Hajime no Ippo (Wikipedia)
Weekly Shōnen Magazine (Japanese Website)
"A Visible Inevitability"
09/05/2013
*Spoiler*
The title for this chapter sounds extremely ominous for Itagaki. The title applies directly to Itagaki's ability to still see the punches coming from Imai, but his inability to dodge them, thus "Visible Inevitability." However, I'd like to propose another theory. I think this is also an indication that it is visible to everyone else watching the fight that it is inevitable that Itagaki will lose.
He has made several mistakes leading up to the fight in not training as seriously for Imai as he should have. He is also making mistakes here during the fight. He is trying to duke it out with Imai in the corner, and that is a huge mistake. Itagaki does not have the power nor the endurance to get into an in-fight with Imai. Even Takamura is worried for him, and you know that spells trouble since Takamura isn't usually too concerned with what the "small fries" are doing.
Itagaki has even lowered his guard to taunt Imai in. This is another mistake. Itagaki lands a solid uppercut using a counter, but he simply doesn't have the power to knock Imai back, let alone knock him down. Imai simply keeps pushing him forward, trapping him in the corner. At this point, Itagaki should just fall to his butt on the mat, take the down and the lost points and allow the fight to reset in the center of the ring. If he were to do that, he could still have a chance to win this fight.
It doesn't look like that's going to happen nor does it look like he will escape the corner. Things are looking bad for "Chronos." Will he lose this fight? It sure seems like he will.
Keep reading and find out.
P.S. I've included a link below where you can pick up the Hajime no Ippo anime in advance of Season 3 coming out this fall. Unfortunately, I do not think that the manga been released in the United States, so I don't have any link for that.
Hajime no Ippo Anime (Amazon)
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