Chapter 673

Killer Instinct Once Again
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 674
Chapter	673
Previous	Chapter 672
Volume	72
Japanese Title	殺意再び
Romanized Title	Satsui Futatabi
Pages	14
Arc	Chaos Arc
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #2-3, 2005 (cover date: January 3-4, 2005)
Release (JP)	December 8, 2004

Killer Instinct Once Again is Round 673 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Ryō Mashiba, Ryūhei Sawamura

Summary

At the Kamogawa gym, Aoki and Kimura read a Monthly Boxing Fan magazine that covered theirs and Takamura's recent match, irritated that the cover and feature are about Takamura, while they got a small section. Ippo mentions that they should have had more coverage, and that if they had slipped up, Kamogawa would have yelled at them, so they must have been tough opponents. Aoki and Kimura are overjoyed by Ippo's thoughtful words. Aoki then reads out a section about Mashiba's seventh JBC junior lightweight title defence match against Sawamura, where it covers what Ippo said his prediction was. Aoki and Kimura make fun of Ippo since all he said was "I don't know". Ippo explains that Mashiba has gained a lot of experience since he last fought him and doesn't see him losing, but Sawamura, who was hard for him to defeat, has went up a weight class and has gotten stronger. Itagaki wonders why Mashiba requested to fight Sawamura, and decides to go ask him, since he already is going to spar against him anyway. Ippo and Kumi goes to the Hirosue. There, Kumi mentions to Ippo about him not saying that Mashiba would win in the magazine. Kumi expresses how she is worried about Mashiba since ever since the match got decided, Mashiba has been saying dangerous things about Sawamura. Ippo wonders why Mashiba would want to go after Sawamura so bad, and suddenly realises something. Itagaki and Shinoda arrives to the Tōhō gym, and before Itagaki spars with Mashiba, the former asks why he wants to fight Sawamura. Mashiba comments that he realised that he has been lacking something ever since his match against Kimura, and tells Itagaki that he better not tell anyone about what he is about to say.