Ryoma Takeda was once a rising star in the ring, an Interhigh champion, a golden boy with fists of promise. But one bitter loss on his pro debut shattered his confidence. A freak accident soon after stole his leg.

His career vanished. His fiancée left him. And all he had left were reruns of that one damn fight… and a hundred different regrets.

Then, just as he hits rock bottom, fate does the unthinkable. He wakes up ten years in the past, on the very night of his first professional match.

But this time, something’s different.

[System Initialized: Vision Grid Active]
“Your eyes see the truth beneath motion. Use it well.”

Armed with the Vision Grid System, a combat-assist module that turns his visual perception into tactical mastery, Ryoma now has a second chance.

To fix his mistakes.
To chase the career he lost.
To protect the mother he failed.
To fulfill the hopes of those who refused to give up on him.
And to finally become the man they always believed he could be.

But boxing isn't just a sport. It's war of bodies, of minds, of hearts.

And Ryoma Takeda is done losing.

A humid late-summer heat hangs over Utsunomiya, but inside the cramped press room of Tachibana Boxing Gym, the air is cold, tense, controlled, and sharpened by anticipation.


Local reporters fill the space shoulder-to-shoulder. Camera tripods line the back wall. Murmurs ripple across the room as they wait for the man of the hour.


Coach Daisuke Yoshizawa steps in with the quiet weight of authority. He takes his place behind the podium, adjusts the mic, and offers a curt bow.


"Thank you all for coming. I will make this brief. Regarding my champion, Shinichi Yanagimoto, and the statements he made after Ryoma Takeda's last fight… I will clarify our official stance."


The room stills. Every rustle of paper and shuffle of feet fades as the reporters snap to attention, pens hovering over notebooks, recorders lifted, camera lenses adjusting with soft mechanical clicks.


Chapter 297 - The Fall of the Mask