# Season 1
# E1 - The Last Minegayama
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G609WNG06/the-last-minegayama)
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**[00:04] Mom**
You've been keeping secrets
from me, Sakamichi!
**[00:06] Sakamichi**
B-But, mom, I've explained it so many times.
**[00:11] Mom**
You took your bike all the way to Mt. Fuji!
**[00:14] Sakamichi**
Well, actually...
**[00:16] Mom**
I heard you were going to Hakone,
but nobody told me you were going to Mt. Fuji!
**[00:19] Sakamichi**
What? I did tell you.
**[00:21] Imaizumi**
Excuse me, ma'am. My name is Imaizumi.
**[00:24] Naruko**
Excuse the intrusion. I'm Naruko.
**[00:27] Naruko**
Written "cry" and "child," then "sentence"
and "lucky," my name is Naruko Shoukichi.
**[00:31] Naruko**
Onoda-kun did something super amazing.
**[00:35] Imaizumi**
At the Inter-High, the year's biggest race...
**[00:38] Naruko**
Onoda-kun won the general classification!
**[00:41] Imaizumi**
He carried our wishes...
**[00:43] Naruko**
...to the finish line.
**[00:49] Mom**
What on earth is the Inter-High?
**[00:51] Naruko**
That's your question?
**[00:52] Imaizumi**
This won't be easy.
**[00:55] Naruko**
Basically, he climbed Mt. Fuji faster
than any other man in the country.
**[01:01] Mom**
That is amazing.
**[01:03] Both**
It worked.
**[01:05] Mom**
That's why you slept for
three days after coming home.
**[01:08] Sakamichi**
I was so exhausted, I couldn't move.
**[01:12] Naruko**
Oh, right.
**[01:13] Naruko**
Ma'am, we brought this.
***SIGN*** Inter-High Winner The Man Who Conquered Mt. Fuji Onoda Sakamichi
**[01:16] Naruko**
Onoda-kun's in a magazine.
**[01:21] Mom**
Oh, my. How cool.
**[01:25] Mom**
Look at this, Sakamichi.
This is a nice photo.
**[01:27] Sakamichi**
I'm good. I've already seen it.
**[01:29] Mom**
This is great.
**[01:30] Mom**
I forgot my camera in the car, so I
didn't get to take a picture of you.
**[01:37] Sakamichi**
You were there?!
**[01:38] Naruko**
You were there?!
**[01:39] Mom**
Oh, didn't I tell you?
**[01:41] Mom**
I was watching all through
the award ceremony.
**[01:44] Imaizumi**
You were watching, and you
still don't understand?
**[01:47] Sakamichi**
Then that voice I heard then...
**[01:51] (Flashback) Mom**
Do your best, Sakamichi!
**[01:58] Mom**
Imaizumi-kun, Naruko-kun...
**[02:01] Mom**
Take care of Sakamichi for me.
**[02:05] Mom**
Sakamichi...
**[02:08] Mom**
Be careful, and keep riding your bike.
**[02:13] Sakamichi**
Okay.
**[02:14] Sakamichi**
I'm off!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[03:55] (Flashback) Miki**
I can hardly believe it rained yesterday.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Miki**
The weather's so nice.
***SIGN*** RIDE.01 The Last Minegayama
**[04:04] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Hey.
**[04:05] (Flashback) Miki**
Good morning, Imaizumi-kun.
**[04:06] (Flashback) Miki**
You're right on time for opening.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Miki**
Did you take the bus today?
**[04:10] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Yeah.
**[04:11] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
This place is pretty far from the bus stop.
**[04:13] (Flashback) Miki**
But you'd do anything for love, right?
**[04:16] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
What do you mean by love?
**[04:18] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Is it ready?
**[04:23] (Flashback) Toji**
Hey.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Hey, Kanzaki-san.
**[04:27] (Flashback) Toji**
It's ready.
**[04:28] (Flashback) Toji**
Your last one broke during the Inter-High.
**[04:32] (Flashback) Toji**
It's got a new frame.
**[04:34] (Flashback) Toji**
I stuck new components and wheels on it, too.
**[04:37] (Flashback) Toji**
It's your new bike.
**[04:40] Imaizumi**
Incredible.
**[04:41] Imaizumi**
It's so direct.
**[04:43] Imaizumi**
It's like the bike is responding to
my legs' movements without any error.
**[04:47] Imaizumi**
And it's light, too.
**[04:49] Imaizumi**
I'm already at 40 kph,
but it can go even faster.
**[04:52] (Flashback) Toji**
This time I made the
components electric, too.
**[04:55] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Electric?
**[04:57] Toji**
The wires you've used to physically shift
gears until now have been switched out
***SIGN*** Electric Signal
***SIGN*** Cord
***SIGN*** Motor
***SIGN*** Motor
***SIGN*** F Derailleur
***SIGN*** R Derailleur
***SIGN*** Battery
**[05:01] Toji**
for electric signals sent to
motors that do it for you.
**[05:04] Toji**
It's like shifting gears using a switch.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Toji**
On this battery, you'll be able
to ride about 1,500 kilometers.
**[05:10] (Flashback) Toji**
It's not that one's better than the other,
**[05:13] (Flashback) Toji**
but you're the type to manage your
body by shifting gears a lot.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Toji**
Even when you're pushed to your limit,
you'll be able to accurately shift gears.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Toji**
This'll be a huge advantage for you.
**[05:24] Imaizumi**
There's zero delay when shifting gears.
**[05:29] Imaizumi**
Amazing.
**[05:31] Imaizumi**
It feels so strange to have the
gear shift at the lightest touch.
**[05:35] Imaizumi**
But this bike can move!
**[05:38] Imaizumi**
It feels awesome.
**[05:39] Imaizumi**
Thank you, Kanzaki-san.
**[05:45] Imaizumi**
Kinjou-san...
**[05:46] Imaizumi**
I had a range of experiences
at the Inter-High.
**[05:49] Imaizumi**
What I've felt since it ended is that
I've definitely become stronger.
**[05:56] Imaizumi**
I'll become even stronger.
**[05:59] Imaizumi**
I'll go to the Inter-High again next year.
**[06:02] Imaizumi**
I'll kick aside the strong riders who
will gather from all over the country.
**[06:05] Imaizumi**
I will, as Sohoku's ace!
**[06:10] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Um, hello.
**[06:13] (Flashback) Miki**
Welcome, Onoda-kun.
**[06:16] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
H-Hello. Um, Kanzaki-san asked me to come.
**[06:20] (Flashback) Miki**
Yeah, I heard. Come in.
**[06:26] (Flashback) Toji**
Hey.
**[06:26] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Hello. Thanks for all your
help at the Inter-High.
**[06:31] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What did you want to talk about?
**[06:37] (Flashback) Toji**
The chromoly frame out front's the one
you rode in the Inter-High, right?
**[06:41] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Oh, yes. Thank you.
**[06:43] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Thanks to you, I...
**[06:44] (Flashback) Toji**
Give it back.
**[06:45] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What?
**[06:49] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What? I know I've been
borrowing it from you, but...
**[06:56] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
But...
**[07:01] (Flashback) Toji**
Ride this instead.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Toji**
It's a carbon module cast.
**[07:08] (Flashback) Toji**
The frame's made entirely from carbon fiber.
**[07:11] (Flashback) Toji**
It weighs half as much as the
chromoly frame you've been riding.
**[07:15] Sakamichi**
*Half?*
**[07:17] (Flashback) Miki**
Even I can lift it easily.
**[07:20] (Flashback) Toji**
Weight is key for climbers.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Toji**
Take the next step forward, Onoda.
**[07:26] Sakamichi**
*Forward...*
**[07:28] (Flashback) Toji**
That bike will be able to meet your needs.
**[07:33] Sakamichi**
What is this?
**[07:34] Sakamichi**
It's so light.
**[07:37] Sakamichi**
I feel like I'm floating
three centimeters above the ground.
**[07:39] Sakamichi**
It's so fast.
**[07:42] (Flashback) Toji**
This bike moves easily, far, and quickly.
**[07:46] (Flashback) Toji**
You can really pedal when you need to.
**[07:48] (Flashback) Toji**
It's the right bike for you.
**[07:50] Sakamichi**
The pedals really do turn fast.
**[07:53] Sakamichi**
I might even be able to pedal faster
than I did at the Inter-High.
**[08:01] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun! Naruko-kun!
**[08:04] Imaizumi**
Onoda!
**[08:04] Naruko**
Onoda-kun!
**[08:06] Naruko**
What's your new weapon?
**[08:08] Sakamichi**
Kanzaki-san just gave it to me.
**[08:11] Naruko**
A yellow carbon frame, huh?
**[08:14] Naruko**
Pretty flashy and cool.
**[08:17] Imaizumi**
How's the new bike?
**[08:19] Sakamichi**
G-Good!
**[08:21] Sakamichi**
Since the way you ride heavy bikes is
different from how you ride light bikes,
**[08:24] Sakamichi**
it'll take some getting used to.
**[08:26] Sakamichi**
But Kanzaki-san said once I get used
to it, I'll be dramatically faster.
**[08:33] Naruko**
Hotshot's got a new frame and electric
components, and Onoda-kun's got a new bike?
**[08:39] Naruko**
Looks like we had the same idea.
**[08:44] Sakamichi**
What?
**[08:47] Sakamichi**
What is this sound? Is that the wind?
**[08:49] Sakamichi**
They're thick and huge. What are those?
**[08:52] Naruko**
On hills, the lightness of
your wheels is important.
**[08:55] Naruko**
I think Makishima-san said that.
**[08:59] Naruko**
On flats, your wheel's wind
resistance is important.
**[09:02] Naruko**
They negate the wind blowing toward
you and convert it into thrust.
**[09:06] Naruko**
These are the ultimate wheels for sprinters...
**[09:09] Naruko**
Carbon deep-rimmed wheels!
**[09:11] Sakamichi**
Amazing.
**[09:14] Imaizumi**
Why don't the three of us
go for a shakedown ride, then?
**[09:17] Imaizumi**
Try to keep up, Naruko.
**[09:19] Naruko**
Shut up. I'll be leading the group.
**[09:21] Naruko**
I'll show you just how fast my new weapon is.
**[09:26] Naruko**
Ready, and...
**[09:29] Sakamichi**
Wait!
***SIGN*** Library
**[09:41] Makishima**
Yeah. I know, Bro.
**[09:44] Makishima**
I've packed most of my things.
**[09:48] Makishima**
I'll be fine. I'll talk to them, too.
**[09:52] Makishima**
Yeah, bye.
**[10:03] Makishima**
The Sohoku High Bicycle
Racing Club was a good team.
**[10:09] Makishima**
But now it's time to say goodbye.
***SIGN*** Club Withdrawal
***SIGN*** Makishima Yusuke
***SIGN*** Bicycle Racing Club
***SIGN*** Club Withdrawal
**[10:39] Makishima**
Why do I look so dejected?
**[10:42] Makishima**
We finally won the Inter-High.
**[10:47] Makishima**
I should be leaving with a smile.
***SIGN*** Inter-High Road Race Boys' Champions
***SIGN*** Idiot
**[10:54] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
Why'd you write "idiot" on it?!
***SIGN*** Climber for life
Makishima Yusuk
**[11:15] Makishima**
Time for one last climb up Minegayama.
**[11:26] Naruko**
What do you want, old man?
**[11:28] Naruko**
I'm not slacking off just
because it's summer break.
**[11:31] Naruko**
What? I'm training with hotshot right now.
**[11:36] Naruko**
Huh? Onoda-kun's off training by himself.
**[11:38] Naruko**
What?
**[11:40] Naruko**
Makishima-san is?
**[11:42] Naruko**
Yeah, I heard he was going to college.
**[11:45] Naruko**
But why's he going overseas?
**[11:48] Tadokoro**
His brother's living in England by himself.
**[11:53] Tadokoro**
He's going to help him
while living abroad there.
**[11:57] Naruko**
No one told me anything about that!
**[11:58] Tadokoro**
No one told me, either.
**[12:00] Tadokoro**
We just heard the news, too.
**[12:03] Tadokoro**
Their school year starts
in September over there.
**[12:05] Naruko**
September? You mean this September?
**[12:08] Tadokoro**
Yeah.
**[12:09] Tadokoro**
I did think he was spending a lot of time
in the library since the Inter-High ended.
**[12:13] Tadokoro**
Apparently, he was finishing all
his credits here ahead of schedule
**[12:17] Tadokoro**
so he could go to college there.
**[12:19] Naruko**
What?
**[12:20] Naruko**
Are you serious?
**[12:22] Naruko**
What about the race to send
off the third-years, then?
**[12:26] Naruko**
What about his bike?
**[12:35] Sakamichi**
Makishima-san!
**[12:37] Sakamichi**
Are you on your way to practice now?
**[12:44] Makishima**
That bike seems to be working out well.
**[12:47] Makishima**
It's a good fit for you.
**[12:49] Sakamichi**
Oh, I'm not nearly good enough for it yet.
**[12:53] Sakamichi**
I haven't tapped into my full potential yet.
**[12:56] Sakamichi**
I still have old habits to shake.
**[13:00] Makishima**
Imagine sliding your feet forward when your
toes are applying torque to the crank.
**[13:06] Makishima**
You'll move farther on a
lighter frame that way.
**[13:10] Sakamichi**
Slide my feet?
**[13:14] Sakamichi**
Oh, I see.
**[13:15] Sakamichi**
Thank you. I'll give it a try.
**[13:27] Makishima**
Onoda, I'm on my way up Minegayama.
**[13:32] Makishima**
Want to join me?
**[13:40] Sakamichi**
I just came back from Minegayama.
**[13:43] Sakamichi**
Would it be all right
if we rode another time?
**[13:50] Makishima**
Yeah.
**[14:06] Sakamichi**
Actually, can I come with you after all?
**[14:10] Sakamichi**
I got a strange feeling in my chest.
**[14:14] Sakamichi**
Let's go up Minegayama together.
**[14:17] Makishima**
This kid...
**[14:19] Makishima**
I can't tell if he's slow or sharp.
**[14:22] Makishima**
Yeah, let's go!
**[14:32] Makishima**
You've gotten faster.
**[14:37] Sakamichi**
Yeah. Um, Makishima-san, you're cool, too.
**[14:44] Makishima**
"Scary" is good enough for me.
**[14:47] Makishima**
Sakamichi!
**[14:48] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir!
**[14:52] Makishima**
Hey, Sakamichi!
**[14:54] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir!
**[15:01] Makishima**
Do you enjoy riding your bike?
**[15:05] Sakamichi**
Yes!
**[15:15] Sakamichi**
Lately, I've been talking with Naruko-kun
and Imaizumi-kun about how we'll
**[15:19] Sakamichi**
"surpass the third-years
by the time they graduate."
**[15:24] Makishima**
That sounded just like him.
**[15:25] Sakamichi**
What? Really?
**[15:27] Sakamichi**
You beat me again at the end today,
**[15:29] Sakamichi**
but I'm hoping to get stronger
by the time you graduate.
**[15:34] Sakamichi**
At least, I hope I do.
**[15:38] Sakamichi**
Will you race me again then?
**[15:46] Makishima**
I'm always riding with you.
**[15:49] Makishima**
When you think of it that way,
we can race anytime.
**[15:53] Makishima**
On zigzagging climbs, on straight
roads that stretch on forever,
**[15:59] Makishima**
on overgrown country roads...
**[16:02] Makishima**
Next year and the year after,
I'll always be riding in front of you.
**[16:09] Makishima**
So pass me.
**[16:11] Makishima**
Become stronger.
**[16:19] Makishima**
We're counting on you to
carry our Sohoku, Sakamichi.
**[16:24] Sakamichi**
Makishima-san...
**[16:32] Kinjou**
I'm happy to have served as your captain.
**[16:37] Kinjou**
You endured hard practices
and rode well at races.
**[16:42] Kinjou**
I'm truly grateful to all of you.
**[16:45] Kinjou**
Thank you.
**[16:47] Imaizumi**
It was nothing.
**[16:48] Naruko**
Same goes to you, Captain.
**[16:50] All**
Thank you!
**[16:54] Tadokoro**
We really are blessed.
**[16:57] Tadokoro**
I had an awesome time.
**[16:59] Kinjou**
Teshima...
**[17:00] Teshima**
Yes, sir.
**[17:02] Kinjou**
You're the next captain of the
Sohoku Bicycle Racing Club.
**[17:06] Kinjou**
Second-year, Teshima Junta!
**[17:08] Teshima**
Yes, sir!
**[17:09] Kinjou**
Aoyagi Hajime!
**[17:11] Aoyagi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:11] Kinjou**
You're the vice-captain.
**[17:13] Aoyagi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:14] Tadokoro**
The rest is up to you guys.
**[17:17] Kinjou**
Ride.
**[17:19] Kinjou**
Fight for every second.
**[17:21] Kinjou**
Next year's Inter-High has already begun.
**[17:24] All**
Yes, sir!
**[17:29] Teshima**
Sohoku won. We beat reigning
champions, Hakone Academy.
**[17:34] Teshima**
And at the same time, we became burdened...
**[17:37] Teshima**
...with the weight, responsibility,
and pressure of being the winning team
**[17:40] Teshima**
of the Inter-High.
**[17:43] Teshima**
At the next Inter-High—no,
**[17:45] Teshima**
starting with our next race,
the other teams will be gunning for us.
**[17:50] Teshima**
We must leap past them and win again.
**[17:53] Teshima**
No matter the circumstances.
**[17:57] Teshima**
After all, at the next Inter-High,
we'll be riding with single-digit tags...
**[18:04] Teshima**
Because we are the champions.
**[18:10] Teshima**
Come. Let me see how much stronger
you became during the Inter-High.
**[18:14] Imaizumi**
Let me see?
**[18:16] Naruko**
Interesting. Does this
mean a race, perm guy?
**[18:19] Teshima**
Didn't you hear me?
**[18:20] Teshima**
That's what I said.
**[18:22] Teshima**
To the traffic signal at the
end of this 15-kilometer flat.
**[18:26] Teshima**
Let's race!
**[18:29] Naruko**
He accelerated.
**[18:30] Naruko**
Is he trying to pull ahead here?
**[18:32] Imaizumi**
No, Teshima-san is a strategist.
**[18:34] Imaizumi**
He could be plotting to make us wear
out our legs by chasing after him.
**[18:45] Naruko**
The quiet one jumped ahead.
**[18:47] Naruko**
Their switch was ultra smooth.
**[18:49] Naruko**
Their teamwork is still going strong.
**[18:51] Naruko**
No...
**[18:52] Imaizumi**
Naruko!
**[18:53] Naruko**
Yeah!
**[18:54] Imaizumi**
They're trying to pull ahead
of us with brute force!
**[18:59] Imaizumi**
They knew we'd expect them to
strategize since they're not strong,
**[19:02] Imaizumi**
so they did the opposite.
**[19:05] Imaizumi**
Let's accelerate at full speed!
**[19:07] Naruko**
I know!
**[19:08] Naruko**
Can we close this gap?
**[19:09] Imaizumi**
We will catch them!
**[19:14] Naruko**
I must be stupid. I didn't notice.
**[19:16] Naruko**
I didn't even pay any attention to it.
**[19:17] Naruko**
Now that I get a closer look, their legs...
**[19:21] Naruko**
Their legs are nothing like
they were at the training camp!
**[19:23] Naruko**
Those are the legs of someone
who's practiced a ton!
**[19:31] Tadokoro**
Will the first-years catch them?
**[19:33] Kinjou**
I'm not so sure.
**[19:35] Kinjou**
While they were looking
toward the Inter-High,
**[19:38] Kinjou**
Teshima and Aoyagi never stopped practicing.
**[19:41] Kinjou**
And they've gotten stronger.
**[19:45] Kinjou**
Especially Aoyagi.
**[19:46] Kinjou**
His abilities as a sprinter are blossoming.
**[19:53] Teshima**
Aoyagi...
**[19:55] Teshima**
What percent are you at right now?
**[19:56] Aoyagi**
70%.
**[19:58] Teshima**
Then let's go to 100% for the last two
kilometers and pull ahead of them.
**[20:03] Aoyagi**
Got it.
**[20:20] Teshima**
What's wrong, Naruko?
**[20:21] Teshima**
Are those deep-rimmed wheels just for show?
**[20:27] Teshima**
Imaizumi, don't think
you'll be the ace forever.
**[20:32] Teshima**
You're not strong enough yet.
**[20:34] Teshima**
We will—Sohoku will become even stronger!
**[20:37] Teshima**
We are the second generation of Sohoku!
**[20:39] Both**
Yes, sir!
**[20:44] Tadokoro**
Looks like the second-years won.
**[20:47] Tadokoro**
Check it out. They look frustrated.
**[20:51] Kinjou**
Thinking they were better
**[20:53] Kinjou**
for even a moment let their biggest
chance slip away from them.
**[20:57] Kinjou**
That's part of road racing, too.
**[21:00] Tadokoro**
But...
**[21:02] Tadokoro**
I'm most worried about him.
**[21:05] Tadokoro**
Onoda...
**[21:08] Sakamichi**
I can't catch up. I can't catch up...
**[21:11] Sakamichi**
I need to work harder.
**[21:14] Sakamichi**
I can't be weak. I can't be weak.
**[21:23] Sakamichi**
I can't be weak...
**[21:31] Sakamichi**
Makishima-san...
**[21:33] (Flashback) Makishima**
Become stronger.
**[21:37] Sakamichi**
How can I become stronger?
**[23:25] Teshima**
It's tea time.
**[23:29] Aoyagi**
Junta.
**[23:29] Teshima**
I almost forgot.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE What Makishima Left Behind
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E2 - What Makishima Left Behind
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYZXW3546/what-makishima-left-behind)
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***SIGN*** Inter-High Road Race Boys' Champions
***SIGN*** Makishima Yusuke
**[00:21] Sakamichi**
Makishima-san...
**[00:24] Makishima**
*Why do you look so dejected,*
**[00:26] (Flashback) Makishima**
Sakamichi?
**[00:40] Sakamichi**
I wonder why?
**[00:42] Sakamichi**
Lately, I've been able to recall
so clearly the feeling of him
**[00:47] Sakamichi**
slapping me on the back.
**[00:51] Sakamichi**
No, no!
**[00:53] Sakamichi**
Makishima-san asked me
to make Sohoku stronger.
**[01:00] (Flashback) Makishima**
We're counting on you to carry our Sohoku.
**[01:04] Sakamichi**
That's why I can't lose heart.
**[01:08] Sakamichi**
I have to shake off the
past and move forward.
**[01:13] Sakamichi**
I'm taking the lead!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.2 What Makishima Left Behind
**[02:57] Naruko**
Onoda-kun, you've been falling a lot lately.
**[03:00] Naruko**
Are you sure you're not being overeager?
**[03:02] Teshima**
Are you hurt?
**[03:03] Sakamichi**
N-No, I'm fine.
**[03:06] Imaizumi**
You're always diving into the grass.
**[03:09] Imaizumi**
Are you still not used to your bike?
**[03:14] Sakamichi**
Y-Yeah, that's it.
**[03:15] Sakamichi**
Riding a new bike sure is hard.
**[03:18] Sakamichi**
It's too light, and the brakes work too well.
**[03:24] Naruko**
Can I refill my water bottle at
the vending machine up ahead?
**[03:27] Imaizumi**
Yeah, same.
**[03:32] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[03:34] Teshima**
Is this about Makishima-san?
**[03:36] Sakamichi**
Huh?
**[03:38] (Flashback) Kinjou**
Makishima is quitting the team today.
**[03:43] Sakamichi**
N-No...
**[03:45] Teshima**
Really? That's fine, then.
**[03:47] Teshima**
It's dangerous to practice
while lost in thought.
**[03:50] Teshima**
Be careful.
**[03:52] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[03:53] Teshima**
Now that Makishima-san is gone,
you're Sohoku's only climber.
**[04:03] Naruko**
Shall we sprint to the top, like usual?
**[04:07] All**
Yeah!
**[04:09] Naruko**
It's just a 200 meter slope.
**[04:11] Naruko**
That's short enough to sprint up.
**[04:14] Imaizumi**
Don't push yourself too hard.
**[04:16] Sakamichi**
A slope? Climbing?
**[04:19] Sakamichi**
That's right. I...
**[04:22] Sakamichi**
I have to work harder.
**[04:32] Sakamichi**
My power...
**[04:34] Sakamichi**
It's no use. I can't get any power.
**[04:46] Teshima**
Onoda...
**[04:49] Sakamichi**
Sorry, Teshima-san! Er, Captain!
**[04:52] Sakamichi**
You must be here to ask me what I'm
doing when I'm supposed to be a climber.
**[04:56] Sakamichi**
I... I'll get my head back
on straight and climb!
**[05:00] Teshima**
No, it's fine. Let's take it slow.
**[05:02] Sakamichi**
Huh?
**[05:04] Teshima**
The weather's nice.
**[05:07] Teshima**
Does it hurt, Onoda?
**[05:09] Teshima**
Despite how he looked,
Makishima-san was a nice guy.
**[05:14] Teshima**
When we were first-years...
**[05:16] (Flashback) Makishima**
You want me to give you tips on climbing?
**[05:20] (Flashback) Makishima**
Well...
**[05:23] (Flashback) Makishima**
Swing your bike back and forth really hard.
**[05:27] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
You're the only one who can do that!
**[05:29] (Flashback) Makishima**
Oh, really?
**[05:32] Teshima**
He was always kind.
**[05:35] Sakamichi**
I still...
**[05:37] Sakamichi**
I still had a lot to learn!
**[05:41] Sakamichi**
So why...
**[05:44] Teshima**
If you're hurting, you can rest.
**[05:47] Teshima**
Forcing yourself to practice
now won't help you.
**[05:50] Teshima**
Remember what he said.
**[05:51] Teshima**
When you aim for the top,
you learn where you stand.
**[05:55] Teshima**
Choosing your course of action based
on how others see you or think of you
**[05:59] Teshima**
won't get you anywhere.
**[06:03] Teshima**
I'm weak.
**[06:05] Teshima**
Naruko and Imaizumi are strong.
**[06:07] Teshima**
They fought as equals alongside the
third-years during the Inter-High.
**[06:11] Teshima**
Aoyagi and I still don't stand a
chance against them in sprints.
**[06:14] Teshima**
Even though I'm the captain,
I'm the weakest one.
**[06:17] Teshima**
I'm not strong mentally, either.
**[06:19] Teshima**
But I know that.
**[06:23] Teshima**
What I need to do is make up for
those weaknesses little by little.
**[06:27] Teshima**
That's where I'll find my breakthrough.
**[06:29] Teshima**
That's what I believe.
**[06:31] Teshima**
You can rest. You can worry, Onoda.
**[06:35] Teshima**
Even that can be a way to move forward.
**[06:38] Teshima**
Believe in yourself. You'll find the light.
**[06:42] Teshima**
Didn't Makishima-san entrust
his soul to you, too?
**[06:52] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[06:54] Announce**
AIR Airlines flight 1602 is...
**[06:57] Makishima**
Jeez. I'm about to get on a plane.
**[07:01] Makishima**
Why'd you have to call
me last minute, Toudou?
**[07:06] Toudou**
My friend's embarking on a voyage.
**[07:08] Toudou**
I thought I should congratulate you.
**[07:10] Toudou**
Besides, you're alone, aren't you?
**[07:11] Makishima**
Well, yeah.
**[07:13] Makishima**
I told them to practice if
they had time to see me off.
**[07:19] Toudou**
We lost this year, but we'll
win next year, Maki-chan.
**[07:22] Toudou**
Even after I graduate,
**[07:24] Toudou**
Hakone will have plenty of other strong
climbers like Kuroda and Manami.
**[07:30] Toudou**
You've only got Four-Eyes, right?
**[07:33] Toudou**
No matter how strong he is,
he can't win by himself.
**[07:37] Makishima**
No, we've got climbers.
**[07:41] Toudou**
Really? Are they strong?
**[07:43] Toudou**
Do they have good instincts?
**[07:48] Makishima**
Not at all.
**[07:49] Toudou**
What?
**[07:50] Makishima**
But maybe that's Sohoku's type.
**[07:56] Makishima**
No talent and no instinct...
**[07:59] Makishima**
So he climbs through sheer effort.
**[08:10] Teshima**
Makishima-san said he could make this
climb in six minutes at his fastest.
**[08:17] Teshima**
He's a monster, but...
**[08:21] Teshima**
I'll catch up to him, even if it's
only by one second, one centimeter!
**[08:26] (Flashback) Makishima**
Teshima, you're a climber.
**[08:28] (Flashback) Teshima**
What?
**[08:29] (Flashback) Makishima**
Tricks don't work on climbs.
**[08:32] (Flashback) Makishima**
Unlike flats, you can't hide behind
other riders to get out of the wind.
**[08:38] (Flashback) Makishima**
Your weakness can't be overcome
with knowledge or technique.
**[08:45] (Flashback) Makishima**
So climb.
**[08:48] Makishima**
*Keep climbing until your legs stop moving.*
**[08:52] Teshima**
I'll do it.
**[08:53] Teshima**
Even if it's impossible,
I'll push myself to the limit.
**[08:58] Teshima**
I can at least push myself
as close as possible!
**[09:02] Teshima**
I will become stronger!
**[09:14] Teshima**
Yesterday my best time was eight minutes.
**[09:19] Teshima**
Six minutes is still far away.
**[09:22] Higashida**
Teshima, I heard the news.
**[09:25] Teshima**
Higashida.
**[09:26] Higashida**
You're the captain of the bike club now?
**[09:28] Teshima**
Yeah.
**[09:30] Higashida**
The team's strong, right?
I heard you won nationals.
**[09:33] Higashida**
That must be a lot of pressure.
**[09:35] Teshima**
Every day I feel like puking.
**[09:37] Teshima**
The first-years are so strong,
I can't keep up.
**[09:40] Teshima**
How's the volleyball club?
**[09:42] Higashida**
Unfortunately, we only made
it to the second round.
**[09:44] Higashida**
Because of that,
our practices are hellish now.
**[09:47] Higashida**
How about you?
**[09:48] Teshima**
It's hard.
**[09:50] Teshima**
It makes me realize the difference
between being made to do something
**[09:52] Teshima**
and making yourself do something.
**[09:54] Teshima**
I was just coming up with the
lineup for our next race.
***SIGN*** Training Sprinting Climbing Long Rides
***SIGN*** Practice Individual Morning, Night
***SIGN*** September October
**[09:57] Teshima**
There's a lot to do as the captain.
**[10:00] Teshima**
Practice, paperwork, and other stuff.
**[10:03] Teshima**
When I think about how
Kinjou-senpai used to do this,
**[10:05] Teshima**
it makes me realize how tough he really was.
**[10:07] Higashida**
Want to go karaoke after practice, then?
**[10:11] Teshima**
What?
**[10:12] Higashida**
I've been planning it since I
heard you became the captain.
**[10:16] Higashida**
Let me hear that Teshima medley again.
**[10:20] Higashida**
I got together the guys we rode
with in middle school, too.
**[10:24] Higashida**
Everyone wants to congratulate you.
**[10:27] Higashida**
You once said you were quitting,
**[10:29] Higashida**
and now you're the captain of
the team that won nationals.
**[10:36] (Flashback) Higashida**
Teshima!
**[10:37] (Flashback) Higashida**
Why? You can't quit!
**[10:40] (Flashback) Higashida**
Don't you like riding your bike?
**[10:42] (Flashback) Student**
We swore we'd win together.
**[10:46] Higashida**
Oh, right.
**[10:47] Higashida**
I invited Iwase-chan from the
girls' volleyball team,
**[10:52] Higashida**
who you said you were interested in.
**[10:54] Higashida**
When I told her about your medley of
impressions, she said yes right away.
**[11:07] Teshima**
Sorry, but I don't have time.
**[11:11] Higashida**
Really?
**[11:14] Higashida**
That's too bad.
**[11:16] Teshima**
Thanks.
**[11:19] Teshima**
Sorry, Higashida. I wish I could go.
**[11:23] Teshima**
But when I closed my eyes, I saw...
**[11:30] Teshima**
...Onoda at the Inter-High.
**[11:34] Teshima**
Am I stupid?
**[11:37] Teshima**
But my heart belongs to the Inter-High.
**[11:43] Teshima**
We'll stand there again.
We are the champions.
**[11:48] Teshima**
We'll ride through three searingly
hot days and stand on that stage.
***SIGN*** Minegayama Hill Climb
**[11:55] Teshima**
These contain essential information
and regulations for our next race.
**[12:00] Teshima**
Could you hand them out to the first-years?
**[12:02] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir.
**[12:03] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san's in a good mood.
**[12:07] Teshima**
How has Onoda been doing?
**[12:09] Imaizumi**
He stopped falling.
**[12:11] Imaizumi**
He's still slow, but he seems to
be getting used to his new bike.
**[12:17] Teshima**
That's great.
**[12:20] Teshima**
Little by little is fine.
**[12:21] Teshima**
Let him know I said that.
**[12:24] Teshima**
Little by little...
**[12:25] Teshima**
Little by little, it's taking shape.
**[12:29] Teshima**
With the third-years leaving,
the lineup has changed.
**[12:33] Teshima**
Makishima-san is gone, but...
**[12:38] Aoyagi**
Junta...
**[12:39] Teshima**
Aoyagi.
**[12:41] Teshima**
How did yesterday go?
**[12:43] Aoyagi**
I attacked just before the 200 meter mark.
**[12:51] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
I knew you'd come, so I've
been saving my strength.
**[12:53] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
Pedal with all you've got, Aoyagi!
**[12:56] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Yes, sir!
**[13:08] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
I won.
**[13:10] (Flashback) Teshima**
All right! That's great!
**[13:12] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
But I've still only won once.
**[13:14] (Flashback) Teshima**
That's fine.
**[13:16] Teshima**
Imaizumi, Naruko, Onoda, Aoyagi...
**[13:20] Teshima**
The second generation of Sohoku is
moving forward, one step at a time.
**[13:28] Fuku**
Hakone Academy's next captain
will be Izumida Touichirou.
**[13:34] Izumida**
Yes, sir.
**[13:35] Arakita**
Jeez, this ceremony is a pain in the ass.
**[13:38] Arakita**
All you need to do is win.
**[13:42] Toudou**
With a man who went through that bitter
experience at the Inter-High as captain,
**[13:45] Toudou**
we can't lose.
**[13:46] Shinkai**
You're a perfect fit, Izumida.
**[13:48] Fuku**
The next generation of Hakone Academy
will led by the three second-years.
**[13:55] Toudou**
Three?
**[13:57] Fuku**
The vice-captain will be
second-year Kuroda Yukinari.
**[14:02] Kuroda**
This year I lost to Manami in the
qualifier despite our promise.
**[14:10] Kuroda**
But next year will be different.
**[14:12] Kuroda**
Touichirou, let's go wild
at the next Inter-High.
**[14:17] Izumida**
Yuki!
**[14:27] Fuku**
Captain Izumida and vice-captain Kuroda...
**[14:31] Fuku**
These two were obvious
choices for their positions.
**[14:34] Fuku**
But I'm surprised you recommended
him for the third, Shinkai.
**[14:39] Shinkai**
He's promising.
**[14:41] Shinkai**
Don't you agree?
**[14:45] Shinkai**
From Chiba Minami Middle School,
he moved here for his parents' work.
**[14:50] Shinkai**
Apparently he was on the same middle school
team as Sohoku's next captain, Teshima-kun.
**[14:56] Ashikiba**
Excuse me, Shinkai-san.
**[15:01] Ashikiba**
My jersey's a little small.
**[15:05] Shinkai**
Second-year Ashikiba Takuto...
**[15:07] Shinkai**
He's Hakone Academy's tallest
member ever, at 202 centimeters.
**[15:13] Shinkai**
Ashikiba, what was Teshima-kun
like in middle school?
**[15:18] Ashikiba**
Him?
**[15:21] Ashikiba**
He's good.
**[15:22] Fuku**
Good, huh?
**[15:25] Ashikiba**
Yeah, at karaoke.
**[15:28] Ashikiba**
His medley of impressions
is truly exceptional.
**[15:32] Ashikiba**
Ow...
**[15:36] Ashikiba**
Heave-ho...
**[15:37] Student**
Don't, Ashikiba!
**[15:39] Student**
I won't be able to get my bike down!
**[15:41] Shinkai**
Ashikiba...
**[15:43] Shinkai**
How would you like to
race against Teshima-kun?
**[15:47] Ashikiba**
A race? I can race already?
**[15:52] Ashikiba**
Okay. If that's what you want,
I'll give it everything I've got.
**[15:56] Ashikiba**
Basically, you want me to
beat him in that race, right?
**[16:03] Shinkai**
No, you don't have to worry about that.
**[16:07] Shinkai**
Someone else will be
participating in that race.
***SIGN*** Meeting In Progress Do Not Enter
**[16:13] Fuku**
Our methods weren't wrong.
**[16:18] Fuku**
Arakita and Izumida pulled ahead of them.
**[16:21] Fuku**
Shinkai pulled us through the flats.
**[16:24] Fuku**
Then we sent our climbers.
**[16:28] Fuku**
Toudou kept Makishima in check,
leaving Manami and me.
**[16:35] Fuku**
Almost everything went according to plan.
**[16:37] Fuku**
But Sohoku faced problem after problem.
**[16:42] Fuku**
Their ace, Kinjou, was injured.
**[16:44] Fuku**
He fell behind immediately.
**[16:47] Fuku**
Their ace switched to an
inexperienced first-year.
**[16:52] Fuku**
We had an overwhelming advantage.
**[16:54] Arakita**
But we lost!
**[16:56] Toudou**
But not because we underestimated them.
**[16:59] Arakita**
What?
**[17:00] Arakita**
We totally underestimated them.
**[17:03] Arakita**
Although I can't imagine
there's any way Fuku-chan did.
**[17:08] Arakita**
I want to say we rode as hard as we could.
**[17:12] Arakita**
It was our last race.
**[17:15] Arakita**
When I hear we lost by
five or ten centimeters...
**[17:19] Arakita**
In road racing, the difference
between first and second
**[17:21] Arakita**
is the difference between heaven and earth.
**[17:23] Arakita**
On top of that, it was the Inter-High.
**[17:25] Arakita**
That's on a whole different level.
**[17:28] Arakita**
And that inexperienced little
airhead didn't understand that.
**[17:35] Fuku**
No, he gave everything he had.
**[17:39] Fuku**
He understood how important it was and
rode with the greatest strength he had.
**[17:46] Fuku**
We lost because...
**[17:49] Fuku**
No, because I was naïve in my predictions.
**[17:56] Fuku**
Number 176, Sohoku first-year Onoda...
**[18:00] Fuku**
A total amateur.
**[18:02] Fuku**
Though his face didn't show a
shred of competitive spirit,
**[18:06] Fuku**
hidden inside him was a determined
and indomitable spirit.
**[18:12] Fuku**
And that was enough to beat Hakone
Academy's greatest climber, Manami.
**[18:18] Fuku**
Manami said he was dangerous,
but I couldn't predict it.
**[18:22] Fuku**
That was only natural.
**[18:25] Fuku**
He was the unpredictable element that
Sohoku created during that race.
**[18:32] Fuku**
That's not something which
can be made on purpose.
**[18:34] Fuku**
But it was the only way they
could take down the champions.
**[18:41] Shinkai**
In other words, that's what
Kinjou was going for.
**[18:47] Shinkai**
Jin-kun said the same thing.
**[18:49] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Do you have a plan?
**[18:50] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
Nope.
**[18:53] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
For us, being connected to
each other is important.
**[18:57] Toudou**
That four-eyes...
**[19:00] Arakita**
Onoda-chan...
**[19:02] Shinkai**
Isn't that why we need to show
***SIGN*** Minegayama Hill Climb Race
**[19:06] Shinkai**
the next generation of Hakone Academy how he rides?
**[19:11] Announce**
We're here at the classic fall race,
the Minegayama Hill Climb!
**[19:18] Announce**
The race starts here at Minegamachi, Chiba!
**[19:20] Fan**
You can do it!
**[19:22] Fan**
Hey, look.
**[19:23] Fan**
It's the Inter-High general
classification winner, Onoda.
**[19:28] Sakamichi**
Everyone's looking at me.
**[19:30] Sakamichi**
Of course they are.
**[19:33] (Flashback) Teshima**
At the next Inter-High—no,
**[19:35] (Flashback) Teshima**
starting with our next race,
the other teams will be gunning for us.
**[19:39] (Flashback) Teshima**
We must leap past them and win again.
**[19:43] (Flashback) Teshima**
Because we are the champions.
**[19:47] Sakamichi**
I'll win. I'll win.
**[19:50] Sakamichi**
I have to win. I...
**[19:55] Sakamichi**
What is winning?
**[19:58] Sakamichi**
Pushing aside everyone here?
**[20:02] Sakamichi**
Not losing to anyone else?
**[20:05] Sakamichi**
I can't do it.
**[20:06] Sakamichi**
I was able to ride in the Inter-High
because the rest of the team was with me.
**[20:11] Sakamichi**
I'm even weak during practice.
**[20:13] Sakamichi**
My strength alone isn't enough.
**[20:16] Teshima**
Onoda...
**[20:19] Teshima**
Team Sohoku supports each other.
**[20:23] Teshima**
Sounds like something
Kinjou-san would say, right?
**[20:26] Teshima**
We can take it slow. Don't try
to do everything yourself, Onoda.
**[20:32] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[20:33] Imaizumi**
He's right.
**[20:34] Imaizumi**
We wouldn't want you getting
overeager and falling again.
**[20:39] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun?
**[20:40] Imaizumi**
Don't get so nervous
that you forget we're here.
**[20:45] Teshima**
Just climb at your own pace.
**[20:47] Teshima**
Even if you're late, we'll be
waiting for you at the top.
**[20:53] Sakamichi**
Okay.
**[20:59] Shinkai**
* Someone else will be*
* participating in that race.*
**[21:04] Shinkai**
*This year's Inter-High champion,*
**[21:06] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Onoda-kun.
**[21:09] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Onoda?
**[21:10] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Ashikiba, experience what it's
like to ride against him.
**[21:14] (Flashback) Shinkai**
And if possible, beat him.
**[21:17] Ashikiba**
He was near the front, so I
didn't get a good look at him.
**[21:22] Ashikiba**
Well, whatever.
**[21:23] Ashikiba**
I'll see what he can do during the race.
**[21:27] Ashikiba**
Onoda-kun...
**[23:05] Makishima**
Hello, everyone.
***SIGN*** Makishima Yusuke
**[23:07] Makishima**
Today I'm going to show you
how I make a spider pie.
***SIGN*** Kitchen
**[23:18] Makishima**
Jeez!
***SIGN*** Smile!! Maki-chan!!
**[23:22] Toudou**
I can't believe you're
crying already, Maki-chan.
**[23:25] Makishima**
That voice!
**[23:26] Makishima**
Toudou?
**[23:28] Toudou**
Starting today...
**[23:31] Toudou**
I'll be taking over this corner!
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Teshima's Ride of the Soul
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E3 - Teshima's Ride of the Soul
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR093D27R/teshimas-ride-of-the-soul)
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**[00:03] Rider 1**
Hey, look. It's Hakone Academy.
**[00:07] Rider 2**
What is he doing at a Chiba race?
**[00:13] Ashikiba**
I hear music.
**[00:24] Ashikiba**
It's classical music.
**[00:27] Ashikiba**
A thrilling symphony.
**[00:29] Ashikiba**
I finally get to be in a race.
**[00:37] Ashikiba**
Thank you, Shinkai-san, Fukutomi-san.
**[00:42] Rider 1**
He's huge!
**[00:44] Rider 2**
He must be at least two meters tall!
**[00:47] Ashikiba**
I promise I'll beat Onoda Sakamichi.
***SIGN*** Minegayama Hill Climb Race
**[00:54] Announce**
The total distance of the Minegayama
Hill Climb is sixteen kilometers!
**[00:57] Announce**
Beneath this clear autumn sky
we've been blessed with,
**[01:01] Announce**
the riders have started the race!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:36] Fan 1**
It's the champions, Sohoku!
***SIGN*** RIDE.03 Teshima's Ride of the Soul
**[02:38] Fan 2**
I was at Mt. Fuji at the Inter-High!
**[02:42] Girls**
Imaizumi-kun!
**[02:46] Imaizumi**
A giant banner?
**[02:49] Girl 1**
He looked this way!
**[02:50] Imaizumi**
What was that?
**[02:52] Teshima**
Groupies, huh?
**[02:53] Teshima**
Looks like you have more than before.
**[02:56] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san!
**[02:57] Teshima**
Their support makes us stronger.
**[02:59] Imaizumi**
Yeah, but they're taking it too far.
**[03:00] Girl 3**
Onoda-kun!
**[03:02] Girl 3**
You're so cute!
**[03:04] Sakamichi**
Huh? What?
**[03:05] Sakamichi**
Thanks!
**[03:06] Teshima**
This guy is cute?
**[03:09] Imaizumi**
They'll like anyone as long as they win.
**[03:12] Teshima**
Onoda!
**[03:16] Teshima**
How's the pace?
**[03:22] Sakamichi**
I'm fine.
**[03:24] Teshima**
Okay.
**[03:26] Teshima**
Make sure you keep up.
**[03:28] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[03:32] Rider**
What's this? He's huge!
**[03:34] Harada**
H-Hey, you're Chiba Minami Middle
School's Ashikiba, right?
**[03:39] Rider 1**
Harada-san, do you know him?
**[03:41] Rider 1**
Is Hakone Academy trying to scope us out?
**[03:44] Harada**
No.
**[03:46] Harada**
He's here to win.
**[03:51] Harada**
That's the kind of guy he is!
**[03:56] Ashikiba**
Move!
**[03:59] Ashikiba**
I have business at the front of the pack!
**[04:03] Ashikiba**
I haven't raced in a while!
**[04:06] Ashikiba**
I'm in an awesome mood!
**[04:11] Rider 1**
He's so fast!
**[04:12] Rider 2**
He passed us in a second!
**[04:14] Harada**
He rhythmically moves his giant
body back and forth while dancing.
**[04:20] Harada**
Almost as if he's a metronome.
**[04:26] Ashikiba**
The Ninth...
**[04:28] Ashikiba**
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
**[04:33] Ashikiba**
Also known as the Choral Symphony.
**[04:35] Ashikiba**
I'm so clichéd. It's not
even the end of the year.
**[04:41] Ashikiba**
I'd been placed under house arrest indefinitely.
**[04:45] Ashikiba**
But a race... now, I'm riding in a race!
**[04:49] Ashikiba**
I will take first place.
**[04:52] Ashikiba**
First place...
**[04:56] Ashikiba**
...is righteous!
**[05:01] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san, there's something bothering me.
**[05:05] Imaizumi**
There's a Hakone Academy second-year
named Ashikiba riding in the race.
**[05:09] Imaizumi**
I saw his name on the participant list.
**[05:11] Sakamichi**
What? Hakone Academy?
**[05:14] Teshima**
Seems that way.
**[05:15] Imaizumi**
You're a second-year, too.
**[05:17] Imaizumi**
Do you know him, Teshima-san?
**[05:19] Teshima**
Yeah, I know him well.
**[05:21] Teshima**
We used to ride on the same team.
**[05:26] Ashikiba**
The symphony's playing inside my head.
**[05:31] Ashikiba**
I don't know who said it,
but someone called the way I ride...
**[05:32] Rider 3**
He's so fast!
**[05:36] Teshima**
He's coming.
**[05:38] Ashikiba**
Metronome Dancing!
**[05:41] Sakamichi**
Hakone Academy!
**[05:43] Imaizumi**
So this is the second-year, Ashikiba.
**[05:45] Imaizumi**
He's huge. He's bigger than me!
**[05:50] Ashikiba**
I caught up, Sohoku High.
**[05:55] Imaizumi**
He's not short of breath,
even though he rode up from the back.
**[05:59] Imaizumi**
And what's with his frame?
**[06:03] Imaizumi**
Like shoes, frames are designed
to match the size of your body.
**[06:08] Imaizumi**
But no matter how large the frame gets,
the size of the tires doesn't change.
**[06:13] Imaizumi**
This guy's frame...
**[06:16] Imaizumi**
I've never seen anything so huge.
**[06:19] Imaizumi**
It makes his tires look smaller.
**[06:22] Imaizumi**
It's like he's riding a small-wheeled bike.
**[06:26] Ashikiba**
So you're Onoda.
**[06:31] Sakamichi**
Yes.
**[06:36] Ashikiba**
So you're Onoda.
**[06:38] Both**
He corrected himself!
**[06:40] Ashikiba**
I've heard about you.
**[06:42] Ashikiba**
You'll race up any hill with
your extraordinary cadence.
**[06:47] Sakamichi**
And he's pretending he didn't!
**[06:48] Ashikiba**
And you're another first-year...
**[06:51] Imaizumi**
Yeah.
**[06:52] Ashikiba**
The red bean, Naruko.
**[06:56] Sakamichi**
He got it wrong with that
smug look on his face!
**[06:58] Ashikiba**
I've heard about you.
**[07:00] Imaizumi**
There's nothing red about me...
**[07:00] Ashikiba**
By climbing with your exceptional
grit and sprinter's legs,
**[07:02] Imaizumi**
Can't he tell by looking?
**[07:04] Ashikiba**
you caught up to Hakone Academy.
**[07:04] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun doesn't seem
like a bean to me.
**[07:06] Ashikiba**
Then you dropped out of the
race in heroic fashion.
**[07:08] Imaizumi**
It's hard to call him out since he's older.
**[07:10] Imaizumi**
Maybe this guy's just an airhead?
**[07:12] Sakamichi**
I kind of feel bad for him.
**[07:15] Imaizumi**
Um, can I offer a correction?
**[07:19] Ashikiba**
Huh? Yeah, go ahead.
**[07:21] Ashikiba**
No, wait.
**[07:23] Ashikiba**
I haven't said anything
that needs correcting.
**[07:26] Sakamichi**
What?
**[07:27] Imaizumi**
I can't tell him now!
**[07:29] Imaizumi**
Sohoku has another first-year.
**[07:32] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun's starting to get mad.
**[07:35] Ashikiba**
I know.
**[07:37] Ashikiba**
Don't underestimate Hakone
Academy's information network.
**[07:39] Imaizumi**
It's me.
**[07:41] Ashikiba**
The silky-haired Sugimoto Terufumi.
**[07:44] Imaizumi**
That's right, Sugimoto Teru...
**[07:47] Sugimoto**
Hello!
**[07:50] Imaizumi**
I worked pretty hard at the Inter-High...
**[07:53] Imaizumi**
This is a real shock.
**[07:55] Ashikiba**
Did Sohoku not bring all their members?
**[07:59] Teshima**
Ashikiba!
**[08:02] Teshima**
How have you been?
**[08:05] Ashikiba**
Good.
**[08:07] Teshima**
Are you still playing the piano?
**[08:10] Ashikiba**
Sometimes.
**[08:12] Teshima**
I heard you joined Hakone Academy.
**[08:15] Ashikiba**
I passed their exam.
**[08:18] Teshima**
We used to ride together a lot.
**[08:21] Ashikiba**
Yeah.
**[08:23] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan...
**[08:25] Teshima**
Shikiba...
**[08:33] (Flashback) Teshima**
Shikiba, that's amazing.
**[08:35] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Since my fingers are so long,
they said I'd be good at the piano.
**[08:39] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
I can play J-Pop songs, too, like Hira Ken.
**[08:41] (Flashback) Teshima**
Seriously?
**[08:52] (Flashback) Teshima**
Do you know what a road bike is?
**[08:54] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Yeah, those thin ones.
**[08:58] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Wow.
**[09:01] (Flashback) Teshima**
I wanted to try it out after watching a DVD.
**[09:06] (Flashback) Teshima**
Shikiba, want to join me?
**[09:08] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
It's so cool.
**[09:10] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
It's like an instrument.
**[09:13] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
It's so thin and shiny.
**[09:15] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
There's nothing unnecessary on it.
**[09:19] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
I wonder if it makes a nice sound.
**[09:22] (Flashback) Teshima**
The ratchets on the wheels will
send shivers down your spine.
**[09:28] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
This sound, this energy...
**[09:31] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
This vibration!
**[09:32] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
This is amazing.
**[09:33] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
It truly is an instrument!
**[09:37] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'm thinking about doing
this pretty seriously.
**[09:42] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'm going to race internationally.
**[09:44] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Internationally?
**[09:47] (Flashback) Teshima**
Just kidding.
**[09:48] (Flashback) Teshima**
Are you gonna laugh because
I'm dreaming too big?
**[09:52] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Of course not.
**[09:53] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
That's amazing. It's cool.
**[09:56] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
You have my support.
**[10:00] (Flashback) Teshima**
Let's ride!
**[10:02] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'll become the best in the world!
**[10:05] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Jun-chan!
**[10:07] (Flashback) Teshima**
Let's become the best together.
**[10:09] (Flashback) Teshima**
You'll be right there with me.
**[10:14] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan...
**[10:15] Teshima**
Shikiba.
**[10:18] Teshima**
Honestly, I was shaken when
I saw the participant list...
**[10:22] Teshima**
When I learned you were
on Hakone Academy's team.
**[10:26] Ashikiba**
When I heard you became
the captain of Sohoku,
**[10:32] Ashikiba**
I thought you were worthy of the position.
**[10:35] Ashikiba**
I knew you were good enough to do it.
**[10:44] Teshima**
Do you remember how I told you
we'd become champions together?
**[10:48] Ashikiba**
Yeah, of course.
**[10:50] Teshima**
But I'm the captain of Sohoku now.
**[10:55] Teshima**
In other words, their pillar.
**[10:56] Teshima**
Now I have to fight against you
and Hakone Academy, Ashikiba!
**[11:03] Ashikiba**
Same here...
**[11:06] Ashikiba**
Since I'm Hakone Academy's next ace.
**[11:10] Imaizumi**
Their next ace?
**[11:17] Imaizumi**
Hakone Academy second-year Ashikiba...
**[11:20] Imaizumi**
This guy will be their ace next year?
**[11:26] Imaizumi**
Since he's so tall, the distance from his hip joint
to his knees is exceptionally long.
**[11:31] Imaizumi**
Every time he turns the pedals,
I can hear the wind whistle.
**[11:34] Imaizumi**
No, wait! It wasn't making
that sound a minute ago.
**[11:36] Imaizumi**
Which means he's started
pedaling at full power.
**[11:43] Sakamichi**
There's so much pressure.
**[11:46] Teshima**
Shikiba...
**[11:47] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan...
**[11:49] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan, I don't want to
crush the team you made.
**[11:53] Ashikiba**
I wish I could join it instead.
**[11:56] Ashikiba**
But I owe the seniors of Hakone Academy...
**[12:01] Ashikiba**
I told them I would win this race!
**[12:05] Sakamichi**
How is he dancing like that?
**[12:07] Sakamichi**
His body's swaying back and forth!
**[12:08] Imaizumi**
He's accelerating so quickly!
**[12:10] Imaizumi**
In just a single step, too!
**[12:18] Tadokoro**
Thanks for the ride.
**[12:20] Naruko**
Old man, your elbows and ass are in the way!
**[12:23] Tadokoro**
What are you complaining about?
**[12:25] Tadokoro**
Look at Aoyagi.
**[12:26] Tadokoro**
He's sitting quietly, without saying a word.
**[12:29] Naruko**
He never says anything!
**[12:31] Sugimoto**
I'm sitting quietly, too.
**[12:34] Naruko**
You're just too big!
**[12:34] Driver**
You boys sure make a lot of noise.
**[12:35] Tadokoro**
Shut up! You're just...
**[12:37] Kinjou**
Teshima...
**[12:39] Kinjou**
It's hard to imagine Hakone Academy would send
someone just to scope out the competition.
**[12:44] Kinjou**
They'll be going for the win.
**[12:45] Kinjou**
Expect them to challenge us.
**[12:48] Kinjou**
Onoda's not doing well.
**[12:50] Kinjou**
He switched to a new bike, but he's
still only drawing out 30% of his power.
**[12:56] Kinjou**
Probably because of Makishima.
**[13:01] Kinjou**
As a fellow climber, he provided
moral support, and he quit the club early.
**[13:06] Kinjou**
But regretting that forever
won't change anything.
**[13:09] Kinjou**
He has to move forward despite it.
That's part of road racing.
**[13:14] Kinjou**
If you don't move forward,
you'll be left behind.
**[13:17] Driver**
Kinjou-kun,
**[13:19] Driver**
as their former captain, which of the
Sohoku members do you think will win?
**[13:23] Driver**
Will it be Onoda-kun again?
**[13:25] Driver**
Or Imaizumi-kun?
**[13:26] Kinjou**
I don't know.
**[13:29] Kinjou**
Personally speaking,
**[13:31] Kinjou**
I think the Hakone Academy second-year
on the participant list could win.
**[13:39] Kinjou**
I think this race could determine the
future of Sohoku's new generation.
**[13:45] Sugimoto**
But we're the champions.
**[13:48] Sugimoto**
Champions would never...
**[13:56] Rider 4**
Damn it.
**[13:57] Rider 4**
I ran from the pack to try to win,
but someone's catching up.
**[14:01] Rider 4**
And he's huge!
**[14:03] Rider 4**
There's someone right behind him.
**[14:05] Rider 4**
It's Sohoku.
**[14:06] Rider 4**
Their captain, Teshima!
**[14:08] Teshima**
Ashikiba!
**[14:10] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san is fast!
**[14:12] Imaizumi**
We couldn't even respond, but he reacted
instantly and kept up with him.
**[14:18] Imaizumi**
The Teshima-san I know would've already...
**[14:21] Imaizumi**
What is this?
**[14:23] Imaizumi**
He's nothing like he was
at the training camp.
**[14:26] Imaizumi**
Has he always been this fast?
**[14:43] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan!
**[14:44] Teshima**
Shikiba!
**[14:45] Teshima**
We're the champions!
**[14:47] Teshima**
We won't let you take the Minegayama title!
**[14:49] Ashikiba**
You really are amazing, Jun-chan!
**[14:53] Ashikiba**
The seniors who scoped out
the CSC training camp
**[14:56] Ashikiba**
said second-year Teshima was nothing special.
**[15:00] Ashikiba**
I couldn't tell them, but I
didn't think that was possible.
**[15:04] Ashikiba**
I'll make them revise their evaluation later.
**[15:07] Ashikiba**
Are you ready to go?
**[15:10] Ashikiba**
There's only four kilometers left.
***SIGN*** Distance to Finish Line
**[15:14] Ashikiba**
We used to climb together a lot and
get frustrated when we had to stop.
***SIGN*** Ahead
**[15:20] Ashikiba**
On Minegayama's iconic...
**[15:23] Ashikiba**
Kabesaka!
**[15:27] Ashikiba**
Amazing.
**[15:28] Ashikiba**
I can hear Beethoven's Fifth
playing inside my head!
**[15:38] Teshima**
Ashikiba's good.
**[15:41] Teshima**
He's gotten way better since middle school.
**[15:45] Teshima**
He's certainly on the level of an ace.
**[15:47] Teshima**
He could still go harder.
**[15:49] Teshima**
But I'm Sohoku's captain!
**[15:53] Teshima**
I can't let him pull away!
**[16:02] Imaizumi**
Naruko lost speed on this hill
during the first-year race.
**[16:07] Imaizumi**
Why do I feel so hot?
**[16:11] Imaizumi**
Just how hard did he work?
**[16:15] Imaizumi**
The way Teshima-san is riding is enchanting.
**[16:21] Sakamichi**
T-Teshima-san is amazing.
**[16:25] Imaizumi**
Onoda...
**[16:26] Sakamichi**
He's amazing.
**[16:29] Sakamichi**
Amazing!
**[16:31] Teshima**
Ashikiba, you always overestimate me.
**[16:37] Teshima**
"You're amazing, Jun-chan. You're worthy."
**[16:41] Teshima**
It makes me happy to hear that,
but it's just not true.
**[16:44] Teshima**
I'm weak.
**[16:45] Teshima**
I'm clinging to my handlebars,
hanging onto legs that feel like
**[16:50] Teshima**
they're about to stop, and my heart's
beating out of my chest.
**[16:55] Teshima**
Honestly, I'm not on your level.
**[16:58] Teshima**
But Ashikiba, I won't lose!
**[17:01] Teshima**
Because I'm...
**[17:03] Teshima**
The captain of Sohoku!
**[17:06] Imaizumi**
Two kilometers left!
**[17:09] Ashikiba**
Beethoven's Fifth won't stop playing!
**[17:18] Teshima**
Metronome Dancing! This is it!
**[17:22] Teshima**
Did I reach my limit?
**[17:25] Teshima**
Keep fighting, Junta!
**[17:26] Teshima**
You're here because Makishima-san
told you to climb!
**[17:39] Teshima**
Shikiba!
**[17:41] Tadokoro**
He caught up!
**[17:44] Ashikiba**
You caught up again.
**[17:46] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan, you really are amazing.
**[17:48] Naruko**
That Hakone Academy guy is huge!
**[17:50] Naruko**
I've never seen him before!
**[17:51] Naruko**
Who is he?
**[17:53] Aoyagi**
*Classmates?*
**[17:54] (Flashback) Teshima**
Yeah, from middle school.
**[17:57] (Flashback) Teshima**
He's tall and kind.
**[18:01] (Flashback) Teshima**
He's always complimenting other people.
**[18:04] (Flashback) Teshima**
We used to ride together a lot.
**[18:07] (Flashback) Teshima**
I've never told you about him before.
**[18:10] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Your teammate, then?
**[18:12] (Flashback) Teshima**
We promised to become champions together.
**[18:15] (Flashback) Teshima**
But...
**[18:19] (Flashback) Teshima**
Unfortunately, today he's my opponent.
**[18:22] Aoyagi**
A battle against a friend...
**[18:24] Aoyagi**
He's steeled his resolve as the new captain.
**[18:29] Aoyagi**
But I can tell...
**[18:31] Aoyagi**
Junta's approaching his limit.
**[18:51] Tadokoro**
He's still hanging on.
**[18:53] Naruko**
Perm head!
**[18:54] Tadokoro**
1.5 kilometers left.
**[18:57] Naruko**
Sorry, Teshima-san.
**[18:59] Naruko**
Honestly, I didn't think much of you.
**[19:04] Naruko**
Look at this, old man.
**[19:06] Naruko**
The gutsy way he's riding
is making my hands shake.
**[19:10] Tadokoro**
Of course it is.
**[19:11] Tadokoro**
I'm the one who trained Teshima and Aoyagi.
**[19:14] Naruko**
You didn't teach them how to climb.
**[19:18] Tadokoro**
He might just make it to
the finish line like this.
**[19:21] Kinjou**
He can't.
**[19:23] Kinjou**
Like Makishima said, Teshima has
no talent or instinct for climbing.
**[19:28] Kinjou**
When it comes to climbing, he's mediocre.
**[19:31] Kinjou**
And mediocre riders have their limits.
**[19:33] Naruko**
Why would you say that, Kinjou-san?
**[19:36] Naruko**
Did he not impress you?
**[19:38] Naruko**
You should be cheering him on!
**[19:40] Tadokoro**
Naruko...
**[19:41] Naruko**
Are you saying Sohoku's going to lose
to that lanky Hakone Academy guy?
**[19:45] Kinjou**
No, not necessarily.
**[19:50] Kinjou**
Teshima's riding is affecting them
the same way it affected you.
**[19:56] Kinjou**
More than we ever did.
**[20:00] Kinjou**
The two riding behind Teshima are
feeling his passionate vibrations.
**[20:07] Imaizumi**
I'm shaking. I'm on fire.
**[20:10] Imaizumi**
How can he ride like that?
**[20:12] Imaizumi**
How can he keep up?
**[20:14] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun...
**[20:16] Sakamichi**
I want to ride all out and
catch up to Teshima-san!
**[20:25] Imaizumi**
Onoda!
**[20:26] Teshima**
*Imaizumi...*
**[20:28] (Flashback) Teshima**
If... If Onoda says he wants
to attack during the race...
**[20:34] (Flashback) Teshima**
gently push him forward.
**[20:38] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun!
**[20:41] Imaizumi**
There's no need to hold back.
**[20:44] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san will accept you with open arms.
**[20:48] Imaizumi**
If you want to catch up to him,
charge straight ahead...
**[20:54] Imaizumi**
Onoda Sakamichi!
**[20:57] Sakamichi**
Got it!
**[21:02] Naruko**
Onoda-kun's going for it!
**[21:03] Tadokoro**
He's trying to catch up.
**[21:05] Naruko**
Hotshot sent Onoda-kun off.
**[21:08] Kinjou**
Teshima's an average rider.
**[21:11] Kinjou**
But that's why he moves
the people around him.
**[21:15] Kinjou**
And those vibrations become their strength.
**[21:17] Kinjou**
That power is transmitted to his teammates.
**[21:23] Kinjou**
Teshima, is that how you captain your team?
**[21:27] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san!
**[21:32] Teshima**
Onoda!
**[21:35] Kinjou**
Don't worry, Naruko.
**[21:37] Kinjou**
The race isn't over yet.
**[23:15] Girl 3**
You're so cute!
**[23:17] Sakamichi**
Huh? What?
**[23:18] Sakamichi**
Thanks!
**[23:22] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san, I think you're, uh...
**[23:26] Imaizumi**
I think you're handsome.
**[23:28] Teshima**
Really?
**[23:30] Teshima**
Imaizumi, I'll call you "Elite"
for the rest of the week.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Fastest Man on Minegayama
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E4 - The Fastest Man on Minegayama
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G60939NV6/the-fastest-man-on-minegayama)
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**[00:04] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san, I want to
ride all-out to catch up.
**[00:12] Fans**
You can do it!
**[00:15] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san!
**[00:16] Teshima**
Onoda!
**[00:18] Ashikiba**
So this is Onoda, huh? Wow.
**[00:22] Ashikiba**
You're fast, but...
**[00:26] Ashikiba**
I won't let you win this race!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:06] Tadoko**
Ashikiba's attacking!
***SIGN*** RIDE.04 The Fastest Man on Minegayama
**[02:09] Naruko**
He counterattacked the
moment Onoda-kun caught up!
**[02:12] Sugimoto**
Th-There's only one kilometer left!
**[02:15] Ashikiba**
A race...
**[02:17] Ashikiba**
I'm finally racing again.
**[02:19] Shinkai**
If possible, beat him.
**[02:23] Ashikiba**
I'll win, Shinkai-san, Fukutomi-san.
**[02:30] Teshima**
I'm glad you came.
**[02:32] Teshima**
I'm glad you came, Onoda.
**[02:34] Sakamichi**
Uh, wh-while I was watching you ride,
my body got so hot.
**[02:40] Sakamichi**
My legs wouldn't stop pumping.
**[02:41] Teshima**
I'm happy to hear that.
I'll note that in my journal.
**[02:46] Teshima**
How are you feeling? Better?
**[02:49] Teshima**
How's your body? And your new bike?
**[02:53] Teshima**
Can you go after him?
**[02:56] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[02:57] Sakamichi**
He seems strong. He's big and fast.
**[03:00] Sakamichi**
But I think I can do it.
**[03:02] Teshima**
He's fast?
**[03:04] Teshima**
Is he faster than Makishima-san?
**[03:20] Sakamichi**
No, absolutely not.
**[03:22] Sakamichi**
After all, Makishima-san is the fastest
and coolest climber in the world!
**[03:28] Teshima**
Then go prove it by beating him!
**[03:32] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir!
**[03:48] Sakamichi**
Makishima-san is...
**[03:49] Ashikiba**
Makishima? Who is that?
**[03:52] Sakamichi**
Makishima-san is way, way...
**[03:56] Sakamichi**
Faster!
**[04:04] Sakamichi**
Yeah!
**[04:07] Announce**
Goal!
**[04:09] Announce**
Just as expected, the first man
to finish is Sohoku High's Onoda!
**[04:13] Fan**
He's incredible!
**[04:16] Sakamichi**
I said "yeah" like Makishima-san
without thinking.
**[04:19] Announce**
Second place is Hakone Academy's Ashikiba!
**[04:23] Ashikiba**
I see. I understand now, Shinkai-san.
**[04:27] Ashikiba**
This is Sohoku.
**[04:29] Ashikiba**
They certainly are strong.
**[04:36] Teshima**
Onoda, good job. You did great.
**[04:39] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[04:41] Teshima**
I'm not good enough.
**[04:46] Teshima**
I gave too much.
**[04:48] Teshima**
Crap. That was lame.
**[04:50] Sakamichi**
I wasn't good enough, either.
**[04:53] Announce**
Once again, unfortunately,
Onoda failed to break the course record.
***SIGN*** Minegayama Hill Climb Race
**[04:58] Announce**
He was 34 seconds short
of breaking the record
**[05:01] Announce**
set last year by Sohoku
High's Makishima Yuusuke.
**[05:05] Teshima**
He really is amazing...
**[05:08] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** Minegayama
Hill Climb Race
***SIGN*** Minegayama
Hill Climb Race
**[05:16] Ashikiba**
The race is over.
**[05:17] Ashikiba**
Wait up!
**[05:21] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan, the next time we meet,
we'll be opponents again.
**[05:27] Ashikiba**
And at...
**[05:30] Ashikiba**
next year's Inter-High, too.
**[05:43] Girl A**
Look.
**[05:44] Girl B**
He's amazing.
**[05:45] Ashikiba**
I lost.
**[05:47] Ashikiba**
They finally let me race again, and I lost.
**[05:52] Ashikiba**
Shinkai-san...
**[05:57] Ashikiba**
They expect me to be the next ace.
**[06:01] Ashikiba**
Fukutomi-san...
**[06:04] Ashikiba**
How can I apologize to them?
