Overview
Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe`s boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets Rikiishi who becomes his boxing rival. Danpei arrives at the home to help Joe to train in order to defeat Rikiishi. When Joe decides to seriously pursue boxing, Danpei cannot get a coaching license because of his reputation as a drunk.
I don't understand why it has such a low rating, it's a classic. After watching it, I felt a sense of loss, as if a part of me had been taken away.
I was completely satisfied with the ending, because that's how it was supposed to be. Maybe many people think that Joe should have survived, but if that had happened, the essence of the entire anime would have been lost, because Joe had to live in battle every day, right up to the very end...
I burned everything to the ground...
only white ashes remained...
Rikiishi left undefeated. But when he died, he didn't regret it, because he achieved his dream.
There are parallels with the Million Dollar Baby from Eastwood