Chapter 356

Exclamation on the Beach
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 357
Chapter	356
Previous	Chapter 355
Volume	40
Japanese Title	絶叫ビーチ
Romanized Title	Zekkyō Bīchi
Pages	19
Arc	Battle of Hawk Arc
Episode	Round 13 (Season 2) (p.2-18)
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #33, 1997 (cover date): July 30, 1997
Release (JP)	July 16, 1997

Exclamation on the Beach is Round 356 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Masaru Aoki

Summary

Aoki says to Ippo that he should end the 'just friends' relationship with Kumi tonight, much to Ippo's distress. That night, Ippo and Kumi decide to take a walk out at the beach. Standing near the water, Ippo tells Kumi an old story about riptides that terrifies her, they then watch fireworks. Then at the beach, Takamura, Kimura, and Itagaki are sneaking up on a couple. Takamura then goes up to the couple and fondles the woman's breast. Then as soon as one of the fireworks blast into the sky, the couple is revealed to be Aoki and Tomiko Everyone notices each other and is shocked at the horrific scene and with Aoki angry at Takamura everyone runs away. Takamura finds himself in the middle of the water, he tries to get out, but hands are preventing his escape, after thinking about the world title, he escapes the grip. Kimura and Itagaki then finds Nekota and Hachi beaten on the ground with Takamura flailing in the water. Back at the hotel, Aoki leaves after getting drunk, leaving Ippo and Kumi by themselves. Kumi and Ippo talk about how they first met, Ippo then says he has something to say to her.