Mother is Round 1225 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Characters: Wanpo, Hiroko Makunouchi
Summary[]
As Ippo is walking home, Wanpo starts barking and his mother makes him dinner. Ippo gets home and talks about Kimura's match over dinner, talking about how great it is to be a second, wondering if Kamogawa feels the same. Hiroko asks if being a second made him want to box again, Ippo states it did but as a trainer. Ippo continues, with saying that he wants to train boxers in order to be there with Kamogawa, who Ippo believes has a bad taste in his mouth due to leaving. After dinner, Ippo tells Hiroko that being a second means being the second star. After hearing Hiroko say Ippo's stronger than his father, he states he's no match for his father. While looking at their family photo, Hiroko remembers the time when Ippo was younger. At the Kōrakuen Hall, with Ippo as his second, Aoki wins with a KO with a Frog Punch. Then, Itagaki's match begins, after using the Neck Spin and a counter, the first round ends. After asking how he did, Ippo states he did it all wrong.