Is Hajime no Ippo realistic? I outright LOVE Baby Steps and was looking for something along the same lines. Sad thing is, I may never be able to get around watching Hajime no Ippo, considering how long that is.
BTW, what are you all watching this season? Everyone I talked with about this said I was a bit off with my choices (mainly because I didn't pick Owari no Seraph, but there's other stuff). Here's mine:
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu, been reading the manga since a bit before the current point the anime is at and I just had to watch the anime, too.
Baby Steps, duh.
Denpa Kyoushi, been reading the manga since I don't remember when, I loved it. Sadly, the anime transposition is bad, IMHO. The OST is boring and the arts are just plain bad. Let's not talk about Suzune's seiyuu.
DanMachi, meh, nothing worth note, but not too bad a watch.
Grisaia no Rakuen, I've watched the first season, so I just had to continue. It's pretty nice, but nothing incredible.
JoJo, oh god how much I hate this arc. Luckily, it's almost up. Sad thing is, I doubt they'll release the following arcs quickly enough to satisfy my hunger, but I'm happy thinking that we'll get 4 not too far from now (hopefully), but it'll take a lot of time for my favourite, 7.
Kaitou Joker, watched season 1, it's not boring.
Mikagura Gakuen, I randomly picked this. I'm not really regretting that, but it may not have been my best choice.
Nagato Yuki-Chan no Shoushitsu, I hated this at first, but being the Haruhi fan I am I simply had to watch anything related to Haruhi in any possible way. However, it has been shaping up nicely so that I could ignore it being related to Haruhi and just watch it as a romance comedy. Or at least, until the last few episodes. I just hate the turn it took, hoping it will fix soon one way or another.
Ore Monogatari, good, real good stuff.
Re-Kan, I was hyped about it when I watched the first episode. Now, it's one of the most boring things on my list.
Shokugeki no Souma, good god, I'm LOVING this, much more than I could possibly explain. I don't really like the reactions to eating the food, but I love everything else so I can just get over that.