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While doing roadwork with Takamura, Ippo expressed how he believes no one can understand Takamura's perspective and thinks Takamura should stop being irritated and take things one step at a time or people would stop supporting him. Ippo
asked if Takamura is lonely, to which Ippo was moved after hearing Takamura view the point he and other world champions see when they reach the top as "extraordinary". Ippo believed that he may not be
able to do it, but Takamura suggested for him to not think, but go for it. 10 Months in the Making Arc Ippo, following his ten month break against Alfredo, was shown a recording of his next opponent, Antonio
Guevara from the Philippines, becoming the new Filipino featherweight champion after winning against Malcolm Gedo. Ippo, after finding out Antonio is a southpaw, asked Itagaki how to fight southpaws and came to a conclusion to use his right more than his left and to keep moving left with his foot on the outside. After winning in a spar with three southpaws, Ippo went training with Kamogawa, who lectured Ippo on his New Dempsey Roll's timing. Shinoda explained to Ippo, that it takes a great amount of determination to catch his punches and it is hard for Kamogawa to lecture him. Ippo and Antonio met at the signing ceremony and shook hands. Ippo noticed of Antonio's
natural instinct to use his left hand while shaking hands. Ippo fighting Antonio. On the day of the match, Ippo went to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan and when he went to the ring, the match began.
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[70] While voicing the character Kiruko, Sayaka Senbongi was excited to voice her since she knew of the manga before being cast and liked the character. [23] Ishiguro praised Senbongi's work in the
fifth episode when delivering Kiruko's mental breakdown, having interfered with the script to add new lines to the anime. [71] Moreover, Ishiguro believes Production I. G made Kiruko more sexually appealing than his own take. [72] The scene
where Totori tries to seduce Maru also received Ishiguro's attention as he found it more erotic than in the manga. [73] Furthermore, Ishiguro claimed that he cried when watching episode 8, much to his surprise as he originally wrote it himself.
