Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow

🇯🇵あしたのジョー · Ashita no Joe

MangaFinished🇯🇵 First published in 1968DramaSlice of LifeSports

Ikki Kajiwara story · Tetsuya Chiba story, art

A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens to be watching—Danpei Tange, a failed boxer and former coach who sees something special in the boy.

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