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''Ashita no Joe'' (English title: Tomorrow's Joe) a critically acclaimed boxing manga created by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba in 1968 that was later adapted into an anime series and movie. While stupidly popular in its home country, it's almost completely unknown outside of it. Outside Japan it is also referred to as ''Rocky Joe'' or ''Joe''. [[Masami Kurumada]], author of [[Saint Seiya]], has also stated that he actually created his first famous manga (''[[Ring Ni Kakero]]'') as a tribute to this one.▼
[[File:Ashita no Joe Vol. 1 Cover..jpg|thumb|250px|[[Survivor|In the burning heart, the unmistakable fire.]]]]
▲'''''Ashita no Joe''''' (English title: ''Tomorrow's Joe'') is a critically acclaimed boxing manga created by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba in 1968 that was later adapted into an anime series and movie. While stupidly popular in its home country, it's almost completely unknown outside of it. Outside Japan it is also referred to as ''Rocky Joe'' or ''Joe''. [[Masami Kurumada]], author of [[Saint Seiya]], has also stated that he actually created his first famous manga (''[[Ring Ni Kakero]]'') as a tribute to this one.
Joe Yabuki is a troubled orphan who runs away from the orphanage, wandering the slums of Tokyo until he meets up with former boxing trainer Danpei Tange, who teaches Joe how to box while the latter is in prison. While in prison, Joe develops rivalries and friendships with the other inmates (and these two groups often overlap) while developing his skills at boxing and trying to become the best in the world.
''Ashita no Joe'' has been made into several video games, including a ''[[Punch
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Danpei at first. He gets better.
* [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]: {{spoiler|Joe dies at the end.}}
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Danpei of course.▼
* [[Badass]]: Joe, Rikishi
▲* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Danpei of course.
* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Carlos Rivera.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Joe, which comes back to bite him ''big time'' when it turns out there's a theory portion of the boxing license exam
* [[Byronic Hero]]: Joe Yabuki goes through many hardships... and he brings almost all of them on himself.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Joe can't tell Youko that he likes her due to being [[Not Good
* [[Casualty in
* [[Character Development]]: Nishi goes from a [[Jerkass]] leader of a group of
* [[Cross Counter]]: [[Trope Maker]]. It's also Joe's specialty.
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}}
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Danpei.
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* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: {{spoiler|Joe's triple cross-counter fractures Wolf's jaw so badly that he has to retire.}}
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Nishi post [[Character Development]].
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Joe, after accidentally causing Rikishi's death in their fight.}}
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Joe Yabuki▼
* [[Heroic RROD]]: {{spoiler|Joe's death at the end is from the exhaustion of his last match.}}
** Similarly, {{spoiler|Rikishi's death is from the brain damage that Joe accidentally
▲* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Joe Yabuki
* [[Japanese Delinquents]]: Joe, Nishi and Rikishi. In fact, all of them met in a juvenile prison.
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Joe was the first ''shounen'' hero to use the manly and aggressive ''ore'' pronoun, rather than the boyish and "non-threatening" ''boku''. Ater him, ''shounen'' main dudes started to use ''ore'' too.
* [[Jerkass]]: Joe, through and through. His [[Jerkass]] tendencies rise to the point where you have to wonder why Nishi continues to put up with him. After the Juvenile prison arc, he is more of a [[Jerk
** Nishi himself used to be quite the asshole.
* [[The Lancer]]: Nishi becomes this to Joe after his [[Character Development]].
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** [[Privileged Rival]]: Unlike Joe, he already had experience in professional boxing before they met and has the financial support of the Shiraki family.
* [[Say My Name]]: The original one. "JOE!!!"
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▲* {{spoiler|[[The Hero Dies]]}}
* [[Title Drop]]: Multiple times in the anime.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: {{spoiler|Ryuhi Kin, due to having accidentally killed his dad, is very scared of blood.}}
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[[Category:Sports Stories]]
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