**[06:16] Ashikiba**
My stop's coming up. Go ahead.
**[06:18] Woman**
Oh my, but you're a tall one.
**[06:21] Woman**
Are you sure?
**[06:22] Ashikiba**
Yes, go ahead. It's fine.
**[06:25] Ashikiba**
My stop...
**[06:31] Ashikiba**
...was three stops ago.
***SIGN*** Hakone Academy Bicycle Club
**[06:34] Hakogaku**
You gave us a shock.
**[06:37] Hakogaku**
I was waiting at the station with the coach,
but you never got off the train.
**[06:43] Hakogaku**
Please keep your phone on.
**[06:47] Ashikiba**
It was out of battery, so I left it.
**[06:49] Hakogaku**
You left it? At home?
**[06:51] Hakogaku**
You should keep your cell phone on you.
**[06:57] Ashikiba**
Keep my phone on me?
**[06:59] Ashikiba**
That's a good one.
**[07:00] Hakogaku**
It's not that funny.
**[07:04] Hakogaku**
Did you show them your
Metronome Dancing today?
**[07:08] Hakogaku**
Were the Chiba guys scared?
**[07:16] Fukutomi**
How did it go, Ashikiba?
**[07:19] Fukutomi**
Did you win the race?
**[07:23] Ashikiba**
Fukutomi-san...
**[07:26] Ashikiba**
Yes, sir.
**[07:28] Ashikiba**
I was in all right shape.
**[07:31] Ashikiba**
There was classical music
playing inside my head.
**[07:33] Ashikiba**
I tend to do well when that happens,
so I was convinced I could win.
**[07:40] Ashikiba**
Sohoku's first-year, Onoda,
caught up to me in the last kilometer,
**[07:44] Ashikiba**
so I counterattacked and
rode as hard as I could.
**[07:49] Ashikiba**
The race played into my specialty, but...
**[07:54] Ashikiba**
In the end, he passed me.
**[08:01] Ashikiba**
I didn't win.
**[08:03] Ashikiba**
I'm sorry, Fukutomi-san.
**[08:07] Ashikiba**
He's the one who saved me...
**[08:12] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
Ashikiba!
**[08:14] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
Could you take these?
**[08:16] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Sure. Just leave them right there.
**[08:20] (Flashback) Hakogaku B**
He's "the best," right?
**[08:24] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
You're slow, Ashikiba!
**[08:25] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
Stop wobbling!
**[08:26] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Yes, sir.
**[08:29] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
You're too big.
**[08:31] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
You wobble so much because your
center of gravity is high.
**[08:33] (Flashback) Hakogaku B**
Honestly, you may not be
cut out for bike racing.
**[08:39] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Yes, sir.
**[08:43] Ashikiba**
*They're right.*
**[08:46] Ashikiba**
* I could ride a bike in middle school,*
* but I was ten centimeters shorter then.*
**[08:52] Ashikiba**
*It was so much fun.*
**[08:55] Ashikiba**
* But now, even I feel like my*
* body's heavy. I wobble too much.*
**[09:02] Ashikiba**
*Why do I keep growing?*
**[09:05] Ashikiba**
*I can't catch up to anyone during practice.*
**[09:09] [Messenger] Text**
Miscellaneous Club Duties
**[09:09] Ashikiba**
*Why can't I be shorter?*
**[09:22] (Flashback) Shinkai**
What are you doing?
**[09:25] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Shinkai-san and Fukutomi-san...
**[09:27] (Flashback) Shinkai**
The lights were on.
**[09:30] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Do you have laundry? I'll take care of it.
**[09:32] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Since I'm so big, I'm the
best at doing laundry.
**[09:37] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
I'm actually thinking about quitting the team
and becoming a team manager instead.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
Ashikiba...
**[09:46] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
The only path you should take
is the one that leads forward.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
What do you want to be?
**[09:55] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
The best ri...
**[10:01] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Rider.
**[10:06] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
Then raise your head and look
upon the sights only you can see.
**[10:14] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
Only you can see what you're
looking at right now.
**[10:18] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
You already have something others don't.
**[10:22] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
But it's...
**[10:23] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
A disadvantage? Who decided that?
**[10:28] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
You did.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
The only way to get stronger is to practice.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
That means training to get the
most out of what you possess.
**[10:40] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
If you hone it enough,
you will be able to see it...
**[10:47] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
Your own style of riding!
**[10:49] Ashikiba**
*Make the most out of what I possess!*
**[10:52] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
Why is he riding like that?
**[10:54] (Flashback) Hakogaku A**
He's swaying his body on purpose!
**[10:57] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Let's make the stem ten millimeters longer
and raise your saddle five millimeters.
**[11:00] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Yes, sir.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Shinkai**
What do you like?
**[11:05] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
The piano.
**[11:06] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Good.
**[11:07] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Use that to ride.
**[11:15] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Don't be offended.
**[11:16] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Oh, I'm not.
**[11:18] (Flashback) Shinkai**
We went to the club room that day
**[11:20] (Flashback) Shinkai**
because we heard you were going
to become the laundry boy.
**[11:23] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Juichi was trying to cheer you up.
**[11:29] (Flashback) Hakogaku B**
The laundry boy won First-Year Race B!
**[11:33] Ashikiba**
* All right. I did it,*
* Shinkai-san, Fukutomi-san!*
**[11:39] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
What? Me?
**[11:41] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
You want me to wear a Hakone Academy
jersey and appear in an official race?
**[11:46] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
I'll do it! I promise I'll win!
**[11:51] Ashikiba**
I was so happy then,
I thought I could do anything.
**[11:57] Ashikiba**
But reality was different.
**[12:10] (Flashback) Man**
He's riding the wrong way! Watch out!
**[12:14] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
I'm placing you on house arrest indefinitely.
**[12:16] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
I'm not letting you race.
**[12:20] Ashikiba**
I'm sorry.
**[12:22] Ashikiba**
I placed second.
**[12:24] Ashikiba**
I failed to meet your expectations again.
**[12:27] Fukutomi**
You're all talk, Ashikiba.
**[12:31] Fukutomi**
I thought I'd get to hear
you tell me you won today.
**[12:36] Ashikiba**
I'm sorry.
**[12:38] Ashikiba**
House arrest...
**[12:40] Ashikiba**
I won't be able to race again.
**[12:42] Ashikiba**
How can I repay them?
**[12:47] Fukutomi**
I thought you were going to repay me.
**[12:52] Fukutomi**
You'd better win the next one.
**[12:55] Ashikiba**
The next one?
**[12:57] Fukutomi**
Ashikiba, we never lose to
someone who's beaten us once.
**[13:02] Fukutomi**
That's the duty of Hakone Academy's ace.
**[13:09] Ashikiba**
Yes, sir.
**[13:12] Hakogaku**
He's crying and smiling at the same time...
**[13:22] Naruko**
Old man, let's settle this today.
**[13:25] Naruko**
Let's see who's really
the number one sprinter.
**[13:29] Tadokoro**
Fine. Bring it on, redhead.
**[13:32] Tadokoro**
You, too, Aoyagi.
**[13:35] Rider A**
Aren't they on the same team?
**[13:37] Rider B**
Does that mean they don't
think we stand a chance?
**[13:40] Fan A**
There's three guys leading the race!
**[13:41] Fan B**
Who will win the race?
**[13:43] Tadokoro**
Me!
**[13:45] Aoyagi**
Me!
**[13:45] Naruko**
Me, of course!
**[13:47] Naruko**
The road racing season runs
from March to November.
**[13:51] Naruko**
This is the season's last race.
**[13:53] Announce**
The Bay Coast Hill Climb
is entering its final lap!
**[14:02] Sakamichi**
N-Naruko-kun and Tadokoro-san
are so fast. So is Aoyagi-san.
**[14:06] Sakamichi**
They're going way faster than
they were on the previous lap.
**[14:09] Imaizumi**
That's because it's the final lap.
**[14:12] Kinjou**
Tadokoro...
**[14:15] Kinjou**
This Criterium involves over ten laps
of a two to three kilometer course
**[14:19] Kinjou**
on closed city streets.
**[14:21] Kinjou**
Their positioning, corner speed, and
sprinting power are important in this race.
**[14:25] Kinjou**
And you insisted during the meeting on
looking toward next year's Inter-High.
**[14:33] Kinjou**
When a team enters a race
with multiple participants,
**[14:37] Kinjou**
normally they pick an ace
and act to make him win.
**[14:41] Kinjou**
But our sprinters are incorrigible.
**[14:46] Kinjou**
All three of those idiots are trying to win.
**[14:54] Naruko**
I'll pull, too.
**[14:55] Naruko**
I won't feel good about
winning if you complain later
**[14:58] Naruko**
that you lost because you had to
lead the group the whole time.
**[15:01] Tadokoro**
You think you're going to win?
**[15:03] Announce**
He's moving ahead!
**[15:05] Aoyagi**
I'll pull, too.
**[15:06] Tadokoro**
Aoyagi!
**[15:06] Naruko**
Aoyagi-san!
**[15:08] Naruko**
So the quiet one wants a fair fight, too?
**[15:11] Naruko**
In other words, it'll come down
to the sprint to the finish.
**[15:15] Naruko**
The quiet one's gotten way stronger
over the past few months.
**[15:19] Naruko**
If I underestimate him, he'll beat me.
**[15:24] Fan A**
The three Sohoku guys are leading the race!
**[15:26] Fan A**
Nobody can catch them!
**[15:27] Fan B**
The Inter-High champions are
way stronger than the rest!
**[15:30] Naruko**
He's putting his effort
toward the wrong thing.
**[15:33] Naruko**
So am I. Of course we are!
**[15:36] Naruko**
This is Tadokoro-san's last race with us!
**[15:43] Sugimoto**
They're so fast!
**[15:44] Fan B**
Damn it!
**[15:46] Sugimoto**
They're leaving me behind, even though
we're all wearing Sohoku jerseys.
**[15:54] Sugimoto**
That's it.
**[15:55] Sugimoto**
They're encouraging me to make Sohoku proud
since I'm wearing one of our jerseys.
**[16:01] Sugimoto**
I'll do my best.
**[16:06] Naruko**
It's the final corner.
**[16:07] Naruko**
The corner comes down to how
we enter and pull out of it.
**[16:10] Naruko**
I'll enter at the narrowest possible angle.
**[16:12] Naruko**
Once my posture starts reverting,
I'll use my dancing to jump ahead!
**[16:18] Announce**
It's the home stretch!
**[16:19] Announce**
It's just 500 meters to the finish line!
**[16:23] Aoyagi**
Tadokoro-san looked after me and Junta.
**[16:27] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
Go for the finish line!
**[16:29] (Flashback) Both**
Yes, sir!
**[16:31] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'm sorry!
**[16:32] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
I'm sorry...
**[16:33] (Flashback) Both**
Tadokoro-san!
**[16:35] Aoyagi**
He taught us to have
unbreakable spirits and wills.
**[16:40] Aoyagi**
He taught us how to fight.
**[16:43] Aoyagi**
That's why I want to show
him that I've grown!
**[16:50] Naruko**
I can't imagine the team without the old man.
**[16:56] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
You're a little bean.
**[16:59] Naruko**
He never yields.
**[17:02] Naruko**
He always shows off.
**[17:05] Naruko**
And he's strong.
**[17:07] Naruko**
That's why...
**[17:11] Naruko**
I'll surpass the old man!
**[17:13] Naruko**
And today's my last chance to do that!
**[17:19] Aoyagi**
That's why...
**[17:20] Naruko**
That's why I have to...
**[17:22] Both**
Win!
**[17:24] Announce**
Eighty meters left!
**[17:26] Tadokoro**
These kids have grown.
**[17:31] Tadokoro**
Aoyagi, Naruko...
**[17:33] Tadokoro**
Carry on the spirit of
Sohoku's sprinters, who keep
**[17:36] Tadokoro**
charging forward even after eating pavement.
**[17:40] Tadokoro**
I'm sweating a lot today.
**[17:43] Tadokoro**
This is your last job, Tadokoro Jin.
**[17:48] Tadokoro**
I'll show them, so they don't win
and let it get to their heads.
**[17:53] Tadokoro**
That in this world, there are
giant walls to overcome!
**[18:00] Tadokoro**
Aoyagi, Naruko!
**[18:03] Tadokoro**
Get stronger.
**[18:04] Tadokoro**
Stronger, stronger, stronger!
**[18:14] Tadokoro**
You have to pull Sohoku now.
**[18:20] Announce**
The winner is Sohoku third-year Tadokoro Jin!
**[18:27] Tadokoro**
That was close.
**[18:28] Tadokoro**
That was the toughest sprint so far.
**[18:36] Tadokoro**
You don't have to look so unhappy.
**[18:39] Naruko**
You were supposed to quietly
pass the baton to us!
**[18:42] Tadokoro**
I did it for you guys.
**[18:46] Tadokoro**
Right, Aoyagi?
**[18:48] Tadokoro**
Say something!
**[18:58] Tadokoro**
Kinjou!
**[18:59] Imaizumi**
Good work.
**[19:00] Kinjou**
You rode well.
**[19:03] Tadokoro**
Thanks, Aoyagi, Naruko.
**[19:06] Tadokoro**
You made that a memorable race.
**[19:11] Both**
Thank you!
**[19:15] Tadokoro**
You're unusually submissive today.
**[19:18] Both**
Into...
**[19:20] Both**
A special goodbye punch!
**[19:23] Tadokoro**
You bastards!
**[19:25] Naruko**
Aoyagi-san, run for it!
**[19:26] Kinjou**
Sprinters...
**[19:26] Aoyagi**
Yeah!
**[19:27] Tadokoro**
Wait!
**[19:32] Miki**
Thank you for three years of membership.
**[19:35] Sugimoto**
We won't get to practice with you anymore.
**[19:41] Kinjou**
We have to get serious about
studying for exams soon.
**[19:45] Tadokoro**
Yeah.
**[19:46] Sakamichi**
U-Uh...
**[19:48] Sakamichi**
Um, Kinjou-san, Tadokoro-san...
**[19:52] Sakamichi**
Th-Thanks for your help. This is for you.
**[19:56] Tadokoro**
Sure, thanks.
**[19:58] Kinjou**
Thank you.
**[20:00] Sakamichi**
I'll send this to Makishima-san.
**[20:03] Sakamichi**
He helped me a lot, too.
**[20:08] Kinjou**
Yeah. I'm sure he'll appreciate it.
**[20:10] Tadokoro**
Although it'll be hard to tell from
his expression if he does.
**[20:19] Teshima**
Kinjou-san, Tadokoro-san.
**[20:20] Teshima**
Thank you for all your hard work.
**[20:23] Teshima**
We'll keep riding just as hard as you did.
**[20:28] Teshima**
Thank you.
**[20:30] All**
Thank you.
**[20:33] Kinjou**
They're succeeding us, huh?
**[20:37] Naruko**
We'll now put on a performance to
send off the graduating upperclassmen.
**[20:42] Naruko**
I call it "Sohoku's Giant Sprinter!"
**[20:47] Naruko**
I'm the Rampaging Human Warhead!
**[20:50] Naruko**
Hear me roar!
**[20:52] Naruko**
I'm the Human Bullet Train!
**[20:54] Naruko**
All aboard!
**[20:55] Tadokoro**
Don't be ridiculous!
**[20:56] Tadokoro**
I'm not a tiny little bean!
**[20:59] Naruko**
Who are you calling a bean?
**[21:00] Tadokoro**
Don't sully my retirement!
**[21:03] Imaizumi**
With the upperclassmen leaving,
we have fewer members to practice with.
**[21:08] Imaizumi**
At this rate, we'll...
**[21:21] Naruko**
What'd you want to talk about, hotshot?
**[21:25] Imaizumi**
You must've noticed, too.
**[21:28] Imaizumi**
It's about that.
***SIGN*** Ramen Taro Sakura Shop
**[23:09] Employee**
Start!
**[23:10] Naruko**
Watch this!
**[23:10] Aoyagi**
Consume!
**[23:26] Employee**
You're both fast, but you
were just barely short.
**[23:29] Employee**
You didn't break our record.
**[23:31] Tadokoro**
New store record!
***SIGN*** New Store Record!
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE A Different Bicycle Training Ground!!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E5 - A Different Bicycle Race Track!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6X0Q3Q2Y/a-different-bicycle-race-track)
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**[00:07] Naruko**
What'd you want to talk about, Hotshot?
**[00:11] Imaizumi**
You must've noticed, too.
**[00:14] Imaizumi**
It's about that.
**[00:17] Imaizumi**
Since Makishima-san left and Tadokoro-san
and Kinjou-san stopped coming to practice,
**[00:22] Imaizumi**
we've started practicing with
just Teshima-san and Aoyagi-san.
**[00:27] Imaizumi**
You must feel it, too. Keenly.
**[00:31] Imaizumi**
The huge size of the hole
left by the third-years.
**[00:41] Naruko**
Not really.
**[00:42] Imaizumi**
It's not Teshima-san and Aoyagi-san's fault.
**[00:45] Imaizumi**
They've gotten more than strong enough.
**[00:48] Imaizumi**
But the reality is our
practices have gotten weaker
**[00:50] Imaizumi**
than when the third-years were around.
**[00:54] Imaizumi**
We experienced it firsthand
at this year's Inter-High.
**[00:57] Imaizumi**
Its fierceness, its level, its brutality.
**[01:01] Imaizumi**
At this rate...
**[01:04] Imaizumi**
We can't win next year.
**[01:07] Imaizumi**
Not even a single stage.
***SIGN*** Tadokoro Jin
***SIGN*** Imaizumi Shunsuke
**[01:10] Imaizumi**
Even the sprint and mountain tags
could fall out of our reach.
**[01:19] Naruko**
What are we supposed to do, then?
**[01:21] Naruko**
All we can do is practice.
**[01:23] Imaizumi**
Naruko...
**[01:25] Imaizumi**
You should become an all-rounder like me.
**[01:29] Imaizumi**
Abandon the sprint.
**[01:30] Naruko**
Hotshot, who do you think you're talking to?
**[01:33] Imaizumi**
Cry all you want, but the
third-years aren't coming back.
**[01:37] Imaizumi**
We have to change.
**[01:39] Naruko**
Are you stupid? I'm the Speedman
of Naniwa, Naruko Shoukichi!
**[01:43] Imaizumi**
Our team doesn't have enough riders who
can aim for the finish line right now.
**[01:48] Imaizumi**
Road racing is a race to
reach the finish line.
**[01:53] Imaizumi**
If you start working on it now,
you'll be ready by the Inter-High.
**[01:56] Naruko**
What?
**[01:57] Imaizumi**
Spend less time practicing
on flats and climb.
**[02:00] Imaizumi**
You need to change your style completely.
**[02:05] Naruko**
I can't do that.
**[02:06] Naruko**
No way. I refuse.
**[02:08] Naruko**
Besides, we're classmates.
I don't take orders from you.
**[02:12] Imaizumi**
It's for the team. It's so we can win.
**[02:14] Imaizumi**
You already showed a glimpse
of that at the Inter-High.
**[02:19] Imaizumi**
You climbed despite being a sprinter.
**[02:21] Imaizumi**
That's not something a normal rider can do.
**[02:24] Imaizumi**
You can climb. You have
the right feel for it.
**[02:26] Imaizumi**
Your body is light, too.
**[02:27] Imaizumi**
You already have a keen nose for the goal.
**[02:30] Imaizumi**
Do it.
**[02:35] Naruko**
I can't.
**[02:36] Naruko**
I can't let the quiet one pass me now.
**[02:40] Naruko**
Sorry, Hotshot.
**[02:42] Naruko**
I'm a pure sprinter.
***SIGN*** Sohoku
High
School
Bicycle
Racing
Club
***SIGN*** RIDE.05 A Different Kind of Race!!
**[02:53] Boy**
I'm nervous.
**[02:55] Boy**
I know. I'll use this to relax.
**[03:00] Boy**
Okay, I'm ready.
**[03:02] Boy**
Ready, and...
**[03:03] Boy**
Thanks for the food!
**[03:10] Teshima**
We had an unexpected visitor.
**[03:12] Teshima**
A local middle school student
came to watch us practice.
**[03:14] Teshima**
He didn't realize the door was locked
and pulled as hard as he could.
**[03:18] Aoyagi**
Rice Boy...
**[03:21] Sugimoto**
You're the one who broke
our legendary club's door?
**[03:25] Boy**
Teru-chan, I'm here.
**[03:28] Sakamichi**
He's huge!
**[03:29] Sugimoto**
Sadatoki!
**[03:31] Sakamichi**
What?
**[03:32] Aoyagi**
You know him, Sugimoto?
**[03:34] Sugimoto**
Yes. Can you introduce yourself, Sadatoki?
**[03:38] Sadatoki**
Yeah, Teru-chan.
**[03:40] Sadatoki**
I'm studying to get into Sohoku!
**[03:43] Sadatoki**
If I pass the exam, I hope
to join the bicycle club!
**[03:46] Sadatoki**
My name is Sugimoto Sadatoki!
**[03:49] Teshima**
Sugimoto?
**[03:51] Sadatoki**
My dream is to race with
my brother Teru-chan!
**[03:54] Sakamichi**
Y-You're Sugimoto-kun's younger brother?
**[03:57] Sadatoki**
One, two.
**[03:58] Sadatoki**
One, two. One, two.
**[04:01] Sugimoto**
Go, Sadatoki!
**[04:03] Sugimoto**
Go, go!
**[04:05] Sugimoto**
Strong, isn't he?
**[04:08] Sakamichi**
Th-That's amazing.
**[04:10] Sadatoki**
Um, are you Onoda-san?
**[04:12] Sakamichi**
Yes.
**[04:13] Sadatoki**
My brother's told me all about you.
**[04:17] Sadatoki**
I'm a huge fan of yours.
**[04:19] Sakamichi**
Huh? What?!
**[04:21] Sadatoki**
Onoda-san, you're small.
Far smaller than I imagined.
**[04:25] Sadatoki**
But you're strong. You're so cool.
**[04:28] Sakamichi**
Oh, I'm not...
**[04:30] Sadatoki**
If I get accepted by Sohoku
and get into the bicycle club,
**[04:34] Sadatoki**
I want to become an
incredible rider like you.
**[04:40] Sakamichi**
Yeah, g-good luck.
**[04:42] Sadatoki**
Thank you!
**[04:45] Friend**
I can't believe you have someone
who wants to join the club already.
**[04:48] Friend**
The bicycle club's all set.
**[04:51] Friend**
Miki?
**[04:53] Miki**
Sorry, yeah. You're right.
**[04:57] Sugimoto**
Shall we get practice started, then?
**[05:00] Sugimoto**
We're training on Minegayama
today, right, Teshima-san?
**[05:02] Sugimoto**
Sadatoki's been wanting
to ride with you, Onoda.
**[05:05] Sakamichi**
What?
**[05:06] Imaizumi**
I'm against it.
**[05:10] Imaizumi**
I've been listening.
**[05:11] Imaizumi**
Hey, big boy. Ride this.
**[05:15] Both**
A th-three-drum roller?
**[05:18] Imaizumi**
It's a test. If you can't ride this,
I won't let you participate in our practice.
**[05:22] Sugimoto**
You can't be serious.
**[05:24] Sugimoto**
Sadatoki's never rode one before.
**[05:26] Imaizumi**
Every day of practice counts
for us. We're desperate.
**[05:31] Imaizumi**
We can't give you special treatment
just because you're someone's brother.
**[05:35] Imaizumi**
You have only one chance.
**[05:36] Imaizumi**
If you fail, leave.
**[05:38] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun.
**[05:39] Sugimoto**
But it's hard to balance
on three-drum rollers...
**[05:42] Sugimoto**
At least give him a few chances.
**[05:47] Imaizumi**
Can he succeed with only one chance?
**[05:50] Imaizumi**
In road racing, that's an important factor.
**[05:55] Imaizumi**
Onoda did it.
**[06:08] Imaizumi**
Huh.
**[06:09] Sugimoto**
Well, that was easy.
**[06:12] Teshima**
We can afford to take him to
one practice to see how he does.
**[06:18] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir.
**[06:19] Teshima**
So, how good is he on a bike?
**[06:22] Sugimoto**
You mean Sadatoki? He's fine.
**[06:25] Sugimoto**
After all, I've taught him everything
I know about road racing.
**[06:34] Imaizumi**
He's so slow.
**[06:35] Imaizumi**
He's strong enough to lift a mommy bike,
but he's a slow sprinter.
**[06:40] Teshima**
Maybe it's his form.
**[06:42] Imaizumi**
His form is awful. It's just like Sugimoto's.
**[06:45] Imaizumi**
It's inefficient.
**[06:47] Imaizumi**
He may have been good enough to ride on
the roller, but he's no good on a bike.
**[06:50] Sakamichi**
Wait, Imaizumi-kun.
**[06:53] Sakamichi**
Sadatoki-kun's strength could be climbing.
**[06:59] Imaizumi**
Looks like you were wrong.
**[07:01] Imaizumi**
It's another exact copy.
**[07:04] Sakamichi**
Sadatoki-kun, you can do it.
**[07:06] Sakamichi**
I mean, when you're climbing, uh...
**[07:10] Sadatoki**
Yes, sir. What am I supposed to do?
**[07:13] Imaizumi**
He's wasting his time.
**[07:14] Imaizumi**
Let's go, Teshima-san.
**[07:17] Imaizumi**
If there's anything he's specialized at,
it's being in perfect sync with his brother.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Let's go.
**[07:25] Teshima**
Synchronization?
**[07:29] Imaizumi**
Maybe this is how they felt.
**[07:32] Imaizumi**
As younger members join the team,
**[07:35] Imaizumi**
you pray for just a handful
you can use at the Inter-High.
**[07:43] Imaizumi**
Then your intentions just might reach them.
**[07:46] Imaizumi**
It's a crushing, almost wishful feeling.
**[07:52] Imaizumi**
Is that how you felt, Kinjou-san,
Tadokoro-san, Makishima-san?
**[07:58] Imaizumi**
I guess I had hoped for more.
**[08:02] Imaizumi**
Honestly, I'm disappointed
by our current situation.
**[08:06] Imaizumi**
Let's go, Onoda.
**[08:08] Imaizumi**
Unfortunately, we have to leave them behind.
**[08:10] Imaizumi**
We don't have any more time for them.
**[08:12] Both**
What?
**[08:13] Imaizumi**
We have things we have to do today.
**[08:17] Imaizumi**
We're facing the entire country.
**[08:26] Sadatoki**
Thanks for the food.
**[08:27] Sadatoki**
No, wait. I mean thank you.
**[08:30] Sadatoki**
I had fun riding with you, Onoda-san.
**[08:34] Sugimoto**
It's okay. I'll ride with Sadatoki.
**[08:40] Sakamichi**
Sorry I couldn't do anything for you.
**[08:49] Teshima**
Imaizumi, do you have some time to spare?
**[08:51] Teshima**
Maybe about three minutes.
**[08:53] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san?
**[08:54] Teshima**
Go ride with Rice Boy for three minutes.
**[08:58] Imaizumi**
No, thank you. We've already
reached a conclusion.
**[09:01] Teshima**
Are you sure?
**[09:03] Teshima**
Unlike his brother, he's big and powerful.
**[09:07] Teshima**
He even had a good enough sense
of balance to ride on the roller.
**[09:10] Teshima**
But he was slow on a bike. Why?
**[09:13] Imaizumi**
Because of his form.
He's copying his brother's form.
**[09:18] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto's form makes him lose power.
**[09:21] Imaizumi**
Without power, you get left
behind in road racing.
**[09:24] Imaizumi**
That's why he always falls behind.
**[09:27] Teshima**
Then what if his form were improved?
**[09:29] Imaizumi**
Then... No, it can't be fixed that quickly.
**[09:33] Imaizumi**
At the very least, not in three minutes.
**[09:35] Teshima**
Are you sure? Couldn't you do it?
**[09:39] Teshima**
You said he had the power to synchronize.
**[09:44] Teshima**
Go test it out. It means he has potential.
**[09:48] Imaizumi**
Potential?
**[09:50] Teshima**
Imaizumi, isn't that how
you brought Team Sohoku...
**[09:56] Teshima**
its top-class ace climber?
**[10:01] Imaizumi**
Onoda...
**[10:06] Sakamichi**
Huh? Imaizumi-kun?
**[10:08] Sadatoki**
Imaizumi-san?
**[10:10] Imaizumi**
Big boy, you get one chance.
**[10:12] Imaizumi**
Forget everything your brother
taught you about road racing.
**[10:16] Sugimoto**
What are you talking about?
**[10:20] Imaizumi**
Copy that small bespectacled guy's form
and do your best to catch up to him.
**[10:27] Sadatoki**
My idol Onoda-san's form?
**[10:30] Sugimoto**
He should be able to handle that.
Sadatoki's a fast learner.
**[10:36] Sugimoto**
And Sadatoki's watched videos
of the first-year race
**[10:39] Sugimoto**
and our training camp over and over.
**[10:43] Sadatoki**
Onoda-san's...
**[10:45] Sadatoki**
Onoda-san...
**[10:46] Imaizumi**
The pressure changed. Is he...
**[10:49] Sadatoki**
Onoda-san!
**[10:54] Sadatoki**
Onoda-san!
**[10:57] Sakamichi**
H-How?
**[11:00] Sadatoki**
I-I caught up.
**[11:04] Sakamichi**
Sadatoki-kun!
**[11:06] Sugimoto**
Are you okay, Sadatoki?
**[11:08] Imaizumi**
It was only for a moment,
but he copied his form perfectly.
**[11:12] Imaizumi**
He succeeded twice with only
a single chance each time.
**[11:16] Imaizumi**
Was it a coincidence? If it wasn't, then...
**[11:19] Sadatoki**
Thanks for the food, Onoda-san.
**[11:21] Sakamichi**
Oh, it's fine.
**[11:22] Sadatoki**
Thanks for the food.
**[11:23] Sakamichi**
No, really. Thank you.
**[11:25] Sadatoki**
Thank you.
**[11:26] Teshima**
Smile, Imaizumi.
**[11:28] Teshima**
You're supposed to praise your
juniors when they do well.
**[11:35] Sadatoki**
Thanks for the food.
**[11:35] Sakamichi**
Really, it's okay.
**[11:37] Imaizumi**
Rice Boy.
**[11:39] Sadatoki**
Yes?
**[11:41] Imaizumi**
G-Good job.
**[11:44] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun, what's wrong with you?
**[11:46] Sugimoto**
I-Imaizumi is making a conflicted face!
**[11:49] Imaizumi**
I can't do it. I don't
compliment people often.
**[11:54] Sadatoki**
Thanks for the food.
**[11:56] Imaizumi**
Uh, I...
**[12:05] Naruko**
Thanks for staying late.
**[12:07] Teshima**
What did you want to talk about?
**[12:10] Naruko**
Could I take time off
practice over the holiday?
**[12:15] Naruko**
I'm having doubts about what's right
for me and the path I should take.
**[12:21] Naruko**
I'm sorry. It's only a possibility, but...
**[12:26] Naruko**
Could I quit being a sprinter?
**[12:34] Teshima**
Quit being a sprinter?
**[12:37] Naruko**
It's only a maybe. I'm just
saying it's a possibility.
**[12:43] Teshima**
That's alarming. It affects our team.
**[12:48] Teshima**
Tadokoro-san passed on the role
of sprinter to you.
**[12:53] Teshima**
Your abilities leave nothing to be desired.
**[12:55] Teshima**
What is there to worry about?
**[13:00] Naruko**
I'm sorry! Please don't ask,
just give me the three days off!
**[13:03] Naruko**
I'm thinking of going home to Osaka.
**[13:06] Naruko**
I want to return to where
I started and think things over.
**[13:09] Naruko**
I want to find my own answer.
**[13:13] Teshima**
You're not too smart, are you?
**[13:15] Teshima**
You've been too stubborn
**[13:17] Teshima**
to ask Tadokoro-san about whatever's
bothering you, haven't you?
**[13:22] Naruko**
I...
**[13:23] Teshima**
It means it's too heavy a
concern to discuss with others.
**[13:27] Teshima**
Naruko, that sounds just like you.
**[13:30] Teshima**
You can go until you're satisfied.
**[13:34] Naruko**
I'm back to the city where
I was born and raised, Osaka!
***SIGN*** Naruko Snacks
***SIGN*** Naruko Shoukichi-kun
Congratulations on your team's victory!
Celebrating a triumphant return!!
**[13:54] Naruko**
I guess I'll go to where it all started.
**[14:03] Naruko**
I might be able to find something here.
**[14:08] Naruko**
This brings back memories.
It's been six months.
**[14:12] Naruko**
That sign's the finish line.
**[14:15] Naruko**
The fastest guys in Osaka gather here.
**[14:23] Naruko**
I learned to sprint by racing here every day.
**[14:28] Naruko**
They're so cool.
**[14:31] Naruko**
This is where I first
encountered road racing!
**[14:34] Naruko**
My home course!
**[14:36] Naruko**
This is where everything started!
**[14:39] Naruko**
One lap is 600 meters of 250-meter
straights and one turn.
**[14:44] Naruko**
Fighting against and
utilizing the sea breeze,
**[14:47] Naruko**
I used tricks, instinct, and
technique to seize victory!
**[14:51] Man 1**
He's fast!
**[14:51] Man 2**
His cornering and speed are incredible!
**[14:54] Man 3**
That jersey...
**[14:56] Man 3**
That's Chiba's Sohoku!
**[14:57] Man 1**
What? You mean this year's
Inter-High winners?
**[15:00] Man 3**
I heard a red-headed sprinter
from Osaka joined Chiba's Sohoku.
**[15:05] Man 1**
The sprinter Naruko Shoukichi!
**[15:08] Naruko**
Sprinter...
**[15:11] Naruko**
Fast, flashy, and speeding
through corners at top speed.
**[15:14] Naruko**
Racing past the scenery
faster than everyone else.
**[15:17] Naruko**
A world of glorious make-or-break contests.
**[15:21] Naruko**
That's what it means to be a sprinter!
**[15:22] Naruko**
It's the world I admired! The path I believed in!
**[15:27] Naruko**
I can't abandon this that easily.
**[15:30] Naruko**
My red blood is screaming for it!
**[15:34] Kakimoto**
Let's race, Sohoku.
How does three laps sound?
**[15:39] Kakimoto**
I'm Handai High School's sprinter,
Kakimoto Ryudai.
**[15:44] Kakimoto**
They call me the Dragon
of Rokko's Winter Winds.
**[15:46] Kakimoto**
I'm undefeated on this course.
**[15:50] Naruko**
Bring it on. Let's do three laps.
**[15:52] Naruko**
If I fail here, I'll have failed
as a sprinter. I'll give it up.
**[15:56] Kakimoto**
Ready, go!
**[15:59] Naruko**
You won't beat me!
**[16:02] Naruko**
The answer can always be found in battle.
**[16:05] Man 1**
First lap!
**[16:06] Man 1**
It's a race between the red-haired Sohoku
rider Naruko and Handai High's Kakimoto!
**[16:10] Naruko**
It seems like it's true this Kakimoto
guy is undefeated on this course.
**[16:15] Naruko**
He's keeping up with me.
**[16:17] Man 1**
Third lap! One lap left!
**[16:21] Kakimoto**
Sohoku's Naruko, your sprinting
and cornering are incredible.
**[16:25] Kakimoto**
It's no wonder you won nationals.
**[16:27] Kakimoto**
But this is an unofficial race.
Anything goes on this different kind of track.
**[16:35] Kakimoto**
I'll show you why they really call me the
Night Dragon of Rokko's Winter Winds.
**[16:42] Man 1**
There it is!
**[16:43] Man 2**
The Night Dragon Kakimoto special!
**[16:47] Kakimoto**
Surprised? Of course you are.
**[16:49] Kakimoto**
Not only am I fast, but I glow!
**[16:53] Kakimoto**
Like a nightscape of Kobe seen from
Mt. Rokko, I'm worth a million dollars.
**[16:59] Kakimoto**
Why Kobe when I'm from Osaka?
They're close enough.
**[17:02] Kakimoto**
Don't worry about the details.
**[17:05] Naruko**
That's so cool!
**[17:08] Kakimoto**
Now it's full speed ahead!
It's a straight line to the finish line!
**[17:11] Naruko**
Oh, whoops. Calm down.
**[17:14] Naruko**
I'm in the middle of the race.
**[17:15] Naruko**
This is no time to be admiring his bike.
**[17:17] Man 1**
Naruko's fallen behind!
**[17:18] Naruko**
No matter the circumstances, I'll win.
**[17:20] Naruko**
I learned this feeling during the Inter-High.
**[17:25] Naruko**
Move, idiot! The flashiest man here...
**[17:31] Naruko**
is me, Naruko Shoukichi! Yeah!
**[17:36] Man 1**
What was that? Amazing!
**[17:38] Man 1**
He stretched so far ahead
before the finish line!
**[17:40] Man 2**
That's how the champions, Sohoku, sprint!
**[17:45] Daitsubu**
If I beat you, I'll be top-class.
**[17:48] Daitsubu**
Sohoku's Naruko, I'm your next opponent.
**[17:52] Daitsubu**
It's been a while.
**[17:54] Daitsubu**
I'm Nara Sanri Academy's white-hot
sprinter, Daitsubu Takeshi.
**[17:58] Daitsubu**
I'll only turn the other cheek thrice.
**[18:00] Naruko**
Who the hell is he?
**[18:03] Daitsubu**
This is my bike.
**[18:06] Naruko**
That's...
**[18:07] Daitsubu**
They're popular in Europe. It's a track bike.
**[18:12] Daitsubu**
Even the gears have been removed.
**[18:13] Daitsubu**
It's light. It's strong.
**[18:15] Daitsubu**
It's a bike made exclusively
for riding flats.
**[18:19] Daitsubu**
The hollowed out tube...
**[18:21] Daitsubu**
The super-light handles
made for track racing...
**[18:24] Daitsubu**
Do you know what happens
**[18:26] Daitsubu**
when I combine them with my barrel-like legs,
which were made for sprinting?
**[18:31] Daitsubu**
In scientific reactions, when you combine
pure reagents, you get miraculous results.
**[18:37] Daitsubu**
Come, Sohoku sprinter! It's a three-lap race!
**[18:42] Daitsubu**
I'll only turn the other cheek thrice!
**[18:44] Naruko**
Is that your catchphrase?
**[18:45] Naruko**
Jeez, these freaks keep
coming one after another.
**[18:50] Naruko**
But I can tell they all love bikes.
**[18:54] Naruko**
I'm the same way.
**[18:56] Naruko**
So I'll sprint as hard as I can.
**[18:59] Naruko**
I think he said something about purity.
**[19:03] Naruko**
Sorry, but Naruko Shoukichi is a
natural-born 100 percent pure sprinter!
**[19:12] Naruko**
You're pretty fast.
**[19:14] Naruko**
I'm just unthinkably fast.
**[19:18] Naruko**
I excel at straight lines
as I ride with flair!
**[19:21] Naruko**
I'm the prodigal speedster!
**[19:30] Naruko**
Uh-oh, I've gotten stronger.
**[19:34] Naruko**
I'm faster than I was
when I used to ride here.
**[19:37] Naruko**
I can tell I'm using my muscles,
and my speed's on a whole different level.
**[19:42] Naruko**
Did riding in the Inter-High make me grow?
**[19:46] Naruko**
Was it my friendly rivalry with
the old man and Aoyagi-san?
**[19:49] Naruko**
Sorry, hotshot. I can't give up this gift.
**[19:54] Naruko**
My next race will be my last one.
If I win, I'll keep riding as a sprinter.
**[20:03] Midousuji**
Shall we race?
**[20:06] Naruko**
M-Midousuji? Kyoto Fushimi's ace?
**[20:11] Man 1**
Isn't that Midousuji, who won the first day's
race and two number tags on the second?
**[20:16] Man 2**
He beat Hakone Academy's ace
sprinter, #4 Shinkai, in a sprint!
**[20:23] Midousuji**
I came to Osaka since I was bored
**[20:27] Midousuji**
and heard a gross freak in
a yellow jersey was here.
**[20:31] Naruko**
Thanks for the compliment.
Does that mean you came to see me?
**[20:35] Naruko**
Thank you.
**[20:37] Naruko**
My last opponent is him of all people?
**[20:42] Naruko**
It's just another race.
**[20:44] Midousuji**
Since it's a 600-meter track, how does
a ten-lap, six-kilometer race sound?
**[20:51] Naruko**
Sure. It's my last race.
**[20:53] Naruko**
Give me everything you've got.
**[20:55] Midousuji**
It's your last race. Make sure
you squeeze out every last drop.
**[21:01] Midousuji**
But it wouldn't be fun to just race.
**[21:05] Midousuji**
Why don't we each bet something important?
**[21:16] Naruko**
Sure. I'd already decided for myself,
no matter who I was racing...
**[21:22] Naruko**
If I win the next race,
I'll keep riding as a sprinter.
**[21:26] Naruko**
If I lose...
**[21:29] Naruko**
I'll quit sprinting!
**[23:08] Sugimoto**
Imaizumi, you dropped something.
***SIGN*** Love Hime
The Three-Hour Extra-Dimensional Labyrinth
**[23:12] Sugimoto**
Huh?
**[23:14] Imaizumi**
Uh, that's...
**[23:15] Sugimoto**
Oh, don't worry. I don't have any
problem with this kind of thing.
**[23:20] Sugimoto**
As a kid, I used to watch this stuff
all the time with my brother.
**[23:23] Sugimoto**
I'm an experienced anime watcher.
**[23:26] Teshima**
Well, we all have our own tastes.
**[23:28] Imaizumi**
It's not that!
**[23:31] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun, good morning.
**[23:33] Sakamichi**
The other day when we went to *Love Hime*—
**[23:34] Imaizumi**
Not right now!
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Naruko VS Midousuji
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E6 - Naruko VS Midousuji
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G675QM1KR/naruko-vs-midousuji)
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**[00:05] Midousuji**
Shall we race?
**[00:09] Naruko**
M-Midousuji? Kyoto Fushimi's ace?
**[00:13] Midousuji**
Since it's a 600-meter track, how does
a ten-lap, six-kilometer race sound?
**[00:20] Naruko**
Sure. It's my last race.
**[00:22] Naruko**
Give me everything you've got.
**[00:24] Midousuji**
But it wouldn't be fun to just race.
**[00:31] Midousuji**
Why don't we each bet something important?
**[00:35] Mob 1**
That's Naruko, the sprinter from
national champion Sohoku,
**[00:39] Mob 1**
and Kyoto Fushimi's first-year ace Midousuji!
**[00:42] Mob 2**
And they're about to have a sprint showdown?
**[00:44] Mob 3**
Seriously? I can't believe we
get to watch that race here!
**[00:49] Naruko**
If I win the next race,
I'll keep riding as a sprinter.
**[00:53] Naruko**
If I lose...
**[00:56] Naruko**
I'll quit sprinting!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:33] Midousuji**
You'll quit sprinting?
***SIGN*** RIDE.06 Naruko VS Midousuji
**[02:38] Midousuji**
You, the sprinter?
**[02:40] Naruko**
Yeah, what do you think?
**[02:42] Naruko**
This race just got really
interesting, didn't it?
**[02:48] Midousuji**
Gross!
**[02:50] Midousuji**
He's serious. This guy must be an idiot.
**[02:53] Midousuji**
He actually bet something important to him.
**[02:55] Midousuji**
But such purity can only
be found in serious races.
**[03:02] Midousuji**
Gross, gross!
**[03:04] Midousuji**
Fine. My heart hasn't beat
this hard in a while.
**[03:09] Midousuji**
This is exactly the kind of
competition I was looking for.
**[03:14] Midousuji**
Mizuta-kun, Yamaguchi-kun...
**[03:20] Midousuji**
If I lose this race, the five of you
can ride in next year's Inter-High.
**[03:28] Midousuji**
I'll put on a yellow jersey and
do everything I can to help
**[03:34] Midousuji**
reigning champions Sohoku for three days.
***SIGN*** Sohoku High
Bicycle Racing Club
**[03:44] Both**
Yes, sir.
**[03:47] Naruko**
He's serious.
**[03:49] Midousuji**
Of course, if that ever happened, my head
would split in two. I couldn't do it.
**[03:57] Midousuji**
So I have to win here.
**[04:01] Naruko**
I heard you were lying in the first aid
tent at the Inter-High for a long time.
**[04:06] Naruko**
Did all that sleep leave you out of shape?
**[04:09] Midousuji**
I was just resting.
**[04:12] Midousuji**
I can't do anything if the vessel
carrying my soul is a wreck.
**[04:17] Midousuji**
Thanks to that, I recovered.
Gradually, I recovered.
**[04:22] Midousuji**
Now, I'm even more flawless than before.
**[04:26] Mob 1**
They're coming around the turn!
**[04:28] Mob 2**
They're passing under the fire hydrant sign!
**[04:30] Mob 1**
Their ten-lap sprint...
**[04:32] Mob 2**
...is starting!
**[04:45] Mob 1**
Kyoto Fushimi's accelerating!
**[04:47] Mob 2**
How can he lean so far forward while dancing?
**[04:49] Mob 2**
He's so fast!
**[04:50] Naruko**
Midousuji!
**[04:51] Mob 2**
But there's a turn coming up!
**[04:54] Mob 1**
If he goes that fast into
the turn, he'll fall!
**[04:57] Naruko**
He won't fall.
**[04:58] Naruko**
He rounds corners with
full-throttle dive banks!
**[05:06] Mob 4**
How can he turn at that speed?
**[05:08] Mob 5**
Sohoku's falling behind!
**[05:11] Naruko**
He's fast. He's first-rate.
**[05:12] Naruko**
But I'm falling behind? Are they joking?
**[05:17] Naruko**
They can't be serious!
**[05:23] Naruko**
You going somewhere?
**[05:24] Naruko**
You seem to be in a hurry.
**[05:26] Naruko**
Are you holding back a poop?
**[05:29] Midousuji**
Sohoku sprinter, are you
talking about yourself?
**[05:33] Midousuji**
You're pedaling as fast as you can.
**[05:36] Mob 1**
Whoa!
**[05:37] Mob 1**
What? They finished two laps
in the time I finished one!
**[05:41] Naruko**
Show me what you've really got!
**[05:44] Midousuji**
No, you.
**[05:46] Daitsubu**
They're so fast.
**[05:47] Kakimoto**
What's wrong with them?
**[05:49] Kakimoto**
Was Naruko holding back when he raced us?
**[05:52] Ishigaki**
They're both pushing each other forward.
**[05:54] Both**
What?
**[05:55] Ishigaki**
Both their ability and competitive spirit.
**[05:58] Daitsubu**
Kyoto Fushimi third-year...
**[06:01] Kakimoto**
...Ishigaki!
**[06:03] Ishigaki**
Will you make your next breakthrough in
this race against Naruko-kun, Midousuji?
**[06:14] Midousuji**
That's right.
**[06:15] Midousuji**
This is exactly the kind of
competition I was looking for.
**[06:21] Mob 2**
Sohoku's pulling ahead!
**[06:23] Naruko**
You're too slow, Turtle-suji.
**[06:26] Midousuji**
That's not something you should
say when you're drenched in sweat,
**[06:29] Midousuji**
you chicken-headed bean!
**[06:32] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:33] Naruko**
Shut up!
**[06:34] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:35] Naruko**
No, you fall!
**[06:37] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:38] Naruko**
Idiot!
**[06:39] Kakimoto**
Second lap!
**[06:49] Daitsubu**
Third lap!
**[06:52] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:54] Naruko**
I'm not falling, seaweed!
**[06:56] Mob 2**
They're running into each other...
**[06:58] Mob 3**
As they pass us!
**[06:59] Midousuji**
Fourth lap!
**[07:01] Midousuji**
You want to keep going?
**[07:03] Midousuji**
This race is about to become
so back-breakingly intense,
**[07:07] Midousuji**
you'll wish you'd dropped out now.
**[07:09] Naruko**
Thanks. That's exactly what I'm looking for.
**[07:12] Naruko**
Make it as hard as you can.
**[07:15] Midousuji**
You must be stupid.
**[07:16] Midousuji**
Why'd you scream about seaweed?
**[07:17] Naruko**
That's you.
**[07:19] Naruko**
You're long and drift around everywhere!
**[07:23] Kakimoto**
They're changing positions
as they ride with dizzying speed!
**[07:25] Mob 1**
They've gotten even faster on this lap!
**[07:28] Mob 2**
Will this race be a draw?
**[07:35] Midousuji**
Seaweed!
**[07:36] Naruko**
Watching him ride from behind
sends chills down my spine.
**[07:39] Naruko**
All my hair's standing on end.
**[07:43] Naruko**
He's different from everyone
else I've ridden against.
**[07:48] Naruko**
He has no doubts. He's decisive.
**[07:52] Naruko**
It's like he's carving away everything
unnecessary with a knife or something.
**[07:58] Naruko**
He only rides to move forward!
**[08:03] Naruko**
His style has changed!
**[08:07] Midousuji**
Seaweed!
**[08:09] Naruko**
He's stronger than he was at the Inter-High!
**[08:12] Daitsubu**
Fifth lap!
**[08:17] Midousuji**
You've been speaking less.
**[08:24] Midousuji**
After becoming the champions of the
Inter-High and hugging each other,
**[08:28] Midousuji**
praising each other,
congratulating each other,
**[08:31] Midousuji**
and discussing how important
your friends are...
**[08:34] Midousuji**
Are you sure you didn't forget to practice?
**[08:40] Naruko**
You're right. I may have forgotten.
**[08:49] Mob 1**
Sohoku's Naruko pulled
ahead of him in the turn!
**[08:52] Mob 2**
He's trying to keep Kyoto Fushimi in check!
**[08:56] Naruko**
Keep you in check? I wouldn't do that.
**[08:59] Naruko**
I'm the Sprinter of Naniwa!
**[09:02] Naruko**
I always aim to be flashy!
**[09:04] Naruko**
Playtime is over!
**[09:07] Naruko**
I'm pulling ahead!
**[09:09] Kakimoto**
Sixth lap!
**[09:12] Midousuji**
He jumped ahead. Was that
not as fast as he could go?
**[09:15] Midousuji**
That acceleration's the real thing.
**[09:17] Midousuji**
This technique, this heartbeat,
this wariness, this pressure.
**[09:21] Midousuji**
He's no ordinary chicken-head!
**[09:26] Mob 1**
Kyoto Fushimi's falling behind!
**[09:29] Midousuji**
So he's been observing me until now?
**[09:34] Midousuji**
Me? Observing me?
**[09:37] Midousuji**
He's been appraising me?
**[09:41] Midousuji**
And he jumped ahead because
he thought he could win?
**[09:45] Naruko**
I can win.
**[09:47] Naruko**
You were right. I did forget to practice.
**[09:51] Naruko**
After all, our team had a bear with
a giant attitude and body on it.
**[09:55] Naruko**
Because I was anxious to beat him,
I didn't have a chance to rest!
**[10:00] Naruko**
And partway through, a super-fast
but silent mole popped up, too.
**[10:05] Naruko**
Unfortunately for you, Midousuji,
since the Inter-High,
**[10:10] Naruko**
I've gotten stronger not during practice,
but during actual races!
**[10:14] Naruko**
Sorry. That told me everything
I needed to know.
**[10:17] Naruko**
I'm the faster sprinter.
**[10:20] Naruko**
I'll show you just how fast
the genius Naruko can sprint!
**[10:32] Mob 1**
He's so fast!
**[10:33] Mob 2**
Sohoku's been riding exceptionally
fast since he jumped ahead!
**[10:37] Naruko**
This is how fast the genius Naruko sprints!
**[10:44] Daitsubu**
They're starting their seventh lap.
**[10:46] Daitsubu**
There's four laps to go.
**[10:47] Kakimoto**
Kyoto Fushimi's falling behind.
**[10:51] Mizuta**
If Midousuji-kun loses, only five of
us will ride at next year's Inter-High.
**[10:59] Mizuta**
Anything goes in an unofficial race.
**[11:02] Mizuta**
No one said it had to be one-on-one.
**[11:04] Mizuta**
I'm going to go help Midousuji-kun.
**[11:07] Ishigaki**
You don't need to go, Nobu.
**[11:11] Mizuta**
Are you sure it's okay for you
to call me Nobu, Ishigaki-san?
**[11:16] Mizuta**
Midousuji-kun told us to call each
other by our numbers or use honorifics.
**[11:21] Ishigaki**
It's fine. I retired from the club.
**[11:25] Ishigaki**
I'll call you whatever I want, Nobuyuki.
**[11:28] Mizuta**
What do you mean, we don't
have to go help him?
**[11:32] Ishigaki**
He's been waiting for this moment.
**[11:36] Ishigaki**
For someone as physically and mentally
strong as he is to accept his challenge.
**[11:44] Ishigaki**
He's become too strong. No one
can challenge him anymore.
**[11:50] Ishigaki**
Since the Inter-High ended,
his riding style has changed.
**[11:54] Mizuta**
Really? It looks the same to me.
**[11:57] Ishigaki**
No, he's started carefully considering
and treating each practice and each race.
**[12:05] Ishigaki**
He's always been that way,
but it's like he's honed it.
**[12:08] Ishigaki**
Like he's searching for something.
**[12:11] Ishigaki**
It seemed to me like he was waiting for
something to break him out of his shell.
**[12:16] Ishigaki**
He's the one in control of this race.
**[12:21] Ishigaki**
Just as an insect breaks through its
exoskeleton to become stronger and larger,
**[12:27] Ishigaki**
he's trying to shed his skin, too.
**[12:34] Midousuji**
I wanted competition.
**[12:39] Midousuji**
Win or lose... I can't lose.
**[12:43] Midousuji**
Something important.
**[12:54] Midousuji**
Something that's only born
from this kind of intensity.
**[12:59] Midousuji**
This is the shock I was looking for.
**[13:04] Midousuji**
It's time to fly.
**[13:11] Midousuji**
Just as insects metamorphose and
take flight in search of life
**[13:15] Midousuji**
when an area becomes overpopulated...
**[13:19] Midousuji**
To achieve my next victory...
**[13:25] Midousuji**
I will fly, too!
**[13:32] Mizuta**
A battle cry? Midousuji-kun!
**[13:34] Ishigaki**
Midousuji, is this your next form?
**[13:50] Kakimoto**
Eighth lap!
**[13:52] Daitsubu**
What the hell is that?
**[13:54] Mob 1**
He stretched his back straight forward!
**[13:55] Mob 2**
His form is so strange, but...
**[13:58] Mob 2**
He's fast!
**[14:00] Kakimoto**
He's trying to catch up with
less than 1.8 kilometers to go.
**[14:04] Kakimoto**
But he's almost half a lap behind.
**[14:07] Mob 2**
Can he do that?
**[14:14] Ishigaki**
Midousuji...
**[14:16] Sign**
Kyoto
Fushimi
High
***SIGN*** Bicycle Racing Club
**[14:19] (Flashback) Club 1**
Good work.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Midousuji**
It's no good.
**[14:24] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
What's wrong, Midousuji?
**[14:27] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
I know your time wasn't
good today, but it happens.
**[14:31] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You rode incredibly at
this year's Inter-High.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You're the pride of the team.
**[14:38] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You don't need to be so hard on yourself.
**[14:42] (Flashback) Midousuji**
It's not a physical burden.
**[14:45] (Flashback) Midousuji**
I can't move onto the next stage like this.
**[14:48] (Flashback) Midousuji**
It's something different.
**[14:51] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Something mental, as well.
**[14:54] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Something back-breaking...
**[14:57] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You've been wearing those while you practice?
**[15:00] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Midousuji...
**[15:00] (Flashback) Midousuji**
A race...
**[15:04] Ishigaki**
*He can't hear me.*
**[15:07] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Living creatures only evolve under
truly difficult circumstances.
**[15:15] Ishigaki**
It's fine. Don't look back.
**[15:19] Ishigaki**
Keep chasing after the new form you see.
**[15:31] Naruko**
He's getting closer.
**[15:33] Kakimoto**
Two laps left!
**[15:36] Mob 1**
Sohoku's riding ahead!
**[15:37] Mob 2**
He's going to make it!
**[15:39] Naruko**
It's not my imagination.
**[15:44] Naruko**
He's coming.
**[15:46] Naruko**
Interesting.
**[15:48] Naruko**
I'm impressed, Midousuji.
**[15:50] Naruko**
You still had that much potential left?
**[15:53] Naruko**
But I won't let you catch up!
**[16:00] Naruko**
What is he doing?
**[16:04] Naruko**
He's different. I can feel it.
**[16:07] Naruko**
My fingers are shaking.
**[16:09] Naruko**
What kind of ridiculous pressure is this?
**[16:12] Naruko**
Hey, wait! I'm not letting you catch me!
**[16:16] Naruko**
I'm the fastest, flashiest man on the track!
**[16:18] Naruko**
The Speedman of Naniwa, Naruko Shoukichi!
**[16:24] Naruko**
No way!
**[16:26] Naruko**
What kind of crazy form is that?
I've never seen anything like it.
**[16:29] Naruko**
Has he been...
**[16:34] Midousuji**
Oh, you're behind me now, bean?
**[16:40] Midousuji**
I'm facing downwards, so I didn't notice.
**[16:45] Midousuji**
That's not good. I can't go
fast unless I face forward.
**[16:50] Kakimoto**
One more lap!
**[16:52] Mob 1**
Kyoto Fushimi's ahead of Sohoku!
**[16:56] Midousuji**
You seem desperate, bean.
**[16:59] Midousuji**
But I can see it.
**[17:02] Midousuji**
I can see myself raising my hands in victory!
**[17:08] Naruko**
Crap!
**[17:10] Naruko**
My nose is bleeding.
**[17:12] Daitsubu**
Naruko...
**[17:14] Kakimoto**
Honestly, I want Naruko to win.
**[17:18] Kakimoto**
The way he stretched for the
finish line was the real deal.
**[17:22] Daitsubu**
Me, too. He's a pure sprinter.
**[17:25] Daitsubu**
And the third time's the charm.
**[17:31] Daitsubu**
Naruko, you can do it!
**[17:38] Naruko**
What is this? I was supposed
to pull ahead and win.
**[17:42] Naruko**
But he caught up.
**[17:44] Naruko**
He caught up and passed me.
**[17:47] Naruko**
Why is Idiot-suji riding so far ahead of me?
**[17:51] Naruko**
I'm the one who knows this track!
**[17:54] Naruko**
I'm the genius sprinter of Naniwa!
**[17:56] Naruko**
I...
**[18:01] Naruko**
...always win, no matter the circumstances!
**[18:08] Naruko**
Road races are make-or-break!
**[18:10] Naruko**
You only get one shot!
**[18:13] Naruko**
The are two possible results: win or lose.
**[18:16] Naruko**
I'll give everything I've got
and put my life on the line!
**[18:20] Naruko**
I'll bet everything and put it all out there!
**[18:24] Naruko**
Win or lose...
**[18:26] Naruko**
That's why I'm on fire!
**[18:29] Daitsubu**
He caught up on the straight!
**[18:31] Naruko**
He's fast. We're going so fast,
my nose is bleeding.
**[18:34] Naruko**
Honestly, my heart and muscles are screaming.
**[18:38] Naruko**
He's evolved during this race.
**[18:42] Naruko**
Right here. Unbelievably!
**[18:44] Naruko**
But so what? I'll win!
**[18:48] Naruko**
I'll do everything I can and win!
**[18:52] Mob 1**
He threw away his water bottle!
**[18:54] Kakimoto**
He's making himself lighter for the sprint!
**[18:58] Daitsubu**
He zipped up his jersey to
reduce his wind resistance!
**[19:04] Mizuta**
He even threw away his saddle!
**[19:07] Naruko**
I will win!
**[19:08] Daitsubu**
He's made himself as light as possible!
**[19:10] Kakimoto**
I don't believe it.
**[19:11] Kakimoto**
He's determined to win.
**[19:14] Naruko**
I'm Naruko Shoukichi!
**[19:18] Daitsubu**
They're entering the last turn!
**[19:20] Naruko**
When will I go, if not now?
**[19:23] Kakimoto**
One hundred and twenty meters left!
**[19:27] (Flashback) Naruko**
If I lose, I'll quit sprinting.
**[19:30] Naruko**
I can't quit! Sprinting is my way of life!
**[19:34] Naruko**
My pride!
**[19:37] Midousuji**
Bean, bean...
**[19:40] Midousuji**
You're not a bean.
**[19:42] Midousuji**
You're a chicken-headed turtle.
**[19:56] Midousuji**
I did it.
**[19:57] Midousuji**
If I lost here, no matter
how cutting-edge the change,
**[19:59] Midousuji**
it couldn't be called an evolution.
**[20:04] Midousuji**
But I won. I am victorious.
**[20:07] Midousuji**
I did it.
**[20:10] Midousuji**
I achieved my next form.
**[20:17] Naruko**
In my hometown of Osaka,
on a track I've ridden to death,
**[20:24] Naruko**
I gave everything I had until
my nose bled, and I lost.
**[20:30] Naruko**
Damn it!
**[20:33] Naruko**
I'm always the loser!
**[20:35] Naruko**
Idiot! Moron! I wish I could die!
**[20:39] Kakimoto**
Naruko...
**[20:40] Daitsubu**
Don't.
**[20:43] Midousuji**
Aren't you going to quit, sprinter?
**[20:46] Midousuji**
That's what you said before we started.
**[20:50] Naruko**
Yeah, I'll quit.
**[20:53] Naruko**
A man never goes back on his word.
**[21:01] Midousuji**
Sohoku has lost one of its feathers.
**[21:05] Midousuji**
And they just became champions, too.
**[21:08] Ishigaki**
Naruko-kun might come back to race again.
**[21:14] Midousuji**
What? What does that mean?
**[21:18] Ishigaki**
Midousuji...
**[21:20] Ishigaki**
Frustration makes people stronger.
***SIGN*** Ishigaki Koutarou (9 Years Old)
**[23:21] Ishigaki**
There it is.
**[23:24] Ishigaki**
Patience, patience.
**[23:29] Midousuji**
Gross!
**[23:33] Ishigaki**
Was that you?
**[23:35] Midousuji**
What?
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Last Meet
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E7 - The Last Meet
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***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[01:38] Shinkai**
The traditional Hakone Academy fun
ride to send off the third-years
**[01:42] Shinkai**
starts here at this convenience
store parking lot
***SIGN*** RIDE.07 The Last Meet
**[01:47] Shinkai**
once the air's become a little chilly.
**[01:51] Shinkai**
I never even thought about
it when we were first-years.
**[01:57] Toudou**
I can't believe we're the
ones being sent off now.
**[02:01] Shinkai**
Let's go. It's our last run as part of
the Hakone Academy bicycle racing club.
**[02:06] Fukutomi**
Yeah.
**[02:07] Toudou**
Yeah.
**[02:08] Arakita**
It's cold.
**[02:13] Izumida**
I look forward to riding with you today.
**[02:16] Toudou**
Sure.
**[02:17] Shinkai**
We're counting on you.
**[02:18] Fukutomi**
Izumida.
**[02:19] Arakita**
Try not to fall.
**[02:20] Izumida**
Yes, sir.
**[02:25] Club A**
The third-year send-off
fun ride will now begin!
**[02:29] All**
Thank you!
**[02:30] All**
Thank you!
**[02:41] Second-Year**
Make sure you obey all traffic signals.
**[02:43] Second-Year**
This 120 kilometer course
follows the national highway
**[02:45] Second-Year**
and heads south along the coast,
**[02:46] Second-Year**
turns right at Kawazu, crosses Amagihara
Pass, and finishes at the city parking lot.
**[02:52] First-Year B**
A hundred and twenty kilometers?
Isn't that a little long for a fun ride?
**[02:56] Second-Year**
This is the course we ride every year.
**[02:59] Second-Year**
We keep up a brisk pace,
so try not to fall behind.
**[03:01] Both**
What?
**[03:05] Girl A**
Hakone Academy!
***SIGN*** Toudou
-sama
**[03:06] Girl B**
Toudou-kun!
**[03:08] Girl C**
You can do it!
**[03:10] Toudou**
There are my fangirls.
**[03:15] Toudou**
Thanks for your passionate send-off.
**[03:18] Girl B**
Toudou-sama!
**[03:19] Girl C**
The last time we'll see his valiant figure!
**[03:21] Arakita**
You idiot, eyes forward!
***SIGN*** Toudou
-sama
**[03:22] Girl A**
Toudou-kun, point your finger at us!
**[03:29] Toudou**
The heavens granted me three things.
**[03:32] Toudou**
Not only can I climb, but I'm
also a skilled conversationalist,
**[03:34] Toudou**
and then there's my great looks.
**[03:35] Toudou**
Even the forest sleeps through my—
**[03:36] Arakita**
I told you to face forward, you idiot!
**[03:40] Club E**
Toudou-san's amazing.
**[03:42] Club D**
Yeah. I don't really get it,
but he's amazing.
**[03:45] Fujiwara**
No, Toudou actually is amazing.
**[03:48] Club D**
Fujiwara-senpai!
**[03:50] Club D**
Thanks for your three years of service.
**[03:52] Fujiwara**
Yeah. The next generation of Hakone
Academy is counting on you.
**[03:56] Fujiwara**
Toudou seems to joke around,
but when the team needs him,
**[04:00] Fujiwara**
he always shows up in top condition.
**[04:03] Fujiwara**
Remember what happened at the Inter-High?
**[04:06] Club D**
Yes, sir.
**[04:07] Fujiwara**
He works hard while we're not watching.
**[04:10] Fujiwara**
Back-breakingly hard.
**[04:12] Toudou**
Not at all, Fujiwara.
**[04:15] Fujiwara**
What?
**[04:15] Toudou**
It's just the talent heaven has granted me.
**[04:18] Toudou**
I'm what they call a ge—
**[04:19] Arakita**
Eyes forward!
**[04:20] Toudou**
What's your problem? That's the best part.
**[04:22] Fujiwara**
He's kind of annoying.
**[04:22] Arakita**
Shut up and ride! You're distracting me!
**[04:23] Club D**
He really is amazing.
**[04:27] Shinkai**
Thanks, Juichi.
**[04:30] Shinkai**
For six years.
**[04:32] Fukutomi**
Yeah, Shinkai.
**[04:35] Fukutomi**
We've known each other since middle school.
We've been together a long time.
**[04:39] Shinkai**
It couldn't have been better.
I'm glad I had you, Juichi.
**[04:43] Shinkai**
Thanks to you, I was able to keep riding.
**[04:47] Fukutomi**
You're the fastest man alive.
What are you talking about?
**[04:49] Club F**
Amazing. They're recognizing
each other's abilities.
**[04:53] Club G**
And they're strong.
**[04:55] Club H**
I want to be like them by
the time I'm a third-year.
**[05:00] Fukutomi**
In order to become strong, you must
endure the pain and persevere.
**[05:05] Fukutomi**
I was able to do that for six years because I
**[05:07] Fukutomi**
had someone as strong as you
riding beside me, Shinkai.
**[05:11] Fukutomi**
Thank you.
**[05:13] Shinkai**
It's embarrassing when you
put it like that, Juichi.
**[05:17] Shinkai**
Want some?
**[05:24] Arakita**
Don't look at me so expectantly!
**[05:26] Arakita**
I don't have anything heartfelt to say!
**[05:29] Club F**
I knew it.
**[05:31] Club M**
He doesn't seem the type.
**[05:32] Club H**
But how did he know?
Was it his wild instincts?
**[05:38] Toudou**
No, the team came together because of you.
**[05:42] Arakita**
Tou—
**[05:45] Shinkai**
Thanks for practicing with us.
**[05:48] Arakita**
Shinkai.
**[05:51] Fukutomi**
Arakita, no one could've carried us better.
**[05:54] Arakita**
Fuku-chan, you, too?
**[05:57] Arakita**
Shut up! Stop complimenting me!
**[06:06] Shinkai**
We're on the seaside highway now.
**[06:09] Shinkai**
It's a two-lane road from here on out.
**[06:12] Club A**
Huh? The third-years are moving ahead.
**[06:15] Fujiwara**
It's time.
**[06:16] Club A**
Huh?
**[06:17] Fujiwara**
This is where it always starts.
**[06:19] Club A**
But I thought this was a fun ride.
**[06:22] Fujiwara**
You must be stupid.
**[06:24] Fujiwara**
Today's course has a finish line,
and we're Hakone Academy.
**[06:28] Fujiwara**
There's no way it won't turn into a race.
**[06:32] Club A**
Izumida-san's group is moving ahead, too!
**[06:39] Fukutomi**
Someone's missing.
**[06:41] Izumida**
It's not a problem. He'll be here soon.
**[06:45] Izumida**
Come, Manami!
**[06:47] Manami**
Yes, sir.
**[06:48] Club A**
Even Manami?
**[07:03] Izumida**
Since I have the opportunity,
let me be clear.
**[07:06] Izumida**
You are...
**[07:08] Izumida**
Weak!
**[07:12] Izumida**
You smeared mud on your
school's proud history,
**[07:14] Izumida**
and you failed to win the general
classification at the Inter-High.
**[07:18] Izumida**
You called yourselves the strongest team,
but placed second!
**[07:21] Izumida**
As far as Hakone Academy is concerned,
second place is last place!
**[07:25] Izumida**
How are you going to take
responsibility for that?
**[07:29] Izumida**
Will you reclaim your honor next year?
**[07:32] Izumida**
You can't. After all, you're third-years.
**[07:38] Izumida**
You're graduating.
**[07:41] Fukutomi**
Izumida...
**[07:43] Izumida**
So we will inherit that
responsibility and desire!
**[07:51] Arakita**
Well said.
**[07:55] Izumida**
I used to look up to and chase after you,
but now I will surpass you.
**[08:01] Izumida**
Let me show you our strength by
beating you in your final race!
