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Three days after Joe disappeared, a ten-count gong was held at Korakuen Hall to mourn Rikishi's death. Joe watches the scene on a street-side TV.

Joe wanders through the town on a snowy night, carrying memories of Rikishi. To Joe, who has no family, Rikishi was an irreplaceable presence...

On the day of Rikishi's funeral, Joe leaves their condolences to Danpei and Nishi and tries to distract himself by playing energetically with the children by the riverside.

The fierce battle ends. Joe extends a congratulatory handshake to Rikishi, who starts to smile but collapses onto the mat.

Joe fortifies his guard for the first time in his professional career, but Rikishi's fierce attack knocks him down.

Tange sends Joe a letter to teach him boxing while he's at the police hospital waiting for his fate.

Rikishi's uppercut grazes Joe's cheek, causing it to bleed. Alarmed, Joe moves in close during the third round, leading to an intense exchange of hooks.

Joe realizes that Rikishi has stabilized his body after extreme weight loss.

On the day of the match, Joe and Danpei reunite with Rikishi during the weigh-in and acknowledge his impressive weight-cutting success.

While Joe continues his intense training, Rikishi is equally devoted to maintaining his weight.

Joe asks Tange and Nishi to help him improve his sway backs so he has a way to counter Rikiishi.

Rikiishi has his first match as a bantamweight against Pancho Leo. Who will come out on top?

Tange formally accepts Shiraki Gym's match request between Rikiishi and Joe and he tells Joe about Rikiishi's brutal weight loss regimen. Meanwhile, Nishi doesn't seem to be losing any weight...

Joe and Rikiishi continue training for their match. However, Rikiishi is starting to worry Yoko and Mikinosuke because he is going to extreme lengths to lose weight.

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.

Tange takes Joe, Nishi, and the rest of the neighborhood on a hot springs trip to celebrate Joe's victory, but on their way up, they find out that Wolf may have been incapacitated.

Joe holes up in an abandoned building after he gets caught lying to con people out of money.

Joe and Wolf's intense match finally comes to an end. Who will stand victorious?

Joe and Wolf's match finally begins. Whose training will bring them victory?

Joe, Tange, and Nishi are anxious about what Wolf's secret training could be. The kids decide they'll sneak into the Asia Boxing Club to find out what Wolf's training is, but things go terribly wrong.