Encouragement Party is Round 1352 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Ryō Mashiba
Summary
At a public bar, a encouragement party is being held for Mashiba. Mashiba's coach, Tanaka and his daughter, the Hell Society members, and Ippo, who was invited by Kumi are there as well. Mashiba's coach thanked Tanaka for continuing to support Mashiba and suggests for Mashiba to have a word for everyone who came. Mashiba only wants to know why Ippo came. Kumi explains that she invited him and that he knows a lot about Juan. Everyone asks Ippo about what he knows about Mashiba's next opponent, however, after a detailed description about him, and mentioning how a failed world title preliminary match can lead to retirement, everyone yells at Ippo for ruining the mood. After the party, Kumi proceeds to take Ippo home, while Tanaka has Mashiba take his daughter home.
Trivia
- In the original Weekly Shōnen Magazine release, Juan Garcia's amateur record was "113 matches, 97 wins, 10 losses, and 85 of his wins being RSC". In the tankōbon release it is "107 matches, 97 wins, 10 losses, and 85 of his wins being RSC", fixing the error in his total matches.