Boxing Gym

Boxing Gym (, Bokushingu) is a school story in Lost Judgment focused on the Todoroki Boxing Gym. Its associated stats are Focus and Guts, and its associated minigame is Boxing.
==Characters==
*Takayuki Yagami
*Kyoko Amasawa
*Kento Amasawa
*Kenya Oshikiri
*Go Todoroki
*Gaku Onidake
*Takeru Mikimoto
*Chizuru Sakuma
*Fudo Oshikiri
*Renji Honda
==Tasks==
*Talk to Amasawa at the MRC
*Go to Todoroki Boxing Gym
*Change Todoroki's Mind
*Spar with Iwashita
*Spar with Oshikiri
*Ask Todoroki about Oshikiri
*Continue the Boxing Gym Investigation
*Tail Oshikiri
*Shut These Punks Up
*Continue the Boxing Gym Investigation
*Continue the Boxing Gym Investigation
*Defeat Onidake in a Match
*Get Drinks with Onidake
*Continue the Boxing Gym Investigation
*Talk to Amasawa
*Ask Todoroki about the Genbukai
*Continue the Boxing Gym Investigation
*Defeat Sakuma in a Match
*Get Drinks with Sakuma
*Continue the Boxing Gym Investigation
*Check on Oshikiri at His Job
*Grab a Meal at Smile Burger
*Continue the Boxing Gym Investigation
*Defeat Mikimoto in a Match
*Get Drinks with Todoroki
*Train While Waiting for Amasawa's Call
*Prepare for the Oshikiri Rematch
*Defeat Yum in a Match
*Meet with Amasawa
*Prepare for the Oshikiri Rematch
*Defeat Heavyweight Sakuma in a Match
*Prepare for the Oshikiri Rematch
*Take On the Champ
*Prepare for the Oshikiri Rematch
*Head to the MRC Club Room
*Kick Off the Plan with Amasawa
*Get in Disguise
*Defeat Oshikiri in a Rematch
*Defeat Honda with Kenya Oshikiri
*Defeat Fudo with Kenya Oshikiri
==Plot==
Kento is present when Yagami meets Amasawa as he feels this case is relevant to him. Amasawa states that people have been getting beaten up in the streets at night, similar to tsujigiri in historical Japan, by an exceptionally strong hooded culprit known as "The Payback Boxer", who exclusively fighting using boxing techniques. Before he engages his mark, he states "I'm here because of your past sins." He is rumored to be accepting requests from the Professor's website and is suspected to be Kenya Oshikiri due to a button from a Seiryo High School uniform being present at a crime scene and him attending a boxing gym off-campus. Kento states he was a part of the Karate Club with Oshikiri when they were both first-years, and he was strong enough to defeat the black belts in his first month. Kento doesn't think Oshikiri is the kind of person to be the Payback Boxer. Although Oshikiri's reputation suggests he is a delinquent, he only fought people who attacked him first, and won. Amasawa requests Yagami get close to Oshikiri by infiltrating the Todoroki Boxing Gym, but warns him that it is composed of former criminals who go under intense training.
Yagami arrives the gym and meets its president, Todoroki. He tries to join, but because Yagami has not committed any felonies and is not ex-yakuza, is initially turned away. To convince Todoroki to let him in, he challenges him to a boxing match, and he accepts to see Yagami's skills. Yagami proves himself, and Todoroki asks Iwashita to spar with Yagami as another test. After Iwashita's defeat, he is scolded by Todoroki and Yagami is allowed to join, but his request to fight Oshikiri is denied. Oshikiri arrives and asks to spar with someone, but Todoroki reminds him of his suspension. Yagami steps up, much to Todoroki's disapproval, but he relents and allows Oshikiri to fight despite a prior incident.
Oshikiri's build and scars shock Yagami, sparking curiosity regarding his training methods. Yagami is unable to defeat Oshikiri and stands up for another round, but Oshikiri fights with his full strength and makes quick work of his opponent. Todoroki forces the match to stop before they can go any further. Yagami requests training from Todoroki and is offered a "special course" that costs extra in order to learn quicker. Yagami asks about Oshikiri, and Todoroki states he is unable to stop himself from killing someone when he fights with full strength. When asked of the Payback Boxer, Todoroki states Amasawa asked him about it and says he does not allow boxing outside the gym. He also states that Oshikiri ended Mikimoto's career when he entered his kill state during a practice match, and that he is suspended from amateur boxing.
