Chapter 358

The Spirit of Number 2
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 359
Chapter	358
Previous	Chapter 357
Volume	40
Japanese Title	No.2の気骨
Romanized Title	Nanbā 2 no Kikotsu
Pages	20
Arc	Battle of Hawk Arc
Episode	Round 14 (Season 2) (p.1-19)
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #35, 1997 (cover date): August 13, 1997
Release (JP)	July 30, 1997

The Spirit of Number 2 is Round 358 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

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

Summary

Itagaki asks if it is alright not to hold back during the spar, Ippo agrees and will not hold back either. The two start their spar with Aoki as Ippo's second and Takamura as Itagaki's. The spar begins and Ippo notices Itagaki's speed and rhythm. Ippo manages to get Itagaki to the ropes and uses combinations to knock him down. Itagaki gets back up and the two continue to spar until Itagaki passes out on the third round. Itagaki states he is not trying to copy Ippo, as an out boxer, he wants to counter Ippo's in-fighting style to beat someone similar to him. As Itagaki was always number two as an amateur, he wants to be number one by surpassing the current number one. Nekota brings over fireworks, Takamura wants to do them during the day, as he warns during the night, there are ghosts out. That night, as everyone gets ready for the fireworks, Takamura goes to the bathroom and finds a sea slater in his stool, which he believes is part of his 'curse'.