Chapter 398

Champion Commemoration Sale
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 399
Chapter	398
Previous	Chapter 397
Volume	45
Japanese Title	王座奪取記念セール
Romanized Title	Ōza Dasshu Kinen Sēru
Pages	20
Arc	Battle of Hawk Arc
Episode	Round 25 (Season 2) (p.1-19)
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #30, 1998 (cover date): July 8, 1998
Release (JP)	June 24, 1998

Champion Commemoration Sale is Round 398 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Misc. Introduced: Statue of Takamura
• Title Page Character(s): Genji Kamogawa, Haruhiko Yagi

Summary

After Kamogawa scolds Takamura for his victory speech, everyone walks home. That night, Ippo watches TV and sees Takamura on live broadcast. One week later, at the gym, a package for Takamura gets delivered. Being to heavy to move, Aoki decides to open it, revealing it to be a bronze statue of Takamura. Aoki tries to move the statue, however the statue falls on top of him, resulting in one of the statue's arms being broken. Takamura then enters the gym, wearing a suit and glasses, stating he's not trying to stand out, however people still ask for autographs, Ippo then points out that it's because he's wearing his champion belt. Takamura then notices his bronze Statue of Takamura came in, he then shows the group a box of three hundred mini versions of the statue. When he states the price of the mini statues, Aoki tries giving him business advice to lower the cost until Takamura notices Aoki's holding the broken arm of the big statue. Takamura doesn't get angry about the broken arm, despite everyone's prediction, he does however, announce a way for payment. The next day, Ippo notices the statue's arm is fixed and that Aoki is away from the gym. When Ippo asks where Aoki is, Kimura states that he is selling mini Takamura statues across the country for a price higher than the original.