When Oshikiri exits the gym, Yagami decides to tail him and notices how fearfully hyper-aware he is of his surroundings. Yagami tails him to the Bar District and sees him shadowboxing in a small park when punks arrive. One of them states his elder borther was beaten up by the Payback Boxer at the Genbukai and they attack him on the grounds that he is the Boxer, but Yagami interferes. Oshikiri tells him he knew he was being tailed, and states he is impressed with Yagami's non-boxing combat. He mimics Yagami's style, who notes he already has grasp of the form. Oshikiri accepts Yagami's request to learn how to become stronger, and states he did not defend himself because he is not allowed to box outside of the gym, but Yagami counters with the statement that it would have been justifiable self defense, which makes him doubt if he is the Payback Boxer.
Yagami comes to the gym later and is receives a gift from Oshikiri, who is out doing roadwork, by Todoroki, which is a book titled "Boxing for Beginners." When he leaves, Amasawa calls him to tell him the Payback Boxer claimed an ex-gangster as a victim and had been seen using kicks. After some sparring, Yagami requests a tougher opponent and is faced with the Class A pro Onidake. Onidake is scolded by Todoroki after he loses. When they are finished, Okidate invites him out for drinks and waits outside the gym.
They go to Yoronotaki and Yagami states he intends to spar with Oshikiri. Onidake states Oshikiri's sparring ban is because he only fights to destroy someone, but he may be allowed to spar again if he discovers the joy in boxing. Oshikiri was suspended from matches because a person he beat up in self-defense was the son of an executive whose company sponsored a boxing event. There was a push to exclude the Todoroki Boxing Gym if they wanted to keep the sponsorship, but Todoroki prostrating and begging the president to reconsider allowed the gym to stay. Todoroki himself is aiming to give rougher folks a place to go, and help them get on the right path through finding joy in boxing, as it did with himself.
Mikimoto arrives in the gym to collect a debt from Onidake as he had been difficult to locate. Onidake does not possess the money, and Mikimoto makes a proposal: They spar. If Onidake wins, Mikimoto will pay his interest himself, but if Mikimoto wins, Onidake pays him ¥50,000. Mikimoto knocks out Onidake in one clean hit, and tells Todoroki he has been in many fights over the past month. While Mikimoto waits for payment, Yagami informs him that lenders caught charging excessive rates have their contracts voided, and tells him to leave.
Amasawa calls Yagami to the MRC to discuss new developments. She tells him of the Genbukai, a mixed martial arts competition that felons enter, and states Oshikiri participated a few months ago. Rumors are spreading of the event's organizers being shady, but Kento states Oshikiri may not have known about that. Amasawa adds that she heads Todoroki scolded him when he learned of his participation. Yagami asks Todoroki about the Genbukai and Oshikiri's paranoia, but does not receive an answer.
Sakuma arrives in the gym after hearing of Yagami's fight with Kenya. He states he was once a member of the gym, but now competes in the Australian scene. Todoroki reminds Sakuma he did not want to see him again, and Sakuma expresses his displeasure with Todoroki's methods. Yagami asks to spar with Sakuma, who warns him he is heavier, which could result in severe injuries for the detective. Sakuma is impressed by Yagami's conviction to fight Oshikiri, and accepts. Yagami emerges victorious. He asks Sakuma of Oshikiri, but he states he would like to discuss it at Bar Rodriguez.
Sakuma states Todoroki recruited Oshikiri when he saw the latter fight thugs in an alley. Oshikiri was given one-on-one lessons and learned advanced techniques at a fast pace, but things changed after the fight with Mikimoto. Oshikiri becomes a combat machine in the ring, and Todoroki suspects someone trained him to be like that. Sakuma also thinks Todoroki is trying to save Oshikiri through boxing. Sakuma states Todoroki is always rough with his students, which discouraged him when he failed to earn the national cruiserweight title. On Mikimoto, Sakuma states he was a genius and thought training was a hassle. Todoroki thought Mikimoto could be a OPBF champ and even go to Worlds until the incident with Oshikiri. Before Yagami leaves, Sakuma asks Yagami if he is investigating the Payback Boxer, and tell him he feels no animosity for him doing so.
