Coach's Training, or The President's Tough Training in the official K Manga English translation is Round 8 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Locations Introduced: Iwata's Chinese Noodles
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi
Summary[]
As Ippo begins his training with Kamogawa, the former begins to feel fatigue from the running. Kamogawa asks if Ippo truly wants to defeat Miyata's counter and he answers by persevering. Returning to the Kamogawa gym, Kamogawa teaches Ippo about absorbing half the damage of a counter by stepping into the punch. Ippo then spends the next few days going through various body strengthening exercises.
While in the shower Takamura catches Ippo with a towel on, and making fun of him for hiding behind the towel, decides to pull it off only to realise that Ippo is "bigger" than he is. As a form of apology, he takes Ippo to Iwata's Chinese Noodles. Upon arrival they are met by fellow gym member Masaru Aoki who works there as a chef, and reveals that he wishes to open a restaurant with prize money after he retires, to which Takamura jokingly replies that Aoki's cooking is much better than his boxing. Takamura mentions how he will have to stop eating and taking showers in order to stay in the middleweight ranking. Upon hearing this Ippo realises that everyone works hard to box for their own reasons and resolves to work harder himself.
Two months later Ippo has showed a near-impossible amount of growth. After a mitt practice session where Kamogawa feels firsthand Ippo's power, he decides it is time for the rematch and schedules the bout for the next day. As Miyata's father talks with his son, the latter reveals that he has already created a counter for Ippo's uppercut.
Trivia[]
- In the official K Manga English translation of the chapter, Mamoru Takamura's penis is removed in page 8.
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