Chapter 359

The Bright Stars
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 360
Chapter	359
Previous	Chapter 358
Volume	40
Japanese Title	Ｔｈｅ　Ｂｒｉｇｈｔ　Ｓｔａｒｓ (ザ・ブライト・スターズ)
Romanized Title	Ｔｈｅ　Ｂｒｉｇｈｔ　Ｓｔａｒｓ (Za Buraito Sutāzu)
Pages	19
Arc	Battle of Hawk Arc
Episode	Round 14 (Season 2) (p.1-13, 15-19)
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #36-37, 1997 (cover date): August 20-27, 1997
Release (JP)	August 6, 1997

The Bright Stars is Round 359 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Kumi Mashiba, Hachi, Ginpachi Nekota, Masaru Aoki, Tomiko

Summary

Everyone begins lighting their sparklers and fireworks, as their summer training camp is coming to an end. Kimura and Itagaki announces that Takamura is not coming due to being cursed, which causes Aoki to cheer. As everyone is having fun, Takamura looks on, claiming Aoki and Kimura are dead men. As Ippo and Itagaki does not seem fazed that Takamura is gone, the latter states that is four dead men as he lights up fireworks aimed at the party, but the fireworks did not light up. The group then notices Takamura, who states he will just go back, as he will just get in the way. After Ippo and Itagaki's sweet talk and everyone cheering for him, Takamura finally joins the party, as he orders everyone around. Itagaki asks Ippo how his first training camp went, the latter explained he was hoping to be the "Rookie King" at the time. Nekota states that the fireworks are just like boxers, but Takamura insists that they are the stars above them. Takamura's fireworks from earlier start going off towards their direction as they run away.