Episode 10 (Season 3)

The Face of Determination
Episode Information
Previous	The Devil's Scenario
Episode	Season 3 #10
Next	Fearless Challenger
Japanese Title	決断の表情（カオ）
Romanized Title	Ketsudan no Hyōjō (Kao)
Arc	Dragon Slayer Arc
Manga	Round 477 (p.6-16) Round 478 (p.2-19) Round 479 (p 1-17) Round 480 (p.1-5, 8-17)
Air dates
Japanese	December 7, 2013
Music
Opening	Yakan Hikō
Ending	Buchikome!!

The Face of Determination is Round 10 of the Hajime no Ippo: Rising anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Summary

Outside the Kamogawa gym, Kimura , Itagaki and Aoki were looking at the poster of the match and thinking about Ippo having a hard time against Sawamura. Then Tomoko came to visit the gym, because Kamogawa called her. Itagaki asked Aoki who is the nice lady. Right when Aoki explained to Itagaki who she is, Kamogawa opens the doors and says what are you doing here, you must come in and see Ippo. When they go in the gym the see Ippo down, and therapist went trying to see where he is hurt. Aoki and Kimura asked Kamogawa about what Ippo went in, and Kamogawa said that he took a big step forward. He evolved the Dempsey Roll. Tomoko said that she will not allow it, but because Ippo cannot defeat Sawamura without it, she said that he can use it only two times, or else it will shorten his life as a boxer if he goes beyond the limit. After the opening, we see Sawamura riding his bike, and saying to himself that his senses are sharper now. A street gang thew a pipe at his bike's wheel then Sawamura stands up and is ready to fight them like they were. Meanwhile Kawabe passes by and see's Sawamura's bike, telling himself what is it doing here until he turns back. Sawamura defeated all of them and was ready to kill the person he was holding, until Kawabe saw it and stopped him from feeding his madness. After Kawabe stopped him, Sawamura had the ticket for the match and gave it to Kawabe, saying he will become best in Japan. Then Sawamura left and Kawabe stayed there saying that he was wrong about introducing him to boxing, and it's the only way to feed his madness. The next morning Kumi was waiting Ippo to give him lunch after the weigh-in. Mashiba followed his sister and saying that Ippo is meeting a woman after match, he is pathetic. At the same time in the weigh-in, Sawamura was holding Ippo's hand and saying his meet is rough, until Ippo backed off his hand. Sawamura was itching for a fight and Ippo said that tomorrow night they will fight in the ring fair and square with rules. After the weigh-in Ippo threw a punch at the wall, and Yagi said that she is waiting for Ippo outside, and to relax. After Ippo went out from the Hall, Kawabe was their and told him to win this match, for Sawamura to realise there are stronger people out there. Ippo said he will do what he cans to defeat him. Sawamura saw what Kawabe said to him and thought he was the only ally he has in the world. When Ippo head out, while he was going up the stairs he saw Kumi waiting, and her brother. Ippo said what her brother is doing here and Kumi said that he followed her at the place. Meanwhile they walk, Mashiba see's a bike and said he will take it for a little spin. Kumi stops him, then Sawamura comes up almost throwing a straight punch to Kumi. That was Sawamura's motorcycle. Mashiba gotten angry with Sawamura and they were already for a fight, until Ippo interrupts the fight saying i will fight him the ring tomorrow night. He is my enemy. Sawamura says that theirs nothing within that little square the ring. And lives while saying that you he will cry when defeat Ippo. Later that day Ippo is thinking of how strong he is, Wanpo his pet jumps on him while he was worries. Umezawa came and seat next to him saying that he is not strong like Sendō or Date from back when he fought them and Ippo saying he might be better. The time has come for the match, and Miyata, Sendō and Date came to watch the match. When they entered, Sendō said to Miyata if he knows how to stop the Dempsey Roll. Miyata said that he knows how to and Date says that's why you two were not in a good mood. Meanwhile at Ippo's boxing side while waiting for his turn for the fight, Umezawa says to him that he has something to say from Volg, Kamogawa says get ready the bell rung. Umezawa tells Ippo to wait and tell him what is it, he says Udachi Tebe Synok (I pray for your success my son) and then Ippo says Spasibo, Mat' (Thank you, Mother) . Then at Sawamura's room, Karil tells him to wake up for the match and right when he says that, Sawamura sees his dark past that when he killed his father, and mother left him alone. He rises up ready to eat the meat...to fight Ippo. Before Ippo and Sawamura come out, the crowd saw some big boxing names up on the stairs, Takamura and his gym mates, the former Japanese champions, Date , Sendō Takeshi, the OPBF champion Miyata, and the JBC junior lightweight champion Mashiba. The announcer comes out and says (And now the JBC Featherweight Title Match Begins!.)

