Chapter 515

Certain Suspicions
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 516
Chapter	515
Previous	Chapter 514
Volume	57
Japanese Title	ある種の疑惑
Romanized Title	Arushuno Giwaku
Pages	20
Arc	A Passing Point Arc
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #14, 2001 (cover date): March 21, 2001
Release (JP)	March 7, 2001

Certain Suspicions is Round 515 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: David Eagle
• Title Page Character(s): Mamoru Takamura, Ichirō Miyata

Summary

Miyata throws his punch at Takamura's hand and notices that Takamura didn't move at all from it. Takamura tells Miyata that he is pushed forward and uses all his strength in his chest and shoulders which is not good. Takamura has Miyata put his left close to his body while punching, making Miyata's right have more impact. Takamura explains that when he pulls his left hand away from his body, he forces him to use his chest, making it easier to throw the punch but makes it less effective, however, with the left hand close to the chest, it will pull the power from his back. He adds that it is why he has trouble throwing punches outside of a straight line. Takamura notes that another reason his stance has widened is because of his lack of stamina, advising him to run, even alone if he has to. Miyata asks if the training camp was for him, which Takamura answers that he just sucks so bad he couldn't watch it anymore, and also Miyata will always be one of his precious kōhai. Miyata thanks Takamura, walking away while thinking that Takamura should be focused on his match and all of his doubts about Takamura aren't disappearing. At the Makunouchi Fishing Boat, Ippo, Itagaki, Aoki, and Kimura watch one of WBC middleweight world champion David "Golden" Eagle's matches, shocked by how powerful he is. After Aoki, Itagaki, and Kimura leave, Ippo gets a call from Miyata, which causes Ippo to be ecstatic. Miyata tells Ippo about how the training camp is going and asks Ippo if Takamura has been acting strangely or had accidents lately. Ippo claims that he hasn't. Miyata guesses that he just has been tense and was reading too much into it. However, after getting off the phone, Miyata feels as if something doesn't feel right. Ippo remembers Miyata telling him that Takamura described his punch as a "mosquito bite", and remembers that Takamura couldn't sleep one night because of a mosquito in his apartment, wondering what it means.