You're Strong is Round 1229 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Teru Okazaki, Masahiko Umezawa
- Characters Introduced: Raikuma (Mentioned)
Summary[]
Ippo and Umezawa are shocked in amazement when they see Teru's drawings. Ippo compared the drawing that he did with a lot of practice, to Teru's drawing that he did in memory and notices Teru's drawing is better. Umezawa then suggests taking Teru to his sensei, Raikuma, as he is looking for assistants, but Teru disagrees as he wants to stay with Umezawa. Umezawa however, wants Teru to make money and be big in the industry, but Teru doesn't care about that as he only wants to study manga. Umezawa then asks about Teru's story, when he finds out that Teru was bullied and Ippo drove the bullies away, and Teru's feelings about bullying, Umezawa does a dogeza. Umezawa asks Ippo to forgive him, he then finds out Ippo also did a dogeza to drive away the bullies. Teru asks if it was difficult for Ippo to do that, he replies that his pride is not worth much and he will bow his head as much as he needs. Ippo asks Teru why he did not disappear like he wished to do, Teru wanted to die so the bullies would regret it, but knew that the bullies would not care or be affected and would just find someone else to replace him. Ippo then tells Teru that he is strong and because he is strong, something good came along as he met Umezawa. As it is getting late, Ippo leaves Umezawa's place as Teru gives his thanks to him. Ippo then remembers the time when Miyata did a dogeza. At that point their paths grew farther and then Kamogawa ordered Ippo to move up and that was when Ippo got back into the ring. Ippo still held hope that he and Miyata would cross paths again as he kept on fighting. Now their paths are cut short, never to be crossed again. Back at Kōrakuen Hall, Ippo scouts out an opponent that Itagaki might face and an opponent Aoki might face. Then, the announcer announces the main event, the OPBF featherweight title match is starting, as Miyata and his father gets ready to enter the ring.