Chapter 793

The Shape of Talent
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 794
Chapter	793
Previous	Chapter 792
Volume	83
Japanese Title	石の形
Romanized Title	Ishi no Katachi
Pages	18
Arc	Red Lightning Arc
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #49, 2007 (cover date: November 21, 2007)
Release (JP)	November 7, 2007

The Shape of Talent is Round 793 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Mamoru Takamura, Ippo Makunouchi, Manabu Itagaki, Masaru Aoki, Tatsuya Kimura

Summary

Fujii stops by the Kamogawa gym hoping to interview Ippo, but he isn't there. Instead he interviews Kimura, Aoki, and Itagaki about the upcoming Class A Tournament. While there, they ask Fujii to fill out a power grid on them. Kimura and Aoki's are round shaped. Itagaki doesn't know if his is good or not. Fujii explains that if one imagines there's a sifter, the boxing world is a dangerous one where people are constantly falling through the cracks. They all get thrown together and shaken around and the smaller rounder a stone is, the faster it will fall. He adds that big stones like Takamura don't fall and make themselves home in the pro ring where they have long careers. There is another type of rock that doesn't fall, rocks that are smaller than the holes in the sifter, but are shaped so they don't fall, the pointy stones. He thinks Ippo is one of them. By using specialised techniques and weapons, Itagaki doesn't fall through, and has a good chance to survive. Fujii starts to remember Ippo's Class A Tournament, and he thinks Itagaki is going to be the one to watch in the future. He wonders if Itagaki will fall through the cracks, or survive. Ippo is now able to walk around after taking damage from the match. While he is fishing, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki stop by. They notice Ippo being careful with his net. Aoki thinks the fish will be big, and calls it "Masaru." When Ippo lifts the net, the fish falls through. Kimura and Itagaki make fun of Aoki, saying that the Masaru fell through.