Ganbare Genki

Synopsis

Horiguchi Genki is a five-year-old boy. His mother passed away when he was born, and he was raised solely by his father. His father, Shark Horiguchi, was a professional boxer who fell on hard times and became a wandering fighter. Despite this, Genki believed in his father's strength and his dream of becoming a champion, and he himself aspired to become a powerful boxer like his father. After his father's death, Genki was taken in by his grandparents. Even though they were opposed to him boxing, Genki resolved to become a boxer and continued training in secret. Through encounters with various people—such as Teacher Ashikiwa, who reminds him of his mother, and Mishima, a high school boxing champion—he forged his own path toward becoming a boxer.