Episode 3 (Season 1)

Tears of Joy
Episode Information
Previous	Fruits of Labor
Episode	Season 1 #3 (Watch Online)
Next	Shadow Boxing
Japanese Title	うれし涙
Romanized Title	Ureshinamida
Arc	Early Days Arc
Manga	Round 2 (p. 13-20) Round 3 (p. 2-20) Round 4 (p. 1-19)
Air dates
Japanese	October 17, 2000
English	July 6, 2004
Music
Opening	Under Star
Ending	Yūzora no Kami Hikōki

Tears of Joy is Round 3 of the Hajime no Ippo anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: Masaru Aoki, Tatsuya Kimura
• Techniques Introduced: Counter, Hook, One-Two, Uppercut
• Real Life People Mentioned: Fighting Harada, Hiroyuki Ebihara, Kōichi Wajima, Masao Ohba

Summary

Ippo is down, but he gets up like nothing happened, much to Kamogawa and Miyata's surprise. Takamura reminds Ippo that he has to use turtle operation. As the second round starts, Miyata goes towards Ippo, throwing heavy jabs that, after a hit to the body, makes Ippo lower his guard. Miyata connects a punch to Ippo's face, making him go down for the second time. As he is down, Takamura shouts and reminds him that he wants to be a new person, to become a professional boxer. With his willpower, he gets up. Ippo is not able to attack yet, but Miyata rushes him against the ropes. Takamura tells him to get out of there, he gets out by running awkwardly. Miyata, again rushes and jabs him fast. Masaru Aoki and Tatsuya Kimura makes a statement about Miyata not getting to Ippo, making Miyata angry, he throws a strong left body blow. Takamura believes it is over as Ippo trembles. He receives a direct hit by Miyata and runs out of the ropes. As soon as he gets away, Miyata doesn't let him and goes for the head, the gong sounds, ending the second round. At Ippo's corner, Takamura can't believe Ippo can take so many hits, Ippo says that it is because he was being bullied and it doesn't hurt that much. The third round begins, Miyata goes on the offence, hitting Ippo's chin, causing him to go down. After getting up, Ippo attempts to attack, but doesn't land a hit. Miyata then throws a counter, knocking Ippo out onto the ground, ending the spar. As Ippo is passed out, Takamura tells the members to bring a bucket of water. Takamura goes to Kamogawa to tell him that's the reason why he brought him here, Kamogawa immediately agrees and welcomes him to the Kamogawa gym. When Ippo wakes up, he cries tears of joy when he finds out he passed the test and is now a member of the Kamogawa gym.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• The anime changed the following:
  • In the manga, Genji Kamogawa is wearing a brown business suit. In the anime, he is wearing his white KBG shirt.
  • In the manga, Miyata's father is Ichirō Miyata's second for the spar between Ippo Makunouchi and Miyata. In the anime, he is absent during this spar.
    • As Miyata's father is absent in the anime, Miyata's father's comments are removed, and it is instead Haruhiko Yagi that is watching next to Kamogawa.
  • In the manga, while Ippo is down, Kamogawa counts to three as Ippo is about to get up. In the anime, Kamogawa's count finishes at eight before Ippo puts up his fighting pose.
  • In the manga, after Ippo gets up from his first down, unknown gym members compliment on Ippo still having strength left. In the anime, it is Kamogawa complimenting that he has willpower.
  • In the anime, Masaru Aoki and Tatsuya Kimura appear, watching Ippo and Miyata fight and making comments. They do not appear in the manga until later.
  • In the manga, after Ippo gets up from his first down, Takamura gets more involved, giving him advice and complimenting him on keeping his guard up.
  • In the manga, Ippo goes down a second time from a left straight to the face. In the anime, Ippo goes down from a left hook.
  • In the manga, Takamura is grabbing the ring's ropes as he yells at Ippo for dropping his guard. In the anime, he is smacking the ring's canvas with his hands.
  • In the manga, as Ippo gets hit with multiple body blows, unknown gym members comment on the blows and how it must be painful. In the anime, it is Aoki and Kimura making the comment.
  • In the manga, unknown gym members laugh after seeing Ippo run away from Miyata. In the anime, Aoki and Kimura are the ones laughing.
  • In the manga, unknown gym members comment on how Ippo is not dropping his guard from his face as he gets hit by multiple left body blows. In the anime, it is Aoki who makes the comment to Takamura.
  • In the manga, unknown gym members comment on how Miyata isn't able to beat Ippo, wondering if he punches are weak which makes Miyata use his right. In the anime, it is Aoki who makes the comment.
  • In the manga, after taking Miyata's right body blow and running away to the ropes, Miyata runs to Ippo and lands more body blows and Ippo runs away again until Miyata catches up and the gong sounds as Miyata was about to hit Ippo with a left to the face. In the anime, Miyata runs to Ippo and doesn't land a hit as the gong sounds as Miyata was about to hit Ippo with a right to the face.
  • In the manga, after the first round ends, Takamura pulls Ippo towards him and asks how he stood standing. In the anime, this scene is removed.
  • In the manga, unknown gym members comment on how Ippo survived the first round. In the anime, it is Aoki and Kimura who makes the comment.
  • As Miyata's father is absent in the anime, Miyata father's comments to Miyata at his corner are removed. In the anime, Miyata's seconds at his corner are two unknown gym members who make a similar comment that Miyata's father makes.
  • In the manga, Ippo wonders if it was the strength training Takamura had him do that made him resilient. In the anime, the dialog is removed.
  • In the manga, when the second round begins and Ippo takes puts up the orthodox style, Miyata's father believes that it means nothing. In the anime, unknown gym members makes the comment.
  • In the manga, Miyata's father and unknown gym members comment on how good Ippo's jab and Miyata's dodging is. In the anime, it is Aoki and Kimura that makes the comment.
  • In the manga, after Ippo misses his right and rolls on the canvas from the momentum of the swing, Miyata's father thinks that Ippo doesn't know anything but jabs. In the anime, it is Kamogawa who wonders if he knows anything but jabs.
  • In the manga, unknown gym members get shocked after seeing Ippo blow Miyata's hand away with a right. In the anime, it is Kimura who is shocked.
  • In the manga, the second round ends with Ippo missing a second right straight. In the anime, after Ippo misses the second right straight, the second round ends with Miyata almost landing a counter.
  • In the manga, unknown gym members compliment Ippo on his left and right punches. In the anime, it is Aoki and Kimura who compliment him.
  • In the manga, unknown gym members comment about the upcoming third round and are interested in watching. In the anime it is Aoki and Kimura who makes the comment.
  • In the manga, after Ippo goes down from a hook to the jaw, Miyata's father notes what happens when someone gets hit on the jaw. In the anime, Kamogawa tells Yagi about what happens.
  • In the manga, after Ippo gets up from his second down and throws punches at Miyata, unknown gym members are surprised that Ippo's punches are still alive. In the anime, it is Kamogawa that is surprised.
  • In the manga, as Ippo continues fighting while getting hit, unknown gym members comment on how surprising it is for him to fight in his condition and stay standing. In the anime, Aoki and Kimura makes the comment.
  • In the manga, after Miyata gets irritated that Ippo won't go down, he uses a right straight that almost makes Ippo fall. In the anime, it is a left uppercut, right hook, right straight combination.
  • In the manga, after the spar ends and Kamogawa talks to Yagi in his office, Kamogawa goes to his office and sits on a chair while smoking a cigar. In the anime, Kamogawa is standing while looking out the window and not smoking a cigar.
  • In the manga, Yagi is wearing a white shirt. In the anime, Yagi is wearing a KBG long sleeved shirt.
  • In the manga, Miyata's father tells Miyata that using the counter was too much. In the anime, it was a group of gym mates that were getting a bucket of water that told him.
  • In the manga, Miyata claims that Ippo was wearing the same 12 ounce gloves as him. In the anime he claims that he was wearing 16 ounce gloves.