**[08:08] Club A**
Izumida-san zipped up his jersey!
**[08:10] Club B**
He's declaring war on the third-years!
**[08:13] Fukutomi**
Izumida.
**[08:14] Toudou**
Now you've said it.
**[08:16] Arakita**
Kuroda, Ashikiba, and Manami, huh?
**[08:19] Shinkai**
Nice. We should answer their challenge.
**[08:22] Shinkai**
Besides...
**[08:25] Club A**
There it is! It's Shinkai-san's ka-pow pose!
**[08:31] Fukutomi**
Go, Shinkai!
**[08:32] Izumida**
Follow me, Yuki, Ashikiba, Manami!
**[08:38] Club A**
Th-They're so fast!
**[08:39] Fujiwara**
Pedal, first-years!
**[08:41] Fujiwara**
If you fall behind now,
you'll never catch up!
**[08:44] All**
Yes, sir!
**[08:45] Shinkai**
Go!
**[08:51] Ashikiba**
They're so fast.
**[08:54] Kuroda**
This isn't good.
They're pulling ahead a little bit.
**[08:57] Kuroda**
What should we do, Touichirou?
**[08:58] Ashikiba**
What? That's not a little.
**[09:00] Ashikiba**
They're pretty far ahead of us, Yuki-chan.
**[09:02] Kuroda**
I wasn't being literal. I meant
the opposite of what I said.
**[09:05] Kuroda**
Learn to read the atmosphere, stupid.
**[09:07] Ashikiba**
How rude. There's nothing stupid about me.
**[09:10] Kuroda**
That's what makes you stupid!
**[09:12] Kuroda**
Ninety percent of stupid people
don't realize they're stupid
**[09:15] Kuroda**
and find out from the Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Communications.
**[09:17] Ashikiba**
Really?
**[09:18] Kuroda**
Of course not! It's a joke!
**[09:19] Kuroda**
You should've known!
**[09:21] Ashikiba**
D-Do you...
**[09:23] Ashikiba**
think I'm one of those people?
**[09:26] Kuroda**
I told you, it's not true!
**[09:28] Kuroda**
Who would even investigate that?
**[09:30] Kuroda**
Don't let the name of the Ministry
make you doubt yourself so much!
**[09:34] Izumida**
Are you finished with your
comedy routine, Ashikiba, Yuki?
**[09:37] Kuroda**
For now.
**[09:39] Ashikiba**
That was a comedy routine?
**[09:41] Kuroda**
What are we going to do?
**[09:43] Izumida**
Follow them, of course.
**[09:46] Manami**
I'll pull.
**[09:48] Manami**
I can't lose any more.
**[09:57] Manami**
I can't make the same mistake twice.
**[10:02] Manami**
I promise I'll win.
**[10:05] Manami**
I'll pull until my legs fall apart.
**[10:07] Manami**
I'll catch up to them!
**[10:09] Manami**
Let me lead us to victory!
**[10:11] Izumida**
No, it's fine. Head to the back.
**[10:14] Manami**
Why? I'll pull for us.
**[10:16] Izumida**
Fall back.
**[10:17] Manami**
I know I'm a climber, but—
**[10:19] Kuroda**
What's this?
**[10:22] Kuroda**
According to the Ministry's investigation,
there's another idiot in the group.
**[10:28] Kuroda**
He's aloof, smiley, and absent-minded.
**[10:32] Kuroda**
But he's unbelievably fast on hills.
**[10:35] Kuroda**
To borrow Arakita-san's words,
he's a wonder boy.
**[10:41] Izumida**
Yuki...
**[10:46] Kuroda**
You've been working too hard
since the Inter-High, Sangaku!
**[10:51] Kuroda**
A first-year shouldn't be shouldering
that kind of responsibility.
**[10:53] Kuroda**
Just say there was a pebble in the
road or make some other excuse.
**[10:58] Kuroda**
You pushed past me to attend the Inter-High.
**[11:01] Kuroda**
You didn't win the group F race
that day because you had guts.
**[11:06] Kuroda**
It was your bottomless focus.
**[11:10] Kuroda**
But what about now? The burden you're
carrying is making you unsteady.
**[11:15] Kuroda**
You're unfocused,
and your pedaling is a mess.
**[11:19] Kuroda**
You're a climber, but you
want to pull on the flats?
**[11:22] Kuroda**
You're supposed to be the guy who says
he's too tired to pull when he's told to!
**[11:25] Manami**
Kuroda-san...
**[11:27] Kuroda**
Quit putting on airs and working so hard.
**[11:30] Kuroda**
Are you trying to look bigger than you are?
**[11:31] Kuroda**
Are you an idol who can't wait to grow up?
**[11:34] Kuroda**
Let the others handle the flats.
**[11:38] Kuroda**
These seaside flats will end soon.
**[11:41] Kuroda**
There are mountains waiting
for us after that.
**[11:44] Kuroda**
That's when we climbers can go wild.
**[11:50] Kuroda**
That's what Touichirou was trying to say.
**[11:58] Izumida**
You finally smiled.
**[12:00] Izumida**
Fall back and rest.
Resting improves your focus.
**[12:07] Izumida**
Right, Manami?
**[12:12] Manami**
Yes, sir.
**[12:15] Izumida**
I prepared these for today's race.
**[12:18] Kuroda**
Is it a map?
**[12:20] Izumida**
They're number tag stickers.
**[12:22] Ashikiba**
Wow.
**[12:24] Manami**
Single digit?
**[12:25] Kuroda**
You're starting to act like
a captain, Touichirou.
**[12:29] Izumida**
Ace #1, Ashikiba!
**[12:31] Ashikiba**
You're making me nervous.
**[12:33] Izumida**
Number 2, Yuki!
**[12:34] Kuroda**
Crap, that's Arakita-san's number.
**[12:37] Izumida**
Number 3 is for our climber, Manami!
**[12:39] Manami**
That's Toudou-san's number.
**[12:42] Izumida**
And my number tag is the
one I've always wanted.
**[12:47] Izumida**
The number of Hakone Academy's
fastest rider, #4!
**[12:51] Izumida**
After them!
**[12:52] Kuroda**
Yeah!
**[12:54] Club A**
The captain's group is accelerating now!
**[12:56] Fujiwara**
Follow them!
**[12:57] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[13:08] Shinkai**
I thought we had pulled pretty far ahead.
**[13:10] Shinkai**
That's odd. I guess we hadn't.
**[13:15] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[13:17] Kuroda**
I see them, Touichirou. It's the third-years.
**[13:17] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[13:20] Izumida**
We'll beat them.
**[13:26] Kuroda**
Let's go.
**[13:26] Both**
Yeah!
**[13:31] Shinkai**
Izumida, you know about
**[13:33] Shinkai**
the demon of Hakone that
appears on straight roads...
**[13:36] Shinkai**
Don't you?
**[13:37] Izumida**
Abs! Let's go, Andy!
**[13:41] Izumida**
Frank!
**[13:43] Izumida**
Come...
**[13:45] Izumida**
Fabian!
**[13:49] Shinkai**
Bring it on, Izumida!
**[13:54] Izumida**
My cells are trembling.
My heart won't stop pounding.
**[13:59] Izumida**
I'm about to race against him.
**[14:03] Izumida**
He used to be so far out of reach.
Those days were so long.
**[14:13] Izumida**
Are you ready?
**[14:15] Izumida**
Show me the best you can do!
**[14:20] Izumida**
Abs, ready...
**[14:22] Izumida**
Go!
**[14:23] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[14:26] Club A**
It's Hakone Academy's Demon
of the Straight Road!
**[14:28] Club B**
Shinkai-san began his counterattack
after the captain's group caught up!
**[14:32] Club C**
And Izumida-san reacted instantly
with his Full-Body Muscle Sprint!
**[14:35] ---**
Abs! Abs! Abs!
**[14:37] Club A**
They're both continuing to accelerate!
**[14:41] Takadajou**
Such incredible acceleration!
They're on a different level!
**[14:44] Kuroda**
You're a first-year, aren't you?
**[14:46] Takadajou**
Yes, sir. I'm Takadajou.
**[14:49] Takadajou**
I wanted to experience the third-years'
last race and how Izumida-senpai rides.
**[14:56] Takadajou**
But I can't keep up.
**[14:58] Kuroda**
You've got guts.
**[15:00] Takadajou**
Um, what about Shinkai-san and Izumida-san?
**[15:05] Kuroda**
Once we turn right
**[15:06] Kuroda**
at the intersection at Kawazu,
the flats of this seaside road will end.
**[15:12] Kuroda**
Right under the giant sign in front of it,
**[15:15] Kuroda**
there's a white line that's
just like a finish line.
**[15:19] Kuroda**
They'll be riding all-out to that line.
**[15:22] ---**
Abs! Abs! Abs!
**[15:24] Izumida**
Shinkai-san!
Abs, abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[15:26] Izumida**
I will surpass you!
**[15:27] Shinkai**
Izumida!
**[15:30] Shinkai**
Bring it on!
**[15:32] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[15:49] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[15:51] Shinkai**
I'm pulling ahead.
Will you fall behind, Izumida?
**[15:57] Izumida**
My back muscles are the spring.
They're the biggest muscles in the body.
**[16:03] Izumida**
The back muscles!
**[16:05] Izumida**
They pull the arms through the shoulders
and turn the legs through the buttocks.
**[16:09] Izumida**
They're the source of all muscles.
**[16:13] Izumida**
Fierce and grand! The father of all muscles!
**[16:17] Izumida**
That is Fabian!
**[16:21] Izumida**
Abs! Turn...
**[16:24] Izumida**
Fabian!
**[16:28] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[16:32] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[16:35] Shinkai**
Izumida, you were a great junior to me.
**[16:41] Shinkai**
You were honest, serious,
and always kept up with me.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Izumida**
Shinkai-san, may I join you?
**[16:52] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Sure.
**[16:55] Shinkai**
You were persistent.
**[17:01] (Flashback) Izumida**
I can't beat him!
**[17:05] (Flashback) Izumida**
Next time, Shinkai-san.
**[17:10] (Flashback) Izumida**
Shinkai-san...
**[17:12] (Flashback) Izumida**
Shinkai-san!
**[17:14] Shinkai**
I secretly enjoyed watching you grow.
**[17:22] Izumida**
Shinkai-san!
**[17:27] Izumida**
Five kilometers left.
**[17:30] Izumida**
We're getting closer.
**[17:30] ---**
Abs! Abs! Abs!
**[17:32] Izumida**
Each time my muscles turn the crank...
**[17:35] Izumida**
Each time my tires kick against the ground...
**[17:38] Izumida**
I get closer to the end of my time with you.
***SIGN*** Kawazu City
**[17:42] Izumida**
Two kilometers left.
**[17:43] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[17:47] Izumida**
One kilometer...
**[17:49] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[17:53] Izumida**
I will surpass him.
**[17:56] Izumida**
It's the final stretch. Give me
your strength, Andy, Frank, Fabian!
**[18:01] Shinkai**
Shit, my legs are falling off. But...
**[18:06] ---**
Abs! Abs! Abs!
**[18:07] Shinkai**
500 meters left!
**[18:09] Shinkai**
It's the final stretch! Pedal!
**[18:13] Izumida**
That's it!
**[18:15] Shinkai**
The finish line!
**[18:19] Izumida**
Why? Why am I crying?
**[18:34] Izumida**
That's it.
**[18:38] Izumida**
That's it. This is...
**[18:49] Izumida**
...what it means...
**[18:52] Izumida**
...to surpass someone you admire.
**[19:01] Shinkai**
You've grown, Touichirou.
**[19:07] Izumida**
I did it! Abs!
**[19:17] Izumida**
Thank you, Shinkai-san.
**[19:21] Izumida**
In our final race, I rode
with your #4 on my chest.
**[19:30] Shinkai**
Don't steal that. That's my number.
**[19:34] Shinkai**
But I guess it's time I let you have it.
**[19:46] Izumida**
Thank you!
**[19:51] Izumida**
I have one last question.
**[19:53] Izumida**
Shinkai-san, why did you smile then?
**[19:59] Shinkai**
Yeah, I wonder why.
**[20:02] Shinkai**
I was just having so much
fun that I couldn't contain it.
**[20:17] Shinkai**
The climber and ace stages
are after this one.
**[20:21] Izumida**
Yes, sir.
**[20:26] Toudou**
Let's have one last race.
**[20:29] Toudou**
Come with me. I'll give
you a workout, Manami.
**[20:33] Manami**
Yes, sir.
**[20:37] Fujiwara**
It's time.
**[20:39] Club D**
Huh?
**[20:40] Fujiwara**
On this course, after the
right turn at Kawazu...
**[20:49] Fujiwara**
...waits Amagihara Pass, the tallest
peak on the Izu Peninsula.
**[20:55] Club D**
Toudou-san and Manami?
**[20:56] Fujiwara**
That's right.
**[20:57] Fujiwara**
You'll never see a race between Hakone
Academy climbers like this one again.
**[21:03] Fujiwara**
Not that we'll be able to watch it.
**[21:06] Club D**
Let's ask them how it went later.
**[21:08] Fujiwara**
Yeah.
**[21:12] Toudou**
There's a mountain ahead of us. Let us climb.
**[21:17] Toudou**
To the highest point on this road,
the place closest to the sky.
**[21:22] Toudou**
Let's race to see who gets there first.
**[21:25] Toudou**
Don't hold anything back, Manami Sangaku.
**[21:29] Manami**
Yes, sir.
**[21:31] Toudou**
Attack me anytime.
**[21:33] Toudou**
I'll crush each and every
one of your attempts.
**[23:13] Shinkai**
Jinpachi, Yasutomo's glaring at you.
**[23:17] Toudou**
I don't mind.
**[23:18] Toudou**
Now, what will you do?
You're in check, Kuroda.
**[23:22] Arakita**
Don't let him beat you, Kuroda. Get him.
**[23:26] Manami**
The tension is intense.
**[23:33] Shinkai**
Usakichi!
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Finish Line
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E8 - Finish Line
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYQ4003E6/finish-line)
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***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[01:32] Kuroda**
Go as hard as you can, Manami.
**[01:37] Toudou**
What's wrong?
**[01:38] Toudou**
If you see an opening, come and get me.
**[01:40] Manami**
Toudou-san is fast.
**[01:43] Manami**
His movements are perfectly efficient.
**[01:45] Manami**
He climbs like he's sliding along.
**[01:48] Manami**
He accelerates without making a sound.
***SIGN*** RIDE.08 Finish Line
**[01:50] Manami**
He pulls ahead without anyone realizing it.
**[01:53] Manami**
His only inefficiency is...
**[01:56] Toudou**
Are you overwhelmed by my
Sleeping Climb, Manami Sangaku?
**[02:00] Toudou**
What's wrong? Aren't you going to attack?
**[02:03] Toudou**
Are you just going to let me win?
**[02:05] Toudou**
Both this race and in
popularity with the girls?
**[02:07] Manami**
...how much he talks.
**[02:10] Toudou**
You just thought I needlessly
speak too much, didn't you?
**[02:15] Toudou**
I'm your senior, you know.
**[02:16] Manami**
His intuition is sharp, too.
**[02:19] Toudou**
Well? Can we agree I'm more
popular with the girls?
**[02:24] Manami**
What? That's all?
**[02:26] Manami**
Well, uh... Okay.
**[02:29] Toudou**
Good.
**[02:30] Manami**
He seems satisfied.
**[02:33] Manami**
Maybe I'll go now while I have the chance.
**[02:36] Toudou**
By the way, Manami, have you been
keeping in touch with Four-Eyes?
**[02:50] Manami**
No, I've... been busy.
**[02:55] Toudou**
Really? I'd been wondering about that.
**[02:57] Manami**
We're racing!
**[02:59] Toudou**
What did you do with that thing he
gave you after the award ceremony?
**[03:03] Announce**
*The last bus heading down the
mountain will be leaving at...*
**[03:06] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Um, T-Toudou-san, I'm looking for Manami-kun.
**[03:11] (Flashback) Toudou**
Manami?
**[03:13] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
I-I promised I'd return this to him
if I attended the Inter-High.
**[03:19] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
It was originally Manami-kun's.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
He helped me when I was having
trouble in the mountains.
**[03:26] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Thanks to this, I've been able to work hard.
**[03:29] (Flashback) Toudou**
So you're connected by fate, huh?
**[03:34] (Flashback) Toudou**
Manami!
**[03:36] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Manami-kun, here.
**[03:38] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
I, uh... Thank you so much.
**[03:41] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Thanks to you, I—
I'm not sure how to thank you, but...
**[03:49] Toudou**
What did you do with that bottle?
**[03:52] Manami**
I threw it away.
**[03:54] Manami**
Hakone Academy placed second because he won.
**[03:59] Manami**
Because I told him to come to the Inter-High.
**[04:02] Manami**
Because that day...
**[04:06] Manami**
I helped him by giving him that water bottle!
**[04:08] Manami**
How could I keep that bottle around?
**[04:13] Toudou**
I see. Let me ask you something, then.
**[04:16] Toudou**
If you had known that would happen,
**[04:19] Toudou**
and found him collapsed in the mountains,
what would you have done?
**[04:24] Toudou**
Would you not have helped him?
**[04:29] Toudou**
No, you would have.
**[04:31] Toudou**
You can't ignore a person who's having
trouble in the mountains, Manami Sangaku.
**[04:38] Toudou**
It means you didn't make the wrong choice.
**[04:41] Toudou**
It takes only a moment,
and there's no going back.
**[04:47] Toudou**
You gave everything you
had and lost. That's all.
**[04:54] Toudou**
If the past continues to make
you suffer, it's simple.
**[04:58] Toudou**
Take off your jersey.
**[05:02] Toudou**
I told you to
**[05:06] Toudou**
ride freely, Manami.
**[05:11] Toudou**
After all, it's the riding
style that suits you best.
**[05:16] Toudou**
It makes me sick to watch you hide in your
cocoon and worry about reason and rank.
**[05:21] Toudou**
When you ride that way, you're hardly
my rival when it comes to girls!
**[05:29] Manami**
Toudou-san...
**[05:30] Toudou**
I can tell.
**[05:32] Toudou**
Onoda-kun has already
become important to you.
**[05:37] Toudou**
He'll be someone you compete with.
**[05:41] Toudou**
You'll help each other grow
and make each other stronger.
**[05:47] Toudou**
Take good care of him.
**[05:49] Toudou**
Call him every day.
**[05:51] Manami**
Every day?
**[05:55] Toudou**
I'm jealous you have someone to envy and despise.
**[06:02] Toudou**
Your rival is close enough that you
can see and race with him anytime.
**[06:12] Manami**
Toudou-san...
**[06:14] Toudou**
There's not much left.
**[06:18] Toudou**
Give me everything you've got,
Manami Sangaku!
**[06:23] Manami**
Yes, sir.
**[06:30] Toudou**
That's it. That expression, Manami.
**[06:34] Toudou**
That's the one you should wear.
**[06:46] Toudou**
I can't let you take the mountains, though.
**[06:49] Toudou**
I am the Mountain God, Toudou Jinpachi!
**[06:56] Manami**
You're amazing, Toudou-san.
**[07:02] Manami**
Thank you.
**[07:12] Arakita**
Once we exit the Shin-Amagi Tunnel,
to the finish line there'll be...
**[07:16] Fukutomi**
...two thousand meters left.
**[07:18] Ashikiba**
Four men left.
**[07:20] Kuroda**
I withdrew during the mountains
all for this moment.
**[07:24] Kuroda**
We'll show you our backs at the finish line.
**[07:29] Arakita**
You sure do talk a lot, Kuroda.
**[07:38] Kuroda**
I was overflowing with talent.
**[07:48] (Flashback) Student**
Yeah!
**[07:49] (Flashback) Student**
That's the tenth point he's scored! Amazing!
**[07:52] (Flashback) Student**
Come to next week's game, too, Kuroda.
**[07:54] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Sorry. The baseball team asked
me to play for them next week.
**[08:02] Kuroda**
No matter the sport, I improved
faster than anyone else.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Student**
Apparently, the baseball team
won the district tournament!
**[08:10] (Flashback) Student**
Kuroda-senpai!
**[08:12] (Flashback) Student**
I heard he beat a high school
team with the swim club, too!
**[08:15] (Flashback) Student**
Maybe he'll go to the Olympics!
**[08:18] Kuroda**
They called me a sports genius.
**[08:23] Kuroda**
I started riding bikes in grade school
at a friend's invitation.
**[08:27] Kuroda**
I was exceptional at that, too.
**[08:29] (Flashback) Kuroda**
You're slow. Twist your body more.
**[08:33] (Flashback) Kuroda**
I'll be waiting for you at the top, Izumida.
**[08:35] (Flashback) Izumida**
Wait, Kuroda-kun.
**[08:39] Kuroda**
*Bike riding, huh? This isn't bad.*
**[08:42] Kuroda**
* Other sports like basketball and baseball*
* can only be played in designated areas.*
**[08:49] Kuroda**
* But as long as there's a road,*
* you can ride a bike anywhere.*
**[08:55] Kuroda**
* A cage is too cramped for*
* my talent to explode in!*
**[09:02] (Flashback) Kuroda**
I've made my decision, Izumida.
**[09:05] (Flashback) Kuroda**
I'm going to ride bikes.
**[09:08] (Flashback) Kuroda**
I'll go to Hakone Academy
for high school with you.
**[09:12] (Flashback) Izumida**
Kuroda-kun...
**[09:14] Kuroda**
Izumida was serious. He was never
late and never missed class.
***SIGN*** Difficult Book
**[09:17] Kuroda**
His grades were good, and he was always
reading difficult books I'd never heard of.
**[09:22] Kuroda**
Honestly, he wasn't great at
sports besides bike riding.
**[09:27] Kuroda**
But his passion for bikes was absolute.
**[09:31] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Teach me all the little rules, Touichirou.
**[09:35] (Flashback) Izumida**
Okay.
**[09:36] (Flashback) Student**
Kuroda, we heard you're
going to Hakone Academy.
**[09:38] (Flashback) Student**
Is it for bike racing?
**[09:39] (Flashback) Student**
You'll be a regular in no time.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Kuroda**
I'll place first at the Inter-High.
**[09:48] Kuroda**
Everyone wanted me to do well at
the prestigious Hakone Academy.
**[09:53] Kuroda**
Which I thought was only natural.
**[09:56] (Flashback) Student**
First-years, line up!
**[09:57] (Flashback) All**
Yes, sir!
**[09:59] Kuroda**
Until he appeared.
**[10:03] (Flashback) Arakita**
You guys stink.
**[10:13] (Flashback) Arakita**
I'll smell every one of you.
**[10:18] (Flashback) Student**
Stink? You mean sweat?
**[10:20] (Flashback) Arakita**
You smell like you'll quit right away.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Student**
What?
**[10:25] (Flashback) Arakita**
You smell like you'll
start skipping right away.
**[10:27] (Flashback) Student**
What?
**[10:33] (Flashback) Arakita**
You have promise.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Arakita**
You smell like a hard worker.
**[10:37] (Flashback) Izumida**
What?
**[10:38] (Flashback) Izumida**
Th... Thank you!
**[10:42] (Flashback) Arakita**
Shut up! You're too loud, idiot!
**[10:44] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Senpai, how do I smell?
**[10:47] (Flashback) Arakita**
Huh?
**[10:49] Kuroda**
*Exceptional talent? Immediate regular?*
**[10:53] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Do you smell anything?
**[10:55] (Flashback) Arakita**
Yeah.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Arakita**
You smell like a shitty elite.
**[10:59] (Flashback) Arakita**
A stinking ball of pride.
**[11:03] (Flashback) Arakita**
You stink like someone who thinks he's
a superstar at the center of the world.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Arakita**
I bet you've mastered all kinds of
sports with that cool body of yours.
**[11:16] (Flashback) Arakita**
Are you sure you won't quit cycling?
**[11:19] (Flashback) Arakita**
And say something like,
"Basketball is the real me"?
**[11:24] (Flashback) Kuroda**
That's not true!
**[11:29] Kuroda**
*He's fast. And he stopped just a hair short.*
**[11:33] Kuroda**
* If he had extended his elbow another*
* millimeter, he would've hit me in the face.*
**[11:38] (Flashback) Arakita**
Was I right?
**[11:40] (Flashback) Arakita**
Did you get mad because
I was right, first-year?
**[11:44] (Flashback) Arakita**
Looks like I was right on the money.
**[11:47] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Take it back.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Arakita**
Bike riding is unforgiving and plain.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Arakita**
Talent's not enough to get you anywhere.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Arakita**
It'll make you want to quit.
Every day is difficult.
**[11:58] (Flashback) Arakita**
If you can play all kinds of sports,
you'll end up running to one of those.
**[12:04] (Flashback) Arakita**
Are you sure you can ride
a bike, you little baby?
**[12:08] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Let go!
**[12:11] (Flashback) Arakita**
What's wrong? Did you see a mosquito?
**[12:15] (Flashback) Arakita**
I won't fight you.
**[12:17] (Flashback) Arakita**
Fuku-chan told me not to.
**[12:20] (Flashback) Kuroda**
I hate guys like you!
**[12:26] (Flashback) Kuroda**
You're all talk!
**[12:27] (Flashback) Kuroda**
You're always looking for
ways to upset people!
**[12:29] (Flashback) Kuroda**
You're not even strong,
but you rely on violence!
**[12:32] (Flashback) Izumida**
Kuroda-kun...
**[12:33] (Flashback) Student**
Yikes.
**[12:36] (Flashback) Arakita**
I told you I was right.
**[12:40] (Flashback) Arakita**
Fine.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Arakita**
I'll take you on anytime.
**[12:45] (Flashback) Arakita**
I'll show you how I ride when
all I have is cycling!
**[12:52] Kuroda**
That was how I met Arakita Yasutomo-san.
**[12:55] Arakita**
I can smell it. I smell the finish line.
**[12:59] Arakita**
We're getting closer to our last finish line!
**[13:03] Arakita**
Fuku-chan!
**[13:05] Fukutomi**
Yeah.
**[13:07] Arakita**
Bring it on, Kuroda!
**[13:11] Kuroda**
Arakita-san's razor-sharp cornering
is his greatest strength.
**[13:17] Kuroda**
He's hardly applying the brakes.
**[13:18] Kuroda**
Only when he feels the
load will lose out to the
**[13:21] Kuroda**
sideways G's does he brake for a moment.
**[13:23] Kuroda**
He's exceptionally good
at it, but that's not all.
**[13:28] Kuroda**
He rides like his life depends on it.
**[13:30] Kuroda**
Keep up, Ashikiba!
**[13:35] Kuroda**
I abandoned the mountains.
I withdrew from that race...
**[13:38] Kuroda**
To take this finish line.
**[13:42] Kuroda**
To reach the first line in the parking
lot at the bottom of this hill.
**[13:50] Kuroda**
And for one more thing.
**[13:52] Kuroda**
To overcome you today!
**[13:58] Izumida**
It should be soon.
**[14:00] Izumida**
It's about the right time.
**[14:02] Shinkai**
You're right.
**[14:03] Shinkai**
I wonder if Juichi and Yasutomo will win.
**[14:06] Izumida**
We won't lose.
**[14:09] Izumida**
Yuki—Kuroda-kun is a climber,
**[14:12] Izumida**
but he should've hung back during
the mountain stage in order to
**[14:14] Izumida**
help the team achieve victory.
**[14:17] Shinkai**
You two are close, right?
**[14:19] Izumida**
Our houses are close.
**[14:21] Izumida**
In the past, he would've charged ahead.
**[14:24] Izumida**
But he's changed since then.
**[14:29] Izumida**
Instead of seeing himself as the center,
**[14:32] Izumida**
he's started viewing himself as
a part of the rest of the world.
**[14:36] Izumida**
His ability to determine the appropriate
action he should take in those situations
**[14:39] Izumida**
has become extremely accurate.
**[14:41] Izumida**
He quit playing basketball
and baseball for fun.
**[14:45] Izumida**
He started focusing on cycling.
**[14:48] Izumida**
He can do it.
**[14:49] Izumida**
I should know.
**[14:52] Izumida**
He's always had great potential.
**[14:55] Arakita**
Kuroda!
**[14:58] Kuroda**
Arakita-san!
**[15:00] Arakita**
His smell has changed.
Is he going to go for it now?
**[15:04] Kuroda**
I'll overtake you.
**[15:08] Kuroda**
I'll overtake you!
**[15:15] Arakita**
He kept up with my corner entry!
**[15:19] Arakita**
What's up with those legs?
**[15:21] Arakita**
How are they so flexible?
**[15:25] Arakita**
You're still pedaling?
**[15:27] Kuroda**
Arakita-san, I hated you.
**[15:32] Kuroda**
When I lost our first race,
I seriously thought about hitting you.
**[15:36] Kuroda**
I didn't want to admit you
were right, so I trained.
**[15:42] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Damn it. Why?
**[15:44] Kuroda**
But I couldn't win.
**[15:46] Kuroda**
That's why I made up my mind.
**[15:49] (Flashback) Arakita**
What did you want to talk about, Kuroda?
**[15:53] (Flashback) Arakita**
Huh?
**[15:57] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Tell me how I can get stronger!
**[16:00] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Please, Arakita-san!
**[16:02] Kuroda**
I asked you directly how to become stronger.
**[16:06] (Flashback) Arakita**
Ha, idiot!
**[16:08] (Flashback) Arakita**
Don't think you can get whatever
you want just by bowing.
**[16:14] (Flashback) Arakita**
But...
**[16:15] (Flashback) Arakita**
Your desire must be pure if you're willing
to bow your head to the guy you hate most
**[16:20] (Flashback) Arakita**
in order to become stronger.
**[16:22] (Flashback) Arakita**
Not bad.
**[16:24] (Flashback) Arakita**
You managed to throw away your pride.
**[16:27] (Flashback) Kuroda**
What?
**[16:29] (Flashback) Arakita**
Steal someone else's way to get stronger.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Arakita**
That's what I did.
**[16:34] (Flashback) Arakita**
You can do that, can't you?
**[16:37] (Flashback) Arakita**
That's the type of person you are.
**[16:42] Kuroda**
Arakita-san, I only have
gratitude for you now.
**[16:47] Kuroda**
From you, I learned the joy
of being single-minded!
**[16:52] Arakita**
Took you long enough, Kuroda.
**[16:55] Arakita**
I can't believe you're
just growing now, idiot.
**[17:00] Arakita**
Sorry, Fuku-chan! I let them get ahead of us!
**[17:04] Fukutomi**
Five hundred meters left!
**[17:07] Kuroda**
Go, Ashikiba!
**[17:07] Arakita**
Go, Fuku-chan!
**[17:10] Kuroda**
Fukutomi-san's fast!
**[17:14] Arakita**
You got ahead of me on the last turn.
**[17:18] Arakita**
I wasn't expecting that.
**[17:22] Arakita**
But I'm not complimenting you.
**[17:24] Arakita**
What are you, stupid?
**[17:26] Arakita**
You took too long to go all out, idiot.
**[17:30] Kuroda**
Arakita-san...
**[17:32] Kuroda**
That's plenty.
**[17:34] Kuroda**
Thank you.
**[17:37] Ashikiba**
Yuki-chan, thank you for your superb
pulling and this superb position.
**[17:43] Ashikiba**
I'll win. Don't worry.
**[17:46] Ashikiba**
There's classical music
playing inside my head!
**[17:57] Ashikiba**
My pulse is pounding.
**[18:00] Ashikiba**
My body is overjoyed.
**[18:02] Ashikiba**
My heart is dancing,
telling me to spring forward.
**[18:09] Ashikiba**
Swing the baton in time with the rhythm
**[18:13] Ashikiba**
with all your might, Ashikiba Takuto!
**[18:21] Fukutomi**
He's starting a spurt.
It's his Metronome Dancing.
**[18:31] Ashikiba**
Sorry. I'm going to win, Fukutomi-san.
**[18:34] Ashikiba**
I never let anyone beat me twice.
**[18:39] Fukutomi**
Is he trying to go even faster?
**[18:41] Ashikiba**
That's the job of Hakone Academy's ace.
**[18:47] Fukutomi**
Ashikiba!
**[19:12] Ashikiba**
I finally won.
**[19:18] Ashikiba**
I-I won.
**[19:22] Ashikiba**
Fukutomi-san.
**[19:24] Fukutomi**
Yeah.
**[19:29] Arakita**
How could you lose, Fuku-chan?
**[19:33] Arakita**
Don't laugh at me.
**[19:34] Kuroda**
Yeah! Nicely done, Ashikiba.
**[19:38] Kuroda**
I'll pay you a million yen later as a bonus.
**[19:41] Ashikiba**
R-Really?
**[19:43] Kuroda**
No.
**[19:45] Kuroda**
Hey, come on. You can't
actually be disappointed.
**[19:47] Ashikiba**
You're so mean, Yuki-chan.
**[19:50] Arakita**
They're not bad.
**[19:57] Izumida**
Thank you!
**[19:58] All**
Thank you for three years of service!
**[20:07] Kuroda**
Ashikiba!
**[20:08] Kuroda**
Keep a straight face
in front of the upperclassmen!
**[20:19] Fukutomi**
This belongs here!
**[20:28] Fukutomi**
Become stronger.
**[20:30] Fukutomi**
And at next year's Inter-High...
**[20:34] Fukutomi**
Return Hakone Academy to its rightful place!
**[20:37] All**
Yes, sir!
**[20:39] Izumida**
We will.
**[20:40] Arakita**
Line up!
***SIGN*** Sohoku
Bicycle
Racing
Club
**[20:54] Sakamichi**
Good work, everyone.
**[20:57] Sakamichi**
I look forward to riding
with you again tomorrow.
**[21:08] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun, welcome back.
**[21:11] Sakamichi**
You went to Osaka, right?
**[21:14] Sakamichi**
Did you get some rest?
***SIGN*** Takoyaki
**[21:17] Naruko**
These are for you.
**[21:18] Sakamichi**
What? Takoyaki?
**[21:24] Naruko**
I'm back, Teshima-san.
**[23:08] Arakita**
Okay, let's do this.
**[23:10] Shinkai**
Now that the fun ride is over,
we can focus on exams.
**[23:15] Toudou**
I knew it was getting colder, but I
can't believe it's the first snow.
**[23:18] Toudou**
Huh?
**[23:19] Toudou**
What is it, Fuku?
**[23:21] Shinkai**
Juichi, do you want to play in the snow?
**[23:23] Arakita**
What? Fuku-chan wouldn't do
something so childish, idiot.
**[23:30] Shinkai**
Good idea.
**[23:31] Arakita**
Let's do it, Fuku-chan.
**[23:32] Arakita**
For real.
**[23:33] Fukutomi**
Even if it snows, I am strong!
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE New Sohoku, Start!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E9 - New Sohoku, Start!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G63VP8PDY/new-sohoku-start)
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***SIGN*** Sohoku High School
**[00:06] Sakamichi**
Princess, princess, princess.
**[00:08] Sakamichi**
I love, love, love you.
**[00:11] Sakamichi**
I'd better do my best.
**[00:13] Sakamichi**
Starting today, I'm a second-year.
**[00:15] Sakamichi**
Princess, princess. Twinkle, twinkle.
**[00:18] Sakamichi**
As long as I have you and all my friends...
***SIGN*** Chiba Prefecture, Sohoku High School
Entrance Ceremony
**[00:22] Sugimoto**
For a while there I was worried
what was going to happen.
**[00:25] Sugimoto**
You had a sweltering 38-degree
fever on the day of the exam.
**[00:28] Sugimoto**
You had your backup private school,
**[00:30] Sugimoto**
but I believed that you
would pass spectacularly...
**[00:35] Sugimoto**
my brother, Sadatoki!
**[00:37] Sadatoki**
Yeah, Bro.
**[00:39] Sugimoto**
Don't cry, Sadatoki. Congratulations.
**[00:43] Sadatoki**
Yeah.
**[00:44] Both**
Long live the Sugimoto family!
**[00:46] Sadatoki**
Now we can ride together.
**[00:49] Sugimoto**
That's right. At the Inter-High, too.
**[00:51] Sadatoki**
The Inter...
**[00:53] Sadatoki**
Really?
**[00:54] Sugimoto**
What? Uh, yeah.
**[00:57] Sugimoto**
You should always aim high.
**[01:00] Sadatoki**
Yeah.
**[01:02] Sadatoki**
I should get going, Bro.
**[01:09] Sugimoto**
You'll make it... as long as
you believe and work hard.
**[01:18] Sugimoto**
Honestly, I think it'll be difficult.
**[01:21] Sugimoto**
But I'll do it.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.09 New Sohoku, Start!
***SIGN*** Congratulations Bicycle Racing Club, Inter-High Champions
Congratulations Onoda Sakamichi, General Classification Champion
**[03:05] Kaburagi**
I'll make national champions Sohoku's
bicycle club stronger by joining it.
**[03:12] Kaburagi**
Right, Danchiku?
**[03:15] Danchiku**
I...
**[03:15] Kaburagi**
What? Did you say something?
**[03:18] Danchiku**
Sorry.
**[03:20] Danchiku**
I'm nervous about my first day of high school
and can't think of anything to say.
**[03:23] Danchiku**
Where's the bathroom?
**[03:26] Kaburagi**
Hey, the school building's that way!
**[03:29] Kaburagi**
They showed us during the new student tour!
**[03:33] Kaburagi**
I heard a bicycle.
**[03:35] Kaburagi**
They're coming from the rear gate.
**[03:41] Kaburagi**
A bicycle racing helmet.
**[03:43] Kaburagi**
And those round glasses. That's...
**[03:47] Sakamichi**
Princess, princess, princess.
**[03:49] Sakamichi**
I love, love, love you.
**[03:49] Kaburagi**
A mommy bike, huh?
**[03:50] Sakamichi**
Princess, princess. Twinkle, twinkle.
**[03:52] Kaburagi**
That's all? He scared me for nothing.
**[03:53] Sakamichi**
As long as I have you and all
my friends, I'm invincible.
**[03:55] Kaburagi**
He's singing a strange song.
***SIGN*** Congratulations Bicycle Racing Club, Inter-High Champions
Congratulations Onoda Sakamichi, General Classification Champion
**[04:01] Sakamichi**
A banner? With my name on it?
**[04:11] Sakamichi**
There we go.
**[04:13] Kaburagi**
Since you were surprised
to see that banner...
**[04:17] Kaburagi**
Does that make you a first-year?
**[04:19] Sakamichi**
What?
**[04:20] Kaburagi**
That's the name of cycling superstar
and Sohoku second-year Onoda-senpai.
**[04:27] Kaburagi**
If you've got the guts to wear that helmet,
you should remember his name.
**[04:31] Kaburagi**
He's the one who won the Inter-High.
**[04:34] Sakamichi**
The characters are so big...
**[04:36] Kaburagi**
Right!
**[04:36] Kaburagi**
He is a huge man. His scale, that is.
**[04:41] Kaburagi**
And I will surpass him.
**[04:46] Sakamichi**
The Kimanyu I got yesterday!
**[04:49] Kaburagi**
Hey! Listen to me, mommy bike boy!
**[04:55] Danchiku**
He rode up this slope on a mommy bike?
**[05:02] Sakamichi**
G-Good morning.
**[05:05] Aya**
He's here.
**[05:06] Miki**
Good morning, Onoda-kun.
**[05:08] Miki**
Did you see the banners?
**[05:09] Miki**
Amazing, aren't they?
**[05:11] Miki**
Let's all take a picture in front
of them together later.
**[05:14] Miki**
With you in the middle.
**[05:15] Sakamichi**
Huh? What?
**[05:16] Sakamichi**
Oh, no, no, no...
**[05:18] Aya**
Are you nervous about being in a new class?
**[05:21] Aya**
Pull yourself together.
You're a national champion.
**[05:24] Sakamichi**
No, no, no...
**[05:25] Imaizumi**
You should take the picture.
**[05:28] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun...
**[05:30] Imaizumi**
Chances like that don't come along often.
**[05:32] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun's in my new second-year class.
**[05:37] Sakamichi**
Okay, then. Maybe I'll
take one if you say so.
**[05:42] Naruko**
Hold up, hold up!
**[05:45] Naruko**
Aren't you guys forgetting someone?
**[05:47] Naruko**
The flashiest and most important man!
**[05:49] Naruko**
You can't take a photo without me.
**[05:54] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun?
**[05:57] Naruko**
The genius Speedman of Naniwa,
Naruko Shoukichi of Class 2-3.
**[06:04] Naruko**
I asked the teachers to
put us in the same class.
**[06:08] Naruko**
But it was a near miss. I'm in Class 3.
**[06:11] Imaizumi**
Did you really do that?
**[06:13] Naruko**
What do you think of my hair?
**[06:14] Naruko**
I wanted to look like a
bullet shooting forward.
**[06:17] Naruko**
Cool, right? Flashy, right?
**[06:19] Naruko**
It's the new Naruko.
**[06:23] Naruko**
Hey, what are you doing?
**[06:24] Naruko**
It's back to normal!
**[06:26] Imaizumi**
Before you started wasting time on your hair,
**[06:29] Imaizumi**
were you doing what you have to do?
**[06:36] Naruko**
Don't think I came back from
Osaka unscathed that day.
**[06:42] Sakamichi**
Since the day he returned from riding
in some kind of race in Osaka...
**[06:48] Sakamichi**
Even I can tell Naruko-kun's focus
**[06:51] Sakamichi**
during practice has changed.
**[06:55] Sakamichi**
Tremendously so.
**[06:56] Naruko**
I'll show you just how much of a genius I am.
**[07:00] Naruko**
You just wait for the real
new Naruko Shoukichi.
**[07:03] Naruko**
It's still in development.
**[07:06] Naruko**
And when it's finished,
it'll scare the crap out of you.
**[07:11] Imaizumi**
Really? Will your development be finished
in time for the summer's Inter-High?
**[07:16] Naruko**
Oh, easily.
**[07:19] Naruko**
Although if it were you,
it'd probably take until winter.
**[07:22] Aya**
Those two sure are close.
**[07:25] Miki**
I know.
**[07:26] Both**
No, we're not!
***SIGN*** Sohoku
Bicycle
Racing
Club
**[07:40] Teshima**
We first knocked on the door to
this room exactly two years ago.
**[07:45] Teshima**
Time has passed, and we're now seniors.
**[07:49] Teshima**
We'll welcome new first-years to
the team and make it even stronger.
**[07:56] Teshima**
Honestly, it'll be a difficult year.
**[08:00] Teshima**
But we have to do it for the sake of
what the upperclassmen left behind.
**[08:06] Teshima**
Every day, every second, is a battle.
**[08:10] Teshima**
We'll build ourselves up all
to win at the Inter-High.
**[08:17] Teshima**
But there will be times
when we're discouraged.
**[08:20] Teshima**
We won't be able to talk to our juniors.
**[08:22] Teshima**
When that happens...
**[08:26] Teshima**
Let's return to our roots.
**[08:28] Aoyagi**
This glove...
***SIGN*** Certain
**[08:32] Teshima**
Aoyagi!
***SIGN*** Victory
**[08:33] Aoyagi**
Junta!
**[08:36] Teshima**
As long as we're together,
there's nothing we can't do!
**[08:39] Teshima**
Let's go, Aoyagi!
**[08:40] Aoyagi**
Got it, Junta!
***SIGN*** Club Application
**[08:43] Kaburagi**
I'm Kaburagi Issa. This is Danchiku Ryuhou.
**[08:48] Kaburagi**
On our first day of school,
we'd like to join the club.
**[08:51] Teshima**
You're new recruits numbers one and two.
**[08:57] Kaburagi**
As you can see, he's nervous.
**[08:59] Danchiku**
N-Nice to meet you.
**[09:03] Teshima**
You must be really nervous.
You're leaning slightly.
**[09:07] Kaburagi**
I have a request.
**[09:11] Teshima**
What is it?
**[09:14] Teshima**
We got a lot in just three days.
**[09:18] Teshima**
Could you pass me that envelope?
***SIGN*** Club Application
Class 1-1, Sugimoto Sadatoki
**[09:21] Teshima**
Sugimoto's brother submitted
an application, too.
**[09:25] Teshima**
Thanks.
***SIGN*** 1) Onoda Sakamichi 2) Imaizumi Shunsuke 3) Naruko Shoukichi 4) Aoyagi Hajime 5) Teshima Junta
**[09:28] Aoyagi**
Who'll be sixth on the Inter-High team?
**[09:30] Teshima**
We'll see.
**[09:38] Imaizumi**
Looks like you're doing as you were told.
**[09:40] Imaizumi**
Ten minutes before class,
20 minutes at lunch.
**[09:45] Imaizumi**
It's pretty different, isn't it?
**[09:47] Imaizumi**
Your muscles will remember
what the burden feels like.
**[09:50] Imaizumi**
Rather than practicing with a heavy load,
**[09:53] Imaizumi**
you'll learn more through frequent practice.
**[09:57] Imaizumi**
That's your style, Sugimoto.
**[10:02] Sugimoto**
Thank you, Imaizumi.
**[10:03] Sugimoto**
Since I'm an experienced rider,
I knew I couldn't go easy on myself.
**[10:09] Imaizumi**
I'm just giving you hints.
**[10:11] Imaizumi**
You're the one who has to do it.
**[10:13] Imaizumi**
You don't need to thank me.
**[10:16] Imaizumi**
I was surprised when you came to me at the
end of last year and begged me to teach
**[10:19] Imaizumi**
you how to become stronger, though.
**[10:22] Sugimoto**
I'm serious about this.
**[10:25] Sugimoto**
I saw what Onoda did at the Inter-High and
how everyone in the team believes in him.
**[10:30] Sugimoto**
Even when they were battered,
they never gave up.
**[10:34] Sugimoto**
Anyone would be inspired by that.
**[10:37] Sugimoto**
After all, I'm still a
member of the Sohoku team.
**[10:42] Imaizumi**
That side of you is still annoying.
**[10:45] Sugimoto**
Besides, my brother is joining the team.
**[10:48] Sugimoto**
I want to stay ahead of him.
I can't let him beat me.
**[10:52] Sugimoto**
I should be a role model for him.
**[10:59] Sugimoto**
Imaizumi...
**[11:00] Sugimoto**
What do you think?
Have I gotten any stronger?
**[11:05] Imaizumi**
You haven't noticed?
**[11:08] Imaizumi**
You are getting stronger, one step at a time.
**[11:17] Teshima**
Line up! This year's goal
is a repeat championship!
**[11:20] All**
Yes, sir!
**[11:22] Teshima**
We'll be setting our sights
on this summer's Inter-High!
**[11:25] Teshima**
If you want to become a
regular, first-years, rise up!
**[11:28] Teshima**
We'll give chances to the strong!
**[11:30] All**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Japan National Interscholastic Athletic Meet
Inter-High Road Race
Boys' Competition Champion
**[11:31] Teshima**
Don't forget! Carve it into your hearts!
**[11:34] Teshima**
We are champions!
**[11:38] All**
Yes, sir!
**[11:41] Teshima**
For three weeks,
**[11:42] Teshima**
the first-years will practice by themselves.
**[11:45] Teshima**
Whether or not you'll be chosen to join
our practice will depend on the results
**[11:49] Teshima**
of the first-year race three weeks from now.
***SIGN*** Three Weeks Later
**[12:01] Teshima**
Kanzaki-san.
**[12:03] Toji**
Hey, Teshima.
**[12:05] Teshima**
We appreciate you helping us again this year.
**[12:07] Toji**
This time of year has
rolled around again, huh?
**[12:11] Toji**
They all look so nervous.
**[12:14] Toji**
Any interesting guys?
**[12:16] Teshima**
Yes, a few.
**[12:20] Sugimoto**
Teshima-san...
**[12:21] Sugimoto**
I'd like to talk to you.
**[12:25] Sugimoto**
I'll do better than third place this year.
**[12:27] Sugimoto**
I want to become stronger, too.
**[12:29] Sugimoto**
Let me ride in the first-year race.
**[12:35] Teshima**
The first-year race will start in 20 minutes.
**[12:39] Teshima**
Has everyone memorized the course?
**[12:41] All**
Yes, sir!
**[12:42] Teshima**
There are a lot of traffic
signals in the city stage.
**[12:45] Teshima**
Ride carefully.
**[12:46] All**
Yes, sir!
**[12:48] Sohoku A**
I'm so nervous, I think I'm
going to forget the course.
**[12:50] Sohoku B**
Huh? Where's my helmet?
**[12:52] Sohoku C**
It must be in the club room.
There was one in there.
**[12:53] Sakamichi**
The first-year race is about to start.
**[12:57] Sakamichi**
I'm not going to be riding,
but I can sense how nervous they all are.
**[13:02] Sakamichi**
I'm anxious to watch them, too.
**[13:05] Sakamichi**
Oh, right.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Starting tomorrow,
we're second-years, Onoda-kun.
**[13:11] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Huh?
**[13:13] (Flashback) Naruko**
Since we practiced over spring break,
there isn't really a clear distinction.
**[13:18] (Flashback) Naruko**
But tomorrow is the opening ceremony.
We'll become second-years.
**[13:21] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[13:22] (Flashback) Naruko**
Even though nothing seems to have
changed, we'll have juniors.
**[13:27] (Flashback) Naruko**
Some of our seniors have left, too.
**[13:30] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[13:33] (Flashback) Naruko**
We can't stay on the bottom forever.
**[13:36] (Flashback) Naruko**
We'll have to look after
them and lift them up.
**[13:39] (Flashback) Naruko**
We'll have to cheer them up
when they're feeling down,
**[13:42] (Flashback) Naruko**
and praise them when they do well.
**[13:44] (Flashback) Naruko**
Just like our seniors did for us.
**[13:49] (Flashback) Naruko**
Oh, right. Onoda-kun, this is your first
time being a second-year in a club, right?
**[13:55] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[13:56] (Flashback) Naruko**
Then let me tell you something.
**[13:58] (Flashback) Naruko**
I was in a club during middle school, too.
**[14:02] (Flashback) Naruko**
Even though you can thank your seniors,
you can't do for them what they did for you.
**[14:08] (Flashback) Naruko**
So pass on their kindness to your juniors.
**[14:12] Sakamichi**
*My juniors...*
**[14:14] (Flashback) Naruko**
That's how your feelings pass
from one guy to another.
**[14:21] Sakamichi**
*To my juniors.*
**[14:26] Sakamichi**
D-Despite what he said, during the three
weeks leading up to the first-year race...
**[14:33] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Are you a first-year?
**[14:35] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
I'm second-year Onoda.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
If there's anything you don't know, just ask.
**[14:40] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
You! Just ask!
**[14:49] (Flashback) Sohoku**
Oh, no! Did we make him mad?
**[14:51] Sakamichi**
I failed to act like a senior!
**[14:56] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun's talking smoothly
with the first-years.
**[15:00] Sakamichi**
I have to do something.
**[15:04] Sakamichi**
I know. Their backs.
**[15:06] Sakamichi**
I can energize them by
slapping them on the back.
**[15:11] Sohoku A**
Sorry, sorry!
**[15:12] Sohoku B**
What did you do?
**[15:15] Sakamichi**
Oh, it's not... um...
**[15:16] Sakamichi**
This isn't good. They're afraid of me.
**[15:20] Sakamichi**
You had a speck of dust on your shoulder!
**[15:24] Sakamichi**
Y-You... dust.
**[15:27] Sakamichi**
Piece of dust.
**[15:30] Sohoku B**
Onoda-san is terrifying!
**[15:32] Sakamichi**
No!
**[15:35] Teshima**
You seem to be having fun, Onoda.
**[15:39] Sakamichi**
T-Teshima-san...
**[15:40] Teshima**
Want to give it a try?
**[15:42] Sakamichi**
Huh? Try what?
**[15:44] Teshima**
Thed starter.
**[15:47] Teshima**
Kinjou-san did it last year, remember?
**[15:49] Sakamichi**
Oh, I couldn't.
**[15:51] Sakamichi**
It's an important responsibility.
**[15:53] Sakamichi**
That's the captain's job.
**[15:55] Teshima**
Everyone's expecting great things from you.
**[15:56] Teshima**
During these three weeks, rumors about
you have spread among the first-years.
**[16:01] Sakamichi**
I knew it.
**[16:03] Sakamichi**
Do they think I'm weird?
**[16:04] Teshima**
You're the living legend
of the first-year race.
**[16:07] Sakamichi**
What?
**[16:09] Teshima**
You won the first-year race's
mountain stage as a beginner
**[16:13] Teshima**
and rose to the level of the
Inter-High in the blink of an eye.
**[16:16] Teshima**
You're the man who won the general
classification for Sohoku.
**[16:19] Teshima**
You understand what it means
for you to be the starter.
**[16:23] Imaizumi**
Just so you know...
**[16:25] Imaizumi**
All the first-years ask
are questions about you.
**[16:29] Sakamichi**
What?
**[16:30] Imaizumi**
The first-years don't talk to
you because you're too amazing.
**[16:35] Imaizumi**
So only you can do it.
**[16:37] Imaizumi**
Raise their spirits.
**[16:41] Imaizumi**
Show them how you feel.
**[16:44] Sakamichi**
How I feel...
**[16:48] Sohoku**
It's Onoda-san.
**[16:50] Sohoku**
Onoda-san is starting the race?
**[16:53] Sakamichi**
Everyone!
**[16:54] All**
Yes, sir!
**[16:57] Sakamichi**
Do your best.
**[16:59] Sakamichi**
Good luck.
**[17:00] Sohoku B**
Yes, sir!
**[17:01] Sakamichi**
Good luck.
**[17:02] Sohoku C**
I'll do my very best!
**[17:03] Sakamichi**
Good luck.
**[17:05] Sakamichi**
Good luck.
**[17:06] Sadatoki**
Thank you, Onoda-san.
**[17:10] Naruko**
He's got them really excited.
**[17:12] Imaizumi**
That idiot. It's already past time.
**[17:21] Sakamichi**
Did I even imagine that day...
**[17:25] Sakamichi**
That I would meet Kanzaki-san,
Imaizumi-kun, and Naruko-kun?
**[17:30] Sakamichi**
That this race I participated in
right after joining the club...
**[17:34] Sakamichi**
That first step
**[17:36] Sakamichi**
would lead me to such an expansive world?
**[17:40] Sakamichi**
So to all the first-years...
**[17:44] Sakamichi**
The first-year welcoming race
**[17:49] Sakamichi**
will now begin!
**[17:53] Sakamichi**
Good luck.
**[17:57] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun?
**[17:58] Sugimoto**
Teshima-san gave me permission
to ride in the race.
**[18:03] Sugimoto**
I'm going to take first and
become Sohoku's sixth man.
**[18:09] Sakamichi**
What?
**[18:12] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san, Sugimoto-kun is...
**[18:16] Teshima**
Yeah, I gave him permission.
**[18:18] Sakamichi**
He said he was going to become the
sixth man of the Inter-High team.
**[18:23] Teshima**
I saw that in his eyes.
That's why I gave him permission.
**[18:29] Imaizumi**
How could you not,
after seeing that serious face?
**[18:34] Naruko**
Sugimoto's an interesting guy.
**[18:35] Naruko**
Naturally, he must be aiming for first.
**[18:37] Sakamichi**
That's what he said.
**[18:38] Naruko**
Declaring he'll win a
race against his juniors?
**[18:41] Naruko**
It may seem easy, but it's not.
**[18:44] Naruko**
But he must know that.
After all, he's an experienced rider.
**[18:53] Sugimoto**
The city stage has a lot of traffic lights,
so we'll take it slow here.
**[18:57] Sugimoto**
My second first-year race has started.
**[19:02] Sugimoto**
There's no turning back now.
**[19:05] Sugimoto**
I'm a second-year, too.
I'll show them what I can do.
**[19:09] Sugimoto**
I'll win my first race ever.
**[19:12] Sugimoto**
This is how I'll win.
**[19:14] Sugimoto**
My style favors long rides, so I'll take
the lead partway through the race, and...
**[19:17] Gori**
Senpai!
**[19:20] Sawada**
Don't you think we're going too slow?
**[19:22] Sugita**
Sawada, Gorizo...
**[19:24] Gori**
I'll switch with you.
**[19:26] Sawada**
Me, too.
**[19:27] Sugimoto**
Wait! Go slower!
**[19:29] Sugimoto**
We're still in the city!
**[19:41] Sugimoto**
There's no passing until
we reach the rice paddies!
**[19:43] Sugimoto**
Didn't you see that signal? Stop!
**[19:47] Sawada**
We saw it, but we're riding fast
anyway to pull away from the pack.
**[19:53] Sawada**
Senpai, don't you want to win, too?
**[19:58] Sugimoto**
I...
**[19:59] Sawada**
The three of us can rotate
until the finish line.
**[20:04] Sawada**
No one's watching.
**[20:08] Sawada**
Come on, Senpai.
**[20:12] Sugimoto**
I desperately want to win.
**[20:19] Sugimoto**
But I reject your offer.
**[20:21] Sugimoto**
No matter what, I never break the rules.
**[20:27] Sugimoto**
Now reduce your speed
and wait for the others.
**[20:31] Naruko**
Sawada and Gorizo will be
the first to make a move.
**[20:34] Naruko**
But they're cunning.
**[20:38] Naruko**
I hope Sugimoto doesn't
accept any shady offers.
**[20:40] Imaizumi**
Don't worry about him.
**[20:42] Imaizumi**
He's more serious than he looks.
**[20:49] Imaizumi**
Although whether or not he'll win
is a different matter entirely.
**[20:56] Sugimoto**
Once we cross the bridge,
the real race will start.
**[21:01] Sugimoto**
What?
**[21:04] Teshima**
The favorites in this race should
be making their move now.
**[21:11] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I have a request.
**[21:14] (Flashback) Teshima**
What is it?
**[21:15] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I heard you hold a first-year race.
**[21:19] (Flashback) Teshima**
Yeah.
**[21:21] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
If Danchiku and I take first and second,
**[21:24] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
can you guarantee we'll
be on the Inter-High team?
**[21:29] (Flashback) Teshima**
Sure, I promise.
**[21:31] (Flashback) Teshima**
You're on the team if you
finish first and second.
**[21:37] Sugimoto**
Kaburagi and Danchiku...
**[21:39] Sugimoto**
They're fast!
**[23:14] Naruko**
We're finally second-years.
**[23:17] Sakamichi**
I hope I can talk to the first-years.
**[23:20] Naruko**
We're counting on you, Onoda-senpai.
**[23:24] Sakamichi**
L-Leave it to me, Naruko-senpai.
**[23:29] Imaizumi**
What are guys doing? Hurry up and eat.
**[23:31] Both**
Sorry, Imaizumi-senpai.
**[23:35] Imaizumi**
Okay.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Sugimoto Brothers' Bond
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E10 - The Sugimoto Brothers' Bond
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR2PD977R/the-sugimoto-brothers-bond)
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**[00:06] Toji**
Hey, look.
**[00:09] Naruko**
The first-years have already scattered.
**[00:13] Naruko**
Someone must've raised the pace
and broken the group apart.
**[00:17] Teshima**
Probably.
**[00:18] Teshima**
And a fake attack couldn't
have scattered them this much.
**[00:22] Teshima**
It's someone who can maintain a high
average speed over a long period of time.
**[00:25] Teshima**
It must be the experienced first-years...
**[00:28] Teshima**
Kaburagi and Danchiku.
**[00:30] Sakamichi**
K-Kaburagi-kun...
**[00:34] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Sorry, Onoda-senpai!
**[00:36] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Forgive me for being rude on
the first day of the school!
**[00:39] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
It's fine! I'm not worried about it.
**[00:42] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
You forgive me?
**[00:46] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
You should make him obligated to you.
**[00:49] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Uh, if you're so worried about it,
why don't you show me
**[00:54] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
with your riding at the
upcoming first-year race?
**[00:57] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'll show you...
**[01:00] Kaburagi**
...exactly how I ride!
**[01:05] Rider A**
Kaburagi and Danchiku are riding alone!
**[01:08] Rider B**
No, someone's going after them! Who is it?
**[01:11] Rider A**
That jersey...
**[01:16] Teshima**
We still can't see the front.
**[01:18] Toji**
They're riding pretty fast.
**[01:20] Sakamichi**
We've passed most of the first-years.
**[01:25] Sakamichi**
Have Kaburagi-kun and Danchiku-kun
already won the first-year race?
**[01:31] Imaizumi**
We have passed most of the first-years, but...
**[01:34] Imaizumi**
we haven't passed any second-years yet.
**[01:39] Teshima**
I see the front!
**[01:41] Teshima**
It's Kaburagi and Danchiku!
**[01:42] Teshima**
And there's one more guy!
**[01:44] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.10 The Sugimoto Brothers' Bond
**[03:20] Teshima**
Five Inter-High jerseys
are already accounted for.
**[03:25] Teshima**
Who wears the remaining one will
be determined in this first-year race.
**[03:32] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun is amazing.
**[03:34] Naruko**
Not bad, Sugimoto.
**[03:38] Sugimoto**
Quit trembling!
**[03:41] Sugimoto**
I'll become the sixth man.
**[03:43] Sugimoto**
I'll be in the Inter-High.
**[03:45] Sugimoto**
I'll wear this jersey.
**[03:49] Naruko**
He's sticking right to them.
**[03:50] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun's dancing with intensity.
**[03:52] Naruko**
Sugimoto's still keeping up.
**[03:54] Naruko**
He's not dropping his pace.
**[03:56] Sakamichi**
Amazing.
**[03:57] Naruko**
Hey, hotshot, don't you have anything to say?
**[04:00] Naruko**
That's our Sugimoto.
**[04:01] Imaizumi**
Not really.
**[04:02] Both**
What?
**[04:03] Imaizumi**
He still has a lot to learn.
**[04:04] Naruko**
Talk about unpleasant.
**[04:06] Naruko**
Go on being a hotshot forever, hotshot.
**[04:11] Imaizumi**
He hasn't shown his true strength yet.
**[04:16] Naruko**
What's going on? He's breaking
away from the group.
**[04:18] Naruko**
Aw, no.
**[04:19] Naruko**
Is he out of strength? He's wobbling.
**[04:22] Naruko**
What on earth is he doing?
**[04:30] Naruko**
No way! He passed Kaburagi and Danchiku!
**[04:35] Naruko**
And he's pulling ahead of them!
**[04:36] Naruko**
He's trying to break away!
**[04:40] Sakamichi**
Amazing.
**[04:41] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto...
**[04:41] Naruko**
He's accelerating! Seriously?
**[04:43] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
I heard you're going to ride
in the first-year race.
**[04:46] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Yeah. Thanks for all your help, Imaizumi.
**[04:51] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
I don't have time to worry about
being a second-year or my pride.
**[04:56] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
I know it's an unreasonable request, but I...
**[05:03] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Actually, the rest is just
my delusion, so forget it.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
I'll do my best.
**[05:09] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
I see. Good luck.
**[05:11] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Yeah. Watch me from the van.
**[05:15] Sugimoto**
I'll show you.
**[05:18] Sugimoto**
I'd seen Imaizumi in several
races in Chiba before.
**[05:23] Sugimoto**
He was tall, cool, and
the center of attention.
**[05:27] Sugimoto**
I thought he and I had nothing in common.
**[05:30] Sugimoto**
But we got into the same high
school and joined the same club.
**[05:34] Sugimoto**
Imaizumi, if I'm able to become the
sixth man and ride in the Inter-High,
**[05:39] Sugimoto**
I want to ride as hard as I can.
**[05:43] Sugimoto**
I'll ride with all my might for
the team, and in the end—
**[05:46] Sugimoto**
Actually, this might be delusional.
**[05:50] Sugimoto**
We're counting on you, Imaizumi!
**[05:52] Imaizumi**
I know, Teru!
**[05:56] Sugimoto**
I hope I can push your back
just before the finish line.
**[06:02] Sugimoto**
Imaizumi...
**[06:05] Naruko**
He's pulling ahead again!
**[06:07] Naruko**
Not bad, Sugimoto!
**[06:08] Sakamichi**
But the guys behind him seem like
they have a lot of strength left.
**[06:14] Imaizumi**
You're exactly right, Onoda.
**[06:17] Imaizumi**
It's not that they can't go after him.
**[06:19] Imaizumi**
They're choosing not to.
**[06:22] Sakamichi**
Why would they do that?
**[06:23] Imaizumi**
They still have half the course left,
**[06:25] Imaizumi**
and the second half includes
the brutal Minegayama.
**[06:28] Imaizumi**
If he's weak, then letting him get
away won't have any consequences.
**[06:31] Imaizumi**
He'll quickly exhaust himself
and come falling back.
**[06:33] Imaizumi**
Needlessly exerting themselves
would be a waste.
**[06:35] Imaizumi**
They have the advantage
of ability and numbers.
**[06:38] Imaizumi**
If it comes down to it, they can
make up a few minutes' difference.
**[06:41] Imaizumi**
That's what they're thinking.
**[06:43] Imaizumi**
They're treating him like
a bird inside a birdcage.
**[06:46] Imaizumi**
No matter how much it flaps
its wings, it can't fly.
**[06:48] Imaizumi**
But that can lead to a sudden comeback
**[06:53] Imaizumi**
when they miscalculate that bird's strength.
**[06:56] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto is a weak sprinter.
**[07:00] Imaizumi**
They must've thought the same thing.
**[07:02] Imaizumi**
But his legs are built for long rides.
**[07:06] Imaizumi**
He can maintain a high average
speed over a long period of time.
**[07:09] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto's probably gone much farther
ahead than they're imagining.
**[07:15] Sugimoto**
The dam! I made it to the dam.
***SIGN*** Kameishi Dam Parking Lot
**[07:17] Sugimoto**
Now I just have to circle around
it and climb up Minegayama.
**[07:21] Sugimoto**
I'm doing well.
**[07:22] Sugimoto**
I can do it.
**[07:26] Kaburagi**
This isn't good. This doesn't feel right.
**[07:28] Kaburagi**
Danchiku, I judged him to be beneath our
concern with the weak way he passed us.
**[07:33] Kaburagi**
But his legs might be...
**[07:37] Teshima**
There's no way they won't notice.
**[07:42] Kaburagi**
Have you loosened up yet, Danchiku?
**[07:44] Danchiku**
Yeah. That was enough to relax me.
**[07:48] Kaburagi**
Danchiku's shackles are off.
**[07:52] Danchiku**
Let's ride all out to catch him, Issa!
**[07:55] Kaburagi**
Yeah, Danchiku!
**[07:58] Kaburagi**
Go!
**[08:00] Sakamichi**
They're fast!
**[08:01] Naruko**
They made it to the dam in no time!
**[08:05] Kaburagi**
We still haven't caught up yet, Danchiku.
**[08:07] Kaburagi**
He's way faster than we thought.
**[08:11] Kaburagi**
But we're even faster.
**[08:14] Kaburagi**
When Danchiku's freed from
the shackles of anxiety,
**[08:16] Kaburagi**
he rides so quickly, I'd fall
behind if I wasn't careful.
**[08:20] Kaburagi**
Roar, Danchiku!
**[08:24] Teshima**
The SS logo on their chests...
**[08:27] Teshima**
Team SS the one of the strongest
major teams in Chiba,
**[08:30] Teshima**
composed of riders ranging from
middle school students to adults.
**[08:34] Teshima**
It has a fifteen-member roster,
**[08:35] Teshima**
and every month they
race to compete for slots.
**[08:38] Teshima**
And they've remained on the team.
**[08:40] Sakamichi**
As middle school students?
**[08:42] Teshima**
The "SS" in their name
stands for "Speed Shot."
**[08:47] Teshima**
They take down their prey at top speed.
**[08:51] Kaburagi**
Hey, you had me scared for a moment.
**[08:53] Kaburagi**
If we'd been just a few minutes slower...
**[08:57] Kaburagi**
You might've gotten us.
**[08:59] Naruko**
They passed Sugimoto in a second!
**[09:01] Sakamichi**
He managed to get ahead of them, too.
**[09:03] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto...
**[09:13] Imaizumi**
After them, Sugimoto!
**[09:16] Imaizumi**
Go after their butts!
**[09:19] Imaizumi**
If you don't chase now, you'll
fall behind completely!
**[09:21] Imaizumi**
Your defeat will be certain!
**[09:24] Imaizumi**
Is it hard? Don't think you can do it?
**[09:25] Imaizumi**
Whenever you feel that way, just remember...
**[09:27] Imaizumi**
It's hard for you, but it's
just as hard for them!
**[09:32] Imaizumi**
Whoever manages to hold on wins!
**[09:35] Sugimoto**
Don't let go, don't let go!
**[09:38] Sugimoto**
I'm going to be the sixth man.
**[09:40] Sugimoto**
Thank you, Imaizumi.
**[09:42] Naruko**
He got a second wind!
**[09:44] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun's accelerating again!
**[09:49] Naruko**
What, hotshot? You're not putting on airs?
**[09:52] Sakamichi**
That was amazing. You were
so passionate just now.
**[09:54] Imaizumi**
Don't mock me.
**[09:55] Imaizumi**
I was just telling him
it's time to go for it.
**[10:00] Toji**
Telling him how he felt?
**[10:03] Toji**
These guys are carrying on the spirit
of Sohoku High School, Kinjou.
**[10:08] Imaizumi**
I'm not trying to provide
Sugimoto any extra support.
**[10:12] Imaizumi**
If he wins, it'll be because he caught up.
**[10:16] Imaizumi**
He's desperately trying to catch up now,
but there's no telling if he will.
**[10:21] Sugimoto**
Be strong, be strong.
**[10:27] Sugimoto**
I have to chase after them now.
**[10:29] Sugimoto**
If I don't catch up, I don't stand a chance.
**[10:31] Sugimoto**
I'm riding so I can claim
one of those jerseys.
**[10:34] Sugimoto**
There's two of them.
