Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow
あしたのジョー
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Status:FINISHED
Format:MANGA
Chapters:171
Volumes:20
Start Date:1968-1-1
End Date:1973-5-13
Genres
DramaSlice of LifeSports
Tags
BoxingTragedyComing of AgeMale ProtagonistRehabilitationClass StruggleAnti-HeroOrphanUrbanAthletics
Description
Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend, and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again. (Source: Wikipedia)
Staff
Ikki Kajiwara(Story)
Sanbanchi Kawa(Assistant)
Tetsuya Chiba(Story & Art)
Akio Chiba(Assistant)
Teruo Miyahara(Editor)
