Wiki Ippo
Wiki Ippo


Becoming a Bully's Buddy is Round 12 of the Hajime no Ippo anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

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Ippo goes to school the day after his match. His classmates are surprised as he expected, but after lunch, no one talked to him. Ippo goes upstairs to the roof to eat, when he is stopped by Umezawa and his gang. They ask Ippo how he defeated his opponent at the debut match. After Ippo tells them, they ask when his next match is, then runs away, failing to apologise as originally planned. At the Kamogawa gym, Fujii arrives, Takamura walks over, thinking Fujii is here to see him, but Fujii asks Yagi for Ippo. Fujii oversees Ippo and Kamogawa mitt training, he notices Ippo is doing the Peek-a-Boo Style and biting his thumbs like Mike Tyson. After Ippo's training is over, he receives a video of Miyata's previous match from Fujii. That night, Ippo watches Miyata's previous match in his room. The next day, Kamogawa enters the gym and announces Ippo's second match is against Yoshio Fujiwara of the Maeda gym. The day of the match, Umezawa and gang arrives to the Kōrakuen Hall and doubts Ippo will win. Ippo and Fujiwara enters the ring, Umezawa notices Ippo's opponent looks fearsome. The gong sounds and round one begins. Ippo and Fujiwara starts throwing punches at each other. Fujiwara tries to land a counter, but Ippo's strong guard made the counter have no effect. After Ippo lands multiple hits, Fujiwara steps in and intentionally headbutts him, causing Ippo to go down, he gets up at the count of five. The match continues and Ippo throws more punches at Fujiwara, the latter goes for a second headbutt. The referee pauses the match and warns Fujiwara to watch his head, Ippo learns that Fujiwara is headbutting intentionally. The match continues, Ippo and Fujiwara exchange punches once again. Ippo winning the exchange and predicting a headbutt coming, unleashes an uppercut that downs Fujiwara and wins the match. The next day at school, Umezawa forces Ippo to follow him. He is greeted by a group of delinquents, Umezawa explains to the group about Ippo's match, and calls Ippo his friend.

Anime-Manga Differences[]

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

  • The poster for Ippo and Fujiwara's match is seen more clearly, making the kanji visible rather than unreadable dots in the manga.

Credits[]

Characters are named as they appear in the credits.

Role English Name Japanese Rōmaji English Voice Actor
Ippo Makunouchi Kōhei Kiyasu 喜安 浩平 Kiyasu Kōhei Steve Cannon
Mamoru Takamura Rikiya Koyama 小山 力也 Koyama Rikiya Eddie Frierson
Coach Kamogawa Kenji Utsumi 内海 賢二 Utsumi Kenji Richard George
Masaru Aoki Wataru Takagi 高木 渉 Takagi Wataru
Tatsuya Kimura Keiji Fujiwara 藤原 啓治 Fujiwara Keiji
Manager Yagi Toshihiko Nakajima 中嶋 聡彦 Nakajima Toshihiko George Z. Cole
Reporter Fujii Ken'ichi Ono 小野 健一 Ono Ken'ichi
Ippo's Mother Yorie Terauchi 寺内 よりえ Terauchi Yorie
Kumi Mashiba Sanae Kobayashi 小林 沙苗 Kobayashi Sanae
Masahiko Umezawa Mitsuaki Madono 真殿 光昭 Madono Mitsuaki Ron Allen
Takemura Kōichi Hasebe 長谷部 浩一 Hasebe Kōichi Edward Zilla
Matsuda Shin'ichi Namiki 並木 伸一 Namiki Shin'ichi Terry Roberts
Yoshio Fujiwara Fumihiko Tachiki 立木 文彦 Tachiki Fumihiko
Referee Shōji Izumi 泉 尚摯 Izumi Shōji
Male Students Takeshi Sasaki
Makoto Higo
佐々木 健
肥後 誠
Sasaki Takeshi
Higo Makoto
Female Students Shōko Kikuchi
Yumiko Kobayashi
菊地 祥子
小林 由美子
Kikuchi Shōko
Kobayashi Yumiko
Kumi's Friend Mayako Nigo 仁後 真耶子 Nigo Mayako

Episode Credits[]

Role English Name Japanese Rōmaji
Screenplay Kazuyuki Fudeyasu 筆安 一幸 Fudeyasu Kazuyuki
Storyboard Yasuhiro Matsumura 松村 やすひろ Matsumura Yasuhiro
Director Yasuhiro Matsumura
(Jun Shishido)
松村 やすひろ
(宍戸 淳)
Matsumura Yasuhiro
(Shishido Jun)
Animation Director Li Hao-shan 李 豪善 Lǐ Háoshàn

Arc Navigation[]

Rookie King Tournament: First Rounder Arc
Manga Volumes
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Manga Rounds
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Anime Rounds
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