**[10:36] Sugimoto**
No, don't think about it.
**[10:40] Sugimoto**
Just catch up. Catch up.
**[10:42] Sugimoto**
I can do it.
**[10:43] Sugimoto**
Be strong, be strong.
**[10:45] Sugimoto**
Everyone's watching from behind.
**[10:47] Sugimoto**
Once I make it over this hill, I'll see them.
**[10:51] Sugimoto**
I don't see them. They're fast.
**[10:54] Sugimoto**
My legs aren't strong enough to catch them.
**[10:57] Sugimoto**
I told you not to think!
**[10:59] Sugimoto**
I'll catch up.
**[11:00] Sugimoto**
It's hard for them, too. It must be.
**[11:02] Sugimoto**
This race is my last chance.
**[11:07] Toji**
What should we do, Teshima?
**[11:10] Teshima**
Go after the leaders.
**[11:13] Teshima**
Realistically, Sugimoto won't
catch up to Kaburagi and Danchiku.
**[11:17] Teshima**
They should already be beginning the
final climb up Minegayama.
***SIGN*** Minegayama
***SIGN*** Kameishi Dam Entrance
**[11:21] Sakamichi**
But Sugimoto-kun is—
**[11:23] Teshima**
We have to watch the leaders ride.
**[11:25] Teshima**
This race will determine the final
member of the Inter-High team.
**[11:30] Toji**
Got it.
**[11:34] Sugimoto**
Wait, what?
**[11:36] Sugimoto**
Huh? Guys?
**[11:38] Sugimoto**
Wait.
**[11:46] Sugimoto**
Wait. This is the last...
**[11:52] Suigmoto**
Wait, Imaizumi!
**[11:55] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun stopped pedaling.
**[11:58] Sakamichi**
Can't we turn the car around and—
**[12:01] Teshima**
Onoda, this is a race.
**[12:03] Teshima**
Knowing this could happen,
Sugimoto chose to participate.
**[12:08] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun...
**[12:11] Imaizumi**
I thought he could do more.
**[12:19] Imaizumi**
Kinjou-san said Sohoku High School
riders support each other.
**[12:25] Imaizumi**
I thought he could do better.
**[12:28] Imaizumi**
That he had the ability to do better
if he had teammates to help him.
**[12:34] Imaizumi**
If he had teammates supporting him,
then this race...
**[12:43] Sadatoki**
All right.
**[12:45] Sadatoki**
I finally caught up.
**[12:46] Sadatoki**
You really are fast, Brother.
**[12:50] Sugimoto**
Sadatoki...
***SIGN*** Minegayama
**[12:57] Kaburagi**
No one's pursuing us.
**[12:58] Kaburagi**
Once we reach the top of this mountain,
**[13:00] Kaburagi**
it's all downhill to the
finish line, Danchiku.
**[13:03] Kaburagi**
This race is ours.
**[13:06] Kaburagi**
We're going to the Inter-High, Danchiku.
**[13:10] Danchiku**
Don't celebrate so much, Issa.
You're like a child.
**[13:12] Kaburagi**
When would I celebrate, if not now?
**[13:15] Kaburagi**
I am a child, Danchiku.
**[13:17] Kaburagi**
One who's been presented
with all the toys he wanted
**[13:19] Kaburagi**
and told to play with them
to his heart's content.
**[13:22] Kaburagi**
I am a child!
**[13:25] Kaburagi**
I'm excited.
**[13:26] Kaburagi**
I'm getting chills, Danchiku.
**[13:29] Kaburagi**
I finally get to go.
**[13:31] Kaburagi**
The race I saw when I tagged along
on my father's business trip
**[13:33] Kaburagi**
was my first Inter-High.
**[13:36] Kaburagi**
I was dumbfounded.
**[13:37] Kaburagi**
I was so excited, I leaped into the air.
**[13:39] Kaburagi**
It blew away my concepts
of "fast" and "strong."
**[13:44] Kaburagi**
It was an awesome race.
**[13:47] Kaburagi**
I decided then that I would
participate in that race.
**[13:51] Kaburagi**
Not that I could, but that I would.
**[13:52] Kaburagi**
I'd get stronger and participate.
**[13:56] Kaburagi**
There are plenty of strong riders
in the world, but that's fine.
**[14:00] Kaburagi**
I've become super strong.
**[14:02] Kaburagi**
I'll battle them and win.
**[14:04] Kaburagi**
Conquering the Inter-High is my goal!
**[14:09] Kaburagi**
Let's do it. We can do it, Danchiku.
**[14:11] Kaburagi**
After all, I have you with me.
**[14:14] Danchiku**
Stop. You're embarrassing me.
**[14:18] Sakamichi**
Huh?
**[14:19] Naruko**
They're falling back.
**[14:21] Kaburagi**
Teshima-san!
**[14:22] Teshima**
What is it?
**[14:23] Kaburagi**
You haven't forgotten our promise, have you?
**[14:26] Kaburagi**
If Danchiku and I finish first
and second in this race,
**[14:30] Kaburagi**
you'll let both of us
onto the Inter-High team.
**[14:32] Teshima**
Yeah.
**[14:33] Kaburagi**
All right!
**[14:34] Kaburagi**
I, Kaburagi Issa, along with Danchiku,
will ride in the Inter-High!
**[14:38] Naruko**
Hey, what kind of promise is that?
**[14:40] Sakamichi**
B-Both of them? Does that mean someone
from the current lineup is out?
**[14:44] Teshima**
It's a world dictated by ability. It happens.
**[14:46] Sakamichi**
Um, who is it? Who is it?
**[14:49] Sakamichi**
It's me, isn't it?
**[14:52] Sakamichi**
Good luck, everyone.
**[14:54] Imaizumi**
He's so mentally weak.
**[14:56] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san, it's on.
**[14:57] Kaburagi**
I went to see the Inter-High last year.
**[15:01] Kaburagi**
The finish line was at Mt. Fuji.
**[15:03] Kaburagi**
Honestly, it was a mesmerizing race.
**[15:06] Kaburagi**
Indescribably so.
**[15:09] Kaburagi**
My entire body went numb.
**[15:10] Kaburagi**
I became depressed on the way home
and couldn't sleep for three days.
**[15:15] Kaburagi**
I was frustrated from the bottom of
my heart that I wasn't on that stage.
**[15:20] Kaburagi**
Because I was shown that you
were far stronger than me.
**[15:25] Kaburagi**
That's why...
**[15:29] Kaburagi**
I'll surpass you at this summer's Inter-High.
**[15:33] Kaburagi**
I'll surpass you!
**[15:36] Kaburagi**
What's your goal for this year's Inter-High?
**[15:40] Kaburagi**
A second consecutive general
classification victory?
**[15:44] Sakamichi**
I don't have to win.
**[15:48] Sakamichi**
I want to be with Imaizumi-kun
and Naruko-kun,
**[15:50] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san and Aoyagi-san,
**[15:53] Sakamichi**
riding together as hard we can.
**[15:55] Sakamichi**
I want to give everything I have
against Manami-kun and Midousuji-kun.
**[15:59] Sakamichi**
And in the end, I hope someone on our team
has the chance to finish first.
**[16:04] Sakamichi**
Also, this is just me being greedy, but
I'd like to report to the upperclassmen...
**[16:11] Sakamichi**
To Makishima-san...
**[16:13] Sakamichi**
That we did it.
**[16:16] Kaburagi**
Report?
**[16:20] Imaizumi**
You are greedy. You couldn't be greedier.
**[16:25] Naruko**
We'll have to practice super hard, Onoda-kun.
**[16:29] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[16:30] Kaburagi**
What kind of solidarity is this?
**[16:32] Teshima**
Kaburagi!
**[16:35] Teshima**
Last year we reeled in a thin thread that
was about to break and won together.
**[16:41] Teshima**
It may seem unrefined, but that's
how Sohoku High School races.
**[16:45] Teshima**
Sound lame?
**[16:46] Teshima**
Kaburagi, you already think
you've won, even though
**[16:50] Teshima**
you haven't broken the finish line's tape.
**[16:52] Kaburagi**
What?
**[16:53] Teshima**
Sugimoto, the man you passed and
left behind, may be unreliable,
**[16:58] Teshima**
but he possesses the spirit
of Sohoku High School.
**[17:01] Teshima**
If he hasn't given up on winning
this race, then he'll come.
**[17:07] Teshima**
He'll catch up to you.
**[17:10] Kaburagi**
Is that a threat?
**[17:11] Kaburagi**
That's impossible.
**[17:13] Kaburagi**
In other words, you want me
to stop talking and ride.
**[17:17] Kaburagi**
I understand. Sorry!
**[17:19] Kaburagi**
Let's head to the finish line, Danchiku!
**[17:21] Danchiku**
Yeah!
**[17:22] Teshima**
A threat?
**[17:24] Teshima**
No.
**[17:29] Teshima**
I've just seen miracles like
that happen plenty of times.
**[17:34] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto.
**[17:35] Naruko**
Is it Sugimoto?
**[17:36] Sakamichi**
Sadatoki-kun!
**[17:38] Sugimoto**
Not yet. I won't give up yet.
**[17:40] Sadatoki**
I see them, Brother! It's the van.
**[17:42] Teshima**
I can't believe the brothers
caught up together.
**[17:45] Teshima**
This is unexpected.
**[17:46] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun caught up!
**[17:51] Sugimoto**
I'll become the sixth man.
**[17:53] Naruko**
Their synchronization is unbelievable.
**[17:55] Sakamichi**
Amazing. Sugimoto-kun hasn't given up yet.
**[17:59] Naruko**
But there's two more kilometers to the peak.
**[18:01] Naruko**
Once they're past that, it's downhill.
**[18:03] Naruko**
Sugimoto's legs aren't
enough to close the gap.
**[18:05] Naruko**
How much they can catch up to Kaburagi
and Danchiku on this climb will be key.
**[18:09] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto... and his brother.
**[18:12] Imaizumi**
The brothers' synchronization...
**[18:14] Imaizumi**
When he came to practice before,
their synchronization was inefficient.
**[18:21] Imaizumi**
But now both of them have got it down.
**[18:25] Imaizumi**
They must've practiced
together for this moment.
**[18:27] Imaizumi**
No.
**[18:28] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto's will raised them up.
**[18:31] Imaizumi**
It's this situation that gave rise to it.
**[18:33] Sugimoto**
I'll become the sixth man.
**[18:36] Sugimoto**
Go! Go, Sadatoki!
**[18:38] Sadatoki**
Yeah, Brother!
**[18:42] Sadatoki**
Brother, we'll catch up to
Aburagi-kun and Danchiku-kun.
**[18:47] Sugimoto**
I'm counting on you, Sadatoki.
But it's Kaburagi.
**[18:51] Sugimoto**
Thank you, Sadatoki.
**[18:54] Sugimoto**
If you hadn't caught up to me then,
I would've given up on this race.
**[18:59] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Sadatoki, how? Did you
make it here on your own?
**[19:04] (Flashback) Sadatoki**
Yeah.
**[19:05] (Flashback) Sadatoki**
I wanted to ride with you, Brother.
**[19:09] Sugimoto**
In that moment, I felt as though one strand
of the broken string inside my heart
**[19:14] Sugimoto**
was still connected.
**[19:17] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Sadatoki, can you keep riding?
**[19:20] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Kaburagi and Danchiku just passed me.
**[19:23] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
I want to catch up and pass them again.
**[19:27] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Will you help me, Sadatoki?
**[19:29] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
I want to go to the Inter-High
as the sixth man.
**[19:33] Sadatoki**
That was the first time. The first!
**[19:35] Sugimoto**
What?
**[19:36] Sadatoki**
You're cool and strong and know everything.
**[19:40] Sadatoki**
You've always pulled me forward.
**[19:42] Sadatoki**
But that's the first time
you've asked me for something.
**[19:47] Sadatoki**
So, I'll do it. I promise I'll take you there.
**[19:52] Sugimoto**
Sadatoki!
**[19:55] Sadatoki**
Also, um...
**[19:58] Sadatoki**
You really do look cool in that jersey.
**[20:01] Sadatoki**
It looks great on you, Brother!
**[20:04] Sugimoto**
When you were little,
you were such a crybaby.
**[20:08] Sugimoto**
You followed me around saying,
"I can't," and, "I'm not confident."
**[20:14] Sugimoto**
It's okay. It's okay now, Sadatoki.
**[20:18] Sugimoto**
You can do anything.
**[20:20] Sugimoto**
Your brother can attest to that.
**[20:23] Sugimoto**
Follow me. You can do it, Sadatoki.
**[20:25] Sugimoto**
We'll cross the finish line together.
**[20:30] Sadatoki**
Yeah!
**[20:31] Sugimoto**
Even though Imaizumi tried to cheer
me up, my legs stopped moving once.
**[20:36] Sugimoto**
But Sadatoki saved me.
**[20:40] Sugimoto**
For Sadatoki's sake, if it's still possible,
**[20:43] Sugimoto**
I want to do my best to reel in
this last thread one more time.
**[20:49] Sugimoto**
One more time!
**[20:54] Teshima**
Sugimoto caught up to Kaburagi and
Danchiku just 50 meters before the peak!
**[21:00] Naruko**
Sugimoto's amazing!
**[21:02] Sakamichi**
Sadatoki-kun and Sugimoto-kun
are both amazing!
**[21:06] Toji**
Was this unexpected, too, Teshima?
**[21:08] Teshima**
Road races certainly are
fantastic, aren't they?
**[21:15] Kaburagi**
Damn it! I underestimated them.
**[21:18] Kaburagi**
Who's that big guy?
**[21:19] Sugimoto**
Let's head to the finish line, Sadatoki!
**[21:21] Sadatoki**
Yeah, Brother!
**[21:23] Kaburagi**
Pedal harder! Faster, Danchiku!
**[21:26] Teshima**
They're neck and neck at the peak!
**[21:28] Teshima**
Now it's downhill to the finish line!
**[23:03] Naruko**
I've been thinking, since we're the
new generation of Sohoku High School,
**[23:06] Naruko**
why don't we change our jersey's color?
**[23:09] Naruko**
A flashy red would be cool.
**[23:10] Imaizumi**
You have terrible taste. Blue is better.
**[23:13] Naruko**
Then we'd be the same as
Hakone Academy High School.
**[23:16] Naruko**
Onoda-kun, what do you think?
**[23:18] Sakamichi**
Well, red is flashy, but blue is cool.
**[23:22] Sakamichi**
But I like yellow because it's
a modest but noble color.
**[23:27] Sakamichi**
I guess you could say it's
simultaneously cool and cute.
**[23:31] Sakamichi**
What do you guys think?
**[23:33] Both**
Yellow's good.
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# E11 - Conclusion
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**[00:06] Sugimoto**
We reeled it in.
**[00:07] Sugimoto**
We're neck and neck. We finally caught up.
**[00:10] Sugimoto**
Now all I have to do is never let go.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.11 Conclusion
**[01:59] Naruko**
Now that they're on the downhill slope,
Kaburagi and Danchiku are accelerating!
**[02:02] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun and his brother
are falling behind!
**[02:04] Teshima**
They're as good as you'd
expect going downhill.
**[02:08] Teshima**
What do you think will happen, Imaizumi?
**[02:11] Imaizumi**
They'll fall behind.
**[02:12] Sakamichi**
What?
**[02:13] Imaizumi**
But they'll probably catch
up on the next corner.
**[02:22] Kaburagi**
Who are these guys?
**[02:24] Sugimoto**
Don't let go. Don't let go, Sadatoki.
**[02:26] Sugimoto**
Let's go to the finish line.
**[02:28] Sadatoki**
Yeah.
**[02:30] Imaizumi**
Team SS is a mixed team.
**[02:33] Imaizumi**
Since their fifteen members are
determined through races,
**[02:36] Imaizumi**
they've probably never
experienced that feeling...
**[02:43] Imaizumi**
Of riding with your friends.
**[02:45] Imaizumi**
Currently, Kaburagi and
Danchiku are stronger.
**[02:50] Imaizumi**
But if Sugimoto has any chance at victory,
**[02:54] Imaizumi**
it's because their wavering spirits
don't understand that feeling.
**[02:58] Kaburagi**
They're not good.
**[02:59] Kaburagi**
They're not supposed to be good.
**[03:01] Kaburagi**
So how did they catch up?
**[03:03] Kaburagi**
How are they neck and neck with us?
**[03:07] Kaburagi**
Why are you riding in front of us?
**[03:10] Danchiku**
Issa!
**[03:13] Danchiku**
Don't waver!
**[03:14] Danchiku**
Focus on the race!
**[03:15] Danchiku**
You saw some guy pass you. That's all!
**[03:18] ---**
Danchiku...
**[03:19] Danchiku**
Face forward and think only of winning.
**[03:21] Danchiku**
We can do this. Don't worry.
**[03:24] Danchiku**
You're fast.
**[03:27] Danchiku**
You've practiced hard.
**[03:29] Danchiku**
You've endured thousands
of difficult moments.
**[03:32] Danchiku**
Aren't you going to race in the Inter-High?
**[03:35] Danchiku**
So what's wrong with you?
**[03:37] Danchiku**
Frolic more!
**[03:39] Danchiku**
You're a genius, Kaburagi!
**[03:46] Kaburagi**
That did the trick.
**[03:48] Kaburagi**
I'm fast? I'm a genius?
**[03:51] Kaburagi**
I know.
**[03:53] Kaburagi**
I know that better than
anyone else, Danchiku!
**[03:56] Kaburagi**
Yeah!
**[03:59] Danchiku**
Issa, I want to see you frolic like a child.
**[04:05] Danchiku**
I want to see you refuse to
shrink from strong opponents...
**[04:09] Danchiku**
At this year's Inter-High.
**[04:11] Danchiku**
That's why I'm riding with you.
**[04:13] Danchiku**
Switch with me, Issa. I'll pull.
**[04:15] Danchiku**
The downhill is ending.
**[04:17] Danchiku**
I'll make sure you take first place!
**[04:20] Sugimoto**
It's the final spurt! Dig deep, Sadatoki!
**[04:23] Sadatoki**
Yeah!
**[04:24] Sugimoto**
I'm not very good at goal sprints,
but I'll overcome that weakness now.
**[04:30] Sugimoto**
I don't have time for excuses.
**[04:34] Teshima**
At the bottom of the hill
is Fumotogaoka Park.
**[04:37] Teshima**
There's a short 200-meter climb from there.
**[04:42] Teshima**
It's the final goal sprint
of the first-year race!
**[04:47] Sakamichi**
Danchiku-kun's in front!
**[04:49] Naruko**
Kaburagi-kun's behind him!
They're going for the one-two finish!
**[04:53] Sakamichi**
Sadatoki's falling back!
**[04:56] Kaburagi**
We're going to the Inter-High, Danchiku!
**[04:59] Kaburagi**
We'll finish first and second!
**[05:03] Naruko**
From behind Danchiku, who was
pulling with all his strength...
**[05:07] Danchiku**
Go, Issa!
**[05:08] Naruko**
The Kaburagi Super Express
is leaving the station!
**[05:11] Kaburagi**
Follow me, Danchiku!
**[05:13] Kaburagi**
It's ours. It's perfect.
**[05:16] Kaburagi**
We're going to make
Sohoku High School stronger.
**[05:20] Kaburagi**
Come, Danchiku! It's just us now!
**[05:23] Danchiku**
Yeah!
**[05:27] Danchiku**
Pedal, Issa! Don't worry about me!
**[05:30] Danchiku**
Pedal!
**[05:31] Naruko**
Sugimoto passed him without
any help from Sadatoki!
**[05:35] Teshima**
It's a long sprint.
**[05:36] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun.
**[05:38] Imaizumi**
Your strength is long rides.
**[05:41] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto, are you making your
last spurt a long sprint, too?
**[05:47] Sadatoki**
Sorry I couldn't help
you in the end, Brother.
**[05:51] Sugimoto**
Thank you, Sadatoki.
**[05:53] Sugimoto**
If you hadn't pulled for me, I wouldn't
have caught up to them on Minegayama.
**[05:58] Sugimoto**
Thank you, Imaizumi.
**[06:00] Sugimoto**
If you hadn't pushed my back then,
I would've given up.
**[06:06] Sugimoto**
I haven't done a single thing.
**[06:08] Sugimoto**
Not a single thing.
**[06:11] Sugimoto**
So...
**[06:13] Teshima**
Sugimoto!
**[06:15] Both**
He caught up!
**[06:17] Kaburagi**
You can't be serious!
**[06:19] Teshima**
Only forty meters left!
**[06:24] Kaburagi**
I never realized how difficult it would be
to prove I'm the fastest man in this race.
**[06:30] Teshima**
Twenty meters left!
**[06:31] Kaburagi**
Who the hell is this guy?
**[06:33] Kaburagi**
He should just fall back already.
**[06:35] Kaburagi**
How long will he endure?
**[06:36] Kaburagi**
Until we reach that line?
**[06:38] Teshima**
Ten!
**[06:39] Sugimoto**
It's the goal. The finish line.
**[06:41] Sugimoto**
I'll throw everything away if
it means I'll reach it first!
**[06:45] Kaburagi**
No way! I'm the man who will
surpass Onoda Sakamichi!
**[06:50] Sugimoto**
I'm going to be the sixth...
**[06:53] Sugimoto**
The sixth man!
**[07:00] Kaburagi**
Yeah!
**[07:10] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun!
**[07:11] Teshima**
Are you okay, Sugimoto?
**[07:15] Sugimoto**
I felt it.
**[07:17] Sugimoto**
I was looking down when I crossed
the finish line, so I couldn't tell.
**[07:22] Sugimoto**
But I...
**[07:25] Sugimoto**
I won.
**[07:28] Sugimoto**
I took first, right?
**[07:32] Naruko**
He didn't hear Kaburagi yell.
**[07:38] Sugimoto**
I did it! I'm going to the Inter-High!
**[07:42] Sugimoto**
I did it! I did it!
**[07:45] Sugimoto**
I did it!
**[07:47] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto.
**[07:50] Imaizumi**
You did your best.
**[07:51] Sugimoto**
I did it.
**[07:54] Sugimoto**
I did it, Imaizumi. Thank you.
**[07:57] Sugimoto**
Thank you, thank you.
**[07:59] Sugimoto**
Words can't express how grateful I am.
**[08:05] Sugimoto**
Huh?
**[08:07] Sugimoto**
Why do you all look so uneasy?
**[08:11] Sugimoto**
Is it because you don't want
me to be the sixth man?
**[08:14] Sugimoto**
Don't worry. I can do it.
**[08:17] Sugimoto**
I, Sugimoto Terufumi,
will become even stronger.
**[08:37] Kaburagi**
We did it.
**[08:50] Sugimoto**
I see.
**[08:53] Sugimoto**
I wasn't first.
**[08:57] Sakamichi**
B-But you were amazing.
**[09:01] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun, you were amazing.
**[09:02] Naruko**
It's true.
**[09:04] Naruko**
You rode really well.
**[09:06] Naruko**
I was shouting when you caught up at the end.
**[09:09] Naruko**
Seriously.
**[09:15] Sugimoto**
That was close. Second, huh?
**[09:19] Sugimoto**
That was truly close.
**[09:23] Sugimoto**
I almost had it.
**[09:24] Sugimoto**
Even I was confused.
**[09:28] Sugimoto**
Sorry, guys. Did I get your hopes up?
**[09:32] Sugimoto**
Sorry, sorry.
**[09:34] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san, Sugimoto-kun did his best.
**[09:37] Sakamichi**
He tried really, really hard.
**[09:39] Sakamichi**
So, uh...
**[09:42] Sakamichi**
Why don't we wait until the training camp
to decide the Inter-High team?
**[09:48] Teshima**
Until the training camp?
**[09:49] Sakamichi**
Last year, Kinjou-san ultimately decided—
**[09:52] Sugimoto**
Onoda...
**[09:56] Sugimoto**
I was in this race with a different intention.
**[10:01] Sakamichi**
Sugimoto-kun...
**[10:03] Sugimoto**
Teshima-san gave me a chance
to ride in this race.
**[10:10] Sugimoto**
His condition was that I take first.
**[10:16] Sugimoto**
It was my last chance.
**[10:19] Sugimoto**
Ultimately, though, there is no next time.
**[10:23] Sugimoto**
I couldn't do anything.
**[10:29] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto...
**[10:31] Imaizumi**
You worked diligently every day.
**[10:35] Imaizumi**
You're the only one who kept up
with their initial acceleration.
**[10:38] Imaizumi**
You're the one who followed
Sadatoki through the mountains
**[10:41] Imaizumi**
and caught up to them again.
**[10:43] Imaizumi**
During the final downhill
sprint to the finish line,
**[10:47] Imaizumi**
it wasn't because of anyone else's
strength or thanks to anyone else.
**[10:50] Imaizumi**
You're the one who was riding.
**[10:51] Imaizumi**
Be proud. You had the
strongest ride in this race.
**[10:56] Sugimoto**
Thanks, Imaizumi.
**[10:59] Sugimoto**
Sorry I couldn't win after all the advice you gave me.
**[11:04] Sugimoto**
I'm going to go cool down.
**[11:08] Sadatoki**
Brother...
**[11:12] Imaizumi**
Sugimoto, I don't care if you win or
lose as long as the team gets stronger.
**[11:19] Imaizumi**
Or so I thought, but...
**[11:23] Imaizumi**
During the final sprint,
I was hoping you'd win.
**[11:31] Sugimoto**
I'm tired. I'm exhausted.
**[11:35] Sugimoto**
I got second.
**[11:36] Sugimoto**
I did everything I could.
**[11:40] Sugimoto**
I did everything I could!
**[11:51] Teshima**
That was an impressive victory, Kaburagi.
**[11:53] Kaburagi**
Thanks.
**[11:55] Teshima**
But since Danchiku placed third, you didn't
fulfill our agreement that a one-two finish
**[11:59] Teshima**
meant both of you could become members.
**[12:03] Teshima**
Will you ride alone?
**[12:05] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[12:07] Danchiku**
Good, Issa.
**[12:11] Teshima**
Get stronger.
**[12:12] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[12:15] Miki**
It's nearly time.
**[12:16] Aya**
Yeah.
**[12:17] Teshima**
These are the Inter-High jerseys
passed down to us from our seniors.
**[12:24] Teshima**
Winner of the first-year race, Kaburagi Issa.
**[12:27] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[12:34] Teshima**
You'll be wearing this. Take it.
**[12:39] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[12:41] Miki**
They're here.
**[12:42] Aya**
Vying for a consecutive victory...
**[12:44] Miki**
The six members of the new
Sohoku High School team.
**[12:51] Kaburagi**
I did it, I did it!
**[12:53] Kaburagi**
I did it!
**[12:56] Kaburagi**
Naturally, I intended to become a member,
but now that I am one, I'm ecstatic.
**[13:01] Kaburagi**
I tried on my jersey a
bunch of times yesterday.
**[13:04] Danchiku**
Keep it down. Everyone will hear you.
**[13:08] Kaburagi**
Listen to this! I'm going
to be in the Inter-High!
**[13:10] Danchiku**
He's shouting even louder?
**[13:12] Kaburagi**
As one of the champions,
**[13:14] Kaburagi**
I'll lead Sohoku High School to
our second consecutive victory.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Thank you!
**[13:21] Kaburagi**
* He was strong. If the finish line had*
* been five meters closer, I would've lost.*
**[13:27] Kaburagi**
*I seriously respect him.*
**[13:40] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Push Imaizumi's back.
**[13:44] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
What?
**[13:46] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
In my place.
**[13:51] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
**[13:52] Kaburagi**
I understand the weight of riding in the
Inter-High with this jersey, Sugimoto-san.
**[13:58] Kaburagi**
Let's do this.
**[14:02] Sakamichi**
Excuse me...
**[14:03] Student**
Yes?
**[14:05] Student**
Who is he?
**[14:08] Student**
Are you Onoda-san from the bicycle club?
**[14:11] Student**
Th-The national champion?
**[14:12] Sakamichi**
Y-Yes.
**[14:13] Student**
How does it feel to be number one?
**[14:15] Sakamichi**
Uh, well...
**[14:17] Student**
Are your glasses for camouflage?
**[14:19] Sakamichi**
I'm here to see Kaburagi-kun...
**[14:19] Student**
Can we take a picture?
**[14:21] Student**
Yeah!
**[14:22] Student**
Thank you!
**[14:24] Sakamichi**
No, wait. Could you please
get Kaburagi-kun for me?
**[14:28] Sakamichi**
No, will you? I have a message for
him from our captain, Teshima-san.
**[14:32] Student**
Stand. Bow.
**[14:36] Sakamichi**
Just being in another grade's
classroom makes me nervous.
**[14:41] Sakamichi**
But the upperclassmen...
**[14:43] (Flashback) Kinjou**
Is Onoda here?
**[14:44] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[14:46] Sakamichi**
They didn't have a problem with it.
**[14:48] Sakamichi**
Being someone's senior is hard.
**[14:58] Student**
Did you finish your report?
***SIGN*** Younan University
**[15:00] Student**
Yeah.
**[15:01] Arakita**
What? What the hell is this?
***SIGN*** Notice Kawahara-sensei's first period History of Modern Biology class is canceled. Dean of Students
**[15:02] Arakita**
I rushed here, too. First period is canceled?
**[15:07] Arakita**
This college campus is too big.
**[15:10] Arakita**
They should make it more
compact so I don't get so tired.
**[15:13] Arakita**
I didn't think I'd get
into a school this good.
**[15:17] Arakita**
Must've been my wild instincts at work.
**[15:21] Arakita**
Anyway, college is a tough place.
**[15:26] Arakita**
I have some time before second period.
**[15:29] Arakita**
Guess I'll go to the club room.
**[15:31] Arakita**
Since they have all kinds of clubs,
I should do something.
**[15:40] Arakita**
But I always end up here.
***SIGN*** Younan
University
Bicycle
Racing
Club
**[15:45] Arakita**
First-year Arakita coming through.
**[15:50] Arakita**
I wasn't expecting to end up on
the same team as you...
**[15:56] Arakita**
Kinjou.
**[15:57] Kinjou**
What are you mumbling about, Arakita?
**[16:02] Kinjou**
Did you go to class because you
didn't know it was canceled?
**[16:04] Arakita**
Shut up. And if you knew,
you should've emailed me.
**[16:07] Kinjou**
I don't have your address.
**[16:09] Arakita**
It's this.
**[16:10] Kinjou**
A-K-I...
**[16:13] Kinjou**
What's "Aki-chan"?
**[16:14] Arakita**
Shut up. It's my family's dog.
**[16:20] Arakita**
What're you going to do about the next
inter-school race? We're eligible.
**[16:25] Arakita**
Fuku-chan and Shinkai are coming to the race.
**[16:28] Arakita**
Meisou University's bike club is strong.
**[16:33] Kinjou**
You think we'll win?
**[16:34] Arakita**
If we're in it, we'd better.
**[16:37] Kinjou**
Interesting.
**[16:41] Kinjou**
Let's show them the power
of Younan University.
**[16:44] Arakita**
We're a really mismatched duo, though.
**[16:47] Kinjou**
Maybe not.
**[16:50] Arakita**
Anyway, did you hear? This year's
Inter-High is going to be on that slope.
**[16:56] Kinjou**
That slope, huh?
**[16:57] Arakita**
I'm glad it wasn't last year.
**[17:00] Arakita**
Climbing that slope is exhausting.
**[17:02] Arakita**
How do you think Sohoku High School will do?
**[17:04] Kinjou**
They've already picked out
all six of their members.
**[17:07] Arakita**
That was quick.
**[17:08] Kinjou**
Captain Teshima probably intends
to use that time to increase
**[17:11] Kinjou**
the team's strength as a whole.
**[17:14] Arakita**
That Teshima guy's pretty smart.
**[17:18] Arakita**
But I heard Izumida's been putting Hakone
Academy High School through hellish training.
**[17:24] Kinjou**
Sounds tough.
**[17:25] Arakita**
Since everyone's moved up a year,
then that oddball—no, Onoda-chan...
**[17:32] Arakita**
Is he a second-year now?
**[17:38] Naruko**
You sound like a tire going flat.
**[17:40] Naruko**
You got the sniffles, Onoda-kun?
**[17:42] Sakamichi**
Y-Yeah.
**[17:46] Sakamichi**
Maybe someone's talking about me.
**[17:48] Both**
How undignified.
**[17:53] Sakamichi**
Kaburagi-kun!
**[17:54] Sakamichi**
I went to your classroom this
morning, but I missed you. Today—
**[17:58] Kaburagi**
I heard from Teshima-san.
**[18:00] Kaburagi**
We're doing individual training, right?
**[18:03] Sakamichi**
Great.
**[18:05] Sakamichi**
I went during lunch, too,
but you weren't there.
**[18:10] (Flashback) Teshima**
You'll be practicing one-on-one with Onoda.
**[18:12] (Flashback) Teshima**
Learn all you can from him.
**[18:14] (Flashback) Teshima**
The practice follows a race format.
**[18:15] (Flashback) Teshima**
The course is simple, running from the
front gate and up the rear gate slope.
**[18:20] (Flashback) Teshima**
If you see an opening, pass him.
**[18:22] Sakamichi**
Wh-Where did you go for lunch?
**[18:25] Kaburagi**
You could've left a message
with one of my classmates
**[18:28] Kaburagi**
to come see you during the next break.
**[18:31] Sakamichi**
I couldn't do that.
I wanted to tell you directly.
**[18:35] Kaburagi**
I'll listen to your orders.
**[18:37] Kaburagi**
After all, I'm your junior.
**[18:39] Sakamichi**
Sorry. Are you mad?
**[18:41] Kaburagi**
I'd apologize.
**[18:42] Sakamichi**
Sorry.
**[18:43] Sakamichi**
He's mad. Why is he mad?
**[18:48] Sakamichi**
Huh? Kaburagi-kun?
**[18:50] Sakamichi**
Juniors are so difficult to handle.
**[18:53] Kaburagi**
My classmates told me—damn it.
**[18:57] Kaburagi**
That Onoda's pathetic.
**[18:59] Kaburagi**
That he's unreliable, scrawny, and weak.
**[19:03] Kaburagi**
They made fun of me for looking up to him!
**[19:08] Kaburagi**
Damn it!
**[19:10] Kaburagi**
Can't he be a more dignified senior?
**[19:12] Kaburagi**
He's embarrassing me!
**[19:15] Sakamichi**
Sorry.
**[19:18] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san, when did you get there?
**[19:20] Kaburagi**
Crap! S-Sorry...
**[19:22] Kaburagi**
Did you hear me talking to myself?
**[19:24] Kaburagi**
I was riding all-out.
**[19:28] Sakamichi**
Yeah, sorry. From around
"where my classmates told me."
**[19:33] Kaburagi**
He kept up with me from the beginning?
**[19:37] Sakamichi**
Sorry. I'm not much of a senior, am I?
**[19:41] Sakamichi**
But I intend to do my best for the team.
**[19:45] Kaburagi**
This is crazy. My whole body is shaking now.
**[19:50] Kaburagi**
Are there lots of other guys
like him at the Inter-High?
**[19:54] Kaburagi**
Excuse me, uh...
**[19:56] Kaburagi**
C-Could you ride as hard as you can?
**[20:00] Sakamichi**
Th-This practice is about
riding as hard as we can.
**[20:03] Sakamichi**
Of course I will. Right!
**[20:06] Sakamichi**
Here I go.
**[20:09] Kaburagi**
Okay.
**[20:13] Kaburagi**
He's fast. What is this?!
**[20:15] Kaburagi**
Is this him really climbing?
**[20:17] Kaburagi**
It took only a moment.
**[20:18] Kaburagi**
What's going on with this guy?
**[20:20] Kaburagi**
This pressure's been flowing out
of his whole body since he started.
**[20:24] Kaburagi**
I've never met someone so fast going uphill.
**[20:27] Kaburagi**
This guy who looked so small
at school looks huge now.
**[20:34] Kaburagi**
I can't beat him. I don't
think I can beat him.
**[20:36] Kaburagi**
Racing against him is totally
different from watching him.
**[20:40] Kaburagi**
This is his high-cadence climb. Amazing!
**[20:45] Sakamichi**
Keep up.
**[20:46] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[20:47] Kaburagi**
You truly are amazing, Onoda Sakamichi-san.
**[20:54] Naruko**
You think Kaburagi's flustered around now?
**[20:58] Teshima**
Probably.
**[21:00] Teshima**
Most people are when they experience
Onoda's riding firsthand.
**[21:03] Teshima**
He even smiles while he climbs.
**[21:07] Teshima**
But we need Kaburagi to get stronger.
**[21:11] Teshima**
And we have to as well.
**[21:14] Teshima**
The next Inter-High is
being held on that slope.
**[21:18] Naruko**
That slope?
**[21:19] Teshima**
Japan's most famous and
endless winding slope.
**[21:23] Teshima**
Through cedar-lined roads, World Heritage Site
Toushougu Shrine, and beyond.
***SIGN*** Nikkou National Park
**[21:30] Teshima**
The Nikkou Irohazaka.
**[21:33] Teshima**
Among cyclists, it's known as
"The Sprinter Killer."
**[21:38] Teshima**
Its highest point is
1,840 meters above sea level.
**[21:41] Teshima**
It's literally twice the size of last
year's Hakone Mountain.
**[23:17] Kinjou**
Want to go for a short
ride before second period?
**[23:19] Arakita**
Not like I've got anything better to do.
**[23:28] Arakita**
Kinjou...
**[23:33] Arakita**
These aren't bad.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Trouble!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E12 - Trouble!
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***SIGN*** Road Closed for Chiba Inter-High
Road Race Preliminaries
***SIGN*** Inter-High Preliminaries Chiba
**[00:07] Fan A**
It's Sohoku High School.
Sohoku High School's here.
**[00:09] Fan B**
Last year's champs sure are intense.
**[00:12] Fan C**
That guy's huge.
**[00:13] Fan C**
It's Imaizumi.
**[00:14] Fan D**
That red! It's Naruko.
**[00:16] Fan B**
Their captain Teshima, Aoyagi, and...
**[00:18] Fan B**
Last year's general
classification winner, Onoda.
**[00:23] Yanagida**
Teshima, don't think you'll
win so easily this year.
**[00:27] Yanagida**
I, Yanagida, ace of Kashiwa Higashi High School,
will be going to the Inter-High.
**[00:33] Fan A**
Huh? Who's the last guy?
**[00:35] Fan C**
It's a first-year.
**[00:38] Fan C**
Kaburagi Issa of Kanamegawa Middle School.
**[00:41] Fan A**
Kaburagi? I've never heard of him.
**[00:45] Fan D**
But if he's a regular as a first-year...
**[00:47] Fan B**
Then he must be pretty strong.
**[00:49] Kaburagi**
Crap. I'm nervous.
**[00:54] Kaburagi**
Your habits are rubbing off on me, Danchiku.
**[00:59] Kaburagi**
Oh, right. Danchiku's not here.
**[01:04] Kaburagi**
Crap. My stomach hurts...
**[01:09] Danchiku**
Is Issa okay?
**[01:11] Danchiku**
Whenever he's nervous,
it affects his stomach first.
**[01:18] Naruko**
Kabu's always thinking by himself.
**[01:21] Imaizumi**
Maybe he doesn't understand that
Sohoku High School fights as a team.
**[01:28] Teshima**
Kaburagi, are you okay?
**[01:30] Kaburagi**
I'm great.
**[01:31] Teshima**
I see.
**[01:33] Teshima**
Before the race, I want to ask you something.
**[01:37] Teshima**
Kaburagi, what do you ride for?
**[01:42] Kaburagi**
Isn't it obvious?
**[01:44] Kaburagi**
I ride...
**[01:46] Kaburagi**
...to win!
**[01:48] Kaburagi**
We endure long, grueling
races because of that goal.
**[01:52] Kaburagi**
Am I wrong?
**[01:55] Teshima**
Endure, huh?
**[01:57] Teshima**
You're not wrong. It's a good answer.
**[02:01] Teshima**
Okay, we're finished warming up.
**[02:03] Teshima**
Meet inside the bus. We'll start the meeting.
**[02:06] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[02:08] Kaburagi**
It's the genius Kaburagi's debut race.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** Inter-High Preliminaries Chiba
***SIGN*** RIDE.12 Trouble!
**[03:47] Naruko**
What do you mean you're the ace, first-year?
**[03:49] Naruko**
And why are you agreeing to this, perm head?
**[03:52] Teshima**
Why not? He wants to do it.
**[03:56] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I promise I'll win this race.
**[03:59] (Flashback) Teshima**
Fine. Let's see you do it.
**[04:02] (Flashback) Teshima**
We'll support you as best we can, too.
**[04:04] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
No, I won't need your support.
**[04:07] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'll ride solo ahead of
the pack until the end.
**[04:10] Announce**
The Inter-High Road Race Preliminaries
Chiba Race is starting!
**[04:15] Announce**
The race will consist of ten laps
on the six-kilometer course set up
**[04:19] Announce**
inside the Chiba Sports Center.
**[04:23] Announce**
Which high school will win this
race and advance to the Inter-High?
**[04:29] Kaburagi**
My stomach's fine now.
**[04:31] Kaburagi**
Once the race starts,
I'm good to go. I'll do it.
**[04:34] Kaburagi**
I'll win.
**[04:38] Rider A**
One guy jumped ahead!
**[04:40] Rider B**
It's Sohoku!
**[04:41] Rider B**
Don't let him go!
**[04:42] Kaburagi**
I'm feeling good. I can do it.
**[04:45] Kaburagi**
Are you watching, Danchiku?
**[04:47] Kaburagi**
This first victory is mine.
**[04:52] Kaburagi**
What? A flat tire!
**[04:56] Kaburagi**
W-Wait!
**[05:01] Kaburagi**
I'm so, so, so unlucky.
**[05:04] Kaburagi**
I got a flat on the first lap. Damn it.
**[05:08] Kaburagi**
Should I head back to HQ?
**[05:09] Kaburagi**
No, that would take too long.
**[05:11] Announce**
A bike is stopped at the two-kilometer mark.
**[05:15] Announce**
It's Sohoku High School #106, Kaburagi.
**[05:17] Announce**
It looks like his rear tire is flat.
**[05:20] Kaburagi**
The manager should bring me a wheel now.
**[05:24] Kaburagi**
If she cuts across the field,
it's about a kilometer.
**[05:27] Kaburagi**
If I can just wait until then...
**[05:29] Kaburagi**
Wait?
**[05:31] Kaburagi**
How long will that take?
How far will the pack travel in that time?
**[05:35] Kaburagi**
Damn it.
**[05:38] Kaburagi**
What?
**[05:41] Kaburagi**
Senpai...
**[05:43] Kaburagi**
Wh-Why? Why are you stopping?
**[05:46] Kaburagi**
You're in the middle of a race!
**[05:48] Imaizumi**
You're our ace in this race.
**[05:50] Imaizumi**
We're riding to support you.
**[05:54] Kaburagi**
What?
**[05:55] Naruko**
You're the one who said
he wanted to be the ace.
**[05:58] Sakamichi**
Oh, uh... looks like you weren't so lucky.
**[06:01] Sakamichi**
But you can't help it if you have a flat.
**[06:04] Sakamichi**
Our seniors used to say luck
was part of the race, too.
**[06:07] Kaburagi**
Are they crazy? Why are they
smiling under these circumstances?
**[06:11] Kaburagi**
This is the preliminary race.
**[06:13] Kaburagi**
Please go! Just keep going!
**[06:15] Kaburagi**
If we don't win today,
we can't go to the Inter-High!
**[06:18] Kaburagi**
Who cares about me?
**[06:20] Teshima**
Kaburagi...
**[06:22] Teshima**
Last year's captain, Kinjou-san, said
**[06:25] Teshima**
this jersey is complete
when all six are together.
**[06:28] Kaburagi**
It doesn't matter how many there are!
**[06:31] Kaburagi**
This is a lap race.
**[06:33] Kaburagi**
If you fall behind,
you're forced to drop out!
**[06:37] Announce**
The leaders are entering the home stretch.
***SIGN*** Inter-High Preliminaries Chiba
**[06:40] Announce**
They'll be entering their second lap shortly.
**[06:43] Kaburagi**
The pack is coming. Hurry!
**[06:46] Teshima**
During the second stage
of last year's Inter-High,
**[06:49] Teshima**
Onoda stopped and waited for
a senior named Tadokoro-san.
**[06:53] Teshima**
He pulled the sick Tadokoro-san to the
**[06:57] Teshima**
Team Sohoku jerseys that
were so far ahead of them.
**[07:00] Teshima**
All six were united.
**[07:02] Teshima**
Some guys would probably say
that didn't mean anything.
**[07:06] Teshima**
But after that, Tadokoro-san pulled the team.
**[07:10] Teshima**
We depended on each other and worked together.
**[07:12] Teshima**
In the end, Onoda was entrusted with the team's
hopes and took our jersey to the finish line.
**[07:18] Teshima**
I believe in the power of six.
**[07:23] Miki**
Thanks for waiting.
**[07:24] Naruko**
The manager's here.
**[07:27] Miki**
Hurry. The leaders are
just around the corner.
**[07:29] Naruko**
We know.
**[07:32] Sakamichi**
They're here.
**[07:35] Teshima**
It's done.
**[07:35] Naruko**
This team always likes to cut it close.
**[07:39] Teshima**
Don't say that, Naruko.
**[07:42] Teshima**
We've got all six. Let's go.
**[07:46] Teshima**
Sohoku High School's moving again.
**[07:48] Teshima**
Pedal as hard as you can!
**[07:49] All**
Yeah!
**[07:56] Rider D**
They got away.
**[07:57] Rider E**
But they're still within range.
**[07:59] Yanagida**
You made a mistake, Teshima.
**[08:01] Yanagida**
The race may have just started, but it's
impossible to make up this distance.
**[08:05] Yanagida**
I'll overtake you on the remaining
nine laps and force you to drop out.
**[08:09] Yanagida**
The Inter-High will be attended...
**[08:11] Yanagida**
By us!
**[08:13] Imaizumi**
The guys behind us are raring to go.
**[08:16] Imaizumi**
What are we going to do, Teshima-san?
**[08:20] Naruko**
I guess we don't have a choice.
**[08:22] Sakamichi**
We'd better do our best.
**[08:23] Teshima**
We need to catch up first
to the group behind us.
**[08:27] Kaburagi**
Catch up? Are they serious?
**[08:36] Yanagida**
What?
**[08:37] Teshima**
Sorry, Yanagida.
**[08:38] Teshima**
Could you hold onto that for a while?
**[08:41] Yanagida**
What?
**[08:42] Teshima**
I'll come back for it later.
**[08:45] Teshima**
Yeah, around the ninth lap.
**[08:49] Yanagida**
What?
**[08:50] Teshima**
Oh, right. You can drink it.
**[08:53] Teshima**
It's probably heavy.
**[08:55] Teshima**
Enjoy your tea time.
**[08:58] Yanagida**
T-Teshima!
**[09:00] Kaburagi**
Has Teshima-senpai always been the kind
of person who provokes people like that?
**[09:05] Teshima**
Let's start catching up, Aoyagi.
**[09:07] Teshima**
We'll ride at 80% to pull ahead.
**[09:10] Aoyagi**
Got it.
**[09:12] Teshima**
Let's start this game of tag.
**[09:14] All**
Yeah!
**[09:17] Kaburagi**
We pulled ahead in a second.
**[09:20] Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-senpai's pulling is amazing.
**[09:23] Naruko**
I haven't seen the evil
Teshima-san in a while.
**[09:26] Kaburagi**
What?
**[09:27] Imaizumi**
The ingenious strategies that once
tortured us are going strong.
**[09:32] Teshima**
Is that a compliment?
**[09:35] Teshima**
The group is scary because it's a group.
**[09:38] Teshima**
But if you break them apart, it's not.
**[09:41] Yanagida**
Damn it! We'll catch up
no matter what, Teshima!
**[09:44] Rider D**
Don't underestimate us, Sohoku High School!
**[09:46] Teshima**
My declaration that we'll catch up
will break the group apart.
**[09:51] Teshima**
With fewer riders, the pack will slow down.
**[09:54] Teshima**
They're wasting their chance to pass us.
**[09:57] Kaburagi**
All that thought was behind
that performance of his?
**[10:01] Teshima**
Besides...
**[10:03] Teshima**
We have all six of our members.
**[10:05] Kaburagi**
Six.
**[10:09] Rider D**
Yanagida, we're overpacing ourselves.
**[10:11] Rider E**
At this pace, we won't even
finish the race, let alone win.
**[10:14] Yanagida**
Shut up. We just have to catch
up to Sohoku High School.
**[10:17] Yanagida**
I'll pull them out of the race!
**[10:22] Teshima**
It's a little early, but let's do it, Aoyagi.
**[10:25] Aoyagi**
Got it. We'll go at 100%.
**[10:28] Aoyagi**
Ultimate technique...
**[10:35] Aoyagi**
The improved version of Tadokoro-san's
Sohoku High School Human Bullet Train.
**[10:45] Aoyagi**
The Supersonic Oxygen
Human Bullet Aoyagi Train!
**[10:54] Kaburagi**
He's fast. I can't believe how fast he is.
**[10:56] Kaburagi**
I can barely keep up.
**[10:58] Aoyagi**
Tadokoro-san, are you watching?
**[11:00] Aoyagi**
I'm finally going to the Inter-High.
**[11:03] Aoyagi**
And...
**[11:07] Aoyagi**
I'll win.
**[11:10] Rider D**
Th-They're fast.
**[11:12] Rider E**
I can't catch up.
**[11:13] Yanagida**
Sohoku High School's too strong.
**[11:24] Announce**
As we enter the ninth lap
of this ten-lap race,
***SIGN*** Inter-High Preliminaries Chiba
**[11:27] Announce**
Sohoku High School has finally
caught up to the leaders.
**[11:32] Kaburagi**
Amazing. We really did catch up.
**[11:34] Kaburagi**
And on the ninth lap, just like he said.
**[11:37] Kaburagi**
The fans are intoxicated by
this dramatic turn of events.
**[11:40] Kaburagi**
The pack is completely
overwhelmed by this atmosphere.
**[11:44] Kaburagi**
Teshima-san, did you predict this, too?
**[11:48] Teshima**
Sorry, Yanagida. I'm back
for my water bottle.
**[11:52] Tanagida**
Take it.
**[11:55] Teshima**
Don't make too much of it.
**[11:57] Teshima**
There's one lap left. You're up now.
**[12:01] Kaburagi**
Me?
**[12:03] Imaizumi**
We'll take you to the finish line.
**[12:05] Imaizumi**
Ride like your life depends on it.
**[12:07] Kaburagi**
I-Imaizumi-san?
**[12:08] Imaizumi**
I told you, you're the ace today.
**[12:12] Imaizumi**
Your job is to take the finish line.
**[12:15] Imaizumi**
Whatever you do, don't fall behind.
**[12:19] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[12:22] Kaburagi**
He's fast. He's perfectly efficient.
**[12:24] Kaburagi**
He accelerates so beautifully.
**[12:27] Sakamichi**
A-Are you okay?
**[12:30] Naruko**
He told you not to fall behind.
**[12:32] Naruko**
Since you're the ace,
pedal until your nose bleeds.
**[12:37] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
**[12:39] Kaburagi**
Incredible. Naruko-san's
accelerating as he pushes me.
**[12:43] Sakamichi**
You can do it.
**[12:44] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san!
**[12:45] Naruko**
That's it. Pedal hard, Kabu.
**[12:48] Naruko**
Just so you know, the Inter-High's
a hundred times harder than this!
**[12:59] Imaizumi**
Let's go!
**[13:00] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Inter-High Preliminaries Chiba
**[13:10] Announce**
Goal! Sohoku High School wins
the Chiba preliminaries again.
**[13:15] Announce**
Taking first through sixth place,
they've achieved a perfect victory.
**[13:19] Kaburagi**
Amazing. I got a flat and fell behind,
but I actually took first.
**[13:26] Kaburagi**
Team Sohoku is amazing.
**[13:30] Kaburagi**
Naruko-san, Imaizumi-san, thank you.
**[13:35] Imaizumi**
Don't forget to thank
Teshima-san and Aoyagi-san.
**[13:38] Naruko**
Get up there and show the fans your jersey.
**[13:42] Naruko**
The man who receives the most
praise in a road race...
**[13:45] Naruko**
...is the one who crosses the finish line first.
**[13:50] Kaburagi**
I... I joined the greatest team.
**[13:55] Sakamichi**
I feel like our form is great now.
**[13:58] Sakamichi**
I feel like we're really unified.
**[14:02] Sakamichi**
Hey, Naruko-kun.
**[14:04] Naruko**
I actually wanted to take first, though.
**[14:08] Sakamichi**
What?
**[14:08] Imaizumi**
The finish line was right
in front of me. Darn it...
**[14:11] Sakamichi**
What?
**[14:12] Naruko**
Ace, my butt. Who does he think he is?
**[14:15] Imaizumi**
Why did we have to let
him take the finish line?
**[14:18] Naruko**
Hey, hotshot. We agree for once.
**[14:20] Imaizumi**
Starting today, his nickname is "showoff."
**[14:23] Kaburagi**
What?
**[14:24] Sakamichi**
What? But I was just thinking
the team's in great form.
**[14:28] Teshima**
This is fine.
**[14:29] Sakamichi**
What?
**[14:31] Teshima**
First place is special.
**[14:33] Teshima**
No one wants to give it up.
**[14:35] Teshima**
Not even to a teammate or a junior.
**[14:39] Sakamichi**
But...
**[14:39] Teshima**
It's okay if they don't get along.
**[14:41] Sakamichi**
What?
**[14:43] Teshima**
The determination to not
lose holds them together.
**[14:45] Teshima**
Even if they bicker normally,
when things get tough and they can't ride,
***SIGN*** Certain
**[14:51] Teshima**
they'll turn it around in a second.
**[14:53] Teshima**
Riders determined not to lose
give the team strength.
**[14:57] Teshima**
"Don't follow me," becomes, "Keep up."
**[15:00] Teshima**
And that connection causes miracles.
**[15:05] Teshima**
That's what I believe.
**[15:07] Sakamichi**
I see.
**[15:09] Sakamichi**
That's this year's Sohoku High School.
**[15:15] Naruko**
Listen up. Starting today, you're "showoff."
**[15:19] Imaizumi**
If you've got anything to say, you can
say it once you can keep up with us.
**[15:24] Kaburagi**
Understood! I accept!
**[15:26] Kaburagi**
I'll practice super hard
and surpass you someday!
**[15:30] Kaburagi**
Imaizumi Shunsuke,
I promise I'll surpass you!
**[15:34] Imaizumi**
Are you going to say that to everyone?
**[15:37] Kaburagi**
Naruko Shoukichi, I'll surpass you, too!
**[15:41] Naruko**
I'll be waiting.
**[15:43] Imaizumi**
He said the same thing to you, didn't he?
**[15:47] Reporter A**
Finally, why do you race?
**[15:52] Kaburagi**
Today, when I crossed the
finish line, I had a thought.
**[15:56] Kaburagi**
That I'm riding for my team.
**[16:00] Kaburagi**
But I was wrong!
**[16:03] Kaburagi**
It's to win! That's all!
**[16:05] Kaburagi**
That's my only motivation!
**[16:07] Teshima**
He's really glaring at us.
**[16:10] Teshima**
But he's finally showing
his true colors, I guess.
**[16:13] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[16:15] Recon**
The champions, Sohoku High School...
**[16:17] Recon**
They certainly are strong.
**[16:18] Recon**
It's going to be another
hot summer this year.
**[16:22] Mizuta**
This is seriously bad.
**[16:24] Mizuta**
Sohoku High School had a perfect finish.
**[16:27] Mizuta**
They're going to be strong, Midousuji-kun.
**[16:31] Midousuji**
The vermin champions, huh?
**[16:35] Midousuji**
Good.
**[16:36] Mizuta**
What?
**[16:37] Midousuji**
The more perfect they are,
the weaker they are.
**[16:40] Midousuji**
The riper the fruit, the sooner it falls.
**[16:45] Mizuta**
But it's okay. I found a weakness.
**[16:49] Mizuta**
I, Mizuta Nobuyuki, as the new captain of
Kyoto Fushimi High School, will... huh?
**[16:58] Midousuji**
Don't worry, zaku. I've gotten
stronger this year, too.
**[17:05] Midousuji**
And I have you.
**[17:10] Komari**
Midousuji-san, your muscles are looking
great today. They're excellent.
**[17:17] Hiranishi**
I'm exhausted.
**[17:19] Rider B**
Hey, Komari. Massage me again today.
**[17:22] Komari**
Yes, sir.
**[17:24] Hiranishi**
It really works.
**[17:28] Komari**
These muscles are the worst.
**[17:33] Midousuji**
They think he's a simple masseuse.
**[17:37] Midousuji**
But let the small fry think that.
**[17:45] Komari**
It's finally time for practice.
**[17:48] Komari**
I always wash my hands...
**[17:52] Komari**
Before I ride you.
**[18:02] Sakamichi**
Okay, perfect.
**[18:05] Sakamichi**
I feel great when my bike's sparkling clean.
**[18:12] Sakamichi**
It's so hot. Summer's coming soon.
**[18:16] Sakamichi**
And with it, the Inter-High.
**[18:22] Sakamichi**
We'll get to ride together again, Manami-kun.
**[18:28] Sakamichi**
Huh? The call light is on.
***SIGN*** One Missed Call
Manami Sangaku-kun
**[18:32] Sakamichi**
Manami-kun?
**[18:33] Sakamichi**
Why? He never calls me.
**[18:40] Sakamichi**
S-Sorry, Manami-kun. I didn't
notice my phone was ringing.
***SIGN*** This number could not be answered at this time.
***SIGN*** At the tone, please leave your name and message.
**[18:46] Sakamichi**
It's his answering machine...
**[18:49] Sakamichi**
Uh, this is Onoda. Thanks for calling.
**[18:53] Sakamichi**
We're going to the race.
**[18:55] Sakamichi**
I hope we get to ride together again.
**[18:58] Sakamichi**
I'm looking forward to it.
**[19:00] Manami**
Yeah, so am I.
**[19:03] Sakamichi**
Manami-kun? H-How?
**[19:06] Manami**
I answered because you called.
**[19:09] Manami**
It took me a while, though.
**[19:11] Sakamichi**
Oh, right.
**[19:13] Manami**
We won our prefecture's preliminary, too.
***SIGN*** Touched by an Angel
**[19:17] Manami**
Izumida-san was really into it.
**[19:20] Manami**
We finished ten minutes ahead
of the second place team.
**[19:22] Manami**
They say it's a new race record.
**[19:24] Sakamichi**
That's amazing.
**[19:25] Manami**
Oh, no, no. That's not why I called.
**[19:29] Manami**
Where do you think I am right now?
**[19:31] Sakamichi**
What?
**[19:32] Manami**
It's a place you told me you like.
**[19:36] Sakamichi**
Could it be?
**[19:37] Manami**
Yeah.
**[19:38] Manami**
I'm in Akihabara.
**[19:40] Sakamichi**
Akiba...
**[19:42] Manami**
We're on our way to check
out the Inter-High course,
**[19:45] Manami**
but we stopped by because a senior named
Ashikiba-san forgot his phone charger.
**[19:51] Sakamichi**
Manami-kun's in Akiba...
Manami-kun's in Akiba...
**[19:52] Manami**
Anyway, this place is crowded.
It's like a festival.
**[19:56] Sakamichi**
I'll be right there.
**[19:58] Manami**
What? Sorry, but we won't be
here longer than ten minutes.
**[20:00] Sakamichi**
I'll still go.
**[20:20] Sakamichi**
I'm an idiot.
***SIGN*** Hakone
Academy
High
School
**[20:32] Sakamichi**
Manami-kun...
**[20:35] Manami**
Deliver my bottle to me again, Sakamichi-kun.
**[20:39] Manami**
This time, I'll accept it with a smile.
**[20:44] Reporter B**
Thanks for letting me come along with you.
**[20:47] Izumida**
It's fine. Since it'll save time,
it helps us, too.
**[20:52] Reporter B**
I appreciate you saying that.
**[20:54] Reporter B**
So, do you think you can beat
Sohoku High School this year?
**[20:58] Izumida**
The question isn't whether or
not we can beat them. It's—
**[21:02] Doubashi**
That's right. It's whether or
not they can keep up with us.
**[21:06] Doubashi**
We're Hakone Academy High School.
**[21:10] Doubashi**
It won't take me a second to crush them.
**[21:12] Izumida**
That's enough, Doubashi.
**[21:16] Izumida**
I know I've said this before,
**[21:18] Izumida**
but all six members of Hakone
Academy High School are aces.
**[21:21] Izumida**
Let me be clear.
**[21:23] Izumida**
Last year they took the title of champions
from us, but we haven't lost our pride.
**[21:30] Izumida**
We're strong. And...
**[21:35] Izumida**
I am strong.
**[23:12] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san, let me hold your basket.
**[23:14] Kaburagi**
These gummies are really good.
**[23:17] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san, let's get some
ice cream. It's hot out.
**[23:19] Sakamichi**
Yeah, okay. They look good.
**[23:21] Sakamichi**
What should we get?
**[23:23] Kaburagi**
It's gotta be Papeko. We can split one.
**[23:26] Naruko**
You look like you're having fun, showoff.
**[23:28] Naruko**
We're getting Papeko, too.
**[23:31] Kaburagi**
Let's get donuts instead, Onoda-san.
**[23:33] Both**
Do you really hate us that much?
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE 1000km Again
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E13 - 1000km Again
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**[00:03] Teshima**
We don't have enough.
**[00:04] Teshima**
Not enough time, not enough strength.
**[00:08] Teshima**
Hakone Academy High School is strong.
**[00:11] Teshima**
Izumida, Ashikiba, Kuroda, Manami...
**[00:14] Teshima**
Just the four of them would be strong
enough to win a national race.
**[00:18] Teshima**
Two more will be joining them.
**[00:22] Teshima**
All six members of Hakone Academy
High School are aces.
**[00:24] Teshima**
Kyoto Fushimi High School and Hiroshima
will be looking for revenge, too.
**[00:29] Teshima**
Road races aren't so easy that
just because we won last year,
**[00:34] Teshima**
we'll win again this year.
**[00:38] Teshima**
Carrying on and entrusting...
**[00:40] Teshima**
Our methods stress entrusting
and being entrusted.
**[00:45] Teshima**
That goes for six of us.
**[00:48] Teshima**
We need to be—
**[00:49] Gorizo**
Onoda-san is carsick!
***SIGN*** Cycling Sports Center
**[00:55] Teshima**
We'll become stronger...
**[00:58] Teshima**
At this training camp.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.13 1000km Again
**[02:33] Kaburagi**
What?
**[02:34] Imaizumi**
You heard me.
**[02:35] Imaizumi**
You're going to ride a thousand
kilometers in four days
**[02:39] Imaizumi**
on the cycling sports center's circuit course.
**[02:41] Kaburagi**
One thousand?
**[02:43] Kaburagi**
We're not going to do two-minute
sprints or heartbeat training?
**[02:47] Kaburagi**
Seriously? Two hundred and fifty
kilometers a day?
**[02:51] Kaburagi**
That's insane!
**[02:52] Imaizumi**
Nice reaction.
**[02:54] Naruko**
He's easy to read.
**[02:55] Kaburagi**
Oh, I know. You're joking, aren't you?
**[03:00] Imaizumi**
We're serious.
**[03:01] Naruko**
It's for real.
**[03:05] Naruko**
You'll lose consciousness before you finish.
**[03:07] Imaizumi**
You'll master the ability to
remain focused while riding.
**[03:12] Kaburagi**
What?
**[03:14] Teshima**
You're all responsible for managing
your own physical condition.
**[03:17] Teshima**
If you're tired, rest. I won't
blame you for dropping out, either.
**[03:21] Teshima**
Ride with a light at night.
**[03:23] Club 1**
We're going to be riding at night?
**[03:25] Sawada**
Just riding during the day won't be enough.
**[03:30] Kaburagi**
What should we do, Danchiku?
**[03:31] Danchiku**
Don't worry, Issa. I'm with you.
**[03:34] Kaburagi**
I appreciate it.
**[03:36] Teshima**
You'll attach a sensor to your bike.
**[03:38] Teshima**
Your rank will be displayed
on this digital scoreboard.
**[03:42] Teshima**
If you're an Inter-High regular,
not only do I expect you to finish,
***SIGN*** Teshima
***SIGN*** Teshima Aoyagi
***SIGN*** Teshima Aoyagi Imaizumi
***SIGN*** Teshima Aoyagi Imaizumi Naruko
**[03:46] Teshima**
but at the end of the fourth day...
***SIGN*** Teshima Aoyagi Imaizumi Naruko Onoda
***SIGN*** Teshima Aoyagi Imaizumi Naruko Onoda Kaburagi
**[03:48] Teshima**
I expect you to place in the top six.
**[03:51] Gorizo**
We're going so fast.
**[03:52] Kaburagi**
Damn. I knew this wouldn't be an easy
cycling trip, but this is really hard.
**[03:58] Kaburagi**
What is Teshima-san thinking?
**[04:00] (Flashback) Teshima**
Last year Imaizumi, Naruko, and Onoda
**[04:03] (Flashback) Teshima**
completed one thousand kilometers
after modifying their bikes.
**[04:06] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Modifying?
**[04:08] (Flashback) Teshima**
They switched out their shifters,
handlebars, and wheels.
**[04:11] Kaburagi**
*Amazing.*
**[04:13] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'll be modifying your bike, too.
**[04:15] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[04:16] Kaburagi**
*Is it my wheels or gears?*
**[04:17] (Flashback) Teshima**
I haven't done anything to those.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Teshima**
It's you.
**[04:22] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
What?
**[04:23] (Flashback) Teshima**
Obey the following rule.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Teshima**
While riding on the course,
don't get within ten meters of Danchiku.
**[04:30] (Flashback) Teshima**
You're the only one who will
be riding in the Inter-High.
**[04:32] (Flashback) Teshima**
Danchiku won't be on the Inter-High course.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Teshima**
Both of you ride while wearing these meters.
**[04:38] (Flashback) Teshima**
I've set their sensors to ten meters.
**[04:41] (Flashback) Teshima**
If you approach each other,
an alarm will sound.
**[05:01] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san...
**[05:02] Imaizumi**
What are you going to do
if we don't finish in the top six?
**[05:08] Teshima**
You'll be removed from the lineup.
**[05:12] Naruko**
Isn't that a little harsh?
**[05:14] Naruko**
Showoff seemed depressed.
**[05:16] Teshima**
If he can't make the top six
under these conditions,
**[05:19] Teshima**
I'm removing him from the lineup.
**[05:21] ---**
Those same conditions apply to us.
**[05:29] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san and Aoyagi-san
have the same devices
**[05:31] Imaizumi**
on their bikes that
Kaburagi and Danchiku had.
**[05:34] Teshima**
During this training camp, our perfect
teamwork style, the two-man team...
**[05:40] Teshima**
...will be dissolved.
**[05:41] Imaizumi**
Dissolved?
**[05:43] Teshima**
We'll become stronger. We have to.
**[05:46] Teshima**
You know that. We're third-years.
**[05:49] Teshima**
But we've still never finished
a thousand kilometers.
**[05:55] Toji**
Hey, Onoda.
**[05:57] Sakamichi**
Kanzaki-san!
**[05:59] Toji**
Sorry I'm late. There was traffic.
**[06:02] Sakamichi**
It's totally fine.
**[06:03] Sakamichi**
Thank you. I was able to get some rest.
**[06:06] Toji**
I've got some stuff in the passenger seat.
Ride in the middle.
**[06:09] Sakamichi**
Okay.
**[06:13] Koga**
Hey.
**[06:14] Sakamichi**
Koga-senpai...
**[06:15] Koga**
I heard you got carsick, too.
**[06:17] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[06:21] Kaburagi**
My legs feel heavy.
**[06:25] Kaburagi**
Damn it...
**[06:26] Kaburagi**
I didn't realize my mental state could
have such a large effect on my riding.
**[06:31] Kaburagi**
It's like they're made of stone.
**[06:37] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'm asking for your help. During the
training camp that starts tomorrow...
**[06:41] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Ride with me, Danchiku.
**[06:44] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
There's something I've come to
realize during practice lately.
**[06:47] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Without you, there's no one I can depend
on when my stomach starts to hurt.
**[06:51] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'm only able to be myself because of you.
**[07:01] Kaburagi**
This is impossible. A thousand
kilometers in four days...
**[07:04] Kaburagi**
And I have to place in the top six.
**[07:06] Kaburagi**
I can't do that on a track
I have no experience on...
**[07:12] Kaburagi**
By myself.
**[07:14] Kaburagi**
Danchiku!
**[07:16] Kaburagi**
Where's the finish line at the
end of a thousand kilometers?
**[07:19] Kaburagi**
Someone who's never ridden it
before has no idea.
**[07:23] Kaburagi**
I can't imagine the endlessness.
**[07:25] Kaburagi**
How many times do I pedal?
For how many hours?
**[07:31] Kaburagi**
Ow...
**[07:32] Kaburagi**
Ow! My stomach is starting to hurt.
**[07:35] Kaburagi**
Answer me, Danchiku.
**[07:37] Kaburagi**
Save me, Danchiku...
**[07:41] (Flashback) Danchiku**
It's now or never! Go, Issa!
**[07:45] (Flashback) Danchiku**
Frolic more, Genius Kaburagi!
**[07:49] Kaburagi**
Give me praise. Tell me what to do.
**[07:51] Kaburagi**
Lift me up, Danchiku!
**[08:05] Kaburagi**
Oh, right. The training camp.
**[08:07] Kaburagi**
Damn it. The first-year amateurs
passed me at some point.
