The Challenger's Excitement is Round 581 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Takuzō Karasawa
Summary
At the Kōrakuen Hall, as Ippo's sixth JBC featherweight title defence match against Karasawa is about to begin, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki are stuck in the bathroom, cursing Takamura for giving them the pickled squid. Takamura is in the audience wondering where the three are. The first to head to the ring, Karasawa, comes out confident with both fists in the air as he walks to the ring. He feels the different atmosphere of the same venue he fights in all the time as it is a title match this time. Ippo walks to the ring slowly while swinging his arms and shaking his shoulders. Karasawa requests for Sanada to check Ippo for him to see if he is "complete". Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki make it in time to the audience area with Takamura. Aoki scolds Takamura for putting a time bomb in their stomachs and for not paying attention to see how Ippo's condition is. Takamura retaliates against Aoki with a kanchō, sending him rushing to the bathroom. Once Ippo gets into the ring, Sanada informs him that unfortunately he is perfect, but Karasawa is glad.
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