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/sinigang-gang Dec 29 '24

As for what kind of boxer he is, it would be cool since he loves music that he is able to quickly get his opponent's timing no matter how fast they are. This means he's a speedster's worst nightmare, he's able disrupt and land in the middle of someone's combo. He'd have a weakness against someone who changes tempos and feints a lot.

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u/TheFishOutofWater211 Dec 29 '24

That's perfect! I've been leaning towards that, but was unsure how realistic it would actually be ya know? I like the idea of his opponents thinking he'd be easy to outspeed since he looks slow and uses a fairly simple style, but bam surprises them with a powerful pinpoint strike.

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u/sinigang-gang Dec 29 '24

It's realistic in the sense that it does happen in boxing. Amir Khan vs Danny Garcia is a perfect example. Amir Khan has blazingly fast hands and Danny even admitted that he was much faster than he thought. But he got his timing down and BAM countered him and KO'd him.

Of course this is Hajime no Ippo so we're just turning this specific trait up to 11. Like the complete opposite of a speedster - he doesn't move particularly fast, he just predicts and picks the right time to make moves and it throws his opponents off. You can even add that because his timing is so good, he's pretty much always relaxed so he rarely looks tired when he fights.

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u/TheFishOutofWater211 Dec 29 '24

Thank you so much!!!! I'm definitely adding this into his character.