**[08:11] Kaburagi**
That means I'm last!
**[08:14] Kaburagi**
D-Damn it. My cleat won't snap in.
**[08:17] Imaizumi**
You're not last.
**[08:21] Imaizumi**
You're being lapped.
**[08:23] Kaburagi**
While I was spacing out...
**[08:26] Kaburagi**
They finished one lap on this
five-kilometer circuit course!
**[08:31] Naruko**
Hotshot, you've got some
pretty lame-looking wheels.
**[08:35] Naruko**
What's wrong? Did you lose your allowance?
**[08:38] Imaizumi**
Yeah, when I went into town the other day.
**[08:41] Imaizumi**
Don't worry about it.
**[08:43] Naruko**
I feel sorry for you.
**[08:45] Naruko**
But honestly, my wheels look lamer.
**[08:49] Naruko**
Don't worry about me, though.
**[08:51] Imaizumi**
Kaburagi!
**[08:52] Imaizumi**
What's wrong? I thought
you were going to beat us.
**[08:56] Imaizumi**
Pass us! If you place sixth
at this training camp,
**[09:00] Imaizumi**
you won't be any use to us at the Inter-High.
**[09:04] Kaburagi**
It's in!
**[09:07] Kaburagi**
Damn, damn...
**[09:10] Kaburagi**
Catch up! Catch up!
**[09:19] Kaburagi**
Seriously?
**[09:22] Danchiku**
Issa, are you all right?
**[09:25] Kaburagi**
Danchiku.
**[09:29] Kaburagi**
Danchiku, I don't have confidence.
**[09:31] Kaburagi**
I'm not confident I can finish
a thousand kilometers. I...
**[09:46] Kaburagi**
Danchiku...
**[09:48] Kaburagi**
This must be what they call "pressure."
**[09:51] Kaburagi**
Now that I'm alone, I finally feel it.
**[09:53] Kaburagi**
The pressure of having to ride
a thousand kilometers...
**[09:58] Danchiku**
You're letting it get to you.
**[10:00] Kaburagi**
I can't do it.
**[10:01] Danchiku**
Frolic, Issa.
**[10:02] Kaburagi**
I can't.
**[10:03] Kaburagi**
I have to stop riding.
**[10:07] Danchiku**
I see two lights in you.
**[10:10] Danchiku**
Two lights I don't have.
**[10:13] Danchiku**
One is the explosive acceleration that comes
from your focus before the finish line.
**[10:18] Danchiku**
The other is your desire to
beat anyone and everyone.
**[10:22] Danchiku**
I'm the oldest of three siblings.
**[10:25] Danchiku**
Maybe it's because my younger
siblings are selfish,
**[10:27] Danchiku**
but I tend to yield at crucial junctures.
**[10:30] Danchiku**
As the youngest of four siblings,
you can do what you want.
**[10:33] Danchiku**
You've been spoiled.
**[10:35] Kaburagi**
What? Is that really relevant
right now, Danchiku?
**[10:39] Danchiku**
Until now, you've acquired
the things you wanted.
**[10:42] Danchiku**
You do whatever it takes to acquire
the things you really want.
**[10:47] Kaburagi**
Buy it, please! Buy it!
**[10:49] Danchiku**
You never let go until you get what you want.
**[10:52] Kaburagi**
Is that relevant?
**[10:54] Danchiku**
You flip over the shogi board
when you're about to lose.
**[10:57] Danchiku**
You even want to win at rock-paper-scissors.
**[10:59] Kaburagi**
Wait, Danchiku! What are you talking about?
**[11:02] Kaburagi**
Are you trying to finish me off
when I'm already feeling down?
**[11:04] Danchiku**
That mentality, which makes people
dislike you in everyday life,
**[11:08] Danchiku**
becomes an asset in the competitive world.
**[11:11] Danchiku**
When you're pushed to your
limit and nearly exhausted,
**[11:14] Danchiku**
when your body is screaming,
**[11:16] Danchiku**
your last remaining drop of
mental strength tries to win.
**[11:19] Danchiku**
That's talent.
**[11:23] Kaburagi**
Talent...
**[11:24] Danchiku**
That's right.
**[11:26] Danchiku**
That's why I dream of you doing great things.
**[11:29] Danchiku**
People don't recognize their
talents for what they are.
**[11:32] Danchiku**
To them, it's natural.
**[11:37] Danchiku**
Notice it. Work hard.
**[11:40] Danchiku**
I can't help you, but you
can do it, Genius Kaburagi.
**[11:45] Danchiku**
If you want to win,
you'll find plenty of chances.
**[11:49] Danchiku**
There's still easily more than
900 meters left on this course.
**[11:53] Kaburagi**
Sorry, Danchiku. There was
something wrong with me.
**[11:56] Kaburagi**
I'll do it. I'll show you.
**[11:58] Kaburagi**
I'll do whatever it takes to
cross the finish line first!
**[12:03] Danchiku**
You recover quickly, too.
That's another one of your talents.
**[12:10] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun! Imaizumi-kun!
**[12:13] Naruko**
Hey, the latecomer's here.
**[12:16] Naruko**
Onoda-kun, you're five
laps behind. Pedal hard.
**[12:19] Sakamichi**
Yeah. I'll have to ride
more than you guys tonight.
**[12:22] Sakamichi**
Anyway, that upperclassman's going
to be riding with us this year.
**[12:25] Sakamichi**
He rode here in the van with me.
**[12:27] Sakamichi**
Koga-senpai!
**[12:30] Naruko**
Koga-senpai?
**[12:31] Naruko**
You mean that third-year with glasses
who's always messing with machines?
**[12:35] Imaizumi**
Last year he withdrew from the training
camp because he said he couldn't keep up.
**[12:40] Koga**
It's been two years since
I've been on this course.
**[12:44] Sakamichi**
He was really nice in the van.
**[12:47] Sakamichi**
He was easy to talk to.
***SIGN*** Motion Sickness Relief
**[12:49] (Flashback) Koga**
Want some? It's for motion sickness.
**[12:51] Koga**
It works.
**[12:53] Sakamichi**
Come to think of it, I heard
Koga-senpai rode 980 kilometers
**[12:57] Sakamichi**
at the training camp they
had when he was a first-year.
**[12:59] Naruko**
Nine hundred...
**[13:01] Imaizumi**
...and eighty?
**[13:02] Kaburagi**
He quit riding with just
twenty kilometers left? Why?
**[13:09] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun?
**[13:11] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san!
**[13:13] Imaizumi**
Apparently, Koga-senpai is participating.
**[13:16] Teshima**
I know.
**[13:17] Imaizumi**
Why didn't you tell us?
**[13:19] Teshima**
Were you hoping for a list?
**[13:21] Imaizumi**
Don't avoid the question.
**[13:23] Imaizumi**
Koga-senpai didn't skip the
training camp last year because
**[13:28] Imaizumi**
he couldn't keep up, did he?
**[13:31] Teshima**
You're right. That wasn't why.
**[13:32] Teshima**
He was injured.
**[13:45] Naruko**
What was that?
**[13:47] Sakamichi**
Koga-senpai...
**[13:48] Sakamichi**
He created so much wind pressure
just by riding past us.
**[13:51] Koga**
This year is my last
chance at the Inter-High.
**[13:55] Koga**
I came here because I wanted to participate.
**[13:59] Koga**
If you're a baby who thinks
you'll be able to participate
**[14:01] Koga**
in the Inter-High just by finishing
this course, step forward.
**[14:05] Koga**
I'll crush you and wear your jersey.
**[14:08] Koga**
I'll show you the burden of riding
in the Inter-High... by force.
**[14:13] Imaizumi**
Koga-senpai was in the
Inter-High two years ago?
**[14:19] Imaizumi**
But wait. Isn't finishing a thousand
kilometers at this training camp
**[14:23] Imaizumi**
one of our team's conditions
for being in the Inter-High?
**[14:25] Imaizumi**
That's why Onoda worked himself
until he was exhausted last year.
**[14:33] Teshima**
It was only twenty kilometers, but he
didn't fulfill the conditions. So why?
**[14:39] Teshima**
To cut to the chase,
there were too many reasons.
**[14:42] Teshima**
Koga shouldn't have ridden in
the Hiroshima race that year.
**[14:48] Teshima**
It's all in the past now.
**[14:51] Teshima**
There's no point in rehashing it.
**[14:53] Teshima**
To me and Aoyagi—no,
Kinjou-san and the others,
**[14:56] Teshima**
he was a significant member of the team.
**[14:59] Teshima**
He was the most promising hope of our year.
**[15:04] Imaizumi**
Koga-senpai was?
**[15:06] Koga**
What's wrong?
**[15:08] Koga**
Are those jerseys just for show,
Naruko? Kaburagi? Onoda?
**[15:12] Sakamichi**
Koga-senpai?
**[15:14] Koga**
Or are you bewildered because the man
who's always performing maintenance
**[15:19] Koga**
in the corner of the club room
is speaking so sharply to you?
**[15:22] Naruko**
No, not at all.
**[15:24] Koga**
That's why I wore this.
**[15:26] Koga**
I didn't think I'd wear it again...
**[15:29] Koga**
But I'm here with the resolve to wear this.
**[15:34] Sakamichi**
He's wearing another jersey underneath.
**[15:36] Koga**
It's the Sohoku High School Inter-High jersey
**[15:39] Koga**
I wore to the Hiroshima race two years ago.
**[15:42] Naruko**
Seriously? He was in the Inter-High?
**[15:44] Kaburagi**
Koga-senpai!
**[15:47] Koga**
I thought showing you this
would be the fastest way.
**[15:51] Sakamichi**
That jersey was in rough shape.
**[15:54] Sakamichi**
Something must've happened
at that Inter-High.
**[15:58] Koga**
But to be honest, you're no match for me.
**[16:06] Naruko**
What do you mean we're no
match for you, Koga-senpai?
**[16:13] Naruko**
He's trying to pull ahead!
Let's stick to him, Onoda-kun! Showoff!
**[16:18] Sakamichi**
Yeah!
**[16:18] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
**[16:29] Kaburagi**
He's fast.
**[16:30] Sakamichi**
He's pulling like crazy, Naruko-kun.
**[16:33] Naruko**
He's been accelerating like a madman.
How much faster can he go?
**[16:36] Naruko**
Just how much strength does he have left?
**[16:40] Naruko**
Come to think of it,
Kinjou-san said this guy...
**[16:44] Koga**
I'm the Stamina Simpleton.
**[16:47] (Flashback) Koga**
In middle school?
**[16:49] (Flashback) Koga**
I never skipped practice and was
always the last one to quit,
**[16:52] (Flashback) Koga**
so I had a weird nickname.
**[16:55] (Flashback) Koga**
They called me the Stamina Simpleton.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Kinjou**
That's a good nickname.
**[16:59] (Flashback) Kinjou**
It's simple and single-minded.
**[17:02] (Flashback) Koga**
Kinjou-san praised my nickname.
**[17:09] Teshima**
You came, Koga.
**[17:15] Naruko**
He accelerated so he could catch up.
**[17:18] Koga**
We need you. That's why I said
you were no match for me.
**[17:24] Koga**
The man I'm trying to knock out at
this training camp is you, Teshima.
**[17:32] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san?
**[17:34] Koga**
Onoda, you know who's the weakest
member of the current Inter-High team.
**[17:44] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'm weak.
**[17:46] Koga**
Let's race, Teshima. Switch with me.
**[17:49] Koga**
I'll become the new captain.
**[17:52] Sakamichi**
He's challenging Teshima-san?
**[17:54] Koga**
He should've told you before
this training camp started
**[17:58] Koga**
that he'd cut anyone who
didn't place in the top six.
**[18:02] Koga**
It's because he knew I was coming.
**[18:05] Koga**
You'd better be ready for this.
**[18:07] Teshima**
Imaizumi, Naruko, Onoda, Kaburagi... Sorry.
**[18:12] Teshima**
I lied when I said I'd chosen the lineup.
**[18:16] Teshima**
I'm the only one who's not a sure thing.
**[18:21] Sakamichi**
His roar is deafening.
**[18:25] Koga**
The old you would've fallen to that!
**[18:28] Teshima**
Koga!
**[18:30] Koga**
It's been a while since we
last raced all out, Junta!
**[18:34] Teshima**
This is my first time!
**[18:35] Teshima**
I always fell behind when
we used to ride together!
**[18:40] Teshima**
Are you over your injury?
**[18:42] Koga**
Yeah. I lost a year and a half because of it.
**[18:47] Koga**
But I've made a complete recovery.
**[18:48] Koga**
I made sure I did, so I could
ride in my last Inter-High!
**[18:52] Koga**
Switch with me, Teshima! I can
make Sohoku High School stronger!
**[18:57] Koga**
A Sohoku of strength!
**[18:58] Koga**
That's my plan for the team.
**[19:01] Koga**
I'll make Aoyagi and
Naruko ride on the flats.
**[19:03] Koga**
I'll have Kaburagi assist.
**[19:05] Koga**
Onoda will take the mountains.
**[19:07] Koga**
Imaizumi and I will handle the finish line.
**[19:09] Koga**
We can achieve a consecutive
championship this way!
**[19:12] Koga**
Don't worry. It won't take long for me
to get along with the other members.
**[19:15] Koga**
I know them well.
**[19:17] Koga**
I've been watching them from
the corner of the club room.
**[19:22] Koga**
It must've been hard bringing
that prickly group together.
**[19:27] Koga**
But it's all right now. Leave the rest to me.
**[19:30] Teshima**
Don't worry about me.
I'm doing this because I want to.
**[19:33] Teshima**
I don't have any intention
of handing it over to you!
**[19:36] Teshima**
Isn't that why we're racing
a thousand kilometers, Koga?
**[19:39] Koga**
Teshima!
**[19:41] Kaburagi**
Wait, what?
**[19:43] Kaburagi**
Is our captain changing?
**[19:45] Sakamichi**
But we couldn't have won the
preliminaries without Teshima-san.
**[19:49] Kaburagi**
After watching him ride,
Koga-senpai seems honestly—
**[19:52] Imaizumi**
After them!
**[19:53] Both**
Yeah!
**[19:54] Naruko**
Of course!
**[19:55] Imaizuimi**
Regardless of who wins,
we have to see this through.
**[19:59] Naruko**
"I'm the only one who's not a sure thing"?
What's he showing off for?
**[20:02] Naruko**
A race? Is he serious?
**[20:05] Naruko**
The way that glasses guy
rode was something else!
**[20:08] Naruko**
Teshima will lose!
**[20:09] Sakamichi**
This is Teshima-san we're talking about.
**[20:11] Sakamichi**
He must have a plan.
**[20:13] Sakamichi**
Something surprising. He must.
**[20:16] Sakamichi**
So why do I have a bad feeling about this?
**[20:19] Koga**
Teshima, it's 800 meters
to the starting line.
**[20:24] Koga**
Show me how much faster your
once-ordinary riding has become.
**[20:29] Koga**
Don't bother holding back. Let me be clear.
**[20:33] Koga**
I won't let you finish a thousand kilometers.
**[20:36] Koga**
I'll tear it from you.
**[20:37] Koga**
I'll corner you through brute force.
**[20:41] Koga**
I'm going to make you drop out.
**[20:43] Koga**
Four hundred meters left!
**[20:46] Naruko**
They're getting ready to sprint.
**[20:48] Naruko**
Is the distance to the starting
line their first test of strength?
**[20:50] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[20:55] Naruko**
He jumped ahead! He's got it!
**[20:57] Koga**
You've gotten stronger.
I hardly recognize you.
**[21:01] Koga**
But you're still...
**[21:06] Koga**
Ordinary!
**[21:14] Koga**
That's how strong you are.
**[21:17] Koga**
Feel like giving up yet?
**[21:18] Teshima**
Looks like there won't be any time for
tea until I finish a thousand kilometers.
**[21:25] Koga**
You always had to have the last word.
**[21:28] Koga**
I said I'd make you drop out.
**[21:31] Koga**
I'll push you until you can't talk anymore.
**[21:35] Koga**
I'm the guy known as the Stamina Simpleton.
**[23:12] Sakamichi**
Kaburagi-kun, Danchiku-kun...
**[23:15] Sakamichi**
Kanzaki-san gave these to me before we
left this morning so we could share them.
**[23:19] Kaburagi**
What? The manager?
**[23:21] Kaburagi**
They're from a girl?
**[23:23] Kaburagi**
I don't want any!
**[23:24] Sakamichi**
Why not? They're good.
**[23:26] Danchiku**
It'd be a waste, Issa. No one's watching.
**[23:32] Kaburagi**
I don't want any!
**[23:34] All**
What is he, a kid?
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Ordinary Man and the Genius
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E14 - The Ordinary Man and the Genius
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**[00:02] Koga**
Let me be clear.
**[00:03] Koga**
I won't let you finish a thousand kilometers.
**[00:10] Naruko**
He jumped ahead! He's got it!
**[00:11] Koga**
You've gotten stronger.
I hardly recognize you.
**[00:16] Koga**
But you're still...
**[00:20] Koga**
Ordinary!
**[00:24] Koga**
That's how strong you are.
**[00:27] Koga**
Feel like giving up yet?
**[00:29] Teshima**
Looks like there won't be any time for
tea until I finish a thousand kilometers.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.14 The Ordinary Man and the Genius
**[02:09] Koga**
Teshima...
**[02:10] Koga**
When you're unable to speak anymore,
that'll be when you've given up.
**[02:17] Koga**
I'll become the captain
of Sohoku High School.
**[02:23] Sakamich**
Teshima-san!
**[02:31] Teshima**
Who's becoming captain?
**[02:34] Teshima**
In any case, if we're celebrating,
I'll have to order...
**[02:38] Teshima**
One of your favorite pizzas.
**[02:42] Koga**
Keep up, Teshima!
**[02:48] Teshima**
What? Damn it!
**[02:53] Koga**
Are your legs cramping up?
**[02:56] Koga**
Disappointing.
**[02:57] Koga**
That's your limit as an ordinary man!
**[03:04] Koga**
An ordinary man can't lead
men overflowing with talent.
**[03:11] Teshima**
There was a bug on my leg,
so I shooed it away.
**[03:15] Teshima**
Anyway, sorry, Koga.
**[03:17] Teshima**
I believe there are things only
an ordinary man like me can do!
**[03:24] Koga**
I...
**[03:26] Koga**
...don't think so.
**[03:30] Naruko**
That was surprising, though.
**[03:33] Naruko**
I had no idea Koga-senpai was
such an incredible rider.
**[03:35] Imaizumi**
He was the team's hope as a first-year.
**[03:40] Imaizumi**
He couldn't ride for a long
time due to an injury.
**[03:44] Imaizumi**
Because he wanted to stay involved with
the team, he'd been working as a mechanic.
**[03:50] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Huh? About the Inter-High...
**[03:53] (Flashback) Koga**
Yeah, I'm not going. I'm staying here.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Koga**
Everyone's bikes are in perfect condition.
**[03:59] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What? But, uh...
**[04:03] (Flashback) Koga**
It's just a stupid superstition,
but if I'm around...
**[04:07] (Flashback) Koga**
I have a feeling things will turn
out like they did last year.
**[04:11] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What?
**[04:11] (Flashback) Koga**
It's fine.
**[04:13] (Flashback) Koga**
Don't worry about me. Good luck.
**[04:17] (Flashback) Koga**
I'm counting on you, first-years.
**[04:18] (Flashback) Koga**
Imaizumi, Naruko, Onoda...
**[04:21] (Flashback) Koga**
Help Kinjou-san and the others win.
**[04:24] Sakamichi**
That was painful for Koga-senpai.
**[04:29] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san fights knowing all that.
**[04:33] Imaizumi**
The same goes for Sugimoto.
**[04:35] Imaizumi**
We carry the hopes of those who have fallen
and can't participate in the Inter-High.
**[04:42] Imaizumi**
Four days from now, either Teshima-san
or Koga-san will carry those hopes.
**[04:48] Sakamichi**
Then we have to get stronger
during these four days.
**[04:54] Imaizumi**
Yeah.
**[05:08] Teshima**
That was rough, but I endured it.
**[05:13] Teshima**
What do you think, Koga?
**[05:17] Koga**
Tomorrow will be harder.
**[05:19] Teshima**
Seriously?
**[05:21] Teshima**
And give me a hand. Hey, Koga!
***SIGN*** Teshima Koga Aoyagi Imaizumi
**[05:26] Teshima**
I can't stand up.
**[05:33] Koga**
I've waited a long time.
**[05:36] Koga**
This year, I'll complete
one thousand kilometers.
**[05:40] Koga**
And fight at the Inter-High.
**[05:44] Aoyagi**
Your pace is dropping with each lap.
**[05:48] Aoyagi**
Are you okay, Junta?
**[05:49] Teshima**
Koga's a genius. I don't
stand a chance against him.
**[05:54] Aoyagi**
Junta...
**[05:56] Teshina**
That's why I'm thinking of doing...
**[06:01] Teshina**
...what only an ordinary man can do.
***SIGN*** Boom
***SIGN*** Pop
**[06:08] Aoyagi**
Supersonic Oxygen Ten Thousand Bites of Food!
**[06:13] Naruko**
A man eats plain white rice in silence!
**[06:18] First-Year**
Aoyagi-san and Naruko-san are amazing!
**[06:21] Koga**
They sure do eat a lot.
**[06:24] Imaizumi**
That's a lot of calories, though.
**[06:27] Imaizumi**
Bicycle racing is a battle of endurance.
**[06:30] Imaizumi**
Koga-senpai is putting it on the line
in his race against Teshima-san.
**[06:36] Koga**
The skies cleared up, though.
**[06:38] Koga**
The fog was crazy this morning. Right, Onoda?
**[06:41] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[06:43] Koga**
We went for a ride first thing this morning
**[06:48] Koga**
to make up for being late
to the training camp.
***SIGN*** Teshima Koga
**[06:51] Koga**
Now I'm back to being five
minutes behind Teshima.
**[06:55] Aoyagi**
Envision your assignment
and goal while you ride.
**[06:59] All**
Yes, sir!
**[07:03] Aoyagi**
Help provide food and water
if you've dropped out.
**[07:05] Aoyagi**
If you're free, work out.
**[07:07] All**
Yes, sir!
**[07:08] Aoyagi**
I'm off.
**[07:17] Teshima**
What's this? I thought
I'd gotten ahead of you.
**[07:20] Koga**
This is pointless. Choose.
**[07:23] Koga**
Will you push yourself today and
drop out because of an injury,
**[07:27] Koga**
or keep riding and drop out
when you're exhausted tomorrow?
**[07:34] Teshima**
Sorry, but I choose the third option!
**[07:37] Teshima**
I'll complete a thousand
kilometers in four days...
**[07:41] Teshima**
...and cross the finish line before you!
**[07:45] Koga**
You may be a skilled strategist,
but you're not good enough.
**[07:50] Koga**
Give up, Teshima.
**[07:52] Teshima**
He's a hair's breadth away.
**[07:55] Teshima**
Only a genius could do something so easily.
**[07:58] Teshima**
In contrast, I'm ordinary.
**[08:00] Teshima**
I haven't even won a single race.
**[08:08] Teshima**
But Koga, there are sights
that only I can see.
**[08:17] Teshima**
There's a lot to learn
from seeing him up close.
**[08:21] Koga**
What are you smiling about, Teshima?
**[08:23] Koga**
Are you approaching your limit?
**[08:28] Teshima**
Koga!
**[08:29] Teshima**
I'm an ordinary man!
**[08:31] Teshima**
That's why I'll take one step at a time,
and during this training camp...
**[08:36] Teshima**
Become everything you said I'm not.
**[08:40] Koga**
Looks like you'll have to learn
your lesson the hard way.
**[08:44] Koga**
You've always got to have the last word.
**[08:46] Koga**
I'll shut you up!
**[08:49] Teshima**
The hard way? I know how strong you are.
**[08:53] Teshima**
I've always known.
**[08:57] Teshima**
During the Hiroshima Inter-High two years ago,
at the end of the second day...
**[09:03] Teshima**
I can still recall that atmosphere.
**[09:08] Teshima**
That tense atmosphere of total despair.
**[09:13] (Flashback) Koga**
It's warped.
**[09:14] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
That's enough, Koga.
**[09:16] (Flashback) Koga**
But Kinjou-san asked me to fix it!
**[09:19] (Flashback) Makishima**
We only have one ace, and our mechanic
doubles as one of our riders.
**[09:23] (Flashback) Makishima**
It was wrong for a team as weak
as ours to dream of winning.
**[09:28] (Flashback) Koga**
I'll fix it!
**[09:30] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
We're saying you don't have to!
**[09:35] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
Sohoku High School's second-year ace, Kinjou,
**[09:37] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
is dropping out on the second
day after a hard fall.
**[09:42] (Flashback) Teshima**
Excuse me.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Teshima**
Kinjou-san's being examined at the hospital.
**[09:48] (Flashback) Teshima**
His has broken ribs,
and abrasions in seven places.
**[09:51] (Flashback) Teshima**
One of the third-years is
going to stay with him.
**[09:55] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
I see.
**[10:03] (Flashback) Koga**
Tadokoro-san, tomorrow I'll be—
**[10:08] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
Get changed. You've done enough.
**[10:10] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
Get some rest.
**[10:11] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
We still have to race tomorrow.
**[10:19] (Flashback) Teshima**
The ace?
**[10:20] (Flashback) Koga**
Keep your voice down, Junta.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Teshima**
The ace, though? Are you serious?
**[10:25] (Flashback) Koga**
Kinjou-san's done a lot for me.
**[10:28] (Flashback) Koga**
That's why I have to fill his spot.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Koga**
They won't be looking out for the first-years.
I'll be free to do as I please.
**[10:36] (Flashback) Koga**
I'll sneak my way to the top
just before the finish line tomorrow.
**[10:40] (Flashback) Koga**
I'm confident in my sprinting ability,
so I'm going to go for it.
**[10:44] (Flashback) Koga**
If things go well, we could win.
**[10:45] (Flashback) Koga**
It'll be a huge comeback.
We'll get single-digit number tags.
**[10:48] (Flashback) Teshima**
Don't, Kimitaka.
**[10:51] (Flashback) Teshima**
I understand how you feel.
**[10:52] (Flashback) Teshima**
I dropped out of the thousand kilometer
training camp, so you might not like me saying it,
**[10:57] (Flashback) Teshima**
but you can't do it.
**[10:59] (Flashback) Teshima**
Listen to the upperclassmen tomorrow.
**[11:01] (Flashback) Koga**
Junta!
**[11:02] (Flashback) Koga**
I thought you'd understand!
**[11:05] (Flashback) Teshima**
You're injured!
**[11:07] (Flashback) Teshima**
Kinjou-san said you didn't
have to push yourself.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Teshima**
He told you to ride in the Inter-High,
get experience, and use it next year.
**[11:14] (Flashback) Koga**
What about this year?
**[11:15] (Flashback) Teshima**
He told you not to push yourself because
you're talented and have promise!
**[11:21] (Flashback) Teshima**
It was the same during the training camp.
**[11:22] (Flashback) Teshima**
You started hurting on the fourth day,
so you were told to stop at 900 kilometers.
**[11:27] (Flashback) Teshima**
But you injured yourself further by
pushing yourself eighty kilometers more.
**[11:30] (Flashback) Teshima**
You still haven't been able to get over that!
**[11:32] (Flashback) Koga**
I've healed. There's nothing to worry about.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Koga**
I recover quickly.
**[11:37] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Kimitaka...
**[11:39] (Flashback) Koga**
You know my nickname, don't you?
**[11:42] (Flashback) Koga**
I'm the iron man,
**[11:44] (Flashback) Koga**
the Stamina Simpleton.
**[11:48] (Flashback) Rider A**
Sohoku High School's first-year jumped ahead!
**[11:59] Koga**
*I'm the team's hope.*
**[12:02] (Flashback) Kinjou**
Your body is made for cycling.
**[12:04] (Flashback) Kinjou**
If you keep at it, you'll get better.
**[12:07] Koga**
*They expect great things for me.*
**[12:10] Koga**
*Kinjou-san's hopes...*
**[12:13] Koga**
*I'll...*
**[12:16] (Flashback) Fan**
There's a sharp turn at
the bottom of the hill!
**[12:20] Koga**
*I have to do well.*
**[12:25] Koga**
*I have to do...*
**[12:30] (Flashback) Fan B**
Someone fell!
**[12:31] (Flashback) Fan C**
Are you okay?
**[12:38] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Teshima...
**[12:40] (Flashback) Teshima**
Kimitaka...
**[12:42] Announce**
*Number 73 has dropped out of the race.*
**[12:43] Announce**
*He seems to have hit his left shoulder hard.*
**[12:46] (Flashback) Teshima**
They took him away.
***SIGN*** Koga 73
**[12:49] Teshima**
*Should I have done more to stop him?*
**[12:54] Teshima**
*Damn it. Why, Kimitaka?*
**[13:00] Teshima**
It's nighttime now, Koga.
**[13:03] Teshima**
No, Kimitaka.
**[13:06] Teshima**
They'll be putting out the no passing
board by the finish line soon,
**[13:10] Teshima**
so we don't push ourselves too hard
at night and injure ourselves.
**[13:15] Koga**
Why? Nothing I did let me pull ahead of you.
**[13:19] Koga**
You, an ordinary man.
**[13:21] Teshima**
Kimitaka... That brings back memories.
**[13:25] Teshima**
I used to call you that
when we were still friends.
**[13:28] Teshima**
After your fall, as you were
stoically blaming yourself,
**[13:32] Teshima**
I couldn't say anything to you.
**[13:36] Teshima**
I'm glad you returned to this training
camp so we could speak our minds.
**[13:42] Teshima**
I believe there's a moment when
an ordinary man beats a genius.
**[13:49] Teshima**
Want to give it a try?
**[13:51] Teshima**
Let's race to the finish line
where the no passing sign is.
**[13:57] Koga**
Can I assume this race
will settle everything,
**[14:01] Koga**
Junta!
**[14:03] Teshima**
Yeah, that's right.
**[14:07] Teshima**
Kimitaka!
**[14:12] Sakamichi**
A-Aoyagi-san!
**[14:14] Naruko**
Are you taking a break?
**[14:23] Aoyagi**
You guys should watch this, too.
**[14:27] Naruko**
Is this the end of their race?
**[14:29] Kaburagi**
Teshima-san and Koga-senpai are...
**[14:32] Aoyagi**
They probably intend to decide
who will ride in the Inter-High.
**[14:38] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san has responded to all of
Koga-senpai's movements
**[14:41] Imaizumi**
and persistently kept up.
***SIGN*** Teshima Koga Aoyagi Imaizumi
**[14:44] Imaizumi**
We thought he was at a disadvantage,
but he's still just barely keeping even.
**[14:48] Imaizumi**
Is Teshima-san pushing and testing
himself to find his answer?
**[14:55] Aoyagi**
Junta...
**[14:58] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Sorry for winning again, Teshima.
**[15:02] (Flashback) Teshima**
It's fine. I'm satisfied.
**[15:04] (Flashback) Teshima**
We beat the elites together.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
You're the one who deserves
to be first, Teshima.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
I'll assist you in the next race.
**[15:12] (Flashback) Teshima**
Don't you know?
**[15:15] (Flashback) Teshima**
I've never won a sprint to the finish before.
**[15:21] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Teshima!
**[15:23] (Flashback) Teshima**
I struggled hard, but it was no use.
**[15:25] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'm 11th.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Teshima**
One shy of the top ten.
**[15:29] (Flashback) Teshima**
Sounds like me, right?
**[15:31] (Flashback) Teshima**
Even after you pulled for me.
**[15:34] (Flashback) Teshima**
Sorry.
**[15:37] (Flashback) Teshima**
My race with Koga will probably end
either tomorrow or the day after.
**[15:42] (Flashback) Teshima**
In my exhausted state, I have
to beat the genius Koga
**[15:45] (Flashback) Teshima**
in a finish line sprint,
which I've never won before.
**[15:50] Aoyagi**
*Junta...*
**[15:52] (Flashback) Teshima**
If it comes down to it, Aoyagi...
**[15:55] (Flashback) Teshima**
Will you cheer for me?
**[16:01] Teshima**
I'm at my limit.
**[16:03] Teshima**
I'm amazed my legs are still pedaling.
**[16:07] Teshima**
But I won't give up.
**[16:11] Teshima**
Why can't an ordinary man with ordinary legs
miraculously beat a genius just once?
**[16:18] Naruko**
They're close. I see two lights.
**[16:21] (Flashback) Teshima**
Will you cheer for me?
**[16:24] Aoyagi**
Of course. Who else would I be cheering for?
**[16:29] Aoyagi**
Junta!
**[16:31] Naruko**
Is Koga-senpai riding alone?
**[16:33] Imaizumi**
No, Teshima-san is right behind him.
**[16:37] Naruko**
Teshima-san is avoiding the wind by staying behind,
but he looks like he's struggling.
**[16:41] Aoyagi**
Junta...
**[16:44] (Flashback) Teshima**
Koga will go all out at the training camp.
**[16:47] (Flashback) Teshima**
I probably won't have time to be the captain.
**[16:50] (Flashback) Teshima**
Could you lead the team for me, then?
**[16:54] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
I understand. I'm the vice-captain.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Teshima**
I don't want to have any regrets.
**[17:01] (Flashback) Teshima**
If I fail, this will be the last time.
**[17:08] Aoyagi**
I'm uncertain about facing
the Inter-High without you.
**[17:16] Teshima**
Keep moving. Don't stop.
**[17:18] Teshima**
Do what you've never done before.
**[17:22] Koga**
You still had that much strength left, Junta?
**[17:26] Teshima**
I'm going to the Inter-High!
**[17:31] Naruko**
They're neck and neck!
**[17:33] Kaburagi**
Teshima-san's pulling ahead!
**[17:35] Kaburagi**
I've never seen Teshima-san so strong before.
**[17:38] Kaburagi**
He's going to make it.
**[17:41] Naruko**
Did you notice, hotshot?
**[17:44] Imaizumi**
Naruko...
**[17:45] Naruko**
Since the sprint started,
Koga-senpai hasn't...
**[17:48] Imaizumi**
...stood up from his saddle once.
**[17:51] Koga**
One hundred and fifty meters left.
That's enough.
**[17:58] Imaizumi**
Koga-senpai...
**[18:00] Naruko**
Stood up!
**[18:09] Koga**
I'll do it.
**[18:12] Teshima**
What's wrong, guys? I can't hear you.
**[18:16] Teshima**
No one's crossed the finish line yet.
**[18:19] Teshima**
I guess it can't be helped.
**[18:21] Teshima**
It's always been this way.
**[18:24] Teshima**
No one's ever expected anything from me.
**[18:28] (Flashback) Senpai A**
Class 1-5, Teshima Junta.
**[18:31] (Flashback) Teshima**
Yes, sir.
**[18:32] (Flashback) Senpai B**
You're skinny.
**[18:33] (Flashback) Senpai A**
Your jersey looks new. Are you a beginner?
**[18:37] (Flashback) Teshima**
Ah... I rode in middle school.
**[18:41] (Flashback) Teshima**
I thought I could turn over
a new leaf with this jersey.
**[18:43] (Flashback) Senpai B**
You're Koga, huh?
**[18:45] (Flashback) Senpai A**
We've heard about you.
**[18:50] (Flashback) Senpai**
This training camp is hard. Do your best.
**[18:53] (Flashback) Senpai**
Kinjou, Tadokoro, Makishima, and first-year Koga,
finish your thousand kilometers.
**[18:58] (Flashback) Senpai**
Teshima, ride as hard as you can.
**[19:02] (Flashback) Teshima**
Huh? Yes, sir.
**[19:03] Teshima**
*"As hard as I can?"*
**[19:06] Teshima**
He doesn't expect a thousand
kilometers from me.
**[19:10] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
I'm the one who trained Teshima and Aoyagi.
**[19:15] Teshima**
Tadokoro-san's the only
one who believed in me.
**[19:19] (Flashback) Tadokoro**
That's enough, Teshima, Aoyagi.
**[19:24] Teshima**
I couldn't meet his expectations.
**[19:27] Teshima**
But I understand now.
**[19:31] Teshima**
I was jealous of how everyone
expected so much from Koga.
**[19:36] Teshima**
I thought I could work harder if
they had high expectations for me.
**[19:41] Teshima**
But I was wrong.
**[19:44] Teshima**
It should've been obvious once
I thought about it. That's right.
**[19:47] Teshima**
Unless I work hard,
no one will expect anything.
**[19:51] Teshima**
Can I do something I've never done before now?
**[19:55] Teshima**
I can. There's one man standing
over there who believes in me.
**[20:01] Aoyagi**
Junta, win!
**[20:03] Teshima**
I'll become stronger. I'll become stronger.
**[20:06] Teshima**
Because I'm weak.
**[20:14] Koga**
This is it!
**[20:20] Koga**
H-He's beside me?
**[20:26] Aoyagi**
Junta!
***SIGN*** Aoyagi
***SIGN*** Teshima Aoyagi
***SIGN*** Teshima Koga Aoyagi
**[20:35] Naruko**
Teshima-san won the race!
**[20:44] Koga**
I... lost? I lost a sprint?
**[20:50] Koga**
When I passed him at the end,
I didn't think he'd pass me back.
**[20:57] (Flashback) Teshima**
I believe there's a moment when
an ordinary man beats a genius.
**[21:04] Teshima**
Crap. I'm at my limit.
**[21:07] Koga**
An ordinary man beats a genius...
**[21:12] Teshima**
Kimitaka!
**[21:15] Teshima**
That was close.
**[21:19] Koga**
I can't believe you wore me down so much.
**[21:22] Koga**
Me, the Stamina Simpleton.
**[21:26] Koga**
Thank you, Junta.
**[21:29] Koga**
Your eyes are brimming with confidence.
**[21:36] Koga**
Sohoku High School's fate is in your hands.
**[21:38] Koga**
Go win, Junta.
**[23:17] Aoyagi**
Junta...
**[23:27] Teshima**
Aoyagi, my hair's silky now, too.
**[23:29] Aoyagi**
Junta?
**[23:34] Aoyagi**
Junta...
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Koga's Goal
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E15 - Koga's Goal
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***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** Teshima Aoyagi
***SIGN*** Teshima Koga Aoyagi
***SIGN*** RIDE.15 Koga's Goal
**[01:36] Aoyagi**
Junta!
**[01:38] Aoyagi**
You won. You won, Junta.
***SIGN*** Victory
**[01:42] Aoyagi**
You worked so hard.
**[01:44] Aoyagi**
That must've been difficult, Junta.
**[01:46] Aoyagi**
My wishes and support
didn't help you one bit.
**[01:51] Aoyagi**
It was all your strength.
**[01:53] Aoyagi**
You did it all on your own.
**[01:56] Aoyagi**
Congratulations, Junta.
**[02:06] Teshima**
I knew you were coming right away.
**[02:08] Teshima**
That's a convenient device.
**[02:10] Aoyagi**
Junta.
**[02:12] Teshima**
Sorry. I'm taking a break.
**[02:15] Koga**
A break?
**[02:16] Koga**
You said your legs and back were
cramping and brought me down with you.
**[02:21] Teshima**
Your leg cramped up first.
**[02:23] Koga**
M-My legs didn't cramp!
**[02:25] Koga**
I'm the one they call the Stamina Simpleton!
**[02:28] Teshima**
You're the one who lost his
balance first, Kimitaka!
**[02:31] Koga**
No, it was you, Junta!
**[02:33] Teshima**
No, you!
**[02:34] Koga**
No, you!
**[02:35] Aoyagi**
It doesn't matter who it was.
**[02:40] Teshima**
You're right, Aoyagi.
**[02:42] Koga**
You're right. It doesn't matter.
**[02:45] Koga**
It's been a while since
we spoke face to face.
**[02:49] Koga**
Our first-year Inter-High was the last time.
**[02:53] Koga**
But I'm glad I gave everything I had then.
**[02:58] Koga**
Given the team's situation, I was
the only one who could go for it.
**[03:02] Koga**
Even when I had it to do over,
I think I would still do it.
**[03:06] Koga**
I gave everything I had in that race.
**[03:09] Koga**
What happened was unfortunate,
but I don't regret it.
**[03:13] Teshima**
Kimitaka...
**[03:15] Koga**
It's frustrating, but it can't be helped.
**[03:17] Koga**
Let's ride.
**[03:19] Teshima**
What?
**[03:20] Koga**
Isn't this a training camp?
**[03:22] Koga**
There's still something I have to
do before my three years are up.
**[03:26] Koga**
I'm a man of only 980 kilometers.
**[03:30] Koga**
So I must complete one thousand kilometers.
**[03:33] Sakamichi**
Good work, Koga-san. That was amazing.
**[03:37] Sakamichi**
During last year's Inter-High,
**[03:39] Sakamichi**
thanks for staying behind for us
and supporting Sohoku High School.
**[03:44] Koga**
I'll be going this year, Onoda.
**[03:46] Koga**
I'll support the team with all my might.
**[03:48] Sakamichi**
Thank you.
**[03:50] Koga**
Imaizumi...
**[03:52] Koga**
You're a second-year ace,
just like Kinjou-san was back then.
**[03:58] Koga**
Don't waver. Attack.
**[04:00] Koga**
We'll be counting on you near the finish line.
**[04:02] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir.
**[04:03] Koga**
Naruko...
**[04:04] Koga**
Looks like you're working on something
new to surprise us again this year.
**[04:11] Naruko**
It'll be a piece of cake.
**[04:13] Naruko**
I'll be heating things up
this summer to 300 degrees!
**[04:18] Imaizumi**
Don't burn yourself to death.
**[04:21] Koga**
Kaburagi, are you feeling uneasy?
**[04:24] Koga**
You're the only first-year.
**[04:26] Koga**
I was the only one, too.
**[04:28] Koga**
Give everything you've got.
**[04:30] Koga**
It's the only way you'll be
able to see the next step.
**[04:34] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[04:34] Teshima**
Don't be too unreasonable, Kimitaka.
**[04:38] Koga**
And you guys... I don't have
to tell you what to do.
**[04:42] Koga**
I know how hard you've worked until now.
**[04:47] Koga**
One last thing. Get injured.
**[04:50] All**
What?
**[04:52] Koga**
And then I'll ride in the Inter-High for you!
**[04:54] Naruko**
No way.
**[04:56] Teshima**
Does that mean you'll replace us
if we let our guard down?
**[04:59] Sakamichi**
We'll be careful.
**[05:02] Koga**
Do your best. Don't get hurt.
**[05:07] Koga**
It's all right. You can come
to me for advice anytime.
**[05:14] Koga**
I know a lot about injuries.
**[05:22] Midosuzi**
Here we go.
**[05:29] Employee**
I'm sorry, but the five-kilometer
course is reserved.
***SIGN*** Reserved
**[05:32] Midosuzi**
Well, that's a shock.
**[05:35] Midosuzi**
I heard this place was famous.
**[05:37] Midosuzi**
I took the train and a taxi to get here.
**[05:40] Employee**
There's actually a high school bicycle
club holding a training camp here.
**[05:44] Employee**
They're here for four days until tomorrow.
**[05:48] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun and Naruko-kun are fast.
**[05:52] Sakamichi**
Their speed is incredible,
and their cornering is fast.
**[05:56] Sakamichi**
And they've gotten even stronger
at this training camp.
**[05:59] Sakamichi**
They're riding right on the edge.
**[06:01] Imaizumi**
You're so annoying.
Stop getting ahead on corners.
**[06:03] Naruko**
Are you stupid?
**[06:04] Naruko**
It's your fault for riding so slowly
that I'm overtaking you on them.
**[06:07] Imaizumi**
You're not overtaking me.
I'm letting you pass me.
**[06:10] Sakamichi**
I'm short of breath,
and I'm barely keeping up.
**[06:14] Sakamichi**
But they're conversing normally.
**[06:16] Naruko**
Hotshot, you take it easy.
**[06:19] Naruko**
I'll definitely win.
**[06:22] Naruko**
I'll pay the price.
**[06:25] Naruko**
I'm always riding right on the edge.
**[06:28] Naruko**
Sorry, but that's how I'm prepared to ride.
**[06:31] Imaizumi**
The price?
**[06:32] Sakamichi**
What price?
**[06:33] Imaizumi**
He's certainly gotten stronger and better.
**[06:38] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun must have something up his sleeve.
**[06:42] Naruko**
I'll become stronger.
**[06:44] Naruko**
A promise is a promise.
**[06:46] Naruko**
I quit being a sprinter,
but I have a good goal now.
**[06:51] Naruko**
I hate doing as that hotshot said,
but I'll do whatever it takes.
**[06:57] Naruko**
I'll become stronger and stronger.
**[06:59] Naruko**
I'll make Idiotsuji admit defeat
and reclaim the title of sprinter!
**[07:06] Naruko**
I'll even practice climbing
to achieve my goal!
**[07:12] Sakamichi**
He's fast. He's accelerating!
**[07:14] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun's accelerating on a climb!
**[07:16] Imaizumi**
That idiot.
**[07:18] Naruko**
Until then, I'll abandon them.
**[07:21] Naruko**
That's the price I'll pay.
**[07:24] Midosuzi**
In that case...
**[07:26] Midosuzi**
Could we at least take a look at the track?
**[07:29] Employee**
Sure.
**[07:31] Employee**
They asked me not to let anyone in,
but since these two came from so far away...
**[07:37] Rider A**
Fight!
**[07:42] Rider B**
Good work.
**[07:46] Midosuzi**
What?
**[07:47] Midosuzi**
What is this fun and games cycling event?
**[07:50] Midosuzi**
This is a training camp?
**[07:52] Midosuzi**
Gross.
**[07:55] Midosuzi**
I came to see how they were doing
since they're the champions.
**[07:59] Midosuzi**
But all they have are more members now.
**[08:01] Midosuzi**
Are they sure they weren't
stronger last year?
**[08:04] Midosuzi**
He's no good.
**[08:06] Midosuzi**
He's weak, too.
**[08:09] Midosuzi**
This one's not so bad.
**[08:12] Midosuzi**
But since he's not wearing a yellow jersey,
does that mean he's not a regular?
**[08:18] Midosuzi**
Hey, it's rooster head.
The rooster head's here.
**[08:21] Midosuzi**
So he hasn't quit. He's still riding.
**[08:24] Midosuzi**
Riding hard, too.
**[08:27] Midosuzi**
I don't know what he's riding for, though.
**[08:31] Komari**
Is that tall guy behind them their ace?
**[08:36] Midosuzi**
That's right. That's Caterpillizumi-kun,
**[08:41] Midosuzi**
who hasn't learned to fly yet.
**[08:46] Komari**
It's hard to tell from so far away.
**[08:49] Komari**
I wish we could get closer.
**[08:51] Komari**
Ideally, I'd like to feel
his muscles for myself.
**[08:59] Sakamichi**
It's getting cloudy.
**[09:00] Sakamichi**
It might rain.
**[09:02] Sakamichi**
I should get some rain gear.
**[09:04] Sakamichi**
Maybe I'll take some for
Naruko-kun and the others.
**[09:08] Komari**
Hello.
**[09:12] Sakamichi**
Who are you?
**[09:15] Komari**
My name is Komari.
**[09:18] Komari**
I'm interested in a few things.
**[09:21] Komori**
Could I ask you some questions?
**[09:31] Midosuzi**
What?
**[09:33] Midosuzi**
He disappeared.
**[09:36] Midosuzi**
Komari...
**[09:37] Midosuzi**
I see. He left...
**[09:42] Midosuzi**
To meet them face to face.
**[09:46] Midosuzi**
That guy has no restraint.
**[09:50] Sakamichi**
What? Uh, Komari-kun?
**[09:54] Komari**
That's right. I'm a first-year.
**[09:57] Komari**
I'm looking for him so I can touch him.
**[10:00] Komari**
Could you tell me all about...
**[10:04] Komari**
Your ace, Imaizumi-san?
**[10:11] Sakamichi**
Oh, Komari-kun.
**[10:13] Sakamichi**
Yeah, right. Komari-kun.
**[10:16] Sakamichi**
I know you. I asked who you were
because you showed up so suddenly.
**[10:21] Sakamichi**
You're the new student, uh...
**[10:24] Sakamichi**
Komori-kun, right? I remember you.
***SIGN*** Maximum Eloquence Senior Smile
**[10:31] Sakamichi**
Has this first-year always been on the team?
**[10:34] Sakamichi**
We have a lot of new students this year.
**[10:35] Sakamichi**
I'm not good at remembering faces,
but Naruko-kun said...
**[10:41] (Flashback) Naruko**
Everyone looks up to you, Onoda-kun.
**[10:44] (Flashback) Naruko**
You should remember the faces
and names of the first-years.
**[10:46] (Flashback) Naruko**
They'd be disappointed if they
knew you didn't recognize them.
**[10:50] Sakamichi**
I'll use this opportunity to
close the distance between us.
**[10:54] Komari**
He thinks I'm one of Sohoku
High School's first-years.
**[10:57] Komari**
He must be a second or third-year.
**[11:01] Komari**
I don't feel any pressure from him.
**[11:04] Sakamichi**
Ahem. Komori-kun...
**[11:07] Sakamichi**
Okay, here we go.
**[11:09] Sakamichi**
Time for Makishima-san's
Stimulating Conversation Skills!
**[11:12] Sakamichi**
What...
**[11:13] Sakamichi**
What do you do for fun?
**[11:15] Komari**
Wash my hands.
**[11:15] Sakamichi**
The sky sure is blue.
**[11:17] Komari**
It's raining.
**[11:19] Sakamichi**
This isn't stimulating at all!
**[11:23] Komari**
Is your ace Imaizumi-san strong?
**[11:26] Komari**
Or is he weak?
**[11:29] Sakamichi**
What? Weak?
**[11:31] Sakamichi**
No way. He's strong.
**[11:34] Sakamichi**
He's fast. Can't you tell by watching him?
**[11:36] Sakamichi**
He's always calm. He's a good guy
and easy to get along with.
**[11:40] Komari**
Is he stronger than Midousuji-san?
**[11:43] Sakamichi**
What?
**[11:49] Sakamichi**
Not Naruko-kun?
**[11:51] Sakamichi**
Wh-Why would you ask about Midousuji-kun?
**[11:54] Komari**
Which is it?
**[11:59] Sakamichi**
I'm not sure.
**[12:01] Sakamichi**
From my perspective, they're equally amazing,
and they're both good people.
**[12:07] Komari**
Good people?
**[12:09] Sakamichi**
This is just my opinion, but...
**[12:12] Sakamichi**
I don't think it matters if
one is better than the other.
**[12:22] Komari**
Are you rejecting bicycle racing itself?
**[12:28] Komari**
Once they start riding, their relative
strength and weakness becomes clear.
**[12:31] Komari**
That's how road racing works.
**[12:33] Komari**
Am I wrong?
**[12:37] Sakamichi**
I'm not sure how to put it.
**[12:39] Sakamichi**
I think you'll understand
once you start riding.
**[12:44] Sakamichi**
But I don't think that's all there is to it.
**[12:47] Komari**
What a strange person. Once I start riding?
**[12:50] Komari**
He's the one who's never ridden before.
**[12:53] Komari**
That's all racing is.
**[12:56] Komari**
I spoke to him because he's wearing a
yellow jersey, but he must be a sub.
**[13:01] Sakamichi**
Oh, sorry, Komori-kun.
**[13:04] Sakamichi**
I came to get rain gear.
I'm heading back to the track.
**[13:07] Komari**
How disappointing.
**[13:12] Komari**
Since he was wearing glasses,
**[13:14] Komari**
I thought he was last year's
Inter-High champion, Onoda Sakamichi...
**[13:32] Komari**
What kind of muscles are these?
**[13:35] Komari**
They're good!
**[13:38] Sakamichi**
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[13:44] Sakamichi**
My cleats slipped...
**[13:45] Komari**
I almost made a noise.
**[13:49] Komari**
They're so flexible and springy.
**[13:54] Komari**
This guy must be...
**[13:59] Komari**
Onoda-san...
**[14:00] Sakamichi**
Huh? What?
**[14:02] Komari**
Last year's champion, Onoda Sakamichi!
**[14:06] Komari**
Let me... Let me touch you again.
**[14:10] Komari**
Let me see!
**[14:13] Koga**
What are you doing?
**[14:16] Koga**
You're not from our team.
**[14:20] Sakamichi**
What?
**[14:22] Komari**
No, I'm just visiting.
**[14:24] Komari**
I'm Kyoto Fushimi High School
first-year Kishigami Komari.
**[14:29] Sakamichi**
What?
**[14:31] Komari**
I'm a simple masseuse.
**[14:33] Komari**
Don't glare at me like that.
**[14:36] Koga**
What's Kyoto Fushimi High School doing here?
**[14:39] Komari**
It looked like rain,
so I came here to stay dry.
**[14:44] Koga**
I'm Sohoku High School third-year Koga.
**[14:47] Koga**
If you have business with us,
you can speak to me.
**[14:49] Komari**
I was mostly finished anyway.
**[14:52] Komari**
Don't worry about it. I'll leave.
**[14:59] Koga**
There's another one of you up there.
**[15:01] Koga**
Both of you, get out of here.
**[15:04] Komari**
I'm excited for this summer, Koga-senpai.
**[15:08] Komari**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[15:12] Komari**
Since you're wearing that jersey,
you won't be riding in this summer's race.
**[15:19] Komari**
It looks like the rain's letting up.
I'll be leaving now.
**[15:25] Midosuzi**
How did it go?
**[15:31] Komari**
It had me panting.
**[15:33] Komari**
I nearly said something twice!
**[15:43] Teshima**
Two riders are coming.
**[15:45] Aoyagi**
Who will it be?
**[15:46] Naruko**
Idiot!
**[15:48] Imaizumi**
You can't be serious!
**[16:00] Naruko**
All right!
**[16:03] Rider A**
Naruko-san finished a
thousand kilometers first!
**[16:07] Kaburagi**
How did he pull ahead at the finish line?
**[16:10] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun is evolving.
**[16:12] Sakamichi**
He was going way faster
than before at the end.
**[16:17] Sakamichi**
I'm still nowhere close to as good
as Naruko-kun and Imaizumi-kun.
**[16:24] Sakamichi**
I have to get stronger, too.
**[16:26] Naruko**
Hey, idiot. I won.
**[16:29] Imaizumi**
Shut up. Don't celebrate so much
just because you happened to win.
**[16:34] Rider B**
Naruko-san, here's a towel andー
**[16:36] Naruko**
Nah.
**[16:37] Naruko**
Boy, I'm thirsty. Maybe I'll
have Imaizumi-kun go get mine.
**[16:44] Naruko**
Just like he promised.
**[16:46] (Flashback) Naruko**
Hotshot, we're almost on our final lap.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Naruko**
How do you feel about second place doing
**[16:51] (Flashback) Naruko**
whatever the first to finish a
thousand kilometers says for a day?
**[16:57] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Fine.
**[17:01] Imaizumi**
Here.
**[17:02] Naruko**
Ow!
**[17:03] Naruko**
What was that for?
**[17:04] Imaizumi**
My hand slipped.
**[17:06] Naruko**
I heard you say, "Here!"
**[17:08] ---**
Yeah, but the sweat...
**[17:09] Teshima**
What are they, kids?
**[17:11] Koga**
Oh, right, Onoda.
**[17:13] Koga**
When there's a crosswind,
ride one wheel closer downwind.
**[17:18] Sakamichi**
Okay.
**[17:18] Koga**
Usually, you ride directly behind
the wheel to avoid the wind,
**[17:22] Koga**
but in the case of a crosswind,
**[17:23] Koga**
you'll be blown by less wind
by riding slightly ahead.
**[17:27] Koga**
You're a climber. Your ability
to reduce how much energy
**[17:31] Koga**
you spend on flats affects
your team's performance.
**[17:34] Koga**
During this training camp and our
practices until the Inter-High,
**[17:37] Koga**
I'll teach you everything
I know about racing.
**[17:40] Koga**
Focus while you ride.
**[17:42] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:44] Sakamichi**
Kaburagi-kun!
**[17:47] Kaburagi**
You caught up?
**[17:48] Kaburagi**
Imaizumi-san and Naruko-san
beat me, and now you, too?
**[17:53] Kaburagi**
Damn it.
**[17:56] Koga**
Kaburagi's struggling.
**[17:59] Koga**
His body's not moving the way he wants.
**[18:03] Koga**
Of course it isn't.
This course has steep slopes.
**[18:08] Koga**
He hasn't realized it yet,
but once he does, he'll get faster.
**[18:12] Koga**
Kaburagi Issa is definitely a sprinter.
**[18:19] Kaburagi**
I can go fast on the flats, so why?
**[18:22] Kaburagi**
I should be able to climb faster
if I pedal the same way.
**[18:26] Sakamichi**
A sprinter? Kaburagi-kun?
**[18:30] Koga**
Aoyagi said he might surpass Tadokoro-san
by the time he's a third-year,
**[18:34] Koga**
if he trains hard.
**[18:35] Sakamichi**
Th-That's amazing.
**[18:37] Sakamichi**
But you're not going to tell Kaburagi-kun?
**[18:41] Koga**
I thought he'd notice after
riding a thousand kilometers.
**[18:44] Koga**
He's either a total idiot or a genius.
***SIGN*** Aoyagi
**[18:50] Sakamichi**
Hime!
**[18:55] Kaburagi**
I managed to pass Teshima-san.
**[18:59] Kaburagi**
There must be some way to go faster.
**[19:05] Kaburagi**
Spri...
**[19:08] Kaburagi**
Spring, like the season.
**[19:13] Kaburagi**
How can I go faster?
**[19:16] Naruko**
He's coming!
**[19:17] Sakamichi**
You can do it, Koga-san!
**[19:19] Koga**
Almost there.
**[19:23] Koga**
Kinjou-san,
**[19:25] Koga**
it took me a while, but I...
**[19:29] Koga**
...finally completed the
thousand-kilometer training camp.
**[19:33] Teshima**
Good work, Kimitaka.
**[19:36] Koga**
That was a long thousand kilometers.
**[19:38] Teshima**
I know.
**[19:41] Koga**
It took me three years.
**[19:44] Teshima**
That doesn't change the fact that you did it.
***SIGN*** Koga Sugimoto
**[19:53] Teshima**
The Sohoku High School
training camp is now over!
**[19:57] All**
Thank you, sir!
**[20:02] Miki**
Good morning.
**[20:03] Miki**
How'd the training camp go?
**[20:06] Naruko**
I won.
**[20:07] Imaizumi**
By a millimeter.
**[20:09] Miki**
Good work, guys.
**[20:11] Miki**
Now, it's time for one last push.
***SIGN*** Bicycle Racing Club Training Camp Makeup Classes Period 1 7:30 – 8:20 Period 2 8:30 – 9:20 Period 3 9:30 – 10:20 Period 4 10:30 – 11:20 Period 5 11:30 – 12:20
**[20:15] Miki**
At your makeup classes.
**[20:16] Sakamichi**
I-I forgot!
**[20:23] Sakamichi**
My second Inter-High...
**[20:25] Naruko**
Let's do this.
**[20:27] Imaizumi**
I'll destroy all the competition.
**[20:30] Aoyagi**
We're a six-man team.
**[20:33] Teshima**
Push aside the pressure and reach the top.
**[20:39] Kaburagi**
Am I not an all-rounder?
**[20:46] Kaburagi**
That can't be right.
**[20:49] Sakamichi**
Will you...
**[20:51] Sakamichi**
Will you be watching from
far away, Makishima-san?
**[20:57] Sakamichi**
Honestly, I feel anxious about riding
in the Inter-High without you.
**[21:02] Sakamichi**
But I'll ride as hard as I can so I
can deliver the best possible news.
**[21:21] Rider**
He is very fast. Green Japanese boy...
**[21:26] Makishima**
Teshima made it at the training camp.
**[21:30] Makishima**
The Inter-High is starting soon.
**[21:33] Makishima**
If I don't go to show my support...
**[21:39] Maksihima**
They'll probably yell at me.
**[23:15] Sakamichi**
Ready, start.
**[23:21] Naruko**
I'm the fastest.
**[23:23] Kaburagi**
That one doesn't count. Reset, reset.
**[23:26] Kaburagi**
One more time.
**[23:27] Naruko**
No way.
**[23:28] Aoyagi**
It'll always turn out the same.
**[23:30] Sakamichi**
G-Guys, maybe we should stop.
**[23:35] Kaburagi**
My stomach!
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Second Inter-High
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E16 - The Second Inter-High
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**[00:02] Teshima**
The castle town Utsunomiya,
in Tochigi Prefecture.
***SIGN*** Nihonbashi
***SIGN*** Koushu Kaidou
***SIGN*** Nakasendou
***SIGN*** Utsunomiya
**[00:06] Teshima**
The Ouukaidou and Nikko Kaidou of the
Edo Five Routes once ran through
***SIGN*** Nikko
***SIGN*** Nikko Kaidou
**[00:10] Teshima**
seventeen post towns,
splitting toward Ouu and Nikko.
***SIGN*** Shirakawa
***SIGN*** Ouukaidou
**[00:15] Teshima**
Modern-day international tourist destinations
such as Nikko Toushougu Shrine,
**[00:20] Teshima**
Lake Chuzenji, Kegon Falls,
**[00:24] Teshima**
and countless hot springs can be
found in Nikko National Park.
**[00:30] Teshima**
With the Nikko volcano range to the north,
**[00:33] Teshima**
the course entrance is buzzing with activity.
**[00:38] Teshima**
It is here in Utsunomiya, where the
Tochigi Inter-High Road Race will start.
**[00:56] Teshima**
It's starting.
**[00:58] Teshima**
The scorching three-day race
that is the Inter-High.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:34] Sugimoto**
It's nearly time. It's nearly time.
***SIGN*** RIDE.16 The Second Inter-High
**[02:38] Sugimoto**
The real race starts now, guys!
**[02:41] Sugimoto**
The training camp and our
practices were all for this day.
**[02:45] Sugimoto**
We won't be riding the day of the Inter-High,
but our team can't ride without us.
**[02:51] Sugimoto**
Hold your heads high, first-years.
**[02:53] Sugimoto**
We are the team's support.
**[02:55] Sugimoto**
Yes, we are the seventh member
of the Inter-High team.
**[02:58] All**
Yes, sir.
**[02:59] Sugimoto**
Ask me if you have any questions.
Ask me anything.
**[03:03] All**
Yes, sir.
**[03:04] Sugimoto**
That's right. After all, I was
at the Inter-High last year.
**[03:08] Sadatoki**
My brother's so cool.
**[03:12] Aya**
That happy guy is really taking charge.
**[03:15] Miki**
Yeah. Since Sugimoto-kun's a hard worker,
the first-years listen to him.
**[03:19] Aya**
The bicycle team is pumped.
**[03:22] Aya**
After all, they're going to the Inter-High.
**[03:26] Aya**
Hey.
**[03:29] Sakamichi**
T-Tachibana-san?
**[03:30] Sakamichi**
You're Kanzaki-san's friend.
**[03:32] Sakamichi**
What are you doing here?
**[03:33] Aya**
Took you long enough to notice.
**[03:34] Aya**
You finally remembered my name, huh?
**[03:36] Sakamichi**
S-Sorry.
**[03:38] Aya**
The tennis club lost in the
Inter-High qualifier.
**[03:41] Aya**
I didn't have any plans for summer break,
**[03:43] Aya**
so I emailed Miki to say I was
thinking about coming to cheer on the
**[03:46] Aya**
bicycle club again this year.
**[03:47] Miki**
"Want to take the bus with us this year?"
**[03:50] Aya**
And she invited me along.
**[03:52] Aya**
I got Teshima-senpai's permission.
**[03:54] Sakamichi**
Really?
**[03:55] Miki**
You'll be working hard to earn your place.
**[03:57] Aya**
Yikes, you're strict.
**[03:59] Aya**
Anyway, I thought I'd watch you ride again.
**[04:04] Sakamichi**
What?
**[04:06] Aya**
It's hot, but good luck.
**[04:09] Sakamichi**
G-Good...
**[04:11] Miki**
You told him exactly how you felt, Aya-chan.
**[04:13] Aya**
D-Don't say it like that.
**[04:15] Aya**
He'll think it means something.
**[04:17] Aya**
Stop smiling. Stop clapping.
**[04:20] Miki**
Onoda-kun doesn't know how to react.
**[04:22] Imaizumi**
We're here.
**[04:23] Both**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Inter-High Road Race
**[04:34] Woman**
Let's go over there.
**[04:35] Fan A**
I heard it's already over 25 degrees,
and it's still morning!
**[04:38] Fan A**
It's so hot.
**[04:43] Aya**
Are they the press?
**[04:44] Aya**
Wow.
**[04:46] Kaburagi**
Seriously? Whoa.
**[04:49] Kaburagi**
Hey, what's their problem?
***SIGN*** Kanagawa Prefecture
**[04:53] Aya**
That bus is huge.
**[04:59] Sakamichi**
Hakone Academy High School.
**[05:08] Press A**
They're coming out.
**[05:09] Press B**
They're here.
**[05:10] Press C**
The absolute champions,
Hakone Academy High School!
**[05:13] Fan B**
Their captain, Izumida, grew his hair out.
**[05:16] Fan C**
They're so intense.
**[05:18] Press D**
Look this way, please.
**[05:19] Fan D**
Ashikiba's huge.
**[05:20] Fan E**
It's Kuroda.
**[05:21] Fan E**
He swept the newbie races as a first-year.
**[05:24] Kuroda**
There's more press here than we expected.
**[05:27] Kuroda**
Who said there wouldn't be so many since
we placed second last year, Touichirou?
**[05:32] Izumida**
It's the champion's destiny, Yuki.
**[05:35] Doubashi**
I'm Doubashi. Take pictures of me.
**[05:38] Doubashi**
I'm Hakone Academy High School's
next fastest man.
**[05:41] Ashikiba**
Yuki-chan.
**[05:42] Kuroda**
What's up?
**[05:43] Ashikiba**
I forgot my charger again.
**[05:45] Kuroda**
Forget it.
**[05:47] Girl A**
Manami-kun!
**[05:50] Girl B**
He looked this way!
**[05:52] Girl C**
Hold that pose!
**[05:53] Kuroda**
You're popular, Manami.
**[05:56] Manami**
I wonder why.
**[05:58] Cameraman**
Huh?
**[05:58] Cameraman**
One, two, three... One's missing.
**[06:05] Yuuto**
We're finally here.
**[06:10] Naruko**
Wait up, reporters!
**[06:15] Press**
Izumida-kun, could you look this way again?
**[06:19] Naruko**
Hey, come on. We're the
ones who won last year.
**[06:22] Naruko**
Come and get us. Have you forgotten
last year's fierce battle?
**[06:27] Naruko**
Sohoku High School's right here.
**[06:29] Naruko**
The flashiest man around is right here.
**[06:31] Naruko**
Who cares about
Hakone Academy High School? Hey!
**[06:34] Aya**
We won last year, right?
**[06:36] Sakamichi**
Uh, yeah.
**[06:38] Miki**
Aya-chan, weren't you watching?
**[06:41] Naruko**
I knew it.
**[06:42] Imaizumi**
That's just how it is, Naruko.
**[06:45] Imaizumi**
The press's actions tell us exactly
what everyone thinks of us.
**[06:49] Naruko**
I know.
**[06:51] Naruko**
Bring it on.
**[06:53] Naruko**
In other words, we don't stand out enough.
**[06:56] Teshima**
Anytime you reach great heights,
people always say the first time is a fluke.
**[07:01] Teshima**
You have to win twice before
they'll acknowledge you.
**[07:04] Koga**
We can do it. I'll support
you with all my might.
**[07:11] Teshima**
Let's win again this year.
**[07:13] All**
Yeah!
**[07:19] Club A**
Murakami, the wheels go over there.
**[07:20] Club B**
Okay.
**[07:21] Club C**
I told you to tidy up the
upperclassmen's shoes.
**[07:23] Naruko**
All the teams are here.
**[07:26] Naruko**
There are tons of teams. They're raring to go.
**[07:28] Kaburagi**
I expect no less from the Inter-High.
**[07:30] Naruko**
Teams from all over the country are here.
**[07:33] Sakamichi**
The entire country...
**[07:34] Naruko**
They've put their lives on the line
for this day, for just three days.
**[07:39] Naruko**
Of course they have.
**[07:41] Naruko**
All their hopes from the past
year are riding on this race.
**[07:47] Naruko**
Oh, right. Teshima-san...
**[07:48] Teshima**
What is it?
**[07:49] Naruko**
After we check in and get our number tags,
I need to disappear to take care of something.
**[07:54] Teshima**
Something?
**[07:57] Naruko**
Just some minor business.
***SIGN*** Chiba Sohoku High School
**[08:00] Sakamichi**
I'm nervous.
**[08:03] Sakamichi**
No, wait. Kaburagi-kun must
be more nervous than me.
**[08:07] Sakamichi**
I should smile and talk
to him like a real senior.
**[08:10] Sakamichi**
K-Kaburagi-kun, aren't you nervous?
Last year, I...
**[08:16] Sakamichi**
Huh? Kaburagi-kun's not here.
**[08:19] Imaizumi**
You mean the showoff?
He's off at the usual place.
**[08:24] Kaburagi**
Aw, crap...
***SIGN*** Kanagawa Hakone Academy High School
**[08:30] Fan F**
Wow, that's new.
**[08:32] Fan G**
Of course.
**[08:34] Fan G**
This year's are assigned
based on last year's results.
**[08:38] Fan F**
The perennial champions, Hakone Academy...
**[08:41] Fan G**
...are wearing two-digit tags.
**[08:49] Teshima**
Make sure they're secured with safety pins.
**[08:51] Imaizumi**
Got it.
**[08:52] Teshima**
Onoda!
