Fighting Spirit: Rising (2013–2014)

1. S01E01The Strongest ChallengerOctober 5, 2013 10.0A flashback tells the story about Ippo's father and what happened to him. Ippo's next title defenses match begins, Ippo's opponent is Shimab
2. S01E02The Dempsey Roll DestroyedOctober 12, 2013—Ippo tries the Dempsy roll on Shimabukuro Iwao and Shimabukuro reveals how he plans on destroying the Dempsy roll. The title match comes to
3. S01E03A Woman's BattleOctober 19, 2013—Itagaki's sister Nanako, Kumi, and Mari all visit Ippo after his match although he's resting. Aoki gets ready for his title match that's com
4. S01E04The Goddess of VictoryOctober 26, 2013—Aoki and Imae have their weigh-in. Imae refuses to shake Aoki's hand at the weigh-in. Itagaki has an opening match before Aoki but struggles
5. S01E05100% FakeNovember 2, 2013—Aoki and Imae's title match has already started, Aoki tries his Frog punch twice, both times it didn't work. For the whole match, Aoki uses
6. S01E06The Distance Between Me and GloryNovember 9, 2013—Both Imae and Aoki are exhausted. In the end, the title match went to a decision.
7. S01E07Cheese ChampionNovember 16, 2013—Aoki gets's himself, two lackeys. Takamura announces that he wants to move up a weight class before his title defense match. Ippo picks Sawa
8. S01E08The Mad Dog and the Red WolfNovember 23, 2013—Ippo wants to evolve the Dempsy roll and asks Kimura and Itagaki for help. When training, Ippo meets Vorg, Ippo invites Vorg to stay at his
9. S01E09A Savage ScenarioNovember 30, 2013—Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki ask Volg to spar with Ippo and perform the Anti-Dempsy. When sparring with Ippo Volg does the Anti-Dempsy which Ko
10. S01E10The Face of DeterminationDecember 7, 2013—The move to evolve Ippo's Dempsy roll takes its toll on Ippo's body. Sawamura grazes Kumi with a punch for being near his bike. Date, Sendo,
11. S01E11Fearless ChallengerDecember 28, 2013—When the match between Sawamura and Ippo begins Sawamura uses dirty tactics against Ippo. Later in the fight, Sawamura changes his stance ma
12. S01E12The Anti-Dempsey PerfectedJanuary 4, 2014—Sawamura counters Ippo's Dempsy roll two times leaving Ippo barely able to fight.
13. S01E13A Fist That Picks You UpJanuary 4, 2014—The fight ends. After the fight, Sawamura goes to a hospital because Ippo broke his bones and teeth in the match.
14. S01E14Empowering WordsJanuary 11, 2014—Yamaguchi tells Ippo not to train until he's recovered. Umezawa wants to quit working for Ippo and his mom's fishing boat and become a manga
15. S01E15A Storm Descends on Makunouchi Fishing Boat!January 18, 2014—The guys from the gym go fishing together. Takamura goes to training camp with Miyata and helps him Improve. When Takamura gets back from tr
16. S01E16Golden EagleJanuary 25, 2014—Kimura has a match with the Filipino junior lightweight champion, Eleki Battery while Aoki has a match with the Indonesian lightweight champ
17. S01E17Eleki's Shocker and Papaya's CoconutFebruary 1, 2014—Kimura and Aoki are both nervous before their fights with their opponents. Kimura's the opening fight then Aoki which is followed by Miyata
18. S01E18The Unfinished New CounterFebruary 8, 2014—Mr. Sakaguchi has got a boxer to fight Miyata. The whole match is one sided in Miyata's favor with his challenger Medgoen Dachboy hardly thr
19. S01E19Hawk vs. EagleFebruary 15, 2014—Miyata is worried about Takamura's eye before the match. Although David Eagle is doing better than Takamura there's no clear boxer who's on
20. S01E20A Lesson Never ForgottenFebruary 22, 2014—Takamura gets a down on Eagle. Eagle cuts Takamura's eye with a punch but doesn't go for it again, Takamura then cuts Eagle's eye with a hea
21. S01E21The End of the Death MatchMarch 1, 2014—Both Takamura and Eagle are bleeding from their eyes, the doctor is about to stop the match but Takamura tells him to continue the match. Ta
22. S01E22Flower of HopeMarch 8, 2014—A look at the life of Kamogawa and Nekota after World War 2.
23. S01E23The Courage to LiveMarch 15, 2014—Kamogawa realizes Yuki is from Hiroshima. Nekota wants to fight the American then retire and live in the mountains with Yuki. Kamogawa finds
24. S01E24Iron FistMarch 22, 2014—Nekota loses his match with the American, Kamogawa then says he'll fight the American and trains for the match. When the match starts Kamoga
25. S01E25A VowMarch 29, 2014—Nekota goes to see Kamogawa at his match and give him advice on how to beat Anderson, the American sergeant. After the match, Yuki goes with

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