C Class License is Round 9 of the Hajime no Ippo anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.
Details[]
- Characters Introduced: Ryō Mashiba, Naoya Ogawa
- Techniques Introduced: Hitman Style, Flicker Jab
- Real Life People Mentioned: Thomas Hearns
Summary[]
Ippo and Takamura heads to Ippo's pro test at the hall and does his weight check, which is 124.5 pounds. At the weight check, Ippo notices Ryō Mashiba that is around his weight. At the ring, Fujii talks with Takamura about how he is interested with Ippo and another fighter. Takamura, wondering where Ippo, went to check the bathroom, finds Ippo and tells him that his turn is next. Ippo nervously enters the ring, making his opponent, Naoya Ogawa, think it's going to be an easy fight. When the gong sounds, Ippo and Naoya dashes toward each other. Naoya throws multiple punches as Ippo dodges, while noticing that Naoya is slower than Miyata. Ippo knocks Naoya out by dodging, then delivering a one-two. The next pro test match starts, Mashiba and his opponent enters the ring. The gong sounds, and Mashiba's opponent stops in his tracks as he watches Mashiba readying his Hitman Style stance. Mashiba starts throwing Flicker Jabs at his opponent, who gets overwhelmed by the jabs. As his opponent stopped moving, the the referee tries to stop Mashiba, but fails as Mashiba pushes the referee away and continues punching the opponent. The gong sounds and the match is finished. Outside, Ippo and Takamura talks about Mashiba's Flicker Jab, Takamura tells Ippo about the user of the Flicker Jab, Thomas Hearns. Fujii walks over and introduces Ippo to Mashiba. Mashiba states to Ippo that Ippo will not reach the top of the featherweight class as long as Mashiba exists. Mashiba then asks Ippo if he wants to switch classes, Ippo denies and states that he promised to meet someone at the East Japan Rookie King Tournament. After school, Ippo runs to the Kamogawa gym and receives his boxer license from Yagi. As Ippo is going home, he runs into Umezawa, Takemura, and Matsuda, Umezawa tells Ippo that he knows he goes to a boxing gym and wonders if it is for revenge. Ippo drops his license and Umezawa picks it up, teasing Ippo by not giving it back. Ippo rushes pass the gang and snatches the license from Umezawa's hands. Ippo tells them that he is not boxing for revenge, instead, because he likes boxing. At the gym, Fujii brings Ippo some boxing videos for him to watch. Takamura and Ippo watches a video of Miyata winning his debut match. Fujii then shows them Mashiba's debut match. After watching the video, Kamogawa and Yagi begins to announce Ippo's opponent for his debut match.
Trivia[]
- A photo of JBC featherweight champion Eiji Date is seen on the wall inside the Kōrakuen Hall.
- Ichirō Miyata is not credited despite speaking in the episode. The English dub release adds Miyata to the credits.
Anime-Manga Differences[]
See also: Anime-Manga Differences
- In the manga, it is Takamura who shows Ippo the video of Mashiba's Flicker Jabs, in the anime, it is Fujii, who also shows a video of Miyata's pro debut.
- In the manga, it is Miyata who introduces Mashiba to Ippo, right after Takamura's fight against Kazuhiko Hirano. In the anime this scene is omitted and they simply encounter each other at the pro test, and after that, Fujii introduces him to Ippo and Takamura.
- In the manga, Mashiba has short hair, but in the anime, he is introduced already with longer hair.
- In the anime, a match poster for Takamura and Kazuhiko Hirano's match is shown. In the manga, there is no match poster.
Credits[]
Characters are named as they appear in the credits.
Episode Credits[]
| Role | English Name | Japanese | Rōmaji |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screenplay | Hiroshi Mori | 森 博志 | Mori Hiroshi |
| Storyboard | Rokō Ogiwara | 萩原 露光 | Ogiwara Rokō |
| Director | Rokō Ogiwara | 萩原 露光 | Ogiwara Rokō |
| Animation Director | Yoshiaki Matsuda | 松田 芳明 | Matsuda Yoshiaki |
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