Hajime no Ippo/YMMV


 * Arc Fatigue - The match between Ippo and Woli is 30 chapters long, not counting Woli's introduction, and a good half of it is . Now try to read it one chapter a week (the publication rythm in the Shonen Magazine). And suffer.
 * Ass Pull - There's a few fights that end like this, but the absolute worst offender is Miyata during his fight against Randy Boy Jr.
 * Complete Monster: Bryan Hawk is as close to one as you can get in a realistic boxing series.
 * To elaborate, he's the only person without a Freudian Excuse in the series, is a racist Psycho for Hire asshole who takes joy in his killings and finds sexual pleasure in violence. He even got into boxing just to kill people!
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: The karaoke outing. It has to be seen to be believed.
 * In his first episode, Sendoh is taking a shower. Takamura pops in and mistakes him for Aoki. Hilarity Ensues.
 * Nightmare Fuel: Hawk's red eyes...just...his red eyes
 * In all seriousness, Bryan himself is perhaps one of the scariest characters, due to his animalistic insanity.
 * Mashiba is scary enough out of the ring, but when he really snaps… you don't want to be in the ring with him.
 * And another one in chapter 912 is a bit more disturbing, coming from Itagaki of all people…
 * The Problem with Licensed Games: Two video games were released for PlayStation 2 in 2003 and 2005, the seconde being for the 15th anniversary of the series. Saying they were mediocre is speaking highly of them. The character designs are all but unrecognisable. The Wii adaptation that came out in 2008 does little better.
 * Progressively Prettier - A mild example: at the begining Tomiko is made deliberately ugly to underline Aoki's odd taste in women. But as the series goes on, she actually cleans up a bit. Maybe not exactly into Big Beautiful Woman territory but let's say she went from outright ugly to simply homely.
 * Rooting for the Empire - Usually inverted when Japan cheers for Takamura as Takamura's portrayed as the villain in fights. However, it's played straight in his fight against Peter Rabbitson. After 10 long rounds of Takamura swinging and missing and Peter Rabbitson dodging and avoiding without even trying to attack, the crowd gets fed up and starts to cheer for Rabbitson instead of Takamura, despite the fact that Takamura's loss means there will be no longer be an international champion from Japan.
 * Signature Scene :
 * Squick - Everyone's reaction to Takamura groping Aoki's girlfriend Tomiko while she and Aoki were making out on the beach. Takamura does apologize, but his apology is, well...
 * Tear Jerker - Many moments.
 * One that's absolutely heartbreaking is  Of course,
 * Another heart wrenching moment is
 * Watching Takamura of all people bawl his eyes out when he finds out the bear he spared (because she had cubs) got shot and turned into his stew is pretty hard to watch. Mostly because Takamura can apparently be quite motivational when he's feeling strongly about something.
 * Eiji Date's rematch against Ricardo Martinez.
 * Unfortunate Implications: The first American was an insane racist that took joy in killings and sex. Think about what this is probably saying about Americans for a second...
 * Kind of subverted later when the second one comes around and turns out to be the direct opposite.
 * Kind of subverted later when the second one comes around and turns out to be the direct opposite.