I know this might be the wrong sub to ask if I should continue watching.

Im on episode 16 of season 2, I loved season 1 and i think it was one of the most enjoyable anime Ive ever seen, the flow was perfect the jokes were funny to me, overall incredible hilarious season, in season 2 im seeing a major drop off in the story for me, im someone who doesn't really care about animation quality if the story is good.

My first complaint is why doesn't ippo get over the awkwardness between him and kumi despite knowing each others for so long, i would understand it for the first couple of times but every single interaction is them blushing, I didn't like that they didn't move at all in their relationship despite the time spent together.

My second complaint is takamura, first of all why would they make him molest aoiki's girlfriend when he said numerous times in season 1 that he feels disgusted by her. I get that this is part of takamura's character in season 1 which i completely overlooked at the time because i found takamura entertaining and funny and tried to erase all the weird bs he's done, but i genuinely don't like him in season 2, he's like a manchild now who only wants attention, i don't remember him being that way in s1 but i may have missed it or something.

And why the fuck for his match in october in s2 is he so skinny, i know this is an anime and gags happen all the time, but they always took the fights seriously. I liked how they presented the dieting phase in s1 where they showed takamura tweaking for some food. Now all of a sudden takamura is one fart away from death.
Im bringing this up because like i said the dieting in this show felt very real and as someone who followed a very strict diet for 2 months of very low calories and did enjoy how it was presented.

But now no one looked at takamura at all like at least 1 week before the fight???
Maybe one could argue glycogen depletion? It wasn't neither fat nor muscle because those take a long time to burn, and from the reaction of ippo he didn't look like that at least 4 days ago.

This season has stripped my enjoyment for the show, and ive been debating if i should drop it or thug this part out.

Im ready to take any criticism, mainly because i feel like I might have insulted what one of you like very much.

ive been wondering for a whole month how should the the manga should end because the whole story has been Ippo trying to find the meaning of strength and it seems Ricardo is the wall he will have to face and beat to get the answer but then where does miyata fit into this like I understand they need to fight again but whats the point aint the whole show ippo getting his answer I was thinking that Ippo will get wba and miyata the wbc and then they fight for a unification belt but then ippo has his answer isnt that most of his motivation to fight and if they fought it would be nice to see kamogawa see both of his boxers on the world stage ippo shows kamogawas style iron fist and miyata shows his dads style the counterpunch on the world stage but if they do fight how should it go to decision or knockout. Or will it be a draw so its like a cycle with kamogawa and nekota both mad about who really won that fight. I only say this because Ippo and miyata are a mix of neko and kamo . Miyata is quick like neko but serious like kamo and ippo is strong like kamo and goofy like neko so how should the manga end. Should i end after Ippo gets his answer or does Ippo get his answer fighting Miyata or maybe all of the guys including Sendo and Volg on Ippos boat sailing to the ocean representing their growth but my big question is what is the point of fighting Miyata if Ippo gets his answer of strength because that is most of Ippos motivation. So how should Hajime no Ippo end?

AND HE TRYING THE DEMPSEY ROLL, LMOAOOAOOAOA

For those who’ve read the manga, did you guys start from Chapter 1, or did you pick up from where the anime left off?

I’m also hesitant to start the manga because I know once I catch up to the latest chapter, the cliffhangers are going to kill me 😂. But then again, I could literally pass away tomorrow, so why not just enjoy the story while I can?

Also, how often does George Morikawa usually release new chapters?

That moment when you realize being undefeated doesn’t mean you can't get knocked down. Serious vibes in this scene.

The title, I am already on episode 47 after two days. The soundtrack, the heart, the charecters, the boxing, it's very rooted in reality (i mean compared to the black hole tennis of prince of tennis, yes this is real).

I'm probably gonna finish the whole anime and then jump right onto the manga.