Episode 13 (Season 3)

Life-Saving Fists
Episode Information
Previous	The Dempsey Break Perfected
Episode	Season 3 #13
Next	Empowering Words
Japanese Title	活人の拳
Romanized Title	Katsu Hito no Ken
Arc	Dragon Slayer Arc
Manga	Round 497 (p.6-15) Round 498 (p.1-12, 14-19) Round 499 (p.1-13) Round 500 (p.1, 4-13) Round 501 (p.1-16) Round 502 (p.1-5, 7-15, 18-19)
Air dates
Japanese	January 4, 2014
Music
Opening	Yakan Hikō
Ending	Buchikome!!

Life-Saving Fists is Round 13 of the Hajime no Ippo: Rising anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Details

• Locations Introduced: Inoue Emergency Hospital

Summary

After using the New Dempsey Roll for a second time it was finally, for an end. And for last, the fearsome match ends with the winner Ippo. Sawamura left on a stretcher, and went immediately to the hospital. Sendō visited him saying that still not even the Owari dragon couldn't win Ippo.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• In the manga, after round six, Kawabe went to Sawamura's corner to try an encourage him, however, Sawamura spat on his face. In the anime, this is removed.
• In the manga, after Ippo won and thanked the audience, he fell down and had to be carried by Takamura to his waiting room. In the anime, he fell down, but it doesn't show Takamura carrying him.
• In the manga, after Sendō talked about Ippo's fists, Sawamura hurts himself trying to kick him out. Sendō then informed Sawamura about how Kawabe came from the same institution as him, making him like his senpai. Sendō left his room afterwards and told Kawabe that Sawamura wanted to eat a grade A steak with him when he gets out. In the anime, these scenes are removed.
• The anime removed a scene of Kumi going to Ippo's waiting room and being asked by the Kamogawa gym boxers to walk him home.
• Ippo's flashback that happens after this match was moved to the first episode of this season.

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
Ryūhei Sawamura	Shin'ichirō Miki	三木 眞一郎	Miki Shin'ichirō
Mamoru Takamura	Rikiya Koyama	小山 力也	Koyama Rikiya
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
Ichirō Miyata	Tomokazu Seki	関 智一	Seki Tomokazu
Takeshi Sendō	Masaya Onosaka	小野坂 昌也	Onosaka Masaya
Eiji Date	Masaki Aizawa	相沢 まさき	Aizawa Masaki
Oniyaritome Coach	Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi	水内 清光	Mizuuchi Kiyomitsu
Haruhiko Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko
Kawabe	Yūya Murakami	村上 裕哉	Murakami Yūya
Kumi Mashiba	Saori Hayashi	林 沙織	Hayashi Saori
Referee	Hisashi Izumi	いずみ 尚	Izumi Hisashi
Audience	Shigeyuki Susaki	須嵜 成幸	Susaki Shigeyuki
Live Announcer	Masashi Funakoshi (Nippon Television)	船越 雅史 （日本テレビ）	Funakoshi Masashi (Nihon Terebi)
Coach Kamogawa	Shōzō Īzuka	飯塚 昭三	Īzuka Shōzō

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Hideo Takayashiki	高屋敷 英夫	Takayashiki Hideo
Storyboard	Hashinojō Nakamurabashi	中村橋 橋乃丞	Nakamurabashi Hashinojō
Director	Lee Jongh-yeon Shun Kudō (Assistant Director)	久藤 瞬	Kudō Shun
Animation Director	Park Chang-hwan