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79 Episodes 1970 - 1971
Episode 1
Fri, Nov 15, 202430 mins
A former boxer and current drunkard named Danpei Tange meets a drifter named Joe Yabuki and sees potential in him. Danpei offers to teach Joe how to box, but Joe isn't easily convinced.

Episode 2
30 mins
Danpei is severely hurt after trying to protect Joe from the yakuza. Joe goes to visit the head of the yakuza group to seek reparations for Danpei.

Episode 3
30 mins
Danpei works hard day and night to save up for Joe and his boxing gym. Meanwhile, Joe uses the slum kids to con some money out of people, and he runs into a woman named Yoko Shiraki.
Episode 4
30 mins
Joe holes up in an abandoned building after he gets caught lying to con people out of money.
Episode 5
30 mins
Danpei sends Joe a letter to teach him boxing while he's at the police hospital waiting for his fate.

Episode 6
30 mins
Joe ends up in a juvenile classification home and is quickly put in his place after trying to be cocky against his fellow inmates and their boss, Nishi.
Episode 7
30 mins
Joe, Danpei, and the kids show up to court to hear if Joe will be sent off to the juvenile training school.

Episode 8
30 mins
Joe and Nishi spend their first night at the Toko Special Juvenile Training School and are quickly put into their places.

Episode 9
30 mins
Joe and Nishi are sent out with the rest of the inmates to do some farmwork. Later on, Nishi comes up with a plan to help Joe escape the island, but they meet a man named Tooru Rikiishi.

Episode 10
30 mins
Joe is completely out of it after getting punched by Rikiishi. However, later on, he had a huge surprise in store for everyone.

Episode 11
30 mins
Joe continues to practice boxing while he's alone in solitary. Danpei and the kids try to find a way into the juvenile training school when they unexpectedly run into Yoko.

Episode 12
30 mins
Joe tells Yoko why he treats her so badly. Rikiishi tries to interfere and Yoko proposes that they settle this in a boxing match. Tange finally gets to train Joe again in person.

Episode 13
30 mins
Joe and Rikiishi prepare for their upcoming match. After seeing just how powerful Joe's new punch is, Rikiishi devises a unique training method to counter it.

Episode 14
30 mins
Joe and Rikiishi finally have their first match. But for some reason, Danpei tells Joe to let Rikiishi keep knocking him down. Who will be the winner in the end?

Episode 15
30 mins
Moved by the fight between Joe and Rikiishi, the inmates also start boxing.

Episode 16
30 mins
Tange becomes the full-time boxing coach at the juvenile training school on Nogiku Island. Joe seems to finally be interested in training more with Tange, but Tange suddenly seems distant.
Episode 17
30 mins
Joe keeps trying to get Tange to coach him again, but Tange just keeps ignoring him and concentrates on training Aoyama. No one expected Aoyama to get into the tournament, but he then somehow defeats the rep for dorm 7, Numata.
Episode 18
30 mins
The dormitory boxing tournament begins and everyone finds out just how Aoyama defeated Numata.
Episode 19
30 mins
Joe and Aoyama's match finally begins, but who will come out on top?
Episode 20
30 mins
Joe and Aoyama's match concludes and Tange reveals something to our two fighters.
Episode 21
30 mins
Rikiishi tells Joe that they need to have their match sooner because something came up, so they have an unofficial match out in the rain.
Episode 22
30 mins
Rikiishi leaves Toko Special Juvenile Training School and Joe feels empty inside. Meanwhile, the final match of the dorm boxing tournament is about to begin.
Episode 23
30 mins
Following Rikiishi and Aoyama, Nishi is also going to leave the juvenile training school, leaving Joe all alone.

Episode 24
30 mins
Joe finally leaves the juvenile training school and goes back to the slums where he's welcomed back with open arms.

Episode 25
30 mins
Joe finally feels like something might be changing in his life, but then he is visited by Guerilla, who's on the run from the police.

Episode 26
30 mins
Tange goes to the Japan Boxing Association to get his gym officially recognized. Meanwhile, Joe starts working at the grocery store Nishi works at.

Episode 27
30 mins

Episode 28
30 mins

Episode 29
30 mins
After getting into a fight with a famous boxer named Wolf Kanagushi and landing a cross-counter, Joe manages to attract attention and now hopes to become a ranked boxer.

Episode 30
30 mins

Episode 31
30 mins

Episode 32
30 mins
Joe finally become a pro boxer and fights for the first time in a professional ring, who manages to win.

Episode 33
30 mins
Everyone is happy and celebrate Joe's first victory like a boxer, especially Noriko.

Episode 34
30 mins

Episode 35
30 mins

Episode 36
30 mins

Episode 37
30 mins

Episode 38
30 mins
Joe Yabuki and Wolf Kanagushi fight's begin, and for the first time in his career, Joe rise up his guard.

Episode 39
30 mins

Episode 40
30 mins

Episode 41
30 mins
The new year has arrived and Joe finds out that Rikiishi is losing weight to become a bantamweight so he can face off with Joe.

Episode 42
30 mins

Episode 43
30 mins

Episode 44
30 mins

Episode 45
30 mins

Episode 46
30 mins
Rikiishi undergoes a sinister and absurd weight loss process, but in the middle of the process, he freaks out.

Episode 47
30 mins

Episode 48
30 mins

Episode 49
30 mins

Episode 50
30 mins
Rikiishi is landing his uppercuts on Joe, that not gives up, and tries do boxing in the real meaning, after a long time, both boxers has a final outcome on the 8th and last round of the fight.

Episode 51
30 mins
After a fierce match, A mildly injured Joe makes a shocking realization about Rikiishi's true condition.

Episode 52
30 mins
Danpei and Nishi goes to Rikiishi's funeral and they offer their condolences, meanwhile Joe is acting normal, but inside he's suffering a lot.

Episode 53
30 mins
Joe became a wanderer again, roaming aimlessly, shaken by Rikiishi's death, and blaming himself for everything that happened.

Episode 54
30 mins

Episode 55
30 mins

Episode 56
30 mins

Episode 57
30 mins

Episode 58
30 mins

Episode 59
30 mins

Episode 60
30 mins

Episode 61
30 mins
The fight between Joe and Tiger begins. Joe attempts a punch to Tiger's temple but then refuses, and after some rounds then something unexpected happens.

Episode 62
30 mins

Episode 63
30 mins

Episode 64
30 mins
Episode 65
25 mins
Episode 66
30 mins
Episode 67
30 mins
Episode 68
30 mins
Episode 69
30 mins
Episode 70
30 mins
Episode 71
30 mins
Episode 72
30 mins
Episode 73
30 mins
Episode 74
30 mins
Episode 75
30 mins
Episode 76
30 mins
Episode 77
25 mins
Episode 78
25 mins
The day of Carlos's match against Joe arrives. As a boxing fan, Danpei expresses his feelings about Joe's journey. Yoko silently encourages Joe as they walk down the hallway.
Episode 79
30 mins
Carlos counters Joe's techniques at the ropes with an improvised move, nullifying Joe's strategy. He then proposes a general brawl, without tricks. After the fight ends, Joe travels and leaves the Bridge of Tears, but says he will return.