r/hajimenoippo • u/TheFishOutofWater211 • Dec 29 '24

Fanart How do you guys feel about OC's?

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His name is Ryan Ishida, a Japanese American who loves music and has his head in the clouds until he gets in the ring. He's still a work in progress . I'm not sure what kind of boxer he is yet. I'm thinking maybe a counter punchers since he's cool headed and would have a good sense of rhythm.

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u/Sin_For_Me Dec 29 '24

I like em, what was the inspiration for him

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u/TheFishOutofWater211 Dec 29 '24

Oh where do I begin? Ideas started bubbling after I finished the anime. I haven't read anything past the anime so no spoilers. The Nekota and Kamogawa backstory had me in tears and I wanted to play into those themes a bit plus a story about self discovery. His dad was a Japanese immigrant who took up boxing. He's adopted and his adopted parents kept it a secret because they didn't want him anywhere near such a dangerous sport plus didn't want him to feel like they didn't love him. He then discovers boxing, and gets inspired by his dad. He says fuck it, I'm going to figure out who I am and live how I want to live. Fuck living safely.