At the Beach House is Round 1155 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Locations Introduced: Neko's Beach House
- Title Page Character(s): Genji Kamogawa
Summary[]
Kamogawa heads to the beach, and he sees Nekota trying to sell corn in an obscene manner and attacks him for it. Nekota mentions he is at his Neko's Beach House, but Kamogawa notes it says "Neko" but all he sees is worn out dogs. Nekota tells Kamogawa that his dogs aren't active during the day because of the sun, but they do draw in customers, and he wonders why Kamogawa is there. Kamogawa wanted to have a serious talk with him, and tells him to wear some clothes. Nekota and Kamogawa start competing against each other by eating snow cones, but end up getting head aches from eating too fast. Nekota mentions they compete over everything, but they never can settle the score. Nekota mention if he hasn't been punch drunk, and Kamogawa tells him that is what he wanted to talk to him about, since he thinks Ippo might be punch drunk. Nekota tells Kamogawa what it was like for him in the past when he first started to become punch drunk. He would have shaky hands, sudden headaches, sleepy out of nowhere, gaps in memory, and he had to be careful not to say anything that might tip anyone off, where it made him incredibly lonely. Kamogawa thinks even if it just suspicion, he shouldn't let Ippo box anymore, where he would make him retire. Nekota disagrees with it, and he calls Kamogawa a coward, since he hasn't taken Ippo's feeling into consideration. Kamogawa tells him he is doing his duty as his trainer, since this isn't like the old day, where he can't afford to overlook even a single possibility. Nekota tells Kamogawa he doesn't have any regrets since he saw it through. He didn't stop because of suspicions, or wonder "what if" like Ippo might. He tells Kamogawa to wait till the end of summer before he makes his decision about Ippo. Nekota tells Kamogawa he is being overprotecting, when he should worry about his own health. Kamogawa thinks Nekota is showing his old age for caring about him. They end up getting into a fight about it.