Flesh and Blood is Round 1167 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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While eating dinner, Kamogawa Genji mention he thought Nekota Ginpachi would be lonely on his own, but with all of the dogs there it is pretty lively. Nekota mentions Kamogawa also lives alone too, but Kamogawa mentions he goes to the gym and its like he is surround by wild animals. Nekota notes Kamogawa is pretty beat up, and wonder if he needs beat up body like that since he is an old man. Kamogawa disagrees since he is young enough, but mentions he got to keep going because Ippo's efforts would all be wasted if he doesn't. He mentions old folk shouldn't drag young people down.
Kamogawa praises young people, and mentions the future belongs to them. He notes how boxing has changed and evolved every passing day thanks to the effort of the young, and he wonders what they will come up with in the future. He thinks it is the least he can do is not to trouble them with his age and use what time he has left on their behalf. Nekota thinks he should used his head to come with idea instead of straining his body that might shorten his time left. Kamogawa is okay with it, and mentions even though he is in his 80's he can't contain the his blood boiling or the pounding in his chest. Nekota thinks Kamogawa is like a monster. Kamogawa thinks the same could be said of Nekota.
The next day, while gathering food, Nekota remembers when Kamogawa first came to his place after finding Takamura Mamoru. He told Nekota that his usual mitt techniques won't cut it with him, and his blood is boiling. Nekota notes that even when sunflowers wither and die, they leave a lot of seeds behind. He is thinks Kamogawa is doing the same. Kamogawa continues training.
Ippo's practicing the New Dempsey Roll on the sandbag. Aoki Masaru notes the marks on the sandbag are diagonal angles all over the place. Itagaki Manabu thinks it seems hard to dodge, and it will be hard ot hold mitts for them. They wonder where the coach is, when Yagi Haruhiko (with tickets) tells Ippo he needs to leave or he will be late. Ippo takes off, while Yagi mentions they got tickets for ringside seat as a thank you for the spar. Itagaki wanted to go, but Yagi mentions the other one is for people he sparred with. Ippo arrives and hopes Nagumo Ryuji is able to win since he was able to beat Miyata Ichirō. While going to his seat, he runs into Miyata.