Hajime no Ippo/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do ''not'' insult his [[Fire Forged Friends]]. Never ''ever''!

* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]

* [[Hey Its That Voice]] (''the'' other role by Kouhei Kiyasu, aside of [[The Prince of Tennis|Kaoru Kaidoh]]. In the Latin-American dub he sounds like an [[Older and Wiser]] [[Pokémon (Anime)|Ash Ketchum]], and MUCH [[Narm|lulz]] have been had at expense of this)

* [[Everything Is Worse With Bears]] ( {{spoiler|He has to box with a [[Mama Bear]]. He lives to tell. [[Good Scars Evil Scars|And gains the scars to prove it]].}})

* [[Good Scars Evil Scars]] (His are good. ''Badass.'')

* [[Sempai Kohai]]

* [[Tall Dark and Snarky]]

* [[What the Hell Hero]] (Deals these to Ippo ''twice'': once when he thinks he's not serious enough as a boxer, later {{spoiler|when he almost falls victim to Kobashi's tactics}}.)

* [[Ugly Guy Hot Wife]] (Played it straight in his backstory, then subverted it when he became the only Kamogawa boxer with a girlfriend - and Tomiko is a [[Genki Girl]] as well as a a borderline female [[Gonk]])

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: The flashbacks reveal that he was ''very'' [[Tall Dark and Handsome]]

* [[Its Personal]] (towards Randy Boy Jr.)

* [[The Scrappy]] (his long and persona fight with Randy Boy had people screaming that he was a [[Spot Light Stealing Squad]])

* [[Well Done Son Guy]] (he took up boxing to fulfill his father's shattered dreams. In a subversion, his dad and coach isn't a [[Stage Mom|stage father]] and they get along quite well)

* [[Sibling Yin Yang]]

* {{spoiler|[[Good Scars Evil Scars]] (gets terrible burns after an accident)}}

* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]

* [[Heroic Self Deprecation]]

* [[Good Scars Evil Scars]] : Has a pair of scars running between the knuckles of his right hand. According to Ippo, they don't look like boxing wounds.

* [[Spell My Name With an S]]: It's either Volg or Vorg, depending on the translation.

* [[Animal Motifs]] ([[Everythings Better With Monkeys|The monkey]])

* [[Dark Skinned Blond]] [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Guys Are Evil]]

* [[Politically Incorrect Villain]]: He's blatantly racist against Japanese and makes it a point to humiliate them.

The reigning Philippines Featherweight national champion, a crooked fighter who offers to [[Money Dear Boy|fix his fights in exchange for prize money]]. Prior to becoming a boxer, Malcolm stole money on the streets and it led to him getting shot and scarred on the shoulder. He's known as "The Magician" for his the tricks he uses inside of the ring, such as the use his long arms to block one's vision while using good his footwork to get away from his opponent. Another trick is how he throws off an opponent's depth perception by loosening the strings on his left glove so that it flings off his unclenched fist, making his reach seem even longer. After losing the fight with Ippo, Malcolm later confessed that his loss to Randy Boy, Jr. led him to give up his world aspirations and box only for the money rather than competition.

* [[Money Dear Boy]]: His motivation for boxing.

* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]

* [[Open Minded Parent]]

* [[Mad Scientists Beautiful Daughter|Sociopathic Boxer's Beautiful Little Sister]]

* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: Shouko Tsuda aka [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Izumi Curtis.]]

* [[Ugly Guy Hot Wife]]: Inverted, she is who is the ugly one while Aoki is the better looking of the two.

* [[What the Hell Hero]] {{spoiler|Dealed to her husband when she notices that he's frustrated and depressed after spending years as a [[Salaryman]] to provide for her and their son Yuushi, despite being a born fighter.}}

* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[Names the Same]] (with a certain [[Ghost Sweeper Mikami (Anime)|exorcist]])

* [[What the Hell Hero]] (threatens Yusuke with dumping him for becoming lazy and greedy. {{spoiler|When he gets better, she stays by him.}})