Chestnuts, Potato, With Advice is Round 924 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Kumi Mashiba
Summary
As Ippo, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki are curious about the results of Takamura's journey, the latter tells them to slow down and warns them that it will be explosive. Takamura brings Aoki close to the camp fire and tells him to take a closer look. The camp fire then throws chestnuts with burs that fly out at Aoki as everyone runs from the fire. Takamura tells Aoki he better not let "Igakuri" get him. Aoki remembers the pun that Takamura made, as "igakuri" means chestnut with burrs. While Ippo, Itagaki, and Takamura eat potatoes at the fire, Ippo and Itagaki tells Takamura about Kojima. As Ippo is worried about facing a former lightweight boxer, Takamura tells him that he will tell him how to make sure he won't go down. Ippo asks him how to do so, but Aoki and Kimura claims that Takamura won't give him a serious answer and Ippo will just get caught in another one of his stupid jokes. Takamura starts walking away, seeing as Ippo doesn't want to know. Ippo pleads for him to tell him. Takamura farts, and the wind carries the smell towards the group, causing them to run away. Takamura shouts to Ippo that every time he gets hit, to remember all of their faces, and to not go into the match with the mindset of a challenger, as it won't be enough this time. Takamura adds that since Kojima talked trash about Ippo's previous opponents, it means that every time he gets hit, it will be like him admitting to Kojima that he was right. Takamura tells Ippo to fight like a champion, as it isn't just about himself anymore, as he needs to carry it all into the ring. As the group is thankful to Takamura for the encouraging message, they start following him until he farts again, making them fall. That night, Ippo looks at his JBC featherweight belt and remembers that it isn't about himself anymore.
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