what made this anime even better is how it emphasizes not only boxing but romance, friendship, trust, and other valuable life lessons as well. realising hawk's ecstatic love of fighting and violence at this point, miguel pondered what would happe Hajime no ippo is a perfect source of inspiration, especially for aspiring boxers who seem hopeless due to various hardships. when inquiring on why miguel was watching him, the latter stepped up to stop hawk from potentially taking a life, to which he responded that it's too hot, as if his body was burning from the hajime no ippo bryan hawk inside, and that the only way to stop this feeling was to execute more violence or be in bed with women. hawk then continuously beat the man despite the latter being unconsciousness miguel watched everything from the street. hawk was shown running and being cornered by a man with a gun, but emerged victorious nonetheless with the man's unconscious and bloodied body in his hand. one day miguel zale encountered hawk in an alleyway. he survived against pistols and knives with just his fists countless times. he was raised in life-or-death street fights, every day there was a fight for survival and only the strongest walked out alive. Hawk grew up as a street urchin in the tough slums of new york. ippo, takamura and friends appear in the massive multiplayer crossover game, sunday vs magazine: shuuketsu! ! choujou daik.
a third season, titled hajime no ippo: rising premiered in fall 2013, and contained 25 episodes.
On january 6 2009, the second season, titled hajime no ippo: the new challenger, started airing on the nippon tv network and ran for 26 episodes.