The BEST episodes written by Osamu Dezaki
#2 - In Round 6... A Miracle Occurred
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 25
Joe has fought beyond his limit, yet he refuses to go down. Unable to comprehend how Joe can continue to fight, Kim slowly becomes unhinged and resorts to using his deadly technique known as Chom-Chom.
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#3 - Rikiishi... I Hear the Song
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 21
With Danpei vehemently against Joe’s dangerous weight loss, Joe leaves the Tange Gym. He visits the Shiraki Gym and locks himself up in the very same room where Toru Rikiishi once starved himself, so he could fight Joe.
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#4 - Those Knuckles... The Mark's Message
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 18
Joe is eager to take on Yongbi Kim, the OPBF Bantamweight Champion, but according to Danpei, Kim is avoiding Joe because he’s afraid of him. When in fact, Kim is eager to take on Joe, as well. Danpei has his reasons to want to avoid.
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#5 - The Tange Gym... Is Indestructable
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 13
With Joe’s bout against Carlos now over, Joe, Danpei and the people from the neighborhood are busy organizing Nishi’s retirement party. However, unbeknownst to everyone, Nishi was struggling to accept that he could no longer physically box.
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#6 - The Gong Chimes.. The Ring of the Devil
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 24
Kim’s manager confidently predicts Kim’s victory during the pre-fight press interview. Danpei and Nishi encourage Joe in the locker room, but Joe is not his usual self. Unsurprisingly, Kim dominates the fight and Joe can only defend himself.
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#7 - Beginning of the Struggle... Carlos VS Joe
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 11
As the New Year’s Eve bell counts down the passing year, Joe and Carlos’ bout kick off with the sound of the boxing bell. Joe and Carlos put on a heated and breathtaking fight. However, Joe is unable to land his forte, the cross-counter.
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#8 - Night of the Snow Storm... The Endless Fight
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 12
Joe loses consciousness after being hit with Carlos’ powerful uppercut. However, he refuses to go down without spending every last ounce of his strength. Carlos’ “invincible punch” mercilessly rains down on Joe.
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#10 - Let the Shining Tomorrow Burn in the Distance!!
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 79
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#14 - One Man, One Flower... Venture into the Ring
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 2
After a long absence, Joe returns to Tange Gym where he is welcomed with open arms. He pays his respect at Rikiishi’s grave and swears to return to the ring.
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#15 - Howl... Dogs Will Bite
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 6
Despite learning his inability to strike his opponent in the temple is psychological, Joe is undeterred and trains for his upcoming fight against Koji Nango. Joe climbs into the ring while Carlos Rivera, the world’s No. 6 bantamweight boxer from Venezuela
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#16 - The Christmas Eve Gift
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 10
It’s Christmas and the mood is merry in the slums. Snow begins to fall, as Carlos and Joe’s fire burn quietly inside of them. In the snow-covered park, Joe challenges Carlos to a fight to settle who is best. However, Carlos has another plan.
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#17 - For Whose sake...? Deadly Rush
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 15
Without a boxing club willing to organize a bout against Joe, Danpei visits Yoko for help. However, instead of organizing a bout against a Japanese boxer, she chooses Usman Somkit, the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation’s No. 5 boxer from Thailand.
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#18 - A Figure Seen... A Great Target
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 17
Joe steps onto the gym scale and makes an unwelcome discovery. Meanwhile, Kanto TV has announced their exclusive broadcasting rights to all of Joe’s bouts in Japan. At the announcement party, Joe notices an unlikely man standing amongst the crowd.
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#19 - Fighting Machine... Dragon Kim
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 19
With Joe and Kim’s OPBF Championship match now confirmed, Yoko sends Suga to South Korea to find out Kim’s mysterious past, while Kim’s manager secretly gathers information about Joe. Joe and Danpei watch Kim’s exhibition match against a boxer.
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#26 - And Then, He Returned...
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 1
After inadvertently killing Toru Rikiishi in the ring, Joe Yabuki finds himself aimlessly wandering the city at night, when he comes across a fight between Wolf Kanagushi.
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#46 - Back Then, The Ten-Point Bell Ringed
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 4
Joe, a fledgling boxer, is unfairly matched up against Tiger Ozaki, the National Bantamweight Champion. Despite the odds, Joe sees it as an opportunity to instantly climb to the top and is confident he can defeat Tiger Ozaki.
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#47 - The Phantom... Strike the Temple!
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 5
After a humiliating defeat against Tiger Ozaki, Joe agrees to another bout despite Danpei’s protests. Under Tiger Ozaki’s guidance, Ryu Harajima, Joe’s opponent takes advantage of Joe’s weakness in the ring.
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#48 - Wandering... Like a Wild Beast
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 7
Without a club willing to organize a bout against him, Joe’s career seems over for certain. Even Danpei says, “Joe Yabuki, the boxer is dead” and urges him to retire. Unable to accept his career may be over, Joe is at a loss.
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#49 - And then... The Beast Revived
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 9
Joe is slowly released from the ghost of Toru Rikiishi during his heated spar against Carlos. After realizing Joe can punch his opponent’s temple again, Danpei reopens the gym and the two go see Carlos’s bout.
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#50 - Where is... Joe's Youth?
Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 14
Joe visits the Shiraki Gym to pick up his prize money. There, he learns the World Champion had defeated Carlos. Joe also learns Carlos had become incapacitated as a boxer and that he was to blame.
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