Episode 2 (Season 3)

The Dempsey Roll Broken
Episode Information
Previous	The Strongest Challenger
Episode	Season 3 #2
Next	A Woman's Battle
Japanese Title	デンプシーロール破り
Romanized Title	Denpushī Rōru-yaburi
Arc	Submarine Wars Arc
Manga	Round 431 (p.1-3, 6-19) Round 432 (p.1-19) Round 433 (p.1-19) Round 434 (p.1-19) Round 435 (p.1-19) Round 436 (p.1-19) Round 437 (p.1-19) Round 438 (p.1-21) Round 439 (p.1-2, 14-19)
Air dates
Japanese	October 12, 2013
Music
Opening	Yakan Hikō
Ending	Buchikome!!

The Dempsey Roll Broken is Round 2 of the Hajime no Ippo: Rising anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Summary

Shimabukuro starts to throw stronger and faster punches than before until Ippo gets knocked out, at the same time the bell rung and Ippo was saved by his brutal punches. Shimabukuro is talking with his second that he will finish him in the next round. While Ippo is almost unconscious he gets back to the corner. Kamogawa is worried what will happen next, so he tells Ippo important things, and to use the Dempsey Roll. The sixth round starts with great exchange, and Ippo has more mood, but Shimabukuro stops it. At the same time Ippo starts waving and using the Dempsey Roll. Shimabukuro throws many counters until it stops but Ippo cannot stop and still continues it. Then while fighting, Ippo didn't notice that it wasn't a normal hook, and Ippo fells down on his knees. Shimabukuro defeated the Dempsey Roll, after a bit, Shimabukuro's face started turning cyanosis, meaning he didn't have enough oxygen. Then the bell rings and the sixth round ends. While in the corner, Kamogawa tells Ippo to breathe deep for the next round, the bell rungs but while in the other corner Shimabukuro stands up telling his coach he will catch a big one next round. The round starts and Ippo's friends get worried, that this is a crisis. After Ippo throws the weak punch, Shimabukuro starts to get in guard and starts to throw punches and then the Gazelle Punch. Ippo almost blocked it, and then again Gazelle Punch but Ippo uses Cross-Arm Block, and gets away from the ropes. Ippo throws light punches to Shimabukuro and while he did that, he throws a light punch that almost got him and then starts the Dempsey Roll again, Iwao throws again the counters to Ippo, but both are hurting. Then they almost fell down but Shimabukuro couldn't get up because of his legs, and Ippo had the time to finish him off. When the fight finished Takamura said this is not at the ocean, it's on the ring. Both boxers shake hands after the match.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• A huge amount of dialogue is removed in the anime.
• In the manga, after Ippo defeated Shimabukuro, he lost consciousness while posing with his belt and was then carried by Kamogawa to the waiting room. In the anime, he does not lose consciousness.
• In the manga, Ippo and Shimabukuro talked when Ippo was heading to the venue's shower. In the anime, they talk in the ring.

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
Iwao Shimabukuro	Hisao Egawa	江川 央生	Egawa Hisao
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
Okinawa Coach	Hisashi Izumi	いずみ 尚	Izumi Hisashi
Haruhiko Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko
Referee	Shigeyuki Susaki	須崎 成幸	Susaki Shigeyuki
Audience	Shūhei Takubo Kazuhiro Fusegawa Hiroki Maeda	田久保 修平 布施川 一寛 前田 弘喜	Takubo Shūhei Fusegawa Kazuhiro Maeda Hiroki
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	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu	ふでやす かずゆき	Fudeyasu Kazuyuki
Storyboard	Shingo Uchida Jun Shishido	内田 信吾 宍戸 淳	Uchida Shingo Shishido Jun
Director	Masato Jinbo	神保 昌登	Jinbo Masato
Animation Director	Hisashi Abe Chiharu Satō	阿部 恒 佐藤 千春	Abe Hisashi Satō Chiharu