Mikimoto tries to collect from Onidake at the gym again, but he does not have the money. Sakuma offers to spar with him, but he declines. Sakuma states his intention to stay in Japan until he can convince Mikimoto to change. After some sparring, Todoroki asks Yagami if he enjoys boing, which he affirms. He states Oshikiri is boxing to survive rather than to enjoy it, but he drops the subject before he can go any further. He also tells Yagami that Oshikiri is working his part-time job at a Smile Burger food truck.
Yagami orders one Smile Burger and pretends to not know Oshikiri worked there. He states he works to pay his gym dues, as his mother only paid for school. Amasawa texts Yagami that the Payback Boxer had beat up someone who hit a woman in public some minutes prior. As Oshikiri is at his job, that gives him an alibi for not being the Boxer, which he reports to Amasawa.
Outside the gym, Yagami sees a disguised Amasawa, who is there to inform him what she learned about the Genbukai. He sees a picture of two of the sponsors, and notes that one of them is the ex-Keihin Leader Honda. They suspect the Neo Keihin Gang and the Professor are involved in the Genbukai. She also notes the Genbukai is the subject of illegal gambling, which the sponsors claimed to not be involved in. Oshikiri had made his betters a fortune when he participated, initially having few people bet on him. Lastly, she tells him that the revenge-for-hire website was a hoax and 8 out of 10 of the Payback Boxer's victims had previously lost to Oshikiri. The two exceptions were the person Oshikiri first used kicks against, and the second was when Yagami saw Oshikiri at Smile Burger. The identity of the second person in the picture is unknown.
Yagami re-enters the gym to see that Sakuma had brutally lost to Mikimoto while sparring. Mikimoto tells Todoroki to take back his comment of Mikimoto being a "spineless, worthless piece of shit" that he said after the match with Oshikiri now that he has beaten Sakuma. He refuses, and Mikimoto says he will beat every Todoroki Gym member if he has to. Yagami steps up and is able to defeat Mikimoto. After Todoroki chews him out for losing, Mikimoto states he had been boxing in the Genbukai (causing Yagami to suspect him being the Payback Boxer) in order to beat Oshikiri, but he had quit by the time he found out about it. Mikimoto is furious when Todoroki tells him to train properly after previously telling him to quit when he lost to Oshikiri. Fed up, Mikimoto says he will quit boxing for good, but Sakuma stops him and asks him if he wanted Todoroki to cheer him up after he lost to Oshikiri. Sakuma takes this opportunity to call out Todoroki for using verbal assault as coaching to rile up his students when it only crushed their spirits, saying he is the reason both he and Mikimoto quit. Mikimoto states he has nothing to do with boxing anymore, but Yagami tells him he felt he still had "it" when the fought in the ring. Inspired, Mikimoto asks to train with Todoroki again, making Yagami drop his suspicion.
Todoroki thanks Yagami for his assistance and he states he does not want Oshikiri to be the Payback Boxer, be he can only be sure if Todoroki tells him the truth. Todoroki agrees, feeling Yagami may be able to break Oshikiri's curse, and invites him to Rodriguez. There, he tells Yagami that Oshikiri is afraid of his father, ex-Omi Alliance Fudo, who harshly trained him to be the successor to the Oshikiri Family. Oshikiri's mother escaped with him when the Omi disbanded, but he feared Fudo will find him and take him back to a brutal life, and so trained to be strong enough to fight his father off when the time comes. Todoroki fears that Oshikiri will accidentally kill his opponent, and is unsure of how long he will stop him from sparring. Yagami offers to defeat Oshikiri, and Todoroki intends to devise a "counter-Kenya" training regime so he can do so. Yagami then informs Amasawa of what he'd learned, and she begins an online investigation into Fudo.
