Episode 8 (Season 1)

Promise to Meet Again
Episode Information
Previous	The Destructive Force of 1 cm
Episode	Season 1 #8 (Watch Online)
Next	C Class License
Japanese Title	再会の約束
Romanized Title	Saikai no Yakusoku
Arc	Early Days Arc Debut Arc
Manga	Round 13 (p.13-19) Round 14 (p.2-19) Round 15 (p.6-14)
Air dates
Japanese	November 21, 2000
English	October 12, 2004
Music
Opening	Under Star
Ending	Yūzora no Kami Hikōki

Promise to Meet Again is Round 8 of the Hajime no Ippo anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: Kazuhiko Hirano, Shimakawa, Ring Announcer
• Locations Introduced: Kōrakuen Hall, Ōta Inn

Summary

As Ippo goes to the Kamogawa gym, he thinks about his spar with Miyata. Ippo, looking for Miyata at the gym, asks Kimura and Aoki, who saw Miyata doing roadwork. Ippo starts to lose confidence in his training. Takamura notices and teases Ippo by saying he probably won't recover from his lost. Ippo does mitt practice with Kamogawa, which ends early because Ippo isn't throwing punches like he used to when he was training for the spar. Kamogawa figures Ippo should train with Takamura for a week while he is training for his match. Ippo and Takamura start running, Takamura is confident that he will win the upcoming match, Ippo can barely keep up with Takamura as they do multiple training exercises. As their training continues, Ippo is worried he might get in Takamura's way by sticking with him. Ippo comments to Takamura that Miyata doesn't come to the gym, so he feels lonely. Takamura doesn't take it lightly and tells Ippo that people don't come to the gym to make friends and that pro boxing isn't easy. At the end of the day, Takamura invites Ippo to his house, when they enter, Ippo is surprised how unorganised the house is, he attempts to clean it up while Takamura is in the bathroom. Takamura attempts to urinate, but can't due to very little fluid in his body. As Ippo waits, he takes a peek at an adult magazine, Takamura gets out of the bathroom and notices, he immediately calls Aoki. Takamura offers Ippo a cup of ramen, while Takamura eats a tomato. Ippo is surprised, thinking that Takamura makes harsh dieting easy. Ippo asks how Takamura first started boxing, Takamura replies that Kamogawa found him in a middle of a street fight and when he started boxing, he won his debut match and the applause came down like rain. Later that night, they have a sleep over, Takamura can barely sleep due to hunger pains, he stops himself trying to open the refrigerator and goes back to bed, Ippo then realises that the dieting isn't as easy as he thought it was. The next day, Ippo and Takamura go back to training, doing multiple training exercises. Ippo tells Takamura that he is nervous because he has never been at Kōrakuen Hall before, Takamura states that he will show him what a pro fight is all about. At Kōrakuen Hall, Takamura's match starts as Ippo watches. Takamura seemed to be pushed by Kazuhiko Hirano, but blocks his punch and lands a hit that makes Takamura win by knockout. After the match, Ippo goes outside and notices Miyata. Miyata explains to Ippo that he has quit the gym and will wait to fight Ippo at the All Japan Rookie King Tournament.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• In the manga, Ippo goes to Miyata's house after Takamura teases Ippo. Which is then that they made the promise to each other. In the anime, Ippo sees Miyata after Takamura's match and makes the promise.
• The scene with Ippo arriving at the Kōrakuen Hall is omitted in the anime.

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
Masaru Aoki	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru	Jim Taggert
Tatsuya Kimura	Keiji Fujiwara	藤原 啓治	Fujiwara Keiji	Grant George
Manager Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko	George Z. Cole
Ring Announcer	Katsuyuki Konishi	小西 克幸	Konishi Katsuyuki
Referee	Shōji Izumi	泉 尚摯	Izumi Shōji

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Yasuko Kamo	加茂 靖子	Kamo Yasuko
Storyboard	Kō Matsuo	松尾 衡	Matsuo Kō
Director	Akira Mano	真野 玲	Mano Akira
Animation Director	Aki Yamagata	山縣 亜紀	Yamagata Aki