Synopsis

Noboru Takizawa's transfer to a new high school comes with an immediate revelation: every single dispute, doesn't matter how small, gets settled in the boxing ring. That's just how things work here. And since he's already caught feelings for the school beauty Yukari, he's now locked into a rivalry with the reigning top fighter, Saburō Ibuki, whether he asked for it or not. This is a two-episode OVA from Gainax, and they're playing the whole thing completely straight-faced while being absolutely ridiculous about it. The animation is intentionally styled after 1970s sports anime, chunky, dramatic, full of poses, and the combat is cranked so far past normal that it stops being sports and starts being something closer to mythology. It's a love letter to a specific era of shounen storytelling, the kind where a punch could send someone through a wall and nobody questioned it. If you grew up watching anything like Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple and wanted something leaner and weirder, this scratches that itch. Fans of Kill la Kill's energy, where school hierarchy becomes an absurd blood sport, will recognize the same DNA here. At two episodes, it never overstays its welcome. It sets up the rivalry, introduces the cast, and delivers exactly what it promises: exaggerated school combat dressed up in vintage anime style, with enough self-awareness to make it genuinely funny without winking at the camera too hard.