Amasawa calls Yagami and tells him that Itokura was able to quickly find an article containing information on Fudo when told about him. The article has a picture of Fudo, who both Amasawa and Yagami recognize as the man with Honda in the picture in front of the Genbukai venue. After a sparring round, Amasawa calls Yagami to the MRC to discuss the Payback Boxer's next mark. She states that one of Oshikiri's past opponents had not been attacked yet: an Osaka-based world boxing champion, who will arrive in Isezaki Ijincho for a TV appearance. They will lure out the Payback Boxer through Kento, who will spread a false rumor on his popular Chatter account. Additionally, Kento will act as a decoy due to his build being similar to the target. He is wanting to do this to redeem Oshikiri, and is insistent on being the decoy even if it means being put in danger. Amasawa is still concerned about the two victims who did not fight in the Genbukai, but Kento states one happened while Oshikiri was working - which places him under suspicion as he was not informed about that. Amasawa accuses Kento of assaulting the two, and he confesses to it. He wanted to repay Oshikiri for helping him in the past, but Yagami states he was still being reckless.
Yagami is to face Sakuma - who previously had to reduce his weight to compete in a cruiserweight match - at his full heavyweight power. Yagami wins, and for his final opponent in the "counter-Kenya" training, he must face Todoroki. After Todoroki is defeated, he states Yagami may now be a match for Oshikiri, and may finally show him that martial arts are not just violence. He receives a phone call from Amasawa, who tells him preparations are complete. They review their plan before heading out.
Yagami and Amasawa disguise themselves and wait near Hamakita Park when a disguised Kento leaves hotel Grande Blu Marino. They notice a hooded figure clad in black appear and have Kento lead him to Fukutoku Park. The figure says his signature line, and Kento takes off his disguise. The hooded figure takes off his disguise righter after, and reveals himself to be Oshikiri. Yagami tells him they already know about the Genbukai, and ask for his motive. Oshikiri states the matches he participated in were fixed; his opponents were paid by the sponsors to lose. He wanted to beat them again to see if he was truly stronger than his opponent. He also confirms he is preparing for when his father finds him.
Oshikiri is still intent on finding his remaining opponent, but Yagami reveals to him that he has been training to spar with Oshikiri and has Todoroki's permission to do so. If Oshikiri is not satisfied then, he can continue hunting his former opponent. He agrees to have a rematch with Yagami.
The rematch commences with both Amasawas watching. Yagami wins, but then Oshikiri enters his berserker state. Todoroki has the referee stop the match, but the referee is knocked out, and Yagami offers to take care of Oshikiri, stating that stopping the fight would waste their efforts. He is able to overpower the enrages Oshikiri, allowing him to break past the nature his father beat into him to return to his senses. They have one final fight, with Yagami emerging victorious one last time. After the match, the joy Oshikiri experienced from boxing moves him to tears, and Todoroki thanks Yagami for what he has done.
Onidake informs them that some strange people are on their way to the gym. Outside, they see the Neo Keihin Gang and Honda asks to see Oshikiri under the suspicion that he is the Payback Boxer assaulting previous Genbukai participants. Todoroki tries to have Honda leave, but is knocked down by him. Oshikiri steps outside to see the ruckus, and he fights the Neo Keihin Gang with Yagami on his side. During the fight, Fudo arrives and tries to take his son back by force, but Todoroki, Sakuma, Mikimoto, and Onidake arrive to help, but they are no match, and Honda prevents Yagami from interfering.
Fudo tells Oshikiri to join him so be can become a Neo Keihin enforcer. Kento wants to help Oshikiri, but Amasawa stops him. Todoroki tells Oshikiri to stand his ground and not give in to Fudo's offer, with Yagami also offering encouragement. Oshikiri is able to stand up to his father, and he and Yagami defeat Fudo and Honda. Fudo tries once again to take his son, but Oshikiri dodges his attack and punches him back, telling him he no longer has any influence over him. Honda takes Fudo and escapes. Oshikiri thanks Todoroki and Yagami for showing him how to enjoy boxing. Afterward, Todoroki hands him a professional boxing application form, as he will be old enough to participate as of next month, and offers to be his sponsor, much to his joy.
Oshikiri and Yagami arrive at the MRC, and the former tells Amasawa that he had received a letter informing him of the Genbukai match fixing, which included proof, causing him to become the Payback Boxer. Amasawa notes the oddity, as the Genbukai is hosted by the Neo Keihin Gang, and the Professor's letter goes against their interests. This casts doubt on the nature of the relationship between the Professor and the Neo Keihin.
Category:Lost Judgment School Stories