**[08:53] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[08:56] Sakamichi**
What?
**[09:01] Naruko**
What do you think of this?
**[09:02] Naruko**
I knew these were coming, but just
look at these single-digit tags!
**[09:05] Naruko**
I'm super hyped now!
**[09:08] Naruko**
Take a picture of me, manager.
**[09:09] Naruko**
Get a real good shot.
**[09:12] Miki**
Okay.
**[09:13] Naruko**
This is seriously awesome.
**[09:13] Aya**
They're so excited.
**[09:14] Naruko**
Look, hotshot. Single digits.
**[09:15] Aya**
Are single-digit tags that big a deal?
**[09:16] Imaizumi**
Shut up. I know.
**[09:17] Imaizumi**
I have one, too.
**[09:18] Miki**
Yeah. Look.
**[09:19] Miki**
The other teams have
two or three-digit tags.
**[09:22] Aya**
You're right.
**[09:23] Miki**
The number on the left represents
their approximate rank last year.
**[09:27] Miki**
The single digit tags
mean they won last year.
**[09:31] Aya**
Huh.
**[09:32] Miki**
The number on the right is
their rank within their team.
**[09:35] Miki**
Since each team has six riders,
they range from one to six.
**[09:39] Miki**
One is a special number.
It's the ace's number.
**[09:43] Aya**
Cycling is interesting.
**[09:45] Miki**
Isn't it?
**[09:47] Sakamichi**
Um, Teshima-san...
**[09:50] Sakamichi**
This tag...
**[09:51] Teshima**
Why not? I think it looks good on you.
**[09:54] Sakamichi**
But isn't this Imaizumi-kun's?
**[09:58] Imaizumi**
Huh?
**[09:59] Teshima**
Every race is the same.
**[10:01] Teshima**
When the previous winner rides again,
he's given that tag.
**[10:06] Teshima**
It's a symbol of victory.
**[10:09] Teshima**
The #1 tag.
**[10:14] Teshima**
It's a symbol of victory.
**[10:16] Teshima**
The #1 tag.
**[10:20] Sakamichi**
I'm... #1.
**[10:24] Teshima**
If last year's winner was a third-year who's
since graduated, its meaning may be different.
**[10:29] Aoyagi**
Good.
**[10:31] Imaizumi**
You earned that number when Kinjou-san,
Tadokoro-san, Makishima-san,
**[10:35] Imaizumi**
Naruko, and I entrusted
you with our hopes last year,
**[10:38] Imaizumi**
and you took them to the finish line.
**[10:43] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun...
**[10:45] Imaizumi**
Onoda, you'll be carrying
all our hopes as you ride.
**[10:50] Imaizumi**
Hold your head high.
**[10:58] Sakamichi**
Got it.
**[11:00] Teshima**
Kaburagi's still not back.
**[11:03] Teshima**
Where's Naruko?
**[11:05] Imaizumi**
He just headed that way.
**[11:07] Teshima**
Come to think of it, didn't he say he
had some minor business to take care of?
**[11:11] Sign**
Kyoto
Kyoto Fushimi High School
**[11:11] Naruko**
Excuse me for a second.
**[11:16] Kyofushi**
Who the hell are you?
**[11:17] Naruko**
Don't mind me.
**[11:20] Naruko**
It's been a while.
**[11:21] Naruko**
Haven't seen you since
last winter, Midousuji.
**[11:28] Midousuji**
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well...
**[11:31] Midousuji**
If it isn't Chiba's redhead.
**[11:35] Midousuji**
What are you doing here?
Cheering us on?
**[11:37] Naruko**
I'm here to race on my bike.
**[11:39] Mizuta**
Hey, this is the
Kyoto Fushimi High School tent!
**[11:42] Mizuta**
I, Captain Mizuta, will deal
with any outsiders who—
**[11:46] Midousuji**
I thought you quit sprinting
after losing to me.
**[11:52] Midousuji**
So why are you still riding your bike?
**[11:56] Naruko**
I love my bike and my friends above all else.
**[11:59] Naruko**
That's the kind of man Naruko Shoukichi is.
**[12:03] Midousuji**
Nonsense.
**[12:04] Midousuji**
Friends? Race?
**[12:08] Midousuji**
Race who?
**[12:10] Naruko**
You, Idiotsuji.
**[12:13] Yamaguchi**
He's not backing down from
Midousuji-kun's pressure.
**[12:16] Yamaguchi**
They raced each other in Osaka a while back.
**[12:19] Yamaguchi**
Midousuji-kun's pressure has been so
great lately, even I recoil from him,
**[12:24] Yamaguchi**
and we're on the same team.
**[12:27] Mizuta**
We can't promise that! Get out of—
**[12:30] Midousuji**
Sure.
**[12:31] Mizuta**
Midousuji-kun?
**[12:33] Midousuji**
After all, you're the one who made me fly.
**[12:38] Midousuji**
I'll race you.
**[12:41] Midousuji**
However, you'll only get
one chance.
**[12:45] Midousuji**
Don't miss it.
**[12:48] Naruko**
That's plenty. Thanks.
**[12:50] Naruko**
Later.
**[12:54] Naruko**
Oh, right. Let me tell you something.
**[12:56] Naruko**
If you're thinking about
pulling ahead of me on a climb,
**[12:58] Naruko**
since I'm stronger on the flats,
**[13:00] Naruko**
don't waste your time.
**[13:03] Naruko**
This year...
**[13:05] Naruko**
I switched to being an all-rounder.
**[13:08] All**
What?
**[13:10] Naruko**
See you later.
**[13:12] Midousuji**
Rooster head's an all-rounder?
**[13:16] Midousuji**
That gives me a good idea.
**[13:19] Announce**
The opening ceremony will begin shortly.
**[13:22] Announce**
All participants,
please gather around the stage.
**[13:25] Kaburagi**
Crap! I can't do it!
I can't hold it in anymore!
**[13:27] Kaburagi**
I'm going to poop my pants!
**[13:28] Kaburagi**
Oh, come on! Why does my stomach
have to do this at the Inter-High?
**[13:32] Kaburagi**
I can't hold it anymore! Hurry up!
**[13:37] Kaburagi**
It's open.
**[13:39] Doubashi**
Quit banging on the door!
**[13:43] Kaburagi**
Huh?
**[13:44] Doubashi**
I hope you knew you were
banging on the door of
**[13:47] Doubashi**
Hakone Academy's
next fastest man, Doubashi-sama!
**[13:50] Club A**
Crap, it's Doubashi.
**[13:53] Club B**
From Hakone?
**[13:53] Club A**
Let's go.
**[13:53] Doubashi**
Hey, you!
**[13:54] Club B**
Y-Yeah.
**[13:55] Kaburagi**
What?
**[13:56] Doubashi**
I'm talking to you, orange head!
**[14:02] Kaburagi**
Let me take a dump first!
**[14:14] Kaburagi**
Okay, now let's talk.
**[14:15] Doubashi**
Quit sparkling! You've got some nerve!
**[14:18] Doubashi**
You were shouting at me while you
knocked on my door, weren't you?
**[14:23] Kaburagi**
Sorry about that.
**[14:26] Doubashi**
Before every race, I go someplace
isolated to focus myself.
**[14:32] Doubashi**
But you...
**[14:33] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Come out! Just come out already!
**[14:34] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
One more second!
**[14:35] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'll hate you forever! I'll curse you to death!
**[14:36] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Just come out!
**[14:37] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Come out already, you pig!
**[14:40] Doubashi**
You distracted me! Who are
you calling a pig, huh?
**[14:43] Kaburagi**
Sorry. I was having an emergency,
so I let that slip out.
**[14:48] Doubashi**
Slip out, my ass! How did
your parents raise you?
**[14:51] Kaburagi**
What?
**[14:55] Doubashi**
That jersey...
You're from Sohoku High School.
**[14:57] Doubashi**
You're a Chiba country bumpkin.
**[14:59] Kaburagi**
What?
**[15:00] Doubashi**
Don't let your lucky
victory go to your head.
**[15:05] Both**
You wanna fight, huh?
**[15:08] Kaburagi**
He's fast.
**[15:10] Kaburagi**
He reacted the moment I reached out my hand.
**[15:14] Kaburagi**
He's fast, even though he's big.
**[15:17] Doubashi**
I haven't seen this orange head
on Sohoku's team before.
**[15:21] Doubashi**
He must be a first-year. He's got some nerve.
**[15:24] Doubashi**
He hasn't taken a step back,
even though I grabbed him.
**[15:28] Kaburagi**
It wasn't luck that Sohoku High School won.
**[15:30] Kaburagi**
Take it back, pig.
**[15:32] Doubashi**
How could it have been anything but luck
**[15:34] Doubashi**
that let your skinny Onoda
kid win at the very end?
**[15:40] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san is strong!
**[15:41] Doubashi**
You just think he's strong!
**[15:43] Kaburagi**
What?
**[15:44] Doubashi**
There are two types of truth.
**[15:46] Doubashi**
The real truth, and the lie that
people are convinced is the truth.
**[15:51] Doubashi**
He's the latter.
**[15:52] Doubashi**
He's wearing a crown he
won through sheer luck,
**[15:54] Doubashi**
but everyone's too scared
to doing anything about it.
**[15:57] Kaburagi**
You're wrong!
**[15:58] Doubashi**
Have you ever tested him?
**[16:00] Doubashi**
Have you ever really raced him?
**[16:03] Doubashi**
He disguises himself as
an Inter-High champion.
**[16:05] Doubashi**
Everyone fawns over him
and thinks he's amazing.
**[16:09] Doubashi**
Is he actually strong?
**[16:11] Doubashi**
Is he stronger than everyone
else you've ever met?
**[16:18] Kaburagi**
No, I know how he rides!
**[16:21] Kaburagi**
I saw him on Mt. Fuji at
last year's Inter-High!
**[16:24] Kaburagi**
He's the real thing!
**[16:26] Kaburagi**
He's the reason I abandoned the other schools
and chose to come to Sohoku High School!
**[16:31] Doubashi**
Are you sure you're not just viewing
things through a self-imposed filter?
**[16:35] Kaburagi**
What?
**[16:36] Doubashi**
Sohoku High School is strong.
At least, they should be.
**[16:40] Doubashi**
They have to be strong.
**[16:42] Doubashi**
Otherwise, the path you've followed
**[16:45] Doubashi**
and all your work would be meaningless.
**[16:58] Doubashi**
Face the truth, orange kid.
**[17:02] Doubashi**
Hakone Academy High School has
the most members of any team.
**[17:05] Doubashi**
No one can compare to how much we practice.
**[17:08] Doubashi**
Who's stronger? There's only one truth.
**[17:11] Doubashi**
The strongest team...
**[17:14] Doubashi**
...is us, Hakone Academy High School!
**[17:16] Kaburagi**
The strongest...
**[17:22] Kaburagi**
There's only one truth.
**[17:26] Doubashi**
The strongest are chosen at the Inter-High.
**[17:29] Doubashi**
Participants are measured and screened.
**[17:32] Doubashi**
This hot, long, and harsh race all
comes down to how much you train.
**[17:37] Doubashi**
Overwhelming physical and mental strength...
***SIGN*** Pork Roast
**[17:45] (Flashback) Izumida**
The reinstatement of Hakone Academy
High School as the champions.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Izumida**
It's what we must do one week
from now at the Inter-High.
**[17:53] (Flashback) Izumida**
There's no need to let any
threats stay in the race.
**[17:56] (Flashback) Izumida**
Keep a close eye on them and push them out.
**[18:00] (Flashback) Izumida**
There's no need to hold back.
**[18:02] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Push them out, huh? Sure, I'll do it.
**[18:06] (Flashback) Doubashi**
In the name of Hakone Academy
High School, I'll do it.
**[18:11] Doubashi**
How many can I get on the first day?
**[18:17] Sakamichi**
He's back. Kaburagi-kun!
**[18:21] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san...
**[18:22] Sakamichi**
Is your stomach okay?
**[18:24] Sakamichi**
You should warm up a little bit.
**[18:28] Kaburagi**
This guy...
**[18:31] Sakamichi**
Do you want to take some medicine?
**[18:32] Sakamichi**
The race is starting soon.
**[18:34] Sakamichi**
The opening ceremony is being
held at the stage over there.
**[18:36] Sakamichi**
Should I go get you some medicine?
**[18:39] Naruko**
Onoda-kun!
**[18:40] Naruko**
What are you doing?
**[18:41] Sakamichi**
Sorry, sorry.
**[18:43] Naruko**
Are you okay?
**[18:43] Kaburagi**
Is this guy actually strong?
**[18:45] Naruko**
Here, I'll help.
**[18:46] Sakamichi**
Th-Thanks, Naruko-kun.
**[18:50] Mc**
Welcome last year's champions, representing
Chiba prefecture, Sohoku High School.
**[18:56] Sadatoki**
Th-The cheers are so loud.
**[18:58] Sadatoki**
Winning really is amazing.
**[19:00] Sadatoki**
They're going onstage.
**[19:02] Sadatoki**
Isn't it cool, Danchiku-kun?
**[19:04] Danchiku**
Yeah.
**[19:05] Mc**
Captaining the team this year
is third-year Teshima Junta.
**[19:11] Mc**
Then we have another third-year,
sprinter Aoyagi Hajime.
**[19:17] Mc**
Acting as the team's ace this year
is second-year Imaizumi Shunsuke.
***SIGN*** Ima
***SIGN*** izumi
**[19:23] Girl A**
Imaizumi-kun!
**[19:25] Girl**
He's so cool!
**[19:25] Girl B**
He said he's the ace.
**[19:26] Mc**
And another second-year, the Man
of Red Flames, Naruko Shoukichi.
**[19:33] Man A**
It's the red guy!
**[19:34] Man B**
Heat up the race!
**[19:35] Man C**
Stand out again this year!
**[19:37] Imaizumi**
All your fans are dudes.
**[19:39] Naruko**
Shut up! What's wrong with that?
**[19:42] Mc**
Let's not forget about this man.
**[19:46] Mc**
Last year's general classification
Inter-High champion.
**[19:49] Mc**
Despite being new to road racing,
he climbed all the way to the top.
**[19:53] Mc**
Bearer of number tag #1.
**[19:54] Mc**
The little climber, Onoda Sakamichi.
**[19:58] Mc**
Your dramatic riding during the final stage
of last year's third day was fantastic.
**[20:03] Mc**
Could you give us a few words?
**[20:04] Sakamichi**
What? Uh, um... h-hello...
**[20:08] Sakamichi**
I'm Onyoda Chakamichi!
**[20:12] Kaburagi**
I...
**[20:14] Mc**
What are your goals for this year?
**[20:16] Sakamichi**
Th-This year?
**[20:19] Sakamichi**
This year I've been going
to Akiba every Thursday...
**[20:21] Naruko**
Onoda-kun, the audience already loves you!
**[20:24] Kaburagi**
It's true that I didn't see
all of last year's race.
**[20:24] Mc**
I meant your goals for the race.
**[20:27] Sakamichi**
Oh, my goals.
**[20:29] Sakamichi**
Well, I...
**[20:30] Mc**
You don't need to hold the mic.
**[20:32] Kaburagi**
I didn't actually see how he
rode during the Inter-High.
**[20:38] Sakamichi**
I'll do my best, and... yeah,
I'll do my best at the end.
**[20:39] Kaburagi**
Is he actually strong?
**[20:44] Sakamichi**
Oh, uh, is that enough?
**[20:46] Kaburagi**
Is this team...
**[20:47] Mc**
Finally, there's first-year Kaburagi Issa.
**[20:51] Kaburagi**
...actually strong?
**[20:54] Doubashi**
I've trained harder than everyone else.
**[20:57] Doubashi**
I'll knock them aside.
**[20:59] Doubashi**
It'll be easy.
**[21:01] Izumida**
You're doing well, Doubashi,
but don't go too hard.
**[21:05] Izumida**
Our mechanic was crying about it.
**[21:08] Izumida**
I heard you bent another one out of shape,
**[21:10] Izumida**
even though he just swapped it out yesterday.
**[21:13] Doubashi**
The handlebars were too weak.
**[21:16] Doubashi**
They can't withstand the
power of my sprinting.
**[21:19] Reporter A**
He's only on rollers,
but he's still intimidating.
**[21:21] Reporter B**
I heard he's won all the sprint races
he's participated in this year.
**[21:26] Reporter A**
Yeah, apparently it's unprecedented.
**[21:29] Reporter A**
They call him the Monster of the Road.
**[21:32] Reporter**
Road Monster Doubashi!
**[21:36] Doubashi**
No one stands a chance against me!
**[23:12] Girl B**
He looked this way!
**[23:13] Girl C**
Hold that pose!
**[23:15] Kuroda**
He sure does have a lot of fans.
**[23:17] Kuroda**
He might have more than
Toudou-san did last year.
**[23:20] Doubashi**
Manami, make them shut up!
**[23:22] Doubashi**
I can't focus!
**[23:24] Manami**
What?
**[23:25] Manami**
Oh.
**[23:32] Kuroda**
Why did you make them louder?
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Start!!!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E17 - Start!!!
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**[00:03] Komari**
Wash them.
**[00:05] Komari**
Always.
**[00:07] Komari**
I wash them...
**[00:13] Komari**
I always wash my hands before riding you.
**[00:20] Komari**
When I touch you with the honed nerves
of my hands, I see right through you.
**[00:26] Komari**
I understand you better.
**[00:30] Komari**
I'll be riding you a lot today.
**[00:32] Komari**
After all, it's the Inter-High.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:07] Sign**
Kyoto
Kyoto Fushimi High School
***SIGN*** RIDE.17 Start!!!
**[02:10] Hironishi**
It's already starting.
**[02:12] Hironishi**
Why is the masseuse riding, but I'm out?
**[02:16] (Flashback) Midousuji**
You have a lot of friends,
don't you? That's why.
**[02:20] (Flashback) Hironishi**
What?
**[02:21] (Flashback) Midousuji**
You told all your friends you'd
be riding in the Inter-High.
**[02:27] (Flashback) Hironishi**
Of course I did. It's an honor.
**[02:30] (Flashback) Hironishi**
Everyone wants to ride in the Inter-High.
***SIGN*** Hironishi
**[02:33] (Flashback) Hironishi**
My tag is #116.
**[02:35] (Flashback) Hironishi**
You told me I was the sixth man.
**[02:37] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Because I knew you'd tell everyone.
**[02:42] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Everyone must've thought
**[02:44] (Flashback) Midousuji**
this year's Kyoto Fushimi High School
was so weak that even you made the cut.
**[02:50] (Flashback) Hironishi**
My parents came all the
way from Kyoto to watch.
**[02:53] (Flashback) Hironishi**
My friends came to cheer me on, too.
**[02:55] (Flashback) Midousuji**
That's your own doing.
**[02:58] (Flashback) Midousuji**
This is strategy.
**[03:00] (Flashback) Hironishi**
Strat—
**[03:02] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Alternates can be subbed
in at the last second.
**[03:05] (Flashback) Midousuji**
The system's designed to prevent sick
or injured members from riding, but...
**[03:11] (Flashback) Hironishi**
I'm fine!
**[03:13] (Flashback) Midousuji**
You're weaker than a Zaku.
**[03:16] (Flashback) Midousuji**
You're always falling behind in practice.
You could never keep up.
**[03:20] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Did you think you were strong
enough to ride on my team?
**[03:26] (Flashback) Hironishi**
I thought I had some hidden
talent or something.
**[03:31] (Flashback) Midousuji**
That's why you'll never be more than a Zaku.
**[03:36] (Flashback) Midousuji**
How naïve.
**[03:38] (Flashback) Midousuji**
I'll use Komari-kun during the race.
**[03:41] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Your job is finished. Over.
**[03:45] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Haven't I always told you?
**[03:49] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Keep your trump cards until the end.
***SIGN*** Message Received
***SIGN*** Fight!
**[03:59] Yamaguchi**
Hironishi seemed depressed.
**[04:02] Yamaguchi**
Did you know he'd be kicked off the team?
**[04:05] Mizuta**
No.
**[04:06] Mizuta**
Anyway, all Komari ever
does is massage people.
**[04:11] Mizuta**
Can he really ride a bike?
**[04:24] Rider 1**
He's fast.
**[04:26] Rider 2**
His form is beautiful, too.
**[04:28] Rider 1**
Yeah. Wait, this is no time for that.
**[04:31] Rider 1**
He's our opponent, too.
**[04:32] Rider 2**
Kyoto Fushimi High School
seemed like an army last year,
**[04:36] Rider 2**
but now they've got guys like him.
**[04:38] Rider 2**
The way he rides is rhythmical.
**[04:40] Rider 2**
It's like he's been set loose.
**[04:45] Komari**
The 1.5 kilometer road encircling
the Inter-High grounds...
**[04:49] Komari**
Participants are using it to warm up.
**[04:51] Komari**
He must be among them.
**[04:56] Komari**
Anyway, I feel great.
**[04:58] Komari**
I think I'll be able to hear
plenty of your voice today.
**[05:07] Komari**
There he is!
**[05:08] Komari**
Calm down. The race hasn't started yet.
**[05:11] Komari**
Approach quietly. Quietly.
**[05:14] Komari**
Quietly approach him and nonchalantly touch him.
**[05:18] Sugimoto**
I'm honored you invited me
to ride with you, Imaizumi.
**[05:23] Sugimoto**
I know you're just warming up,
**[05:25] Sugimoto**
but I can't believe we're riding
together at the Inter-High grounds.
**[05:29] Imaizumi**
It could've been anyone.
**[05:31] Sugimoto**
What?
**[05:32] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san said it wouldn't be good if
something happened while I was riding alone,
**[05:36] Imaizumi**
so he told me to go with someone.
**[05:37] Sugimoto**
Y-You're right. Problems can be difficult
to handle when you're riding alone.
**[05:41] Sugimoto**
You can count on me.
Problems are something I've—
**[05:44] Imaizumi**
You seemed the least busy.
**[05:46] Sugimoto**
What?
**[05:48] Sugimoto**
It's still an honor, though.
**[05:50] Sugimoto**
Sugimoto Terufumi has never been
more honored in his life, Imaizumi.
**[05:55] Sugimoto**
You chose me during a time as important
as just before the Inter-High.
**[05:58] Sugimoto**
You're strong, Imaizumi.
**[06:02] Sugimoto**
Sometimes, I think about the amazing guys
on our team, including Naruko and Onoda.
**[06:09] Sugimoto**
On top of that, we're in the same class.
**[06:12] Sugimoto**
It must be a miracle.
**[06:16] Sugimoto**
Since I lost to Kaburagi that day,
I can't ride in the Inter-High.
**[06:21] Sugimoto**
But during that first-year race,
you told me to hold my head high.
**[06:26] Sugimoto**
I failed to accomplish anything, but rather
than scolding me, that's what you said.
**[06:31] Sugimoto**
I've been thinking since that day.
**[06:34] Sugimoto**
I worked hard because I was
influenced by you and Onoda.
**[06:38] Sugimoto**
Maybe, just maybe my riding—
and this may be brazen of me—
**[06:45] Sugimoto**
But maybe I'm influencing you
and Onoda just a little bit.
**[06:51] Sugimoto**
It builds up over time.
This warm up could be part of it.
**[06:55] Sugimoto**
And if it helps you during the Inter-High...
**[06:59] Sugimoto**
Then I have no regrets.
**[07:01] Sugimoto**
I'm proud of myself.
**[07:04] Sugimoto**
Go ride your heart out, Imaizumi.
**[07:08] Imaizumi**
That hurts. Where did that come from?
**[07:10] Sugimoto**
Huh? What?
**[07:13] Sugimoto**
Sorry. I guess you could say it's my dream.
**[07:15] Sugimoto**
I got carried away.
**[07:17] Imaizumi**
I'm joking.
**[07:19] Imaizumi**
You've definitely moved me.
**[07:23] Sugimoto**
What?
**[07:24] Imaizumi**
You can count on me.
**[07:28] Imaizumi**
Kyoto Fushimi High School?
I didn't notice him.
**[07:36] Sugimoto**
Imaizumi!
**[07:43] Komari**
You're Imaizumi-san.
**[07:45] Komari**
I heard you did a lot last year.
**[07:48] Komari**
I've heard about you.
**[07:50] Komari**
I'm glad we got to meet.
**[07:53] Imaizumi**
Has this guy always been on the
Kyoto Fushimi High School team?
**[07:56] Imaizumi**
Is he a first-year?
**[07:57] Komari**
I'm sorry. I was so delighted,
I lost my balance.
**[08:02] Komari**
I let out a moan. His muscles are nice.
**[08:05] Komari**
But...
**[08:06] Komari**
Are you not feeling well?
**[08:08] Sugimoto**
Wh-What's wrong with you? Imaizumi's
always in perfect shape.
**[08:13] Sugimoto**
How rude.
**[08:16] Komari**
It was rough.
**[08:18] Komari**
Am I right?
**[08:21] Sugimoto**
I told you...
**[08:23] Komari**
See you at the starting line.
**[08:25] Sugimoto**
Hey, you're running? Hey!
**[08:27] Sugimoto**
Hey!
**[08:31] Announce**
The race will start in thirty minutes.
**[08:33] Announce**
All riders, please get ready.
**[08:36] Announce**
Access to the course will
be restricted in fifteen minutes.
**[08:39] Higashido**
I'm here to cheer you on.
**[08:42] Teshima**
Higashido!
**[08:44] Higashido**
This is for you.
***SIGN*** Chiba Sohoku High School
**[08:45] Teshima**
Thanks. Did you come from Chiba?
**[08:48] Higashido**
Yeah.
**[08:49] Teshima**
But don't you...
**[08:51] Higashido**
The volleyball team lost.
**[08:53] Higashido**
We made it pretty far, but we were
still a long way from nationals.
**[08:58] Teshima**
I see.
**[09:00] Higashido**
I'm jealous.
**[09:03] Higashido**
That you get to fight at nationals,
and in your final, third year.
**[09:08] Higashido**
My time in a club is over.
**[09:11] Higashido**
Good luck, Teshima.
**[09:14] Higashido**
You're a star.
**[09:16] Higashido**
I quit the Minami Middle School bicycle club
we rode in to join the volleyball club.
**[09:21] Higashido**
You kept riding.
**[09:23] Higashido**
It must've been hard to become a
regular on a team that won nationals.
**[09:27] Higashido**
But you bounced back. It's amazing.
**[09:31] Higashido**
Don't feel bad about it.
**[09:33] Higashido**
I know you haven't accomplished much,
but I believe from the bottom of my heart...
**[09:41] Higashido**
You're the star of Minami Middle School.
**[09:46] Teshima**
You can tell me that once
I accomplish something.
**[09:49] Announce**
The race will begin in fifteen minutes.
The course is now closed.
**[09:51] Teshima**
Sorry, it's nearly time. I'm going.
**[09:53] Announce**
All riders, please get ready.
**[09:54] Higashido**
Sure. Sorry to have bothered
you when you're so busy.
**[09:59] Ashikiba**
It's been a while, Jun-chan.
**[10:01] Ashikiba**
No, Teshima-kun.
**[10:05] Ashikiba**
I thought I'd come say hi
before the race started.
**[10:09] Higashido**
He's huge.
**[10:11] Teshima**
Shikiba...
**[10:12] Higashido**
What? That's Ashikiba?
**[10:15] Higashido**
Well, if it isn't Ashikiba.
**[10:17] Higashido**
Man, it's been a while.
**[10:20] Higashido**
It's me. We rode together on the
Minami Middle School bicycle team.
**[10:23] Higashido**
This brings back memories.
You're still riding?
**[10:27] Higashido**
Hako... Hakone Academy High School?
**[10:31] Higashido**
That Hakone Academy High School?
**[10:33] Higashido**
Isn't that place super strong?
**[10:35] Higashido**
You're a regular there?
**[10:37] Ashikiba**
Sorry, who are you?
**[10:42] Higashido**
It's Higashido. My nickname was Higashimaru.
**[10:46] Higashido**
Remember when your saddle
fell off during practice?
**[10:49] Higashido**
I fixed it for you.
**[10:50] Ashikiba**
Oh, that Machida-kun.
**[10:52] Higashido**
Yeah—no, not Machida.
**[10:55] Higashido**
He barely ever came to practice.
**[10:58] Ashikiba**
Oh, Machida-kun.
**[10:59] Ashikiba**
This brings back memories.
**[11:00] Ashikiba**
You haven't changed, Machida-kun.
**[11:02] Higashido**
You remembered my name completely wrong.
**[11:06] Higashido**
Well, whatever. As long as you remember me.
**[11:09] Teshima**
Shikiba...
**[11:11] Higashido**
Come here. Let's take a picture together.
**[11:16] Ashikiba**
Sorry, Machida-kun. Since we're
enemies, I can't go any closer.
**[11:24] Ashikiba**
Overthrowing Sohoku High School is our mission.
**[11:28] Higashido**
Oh, right. Last year,
Hakone Academy High School...
**[11:32] Ashikiba**
I'll beat you.
**[11:34] Ashikiba**
That's all I came to say.
**[11:37] Teshima**
I see.
**[11:39] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan, you said we'd
conquer the world together.
**[11:45] Ashikiba**
But sorry. Only one of us
can win at this Inter-High.
**[11:52] Ashikiba**
We can't do it together.
**[11:57] Teshima**
I guess not, since we're on different teams.
**[12:01] Ashikiba**
It'll be Hakone Academy High School.
**[12:03] Teshima**
I can't allow that.
**[12:07] Teshima**
Good luck to both of us.
**[12:14] Ashikiba**
I can't accept something from an enemy.
**[12:18] Ashikiba**
You were nice to me.
You taught me how to ride a bike.
**[12:23] Ashikiba**
But the seniors at Hakone Academy High School,
who have graduated now,
**[12:28] Ashikiba**
taught me how to become stronger
and where I belonged.
**[12:33] Ashikiba**
So I'm going to help this team win this year.
**[12:38] Ashikiba**
Bye.
**[12:39] Higashido**
Hey, wait. Ashikiba!
**[12:41] Ashikiba**
Oh, right.
***SIGN*** Inter-High Bicycle Race Program
**[12:43] Ashikiba**
This year, our sixth man is incredible.
**[12:47] Ashikiba**
Unfortunately, Sohoku High School's
steady advance won't continue.
**[12:52] Ashikiba**
Following Manami last year,
**[12:54] Ashikiba**
he's Hakone Academy High School's
second ever first-year member.
**[12:58] Ashikiba**
He's #16.
**[13:09] Takadajou**
Hey, Yuto. How long are you going
to keep riding that roller?
**[13:12] Takadajou**
We've already been called to the starting line.
**[13:14] Yutao**
Oh, Takadajou-san. Seriously?
**[13:17] Takadajou**
Kuroda-senpai's on edge.
**[13:19] Takadajou**
You're just too relaxed.
**[13:22] Yuto**
That doesn't sound good.
**[13:25] Takadajou**
I brought Yuto.
**[13:29] Izumida**
What were you doing?
**[13:30] Yuto**
Sorry, I got caught up in riding a roller.
**[13:34] Kuroda**
You're late. And why do you
always wear that weird mask?
**[13:39] Yuto**
It's cute, right? I kinda
want to be a little girl.
**[13:43] Yuto**
I like it. I have three of them.
**[13:47] Kuroda**
What are you, a dreamy-eyed girl? Get ready.
**[13:50] Yuto**
Okay.
**[13:52] Izumida**
He's easygoing and full of confidence.
**[13:56] Izumida**
In that way, he's sort of like him.
**[13:59] Izumida**
Let's go, Yuto.
***SIGN*** Inter-High Road Race
**[14:03] Izumida**
This is the Inter-High you
said you wanted to come to...
**[14:07] Izumida**
Shinkai Yuto.
**[14:10] Yuto**
The atmosphere and fans are awesome.
**[14:14] Yuto**
It makes my heart skip a beat.
**[14:19] Yuto**
Izumida-san, didn't you ride
with my brother last year?
**[14:23] Yuto**
How was Hayato-kun?
**[14:25] Izumida**
He was fast and unbelievably beautiful.
**[14:31] Izumida**
No one was better suited to wear tag #4.
**[14:33] Yuto**
Oh, really?
**[14:36] Yuto**
I've never really ridden with him,
so I wouldn't know.
**[14:40] Yuto**
After all, I'm a climber.
**[14:43] Sakamichi**
It's starting!
**[14:48] Sakamichi**
The Inter-High is starting soon.
**[14:51] Sakamichi**
Twenty more minutes. What am I going to do?
**[14:53] Sadatoki**
Onoda-san...
**[14:54] Aya**
Your #1 is freaking out. Will he be okay?
**[14:58] Miki**
You're right.
**[15:04] Sakamichi**
O-Okay, I've calmed down.
**[15:06] Sakamichi**
I'm calm.
**[15:07] Sadatoki**
Are you okay? Here's a towel.
**[15:09] Sakamichi**
Yeah, I'm fine.
**[15:10] Sakamichi**
Yeah, I'm great.
**[15:11] Miki**
Onoda-kun...
**[15:12] Sakamichi**
Yes?
**[15:13] Miki**
Your socks don't match.
**[15:18] Sakamichi**
It's my second time. My second Inter-High...
**[15:22] Sakamichi**
Will I be able to ride well?
**[15:25] Sakamichi**
While wearing the most impressive number tag,
**[15:27] Sakamichi**
will I be able to ride well,
like I did last year?
**[15:34] Sakamichi**
Ride well? How do I do that?
**[15:41] Aoyagi**
Second time pressure?
**[15:43] Koga**
That's right. He's a serious man.
**[15:45] Koga**
There's no telling how much
pressure he's feeling from how
**[15:48] Koga**
he performed at the last Inter-High.
**[15:50] Koga**
Not only that, but he won. He took first.
**[15:54] Koga**
The expectations of those
around him skyrocketed.
**[15:56] Koga**
He must be feeling it.
**[15:59] Koga**
I tried to keep it from
bothering him, though.
**[16:03] Koga**
The first time you can ride freely
because everything is new.
**[16:08] Koga**
But the second time...
**[16:10] Koga**
Doing the same thing twice
is a herculean task.
**[16:14] Koga**
If Onoda's mental condition hasn't
recovered by the time the race starts,
**[16:19] Koga**
then Sohoku High School...
**[16:22] Aoyagi**
That's all, Kimitaka?
**[16:26] Aoyagi**
You said you wanted to talk.
**[16:27] Koga**
Aoyagi...
**[16:29] Aoyagi**
It's simple. I know.
**[16:32] Aoyagi**
You didn't know, Kimitaka? He's...
**[16:36] Announce**
The bearer of tag #1 has arrived,
Sohoku High School's Onoda Sakamichi.
**[16:42] Fan 1**
Onoda, do it again this year!
**[16:42] Announce**
He's being escorted to the course by
second-years Naruko-kun and Imaizumi-kun.
**[16:45] Girl**
Onoda-kun is so cute!
**[16:52] Naruko**
This isn't good.
**[16:53] Imaizumi**
He's hopeless.
**[16:57] Sakamichi**
I can finally get in line
and take a breather.
**[17:01] Naruko**
Nah, we're in the front.
**[17:03] Imaizumi**
We were last year's winning team.
**[17:06] Sakamichi**
Huh? What?
**[17:14] Fan 2**
You've got this!
**[17:16] Fan 3**
Show us again this year!
**[17:18] Sakamichi**
I can't handle being the center of attention.
**[17:20] Naruko**
You can't tell them not
to look at you up here.
**[17:24] Imaizumi**
There are plenty of cameras here, too.
**[17:28] Reporter 1**
What kind of call was that?
**[17:29] Reporter 2**
What does it mean?
**[17:33] Naruko**
You're awful.
**[17:34] Aya**
That can't be good.
**[17:36] Miki**
Onoda-kun's shaking.
**[17:38] Aya**
Should I jump in there and pop him one?
**[17:40] Aya**
The pain might knock the tension out of him.
**[17:43] Miki**
We can't go inside since
the race is starting.
**[17:46] Aya**
What are we going to do
about him, then? He's #1.
**[17:50] Sakamichi**
Calm down. Calm down.
**[17:52] Sakamichi**
Calm down, calm down...
**[17:55] Sakamichi**
It's no use. I can't stop shaking.
**[17:58] Sakamichi**
I can't feel my hands. What should I do?
**[18:01] Sakamichi**
How do I ride a bike?
**[18:05] Sakamichi**
I have to do something. I'm #1.
**[18:08] Sakamichi**
I'm #1! I have to do something myself...
**[18:15] Sakamichi**
Aoyagi-san...
**[18:16] Aya**
Just one punch.
**[18:20] Aoyagi**
Are you trying to relax?
**[18:21] Sakamichi**
Um, I...
**[18:24] Sakamichi**
Yes.
**[18:26] Aoyagi**
Then I have one thing to say to you.
**[18:30] Sakamichi**
Okay.
**[18:32] Aoyagi**
I learned a lot from Tadokoro-san.
**[18:35] Aoyagi**
How to ride. How to race.
**[18:37] Aoyagi**
How to endure.
**[18:39] Aoyagi**
Etiquette and greetings. How to eat.
**[18:42] Aoyagi**
The will to win. The importance
of aiming for the finish line.
**[18:47] Aoyagi**
It's not just things he taught me.
**[18:49] Aoyagi**
I learned a lot from watching him, too.
**[18:52] Aoyagi**
What did you learn from Makishima-san?
**[18:54] Sakamichi**
I... I... I, uh...
**[18:58] Aoyagi**
It may be hard to put into words,
**[19:00] Aoyagi**
but there should be a lot of
things you learned from him.
**[19:14] Aoyagi**
It should be flowing through
the veins inside your body.
**[19:20] Aoyagi**
Think you can't do what you did last year?
**[19:24] Aoyagi**
Of course not.
**[19:25] Aoyagi**
Because you've gotten stronger.
**[19:28] Aoyagi**
You bear the souls of our seniors.
**[19:32] Aoyagi**
Sohoku High School is a team
that supports one another.
**[19:35] Aoyagi**
It applies to races, but that's not all.
**[19:38] Aoyagi**
You're a second-year now.
**[19:40] Aoyagi**
That's the most different thing about you.
**[19:43] Aoyagi**
There's going to be a
first-year riding this year.
**[19:46] Aoyagi**
Carry on their legacy. Teach him.
**[19:48] Aoyagi**
Show him with your riding.
**[19:49] Aoyagi**
Show him everything you have in this race.
**[19:52] Aoyagi**
Then Kaburagi will pass it
on to the next generation.
**[19:56] Aoyagi**
Sohoku High School will become even stronger.
**[19:59] Sakamichi**
The next generation...
**[20:02] (Flashback) Makishima**
Become stronger.
**[20:03] Sakamichi**
He's right. I've already received something.
**[20:07] Sakamichi**
I'm holding so many things inside this hand.
**[20:11] Sakamichi**
The courage to take the first step...
**[20:12] Sakamichi**
Friends who support me...
**[20:14] (Flashback) Makishima**
We're counting on you to
carry our Sohoku, Sakamichi.
**[20:20] Sakamichi**
Got it.
**[20:23] Sakamichi**
I'll make Sohoku High School stronger.
**[20:26] Sakamichi**
Guys!
**[20:30] Koga**
Aoyagi...
**[20:31] Koga**
I see.
**[20:33] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
It's simple. I'll give him a job.
**[20:37] (Flashback) Koga**
A job?
**[20:38] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
I'll narrow down what he
has to do to one thing.
**[20:42] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
That will make him strong.
**[20:45] (Flashback) Teshima**
Climb past 100 guys!
**[20:47] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
He already has the mindset
to charge straight ahead.
**[20:54] Koga**
Aoyagi Hajime, you're unbelievable.
**[20:59] Sakamichi**
Let's go!
**[21:00] Naruko**
Yeah!
**[21:00] Imaizumi**
I've been waiting for this!
**[21:02] Teshima**
I was going to do that.
Don't take that from me!
**[21:07] Sakamichi**
We are one!
**[21:09] All**
Yeah!
**[21:13] Fan 1**
Wow, it's starting to heat up.
**[21:15] Fan 2**
This year's Inter-High
should be on fire, too.
**[21:18] Fan 3**
It's time!
**[21:18] Announce**
The race will begin shortly.
**[21:22] Fan 4**
It's starting!
**[21:24] Sakamichi**
The hot sun...
**[21:25] Announce**
Ten seconds.
**[21:26] Sakamichi**
The cheers...
**[21:27] Announce**
Nine, eight, seven...
**[21:29] Sakamichi**
I can practically hear their heartbeats.
**[21:32] Announce**
Six, five, four...
**[21:33] Sakamichi**
It's starting. The white-hot race...
**[21:36] Announce**
Three, two, one!
**[21:37] Sakamichi**
The Inter-High!
**[23:14] (Flashback) Makishima**
I wonder how many will
remain after this year's.
**[23:17] (Flashback) Kinjou**
Who knows?
**[23:19] (Flashback) Kinjou**
Sakurai is a second-year.
He's riding with Aoyagi.
**[23:21] (Flashback) Sakurai**
Th-Thank you.
**[23:23] (Flashback) Kinjou**
Sugimoto is a second-year.
He's riding with Teshima.
**[23:26] (Flashback) Teshima**
Hey.
**[23:27] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Thank you.
**[23:30] (Flashback) Kinjou**
This is the strongest
lineup I've come up with.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Swelling Aoyagi
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E18 - The Swelling Aoyagi
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR2P2EM7R/the-swelling-aoyagi)
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**[00:12] Sakamichi**
So many people breathing...
**[00:15] Sakamichi**
We've only just started down this road,
but it leads to the distant finish line.
**[00:22] Sakamichi**
Calm down, calm down...
**[00:24] Sakamichi**
I'll probably never get
used to this excitement.
**[00:29] Sakamichi**
Everyone here is riding for the finish line.
**[00:32] Sakamichi**
My second Inter-High has begun.
**[00:36] Sakamichi**
There's no turning back now.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:10] Fans**
You can do it!
**[02:12] Sakamichi**
I can feel the pressure emanating from them.
***SIGN*** RIDE.18 The Swelling Aoyagi
**[02:18] Imaizumi**
Calm down. We're still in the parade section.
**[02:21] Fans**
Sohoku!
**[02:21] Sakamichi**
What?
**[02:22] Imaizumi**
Don't you remember last year?
**[02:23] Fans**
Onoda!
**[02:24] Imaizumi**
The first two kilometers
of the race are a parade.
**[02:26] Fans**
Imaizumi!
**[02:26] Imaizumi**
It's a chance to respond
to the cheers of the crowd.
**[02:28] Fans**
Naruko!
**[02:29] Imaizumi**
We're last year's champions.
**[02:32] Sakamichi**
R-Right.
**[02:35] Imaizumi**
Look at him. He's really getting into it.
**[02:37] Naruko**
Thank you, thank you! Thank you, thank you!
**[02:40] Naruko**
That's right! I'm Naruko Shoukichi,
the Red Bullet!
**[02:43] Naruko**
I'm going to be flashy again this year!
**[02:45] Sakamichi**
Naruko-kun is amazing.
**[02:47] Imaizumi**
He's overdoing it.
**[02:49] Imaizumi**
No, wait. Hakone Academy High School
might've been just as...
**[02:53] Imaizumi**
No, they weren't.
**[02:54] Imaizumi**
No, wait. Maybe him...
**[03:01] Imaizumi**
Does everyone who wears
tag #3 act like that?
**[03:05] Teshima**
The pressure's different when there are this
many people in the crowd. Right, Aoyagi?
**[03:09] Teshima**
The Inter-High is on its own level.
**[03:13] Teshima**
This is our last chance to relax.
**[03:15] Teshima**
Let me say this while I still
have the chance, Hajime.
**[03:19] Teshima**
We finally made it.
**[03:21] Teshima**
We're on this side of the fence.
**[03:26] Teshima**
It took three years from that day.
**[03:29] Teshima**
We couldn't bring Tadokoro-san with us.
**[03:34] Teshima**
It's our first and last Inter-High.
**[03:36] Teshima**
I'm counting on you, Hajime.
**[03:39] Aoyagi**
Yeah, Junta.
**[03:43] Teshima**
I'm trembling.
**[03:44] Aoyagi**
Don't worry. I'll stop it for you.
**[03:47] Teshima**
I'm relieved.
**[03:51] Rider A**
Hakone Academy High School.
**[03:52] Rider B**
The repeat champions possess
a different kind of intensity.
**[03:54] Rider C**
They seem so composed despite the tension.
**[03:57] Rider C**
They're like predators closing in on prey.
**[03:59] Rider A**
Prey? You mean Sohoku High School?
**[04:01] Rider C**
No, you idiot.
**[04:02] Rider B**
Then who?
**[04:03] Rider C**
Isn't it obvious?
**[04:05] Rider C**
Hakone Academy High School's
prey is all of us!
**[04:09] Rider C**
The first result and green tag for
the fastest sprinter on the flats.
**[04:13] Rider C**
The glorious red tag for the
best climber in the mountains.
**[04:17] Rider C**
The champion's yellow tag.
**[04:20] Rider C**
They'll be going for all of them.
**[04:22] Rider C**
They have the right members to do it.
**[04:24] Sakamichi**
Excuse me. Excuse me.
**[04:25] Sakamichi**
Coming through.
**[04:27] Rider A**
What's going on? Someone's coming back.
**[04:27] Sakamichi**
Excuse me. Sorry.
**[04:29] Rider B**
Is that Sohoku High School?
**[04:29] Sakamichi**
Excuse me. Coming through.
**[04:31] Rider C**
And he's wearing tag #1!
**[04:36] Sakamichi**
Manami-kun!
**[04:37] Sakamichi**
I finally found you.
**[04:39] Manami**
Sakamichi-kun...
**[04:41] Izumida**
Onoda...
**[04:42] Kuroda**
This guy is...
**[04:43] Kaburagi**
...Onoda Sakamichi.
**[04:44] Yuto**
Wow, tag #1!
**[04:48] Sakamichi**
I tried to go see you before the
race started, but I was too busy.
**[04:51] Sakamichi**
I, um...
**[04:54] Sakamichi**
I'm a second-year now.
**[04:57] Manami**
I know. So am I.
**[05:02] Manami**
It's been a while.
**[05:03] Sakamichi**
Yeah. I didn't get to see you guys in Akiba.
**[05:06] Sakamichi**
I got your water bottle, though.
**[05:09] Manami**
That's great.
**[05:10] Manami**
We haven't ridden together since that day.
***SIGN*** Closed For Winter
**[05:24] (Flashback) Toudou**
What's wrong? You both seem down.
**[05:27] (Flashback) Toudou**
We're in the mountains. We're climbing.
**[05:28] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
But it's winter.
**[05:30] (Flashback) Manami**
It's cold, Toudou-san.
**[05:32] (Flashback) Toudou**
That's all right. You'll warm up
once you start riding.
**[05:35] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Um, where's the party you
mentioned in your letter?
***SIGN*** Feb. 21 We are having a party on the Hakone Road Turnpike. You will come, Onoda Sakamichi-kun. We will be waiting. And, oh yes. Don't forget your bicycle. Bring your winter jersey, shoe covers, gloves, inner tubes and helmet, too. Toudou Jinpachi
**[05:40] (Flashback) Toudou**
This is it!
**[05:42] (Flashback) Toudou**
Unfortunately, the snow will limit your
vision a bit, but it shouldn't be a problem.
**[05:46] (Flashback) Manami**
It's definitely a problem.
**[05:47] (Flashback) Toudou**
Nope.
**[05:48] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
H-How far are we climbing?
**[05:50] (Flashback) Toudou**
To the top, of course.
**[05:52] (Flashback) Manami**
Just the two of us?
**[05:54] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What about you, Toudou-san?
**[05:57] (Flashback) Toudou**
I'd never ride in this freezing cold snow.
**[06:00] (Flashback) Both**
What?
**[06:01] (Flashback) Toudou**
Ride. If you don't ride, it's meaningless.
**[06:05] (Flashback) Both**
What?
**[06:07] (Flashback) Toudou**
I'll be graduating soon.
**[06:09] (Flashback) Toudou**
Before I do,
**[06:10] (Flashback) Toudou**
I need to pass on the titles
"King of the Mountain" and "Mountain God."
**[06:17] (Flashback) Toudou**
It has to be one of you.
**[06:25] (Flashback) Manami**
This road sucks.
**[06:27] (Flashback) Manami**
The patches of snow
are making my tires slip.
**[06:30] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah. The falling snow's bad, too.
**[06:32] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
I can't see.
**[06:34] (Flashback) Manami**
But it's kind of...
**[06:35] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[06:36] (Flashback) Manami**
It's fun.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[06:42] (Flashback) Toudou**
How did it go? Who won?
**[06:44] (Flashback) Toudou**
Manami, Four-Eyes...
**[06:47] (Flashback) Both**
We couldn't do it.
**[06:48] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Partway up the mountain there was too
much snow. We couldn't keep riding.
**[06:53] (Flashback) Toudou**
I see. That's unfortunate.
**[06:55] (Flashback) Toudou**
It can't be helped, then.
**[06:57] (Flashback) Toudou**
We'll have to postpone this race
until the summer's Inter-High.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Manami**
I guess so.
**[07:05] (Flashback) Toudou**
Don't be late this year, Manami.
**[07:07] (Flashback) Manami**
I can't guarantee that.
**[07:09] (Flashback) Toudou**
Oh, right. Give Four-Eyes your number.
**[07:12] (Flashback) Toudou**
Have him call you the day of the race.
**[07:13] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Your number? Okay.
**[07:19] Manami**
Sakamichi-kun...
**[07:22] Manami**
Do you still like climbs?
**[07:26] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[07:27] Manami**
Then let's race.
**[07:29] Manami**
It's decided.
**[07:30] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[07:32] Manami**
On that mountain...
**[07:34] Manami**
Let's squeeze every bit of strength
and fight to the end!
**[07:43] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[07:45] Sakamichi**
Well, I'd better get going.
**[07:48] Yuto**
Should you have made that promise?
**[07:53] Yuto**
Izumida-san told me to beat him
once we enter the mountains.
**[08:01] Manami**
You're only able to say that because you've
never ridden against Sakamichi-kun before.
**[08:06] Manami**
Don't worry.
**[08:08] Manami**
Where and when don't matter.
**[08:11] Manami**
We only agreed to ride together.
**[08:14] Manami**
It's a small promise, but he
always keeps his promises.
**[08:22] Imaizumi**
They'll be coming soon.
**[08:24] Imaizumi**
Once they wave that flag,
the parade run will be over.
**[08:28] Imaizumi**
The race will start.
**[08:30] Sakamichi**
Okay.
**[08:35] Sakamichi**
The battle is starting!
**[08:41] Ohori**
Move aside, small fries!
**[08:43] Ohori**
The sprinter's pride and first result
**[08:45] Ohori**
belongs to Ohori from
Fukuoka Jousei High School!
**[08:49] Izumida**
Go, Doubashi.
**[08:52] Rider A**
It's Hakone Academy High School's Doubashi.
**[08:54] Rider B**
He's huge.
**[08:55] Rider B**
He makes Izumida look small.
**[08:58] Rider C**
He's Hakone Academy High School's undefeated
sprinter who tears up the road,
**[09:03] Rider C**
Road Monster Doubashi!
**[09:05] Doubashi**
This race is starting to heat up.
**[09:08] Izumida**
This is the Inter-High.
**[09:10] Izumida**
As captain of Hakone Academy High School,
**[09:13] Izumida**
I know I should keep my personal
feelings out of the race.
**[09:16] Izumida**
But...
**[09:17] Izumida**
My right pec Andy and my
left pec Frank are excited.
**[09:22] Izumida**
They're overjoyed.
**[09:25] Izumida**
First, Doubashi, push aside the other
teams and take the first result.
**[09:30] Izumida**
And...
**[09:33] Izumida**
Whatever you do, don't lose
to Sohoku High School!
**[09:38] Doubashi**
Simple. That's an easy order, Izumida-san.
**[09:41] Izumida**
My heart is leaping with joy.
**[09:44] Izumida**
This is why I love the Inter-High.
**[09:46] Izumida**
Go, Doubashi!
**[09:50] Rider C**
They released a rampaging beast
on the Inter-High course!
**[09:54] Doubashi**
Move! Move, or I'll crush you!
**[10:02] Rider D**
Doubashi?
**[10:03] Doubashi**
Come on! Go faster!
**[10:05] Doubashi**
If you ride that slowly,
even the ants will catch up to you!
**[10:09] Teshima**
Aoyagi, Kaburagi.
**[10:11] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir.
**[10:12] Teshima**
Go.
**[10:13] Rider A**
Sohoku High School's making their move, too.
**[10:15] Rider A**
It's third-year sprinter Aoyagi Hajime.
**[10:18] Rider B**
And first-year Kaburagi, #6!
**[10:21] Rider C**
Sohoku High School's sending
two guys this year, too.
**[10:23] Teshima**
Begin the pursuit.
**[10:25] Teshima**
Chase down the sprinters in front of us
and Hakone Academy High School!
**[10:29] Kaburagi**
Wait, Teshima-san.
**[10:33] Kaburagi**
We should have Naruko-san go here
and save me for the finish line.
**[10:37] Kaburagi**
After all, I'm an all-rounder.
**[10:41] Sakamichi**
Huh? What?
**[10:45] Kaburagi**
Who will race for the finish line if not me?
**[10:49] Aoyagi**
Quit complaining. It's an order.
**[10:49] Kaburagi**
Ow, ow! Let go!
**[10:54] Kaburagi**
Let go! Teshima-san, take
back your mistake, and...
**[10:57] Aoyagi**
Let's go.
**[10:58] Sakamichi**
You haven't told Kaburagi-kun what Koga-san
said about his legs at the training camp?
**[11:05] Teshima**
Nope.
**[11:08] Teshima**
I'm counting on you, Aoyagi.
**[11:14] Koga**
Hurry, Sugimoto.
**[11:16] Sugimoto**
Yes, sir.
**[11:17] Aya**
There's always a rush right after the start.
**[11:21] Miki**
Yeah, it's hard work.
**[11:23] Aya**
Why do you look so happy?
**[11:27] Sugimoto**
Sawada, Gorizou, Sadatoki...
**[11:30] Sugimoto**
Follow us in the bus.
**[11:32] All**
Yes, sir.
**[11:33] Aya**
Is it really okay for us to ride in the van?
**[11:35] Miki**
Of course.
**[11:37] Miki**
There's a lot to do in the feed zones
that require a woman's touch.
**[11:41] Aya**
I don't really have that.
**[11:43] Aya**
Well, I'll do my best.
**[11:44] Koga**
Kanzaki-san, we're counting on you.
**[11:47] Toji**
Leave it to me.
**[11:49] Danchiku**
Sugimoto-san...
**[11:50] Sugimoto**
Danchiku.
**[11:52] Danchiku**
Please take care of Issa—of Kaburagi Issa.
**[11:56] Danchiku**
Cheer him on at the feed zone for me.
**[11:59] Sugimoto**
Got it.
**[12:01] Danchiku**
I want him to ride with no regrets
in the race of his dreams.
**[12:06] Danchiku**
Issa and I always rode together
during middle school.
**[12:10] Sugimoto**
Kaburagi's got a good friend in you.
**[12:13] Koga**
Danchiku, get in.
**[12:15] Danchiku**
What?
**[12:16] Koga**
Sugimoto, could you pack our gear in
tighter and get out the spare seat?
**[12:19] Sugimoto**
I'll try.
**[12:21] Danchiku**
But I...
**[12:24] Koga**
You should tell him your pure wish yourself.
**[12:29] Koga**
You'll give him strength as he rides.
**[12:33] Danchiku**
Yes, sir.
**[12:34] Toji**
Okay, let's go.
**[12:40] Kaburagi**
Why am I being made to participate
in a sprinter's race?
**[12:42] Kaburagi**
Did Teshima-san make a mistake?
**[12:45] Kaburagi**
I told him I'm an all-rounder
a bunch of times.
**[12:48] Kaburagi**
Maybe he thought I said "all-binder."
**[12:51] Kaburagi**
A binder closes, the way I'm a closer of races.
**[12:54] Rider E**
It's Sohoku High School.
**[12:55] Rider F**
They caught up.
**[12:57] Rider G**
Two? Sohoku High School sent
two sprinters again this year?
**[13:01] Kaburagi**
What?
**[13:02] Kaburagi**
I'm not a sprinter!
**[13:04] Kaburagi**
You got that?
**[13:05] Rider G**
Hey, I'm a second-year!
**[13:08] Kaburagi**
I don't care! I'm Sohoku
High School's secret ace!
**[13:11] Kaburagi**
I'm the all-rounder, Kaburagi Issa!
**[13:13] Rider G**
You should care.
**[13:15] Aoyagi**
Sorry.
**[13:16] Rider G**
Oh, no. It's fine.
**[13:19] Aoyagi**
Question, Kaburagi.
**[13:22] Aoyagi**
This pack isn't the lead pack yet.
**[13:24] Aoyagi**
Forty-three sprinters jumped
ahead at the signal.
**[13:28] Kaburagi**
You were counting?
**[13:30] Aoyagi**
We've passed thirteen so far. So...
**[13:33] Kaburagi**
There's twenty left!
**[13:35] Aoyagi**
Thirty.
**[13:36] Kaburagi**
Huh?
**[13:39] Aoyagi**
Excluding the eight guys here,
there are twenty-two in front of us.
**[13:43] Aoyagi**
Among them is one of
Hakone Academy High School's riders.
**[13:46] Kaburagi**
I see.
**[13:48] Aoyagi**
The first day of the course runs
north along National Route 119.
***SIGN*** Touhoku
Roadway
**[13:53] Aoyagi**
We'll pass through wide two-lane city
streets in practically a straight line.
***SIGN*** Kinugawa
River
***SIGN*** Touhoku
Bullet
Train
***SIGN*** Nikkou
Road
**[13:57] Aoyagi**
That'll turn into a one-lane
road passing under the highway.
**[14:01] Aoyagi**
Just past where the road starts to be lined
with pine trees is a three-way intersection.
**[14:05] Aoyagi**
That's the first result line.
**[14:07] Aoyagi**
The green number tag line.
**[14:09] Kaburagi**
Really?
**[14:11] Aoyagi**
The road just before the line
is lined with pine trees.
**[14:14] Aoyagi**
We'll be mostly unaffected by the wind.
**[14:16] Aoyagi**
If we don't pass those twenty-two sprinters,
they'll take first place away from us.
**[14:21] Kaburagi**
I see.
**[14:24] Aoyagi**
His eyes changed.
**[14:25] Aoyagi**
Pull. It's your turn next.
**[14:27] Rider E**
Damn. Sohoku High School's moving.
**[14:30] Rider F**
Stop them.
**[14:31] Kaburagi**
You can't stop us!
**[14:32] Rider E**
They're fast.
**[14:34] Shimizu**
There's a ninety-degree turn ahead.
**[14:35] Shimizu**
I'll push my way into it.
**[14:37] Shimizu**
I'm Kochi Tosaumi High School's
sprinter, Shimizu.
**[14:40] Shimizu**
They call me the Corner Magician.
**[14:43] Shimizu**
No one's cornering is sharper than mine!
**[14:49] Shimizu**
You can't be serious!
**[14:52] Shimizu**
They're unbelievable.
**[14:54] Shimizu**
That switch, that rise...
**[14:57] Shimizu**
He's a natural-born sprinter!
**[15:01] Kaburagi**
What? That's odd.
**[15:03] Kaburagi**
Why can't anyone keep up with me
when I'm just an all-rounder?
**[15:10] Kaburagi**
I don't know if this is the second or third,
**[15:12] Kaburagi**
but we've caught up to
the pack in front of us.
**[15:14] Kaburagi**
You're next, Aoyagi-san.
**[15:16] Aoyagi**
Got it.
**[15:20] Yagura**
You've arrived, Sohoku High School.
**[15:21] Yagura**
I'm the sprinter of the North, Niigata
Jouetsu Higashi High School's Yaguramaru.
**[15:26] Yagura**
Last year you had Tadokoro, but this
year's Sohoku High School is so small.
**[15:38] Yagura**
H-He's not small!
**[15:39] Yagura**
His body transformed!
**[15:42] Aoyagi**
You mean torso.
**[15:43] Aoyagi**
Your muscles expand when you use them.
**[15:47] Aoyagi**
Apparently, my difference
in size is a bit extreme.
**[15:50] Aoyagi**
My torso has currently expanded
to its maximum size.
**[15:54] Aoyagi**
In other words, I'm about to...
**[15:56] Aoyagi**
Start riding as hard as I can!
**[15:59] Aoyagi**
Tadokoro-san's Supersonic
Oxygen Human Bullet!
**[16:06] Yagura**
Huh? They're already out of sight.
**[16:09] Kaburagi**
Wow, we pulled ahead of them in no time.
**[16:13] Kaburagi**
It feels seriously awesome to do
something like this at the Inter-High.
**[16:18] Kaburagi**
But spare a thought for the
guy behind you, Aoyagi-san.
**[16:22] Kaburagi**
After all, I'm not a sprinter.
**[16:24] Kaburagi**
I almost fell behind.
**[16:28] Aoyagi**
Yaguramaru's a top-class sprinter, too.
**[16:30] Kaburagi**
What?
**[16:31] Aoyagi**
He kept up.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
All out?
**[16:37] (Flashback) Teshima**
That's right. If you have
the opportunity, test him.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Teshima**
Sprint as hard as you
can with him behind you.
**[16:43] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Are you sure you want 100%?
What if he falls behind?
**[16:47] (Flashback) Teshima**
Then you'll have to leave him behind.
**[16:50] (Flashback) Teshima**
Unfortunately, if he can't
keep up, either way...
**[16:54] (Flashback) Teshima**
He won't stand a chance at the front.
**[16:56] Kaburagi**
What are you talking about?
**[16:58] Kaburagi**
That Yagura-san can't be top-class.
**[17:00] Aoyagi**
He kept up with me at 100% acceleration,
Junta. On top of that...
**[17:06] Kaburagi**
Are you sure he's not a climber?
**[17:09] Aoyagi**
He's still talking.
**[17:11] Aoyagi**
In other words, he stands a
chance at the front of the pack.
**[17:15] Kaburagi**
I see the pack in front of us.
**[17:18] Kaburagi**
Once we catch up,
it'll be my turn. Let's switch.
**[17:22] Kaburagi**
Finally.
**[17:23] Aoyagi**
Let's head to the front, Kaburagi.
**[17:26] Kaburagi**
What's gotten into you, Aoyagi-san?
**[17:27] Kaburagi**
You seem happy.
**[17:29] Aoyagi**
Shut up, and follow me!
**[17:31] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
**[17:32] Aoyagi**
Human Bullet!
**[17:36] Rider A**
The sprinters who gave up on the
first result are falling back.
**[17:39] Rider B**
Is Hakone Academy High School's
Doubashi in the front?
**[17:42] Rider C**
He went flying ahead at a crazy speed.
**[17:45] Rider A**
I heard Fukuoka's Ohori is
in good shape this year.
**[17:49] Rider B**
Who's the fastest sprinter?
**[17:51] Naruko**
I really want to go!
**[17:54] Naruko**
My body's saying, "Are you stupid?
Why are you riding so slowly on the flats?"
**[17:59] Naruko**
I could probably still make it if I left now.
**[18:01] Naruko**
I could slip past these guys and
take this year's first result!
**[18:05] Naruko**
This is the Inter-High.
**[18:06] Naruko**
They're racing to see who's the fastest.
**[18:08] Naruko**
When will you go if not now,
Naruko Shoukichi?
**[18:11] Naruko**
My blood is screaming!
**[18:14] Naruko**
I can't take it!
**[18:15] Naruko**
I'm going.
**[18:19] Imaizumi**
You're enduring it well, Naruko.
**[18:22] Naruko**
W-Well, yeah. Th-This is nothing.
**[18:27] Naruko**
That was close.
**[18:29] Imaizumi**
As a guy who loves being flashy,
**[18:31] Imaizumi**
it must've been hard not participating
in a sprint through the city.
**[18:35] Naruko**
I'm totally fine.
**[18:37] Imaizumi**
Your expression fails to match your words.
**[18:40] Imaizumi**
Whatever the case, I'm grateful you
switched to being an all-rounder.
**[18:46] Naruko**
I didn't do it for you, idiot.
**[18:48] Izumida**
You're not going, Sohoku High School's
Naruko Shoukichi?
**[18:52] Naruko**
Hakone Academy High School's Lashes!
**[18:54] Naruko**
He's here to spy on us.
**[18:56] Naruko**
I thought it'd be no fun if I raced,
since it'd be a blowout.
**[19:00] Naruko**
I let my senior and junior go instead.
**[19:03] Izumida**
Is this their plan?
**[19:04] Izumida**
He doesn't seem unwell.
**[19:07] Izumida**
We sent Doubashi since he's been
doing well since this spring.
**[19:10] Naruko**
You're acting calm, but you're
actually desperate to go, aren't you?
**[19:15] Izumida**
Frank...
**[19:18] Izumida**
There's no point in hiding it.
**[19:20] Izumida**
That's exactly right, Naruko-kun.
**[19:22] Izumida**
Are you sad you don't get
to hear me shout "abs, abs"?
**[19:26] Naruko**
It's the perfect way to cheer someone up.
**[19:29] Naruko**
I wanted to show off my secret weapon, too.
**[19:35] Izumida**
Then shall we race, Naruko-kun?
**[19:38] Naruko**
Bring it on, Lashes!
**[19:41] Izumida**
All the muscles in my body are screaming!
**[19:45] Naruko**
My blood's about to boil because of you!
**[19:48] Naruko**
You've reminded me of last year's battle!
**[19:52] Naruko**
It's 200 meters to the big flag up ahead.
**[19:55] Naruko**
Let's see who reaches it first!
**[19:57] Izumida**
Very well! Abs!
**[19:59] Both**
It's on!
**[20:01] Imaizumi**
Wait, Naruko.
**[20:01] Kuroda**
Wait, Touichirou.
**[20:03] Imaizumi**
Don't waste your energy.
**[20:05] Imaizumi**
The race has only just started.
**[20:09] Kuroda**
Don't jump ahead, Touichirou.
**[20:12] Kuroda**
What are you, a grasshopper?
**[20:14] Izumida**
My muscles are delighted to have
returned to the Inter-High.
**[20:19] Izumida**
I was expressing how they felt.
**[20:21] Kuroda**
Are you a pervert?
**[20:22] Izumida**
Is that a compliment, Yuki?
**[20:26] Izumida**
My muscles have gotten stronger.
**[20:28] Izumida**
They've become more flexible.
**[20:31] Izumida**
Far more than last year.
**[20:37] Naruko**
I could tell through his clothes.
**[20:41] Izumida**
We'll race later, Naruko-kun.
**[20:44] Naruko**
Yeah.
**[20:46] Izumida**
By the way, what kind of sprinters did
Sohoku High School send to the sprint battle?
**[20:51] Naruko**
What?
**[20:52] Izumida**
Our Doubashi is even more abnormal than me.
**[20:57] Naruko**
Abnormal?
**[20:59] Izumida**
He never slacks off.
**[21:02] Izumida**
He's proud to be a part of
Hakone Academy High School.
**[21:05] Izumida**
He's blessed with a powerful body,
and he's as competitive as a beast.
**[21:09] Izumida**
It's as they say. He's a monster.
**[21:13] Izumida**
If all you're challenging him with
is a bit of hard work or talent,
**[21:17] Izumida**
you won't beat him.
**[21:19] Izumida**
Everyone who has challenged him
and lost says the same thing.
**[21:24] Izumida**
"The moment I caught up to him,
all the hairs on my body stood up,
**[21:28] Izumida**
and my legs quailed."
**[21:31] Izumida**
He's even more abnormal than I am.
**[23:10] Manami**
It's cold. I need a kotatsu.
**[23:13] Toudou**
It's because you're so lightly dressed.
**[23:17] Toudou**
Here, put this on. You, too, Four-Eyes.
**[23:20] Sakamichi**
B-But won't you be cold, Toudou-san?
**[23:24] Toudou**
Don't worry.
**[23:26] Toudou**
Not only can I climb,
but I'm also cold-resistant.
**[23:28] Toudou**
On top of that, I'm beautiful.
**[23:30] Toudou**
No matter where or when I am, I'm perfect.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Road Monster Doubashi
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E19 - Road Monster Doubashi
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNQ21EWY/road-monster-doubashi)
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**[00:06] Rider**
That's Doubashi of Hakone Academy High School.
**[00:09] Rider**
He's huge.
**[00:10] Rider**
But that's not all.
**[00:12] Rider**
The mysterious aura
overflowing from his body...
**[00:16] Rider**
M-My leg...
**[00:18] Rider**
Why am I sweating so much?
**[00:20] Fan A**
There's two guys coming from behind!
**[00:23] Fan A**
Two guys from Sohoku High School
caught up at the very end!
**[00:25] Fan B**
You idiot! Didn't you watch last year's race?
**[00:28] Fan A**
What?
**[00:29] Fan B**
Sohoku High School always cuts it close!
**[00:32] Kaburagi**
We caught up to the front!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:06] Kaburagi**
We caught up.
**[02:07] Kaburagi**
I see a Hakone Academy High School jersey.
***SIGN*** Road Monster Doubashi
**[02:09] Kaburagi**
Including him, there's seven
guys in the lead pack.
**[02:11] Aoyagi**
It's eight.
**[02:12] Kaburagi**
What?
**[02:13] Kaburagi**
But there's one, two, three...
**[02:16] Aoyagi**
I subtracted the number we passed
from the number that rode ahead.
**[02:18] Kaburagi**
That's amazing!
**[02:20] Fan C**
Sohoku High School caught up to the front!
**[02:22] Fan D**
There's only four kilometers
left to the first result line!
**[02:25] Kaburagi**
Hey, it's you.
