00:00Hello. Thank you for watching today. Today's topic is Tomorrow's Joe.
00:19Tomorrow's Joe is the story of a young man who appears at a smug pub one day and, after meeting a drunken old man and boxing, transforms his life from a turbulent one into a boxer aiming to become world champion.
00:39Now, let's take a look at this work.
00:42Tomorrow's Joe was originally written by Asao Takamori and aired for a total of 79 episodes between 1970 and 1971.
00:57The story begins at a Tokyo nightclub on the third night, when a shouting old man, Danpei Tange, asks a young man, Yabuki Jyo, who has just appeared, for a handicap.
01:08Joe becomes angry at Danpei for persistently asking to use the boxing racket, and tries to knock him down, but Danpei, seeing Joe's strength, invites Joe to take up boxing.
01:21However, Joe, who has no interest in boxing at all, tries to leave the scene, but then he runs into a group of thugs.
01:31The thugs pick a fight with Joe from Fulaibo, but Joe beats them down in no time.
01:41Danpei, who witnessed this scene, thought that Joe had talent for boxing, and from then on, Danpei continued to stick with Joe and persistently encourage him to join the boxing team.
01:52Meanwhile, the thugs who Joe had beaten up a few days earlier come to get revenge with their superiors, but when Danpei sees them trying to stab Joe to death with a knife, he punches him, knocking him unconscious.
02:08He knocks Joe unconscious, then chases after him while he is lying on the ground, and is then assaulted by the enraged thugs, who start beating him up.
02:17Afterwards, Danpei, despite being seriously injured, manages to protect Joe and takes him back from the police as a guarantor, but Joe continues to provoke the yakuza as usual.
02:31At first, the yakuza turn a blind eye to what is happening because the police are watching, but when Joe continues to do things that are beyond their control, the gang members finally attack him.
02:41However, Joe defeats all the yakuza and when Danpei rushes over in concern, Joe promises to take up boxing for three meals a day and 500 yen a day in pocket money.
02:55From then on, he practiced boxing as promised, but when Danpei was away at work, he would take his children, who were his classmates, and go on a rampage, eventually getting involved in a crime and being arrested by the police.
03:12After a while, Joe is sent to a boys' school where he encounters harsh conditions, but at the same time, he meets a genius boxer and becomes seriously absorbed in boxing.
03:27Now, let me introduce the characters.
03:31Yabuki Jou was born an orphan and raised in an institution.
03:38However, unable to bear the boring life at the facility, he escaped and traveled from place to place, living a life similar to that of Furaibo until he met Danpei.
03:49Although he has a kind and fundamental personality, he has a twisted view of everything, is unable to trust what others say, and is short-tempered and quick to argue, which means he is always getting into trouble.
04:05After being sent to a special juvenile detention center, he becomes a boxer by following in the footsteps of Rikeishi Tohru, the man who suffered the first complete defeat of his life. Even after Rikeishi's death, he meets many rivals and faces various setbacks, but he eventually reaches the world line.
04:24Tange Danpei was a former strong professional boxer, but due to an injury to his left eye, he retired just before a Japanese title match.
04:36After retiring, he began his second life by becoming the president of a gym that trained boxers, but due to feuds with the boxers, the gym was forced to close, and he subsequently led a life of alcoholism.
04:50However, since meeting Joe, he has given up alcohol, returned to running the gym, and teamed up with the grumpy loner Joe to take on the world line.
05:03Mammoth Nishi, whose real name is Nishiumi Hajime, is the boss of the Kanbesso juvenile prison, and after a dispute with Joe, he is sent to a special juvenile prison, where he experiences harsh conditions.
05:15After being released from juvenile detention, he joined the Dangi Tanba Club with Joe and became active in the middleweight division, but retired due to a fist injury and later got a job at Hayashi Grocery Store.
05:29Noriko Hayashi is the only daughter of the Hayashi Grocery Store where Nishi works, and initially had a crush on Joe, so she went to Dangi Gym almost every day.
05:42However, feeling that she and Joe live in different worlds, she chooses a more realistic life by marrying Nishi, who works at her family's Hayashi Grocery Store.
05:54Sachi, Taro, Kinoko, Hyoromatsu, and Tonkichi are a group of bad boys who live in Tsuchiya District, and have become old friends since meeting Joe.
06:07Even after Joe became a boxer, he continued to look after him in various ways, and even formed a cheering squad in Tsuchiya-gai for his title matches.
06:15Rikie Stoll was Joe's strongest rival in juvenile detention, the first to beat him, and the person who inspired Joe to take up boxing.
06:29He was a genius boxer who had won 13 consecutive fights by knockout since his debut, but he was sent to a juvenile detention center after injuring a spectator who heckled him.
06:39He meets Joe at the juvenile detention center, and although he initially doesn't take on Joe because of his fighting skills, with the help of Ranpei, Joe gradually begins to show his talent as a boxer, and he begins to view him as a rival.
06:56After his release, he returned to professional boxing and was active in the featherweight division, but in order to settle things with Joe, he changed his weight class to bantamweight and underwent an incredible weight loss.
07:07In his fierce match against Joe, he defeats Joe by delivering a double cross followed by a triple cross with an uppercut, causing Joe to die from overwork, but he dies shortly after the match due to the excessive weight loss and physical damage.
07:24Furthermore, Joe's career as an athlete will be at risk due to the temple pain that caused Mr. Rikei's death, as well as the mental aftereffects that will prevent him from punching someone in the face.
07:37Shiraki Yoko is the heroine of this work, and the shrine is also the home of one of Japan's wealthiest families, the Shiraki Zaibatsu.
07:47Although she was the daughter of a wealthy man, she was interested in the boxing gym run by her father and developed a close relationship with Mr. Rikei.
