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.
Details[]
- Characters Introduced: Yoshio Fujiwara, Yoshio's Coach, Shūmitsuru Abe, Daisuke Haseyama, Ryūhei Inoue, Shin'ya Matsui, Keigo Nakamura, Toshi Saitō, Jin Sakuragi, Shin'ichi Takada, Kenji Takayama, Kazuyuki Watanabe
- Locations Introduced: Maeda Boxing Gym, Hirata Boxing Gym, Kawada Boxing Gym, Maiasa Boxing Gym, Maido Boxing Gym, Ōmori Boxing Gym, Funabashi Boxing Gym
- Styles Introduced: Peek-a-Boo Style
- Real Life People Mentioned: Mike Tyson
Summary[]
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 |
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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 |
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Female Students | Shōko Kikuchi Yumiko Kobayashi |
菊地 祥子 小林 由美子 |
Kikuchi Shōko Kobayashi Yumiko |
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Kumi's Friend | Mayako Nigo | 仁後 真耶子 | Nigo Mayako |
Episode Credits[]
Role | English Name | Japanese | Rōmaji |
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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 |
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