wolf

Aoki and Kimura fight their matches. Kamogawa wants Ippo to train his legs to get flexible muscles so that he can deliver a more powerful punch that can beat Volg.

Be the Gazelle

Ippo meets Volg after Volg gets lost. Volg tells Ippo that he boxes so he can get money for his mother.

The Fighting Spirit Within

The match with Ippo and Volg begins and the two boxers seem to get the edge over one another quite a bit.

The Red Wolf

The fight between Ippo and Volg carries on. Ippo takes a lot of hits and gets knocked down a couple times.

The Courage to Believe

After many rounds, Ippo and Volg are both exhausted. After the match is finished Volg visits Ippo in the hospital and meets Ippo's mother.

Something to Convey

Ippo wakes up after a couple of days at the hospital. When Ippo is in the hospital he meets Mashiba's sister, Aoki, Kimura, Takemura, and Ippo go on a group date.

Group Date

A recap of some of Ippo's fights told by Date.

Challenger

Date's past is revealed. Takemura gets ready for his match.

So I Can Be Myself

Takemura has real trouble at the beginning of his match. Ippo finds out that Mashiba won the championship and celebrates with him and his sister.

Fists of the Champ

Ippo's title match with Date has begun, Date is surprised by how much better Ippo is since the last time he sparred with him.

The Japan Featherweight Title Match

Ippo punches Date in the face quite a bit but Date isn't taking the full impact of the punch because he twists his neck.

The Power that Stands in the Way

Both Ippo and Date are beaten up bad. The match reaches the climax.

Conclusion

After Ippo loses he finds out that Sendo and Volg will fight for the title. Kamogawa tells Ippo that he shouldn't go to the gym for three months because of all the damage from his fights. Ippo goes out with Kumi, Mashiba's sister.

Heartbroken

Ippo watches his match with Date. Ippo goes to watch the title match with Volg and Sendo, when he's there he runs into Miyata and spectates the match with him.

A Determined Will

Volg and Sendo face off with the crowd cheering for Sendo, in the end, the match comes down to a decision by the judges.

Rival

Aoki, Kimura, and Ippo will all be making their comeback match with Ippo being the main event. Kamogawa trains Ippo to have a better defense but overworks himself and collapses he then ends up in a hospital.

Comeback Anxiety

Aoki, Kimura, and Ippo have their comeback matches. Ippo tries a new move, the Dempsy Roll.

The Road Back

Aoki, Takemura, and Ippo visit Kimura because he has a high fever. Aoki's and Kimura's life as delinquents is shown.

Burning Youth

A look at how Aoki and Kimura became boxers and joined the Kamogawa gym, also shown is their debut matches.

Hot Rod Era

Sendo beats Saeki the speed star comfortably. Sendo wants a fight with Ippo. All the guys from the gym go to training camp in the mountains and meet Kamogawa's friend.

Kamogawa Troop's Summer

The guys learn that killer intent can make it seem like you are throwing a punch. Kamogawa and Nekota's history with one another is told. Takamura battles a bear. Everyone finishes training camp.

Takamura-san's Tears

Ippo spars with Shigeta who's ranked fourth among Japanese featherweights and who also uses southpaw. People find out about Takemura fight with a bear. There is talk about Takemura getting a world title fight.

The Kamogawa Gym Swings into Action

Aoki, Kimura, and Takemura all fight their fights. Before fighting Takemura makes a grand entrance wearing a bear pelt and fights his match only using his left hand. Nekota starts teaching at the gym for a bit.

The Chief's Peril

Sendo begins his title defense match with Shigeta the southpaw user. Sendo fights Shigeta but gets angry with him as the fight goes on.

The Trap of the Southpaw

Ippo invites Kumi to the zoo. Kumi lets Ippo know that she was the one who wrote idiot outside the gym. Sendo's grandma tells Iimura Mari about Sendo's childhood and how he was brought up.

The Young Punk

Ippo reads Mari's article. Ippo invites Nekota to his fight. Both Sendo and Ippo have their weigh-in. Sendo and Ippo begin their rematch with Ippo getting a very early knockdown on Sendo.

Time for the Showdown

Sendo and Ippo's fight begins guns blazing with the two giving each other blow for blow. Ippo finds out that Sendo has the advantage of having a bigger frame.

Lallapallooza

Ippo starts the third round by charging at Sendo but then hesitates which leads to Sendo beating Ippo all through the third round. The fourth round is a different story being more in the favor of Ippo.

Surpass that Moment

A flashback shows how Sendo joined his gym. Ippo gets knocked down two times but when he gets up the fifth round gets more brutal. The fifth round ends and after that, the sixth round begins and is just as brutal as the last round.

Mix-Up

The match between Ippo and Sendo finally reaches its conclusion after seven ruthless rounds.