07:56In the first few episodes, Joe takes advantage of his enthusiasm for the project, making him the victim of a donation scam, which leads to Joe being sent to a juvenile detention center.
08:09Later, Yoko and Joe visit a juvenile detention center together with Danpei, and through science and boxing, Yoko and Joe get to know each other better, and eventually Yoko even develops feelings for Joe.
08:26Wolf Kanegushi was a highly anticipated young boxer in the bantamweight division and was also the All-Japan Rookie of the Year.
08:36In his match against Joe in the waiting room, he was hit with a cross counter and the match ended in a draw, but in subsequent official matches he came up with a double cross counter to break the cross counter.
08:49However, Joe went one step further and unleashed a triple cross counter, which not only cost him the match but also shattered his jaw, forcing him into retirement.
09:00Tiger Aosaki is the Japanese bantamweight champion, and since the death of Mr. Rikei, Joe has been on a winning streak, so he is fighting against him as a fighter sent by the presidents of other gyms.
09:16Before the match, he learns that Joe is unable to punch him in the face due to the trauma he suffered from the death of Mr. Rike, and he uses this weakness to defeat Joe.
09:27He then continued his momentum and fought against world-ranked Carlos Rivera, but suffered a miserable defeat, including a loss in the final seconds.
09:36Goromaki Gondo is a freelance fighter employed by the Yakuza, and is beaten down by an angry Joe after he continues to attack Wolf Kanagushi, who has become a Yakuza bodyguard, even after he has lost the will to fight.
09:54However, he sensed a certain manliness in Joe, and afterwards supported him in various ways, such as helping him with special training to deal with Harimao.
10:03Carlos Rivera is a talented boxer from Venezuela who is ranked 6th in the world.
10:12However, because his abilities were feared, it was difficult to arrange a match against Joe Iranker, and he was also known as the King of the Emotionless.
10:21He is a boxer who was called in by Yoko Shiraki to help Joe cure his yips, and initially came to Japan in order to earn fight money, but after sparring with Joe, they end up fighting seriously.
10:36As an aside, Rikei's Raw Material City was not part of the original story setting, and Chiba Tetsuya, who was the illustrator and serializer, made Rikei taller than Joe, which led to the realization that the two could not fight in the same weight class.
10:58Therefore, in order for the two to compete, they would need raw materials from Rikei, and Takamori believed that these raw materials would be beyond the limits of human ability, and he claimed that Rikei would die after the match.
11:15The two men then went to a bar in Shinjuku to discuss the matter, but Chiba opposed the plan, leading to a heated argument between them. The bartender, hearing the two men shouting and discussing whether or not to kill, misunderstood the situation and called the police.
11:34In the end, the deputy editor persuaded Chiba, and the decision was made to have Rikei-san die.
11:39In addition, the deaths of Mr. Rike and Oar, characters even more popular than Shiro, were a shocking event among fans at the time of serialization, and in consideration of the reaction, Takadansha organized an unprecedented funeral for a manga character, bringing together many fans.
12:01I'm sure there are many people who still remember it today.
12:05Well, finally, we are at the final episode. The final episode is a sequel to the previous episode.
12:17On the day of the match against Carlos, Shiro entered the packed stadium, seen off by a smug cheering squad including Nishi.
12:26Finally, the gong to signal the final battle rang, but Shiro was hit with a left blow and was knocked down in just five seconds.
12:36Carlos continues to land quick punches on Castle, who quickly gets up, but Castle just laughs as he takes the punches.
12:46Carlos was surprised by the reaction, but he quickly knocked Shiro down a second time, and it seemed like the fight was over, but Shiro got up again, laughing.
12:57Then, for some reason, he leaned against the ropes and provoked Carlos.
13:06Although Carlos is provoked, he punches from the side instead of the front to avoid the kangaroo punch he received during sparring.
13:15However, while Shiro received the punch with his left hand, he used the recoil from the ropes to land a punch in Carlos' stomach, knocking him down.
13:29Carlos was barely saved by the bell, but when the second round began, the two fighters began exchanging blows.
13:39After receiving the punch, Shiro leans against the ropes and uses the same tactic as before.
13:46In response to the invitation, Carlos pretended to hit with his left hand, grabbed the rope, and pulled. The recoil caused Castle to stumble forward, and at that moment, Carlos delivered an uppercut, sending Castle flying out of the air.
14:02Still, Castle staggers back into the ring and is on the verge of defeat, only to be saved by the bell.
14:08Then, when the third round begins, neither fighter tries to avoid the other's punches and a fierce exchange of blows ensues, but even after the bell rings to end the round, neither fighter shows any signs of stopping.
14:25Seeing the impending crisis, the referee was unable to stop the fight, and the exchange of blows continued, with blood flying everywhere.After a while, both fighters finally lost all their energy and were double knocked down.
14:38Seeing this dramatic double-take, the audience rushed to the ring and unanimously applauded both fighters for their fierce battle.
14:52The match ended in a draw, and after the audience had left the venue, Yoko was looking at Rikishi's photo in the pendant and reporting the fight to him, when Shiro appeared and the two of them chatted and talked about Rikishi.
15:08The scene changes to Tange Gym, where they are waiting for Shiro who has finished the match, but he never returns.
15:20Then Yoko appears and tells Danpei that Shiro has gone on a trip, and hands him a letter from Shiro.
15:28The letter not only contained a message to the friends who had gathered, but also announced his retirement from boxing.
15:40Upon hearing the news, everyone was so shocked and saddened that they were unable to move, tears welling up in their eyes.
15:47After a while, Sachi can no longer bear it and goes outside, calling out Shiro's name from the Namida Bridge. Yoko, Danpei and the others follow her, basking in the morning sun and believing that Shiro will return someday, and the program ends with them.
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