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.

Have previously watched some clips on YouTube . The scene where he says to takamura san how does it feel to be so strong makes me wonder what’s to come ahead. This is so homely

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

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?

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.