**[02:27] Kaburagi**
That jersey, that number tag...
**[02:33] Kaburagi**
You're that guy from
Hakone Academy High School!
**[02:36] (Flashback) Both**
You wanna fight, huh?
**[02:40] Aoyagi**
Doubashi...
**[02:42] Aoyagi**
This is Doubashi, the Monster of the Road?
**[02:46] Aoyagi**
He's certainly different from the
other riders I've fought against.
**[02:51] Aoyagi**
He's as intimidating as a large, wild beast.
**[02:55] Aoyagi**
His oppressive air makes me feel
like I couldn't beat him in a fight.
**[02:58] Aoyagi**
That pressure flows from his entire body.
**[03:01] Aoyagi**
His confidence is creating that.
**[03:04] Aoyagi**
He's a second-year.
**[03:06] Aoyagi**
He bears the scars of countless falls.
**[03:08] Aoyagi**
Why wasn't he in this race last year?
**[03:10] Aoyagi**
This battle will come down to a split-second.
**[03:14] Aoyagi**
Do you feel that pressure, too, Kaburagi?
**[03:19] Kaburagi**
You're that pig from
Hakone Academy High School!
**[03:21] Kaburagi**
What are you doing here, pig?
**[03:24] Aoyagi**
He doesn't feel it?
**[03:25] Aoyagi**
Did he just call him a pig?
**[03:26] Doubashi**
You're the orange from this morning.
**[03:30] Doubashi**
You're a sprinter, huh?
**[03:32] Kaburagi**
I'm not a sprinter.
**[03:34] Kaburagi**
I'm just here because of a mistake.
**[03:37] Kaburagi**
You're wearing tag #15.
**[03:40] Kaburagi**
That means you're 15th on the
Hakone Academy High School lineup.
**[03:43] Kaburagi**
I can't believe you're here
when you're just a sub.
**[03:47] Aoyagi**
Did no one tell him how
to read the number tags?
***SIGN*** Team
Number
***SIGN*** Individual
Number
**[03:51] Aoyagi**
We're wearing the single-digit ones!
**[03:54] Doubashi**
I bet you're an unbelievable idiot.
**[03:57] Kaburagi**
I'm not an idiot!
**[03:58] Kaburagi**
If anything, I'm...
**[04:00] Kaburagi**
That's right! A genius!
**[04:02] Aoyagi**
Kaburagi!
**[04:03] Doubashi**
Fine. Riding's the best
way to shut an idiot up.
**[04:08] Aoyagi**
He's moving.
**[04:09] Aoyagi**
His pressure just skyrocketed.
**[04:11] Doubashi**
I was just getting bored with taking it easy.
**[04:14] Rider A**
Crap, Doubashi's going to increase his pace!
**[04:17] Rider A**
After him!
**[04:18] Rider B**
Senpai, I can't.
**[04:20] Rider B**
My legs are too weak to move.
**[04:27] Fan**
Wow, look at him accelerate!
**[04:33] Aoyagi**
We didn't make it in time.
**[04:35] Aoyagi**
We left at the same time, too.
**[04:37] Aoyagi**
But before I knew it,
he was five meters ahead.
**[04:39] Aoyagi**
While I was getting in position,
he got ten meters ahead.
**[04:44] Aoyagi**
I knew it was coming,
but I couldn't react in time.
**[04:47] Aoyagi**
Three kilometers until the first result line.
**[04:51] Aoyagi**
This is the end.
**[04:53] Kaburagi**
Is it time yet?
**[04:56] Kaburagi**
Are you ready? How much longer?
**[04:58] Kaburagi**
I'm ready to pull.
**[05:00] Kaburagi**
Isn't that our strategy to catch up?
**[05:02] Kaburagi**
I heard what they said.
**[05:04] Kaburagi**
Sohoku High School always
cuts it close, right?
**[05:07] Aoyagi**
He's an unbelievable idiot.
**[05:11] Aoyagi**
You think we can catch up?
**[05:12] Kaburagi**
Well, with the way that pig accelerated,
even an all-rounder like me could catch up!
**[05:25] Kaburagi**
I'm catching glimpses of him.
**[05:28] Kaburagi**
We're keeping up in acceleration.
**[05:29] Kaburagi**
We'll gradually catch up to him.
**[05:31] Kaburagi**
But there's two and a half kilometers left.
**[05:33] Kaburagi**
We don't have time to take it slow!
**[05:40] Aoyagi**
His pressure increased when he
grasped his lower handlebars.
**[05:44] Kaburagi**
Here we go. Don't fall behind.
**[05:47] Kaburagi**
Did you notice?
**[05:49] Kaburagi**
I just grabbed my lower handlebars
for the first time this race.
**[05:54] Kaburagi**
I'd been holding my uppers this whole time.
**[05:56] Kaburagi**
I thought it'd be cool to have
a sealed move in reserve.
**[06:02] Aoyagi**
He's leaning so far forward.
**[06:04] Aoyagi**
But his reason seems so stupid.
**[06:06] Aoyagi**
Cool? Sealed move?
**[06:08] Kaburagi**
I was hoping to hold onto it until
just before the finish line, though.
**[06:12] Aoyagi**
And he wanted to know if I noticed?
**[06:15] Aoyagi**
Kaburagi, I've been watching from behind,
and while we were passing the others,
**[06:19] Aoyagi**
you were holding your lower handlebars.
**[06:21] Aoyagi**
Did you not notice?
**[06:26] Aoyagi**
It doesn't matter.
**[06:27] Kaburagi**
Lower handlebar released!
**[06:30] Aoyagi**
Advance, Kaburagi!
**[06:34] Aoyagi**
Such incredible acceleration.
**[06:36] Aoyagi**
I'm right behind, but I feel
like I'm going to fall behind.
**[06:38] Aoyagi**
He must've been practicing on his
own for the Inter-High since then.
**[06:45] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
You're not going home yet?
**[06:47] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Oh, no. Well, actually...
**[06:51] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
The vending machine below the school
is the only one with the soda I like.
**[06:55] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'm going to go get some.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
One minute, twenty-one seconds!
**[07:07] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
The straight behind the reservoir.
**[07:08] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Damn it. I can't break 1:20.
**[07:12] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Maybe I'm rising too far up when I'm dancing,
but sometimes my rear tire slips.
**[07:16] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Maybe I'm putting too much load on the front.
**[07:19] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Maybe I'm using too much power too early.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
One more time.
**[07:31] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Don't lose speed now! Pedal!
**[07:34] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
One minute, twenty seconds!
**[07:35] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'm so close!
**[07:38] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I was so close. Damn it.
***SIGN*** Move your load back 10%.
Then you'll break 20.
**[07:47] Kaburagi**
*Crap!*
**[07:50] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
One minute, eighteen seconds!
**[07:52] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I broke nineteen seconds in just a few days.
**[07:57] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Ten percent...
**[07:58] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I didn't think I could manage
something so precise, but I did it.
**[08:05] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Who left this note?
**[08:08] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Was it the god of bicycles?
**[08:10] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
No.
**[08:11] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
It was the god of Orange Beena,
since I always buy that!
**[08:18] (Flashback) Naruko**
Are you stupid, showoff?
**[08:20] (Flashback) Naruko**
You're expending too much
energy when you pull.
**[08:22] (Flashback) Naruko**
You'll exhaust yourself.
**[08:23] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
You can reduce your power by 20%, showoff.
**[08:26] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
What? Twenty percent?
**[08:29] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Don't you mean one or 100?
**[08:30] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I can't manage something that precise.
**[08:33] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Imaizumi-san, you do it.
**[08:36] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
This is 80, and this is 60.
**[08:39] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I can't tell the difference at all.
**[08:42] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
That's because you're stupid.
**[08:43] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'm not stupid.
**[08:44] Imaizumi**
You're clearly stupid.
**[08:45] Aoyagi**
*Is he...*
**[08:46] Kaburagi**
What?
***SIGN*** Break 1:20
at 20% less
than full power.
**[08:50] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
God left me something again!
**[08:53] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I see. God has orders for me this time.
**[08:57] (Flashback) Kabruagi**
Okay, I'll try it!
**[08:59] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Eighty percent, eighty percent...
***SIGN*** Segments
***SIGN*** Orange
**[09:02] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Eight pieces of a ten-segmented orange.
**[09:05] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
One minute, twenty-one seconds! So close!
**[09:09] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
"Your knees are too wide
when you're dancing."
**[09:12] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I see.
**[09:13] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
"You can make better use of your
arm muscles if you stay under 90."
**[09:16] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Really?
**[09:18] Aoyagi**
* He won't listen to people,*
* but he will listen to notes.*
**[09:26] Kaburagi**
*Use your scapula well?*
**[09:28] Kaburagi**
*Huh, this god knows everything.*
**[09:32] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
What?
**[09:33] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san...
**[09:37] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Are you...
**[09:39] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san, are you training in secret, too?
**[09:41] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I just got some amazing information.
**[09:44] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
What?
**[09:45] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
You use the muscles around your scapula to...
**[09:48] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Wait, Aoyagi-san. Don't buy any
Orange Beena from this vending machine.
**[09:53] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'm going to buy them.
**[09:54] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
R-Really?
**[09:57] Aoyagi**
*He's amazing, in his own way.*
**[10:01] Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san, do you believe in God?
**[10:05] Aoyagi**
Where did that come from?
**[10:09] Kaburagi**
During middle school,
Danchiku and I joined Team SS.
**[10:15] Kaburagi**
They were tough and strict.
**[10:18] Kaburagi**
They had a lot of rules, too.
**[10:20] Kaburagi**
But I wanted to get stronger,
so I grit my teeth and kept riding.
**[10:25] Kaburagi**
I was always frustrated.
**[10:27] Kaburagi**
They told me not to smile, except when I won.
**[10:31] Kaburagi**
I thought I was riding to win.
**[10:33] Kaburagi**
I worked hard, but I didn't
really see results.
**[10:37] Kaburagi**
It's strange, though.
**[10:39] Kaburagi**
Since I started high school
and joined this team...
**[10:42] Kaburagi**
Imaizumi-san is too logical and sarcastic.
**[10:46] Kaburagi**
Naruko-san is overbearing and annoying.
**[10:48] Kaburagi**
And Onoda-san, who I thought
I admired, is unreliable.
**[10:53] Kaburagi**
But I'm having so much fun.
**[10:55] Kaburagi**
What do you suppose this feeling is?
**[10:57] Kaburagi**
Chasing after the pig in front of us is
really tough and takes everything I have,
**[11:02] Kaburagi**
but I'm having a lot of fun.
**[11:05] Kaburagi**
I feel like I've gotten stronger
since joining this team.
**[11:10] Kaburagi**
Watching Koga-san, Sugimoto-san,
Teshima-san, and everyone else ride
**[11:14] Kaburagi**
has made something well up inside me.
**[11:18] Kaburagi**
I feel like they're pushing me forward.
**[11:21] Kaburagi**
Oh, but not so much you, Aoyagi-san.
**[11:25] Kaburagi**
You don't really push.
**[11:26] Aoyagi**
Hey.
**[11:27] Aoyagi**
Quit complaining.
**[11:29] Aoyagi**
Do you think we can catch up?
**[11:31] Kaburagi**
I honestly have a feeling we can.
**[11:33] Kaburagi**
I've been conserving my energy.
**[11:37] Kaburagi**
And this is the first time I've told anyone,
but I have God on my side.
**[11:42] Kaburagi**
The god of Orange Beena!
**[11:44] Aoyagi**
You're right.
**[11:46] Aoyagi**
Your stupidity, your unyielding spirit...
**[11:50] Aoyagi**
Your desire to show off.
**[11:53] Aoyagi**
They're all things a sprinter needs, Kaburagi!
**[12:06] Doubashi**
That idiot is catching up?
**[12:09] Kaburagi**
I'm here, pig!
**[12:10] Kaburagi**
Right at the end!
**[12:14] Izumida**
Make fools of them, Doubashi.
**[12:17] Izumida**
They should be approaching
the first result line soon.
**[12:20] Izumida**
The two from Sohoku High
School should be catching up.
**[12:24] Izumida**
If they do, show them.
**[12:26] Izumida**
Overwhelm them with your true strength.
**[12:30] Izumida**
I doubt I have to tell
you to do that, though, abs.
**[12:33] Izumida**
Not if you're the Monster
of Hakone Doubashi that I,
**[12:36] Izumida**
Izumida Touichirou, know so well.
**[12:40] Izumida**
When he breaks the zipper on his jersey,
that's when they'll tremble with fear.
**[12:46] Izumida**
Isn't that right, Doubashi?
**[12:54] Doubashi**
Either way, I'll win.
**[12:56] Doubashi**
After all, I'm right!
**[12:58] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Why do I have to assist?
**[13:00] (Flashback) Senpai**
I've told you a bunch of times already.
**[13:02] (Flashback) Senpai**
It's because you're a first-year
and Hamauchi's a third-year.
**[13:05] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I'm faster than him.
**[13:07] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Speed wins. That's how racing works.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Senpai**
Control yourself.
**[13:11] (Flashback) Senpai**
Hamauchi's a third-year. It's his last race.
**[13:14] (Flashback) Senpai**
You know what your job is, Doubashi.
**[13:17] (Flashback) Manager**
Why did you hit him?
**[13:19] (Flashback) Manager**
Why would a first-year
hit third-year Hamauchi?
**[13:21] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I controlled myself. I did as I was told.
**[13:25] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I controlled myself and launched
Hamauchi-san before the finish line.
**[13:29] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I put him in the perfect position.
**[13:30] (Flashback) Doubashi**
But then...
**[13:31] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Damn it. I pulled you here.
**[13:33] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Go, Hamauchi-san.
**[13:35] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Go, hurry!
**[13:36] (Flashback) Hamauchi**
You idiot, you pulled too fast.
**[13:40] (Flashback) Hamauchi**
It took everything I had to keep up.
**[13:42] (Flashback) Hamauchi**
I don't have the strength left to sprint.
**[13:47] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Can you believe he said that?
**[13:49] (Flashback) Doubashi**
He ended up placing twenty-first.
**[13:51] (Flashback) Doubashi**
So I asked him what he spent the
last three years doing and hit him.
***SIGN*** Club Resignation Form
**[13:56] (Flashback) Manager**
Write your name on this by tomorrow!
**[13:59] (Flashback) Manager**
You're out of the club.
**[14:01] (Flashback) Manager**
Captain Fukutomi asked me to manage the
club while he was focusing on the race.
**[14:05] (Flashback) Manager**
Everyone expected great things from you.
**[14:09] (Flashback) Manager**
They said an amazing
first-year joined the club.
**[14:12] (Flashback) Manager**
But you can't control your emotions.
**[14:15] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I control myself plenty.
**[14:17] (Flashback) Manager**
It's not enough!
**[14:19] (Flashback) Manager**
The club can't keep you any longer!
**[14:22] (Flashback) Manager**
You missed this year's
Inter-High member selection
**[14:24] (Flashback) Manager**
because you hit second-years
Takayama and Shirakawa!
**[14:29] (Flashback) Doubashi**
They were afraid of my ability, so they
reduced the air pressure in my tires.
**[14:34] (Flashback) Doubashi**
That's why I hit them.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I don't regret it.
**[14:37] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I'm right!
**[14:39] (Flashback) Manager**
Your way is wrong for being part of a team.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Manager**
Doubashi, quit the bicycle club.
***SIGN*** Hakone Academy High School Bicycle Racing Club
***SIGN*** Club Application Form
**[14:53] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I'm first-year Doubashi Masakiyo,
and I'm joining the bicycle club today.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I have experience.
**[14:59] (Flashback) Manager**
He joined again.
**[15:02] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I'll never quit riding.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Hamauchi**
Can he seriously rejoin the club?
**[15:10] (Flashback) Manager**
There's no rule against it.
**[15:13] Doubashi**
*You can't be serious.*
**[15:15] Doubashi**
* I'll never quit this over*
* your stupid reasons!*
**[15:22] (Flashback) Doubashi**
What? Why do I have to clean up again today?
**[15:26] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I did it yesterday, Azuma-san.
**[15:28] (Flashback) Azuma**
Now, now. This is part of your training.
**[15:30] (Flashback) Azuma**
They're always telling
you to control yourself.
**[15:33] (Flashback) Second-Year**
And we're second-years.
**[15:35] (Flashback) Second-Year**
You should fix the way you talk to us.
**[15:38] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Shut up!
**[15:39] (Flashback) Doubashi**
You may be a second-year,
but you've never beaten me.
**[15:43] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Quit acting so self-important!
**[15:45] (Flashback) Azuma**
Just do it, okay?
**[15:47] (Flashback) Second-Year**
Control yourself, Doubashi. Later.
**[15:49] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Shut up! Wait!
**[15:53] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Damn it.
**[15:55] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I rode really hard today at practice.
**[15:59] (Flashback) Doubashi**
My thighs hurt.
**[16:02] (Flashback) Doubashi**
They were slacking off.
**[16:05] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I hate guys who talk like that when they
don't even take practice seriously.
**[16:09] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Damn it.
**[16:11] (Flashback) Manager**
You missed the Inter-High member selection.
**[16:14] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I don't regret it!
**[16:16] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I'm right!
**[16:18] Doubashi**
*I missed the Inter-High member selection.*
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Izumida
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Manami
**[16:28] Doubashi**
* I said I didn't regret it, but I*
* wanted to ride in the Inter-High.*
**[16:33] Doubashi**
* If I rode, I guess I'd be taking either*
* Izumida-san or Shinkai-san's position.*
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Izumida
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Shinkai
**[16:40] Doubashi**
*Crap. They train a lot and are crazy strong.*
**[16:45] Doubashi**
*That's a tough hurdle to clear.*
**[16:47] Doubashi**
*I need to get stronger.*
**[16:51] Doubashi**
*Maybe I do need to control myself better.*
**[16:55] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I just can't help it.
**[16:57] (Flashback) Doubashi**
It's because I don't think I'm wrong, but...
**[17:01] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Okay, I'll start controlling myself tomorrow.
**[17:04] (Flashback) Senpai**
Doubashi did it again!
**[17:06] (Flashback) Club**
Again?
**[17:06] (Flashback) Doubashi**
He started it!
**[17:07] Club**
Stop, Doubashi! Stop!
**[17:10] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I just told him to move because he was
blocking me with his crappy riding!
**[17:10] Club**
Stop!
**[17:14] (Flashback) Manager**
You're out of the club! That's enough!
***SIGN*** Club Application Form
***SIGN*** Class
***SIGN*** Doubashi Masakiyo
***SIGN*** Bicycle Racing Club
***SIGN*** Hakone Academy High School
**[17:22] (Flashback) Hamauchi**
He's gotten quieter lately.
**[17:25] (Flashback) Second-Year**
It's already his third
time joining the club.
**[17:29] (Flashback) Hamauchi**
I heard they made him sign
an agreement that he'd
**[17:31] (Flashback) Hamauchi**
quit the club forever the
next time he hit someone.
**[17:33] (Flashback) Second-Year**
Seriously?
**[17:34] (Flashback) Second-Year**
His performance has quieted
down a lot, too.
**[17:44] (Flashback) Izumida**
Doubashi, we need to talk.
**[17:46] (Flashback) Doubashi**
What? Yes, sir.
**[17:48] (Flashback) Izumida**
Why don't we go for a ride?
**[17:52] (Flashback) Izumida**
What's wrong? You've been
quiet lately, Doubashi.
**[17:57] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Well...
**[17:58] (Flashback) Izumida**
Your performance is declining, too.
**[17:59] (Flashback) Doubashi**
They kept telling me performance
wasn't everything,
**[18:02] Doubashi**
so I did my best and tried to control myself.
**[18:04] (Flashback) Izumida**
You've quit the Hakone Academy High School
bicycle club more times than anyone else,
**[18:08] (Flashback) Izumida**
Doubashi Masakiyo.
**[18:13] (Flashback) Izumida**
I talked Fukutomi-san into
letting me handle your future...
**[18:18] (Flashback) Izumida**
...as another sprinter.
**[18:21] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Wait! Wait, Izumida-san.
**[18:24] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I want to keep riding.
**[18:26] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I want to keep riding at
Hakone Academy High School.
**[18:29] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I have to control myself, right?
I know I have to.
**[18:34] (Flashback) Izumida**
What are you talking about, abs?
**[18:36] (Flashback) Izumida**
What I meant, abs...
**[18:38] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Abs?
**[18:40] (Flashback) Izumida**
You're blessed with a
great build and explosive power.
**[18:43] (Flashback) Izumida**
Telling you to control yourself is the
same as not polishing the spear you have.
**[18:48] (Flashback) Izumida**
Not many sprinters hold true spears.
**[18:52] (Flashback) Izumida**
You should stand out.
**[18:55] (Flashback) Izumida**
Bare your overflowing emotions.
**[18:59] (Flashback) Izumida**
Don't you want to see how far they can reach?
**[19:03] (Flashback) Izumida**
Not reason. Not words.
**[19:06] (Flashback) Izumida**
Your inner self.
**[19:08] (Flashback) Izumida**
Your irrepressible emotions.
**[19:09] (Flashback) Izumida**
That's strength.
**[19:11] (Flashback) Izumida**
Why wouldn't you use them?
**[19:14] (Flashback) Izumida**
Why keep your spear sheathed?
**[19:16] Doubashi**
*Strength...*
**[19:19] (Flashback) Izumida**
There's no need for control. Release.
**[19:22] (Flashback) Izumida**
Control your emotions with concentration.
**[19:25] (Flashback) Izumida**
Focus only during races.
**[19:28] (Flashback) Izumida**
Then the noise of your surroundings
won't bother you anymore.
**[19:33] Doubashi**
*Noise...*
**[19:34] (Flashback) Izumida**
Come, abs! Follow me!
**[19:37] (Flashback) Izumida**
Pedal to your heart's content!
**[19:39] (Flashback) Izumida**
Show me the abomination inside you, abs!
**[19:43] (Flashback) Izumida**
Abs, abs!
**[19:44] Doubashi**
*Izumida-san's fast!*
**[19:46] (Flashback) Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[19:49] (Flashback) Doubashi**
He's pulling away. Crap.
**[19:52] Doubashi**
*Interesting. Emotion is strength.*
**[19:55] Doubashi**
* You say I can do it, Izumida-san?*
* Then I'll do it.*
**[19:58] Doubashi**
*I'll put the man inside me on full display!*
**[20:05] (Flashback) Doubashi**
I'll crush you!
**[20:07] (Flashback) Izumida**
Abs!
**[20:12] Doubashi**
I won't let anyone stand in front of me.
**[20:15] Doubashi**
I'm right!
**[20:16] Doubashi**
I'll win! I am Hakone Academy High School!
**[20:19] Doubashi**
It's been decided since the beginning.
**[20:22] Doubashi**
There's only one truth, and that's winning!
**[20:26] Doubashi**
Irrepressible emotion! That's strength!
**[20:34] Fan 1**
What was that? That was different
from his other shouts.
**[20:37] Fan 2**
He's like a wild animal.
**[20:38] Kaburagi**
He's up to something, Aoyagi-san!
**[20:41] Kaburagi**
Let's catch up to him before
he accelerates again!
**[20:44] Kaburagi**
Hey, Hakone Academy High School pig!
**[20:46] Kaburagi**
This is the strength of Sohoku
High School that you mocked!
**[20:52] Fan 3**
The pursuing Sohoku High School duo...
**[20:54] Fan 4**
They caught up to Hakone Academy High School!
**[20:57] Kaburagi**
The rest is up to you, sprinter Aoyagi-san!
**[21:01] Kaburagi**
I'm counting on you!
**[21:04] Aoyagi**
One kilometer left.
**[21:05] Aoyagi**
I took my time getting ready
behind Kaburagi this time.
**[21:09] Aoyagi**
I won't lose.
**[21:10] Aoyagi**
It's mine!
**[21:12] Aoyagi**
Supersonic Oxygen Bullet!
**[21:15] Fan 5**
Sohoku High School made a
comeback at the last second!
**[21:17] Kaburagi**
He did it!
**[21:19] Fans**
Sohoku High School's riding alone!
**[21:20] Fans**
He's fast!
**[21:21] Fans**
He's so round!
**[21:22] Kaburagi**
What do you think, pig?
**[21:23] Kaburagi**
This is the eleventh hour
power of Sohoku High School.
**[21:34] Kaburagi**
What was that?
**[21:35] Kaburagi**
An unfortunate word just
crossed my mind for a second.
**[21:39] Doubashi**
The hunt doesn't start until
my prey's in front of me.
**[21:43] Kaburagi**
He let us pass him.
**[21:45] Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san!
**[23:23] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs.
**[23:32] Izumida**
Abs.
**[23:33] Izumida**
Abs.
**[23:35] Izumida**
Abs!
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Full Throttle Kaburagi!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E20 - Full Throttle, Kaburagi!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6GGX81D6/full-throttle-kaburagi)
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**[00:02] Aoyagi**
Tadokoro-san...
**[00:03] Aoyagi**
I made it to the Inter-High.
**[00:07] Aoyagi**
And the green number tag goal line.
**[00:09] Aoyagi**
There's one kilometer left.
**[00:11] Aoyagi**
I'll believe in myself and
pedal as hard as I can.
**[00:14] Aoyagi**
Kaburagi is a hard worker.
**[00:16] Aoyagi**
If we get this...
**[00:18] Aoyagi**
I'll shower him with praise.
**[00:24] Aoyagi**
After all, I'm in this position
because of his hard work.
**[00:30] Aoyagi**
I'll introduce him to you sometime.
**[00:33] Aoyagi**
Kaburagi Issa hasn't realized it himself yet,
**[00:35] Aoyagi**
but he's the next generation of sprinter
who will carry Sohoku High School.
**[00:41] Aoyagi**
He's a little stupid, though.
**[00:44] Aoyagi**
You'd probably say that's
what's good about him.
**[00:49] Aoyagi**
But first, I'll definitely...
**[00:52] Aoyagi**
Take the first result!
**[00:55] Aoyagi**
That's my job!
**[00:58] Aoyagi**
My legs will make it.
**[01:00] Aoyagi**
You just wait, Junta.
**[01:01] Aoyagi**
I'll bring back the green number—
**[01:07] Doubashi**
Run.
**[01:09] Doubashi**
Hey, run faster!
**[01:14] Doubashi**
This jersey is too small.
**[01:18] Doubashi**
It's in the way.
**[01:20] Doubashi**
Come on, run. I'll...
**[01:23] Doubashi**
...crush you and your bike underfoot!
**[01:28] Doubashi**
I broke it again!
**[01:30] Doubashi**
The zippers on these jerseys are so weak!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.20 Full Throttle, Kaburagi!
**[03:13] Sakamichi**
Uh, Teshima-san.
**[03:15] Sakamichi**
It's been a while since Aoyagi-san
and Kaburagi-kun left.
**[03:18] Sakamichi**
Do you think they've caught up to the front?
**[03:21] Teshima**
Are you worried, Onoda?
**[03:23] Teshima**
If everything's gone well,
they should be getting there soon.
**[03:27] Teshima**
The leaders should be reaching
the first result line around now.
**[03:34] Sakamichi**
It'll be decided soon...
**[03:36] Sakamichi**
Who's the fastest sprinter of this race.
**[03:39] Doubashi**
Seven hundred meters left!
**[03:42] Doubashi**
Flee! Flee!
**[03:44] Doubashi**
Interesting, interesting...
**[03:48] Doubashi**
Nothing beats chasing someone down!
**[03:53] Aoyagi**
He's faster than I expected.
**[03:56] Aoyagi**
He's pushing me from behind.
**[03:57] Aoyagi**
He could pass me at any time.
**[04:00] Aoyagi**
Damn it. What should I do?
**[04:02] Aoyagi**
There's 650 meters left.
**[04:04] Aoyagi**
Should I change my course?
**[04:05] Aoyagi**
No, at this pace, he'd pass me.
**[04:09] Aoyagi**
What should you do, Aoyagi Hajime?
**[04:14] Aoyagi**
I don't have a choice.
**[04:15] Aoyagi**
I wanted to save this for the final 150
meter sprint before the finish line.
**[04:26] Aoyagi**
Ultimate Aoyagi Technique!
**[04:28] Aoyagi**
Human Bullet Bambi Style!
**[04:31] Doubashi**
What? He transformed again!
**[04:37] Fan A**
Sohoku High School's accelerating!
**[04:38] Fan A**
He's so fast!
**[04:39] Fan B**
What's up with his legs? Are those logs?
**[04:41] Fan C**
He was already round,
but he transformed again!
**[04:46] Fan D**
He pulled farther ahead out of the corner!
**[04:50] Fan E**
Sohoku High School's #4 is amazing!
**[04:53] Aoyagi**
Human Bullet Bambi Style...
**[04:56] Aoyagi**
I release the muscles in my
torso that I'd been focusing on
**[04:59] Aoyagi**
and focus on my legs instead.
**[05:01] Aoyagi**
I can't keep it up for long, but it
doubles my explosive sprinting ability.
***SIGN*** Minegayama
**[05:07] (Flashback) Teshima**
You know how you'd run from
me when we played tag?
**[05:12] (Flashback) Teshima**
I wonder if you could make it stronger.
**[05:15] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Stronger?
**[05:17] (Flashback) Teshima**
I have a feeling it has more potential.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Teshima**
You might be able to use it
at the next Inter-High.
**[05:25] Aoyagi**
*Strengthening my running...*
**[05:31] (Flashback) Naruko**
Aoyagi-san's Human Bullet is insane.
**[05:34] (Flashback) Naruko**
He's going super fast.
**[05:35] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
His pulling is amazing.
**[05:37] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
They're right.
**[05:38] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
I'm pulling, not running.
**[05:41] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Running requires stronger acceleration.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Which means...
**[05:47] Aoyagi**
That's how these legs were born.
**[05:49] Aoyagi**
That became this, Bambi Style.
**[05:52] Aoyagi**
If surviving makes you the strongest,
**[05:54] Aoyagi**
then the strongest animals on Earth
are the always-fleeing herbivores.
**[05:58] Aoyagi**
These are legs of certain escape!
**[06:04] Aoyagi**
I'll pull ahead of him and
run to the result line.
**[06:07] Aoyagi**
Then nobody can beat me!
**[06:10] Aoyagi**
I'll win! You just watch, Junta!
**[06:13] Aoyagi**
You're always saving me with your ideas!
**[06:19] Aoyagi**
It won't last long.
**[06:22] Aoyagi**
I'll make it last!
**[06:24] Aoyagi**
It's my turn to return the favor, Junta!
**[06:30] Doubashi**
Do you know how much Hakone Academy
High School trains every day?
**[06:35] Doubashi**
Do you know how unforgiving the
member selection tournament is?
**[06:39] Doubashi**
You're trying to run from me, aren't you?
**[06:43] Aoyagi**
Doubashi!
**[06:44] Aoyagi**
He's right behind me.
**[06:46] Doubashi**
Sorry, but prey that's fleeing
as fast as it can is my favorite!
**[06:55] Sakamichi**
T-Teshima-san, do you
think Aoyagi-san will win?
**[07:00] Teshima**
Huh?
**[07:01] Sakamichi**
Oh, I just...
**[07:02] Sakamichi**
Hakone Academy High School's #15 was
big and seemed strong, so I thought...
**[07:08] Teshima**
You mean Doubashi?
**[07:09] Teshima**
He's in your grade. He's a second-year.
**[07:13] Sakamichi**
What?!
**[07:15] Teshima**
If size were the determining factor,
then Aoyagi would lose.
**[07:19] Teshima**
But that's not what road racing is about.
**[07:22] Teshima**
It's a combination of willpower,
conditions, teamwork, and strategy.
**[07:28] Teshima**
You use everything you can
to find an opportunity.
**[07:32] Teshima**
You work together, strategize,
look out for your teammates,
**[07:36] Teshima**
give everything you've got, and throw
your wheels across the finish line.
**[07:40] Teshima**
I'm betting on Aoyagi.
**[07:45] Teshima**
Believe in the strength of
Aoyagi and Kaburagi, Onoda.
**[07:50] Teshima**
Remember what he said?
It's not the two of them.
**[07:55] Teshima**
The six of us together are a team.
**[07:59] Doubashi**
Run faster, little Bambi!
**[08:06] Aoyagi**
I won't last much longer.
**[08:08] Aoyagi**
Damn it.
**[08:11] Doubashi**
It's right there. This'll be easy.
**[08:14] Doubashi**
Thanks for the meal, Bambi!
**[08:17] (Flashback) Izumida**
Whatever you do, don't lose
to Sohoku High School!
**[08:21] Doubashi**
Izumida-san, they gave me some trouble.
**[08:25] Doubashi**
But they were nothing special!
**[08:29] Doubashi**
Move, Sohoku High School! It's over!
**[08:32] Fan**
There's 400 meters left!
They're finally neck and neck!
**[08:35] Fan**
All three of them!
**[08:38] Doubashi**
Three?
**[08:40] Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san!
**[08:41] Kaburagi**
I got a really bad feeling
about this, so I followed him!
**[08:49] Teshima**
We have two cards up our sleeve,
so we'll make full use of both of them.
**[08:55] Teshima**
That's Sohoku High School's style,
**[08:58] Teshima**
Hakone Academy High School!
**[09:00] Doubashi**
What are you doing here, orange?
**[09:03] Doubashi**
Was he sticking behind me? No...
**[09:07] Doubashi**
But I turned around to check numerous times.
**[09:09] Doubashi**
I know I didn't see him.
**[09:13] Doubashi**
Was he hiding in the blind
spot created by my jersey?
**[09:19] Doubashi**
Orange!
**[09:20] Kaburagi**
Pig!
**[09:22] Aoyagi**
It was one in ten thousand.
**[09:25] Aoyagi**
I only told Kaburagi to pull for me
so I could go all out at the end.
**[09:31] Aoyagi**
But he sensed the danger in a moment
and reflexively pursued Doubashi.
**[09:39] Aoyagi**
I can't believe he caught up.
**[09:41] Aoyagi**
I only imagined there might be a one in ten
thousand chance that this might happen.
**[09:46] Aoyagi**
He's an idiot...
**[09:47] Aoyagi**
But he's perceptive.
**[09:50] Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san!
**[09:54] Kaburagi**
Get behind me!
**[09:56] Kaburagi**
I'll pull for you again.
**[09:57] Kaburagi**
I'll launch you.
**[09:58] Kaburagi**
I need you to sprint.
**[10:00] Kaburagi**
Let me handle this pig, Aoyagi-san!
**[10:03] Fan**
Three hundred and fifty meters left!
**[10:06] Doubashi**
Don't get ahead of yourselves.
**[10:08] Doubashi**
Increasing your numbers from one
to two won't change anything.
**[10:11] Doubashi**
I'll pass you, too, orange!
**[10:15] Kaburagi**
A sprinter like Aoyagi-san won't have
any trouble with a sub like you, pig!
**[10:20] Aoyagi**
There's a light shining...
**[10:23] Aoyagi**
On Sohoku High School.
**[10:25] Aoyagi**
If I used my Bambi Style, I thought...
**[10:28] Kaburagi**
What? Where's the light?
**[10:30] Aoyagi**
I thought I could pull ahead of Doubashi.
**[10:32] Aoyagi**
I thought I'd make it to the result line.
**[10:35] Aoyagi**
But he's stronger than I thought.
**[10:38] Aoyagi**
He stopped my legs of certain
escape and caught up.
**[10:43] Aoyagi**
I thought I might not be able to win.
**[10:48] Aoyagi**
You should take the sprint.
**[10:51] Aoyagi**
You're the light, Kaburagi.
**[10:54] Aoyagi**
You can do it.
**[10:57] Kaburagi**
I can't!
**[10:58] Kaburagi**
I'm an all-rounder!
**[11:00] Aoyagi**
What? He's still saying that?
**[11:03] Aoyagi**
I take back what I said.
**[11:05] Aoyagi**
He's totally imperceptive.
**[11:07] Aoyagi**
Do it!
**[11:08] Kaburagi**
I can't!
**[11:09] Aoyagi**
Take it!
**[11:10] Kaburagi**
I can't!
**[11:11] Kaburagi**
The pig is accelerating.
**[11:12] Kaburagi**
He's entering a sprinting form.
**[11:14] Aoyagi**
He'll pull ahead.
**[11:17] Aoyagi**
Give the last bit of
strength you have, Hajime!
**[11:21] Kaburagi**
Why are you jumping ahead, Aoyagi-san?
**[11:24] Aoyagi**
I'm blocking the wind!
**[11:25] Kaburagi**
Why would you spend your strength
for the result line now?
**[11:29] Aoyagi**
Idiot. I've already exhausted my Bambi Style.
**[11:32] Aoyagi**
I don't have the strength left to sprint.
**[11:36] Aoyagi**
When I give the signal, go!
**[11:38] Kaburagi**
I'm not going!
**[11:39] Aoyagi**
I thought you believed in God!
**[11:41] Kaburagi**
What? I do, but so what?
**[11:44] Kaburagi**
Where's God right now?
**[11:47] Kaburagi**
There are no vending machines around.
**[11:55] Kaburagi**
G-God's notepad...
**[12:00] Aoyagi**
I can't believe I had this in my pocket.
**[12:05] (Flashback) Teshima**
You should imagine all possible scenarios
and think of how to deal with them.
**[12:09] (Flashback) Teshima**
Hakone Academy High School's
Doubashi is strong.
**[12:11] (Flashback) Teshima**
You should simulate how
you can use Kaburagi, too.
**[12:17] (Flashback) Teshima**
What are you writing?
**[12:19] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
A magical note.
**[12:21] Aoyagi**
I said it was one in ten thousand,
**[12:24] Aoyagi**
but maybe some part of me believed
that he would follow me this far.
**[12:31] Kaburagi**
This is...
**[12:36] Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san.
**[12:37] Aoyagi**
Take it!
**[12:39] Aoyagi**
It's God's final note for you!
***SIGN*** Sprint as hard as you can for the result line
**[12:43] Aoyagi**
"Sprint as hard as you
can for the result line!"
**[12:49] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
**[12:51] Aoyagi**
His pressure skyrocketed.
**[12:54] Aoyagi**
I've never seen such a pure...
**[12:58] Aoyagi**
Sprint!
**[13:08] Doubashi**
I've won countless sprints before now.
**[13:11] Doubashi**
I've crushed sprinters
that others called strong.
**[13:15] Doubashi**
That's why I can feel who's a real sprinter,
who's going for the result line...
**[13:21] Doubashi**
And how fast a sprinter someone is.
**[13:24] Doubashi**
But I didn't even notice until now
that this orange is a sprinter.
**[13:30] Kaburagi**
I understand, God. I'll do it.
**[13:33] Kaburagi**
I'll use everything you taught me...
**[13:37] Kaburagi**
...to win this sprint!
**[13:41] Doubashi**
It skyrocketed. What's going
on with his pressure?
**[13:45] Doubashi**
He was acting as the third-year
Aoyagi's assistant until now.
**[13:48] Doubashi**
But he's changed completely.
**[13:49] Doubashi**
That's the face of a
sprinter aiming for first.
**[13:52] Doubashi**
Only those riding on the
course could feel the tension
**[13:56] Doubashi**
flowing through the air right now.
**[14:01] Doubashi**
That moment when an arrow is loosed towards
its target and time seems to stand still.
**[14:07] Doubashi**
This tense moment of silence.
**[14:14] Doubashi**
The final sprint is starting!
**[14:25] Aoyagi**
Go, Kaburagi!
**[14:28] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
**[14:39] Fan**
They're neck and neck!
**[14:41] Fan**
Two hundred meters left!
**[14:46] Fan**
Sohoku High School's resting!
**[14:48] Doubashi**
What is he doing? Does he
have strength to spare?
**[14:57] Doubashi**
He's accelerating!
**[15:03] Doubashi**
He took a moment to rest behind
me before accelerating again.
**[15:08] Doubashi**
Two-stage acceleration...
**[15:09] Doubashi**
I can't predict his movements.
**[15:12] Doubashi**
What's his next move?
**[15:13] Doubashi**
Is he a genius, or just an idiot?
**[15:18] Doubashi**
But this situation itself
is advantageous to me.
**[15:21] Doubashi**
I can ride behind him.
**[15:23] Doubashi**
What will he do? He's not moving.
**[15:26] Doubashi**
Is he not thinking?
**[15:27] Doubashi**
He's a mysterious sprinter...
**[15:31] Doubashi**
But he's an idiot!
**[15:33] Fan A**
Hakone Academy High School's
sticking right behind him!
**[15:36] Fan B**
He's saving his strength
by hiding from the wind!
**[15:38] Doubashi**
I'll show you my monster sprint!
**[15:42] Doubashi**
I don't lose!
**[15:43] Doubashi**
I'm Hakone Academy High School!
**[15:45] Fan**
This year's fastest sprinter
is about to be decided!
**[15:49] Fan**
One hundred meters left!
**[15:51] Kaburagi**
Go in, go in, go in, go in...
**[15:54] Doubashi**
What? "Go in"?
**[15:56] Doubashi**
Is it his gears?
**[15:57] Doubashi**
Is he having trouble switching into top gear?
**[16:02] Doubashi**
How unfortunate for him.
**[16:03] Doubashi**
No wonder his acceleration was lacking.
**[16:06] Doubashi**
Orange, I wish I could've raced you
when you weren't having bike trouble.
**[16:13] Fan**
Doubashi's making his move!
He's jumping ahead!
**[16:16] Kaburagi**
Go in!
**[16:19] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
What?
**[16:20] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
What do I think about before the finish line?
**[16:23] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Big gears.
**[16:25] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
What?
**[16:27] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I imagine gears.
**[16:29] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
Strangely enough, when they fit together,
it makes me feel really strong.
**[16:34] Kaburagi**
Go in.
**[16:36] Kaburagi**
Go in!
**[16:39] Kaburagi**
It's in!
**[16:41] Kaburagi**
All right!
**[16:42] Aoyagi**
Go, Kaburagi!
**[16:44] Doubashi**
It's not bike trouble?
**[16:52] Doubashi**
There's 80 meters to the first result line.
**[16:55] Kaburagi**
I...
**[16:55] Doubashi**
I...
**[16:57] Both**
I'll win!
**[16:59] Kaburagi**
Pig!
**[17:00] Kaburagi**
I got this!
**[17:01] Doubashi**
Orange!
**[17:03] Doubashi**
He's coming!
**[17:04] Both**
Sprint!
**[17:05] Fan**
They're both accelerating!
**[17:11] Both**
I'll win!
**[17:13] Fan**
Fifty meters left!
**[17:14] Doubashi**
Too limited. They're too limited.
**[17:17] Doubashi**
The world's rules are too limited.
**[17:20] Doubashi**
Line up.
**[17:21] Doubashi**
Don't move.
**[17:22] Doubashi**
Don't talk back.
**[17:24] Doubashi**
I've always been a big guy.
**[17:26] Doubashi**
That's why I stick out.
**[17:29] Doubashi**
But what's wrong with that?
**[17:30] Doubashi**
I'm right.
**[17:32] Doubashi**
But for a while, I was unsure.
**[17:35] Doubashi**
I tried to fit within the
limited rules of society.
**[17:39] Doubashi**
That's when Izumida-san told me to stick out.
**[17:45] Doubashi**
He said I could ride the way I wanted.
**[17:49] Doubashi**
He told me to take the first result!
**[17:52] Doubashi**
How could I not give everything
I've got to win it?
**[17:57] Doubashi**
The first result line is mine!
**[17:59] Doubashi**
I'm bringing it home to
Hakone Academy High School, Izumida-san!
**[18:06] Kaburagi**
Seriously? What is this
that's flowing out of me?
**[18:09] Kaburagi**
It's so fast.
**[18:10] Kaburagi**
It's super fast.
**[18:12] Kaburagi**
My heart hurts, but I can't stop.
**[18:14] Kaburagi**
It's like all the gears in
my body are locked together.
**[18:17] Kaburagi**
From the top of my head
to the tips of my toes,
**[18:19] Kaburagi**
they're all connected and
moving forward as one.
**[18:21] Kaburagi**
Am I excited by this sprint?
**[18:24] Kaburagi**
My body's telling me to pass
the guy in front of me.
**[18:28] Kaburagi**
All the blood in my body is boiling!
**[18:31] Fan**
Thirty meters left!
**[18:32] Kaburagi**
Win, win, win!
**[18:35] Kaburagi**
I'll win!
**[18:38] Kaburagi**
It's boiling.
**[18:40] Aoyagi**
Go, Kaburagi.
**[18:42] Aoyagi**
You can do it!
**[18:48] Fan**
They're neck and neck again!
**[18:49] Fan**
It's the final sprint!
**[18:52] Fan 1**
I thought Doubashi looked like he would
play dirty, but he's an honorable racer.
**[18:58] Fan 2**
I've seen most of his races.
**[19:01] Fan 2**
He talks a big game and has a huge attitude,
but he always fights head-to-head.
**[19:06] Fan 2**
He always plays fair.
**[19:09] Fan 2**
That's why he has so many fans!
**[19:11] Fan**
Doubashi!
**[19:12] Fan**
Go, Hakone Academy High School's Doubashi!
**[19:14] Club 1**
Doubashi-senpai, you can do it!
**[19:16] Club 2**
Pedal harder, Senpai!
**[19:19] Doubashi**
I know.
**[19:21] Doubashi**
I finally made it to the Inter-High.
**[19:24] Doubashi**
If I don't win this, all the races I
won since this spring are worthless.
**[19:32] Kaburagi**
The pig's a few centimeters ahead.
**[19:35] Kaburagi**
Damn it!
**[19:36] Kaburagi**
The line's right in front
of me. I can see it.
**[19:38] Kaburagi**
My muscles are about to shatter.
**[19:40] Kaburagi**
But I know I have to overcome this trial.
**[19:46] Kaburagi**
Right, God?
**[19:48] Kaburagi**
Why did Aoyagi-san's face pop into my head?
**[19:51] Kaburagi**
I don't know. It doesn't matter.
**[19:54] Kaburagi**
It's the final push!
**[19:58] Kaburagi**
Boil, damn it!
**[20:11] Fan**
The first result has been decided!
**[20:14] Fan**
Hakone Academy High School's Doubashi wins!
**[20:16] Fan**
Sohoku High School caught up at the end!
**[20:18] Fan**
Hakone Academy High School stayed ahead!
**[20:20] Fan**
It was Sohoku High School!
**[20:27] Doubashi**
You idiot, you didn't win.
**[20:30] Kaburagi**
Fool. You didn't notice?
**[20:33] Kaburagi**
I got you in the end.
**[20:36] Doubashi**
No, you didn't. That was me.
**[20:39] Kaburagi**
It was me.
**[20:40] Doubashi**
It wasn't you.
**[20:42] Kaburagi**
I'd never lose to a sub like you.
**[20:45] Doubashi**
I'm a regular, you idiot.
**[20:46] Fan 1**
They're arguing. Who won just now?
**[20:50] Fan 2**
Wasn't it Hakone Academy High School?
**[20:51] Fan 3**
It looked like Sohoku High School to me.
**[20:55] Announce**
We have an announcement
concerning the recent results.
**[21:14] Announce**
Though it was a very close race...
**[21:16] Aoyagi**
Kaburagi...
**[21:17] Announce**
After an evaluation of
the sensors and photo...
**[21:19] Aoyagi**
Good job.
**[21:20] Announce**
The winner of the first result
and green number tag is...
**[21:25] Danchiku**
Issa...
***SIGN*** | 1 | Doubashi Masakiyo | 15 | Kanagawa | Hakone Academy High School |
| 2 | Kaburagi Issa | 6 | Chiba | Sohoku High School |
**[21:33] Announce**
Hakone Academy High School's
Doubashi Masakiyo.
**[23:24] Aoyagi**
You're always working hard, Kaburagi-kun.
**[23:28] Aoyagi**
It's me.
***SIGN*** Silence
**[23:34] Aoyagi**
Maybe not.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Hakone Academy High School Makes Its Move!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E21 - Hakone Academy High School Makes Its Move!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6P82ZMW6/hakone-academy-high-school-makes-its-move)
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**[00:00] Doubashi**
There's 80 meters to the first result line.
**[00:02] Kaburagi**
I...
**[00:03] Doubashi**
I...
**[00:04] Both**
I'll win!
**[00:06] Kaburagi**
Pig!
**[00:08] Kaburagi**
I got this!
**[00:09] Doubashi**
Orange!
**[00:10] Doubashi**
He's coming!
**[00:12] Both**
Sprint!
**[00:13] Fan**
They're both accelerating!
**[00:19] Both**
I'll win!
**[00:20] Aoyagi**
Go, Kaburagi.
**[00:22] Aoyagi**
You can do it!
**[00:28] Fan**
They're neck and neck again!
**[00:30] Fan**
It's the final sprint!
**[00:34] Kaburagi**
The pig's a few centimeters ahead.
**[00:36] Kaburagi**
Damn it!
**[00:37] Kaburagi**
The line's right in front
of me. I can see it.
**[00:40] Kaburagi**
Boil, damn it!
***SIGN*** | 1 | Doubashi Masakiyo | 15 | Kanagawa | Hakone Academy High School | | 2 | Kaburagi Issa | 6 | Chiba | Sohoku High School |
**[00:57] Announce**
The winner of the first result
and green number tag is
**[01:01] Announce**
Hakone Academy High School's
Doubashi Masakiyo!
**[01:04] Announce**
The first number tag of the Inter-High
goes to Hakone Academy High School!
**[01:09] Fan**
Hakone Academy High School!
**[01:11] Fan**
Of course it's Hakone Academy High School!
**[01:13] Fan**
Doubashi's the champion!
**[01:15] Fan**
That's the pose I wanted to see!
**[01:22] Doubashi**
I'm Hakone Academy High School!
**[01:27] Kaburagi**
Damn, damn, damn...
**[01:32] Kaburagi**
I lost.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.21 Hakone Academy High School Makes Its Move!
***SIGN*** 1. 15 Doubashi Masakiyo 2. 6 Kaburagi Issa
**[03:15] Teshima**
The first result...
**[03:19] Naruko**
Sohoku High School placed second.
**[03:28] Rider**
Hakone Academy High School's moving up!
**[03:30] Izumida**
Excuse us.
**[03:33] Izumida**
Make way, Teshima-kun.
**[03:38] Fan**
Kanagawa's ultimate champions,
Hakone Academy High School, moved up!
**[03:41] Fan**
They're so intimidating!
**[03:43] Fan**
The team that takes the
first result controls the pack!
**[03:48] Sakamichi**
They're in front of us!
**[03:49] Teshima**
Hakone Academy High School...
**[03:51] Naruko**
They're first.
**[03:52] Imaizumi**
They're where we were last year.
**[03:54] Imaizumi**
The winners' position.
**[03:57] Izumida**
Well done, Doubashi.
**[03:59] Ashikiba**
Basshi...
**[04:01] Kuroda**
It went just as planned, Touichirou.
**[04:03] Manami**
I can't believe he won one
against two on the flats.
**[04:07] Manami**
It's amazing.
**[04:08] Yuto**
Hayato-kun said Doubashi-san could do it.
**[04:13] Rider 1**
Things feel more stable with
Hakone Academy High School in the front.
**[04:15] Rider 2**
That position's a perfect fit for them.
**[04:17] Rider 2**
Their aura is different.
**[04:18] Rider 1**
Yeah. I feel calmer with
Hakone Academy High School forming the pack.
**[04:22] Rider 1**
Let's absorb our sprinters as we
ride to the foot of the mountain.
**[04:25] Rider 1**
We can take a break.
**[04:28] Izumida**
Time to go to work.
**[04:31] Izumida**
Andy, Frank...
**[04:34] Izumida**
Our job starts now.
**[04:37] Rider 2**
Huh?
**[04:38] Rider 1**
Hey, there's space behind you.
**[04:41] Teshima**
They're doing it on purpose.
**[04:43] Rider 1**
What?
**[04:44] Teshima**
They're planning to increase their speed
and decrease the pack's numbers...
**[04:49] Teshima**
At the start of the Inter-High's first day!
**[04:53] Izumida**
Abs!
**[04:54] Rider 1**
Seriously? But we're still
so far from the mountains.
**[04:56] Rider 3**
We underestimated them. They're fast.
**[04:59] Rider 3**
Sohoku High School's jumping ahead, too!
**[05:01] Teshima**
But I knew they'd do this.
**[05:03] Teshima**
Let's go as hard as we can.
**[05:04] Teshima**
Onoda, Naruko, Imaizumi!
**[05:07] All**
Yes, sir!
**[05:07] Izumida**
You came, Sohoku High School.
**[05:10] ---**
Abs!
**[05:11] Teshima**
Sorry, but you're not getting away,
Hakone Academy High School.
**[05:14] Teshima**
You seem pretty desperate, Izumida.
**[05:17] Teshima**
You're already trying to reduce your
competition at the start of the race.
**[05:20] Izumida**
We're wearing double-digit tags when
we should be wearing single digits.
**[05:25] Izumida**
Do you know what that means, Teshima-kun?
**[05:28] Teshima**
I do.
**[05:30] Teshima**
After all, we were wearing
triple digits last year.
**[05:35] Izumida**
It means that by any means necessary,
we must retake the title of champions.
**[05:42] Izumida**
I didn't participate in the first result
so I could create this situation.
**[05:47] Izumida**
Abs!
**[05:48] Sakamichi**
Hakone Academy High School
is accelerating even more.
**[05:50] Teshima**
After them!
**[05:51] All**
Yes, sir!
**[05:55] Izumida**
The way you ride is so ordinary, Teshima-kun.
**[05:58] Izumida**
Are you struggling?
**[06:00] Izumida**
Isn't it because you sent two
riders to compete in the sprint?
**[06:03] Teshima**
I'm weak.
**[06:06] Teshima**
That's why I use my head.
**[06:09] Teshima**
It's why I work hard.
**[06:10] Teshima**
I have a plan.
**[06:12] Teshima**
Go!
**[06:14] Teshima**
Naruko Shoukichi!
**[06:16] Naruko**
You got it!
**[06:17] Teshima**
We held onto our best man on the flats, too.
**[06:21] Naruko**
I'm itching to go!
**[06:24] Naruko**
Wanna pick up where we left off, lashes?
**[06:28] Izumida**
I couldn't ask for more, redhead!
**[06:31] Izumida**
Abs!
**[06:36] Both**
I won't stop you this time!
**[06:38] Imaizumi**
Naruko!
**[06:38] Kuroda**
Touichirou!
**[06:39] Both**
Go!
**[06:42] ---**
Abs! Abs! Abs! Abs!
**[06:50] Kaburagi**
I gave everything I had and lost.
**[06:58] Aoyagi**
There's only one winner.
**[07:00] Aoyagi**
"Good job."
**[07:01] Aoyagi**
"You were amazing."
**[07:04] Aoyagi**
All praise is meaningless
in the face of defeat.
**[07:07] Aoyagi**
I don't know what to say to him.
**[07:11] Danchiku**
Issa!
**[07:13] Danchiku**
Issa!
**[07:16] Danchiku**
Issa!
**[07:19] Kaburagi**
Danchiku...
**[07:21] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I'm Kaburagi Issa.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
This is Danchiku Ryuuhou.
**[07:25] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
This race is mine.
**[07:28] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
We're going to the Inter-High, Danchiku.
**[07:30] (Flashback) Danchiku**
I see two lights in you.
**[07:33] (Flashback) Danchiku**
Two lights I don't have.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Danchiku**
Issa!
**[07:38] (Flashback) Danchiku**
Don't waver!
**[07:39] (Flashback) Danchiku**
I won't be in the race, but you go
all-out at the Inter-High, Issa.
**[07:45] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
I will.
**[07:47] (Flashback) Kaburagi**
You just watch me, Danchiku.
**[07:55] Kaburagi**
He's the last person
I want to talk to right now.
**[07:59] Kaburagi**
I lost to a pig.
**[08:05] Danchiku**
I was watching!
**[08:29] Kaburagi**
Danchiku, I lost.
**[08:36] Kaburagi**
I rode as hard as I could and lost the race.
**[08:41] Sugimoto**
Kaburagi!
**[08:44] Sugimoto**
I was watching!
**[08:46] Kaburagi**
Sugimoto-san...
**[08:53] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Push Imaizumi's back.
**[09:01] Kaburagi**
I will.
**[09:02] Kaburagi**
Thank you.
**[09:04] Koga**
Kaburagi!
**[09:06] Miki**
Kaburagi-kun!
**[09:07] Aya**
First-year!
**[09:08] Koga**
We were watching!
**[09:10] Kaburagi**
Yes, sir!
**[09:13] Kaburagi**
Koga-san, guys...
**[09:15] Koga**
We'll be waiting for you
at the feed zone up ahead!
**[09:23] Kaburagi**
Why? What was that, Aoyagi-san?
**[09:28] Kaburagi**
I didn't win.
**[09:32] Kaburagi**
They should be asking me,
"What are you doing?"
**[09:34] Kaburagi**
"How could you lose when you were so close?"
**[09:37] Kaburagi**
They should be rebuking me and
telling me I'm the worst, but instead...
**[09:43] Kaburagi**
They just said they were
watching and nothing else.
**[09:46] Kaburagi**
Their hands were so warm.
**[09:48] Kaburagi**
Why?
**[09:50] Kaburagi**
Koga-san, Sugimoto-san, and Danchiku...
**[09:55] Aoyagi**
Because they're your teammates.
**[09:59] Aoyagi**
And because they all know the pain of losing.
**[10:07] Koga**
*I know a lot about injuries.*
**[10:12] Sugitomo**
*I did everything I could!*
**[10:16] (Flashback) Danchiku**
Good, Issa.
**[10:18] Kaburagi**
Damn!
**[10:20] Kaburagi**
Damn, damn, damn!
**[10:23] Kaburagi**
Aoyagi-san, I promise!
**[10:25] Kaburagi**
If I end up racing against him
again at this Inter-High...
**[10:30] Kaburagi**
I promise I'll beat him!
**[10:32] Aoyagi**
Good.
**[10:33] Kaburagi**
I'm riding with the team's hopes on my back.
**[10:37] Kaburagi**
Why didn't I realize that?
**[10:40] Kaburagi**
I'm an idiot.
**[10:42] Aoyagi**
"Grow. Over these three days."
**[10:45] Aoyagi**
That's what Kinjou-san
told Imaizumi last year.
**[10:49] Aoyagi**
I'll pass on the exact same message to you.
**[10:53] Aoyagi**
Experience pain, give everything you have...
**[10:57] Aoyagi**
And grow straight, Kaburagi.
**[11:05] Izumida**
Abs!
**[11:08] Sakamichi**
Hakone Academy High School's
accelerating even more.
**[11:10] Teshima**
We're counting on you, Naruko!
**[11:12] Naruko**
Got it!
**[11:13] Izumida**
Abs, abs, abs, abs, abs, abs!
**[11:16] Izumida**
Abs!
**[11:20] Kuroda**
Touichirou, you're raising the pace again?
**[11:24] Kuroda**
Don't you feel bad for them?
**[11:25] Kuroda**
They disappeared behind the
corner in the blink of—
**[11:30] Kuroda**
They're keeping up.
**[11:32] Izumida**
How persistent.
**[11:34] Izumida**
Team Sohoku's persistent again this year.
**[11:37] Izumida**
Naruko-kun's reactions are first-class, too.
**[11:40] Izumida**
Yuki, remember this tenacity.
**[11:44] Izumida**
They used it to steal the
title from us last year.
**[11:49] Izumida**
You have a good team, Teshima-kun.
**[11:51] Izumida**
You're worthy of being
crushed with all our might.
**[11:54] Izumida**
Are you supporting each other?
**[11:57] Izumida**
That's what Sohoku High School's
captain Kinjou-san said last year.
**[12:01] Izumida**
On your team, when one man falls,
the others support him.
**[12:05] Izumida**
A team that supports each other.
**[12:07] Teshima**
That's right.
**[12:08] Teshima**
I've added the sauce of faith to
that and made it in my own style.
**[12:13] Izumida**
Are you planning on cooking something?
**[12:15] Teshima**
Yeah, something Mediterranean.
**[12:17] Izumida**
That sounds good.
**[12:19] Izumida**
I'll eat it for you.
**[12:20] Teshima**
It's super spicy.
**[12:22] Teshima**
You'll upset your stomach.
**[12:27] Izumida**
I see. You sound confident.
**[12:31] Izumida**
Then let me ask you this.
**[12:33] Izumida**
Why did your spicy team send two sprinters
against our Doubashi and lose?
**[12:41] Izumida**
You wasted your time.
**[12:44] Teshima**
Because one man isn't enough.
**[12:47] Teshima**
I told you.
**[12:48] Teshima**
We're a team that supports each other.
**[12:50] Teshima**
We're not complete until
there's more than one.
**[12:53] Teshima**
That's why I sent two.
**[12:56] Teshima**
I know Kaburagi and Aoyagi believed
in each other as they fought.
**[13:01] Teshima**
Wasted our time? Don't worry about us.
**[13:05] Teshima**
Defeat is the first step towards victory.
**[13:07] Teshima**
It gives rise to the next will and action.
**[13:10] Teshima**
And we pass that will along.
**[13:13] Teshima**
Carefully, between all of us.
**[13:16] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[13:18] Izumida**
That's your team, this year's Team Sohoku.
**[13:22] Izumida**
I understand.
**[13:24] Izumida**
Since we have the chance,
let me introduce my team.
**[13:28] Izumida**
This year I created
**[13:30] Izumida**
the most passionate team
Hakone Academy High School has ever seen.
**[13:36] Izumida**
Powerfully, coolly, passionately,
we'll aim for victory.
**[13:41] Izumida**
We're the strongest team.
**[13:44] Sakamichi**
The strongest...
**[13:49] Sakamichi**
Passion...
**[13:53] Sakamichi**
There's a wall in front of us.
**[13:57] Sakamichi**
Hakone Academy High School is a wall.
**[14:01] (Flashback) Makishima**
Onoda.
**[14:04] (Flashback) Makishima**
If you have one thing you're good at,
**[14:06] (Flashback) Makishima**
and you're prevented from
doing it, what would you do?
**[14:10] Sakamichi**
The wall in front of us...
**[14:14] (Flashback) Makishima**
Wait? Run?
**[14:16] (Flashback) Makishima**
Go around it?
**[14:17] (Flashback) Makishima**
Would you become depressed?
**[14:25] (Flashback) Makishima**
You've gotta break through, yeah?
**[14:28] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[14:29] Sakamichi**
We have to break through, yeah.
**[14:32] Sakamichi**
Through the giant wall of
Hakone Academy High School.
**[14:36] Imaizumi**
You're right. We have to break through, yeah.
**[14:40] Teshima**
Yeah.
**[14:42] Naruko**
You're right, Onoda-kun.
**[14:43] Naruko**
Yeah.
**[14:45] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[14:47] Sakamichi**
Wait, what?
**[14:49] Sakamichi**
Um, did I say that out loud?
**[14:54] Sakamichi**
Did I?
**[14:55] Imaizumi**
Yeah.
**[14:56] Teshima**
You did.
**[14:57] Sakamichi**
I-I meant to think
"break through" inside my head...
**[15:01] Teshima**
Are you serious?
**[15:03] Naruko**
You said it really loud.
**[15:07] Imaizumi**
Sometimes you say "yeah"
when we're in class, too.
**[15:10] Sakamichi**
What?
**[15:13] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
D-Don't fall asleep, yeah.
**[15:18] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
I have to do my best, yeah.
**[15:27] Kuroda**
Touichirou...
**[15:29] Kuroda**
What are they?
**[15:31] Kuroda**
They're at a disadvantage.
**[15:33] Kuroda**
They lost the first result, too.
**[15:36] Kuroda**
But they're overflowing with pressure.
**[15:39] Izumida**
I thought so.
**[15:41] Izumida**
It's the one with the glasses.
**[15:43] Izumida**
Second-year Onoda.
**[15:45] Izumida**
He's creating that atmosphere.
**[15:49] Kuroda**
It doesn't look that way to me.
**[15:52] Kuroda**
You told me to be careful,
but he doesn't feel strong.
**[15:56] Kuroda**
Doubashi said it was just a fluke, too.
**[16:00] (Flashback) Doubashi**
It must've been a fluke.
**[16:02] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Otherwise, there's no way
those guys would've lost.
**[16:05] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Right, Kuroda-san?
**[16:07] (Flashback) Kuroda**
I get it.
**[16:08] (Flashback) Kuroda**
You already told me that.
**[16:10] (Flashback) Doubashi**
No, I'm not finished.
**[16:12] (Flashback) Doubashi**
It must've been a fluke that Onoda
won the general classification.
**[16:18] Kuroda**
That skinny kid...
**[16:21] Izumida**
He brings out the unlikely in road races.
**[16:23] Izumida**
The unexpected, Yuki.
**[16:26] Izumida**
Sohoku High School's key man,
Onoda Sakamichi...
**[16:30] Izumida**
We need to eliminate him from the
race sooner rather than later.
**[16:38] Sakamichi**
We've caught up to the lead sprinters.
**[16:40] Imaizumi**
Aoyagi-san!
**[16:41] Naruko**
Kabu!
**[16:42] Kuroda**
Doubashi!
**[16:45] Izumida**
Good job, Doubashi.
**[16:47] Doubashi**
Izumida-san!
**[16:48] Ashikiba**
Basshi...
**[16:50] Doubashi**
I beat Sohoku High School
to win the first result.
**[16:54] Izumida**
Well done.
**[16:59] Naruko**
Why'd you lose, Kabu?
**[17:02] Imaizumi**
How could you lose after running
off like that, showoff?
**[17:04] Kaburagi**
Why?
**[17:06] Kaburagi**
Everyone else was so nice.
**[17:08] Naruko**
Because we don't like you.
**[17:11] Imaizumi**
You're a disappointment.
**[17:13] Kaburagi**
Seriously?
**[17:15] Kaburagi**
Really? Really? Really?
**[17:19] Aoyagi**
Sorry, Junta.
**[17:22] Teshima**
It's fine.
**[17:23] Teshima**
The race is long.
**[17:24] Teshima**
We can still make up for it.
**[17:28] Teshima**
Onoda...
**[17:30] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir?
**[17:31] Teshima**
I have orders for you.
**[17:33] Sakamichi**
Orders? Yes, sir.
**[17:36] Aoyagi**
Junta?
**[17:38] Teshima**
Stay close to us.
**[17:40] Sakamichi**
What?
**[17:41] Teshima**
Stay toward the front.
**[17:43] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san?
**[17:46] Sakamichi**
Is it because the mountains are close?
**[17:50] Sakamichi**
Because Hakone Academy High School
will make a move?
**[17:52] Sakamichi**
But we still have a little ways
to go before the mountains.
**[17:55] Teshima**
They're making their move!
**[18:02] Kaburagi**
B-But their pace isn't that fast.
**[18:06] Teshima**
Not fast? It's the opposite, Kaburagi.
**[18:10] Kaburagi**
The opposite?
**[18:11] Teshima**
You haven't noticed because
we've been matching their pace.
**[18:16] Teshima**
Hakone Academy High School has been
gradually and deliberately slowing their pace,
**[18:21] Teshima**
so we wouldn't notice as they drew them in...
**[18:31] Teshima**
The pack behind us!
**[18:33] Rider 1**
There's Sohoku High School!
**[18:35] Rider 3**
And Hakone Academy High School!
**[18:36] Rider 4**
All right! We caught them!
**[18:38] Rider 1**
You're not getting away!
**[18:39] Naruko**
No way. Seriously?
**[18:41] Naruko**
I didn't notice them come up behind us.
**[18:42] Imaizumi**
The pack...
**[18:44] Imaizumi**
This isn't good.
**[18:45] Imaizumi**
They're out for blood since we passed them.
**[18:51] Imaizumi**
Such a large gathering of
wills can breed insanity.
**[18:59] Teshima**
We'll join the pack temporarily.
**[19:01] Teshima**
There are advantages.
**[19:02] Teshima**
We'll be able to rest.
**[19:04] Teshima**
In any case, stay with the team.
**[19:06] Rider**
Sohoku High School!
**[19:07] Rider**
Chiba!
**[19:09] Teshima**
But...
**[19:11] Teshima**
Damn it.
**[19:12] Teshima**
It's not just advantages.
**[19:14] Teshima**
Onoda!
**[19:16] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir!
**[19:17] Onoda**
To the front.
**[19:21] Rider 1**
We absorbed Sohoku High School
and Hakone Academy High School!
**[19:23] Rider 2**
All right!
**[19:24] Rider 3**
You can't just do as you please!
**[19:25] Rider 4**
See how strong we are?
**[19:30] Rider 1**
We're passing through old Imaichi City
and heading towards Nikkou City.
**[19:33] Rider 1**
We're almost at the mountains.
**[19:35] Rider 1**
Keep it up.
**[19:38] Teshima**
Onoda? Where's Onoda?
**[19:44] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[19:45] (Flashback) Teshima**
Stay close to us.
**[19:47] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What?
**[19:49] (Flashback) Teshima**
Stay toward the front.
**[19:51] Sakamichi**
What am I doing?
**[19:53] Sakamichi**
I'm so far behind.
**[19:59] Sakamichi**
Um, it's dangerous to stick too close.
**[20:03] Sakamichi**
Could you—
**[20:07] Sakamichi**
Y-You're too close, guys.
**[20:09] Sakamichi**
It's dangerous while we're riding.
**[20:11] Sakamichi**
I can't move ahead when you're so—
**[20:13] Ineyo**
Sorry, but we're doing it deliberately.
**[20:17] Ineyo**
We're not letting you get to the front.
**[20:20] Sakamichi**
What?
**[20:25] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san's been separated.
**[20:29] Kaburagi**
He's too small. I can't see him.
**[20:33] Kaburagi**
Do you think he's all right?
