Episode 21 (Season 3)

At the End of the Death Match
Episode Information
Previous	Unforgettable Teachings
Episode	Season 3 #21
Next	Flower of Hope
Japanese Title	死闘の果てに
Romanized Title	Shitō no Hate ni
Arc	A Passing Point Arc Spirit of a Weed Arc
Manga	Round 552 (p.1-19) Round 553 (p.1-13) Round 554 (p.1-17) Round 555 (p.2-18) Round 556 (p.1-9) Round 557 (p.1-13, 16-17) Round 558 (p.11, 14)
Air dates
Japanese	March 1, 2014
Music
Opening	Yakan Hikō
Ending	Buchikome!!

At the End of the Death Match is Round 21 of the Hajime no Ippo: Rising anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Summary

The death match continues with both fighters injured, until Takamura's left eye gets swallowed and cannot see, the same goes for the other eye which has blood on it. Takamura gets beaten up, until he says that he will hit to the training mitts, that Kamogawa has. He doesn't miss were to hit, and he rushes in while he is completely blind, by only see his foots below in front of him. Punches of Takamura do not miss the mark, and Eagle is almost losing control on winning against him. As Takamura continues to throw punches, with his vision completely black, he finally gets Eagle to the ground. Takamura does not stop throwing punches in the air, until Kamogawa stops him. Eagle, was on the canvas unconscious. He conquered the second weight class, and won against David Eagle. Kimura, Itagaki and Aoki go in the ring to see him.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• In the manga, when Takamura left the Yokohama Arena, everyone wanted to party with Takamura until Ippo mentioned that Kamogawa wanted him to walk Takamura straight to his house. In the anime, everyone wanted Takamura to go home and rest.
• The anime removes a scene of the everyone going inside Takamura's house and being kicked out by him when he tries to sleep.
• The anime removes a scene of Ippo, Itagaki, and Hiroko watching a TV commercial of Takamura advertising "Champion Royal C" and the Kamogawa gym boxers talking about the commercial at the gym.
• The scene of Takamura cutting Aoki's hair into Papaya's style in shortened.
• In the manga, Kimura helps Takamura by holding Aoki as Takamura cuts his hair. In the anime, Kimura is tied up and Takamura was about to cut his hair as well before being stopped by Kamogawa.
• In the manga, Kamogawa hit Aoki with his cane. In the anime, Kamogawa hits Takamura with his cane.

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
Mamoru Takamura	Rikiya Koyama	小山 力也	Koyama Rikiya
David Eagle	Hidenobu Kiuchi	木内 秀信	Kiuchi Hidenobu
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
Eiji Date	Masaki Aizawa	相沢 まさき	Aizawa Masaki
Ichirō Miyata	Tomokazu Seki	関 智一	Seki Tomokazu
Eagle's Trainer	Tsuguo Mogami	最上 嗣生	Mogami Tsuguo
Referee	Yūya Murakami	村上 裕哉	Murakami Yūya
Doctor	Kensuke Satō	佐藤 健輔	Satō Kensuke
Eagle's Second	Yoshihito Sasaki	佐々木 義人	Sasaki Yoshihito
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	Tatsurō Inamoto	稲本 達郎	Inamoto Tatsurō
Storyboard	Sakana Mori Noriyuki Abe Jun Shishido	森 魚 阿部 記之 宍戸 淳	Mori Sakana Abe Noriyuki Shishido Jun
Director	Masami Hata	波多 正美	Hata Masami
Animation Director	Kim Gi-nam Hisashi Abe (Chief Animation Director)	阿部 恒	Abe Hisashi