Baldychu and Me is Round 1249 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Title Page Character(s): Kumi Mashiba, Ryō Mashiba
Summary[]
As Kumi is about to kiss Ippo's bald head, she has memories about the Baldychu plush that her brother once threw out. Kumi stops herself and gives Taihei and Kintarō a glare after she notices them watching. Ippo catches a fish and invites everyone for dinner. Kumi then tells Taihei and Kintarō that the kiss didn't count and to erase it from there minds, scaring the two. Hiroko welcomes everyone as they begin to eat. At the Kamogawa gym, Takamura finds Ippo, Taihei and Kintarō sweeping outside and begins messing up with them. As Aoki and Kimura watches, Kimura asks how Aoki feels about Taihei becoming a boxer. He replies that he will just have to watch over him. Ippo, Taihei, and Kintarō goes near a tree to take a break after roadwork. Seeing the tree, reminds himself of the time when he did the leaf catching. Taihei tells Ippo that he cheated, as he threw sand to blind him and was already holding leaves. Ippo replies that it's fine, as all he needs to do is pour his heart and soul into boxing. Ippo explains to the two that boxing is a slug fest and doesn't mind if they think that it is an extension to street fighting. He continues stating that doing only what they want to do doesn't equal doing only what's fun. Someone behind the tree says that he concurs, then reveals himself to be Miyata.
Trivia[]
- Like in Chapter 1248, there is a reference to the popular Pokémon, Pikachu with Ippo Makunouchi's bald head reminding Kumi Mashiba of "Baldychu".