Hajime no Ippo/Heartwarming

"Hiroko: "Whatever it may be, seeing your son work so hard, is a wonderful thing for any mother.""
 * . Even Coach Kamogawa's backstory can move you to tears.
 * Ippo's relationship with Hiroko, his mother, is a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming ever since episode one. A specific example of this is the conversation Hiroko has with Alexander Volg Zangief after their match, which . When Volg asks her if she wasn't worried about Ippo's condition, she says she lost her will to complain after seeing Ippo work so hard.


 * Volg's return in the manga to Japan to get his Boxing gloves is one giant moment of fluff as Ippo and he get along fantastically, as he stays with Ippo and Hiroko for a few days. He leaves begrudgingly knowing that being there in Japan was "too warm and kind", and that if he didn't leave then, he'd never want to go. It becomes a Tear Jerker when