Shinoda's Method for Concentrating is Round 963 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Techniques Introduced: Ali Shuffle
- Title Page Character(s): Manabu Itagaki, Shinoda, Genji Kamogawa, Haruhiko Yagi
Summary
At Itagaki's corner, Itagaki plays an animal-themed game of Shiritori with Shinoda, who starts it to get Itagaki to relax. Itagaki is told by Shinoda to have fun and not to take anything seriously. At Saeki's corner, Saeki tells his coach that the match is fun since Itagaki is fast and they are throwing punches within fractions of a second, never having felt thrills like this before. His coach notes how Saeki has set the pace, advising him to not rush, to stay on his guard and keep wearing him down. Remembering Karasawa telling him how Itagaki seemed like he vanished at long range, Saeki thinks it will be him vanishing this time. Saeki predicts that, since half of Itagaki's vision is blacked out, if he circles around him to that side at full speed, he won't be able to keep up. Saeki tells his legs that it is time to go full throttle. As the third round begins, Itagaki wonders what he can do as his right side of his vision is fuzzy due to the swelling not going down much. Itagaki continues to get hit by Saeki, who throws punches from Itagaki's blind spot for over a minute. Itagaki remembers playing Shiritori with Shinoda and decides to play it in his head while shuffling his feet.
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