Audience reviews
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brilliant_tom
It’s not the best addition to the Fighting Spirit world, but it fits perfectly into the framework of the series. It has everything an average Fighting Spirit episode should have, whether it is humor (and here you get all of Takamura’s antics, so laughter is guaranteed), tension (I admire the whole production team for being able to make a scene tense just from a ticking clock while Takamura is trying to fall asleep), and depth (whether it’s psychology, boxing, the story, character development, or anything else).
Definitely a good episode that I’m really glad exists. Takamura’s first meeting with Kamogawa had great chemistry, and the way Takamura got into boxing felt very believable. I also liked how realistically his natural lifestyle was portrayed, showing an interesting contrast with how…
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English.
In this episode, which is special to me, we see the story of Takamura, the fighter who was able to keep the boxing gym alive, his beginnings and how all this began so that Ippo could fight in that same place. It is a fairly simple episode but effective in what is narrated, it may not be the most interesting story in the world but everything that shows what Takamura did is quite entertaining, he was not a person who was advancing little by little like Ippo but rather had talent but he did not apply it in the best way, we know from the main series that Takamura is one of the fighters with a gift from birth and this episode shows it, in the end I will say that it is a fulfilling episode as well as entertaining.
Español.
En este episodio que para mí es un especial vemos la historia d…
Read at the sourceWazThatTL
This ova tells us on how Takamura got into boxing the first place.
Solid story with funny atmosphere and decent dialogue and shows how Takamura develops over time. The characters are decent. We are introduced to the beginning relations between Kamogawa and Takamura which was great. Most of the other characters get very few lines and screentime except for maybe Yagi. The visuals have definitely improved and there was an obvious difference, such as the crispier details and nicer animation. The music is pretty much the same from the original, with similiar uses of symphonies and intstruments
A likable OVA and a recommened watch. Nothing bad or flawed about this ova and was well done.
Read at the sourceS7Fortino
Finished the original Hajime No Ippo and found out about this bonus EP 76
Pretty good Ep, tells the story about how Takamura got into boxing
Overall, I think this was a perfect OVA and I can recommend this to every Hajime no Ippo fan out there. Really, there is nothing bad about this, except one thing: I wish they would have told us something about Takamura and his relationship towards Miyata-kun, since he left really early in the anime and we couldn't see how they felt towards each other, although this isn't really necessary I guess. In my opinion it's a 8/10, because I just don't feel like this is a "masterpiece".
Read at the sourceNoisdesu
I am not going to say much about this OVA/Special, since it's only ~20 minutes long, just want to write down my feelings towards this.
If you haven't read the description yet: It's about Takamura-san's past and how he got to boxing. Doesn't sound too special, huh? Well, it isn't. But that doesn't matter, since it doesn't try to be special at all. This OVA tells us a lot about Takamura's attitude towards boxing and what he did before he started his career as a boxer. Also it shows us what kind of character Takamura has and gives us some good hints about his relationship to his coach. Even the fight at the end of the episode told us a lot about Takamura's personality and (especially) his strenght. The humour of this "episode" is as funny as always and the animation and soundtracks just st…
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This new or "bonus" episode is an addition to the series -as far as I know- only included in the DVDs, as 'Round 76: The fists of the boxer'.
Through-out the series, we get to see the background of almost every secondary boxer character, such as Kimura, Aoki, Miyata, Sendo, Volg and Date, but we don't really get to see how it was that Takamura enrolled into boxing. Well, that's what we get in this Special Episode, Kamogawa instructor notices his potential and decides to give him the Kamogawa treatment in his gym and the road, which despite Takamura’s doubts, get him his first results (All in a very funny way).
The animation looks more modern and brighter, just as in New Challenger. So what are you waiting? Just watch it :)
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