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Ippo built them, but realised that he built them incorrectly, as one has short arms and one has long arms. He noticed he used extra parts for the one with long arms, so he tried to pull them off to make it equal, but he accidentally snapped a joint on the smaller one, making the arms even shorter. Ippo decided to leave it like that since Kumi might not know what the finished product is supposed to look like. Ippo then noticed that the short one is like Rosario and the long one is like Mashiba. He put the figures in a position of Rosario dodging a short uppercut
while throwing a
left, making him wonder again if
there is any sparring partner that can do Rosario's scenario. Ippo finding out that he is the ideal sparring partner for Mashiba. Ippo later asked Takamura on the gym's rooftop, and was surprised to find out he does know someone nearby that is a in-fighter who can use the Dempsey Roll, Gazelle Punch, and who has experience with Flicker Jabs. Takamura pointed to his left eye and told Ippo to look into it to see the face of the one he is talking about. Ippo looked, saw his reflection, and realised that Takamura's meant him. Ippo claimed that he is not a southpaw. Takamura wondered if Ippo has ever noticed his pivot leg when he attacks a lot and uses the Dempsey Roll.
===Story Analysis - Part 1: Sanctuary Arc===
Moving on to talk about a few of the individual arcs, the first is the Sanctuary Arc. This arc had a pretty decent opening act with a tournament that had some actual stakes in the risk of the combatants dying and could
have been one of the best tournaments in Shonen had it continued to the end, though it's understandable to
abandon it when tournaments were a saturated plot line even during the mid 80s. While the later events with the Black Saints, filler villains such as Docrates and then the Silver Saints could feel quite repetitive in their structure, they did have quite a few highlights for the main cast to help emphasise their differences such as Shiryu's tendency of self-sacrifice and Ikki's merciless nature.
Things start to truly rise in quality when the events of the 12 Zodiac Palaces occur, which is the most popular part of the series and indeed it's peak. The tension was great as the race against time with a clear limit to reach, with the Gold Saints all having clearly distinct personalities and most of them being interesting characters. Gemini Saga is a particular highlight, with the conflict of his personalities being at constant odds with each other and being the best execution of a split-personality character in Shonen (better than the highly overrated Sensui from YYH).
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