Yuri! Yuri! Yuri!
Three minute rounds! No round limit!
How big of a piece can Junk Dog take out of the unstoppable champion?!
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Place your damn bets already!
Step right up!
But... I want to believe.
Believe that my faith in myself is real.
This isn't some game!
Look, please, stop this!
Odds this bad can't make for good gambling!
Give it up. The boss says tonight's a special occasion.
Plus...
This is the biggest special event in the history of these underground fights.
How could I stop that?
Listen! If you get the chance, just take a fall! And count to ten!
Or you'll die.
Why don't you tell me your name?
I can't imagine you'd want a ring name on your tombstone.
They don't make tombstones for stray dogs.
One shot and he's taken the momentum...
That's a hell of a jab. If it had connected cleanly...
How about a handicap?
I won't use my right hand.
My left should be enough for you.
What's going on?
Is he saying he can beat Junk Dog one-handed?
That's the champion for you.
So generous.
Here's hoping you don't regret it!
He's changing the angle of his jabs to shut down my punches!
How about this, then?!
Got you!
Down goes Junk Dog! He's down!
One...
Damn it... he wasn't bluffing about that handicap.
Two...
Three...
He really did only need his left hand.
Four...
Partner, stay down! Give it a rest!
Five...
You're gonna seriously end up dead if you go on!
Six...
Seven...
Dying doesn't bother me.
Not when I'm having...
this much fun.
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That smug look on your face is pissing me off!
Y'know, if you'd only used your left hand, you'd be out like a light right now.
You can stop trying to show off now.
Let's fight square from here on.
Right.
I'll grant that request of yours...
And show you real Megalo Boxing.
That's more like it.
Don't get cocky, kid!
Get away from him! Use your footwork!
I see what you're doing.
One...
Two...
Three...
Uh, champion, the fight's not—
Four...
It's over.
Five...
He won't be able to stand.
Six...
That's enough!
Stay down! Keep your ass down!
Seven...
Give it a rest, Pops.
Listen to me! Stay down!
Just lay there!
That's not what I wanna hear.
Nine...
Can you hear me?!
You've done enough! Don't get up!
Ten.
We've got a one-round KO!
The winner is Yuri!
Sorry for interrupting your operation.
Everyone got to see the real deal in person, at no extra cost.
That's a bargain.
Yuri! Yuri!
Yuri! Yuri! Yuri! Yuri!
Yuri! Yuri! Yuri!
That's your real Megalo Boxing?
I'm not impressed.
It couldn't even manage to kill a stray dog.
Let's keep going.
I'm not done yet.
No way in hell is that happening! You lost!
Give him a break, please!
The kid doesn't understand what he's saying!
He's totally hopeless—
I'm done with you.
I'm not going to continue brawling with stray dogs.
This isn't my ring.
Now that bothers you?
If you're serious about fighting me again...
then fight your way up to me.
And my ring.
W-Wait!
Hey! Get back here!
Stop!
I can't go back to that.
Not after what he just showed me!
You want out?
Owner...
You went to see that man with the motorcycle, didn't you?
Yes.
You need to remember your position.
You are not to step in the ring without my permission.
Fighting in unsanctioned bouts is completely out of the question.
I understand.
I'll never see him again.
Your body...
It's the future of this company.
I know.
All right, handle it like usual.
Leave it to us!
You explained to him the setup?
Yeah, in full.
Hey, partner!
Everything is all set.
Middle of the fifth round...
The other guy lands a lucky punch, and you go down.
Pops. I need to ask a favor.
Sure. Whatever you need.
Your scrap with Yuri...
has apparently doubled the audience, along with our cut.
I'm not gonna be in debt for much longer—
What's this?
I want to fight Yuri again.
Enter me into Megalonia.
You serious?
Yeah.
Get me into his ring. Please.
Where do you get off?!
Don't you get it?
He could've killed you back there.
And now you wanna talk big, talk about going "into his ring"?
You think a fraud can become the real deal?
You're not the one who'd be fighting.
It's me.
Come on...
Snap out of it, partner.
Besides, you'd need a citizen ID to enter a sanctioned match.
You got one of those? You don't, do you?
And even if you did...
only the top four ranked fighters get into the bracket.
You could bust your ass,
but there's no way you can get that far in three months.
Listen, guys like us, we don't get to think about tomorrow.
You focus too much on that stuff,
and you'll end up dead.
Stop all this dreaming...
And focus on doing your job well. All right?
Come on.
All right, I'm gonna go check on the crowd.
Go ahead and get ready.
And here's today's opening match!
We're counting on you!
Damn, what a simple bunch.
All right, partner, go easy on the guy.
You go at him too hard, and he won't last until round five.
Hey. You listening to me, partner?
That kid...
H-Huh?
Uh, s-start the count.
One...
Two...
Three...
That brat!
Four...
Buzz off! I'm in the middle of—
Five...
Six...
I'm so sorry, Mr. Fujimaki!
The kid and I have helped each other out, and gotten along up until now...
I never thought he'd betray me like this!
I just feel so damn pathetic and defeated!
You know what fond de gibier is?
Sir?
You hunt wild game and make soup stock out of it.
Oh...
If you take your time boiling it...
You can get 500 grams of fond out of 500 grams of bone.
Works out pretty nicely, doesn't it?
Mr. Nanbu... how much do you weigh?
I'm asking your weight.
How much?
Try this.
I'm begging you, Mr. Fujimaki! I'll find a way to pay you back!
So just give me some more time!
And that's your answer?
Please!
Fair enough.
But we need to settle up over this little incident.
I figure that last eyeball of yours should cover it.
Wh-What about the kid?
What happens to my partner?
That's the ace up your sleeve, huh?
Using your only piece as a sacrificial pawn...
You've fallen low, haven't you, Mr. Nanbu?
Don't worry about him.
We're going to be profiting off your partner until he's dead.
In my ring.
Get me into his ring. Please.
If you're serious about fighting me again...
then fight your way up to me.
And my ring.
His ring...
That's right.
My partner's not gonna be fighting in your ring!
I can pay you back in full once he wins this tournament!
So, did you handle it, Pops?
Hey, you listening?
Shut up for a sec!
I'm trying to think. Don't interrupt.
What happened?
Are we off the hook for what happened?
Megalonia.
Yeah, you heard me.
You're getting what you want, you little bastard!
We've gotta enter Megalonia now!
No matter what!
Do I get to fight him? Fight Yuri?
You don't get it, do you?!
We only have three months!
In only three months...
We have to make it into the tournament, and then win it.
Just gotta win, right?
I'm not losing again.
Not until I get my hands on Yuri again.
Poor guy...
He misses a few payments on his debts, and he gets chopped up, his organs sold off...
And now his whole identity is about to be overwritten.
This is all the help you'll get from me.
The rest depends on you two.
Isn't that right, Mr. Nanbu?
Are you serious?
What the hell can a pair of frauds do?
I've got a plan. We'll win.
I've been risking my life on bluffs for a long damn time now!
I'll show you exactly what we frauds can do!
That just leaves a new name,
and we'll have a freshly minted citizen.
It's your name. You pick it.
Me?
Joe.
Joe...
Joe, huh?
Joe...
Has a nice ring to it.
I guess that's your new ring name.
Then it's settled.
Round 2 "The Man Only Dies Once" "No man has ever died twice," mumbled the gambler.