I honestly think Hajime is the soul reason I became so obsessed with anime.

I remember being so overwhelmed with emotions in the Title fight when SPOILER hit the floor, losing my absolute shit was something I had rarely done for an anime and Hajime broke that barrier for me. I wish this was like Naruto and had like 300+ episodes (even filler) so I could just binge watch it and ignore my actual friends. I found myself wanting to see them sing karaoke more than the boxing at some points because it genuinely pleased me. The characters are all pushed, everyone is developed well and you really grow attached to them. The soundtrack is just so good, air guitaring like crazy to shocking lemon and wanting to just become a boxer so you can Dempsey roll the fuck out of someone, thats a good soundtrack!

Takamura was never the same after that haha! How much of a good guy he is but Ippo never really seems to talk about himself or put himself in the spotlight unless he's in the shower or boxing. I've had animes like Trigun where it goes from being admirable to a chore to hear him talk about It starts off pretty stereotypical when it comes to anime, young kid gets bullied but has hidden strength and a heart of gold, usually this would make me cringe and i'd want to turn it off or something but Hajime portrays and flaunts it really well. Hajime No Ippo is everything I have ever wanted in an anime, it doesn't take itself too seriously ,only when it needs to be and when it does.my god is it awesome. Watch this anime,read the manga for me it.s the best of all time Kimura and Aoki are the best friends ever,and battle to stop being bullied from Takamura is so funny. Takamura is a joke character who beats everyone but you can see the good in him. Another thing i like about this anime is the real perspective, spoiler: Ippo loses and in the manga seeing him struggle with thing and the despair when is ippo retires is heartbracking. When ippo wins a match is honestly amazing. The world is so real and you wanna know everything about the characters and they lifestyle,their goals and much more.The matches are spectaculer, the choreography of the fight is so real and they take so much from the real world that it feels like you could meet ippo sometime.The characteers are so fun and real, ippo is your average protagonist going from being bullied to being the best, which is basic but who says thats a bad thing? Seeing the happines on everyone This is my favorite anime of all time and now i wanna be a boxer for real,this anime changed my life really

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