Chapter 197

The View From High Above
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 198
Chapter	197
Previous	Chapter 196
Volume	23
Japanese Title	展望台からの風景
Romanized Title	Tenbō-dai Kara no Fūkei
Pages	19
Arc	Road Back Arc
Episode	Round 58 (Season 1) (p.5-19)
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #51, 1993 (cover date): December 8, 1993
Release (JP)	November 24, 1993

The View From High Above is Round 197 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi

Summary

On his way to the date, Ippo notices Kumi looking at her watch, so he assumes she has been waiting for a long time. In a hurry, he crosses the street and is almost hit by the speeding cars, whose drivers insult him. After going around the amusement park, Kumi confesses that she has never been on a date before, because Mashiba would always intimidate anyone interested in her. She also expresses her concern for her brother and states that is the reason for which she became a nurse. While in the haunted house, Ippo who is at first not afraid of anything in it, but instead enjoys how afraid the clinging Kumi is. However, upon noticing figure resembling Mashiba, he runs away and leave her behind. Ippo then accompanies Kumi to the station where they say goodbye to each other as she leaves for home. As he is walking alone, Ippo notices people entering the Kōrakuen Hall, and begins remembering his most recent bout. He wonders how happy his friends would have been if he had won the match. He then realises that having a good performance is not enough, since what he really wanted was to win.

Trivia

• On Ippo Makunouchi's Kamogawa Boxing Gym jacket on the cover page, it lists that the gym was founded in 1969. The English text under the year is "Once you are in the ring and hear the roar of the crowd. Boxing becomes a way of life. For all boxing junkies!!", which also appear on the official Kamogawa Boxing Gym jacket made by the Weekly Shōnen Magazine for a contest during it's 30th anniversary.