On a Whim is Round 1493 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Characters Introduced: Dynamite Glove Commentator (Osakan)
- Title Page Character(s): None
Summary[]
Inside the Osaka-jō Hall, the commentator tries to train co-commentators Takamura and Date to emphasise the "ga" and "ger" in "omega" and "tiger" to hype up the audience, however, the two co-commentators struggle doing it. Outside, a huge crowd of Sendō fans are excited as Ippo feels like it is still very hot even though it is at night, wanting to be careful to not get dehydrated. When Ippo goes inside the venue, he comes across Takamura and Date who are getting drinks. Takamura and Date explains to Ippo how they were called in to be commentators for the match. While Date claims that he is the only one in Japan to cross fists with Ricardo, Takamura adds that since the one who got defeated by Ricardo wasn't enough, they also called in "the strongest in the universe" to give commentary from the perspective of the Gods. Then, Takamura and Date start arguing with each other until Miyata walks by and points out that people are watching. Miyata has Ippo follow him to the audience area since they both got tickets from Sendō.
When Ippo and Miyata sit down, Mari arrives to her seat, sitting next to them. Ippo offers Miyata and Mari water as he is worried about the heat. Mari thinks Ippo got way too many bottles of water with him, noting how he may not be able to drink all of them since the match should end quickly. Miyata and Mari believe the odds are stacked in Ricardo's favour. Ippo is unable to imagine it ending quickly and asks Miyata what he meant yesterday when he mentioned how Sendō was using his anti-Ricardo strategy. Miyata reveals that during their spar when Sendō pulled his punch mid-swing, it wasn't a feint like Ippo thought, it was merely a whim. He explains how Sendō just felt that the right wouldn't land, so he switched to his left to attack, adding that no one ever knows what he will do, and the accuracy of his whims or unnaturally high. Miyata adds that Sendō was easy to beat when he sparred with him since he fought strategically and used his head. Mari thinks that Miyata has the advantage if it is conventional and rational boxing. Miyata notes that Ricardo isn't even a comparison, as he will see through anything that is hastily put together and that when he sparred against him, it felt hopeless. Miyata adds that something has happened to make Sendō return to his original wildness. Mari claims that Ricardo already has a strategy against wildness as seen in his match against Wally. Miyata points out that Sendō and Wally are two different types of "wild," and that's one of the things that undermines Ricardo's incredible perception. Ippo realises what Miyata means: noting that while Wally is a primate, Sendō is a carnivore.
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| King vs. Tiger | |||||||||||||||||||
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