• The anime adds the following:
  • The anime adds a scene after Ippo gets up from his first down where Ippo tells Takamura about how he stopped thinking after getting hit on the body. Takamura then tells him to put both his hands up for his fighting pose as the count reached eight.
  • The anime adds a scene after Ippo gets up from his first down where Aoki tells Kimura that he doesn't know why they are using the ring since they should have known that they were up for sparring. Kimura then replies that Takamura brought some weirdo off the street, however, Aoki claims that there isn't anyone weirder than Takamura.
  • The anime adds a scene while Miyata hits Ippo's guard where Aoki and Kimura wonder why Takamura is getting excited about an amateur.
  • The anime adds dialog of Miyata making a comment about Takamura helping Ippo and the latter following his advice.
  • The anime adds dialog of Aoki and Kimura commenting of Ippo going down a second time, stating that Ippo will now take a nap, and how great Miyata's knowledge for boxing is.
  • The anime adds a scene after Ippo gets up from his second down of Takamura giving Ippo advice before the spar continues.
  • The anime adds a scene as Miyata dodges Ippo's jabs where Aoki and Kimura comment on how Takamura looks amazed by Miyata and wonder if he is scared of seeing someone better than him, resulting in Takamura putting Aoki in a headlock.
  • The anime adds dialog of Aoki and Kimura introducing themselves to Ippo after the spar.
  • The anime adds a scene of Ippo sleeping at home.

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
Ichirō Miyata	Tomokazu Seki	関 智一	Seki Tomokazu	Jason Palmer
Manager Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko	George Z. Cole
Masaru Aoki	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru	Jim Taggert
Tatsuya Kimura	Keiji Fujiwara	藤原 啓治	Fujiwara Keiji	Grant George
Students	Keiichirō Endō Shin'ichi Namiki Maruyama Junro	遠藤 圭一郎 並木 伸一 丸山 純路	Endō Keiichirō Namiki Shin'ichi Maruyama Junro

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Tatsuhiko Urahata	浦畑 達彦	Urahata Tatsuhiko
Storyboard	Sōichirō Zen	善 聡一郎	Zen Sōichirō
Director	Hitoshi Nanba	難波 日登志	Nanba Hitoshi
Animation Director	Toshiyasu Okada	岡田 敏靖	Okada Toshiyasu