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• In the manga, Ippo and Umezawa's conversation happened before the weigh-in with Sawamura. In the anime, it occurs after the weigh-in.
• In the manga, Sawamura's backstory was shown while Sawamura and Sendō were thinking about how they met.In the anime, it was shown while Sawamura was in his waiting room before his match with Ippo began.
• The anime removed a scene at the Makunouchi Fishing Boat after the weigh-in with Sawamura, where Hiroko told Umezawa how Ippo shut himself in his room and did not eat dinner ever since he got back from the weigh-in and Ippo was visibly angry in his room while remembering Sawamura hitting Kumi.

Credits

Characters are named as they appear in the credits.

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Ippo Makunouchi	Kōhei Kiyasu	喜安 浩平	Kiyasu Kōhei
Ryō Mashiba	Masahiko Tanaka	田中 正彦	Tanaka Masahiko
Eiji Date	Masaki Aizawa	相沢 まさき	Aizawa Masaki
Ichirō Miyata	Tomokazu Seki	関 智一	Seki Tomokazu
Takeshi Sendō	Masaya Onosaka	小野坂 昌也	Onosaka Masaya
Ryūhei Sawamura	Shin'ichirō Miki	三木 眞一郎	Miki Shin'ichirō
Masaru Aoki	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru
Tatsuya Kimura	Keiji Fujiwara	藤原 啓治	Fujiwara Keiji
Manabu Itagaki	Daisuke Namikawa	浪川 大輔	Namikawa Daisuke
Haruhiko Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko
Masahiko Umezawa	Mitsuaki Madono	真殿 光昭	Madono Mitsuaki
Kumi Mashiba	Saori Hayashi	林 沙織	Hayashi Saori
Tomoko Yamaguchi	Yūko Kobayashi	小林 優子	Kobayashi Yūko
Oniyaritome Coach	Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi	水内 清光	Mizuuchi Kiyomitsu
Minoru Fujii	Ken'ichi Ono	小野 健一	Ono Ken'ichi
Kawabe	Yūya Murakami	村上 裕哉	Murakami Yūya
Ring Announcer	Shigeyuki Susaki	須嵜 成幸	Susaki Shigeyuki
Coach Kamogawa	Shōzō Īzuka	飯塚 昭三	Īzuka Shōzō

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Atsuo Ishino	石野 敦夫	Ishino Atsuo
Storyboard	Noboru Furuse	古瀬 登	Furuse Noboru
Director	Akira Mano Shun Kudō (Assistant Director)	真野 玲 久藤 瞬	Mano Akira Kudō Shun
Animation Director	Miyuki Katayama Kazunori Aoki Michinosuke Nakamura Hideyuki Usutani Masayuki Fujita Naoki Aisaka	片山 みゆき 青木 一紀 中村 路之将 薄谷 栄之 藤田 正幸 相坂 直紀	Katayama Miyuki Aoki Kazunori Nakamura Michinosuke Usutani Hideyuki Fujita Masayuki Aisaka Naoki