**[20:34] Kaburagi**
Will he come up to us?
**[20:36] Teshima**
No, that may be difficult.
**[20:39] Kaburagi**
What?
**[20:42] Teshima**
We're almost at the mountains.
**[20:45] Teshima**
And he's wearing tag #1.
**[20:51] Kaburagi**
Tag #1?
**[20:53] Teshima**
He's last year's champion and a climber.
**[20:57] Teshima**
The other teams will be looking out
for a #1 who won a climb.
**[21:02] Teshima**
They'll be keeping him in check.
**[21:04] Teshima**
Onoda will experience for the first time
**[21:09] Teshima**
the real pressure that comes with tag #1.
**[21:12] Teshima**
Hakone Academy High School...
**[21:17] Izumida**
Looks like we won't have to use Yuto.
**[21:22] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[21:24] Sakamichi**
I can't get to the front.
**[23:11] Kuroda**
Are you hungry?
**[23:14] Kuroda**
Are you sure you should be
acting that way toward me?
**[23:24] Kuroda**
Hey, what's with the change in attitude?
**[23:26] Kuroda**
Are you an idol who's only
nice at handshake events?
**[23:28] Kuroda**
Were you faking it?
**[23:32] Izumida**
Yuki...
**[23:32] Ashikiba**
Yuki-chan...
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Pressure of Tag #1
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E22 - The Pressure of Tag #1
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6Q42E42R/the-pressure-of-tag-1)
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**[00:01] Miki**
National Route 119, Nikkou Kaidou.
**[00:05] Miki**
This mountain road lined with tall cedar
trees leads to Nikkou Toushou-guu Shrine,
**[00:10] Miki**
a national treasure with
over 400 years of history.
**[00:17] Miki**
The road becomes National Route 120 at the
intersection of the sacred bridge.
***SIGN*** 1,173m Above Sea Level
**[00:22] Miki**
The road rises even higher.
**[00:24] Miki**
The long winding road that starts at
one thousand meters above sea level
**[00:28] Miki**
will be the turning point in the
Inter-High's first-day mountain stage,
**[00:34] Miki**
Nikkou Irohazaka.
**[00:37] Sakamichi**
I've been separated.
**[00:38] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san told me to stay
towards the front, too.
**[00:41] Sakamichi**
He told me to stay with the team.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.22 The Pressure of Tag #1
**[02:18] Fan**
I see them!
**[02:19] Fan**
They're here.
**[02:21] Fan**
There are so many of them.
**[02:22] Fan**
Go!
**[02:23] Fan**
You can do it!
**[02:27] Fan**
Everyone's riding together.
**[02:29] Fan**
Are they friends?
**[02:30] Fan**
Well, actually...
**[02:32] Fan**
When the road's gently sloping,
it's easier for everyone to ride together.
**[02:35] Fan**
The wind resistance is—
**[02:37] Fan**
Let's just say they're working together.
**[02:40] Fan**
But there's a hill ahead, right?
**[02:43] Fan**
Yeah.
**[02:44] Fan**
Then they won't be able
to ride together anymore.
**[02:46] Fan**
What?
**[02:47] Fan**
The line they're riding in now
will get longer and longer.
**[02:50] Fan**
By the end, they'll be separated.
**[02:51] Both**
What?
**[02:53] Fan**
Separated?
**[02:53] Fan**
Differences in strength
become apparent on climbs.
**[02:57] Fan**
Won't they be lonely?
**[02:58] Fan**
Each team establishes its own
strategy so that doesn't happen.
**[03:03] Fan**
Strategy? Then they'll be fine.
**[03:06] Fan**
But what if they mess up?
**[03:08] Fan**
If that happens,
then they'll have to ride alone.
**[03:14] Sakamichi**
What am I doing?
**[03:16] Sakamichi**
The six of us just met up.
**[03:19] Sakamichi**
But I got swallowed by the pack
and separated from the others.
**[03:21] Sakamichi**
I need to get back to the front.
**[03:23] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san and the others are at the front...
**[03:25] Sakamichi**
Far ahead, where I can't see them.
**[03:28] Sakamichi**
I'll go back. I'll go back. I'll go back!
**[03:31] Sakamichi**
I'll get back to the others
before we enter the mountains.
**[03:36] Rider**
I told you, we're not letting
you go to the front.
**[03:39] Rider**
After all, you're a climber wearing tag #1.
**[03:44] Sakamichi**
I just want to get back
to Teshima-san—to my team.
**[03:48] Sakamichi**
Can't you—
**[03:48] Rider**
What will you do then?
**[03:50] Rider**
Receive orders from your team and
ride to win the mountain stage, right?
**[03:55] Sakamichi**
What?
**[03:56] Rider**
That's what we fear most.
**[04:00] Rider**
We have climbers on our teams, too.
**[04:02] Rider**
The first day's mountain stage
is the Inter-High's medal.
**[04:06] Rider**
Everyone respects the first day because
we can fight without restraint.
**[04:12] Rider**
The red number tag is a badge of pride.
**[04:14] Rider**
Everyone wants it.
Every team is riding for it.
**[04:17] Rider**
Sorry, but we need you to stay out of it.
**[04:19] Sakamichi**
I just... I just...
**[04:22] Sakamichi**
I just want to do my job.
**[04:24] Rider**
Stop Sohoku High School's Onoda,
the bearer of tag #1.
**[04:28] Rider**
That's my job.
**[04:30] Rider**
I plan to do my job, too.
**[04:33] Rider**
For my team.
**[04:36] Rider**
Sohoku High School's Onoda, tag #1...
**[04:38] Rider**
This is Onoda? He's the
only one I won't let go.
**[04:42] Sakamichi**
I can feel their pressure.
**[04:45] Sakamichi**
What do I do? What do I do?
**[04:47] Sakamichi**
What do I do?
**[04:49] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
What did you learn from Makishima-san?
**[04:52] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Carry on their legacy. Teach him.
**[04:54] (Flashback) Aoyagi**
Show him with your riding.
**[04:55] Sakamichi**
Show them with my riding.
**[04:57] Sakamichi**
That's right. I have to get to the front.
**[05:01] Sakamichi**
The front...
**[05:03] Sakamichi**
He asked me to take care of
Sohoku High School for him.
**[05:08] Sakamichi**
Move, please!
**[05:10] Sakamichi**
Please!
**[05:11] Rider**
Get back in line, #1!
**[05:13] Sakamichi**
No!
**[05:19] Sakamichi**
The metal part of my pedal clipped his ankle.
**[05:22] Rider**
I'm Yamagata Mogami High School
second-year Inashiro Bunya.
**[05:26] Rider**
I'm Mogami's assistant in the mountains.
**[05:28] Rider**
I won't let you go.
**[05:30] Rider**
I'd sacrifice my legs to keep you here.
**[05:33] Rider**
I'll block like my life's at stake.
**[05:36] Rider**
Win the stage, Kawahara-san.
**[05:40] Imaizumi**
The climb has started.
We've entered the mountains.
**[05:45] Rider**
The incline has increased sharply
since we passed Nikkou Station.
**[05:48] Rider**
The real race starts now. Hang in there.
**[05:51] Rider**
Yes, sir.
**[05:51] Naruko**
What is Onoda-kun doing?
**[05:53] Naruko**
He's supposed to be good at climbs!
**[05:55] Kaburagi**
He's really not coming. What happened?
**[05:59] Kaburagi**
Should I have dropped
back to bring him to us?
**[06:01] Teshima**
Onoda!
**[06:03] Imaizumi**
Onoda...
**[06:04] Imaizumi**
The pressure of tag #1.
**[06:06] Imaizumi**
We thought we prepared for everything,
but we never practiced brushing that off.
**[06:12] Imaizumi**
Come up to us, Onoda.
**[06:14] Imaizumi**
Quickly. Otherwise...
**[06:16] Rider**
I'm Nagano Chuou High School's climber.
**[06:18] Rider**
They call me the Guardian of the Alps.
**[06:21] Rider**
I am Awagashira Yumichika.
**[06:24] Rider**
Though he temporarily lead the race,
**[06:26] Rider**
he sadly ended up third at
the end of the mountain stage.
**[06:28] Rider**
I will vindicate the honor
of Tatebayashi-senpai.
**[06:31] Rider**
I'm Shizuoka Fujigawa High School's
climber Daikanji Haruichi.
**[06:35] Rider**
Mt. Fuji is my home turf.
**[06:37] Rider**
There's no mountain taller than Mt. Fuji.
**[06:39] Rider**
Look! It's Yamagata Mogami High School
third-year Kawahara Gunpei!
**[06:42] Rider**
Rumor has it he's the strongest
climber at this tournament!
**[06:45] Rider**
Bunya, I'm counting on your assistance.
**[06:48] Rider**
I'll claim the mountain number tag.
**[06:51] Rider**
They're so fast!
**[06:52] Rider**
They're making their move already?
**[06:54] Imaizumi**
The climbers are taking
off one after another.
**[06:58] Imaizumi**
Hakone hasn't made their move yet,
**[07:00] Imaizumi**
but it's only a matter of time.
**[07:02] (Flashback) Teshima**
We'll slow down as much as
we can and wait for Onoda.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Teshima**
Whatever you do, don't let
Hakone get farther ahead.
**[07:09] (Flashback) Both**
Yes, sir.
**[07:10] Imaizumi**
We can't wait any longer.
**[07:13] Teshima**
The pack has stretched out
since we entered the climb.
**[07:15] Teshima**
I don't see him.
**[07:17] Teshima**
They're scattered.
**[07:19] Naruko**
Okay, then.
**[07:21] Naruko**
Kabu and I will go rescue
Onoda-kun real quick.
**[07:32] Sakamichi**
At some point, I ended up in last place.
***SIGN*** Sohoku
**[07:36] Sakamichi**
I'm at the end of the stretched-out pack.
***SIGN*** Onoda
**[07:40] Sakamichi**
I need to get back to the
group quickly. Quickly.
**[07:43] Sakamichi**
I have to do something.
**[07:45] Sakamichi**
It's probably not that bad yet.
**[07:48] Sakamichi**
If the way in front of me is blocked, then...
**[07:54] Sakamichi**
I'll go back.
**[07:55] Rider**
He stopped!
**[07:56] Rider**
He braked hard! Is he having
trouble with his bike?
**[07:59] Rider**
No!
**[08:04] Rider**
Crap!
**[08:05] Rider**
I wasn't expecting him to
use being in last place!
**[08:07] Rider**
Catch him!
**[08:08] Rider**
We've already started to enter the climb!
**[08:10] Rider**
He's unbelievably fast going uphill!
**[08:15] Sakamichi**
I'll catch up like this.
**[08:17] Rider**
He's fast!
**[08:18] Rider**
You can't be serious!
How can he accelerate like that?
**[08:21] Rider**
Ride as hard as you can!
**[08:23] Rider**
Damn it!
**[08:25] Rider**
Mogami High School's Inashiro jumped ahead!
**[08:26] Rider**
If we don't, he'll get away!
**[08:29] Rider**
Don't underestimate me, tag #1.
**[08:31] Rider**
I'm Kawahara-san's mountain stage assistant.
**[08:33] Rider**
An assistant...
**[08:36] Rider**
...has an assistant's pride!
**[08:39] Rider**
Stop, Sohoku High School's Onoda!
**[08:41] Rider**
Yamagata Mogami High School's
Inashiro cut in front of him!
**[08:47] Rider**
Sorry.
**[08:48] Rider**
That was a little rough, but I
can't let you get to the front.
**[08:52] Rider**
Yamagata Mogami High School will
take the mountain number tag.
**[08:55] Rider**
You're not getting away, Sohoku High School.
**[08:58] Rider**
Sohoku High School's #1
was last year's champion.
**[09:02] Rider**
He's stronger than I expected.
He pedals hard.
**[09:05] Rider**
I can't believe he rode so awkwardly
in the middle of the pack.
**[09:09] Rider**
In a few hundred meters, the seven-man
blockade we had dropped to three.
**[09:17] Sakamichi**
They're blocking me from behind.
**[09:19] Sakamichi**
I won't be able to use that again.
**[09:22] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[09:23] Rider**
I'll stop him. That's my job.
**[09:26] Rider**
I'll do it for Kawahara-san.
**[09:29] Fan**
The leaders are here!
**[09:31] Fan**
It's Nagano Chuou and Shizuoka Fujigawa!
**[09:32] Fan**
There's one more behind them!
**[09:34] Fan**
He's so fast!
**[09:35] Fan**
It's Yamagata Mogami High School
third-year Kawahara Gunpei!
**[09:38] Fan**
Wow, look at him climb!
**[09:40] Fan**
He's not even breaking a sweat!
**[09:43] Fan**
He's in first!
**[09:44] Rider**
Bunya, are you working hard?
**[09:47] Rider**
I promise I'll take it this year.
**[09:49] Rider**
I'll claim the mountain number tag.
**[09:55] Naruko**
What do you mean we can't go
back for him, Teshima-san?
**[09:58] Teshima**
I meant exactly what I said.
**[10:00] Teshima**
I won't allow it.
**[10:02] Naruko**
Why not?
**[10:03] Naruko**
Is it because we're in the mountains?
**[10:04] Naruko**
Because he'll make it
back at the last minute?
**[10:06] Naruko**
I'm saying we should rescue him
because he hasn't come back.
**[10:10] Naruko**
The other teams are getting in his way.
**[10:12] Naruko**
Anyone would keep last
year's champion in check.
**[10:15] Naruko**
He can't ride at his own pace.
**[10:17] Naruko**
Kabu and I will go back and get him.
**[10:20] Naruko**
Onoda-kun's never experienced
something like this.
**[10:22] Teshima**
Shouting at the night's
darkness won't create light.
**[10:25] Teshima**
All you can do is wait for dawn.
**[10:27] Naruko**
What is that, some kind of riddle?
**[10:29] Kaburagi**
What? A riddle?
**[10:31] Naruko**
We're in the mountains,
and Onoda-kun's not here.
**[10:34] Naruko**
There's no telling when
Hakone will make their move.
**[10:36] Naruko**
And you want us to wait in silence?
**[10:38] Teshima**
I'm telling you not to act recklessly!
**[10:41] Naruko**
What?
**[10:42] Teshima**
If we changed our formation,
we'd be playing into their hands.
**[10:46] Teshima**
It may look like they're not paying attention,
but they're keeping a close eye on us.
**[10:50] Teshima**
If our numbers decrease, they'll attack.
**[10:53] Teshima**
We'll fall behind.
**[10:55] Teshima**
If you and Kaburagi go back, leaving three
of us, it'll be three against six.
**[11:00] Teshima**
They're waiting for
just that kind of situation.
**[11:04] Teshima**
Their goal is to force our
entire team out of the race.
**[11:07] Naruko**
What?
**[11:09] Kaburagi**
Then we can't rescue him.
**[11:12] Teshima**
We're at an overwhelming disadvantage.
**[11:15] Teshima**
We have to climb this mountain without our
ace climber and two exhausted sprinters.
**[11:21] Teshima**
We're about to start up
the hellish Irohazaka.
**[11:24] Teshima**
And this year's Hakone Academy High School
has Kuroda, Ashikiba, Manami, and Shinkai.
**[11:31] Teshima**
They have four climbers.
**[11:34] Naruko**
Four.
**[11:36] Naruko**
I noticed Shinkai's little brother
didn't race in the sprint.
**[11:39] Naruko**
So he's a climber, huh?
**[11:41] Kaburagi**
Then will we give up on
winning the mountain stage?
**[11:44] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san's not back yet.
**[11:46] Teshima**
We can't.
**[11:47] Teshima**
If they make their move, we'll have to, as well.
**[11:50] Kaburagi**
Why? We can just let them
do whatever they want.
**[11:53] Teshima**
If we do that, they'll head
straight for the finish line.
**[11:58] Kaburagi**
What? The finish line?
**[12:00] Aoyagi**
The results of the mountain stage
affect the finish line after that.
**[12:04] Aoyagi**
We can't let them take
the mountains so easily.
**[12:07] Naruko**
Aoyagi-san...
**[12:09] Imaizumi**
Aoyagi-san said two whole sentences.
**[12:12] Kaburagi**
What are we going to do, then?
**[12:13] Teshima**
I have orders for you.
**[12:16] Both**
Yes, sir.
**[12:17] Teshima**
Imaizumi...
**[12:18] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir.
**[12:19] Naruko**
Looks like is a job for hotshot.
**[12:20] Teshima**
You and Naruko take turns pulling the
team and prepare for the finish line.
**[12:26] Teshima**
You're our ace.
**[12:27] Teshima**
Without you at the finish line,
we'll lose what should be ours.
**[12:30] Teshima**
Sorry for making you spend your energy,
**[12:33] Teshima**
but take our exhausted sprinters
to the top of the mountain.
**[12:36] Kaburagi**
Exhausted sprinter?
**[12:38] Kaburagi**
He must be talking about you.
**[12:41] Naruko**
Then who's—
**[12:43] Rider**
Hakone's making their move!
**[12:45] Imaizumi**
They're moving!
**[12:45] Naruko**
Hakone Academy High School!
**[12:46] Teshima**
Who will they send?
**[12:47] Izumida**
It's nearly time.
**[12:49] Izumida**
Go win the mountain stage.
**[12:51] Izumida**
Go, Manami.
**[12:53] Manami**
Yes, sir.
**[12:56] Manami**
The weather's great today.
**[12:59] Manami**
These kinds of days are the
most fun for climbing hills.
**[13:03] Kuroda**
Hey, Manami. Don't be so relaxed.
**[13:06] Kuroda**
The other climbers are already climbing.
**[13:08] Manami**
Don't worry, Kuroda-san.
**[13:10] Manami**
I'll go enjoy the hill.
**[13:14] Kuroda**
Strangely enough,
he's managed to hone his skills.
**[13:17] Izumida**
Go, Manami.
**[13:19] Izumida**
Pass the climbers in front of you.
**[13:21] Izumida**
If things go well,
take the first day's finish line.
**[13:25] Naruko**
Are you for real?
**[13:26] Teshima**
Yes, for real.
**[13:28] Teshima**
Without Onoda, we don't have a choice.
**[13:30] Izumida**
Who will Sohoku High School send?
**[13:33] Izumida**
You can't be serious.
**[13:34] Izumida**
You're challenging the mountains?
**[13:36] Izumida**
Sorry to be rude, but I don't think
you have a climber's ability or instinct.
**[13:39] Teshima**
Yeah, that's why I'll climb with hard work!
**[13:48] Fan**
Hakone's making its move!
**[13:49] Fan**
The first day's mountain race has begun!
**[13:52] Fan**
It's last year's second place finisher,
second-year Manami Sangaku!
**[13:57] Fan**
Sohoku High School's coming, too!
**[13:59] Fan**
Is it Onoda?
**[14:03] Fan**
What? It's not Onoda.
**[14:05] Fan**
I'm kind of disappointed.
**[14:07] Fan**
I came to see last year's champion race.
**[14:09] Fan**
Is he holding back?
**[14:10] Fan**
No, look at that.
**[14:11] Fan**
Onoda's not with Sohoku High School?
**[14:13] Fan**
Is he having problems?
**[14:15] Fan**
Number 5, Teshima Junta.
**[14:17] Fan**
He seemed pretty ordinary.
**[14:19] Izumida**
Abs!
**[14:23] Izumida**
Excuse me.
**[14:25] Izumida**
I mustn't laugh.
**[14:28] Izumida**
I feel sorry for you.
**[14:29] Izumida**
Your captain, Teshima-kun, became emotional.
**[14:32] Izumida**
He lost Onoda Sakamichi, the man he meant
to send, when he was swallowed by the pack.
**[14:36] Izumida**
He felt responsible.
**[14:38] Izumida**
He lost his #1 due to his own mistake.
**[14:41] Izumida**
Isn't that right?
**[14:44] Izumida**
But I can't believe he sent himself.
**[14:49] Izumida**
Imaizumi-kun, shouldn't you have gone?
**[14:53] Izumida**
I can tell from watching him so far.
**[14:55] Izumida**
He's smart, but he's an unexceptional rider.
**[14:58] Izumida**
Climb with hard work?
**[15:00] Izumida**
No, let me be blunt.
**[15:02] Izumida**
He doesn't stand a chance...
**[15:05] Izumida**
...against our Manami.
**[15:11] Imaizumi**
Let me say my piece, too.
**[15:14] Imaizumi**
For the past year, he's been
working hard every time I saw him.
**[15:23] Teshima**
You think I'm reckless, Izumida?
**[15:25] Teshima**
Would you stop me, Imaizumi?
**[15:28] Teshima**
Would you say I don't stand a chance, Naruko?
**[15:32] Teshima**
I don't blame them. I'm not special.
**[15:35] Teshima**
On top of that, we're at the Inter-High.
**[15:37] Teshima**
It's the glorious mountain stage.
**[15:39] Teshima**
I know this isn't my job.
**[15:42] Teshima**
But I...
**[15:45] (Flashback) Makishima**
Teshima, you're a climber.
**[15:48] Teshima**
I was told to climb.
**[15:50] Teshima**
I was told to put one foot
in front of the other.
**[15:54] Teshima**
I don't have any special abilities.
I can't leap ahead.
**[15:58] Teshima**
Honestly, once upon a time,
I wanted to be like that.
**[16:02] Teshima**
But I'll show you, one step at a time...
**[16:04] Teshima**
the ordinary way I ride along the ground.
**[16:09] Fan**
Sohoku High School caught up to
Hakone Academy High School's Manami!
**[16:12] Fan**
It's #5!
**[16:13] Fan**
Who's #5?
**[16:15] Manami**
You're Sakamichi-kun's senpai.
**[16:17] Teshima**
Hey. I saw your amazing race to the
finish last year, Manami Sangaku.
**[16:23] Teshima**
Let's ride to the peak together,
since we have the chance.
**[16:28] Manami**
I hate to waste an opportunity...
**[16:31] Manami**
But I'm in a bit of a hurry.
**[16:33] Manami**
I was told to win the mountain stage.
**[16:37] Teshima**
His acceleration is amazing.
**[16:39] Teshima**
It's totally different seeing it up close.
**[16:41] Teshima**
He's fast, but...
**[16:45] Teshima**
I'll catch him!
**[16:51] Teshima**
Let's ride together.
**[16:53] Manami**
Wow, you caught up.
**[16:55] Manami**
You're better than I thought.
**[16:57] Teshima**
I'm still your elder.
**[16:59] Teshima**
Show some respect and ride slower.
**[17:02] Teshima**
He's not using the wings I've heard about.
**[17:06] Teshima**
Does that mean he can go even faster?
**[17:09] Manami**
I still don't see the
climbers in front of us.
**[17:12] Teshima**
We haven't even entered Irohazaka yet.
**[17:15] Teshima**
Climbing is hard, Makishima-san.
**[17:19] Manami**
Ah, found one.
***SIGN*** Inter-High Road Race
**[17:30] Fan**
It's Hakone Academy High School
and Sohoku High School!
***SIGN*** Manami-sama
**[17:37] Fan**
He's so cool!
**[17:40] Manami**
Hello.
**[17:46] Teshima**
This is Manami Sangaku.
**[17:48] Teshima**
He climbs as though inclines
are nothing to him.
**[17:51] Teshima**
We've already passed five of the
climbers who were riding ahead of us.
**[17:54] (Flashback) Rider**
Whoa, it's Manami!
**[17:55] (Flashback) Rider**
Sohoku High School!
**[17:57] Teshima**
He's fast. He's horrifyingly fast.
**[18:00] Teshima**
And he's smiling.
**[18:02] Teshima**
I can barely keep up.
**[18:06] Fan**
Sohoku High School's #5...
**[18:08] Fan**
He really seemed to be struggling.
***SIGN*** Irohazaka Map
**[18:12] Teshima**
Please, Manami Sangaku.
**[18:15] Teshima**
Don't ride as hard as you can yet.
**[18:17] Fan**
They're entering Irohazaka!
**[18:18] Teshima**
We just made it to the entrance of Irohazaka.
**[18:18] Fan**
It's Hakone Academy High School's Manami!
**[18:20] Fan**
There's one Sohoku High School
rider following him!
**[18:22] Manami**
Huh? You're amazing.
**[18:25] Manami**
You're keeping up with me,
Sakamichi-kun's senpai.
**[18:28] Manami**
Was your name Kojima-san?
**[18:29] Teshima**
It's Teshima.
**[18:31] Teshima**
I'm wearing a Sohoku High School jersey, too.
**[18:34] Teshima**
It won't be that easy to—
**[18:36] Manami**
Do you like slopes?
**[18:39] Teshima**
Not particularly.
**[18:40] Manami**
Really?
**[18:41] Manami**
Then you don't need to keep up.
**[18:44] Manami**
You won't make any progress
doing something you don't like.
**[18:47] Teshima**
Don't say that so casually.
**[18:49] Teshima**
My situation doesn't allow for that.
**[18:53] Manami**
At school, there's a class rep
who's always getting mad at me.
**[18:57] Manami**
She wears half-moon glasses.
**[18:59] Manami**
She told me to stop coming late and do
my homework since I'm a second-year now.
**[19:04] Manami**
She hates bugs,
**[19:05] Manami**
but she comes to cheer the team on at
these courses in the middle of nature.
**[19:10] Manami**
When I asked if she likes
road races, she said...
**[19:12] (Flashback) Girl**
Not really.
**[19:13] (Flashback) Girl**
I don't particularly like bicycles.
**[19:18] Manami**
Can you believe it?
**[19:19] Manami**
But she's coming again this year.
**[19:22] (Flashback) Girl**
Well, it's close enough
that I can take the train.
**[19:25] Manami**
People are so strange, aren't they?
**[19:28] Teshima**
Maybe.
**[19:30] Teshima**
I'm wondering why I'm chasing after first-rate
Hakone Academy High School climber
**[19:37] Teshima**
Manami Sangaku with such
an elevated heart rate.
**[19:39] Teshima**
But I always arrive at the same answer.
**[19:43] Manami**
Ah, found another one.
**[19:47] Teshima**
You idiot!
**[19:48] Teshima**
I wasn't finished talking!
**[19:51] Teshima**
Is this Manami's full acceleration?
**[19:53] Teshima**
He's fast. The timing's totally different.
**[19:56] Teshima**
I can feel how much stronger he is,
but don't give up now, Teshima Junta!
**[20:03] Rider**
Manami!
**[20:04] Rider**
The man who inherited tag #3 from
Hakone Academy High School's Mountain God.
**[20:09] Rider**
You won't pass me.
**[20:10] Rider**
I'm Shizuoka Fujigawa High School's Daikanji.
**[20:12] Rider**
My home turf is Mt. Fuji.
**[20:15] Rider**
He's unbelievable. He passed me so easily.
**[20:18] Rider**
Sohoku High School, too?
**[20:19] Rider**
What? Number 5?
**[20:21] Rider**
That's their captain, Teshima.
**[20:22] Rider**
I thought he was their leader.
**[20:25] Rider**
Why's he chasing after Hakone by himself?
**[20:28] Rider**
Huh? Teshima wasn't in the race last year.
**[20:31] Rider**
He's making his first
appearance as a third-year?
**[20:33] Rider**
And he's chasing after him?
**[20:37] Rider**
Hakone Academy High School's Manami?
**[20:39] Rider**
That's impossible. There's no way.
**[20:42] Rider**
It's reckless, no matter how you look at it.
**[20:49] Manami**
Wow. You're amazing, Teshima-san.
**[20:52] Manami**
You kept up with that.
**[20:54] Manami**
But are you sure you
should be riding so fast?
**[20:58] Manami**
Irohazaka has a long ways to go.
**[21:00] Manami**
And there are still riders in front of us.
**[21:13] Manami**
What? In front of me?
**[21:15] Teshima**
Don't worry... about me.
**[21:18] Teshima**
I'm Sohoku High School's captain,
third-year Teshima Junta.
**[21:22] Teshima**
People laugh at me all the
time for being ordinary.
**[21:26] Teshima**
Racing and exhausting you,
Hakone Academy High School's ace climber,
**[21:30] Teshima**
and winning the Inter-High's
mountain stage is my job!
**[21:38] Manami**
I'm starting to get interested.
**[21:48] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san is on the board!
**[23:24] Kuroda**
He's so cold when I don't have food.
**[23:26] Manami**
Kuroda-san!
**[23:28] Kuroda**
Oh, Manami.
**[23:29] Manami**
Hey, it's a cat.
**[23:33] Manami**
Wow.
**[23:34] Kuroda**
Why?
**[23:35] Manami**
You're so cute.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Sakamichi's Pursuit
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!
# E23 - Sakamichi's Pursuit
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6DQEPJ9R/sakamichis-pursuit)
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**[00:01] Sakamichi**
*I'm in great shape today.*
**[00:03] Sakamichi**
* I beat my time up the rear*
* gate slope by ten seconds.*
**[00:06] Sakamichi**
* I won the Minegayama race the*
* other day, Makishima-san.*
**[00:19] (Flashback) Naruko**
What's up, Onoda-kun? You writing a letter?
**[00:21] (Flashback) Naruko**
To a girl?
**[00:23] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
N-No, it's a report.
**[00:25] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
It's for my math homework.
**[00:26] (Flashback) Naruko**
Sucks for you. That's a lot of pages.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Will you even be able to pass this year?
**[00:32] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What?!
***SIGN*** Sohoku High School Bicycle Racing Club
**[00:37] Sakamichi**
*I don't know his address, though.*
**[00:41] (Flashback) Teshima**
Finished your homework?
**[00:45] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[00:47] (Flashback) Teshima**
Don't get your hopes up.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Teshima**
He hardly ever writes back.
**[00:53] (Flashback) Teshima**
Even if you pour your concerns
out to him, he just says, "Yeah."
**[00:58] (Flashback) Teshima**
It's Makishima-san's address.
**[01:02] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
What?
**[01:03] (Flashback) Teshima**
I got it from Pierre-sensei.
**[01:06] (Flashback) Teshima**
Now you'll be able to solve
lots of math problems.
**[01:10] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[01:14] (Flashback) Teshima**
Things change over time.
**[01:16] (Flashback) Teshima**
Until now, you've only needed
to listen to your seniors.
**[01:20] (Flashback) Teshima**
But going forward, you'll have
to use your own judgment.
**[01:24] (Flashback) Teshima**
The first-years will be joining soon.
**[01:26] (Flashback) Teshima**
We'll race in the Inter-High again.
**[01:30] (Flashback) Teshima**
As you lead those first-years, you'll have
to decide your own path for yourself.
**[01:36] (Flashback) Teshima**
If you're ever unsure, do this.
**[01:40] (Flashback) Teshima**
Consider all your options, and pick
the first one that comes to mind.
***SIGN*** Chiba
***SIGN*** Kanagawa
**[01:48] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san's racing in the mountains...
**[01:52] Sakamichi**
On Irohazaka!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.23 Sakamichi's Pursuit
**[03:26] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san's racing up Irohazaka.
**[03:29] (Flashback) Teshima**
Irohazaka will be difficult.
**[03:31] (Flashback) Teshima**
It'll be the turning point.
**[03:33] (Flashback) Teshima**
Each team will be sending their ace climber.
**[03:36] Sakamichi**
His only orders were to keep toward
the front and stay with the team.
**[03:41] Sakamichi**
But that can't be right.
**[03:43] Sakamichi**
His message probably the same
as during the Minegayama race.
**[03:49] Sakamichi**
"I'll be waiting for you in
the mountains. Follow me."
**[03:55] Inashiro**
Number 1's pressure changed
the moment he saw the sign.
**[04:00] Inashiro**
Watch out.
**[04:01] Inashiro**
He's going to make his move.
**[04:02] Nagano**
We know.
**[04:03] Shizuoka**
He's not getting anywhere.
**[04:05] Inashiro**
He'll definitely try to surprise us.
**[04:08] Sakamichi**
Excuse me. I'm going to pass you now!
**[04:10] Inashiro**
A direct...
**[04:12] Both**
...declaration of war?
**[04:14] Sakamichi**
Princess!
**[04:15] Inashiro**
"Princess"? What's that?
**[04:17] Shizuoka**
I've heard of this!
**[04:19] Shizuoka**
When Sohoku High School's
Onoda starts singing to himself...
**[04:21] Nagano**
He gets faster!
**[04:23] Sakamichi**
I've always kept these feelings secret!
**[04:28] Sakamichi**
Be my princess forever, ta-tum-tum-tum!
**[04:31] Inashiro**
Just block him!
**[04:34] Sakamichi**
The anime I most highly
recommend, *Love Hime*,
**[04:36] Sakamichi**
ended its first season
amidst great popularity.
**[04:38] Sakamichi**
After taking a break in September,
**[04:40] Sakamichi**
the long-awaited second season
started the other day.
**[04:43] Shizuoka**
First? First what?
**[04:44] Nagano**
Does he think he can place first?
**[04:46] Nagano**
You won't pass us.
**[04:46] Sakamichi**
"The Princess's Spinning One-Sided Love"
is the powered-up
**[04:49] Sakamichi**
second season opening theme of
*Love Hime Pettanko*, which is back on the air!
**[04:56] Nagano**
Opening? What's back?
**[04:59] Inashiro**
I have no idea what he's talking about!
**[05:01] Sakamichi**
Princess!
**[05:03] Sakamichi**
I've always kept these feelings secret!
**[05:05] Shizuoka**
What on earth is he?
**[05:07] Inashiro**
Don't shrink from him! There's three of us!
**[05:08] Sakamichi**
Be my princess forever!
**[05:11] Sakamichi**
I've always kept these feelings secret!
**[05:14] Inashiro**
He's smiling! Can he go even faster?
**[05:16] Sakamichi**
Be my princess forever!
**[05:19] Sakamichi**
Princess! Spin, spin, spin!
**[05:21] Shizuoka**
He passed us!
**[05:21] Sakamichi**
Miracle, spin, spin, spin! Ah, ah, ah!
**[05:22] Inashiro**
A miracle?
**[05:25] Nagano**
But we slowed him down for five minutes.
**[05:27] Nagano**
He can't catch up to the front now.
**[05:29] Inashiro**
I'm not so sure.
**[05:31] Inashiro**
While we were keeping him at a slow pace,
he may have been saving his strength.
**[05:38] Inashiro**
It's possible his dramatic
pursuit is about to begin...
**[05:43] Sakamichi**
Turn! Turn, legs!
**[05:47] Sakamichi**
Princess!
**[05:49] Rider A**
We're going uphill!
**[05:51] Rider B**
"Princess"?
**[05:52] Rider A**
What was Sohoku High School's
#1 doing behind us?
**[05:56] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san, I'm coming.
**[05:59] Shizuoka**
What do you mean, "dramatic pursuit"?
**[06:01] Inashiro**
He means to catch up to the front.
**[06:04] Shizuoka**
That's impossible.
**[06:05] Shizuoka**
We slowed him down for so long.
**[06:07] Shizuoka**
And the pack's ahead of him.
**[06:08] Shizuoka**
It's impossible for him to
race for the mountain results.
**[06:10] Nagano**
When I cut in front of him,
**[06:14] Nagano**
instead of reflexively dodging me
or braking like normal,
**[06:18] Nagano**
he just kept staring off into the distance.
**[06:22] Nagano**
Like his goal was far ahead of him.
**[06:29] Sakamichi**
I've always kept these feelings secret!
**[06:29] Rider C**
#1's coming!
**[06:31] Rider D**
Sohoku High School second-year
Onoda Sakamichi!
**[06:34] Rider E**
Did he break through the barricade?
**[06:34] Sakamichi**
Be my princess forever, ta-tum-tum-tum!
**[06:37] Sakamichi**
Princess! Spin, spin, spin!
**[06:40] Iwakuni**
It's Sohoku High School's
Onoda's Singing Climb!
**[06:40] Sakamichi**
Miracle, spin, spin, spin! Ah, ah, ah!
**[06:43] Okutani**
Don't let him through! Block the road!
**[06:45] Both**
Yes, sir!
**[06:45] Yamagiwa**
Don't bother.
**[06:47] Okutani**
Yamagiwa-san...
**[06:49] Yamagiwa**
Road racing is a gentleman's sport.
**[06:52] Yamagiwa**
Last year's champion
deserves the most respect.
**[06:57] Yamagiwa**
We didn't even send a climber
to compete for the mountains.
**[07:00] Yamagiwa**
Blocking him for no strategic
reason would be uncool.
**[07:07] Yamagiwa**
This is the respect we have for tag #1.
**[07:14] Sakamichi**
Thank you!
**[07:17] Sakamichi**
Thanks for the help.
**[07:18] Sakamichi**
Excuse me.
**[07:20] Rider 1**
His hips are so low.
**[07:21] Rider 2**
That's #1...
**[07:23] Rider 3**
I would've bragged like
crazy if I took #1.
**[07:26] Rider 4**
He's our opponent, but he's still amazing.
**[07:29] Rider 3**
He makes me want to cheer for him.
**[07:31] Fan 1**
It's tag #1!
**[07:33] Fan 2**
The pack's right in front of you!
**[07:36] Fan 2**
Once you pass that, your team's right there!
**[07:38] Sakamichi**
Princess!
**[07:39] Sakamichi**
I can almost see the pack.
**[07:43] Sakamichi**
Once I pass that, I'll be with my team.
**[07:46] Sakamichi**
Excuse me. Let me through, please!
**[07:53] Sakamichi**
Thank you!
**[07:55] Okutani**
You think he'll make it all the way there?
**[07:58] Yamagiwa**
It's not that simple.
**[08:01] Yamagiwa**
Road racing is aiming for victory as a team.
**[08:04] Yamagiwa**
Naturally, there will be some
who won't want to let him pass.
**[08:10] Sakamichi**
I made it through the pack.
**[08:17] Sakamichi**
Kyoto Fushimi High School...
**[08:25] Midousuji**
What's wrong? You look
like you've seen a ghost.
**[08:32] Sakamichi**
Midousuji-kun...
**[08:40] Sakamichi**
Midousuji-kun again...
**[08:42] Midousuji**
You in a hurry?
**[08:45] Midousuji**
Lose something important?
**[08:50] Midousuji**
Something similar happened
last year, didn't it?
**[09:00] Midousuji**
What did you lose?
**[09:02] Midousuji**
Sorry, but I'm controlling this pack.
**[09:07] Sakamichi**
I need to get past Midousuji-kun.
**[09:10] Sakamichi**
Through Kyoto Fushimi High School.
**[09:17] Sakamichi**
Komori-kun...
**[09:18] Midousuji**
You must've lost something
irreplaceable to you.
**[09:24] Midousuji**
Was it your trust? Your role?
**[09:26] Midousuji**
Your eyes are desperate.
**[09:28] Sakamichi**
I need to get back to the others.
**[09:31] Sakamichi**
To Teshima-san!
**[09:33] Midousuji**
But whatever you've lost isn't coming back.
**[09:39] Sakamichi**
Let me through!
**[09:43] Mizuta**
You're not getting through, #1.
**[09:46] Mizuta**
As Kyoto Fushimi High School's
captain and secret ace,
**[09:50] Mizuta**
and as a rider must stronger than I was
last year, I, Mizuta Nobuyuki, will stop you.
**[09:54] Mizuta**
I'm the guy who stopped Hakone Academy
High School's #2, Arakita Yasutomo.
**[09:58] Mizuta**
I am Kyoto Fushimi High School's Iron Wall!
**[10:00] Midousuji**
Mizuta-kun!
**[10:03] Midousuji**
All I did was instruct you to enter Phase 9.
**[10:07] Midousuji**
Stop #1 if he tries to get ahead.
**[10:10] Midousuji**
I didn't say you could chat with him.
**[10:14] Sakamichi**
Midousuji-kun looked bigger for a second.
**[10:17] Mizuta**
I-I'm not.
**[10:18] Mizuta**
As the team's captain, I was
just telling him who we are.
**[10:21] Midousuji**
We don't need that kind of vanity.
**[10:26] Midousuji**
What my team needs is
perfect soldiers. True Zakus.
**[10:32] Midousuji**
With only the will to move forward,
even if their arms and legs fall off.
**[10:35] Midousuji**
If you're going to show off your
individuality just because it's the Inter-High,
**[10:40] Midousuji**
I'll let you go...
**[10:42] Midousuji**
At any time.
**[10:45] Mizuta**
I-I get it, Midousuji-kun.
**[10:50] Yamaguchi**
Midousuji...
**[10:52] (Flashback) Midousuji**
We have only one goal this year.
**[10:56] (Flashback) Midousuji**
And that's victory.
**[10:59] Yamaguchi**
*He seems bigger lately.*
**[11:01] Yamaguchi**
*That pressure...*
**[11:04] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Anyone thinking too many stupid
thoughts to keep up can quit.
**[11:11] Yamaguchi**
Eighty percent of the first-years
who joined this year quit.
**[11:16] Sign**
Kyoto Fushimi High School
Graduation
**[11:17] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
There you are, Ishigaki-san.
**[11:21] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
I graduated.
**[11:23] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
I need to thank you, Yama.
**[11:26] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Thanks for your help.
**[11:27] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Oh, no. Thank you.
**[11:30] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You worked hard at the Inter-High.
**[11:33] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
I remember how you pulled on the
flats during the second day.
**[11:38] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
It was amazing.
**[11:39] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
I dropped out in the mountains
after that, though.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
I'm counting on you to
carry the team next year.
**[11:45] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
What?
**[11:46] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
You should be telling
Mizuta and Midousuji that.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
I'll just be doing my
best as their assistant.
**[11:53] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Everyone's waiting.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Let's go to the third-year sendoff party.
**[11:57] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Midousuji won't be there, though.
**[12:00] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Yama...
**[12:03] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You're a patient guy.
**[12:06] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
What?
**[12:08] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Midousuji is a talented rider.
**[12:10] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
His legs are strong,
and his instincts are good.
**[12:12] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
He has leadership qualities, too.
**[12:14] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
But to win at road races,
**[12:18] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
in the end, you need a conscience to
tell you to believe in each other.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Yama, you have to be Midousuji's conscience.
**[12:26] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
What?
**[12:27] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
When the time comes, the one
who stops Midousuji will be...
**[12:31] Ishigaki**
*...you, Yama.*
**[12:34] Yamaguchi**
You want me to stop Midousuji?
**[12:36] Yamaguchi**
Can I do that?
**[12:39] Midousuji**
I know this guy can be trouble, too.
**[12:45] Midousuji**
After all, he took the final peak last year.
**[12:50] Midousuji**
It's been a while, Sakamichi.
**[12:54] Sakamichi**
Midousuji-kun...
**[12:57] Sakamichi**
Let me through!
**[13:00] Midousuji**
Let you through?
**[13:02] Midousuji**
Do you want to go? No matter what?
**[13:06] Midousuji**
In that case...
**[13:08] Midousuji**
Shall we work together?
**[13:11] Sakamichi**
Work together?
**[13:12] Midousuji**
You really think you'll make it to the
front when you're this far behind?
**[13:17] Midousuji**
Even if you did catch up, you'd be exhausted.
**[13:21] Midousuji**
You might not be able to accomplish anything.
**[13:25] Midousuji**
But if you and I ride together,
**[13:30] Midousuji**
we'll be half as tired.
**[13:33] Midousuji**
I know. I'll send Yamaguchi-kun, too.
**[13:39] Midousuji**
We'll have him pedal, too.
**[13:42] Midousuji**
Then we'll be one-third as tired.
**[13:45] Midousuji**
I want to go to the front. So do you.
**[13:49] Midousuji**
Our goals are aligned.
**[13:51] Midousuji**
What could be more convenient?
**[13:54] Sakamichi**
I thought he would try to stop me.
**[13:59] Midousuji**
Come on.
**[14:01] Midousuji**
We fought each other last year.
**[14:05] Midousuji**
There's no need to hold back.
I'll pull first.
**[14:09] Midousuji**
Why are you thinking? Don't think so much.
**[14:13] Midousuji**
Anyone would take the faster
train to get to their destination,
**[14:16] Midousuji**
if the express and regular
trains cost the same.
**[14:21] Midousuji**
You're supposed to say yes.
**[14:23] Midousuji**
It's simple.
**[14:26] Sakamichi**
What will happen if I go with Midousuji-kun?
**[14:28] Sakamichi**
I'll get there faster, but is that all?
**[14:31] Sakamichi**
Think, think. Um...
**[14:35] Midousuji**
Let's go together.
**[14:38] Midousuji**
Take me to the front,
**[14:40] Midousuji**
and you can fight for the mountain
result to your heart's content.
**[14:45] Midousuji**
I'll be cheering for you.
**[14:47] Midousuji**
But after that, I'll be
taking the finish line.
**[14:53] Midousuji**
Hurry up. The train's leaving.
**[14:56] Midousuji**
Beeeeep.
**[14:57] Sakamichi**
Think, think...
**[14:59] Midousuji**
Please hurry if you're boarding the train.
**[15:02] Midousuji**
Tweedle, tweedle, tweedle...
**[15:03] Sakamichi**
Think, think.
**[15:06] (Flashback) Teshima**
You'll have to decide your
own path for yourself.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Teshima**
If you're ever unsure, do this.
**[15:14] (Flashback) Teshima**
Consider all your options, and pick
the first one that comes to mind.
**[15:20] Sakamichi**
Sorry, but I'll pass.
**[15:23] Sakamichi**
I'll reach the front on my own.
**[15:25] Sakamichi**
Sorry for rejecting your offer, Midousuji-kun!
**[15:29] Yamaguchi**
He said no under these circumstances.
**[15:32] Midousuji**
Huh...
**[15:34] Midousuji**
Apparently, he's not an idiot.
**[15:36] Sakamichi**
So let me through!
**[15:38] Midousuji**
I can't do that, but if you can
break away from him, you can go.
**[15:48] Midousuji**
Yamaguchi-kun.
**[15:50] Yamaguchi**
What?
**[15:51] Midousuji**
You're up.
**[15:54] Sakamichi**
This guy...
**[15:56] Sakamichi**
I just have to break away from this guy.
**[15:58] Midousuji**
You can handle Phase 11, can't you?
**[16:02] Midousuji**
Go stop #1.
**[16:04] Yamaguchi**
What?
**[16:06] Mizuta**
You're not sending me, Midousuji-kun?
**[16:08] Midousuji**
You can do it if you throw away the
unnecessary things you're dearly holding onto.
**[16:15] Ishigaki**
*You have to be Midousuji's conscience.*
**[16:21] Sakamichi**
Princess!
**[16:22] Midousuji**
Hurry up, Yamaguchi-kun.
**[16:29] Yamaguchi**
He's fast.
**[16:33] Yamagushi**
Why am I chasing after #1 in the mountains?
**[16:37] Yamaguchi**
I'm...
**[16:38] Yamaguchi**
I'm a sprinter, Midousuji.
**[16:45] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Be his conscience.
**[16:47] Yamaguchi**
Why does everyone always make
such unreasonable demands of me?
**[16:53] Yamaguchi**
I can't do it.
**[16:54] Yamaguchi**
I just used up all my strength.
**[16:58] Yamaguchi**
I can't stop him. I...
**[17:02] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Are you a first-year?
**[17:04] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Still deciding which club to join?
**[17:05] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Yeah. I used to play basketball,
**[17:08] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
but I thought I'd do something
different in high school.
**[17:10] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Why don't you try biking?
**[17:12] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
We've got a good team,
and we win regularly in Kyoto.
**[17:16] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
I can't join a club that's too strong.
**[17:18] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
I could never be the best, and I don't
like being the center of attention.
**[17:23] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Bike riding is a team sport.
**[17:26] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
It's a sport of people who
work behind the scenes.
**[17:29] Yamaguchi**
*A team sport...*
**[17:32] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
That's it. Hold that position.
**[17:35] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:36] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Hold that position until you
make it through the corner.
**[17:39] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:40] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Thanks, Yama.
**[17:42] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Thanks to you, I won.
**[17:44] (Flashback) Yamaguchi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:46] Yamaguchi**
I thought I was happy living in the shadows.
**[17:51] Yamaguchi**
Honestly, I was uncertain when I was
chosen to be on the Inter-High team.
**[17:55] Yamaguchi**
I can't handle fighting on the
front lines of the Inter-High.
**[18:11] Yamaguchi**
Wa...
**[18:13] Yamaguchi**
Wait!
**[18:21] Yamaguchi**
How did he reject Midousuji like that?
**[18:25] Yamaguchi**
He seems like a pushover. He's so small.
**[18:29] Yamaguchi**
How can he climb like that?
**[18:32] Yamaguchi**
He smells like a man of the shadows, like me.
**[18:36] Yamaguchi**
Is he not?
**[18:40] Yamaguchi**
Who waits when their opponents
tell them to wait?
**[18:45] Yamaguchi**
Onoda must be a good guy.
**[18:48] Yamaguchi**
You were right to reject Midousuji's offer.
**[18:53] Yamaguchi**
If you'd worked together with Midousuji,
Sohoku High School would've lost.
**[19:00] Sakamichi**
Really?
**[19:02] Yamaguchi**
You have good instincts.
**[19:04] Sakamichi**
Th-Thank you, um...
**[19:07] Yamaguchi**
I'm a third-year, Yama.
**[19:10] Sakamichi**
Yama-san...
**[19:12] Sakamichi**
Excuse me!
**[19:16] Yamaguchi**
What a strange guy.
**[19:18] Yamaguchi**
"He has a strange aura about him."
**[19:21] Yamaguchi**
Ishigaki-san said the same thing.
**[19:24] Yamaguchi**
An aura different from Midousuji's.
**[19:34] Kaburagi**
Onoda-san!
**[19:35] Sakamichi**
Sorry I'm late!
**[19:38] Naruko**
You idiot! How long were
you gonna make us wait?
**[19:41] Sakamichi**
Sorry.
**[19:43] Kaburagi**
You made it through that
pack? That's amazing.
**[19:46] Aoyagi**
Good work catching up. Rest in the back.
**[19:50] Sakamichi**
Um, I-I...
**[19:54] Kuroda**
Touichirou...
**[19:55] Kuroda**
Trouble caught up.
**[19:57] Yuto**
Want me to keep him in check?
**[19:59] Izumida**
No, don't bother.
**[20:01] Izumida**
There's no need to waste our energy.
**[20:05] Imaizumi**
I'm directing the team right now.
**[20:09] Imaizumi**
This is what Teshima-san told us.
**[20:12] (Flashback) Teshima**
If Onoda makes it through the
blockade and catches up to the team,
**[20:15] (Flashback) Teshima**
send him to the front if he's less
than three and a half minutes behind.
**[20:19] (Flashback) Teshima**
Onoda's strong enough to
catch up to the front.
**[20:21] (Flashback) Teshima**
But if it's more than that...
**[20:25] Imaizumi**
You can't catch up to the front.
**[20:27] Imaizumi**
It's already been four and
a half. It's been too long.
**[20:31] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun...
**[20:33] Imaizumi**
No matter how hard you pedal, you may not
even catch a glimpse of Teshima-san's back.
**[20:37] Imaizumi**
It's smarter for you to rest
your legs with the team.
**[20:42] Imaizumi**
Do you still want to go?
**[20:44] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[20:46] Imaizumi**
Sheesh. You're unbelievable.
**[20:49] Sakamichi**
Sorry.
**[20:51] Imaizumi**
Take this.
**[20:53] Imaizumi**
When Teshima-san left, he left
one behind to lighten his load.
**[20:58] Imaizumi**
He's probably parched.
**[21:01] Naruko**
Tell him we're rooting for him.
**[21:04] Aoyagi**
Onoda...
**[21:06] Aoyagi**
Junta is fighting.
**[21:09] Aoyagi**
Take our hopes.
**[21:13] Aoyagi**
Take them to him, Sakamichi!
**[21:17] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir!
**[22:54] Kotori**
I'm going to be late.
**[22:56] Mage**
Unbelievable. You're a
second-year starting today.
**[22:59] Mage**
You haven't matured at all, Kotori-sama.
**[23:02] Kotori**
Yeah, but...
**[23:04] Kotori**
When I think about seeing
Arimaru-kun again...
**[23:11] Kotaro**
You're as defenseless as ever, Kotori.
**[23:14] Kotori**
Sheesh.
**[23:15] Kotori**
You're so mean, Kotaro-kun.
**[23:17] Kotaro**
I'll take care of you from now on.
**[23:23] Kotori**
Why is my heart pounding?
**[23:26] Song**
I've always kept (spin, spin)
**[23:28] Song**
These feelings secret (spin, spin)
**[23:31] Song**
Be my princess forever (ta-tum-tum-tum)
**[23:34] Imaizumi**
What?
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Ride of Weeds
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E24 - The Ride of Weeds
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRP89NWVR/the-ride-of-weeds)
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**[00:03] (Flashback) Teshima**
If Onoda makes it through the
blockade and catches up to the team,
**[00:06] (Flashback) Teshima**
send him to the front if he's less
than three and a half minutes behind.
**[00:10] (Flashback) Teshima**
Onoda's strong enough to
catch up to the front.
**[00:12] (Flashback) Teshima**
But if it's more than that...
**[00:15] Imaizumi**
You can't catch up to the front.
**[00:17] Imaizumi**
It's already been four and a half.
**[00:19] Imaizumi**
No matter how hard you pedal, you may not
even catch a glimpse of Teshima-san's back.
**[00:25] Imaizumi**
Do you still want to go?
**[00:27] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[00:31] Aoyagi**
Take them to him, Sakamichi!
**[00:35] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE.24 The Ride of Weeds
**[02:11] Teshima**
Manami Sangaku.
**[02:12] Teshima**
Racing you and taking the first day's
mountain number tag is my job!
**[02:20] Manami**
I'm starting to get interested.
**[02:23] Teshima**
Without Onoda, the only
climber we could send was me.
**[02:28] Teshima**
So...
**[02:30] Teshima**
I'll take the mountain number tag!
**[02:36] Fans**
You can do it!
**[02:38] Fan**
Sohoku High School's in front!
**[02:39] Fan**
On the winding roads of Irohazaka?
That's amazing!
**[02:42] Fan**
But Hakone Academy High School's
rider seems more composed.
**[02:45] Fan**
Is he smiling?
**[02:46] Fan**
He's letting #5 get in front of him!
**[02:49] Manami**
Are you okay, Teshima-san?
**[02:51] Manami**
Are you sure you're not pushing yourself
too hard by keeping up that high pace?
**[02:54] Teshima**
I am.
**[02:56] Teshima**
But I'm racing against you.
**[02:58] Teshima**
It's worth it.
**[03:00] Manami**
I'm honored.
**[03:05] Teshima**
He's fast. He caught up in a second.
**[03:06] Manami**
Mind if I ride alongside you?
**[03:08] Teshima**
What are we doing, sitting on a park bench?
**[03:10] Teshima**
Want to switch places?
**[03:11] Teshima**
We just ran into a headwind.
**[03:14] Manami**
No, we'll keep going like this.
**[03:17] Manami**
Once we make it through the next turn,
I'll move to the front.
**[03:23] Manami**
After all, the wind will change directions.
**[03:25] Teshima**
A tailwind?
**[03:28] Teshima**
Crap!
**[03:29] Teshima**
The wind direction changes on
each turn on a zigzagging road.
**[03:33] Teshima**
Manami Sangaku's planning to use his wings.
**[03:40] Manami**
The wind's coming.
**[03:44] Teshima**
If I don't get ahead of
him now, he'll catch up.
**[03:48] Teshima**
If he does...
**[03:56] Manami**
Coming through.
**[04:02] Manami**
I feel alive.
**[04:05] Manami**
It feels awesome.
**[04:12] Teshima**
If he does...
**[04:15] Koga**
Teshima went?
**[04:17] Koga**
What happened to Onoda?
**[04:18] Miki**
Hakone Academy High School sent Manami-kun.
**[04:21] Koga**
Manami?
**[04:23] Aya**
Is he strong?
**[04:24] Aya**
Is that Manami guy bad news?
**[04:26] Miki**
He's the climber we fought
at the finish line last year.
**[04:30] Aya**
Yikes. That guy?
**[04:32] Aya**
But Teshima-san's strong, too, right?
**[04:34] Aya**
He's the captain.
**[04:37] Koga**
Is that role too heavy for you, Teshima?
**[04:41] Aya**
Hey, why isn't anyone talking?
**[04:44] Aya**
Did you guys give up?
**[04:47] Sugimoto**
I haven't given up.
**[04:49] Sugimoto**
M-Manami's just a little fast!
**[04:53] Sugimoto**
Who cares about Hakone?
**[04:54] Sugimoto**
We've practiced a lot, too.
**[04:57] Danchiku**
Sugimoto-san...
**[04:59] Sugimoto**
Teshima-san always states the obvious.
**[05:03] (Flashback) Teshima**
Don't apply any unnecessary
force to your pedals.
**[05:05] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Yes, sir. I know.
**[05:08] (Flashback) Teshima**
Sugimoto, you'll get there faster if
you climb stairs one step at a time.
**[05:13] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
I saw that on TV.
**[05:15] (Flashback) Sugimoto**
Your muscles last longer
than if you skip steps.
**[05:20] Sugimoto**
I know. It's obvious.
**[05:22] Sugimoto**
Even I know.
**[05:24] Sugimoto**
But he's the kind of person who puts
**[05:27] Sugimoto**
each and every one of those
obvious facts into practice.
**[05:34] Teshima**
Don't let your pedaling waver
when you're struggling.
**[05:38] Teshima**
I'm an ordinary guy.
**[05:40] Teshima**
I don't have power. I don't
have flashes of inspiration.
**[05:43] Teshima**
That's why I have to convert all
of my strength into forward thrust.
**[05:49] Teshima**
The fundamentals are important.
**[05:50] Teshima**
Everything stands on them.
**[05:53] Teshima**
It would suck if he caught up to me.
**[05:57] Teshima**
Actually, he already passed me.
**[06:00] Teshima**
Catching up to him again will be hard.
**[06:10] Teshima**
Wait, Manami.
**[06:13] Teshima**
What's the hurry?
**[06:16] Manami**
I thought your spirit broke
when I passed you earlier.
**[06:19] Manami**
You don't have to force yourself to keep up.
**[06:22] Teshima**
It's just like your wings.
**[06:25] Teshima**
Pushing myself too hard
is my strongest technique.
**[06:29] Manami**
Your body is screaming.
**[06:34] Teshima**
Want to try me?
**[06:39] Manami**
Are your hands numb?
**[06:42] Teshima**
They're trembling with excitement.
**[06:44] Manami**
That's promising.
**[06:45] Manami**
I guess I'll start, too...
**[06:48] Manami**
Going all out.
**[06:54] Teshima**
Don't lose it.
**[06:57] Teshima**
Don't lose focus,
**[07:01] Teshima**
Teshima Junta!
**[07:04] Manami**
Go!
**[07:08] Teshima**
So fast!
**[07:12] Teshima**
It's hard.
**[07:13] Teshima**
I feel like all my pores are
about to start bleeding.
**[07:16] Teshima**
Endure it. Endure it.
**[07:19] Teshima**
He's trying to break away from me.
**[07:23] Teshima**
If he breaks away now, it's over.
**[07:26] Teshima**
Endure it.
**[07:28] Teshima**
He's fast. Manami's fast.
**[07:32] Teshima**
Is this the full strength of
Hakone Academy High School's ace climber?
**[07:40] Teshima**
Come to think of it, I made that shot into
the trash can during class the other day.
**[07:48] Teshima**
My neighbor Hirata thought it was great.
**[07:52] Teshima**
I think Hirata said she has a sister.
**[07:56] (Flashback) Teshima**
Whew.
**[07:58] (Flashback) Teshima**
Nothing beats the moment you fall
into bed after finishing practice,
**[08:01] (Flashback) Teshima**
taking a bath, and eating dinner.
**[08:04] (Flashback) Teshima**
Since I don't have any assignments tonight,
I might fall asleep like this.
**[08:08] (Flashback) Teshima**
Someone turn out the lights.
**[08:11] (Flashback) Teshima**
My bed feels good.
**[08:13] (Flashback) Teshima**
I don't have to move.
**[08:15] (Flashback) Teshima**
I can forget all my pain.
**[08:19] Teshima**
Beds are the best.
**[08:30] Teshima**
What are you doing, Teshima Junta?
**[08:32] Teshima**
You're in the middle of a race!
**[08:35] Fan**
He pushed himself back up
when he started to fall.
**[08:37] Fan**
He might have lost
consciousness for a second.
**[08:40] Fan**
What?
**[08:41] Fan**
Your brain turns off under
brutal circumstances.
**[08:45] Teshima**
I told you not to lose focus!
**[08:48] Teshima**
I can barely keep up. I'm at my limit.
**[08:52] Manami**
You seem to be struggling.
**[08:53] Manami**
You're lucky, Teshima-san.
**[08:55] Manami**
This is enough to make you feel alive.
**[08:58] Teshima**
I only feel like I'm dead,
**[09:02] Teshima**
Manami!
**[09:04] Manami**
Isn't this starting to get fun, Teshima-san?
**[09:10] Teshima**
Is your focus heightened, too, Manami?
**[09:14] Manami**
It is.
**[09:15] Manami**
I wasn't expecting today's
mountains to be this much fun.
**[09:20] Manami**
You're at your limit, but you're keeping up.
**[09:23] Manami**
You're not flashy.
**[09:25] Manami**
You're not strong.
**[09:26] Teshima**
Leave me alone.
**[09:28] Manami**
Come to think of it...
**[09:29] (Flashback) Teshima**
But I always arrive at the same answer.
**[09:33] Manami**
What's your "one answer"?
**[09:36] Teshima**
You were listening?
**[09:37] Manami**
Is it because you're the captain?
**[09:39] Manami**
Because you're a third-year?
**[09:41] Teshima**
You accelerated before
I was finished talking.
**[09:44] Manami**
I wasn't interested then.
**[09:47] Manami**
Is it because you wear a
single-digit number tag?
**[09:51] Teshima**
His question was so direct, I laughed.
**[09:54] Teshima**
No. It's simpler than that.
**[10:00] Teshima**
I...
**[10:02] Teshima**
I love bikes.
**[10:05] Teshima**
They always take you to your destination.
That's why I ride.
**[10:10] Teshima**
I chase. I pedal.
**[10:12] Teshima**
I help.
**[10:14] Teshima**
I believe in miracles.
**[10:16] Teshima**
After I started racing, I thought
about quitting, since I'd never place first.
**[10:21] Teshima**
But I met a guy named Aoyagi and
realized that wasn't everything.
**[10:28] Teshima**
I met the bespectacled Onoda,
the giant Imaizumi, and the red Naruko.
**[10:34] Teshima**
Seeing them and a bunch of others ride,
I learned something.
**[10:39] Teshima**
Even if the going gets rough and you
want to quit, you have to stay strong.
**[10:44] Teshima**
They're all connected through bicycles.
**[10:51] Teshima**
I think Onoda said something similar.
**[10:54] Manami**
Is your plan to have Sakamichi-kun come?
**[10:57] Manami**
Do you think you can win
the mountains like that?
**[11:04] Teshima**
Wouldn't it be all right if
even I placed first, just once?
**[11:12] Teshima**
It's what I secretly think.
**[11:20] Kuroda**
He left right away.
**[11:22] Ashikiba**
Sohoku High School's Onoda...
**[11:24] Doubashi**
Despite being small,
his pressure was amazing.
**[11:28] Izumida**
They're wasting their time.
**[11:29] Izumida**
He's too far behind. Even if
he goes, he can't catch up.
**[11:34] Izumida**
The race will come down to those two...
**[11:36] Izumida**
Manami and Teshima-kun.
**[11:41] Izumida**
If it's actually a race, that is.
**[11:46] Izumida**
That's it.
**[11:48] Izumida**
He went to save Teshima,
who's surely about to drop out.
**[11:53] Izumida**
So he's just the rescue team?
**[11:56] Fan**
You can do it!
**[11:59] Manami**
It's amazing that you're still keeping up.
**[12:02] Manami**
Just how stubborn are you?
**[12:04] Teshima**
I'll stick with you until
the mountain result line.
**[12:09] Teshima**
That's why I'm riding.
**[12:13] Manami**
There's three kilometers left to the line.
**[12:15] Manami**
It doesn't look like Sakamichi-kun is coming.
**[12:19] Teshima**
Don't worry.
**[12:21] Teshima**
I gave up hope that he would
at the four kilometer mark.
**[12:24] Manami**
So you're challenging me to
a one-on-one mountain race.
**[12:28] Teshima**
That's what I've been saying.
**[12:31] Manami**
Then it's on.
**[12:33] Manami**
The end of Irohazaka lies
three kilometers ahead
**[12:36] Manami**
at the mountain result line of the
Akechidaira observation platform.
**[12:41] Teshima**
If you're unhappy with your opponent,
you'd better say so now.
**[12:45] Teshima**
Even I'd be depressed if you
told me after this is over.
**[12:49] Manami**
No, I said plenty when we started.
**[12:52] Manami**
But now I feel differently.
**[12:55] Manami**
This is the first time I've
encountered someone like you.
**[12:59] Manami**
Most people give up after
falling behind a couple times.
**[13:03] Manami**
But you don't give up, no matter
how many times I trample you.
**[13:06] Manami**
You're like a summer weed.
**[13:09] Teshima**
That's not a compliment.
**[13:10] Manami**
That's why I feel this way.
**[13:13] Manami**
If I don't ride as hard
as I can, it'd be a waste.
**[13:18] Teshima**
What?
**[13:20] Manami**
Go!
**[13:22] Fan**
He shifted up a gear on a climb!
**[13:24] Fan**
He's so fast!
**[13:25] Fan**
Sohoku High School's #5 is keeping up!
**[13:29] Fan**
I can't believe he accelerated
on the steep part of Irohazaka.
**[13:33] Fan**
Manami is a natural climber, too.
**[13:37] Fan**
But isn't that guy keeping up
with him the most amazing of all?
**[13:44] Kaburagi**
They should be coming up on
the mountain result line.
**[13:47] Kaburagi**
Anyway, I was surprised
when Teshima-san left.
**[13:51] Kaburagi**
He's up against their mountain ace.
He doesn't stand a chance.
**[13:56] Kaburagi**
He always talks about how weak he is.
**[13:58] Kaburagi**
I thought Imaizumi-san should've gone, too.
**[14:03] Aoyagi**
You don't understand, Kaburagi.
**[14:07] Aoyagi**
Junta left because he knows he's weak.
**[14:11] Kaburagi**
What?
**[14:13] Aoyagi**
If Imaizumi had gone, Ashikiba would've gone.
**[14:16] Aoyagi**
If Naruko had gone,
Kuroda would've gone after him.
**[14:20] Aoyagi**
But Junta is different.
**[14:22] Aoyagi**
He knew Hakone Academy High School
wouldn't send someone after him,
**[14:24] Aoyagi**
because they believe Manami
would be enough to stop him.
**[14:28] Kaburagi**
It was on purpose?
**[14:29] Kaburagi**
That was on purpose?
**[14:31] Kaburagi**
Does that mean this was all
part of Teshima-san's plan?
**[14:35] Kaburagi**
Seriously? Teshima-san is amazing.
**[14:38] Kaburagi**
He might have some plan for
beating Manami-san, too.
**[14:44] Aoyagi**
A plan?
**[14:46] Aoyagi**
Probably not.
**[14:50] Teshima**
Manami!
**[14:55] Teshima**
I'm struggling so much,
I can't raise my head.
**[14:58] Teshima**
My hands are full trying
to follow his wheels.
**[15:02] Teshima**
Don't fall behind.
Please don't fall behind, wheels.
**[15:06] Teshima**
If I don't stay right on the line,
I won't stand a chance.
**[15:10] Teshima**
I don't care if my legs fall apart.
**[15:12] Teshima**
I don't care if I lose consciousness.
**[15:15] Teshima**
Three kilometers left.
**[15:17] Teshima**
Until I cross the line,
let my body keep moving!
**[15:25] Teshima**
But the calmer side of me says this.
**[15:31] Teshima**
"Teshima Junta, three years ago,
you quit road racing."
**[15:37] Teshima**
"Now you're fighting for first in the
glorious mountain stage of the Inter-High."
**[15:44] Teshima**
Surely it's all right
for a crownless man like me
**[15:50] Teshima**
to win just once.
**[15:54] Manami**
It's strange, Teshima-san.
**[15:56] Manami**
Your riding has been sharper since you
realized Sakamichi-kun isn't coming.
**[16:02] Teshima**
I wonder why.
**[16:04] Teshima**
My body does feel lighter.
**[16:08] Teshima**
Maybe it's because
I realized I have to do it.
**[16:12] Teshima**
Maybe it's because I'm
carrying my teammates' hopes.
**[16:15] Manami**
You said you gave up hope earlier,
but you never had hope.
**[16:20] Teshima**
He might be right. I don't have hope.
**[16:24] Teshima**
All I can do is move forward one step
at a time with my own two legs.
**[16:28] Teshima**
It's what I've always done.
**[16:32] Fan**
You can do it!
**[16:33] Teshima**
In a few kilometers,
my efforts will be rewarded.
**[16:38] Teshima**
I may be able to experience that moment.
**[16:44] Manami**
Road racing really is fun.
Right, Teshima-san?
**[16:48] Teshima**
Yeah, you're right.
**[16:50] Teshima**
It's fun, Manami.
**[16:54] Manami**
That's the first time you agreed with me.
**[16:56] Teshima**
Of course riding a bike is fun!
**[17:01] Fan**
It's Yamagata Mogami High School,
who was riding alone!
**[17:04] Fan**
They passed the favorite to win
the mountains, Kawahara Gunpei!
**[17:10] Fan**
Now Hakone Academy High School and
Sohoku High School are racing for first!
**[17:14] Manami**
There's nothing to get in our
way anymore, Teshima-san.
**[17:17] Teshima**
Was he planning to pass him here?
**[17:22] Kawahara**
Were they going for the result?
**[17:23] Kawahara**
But Sohoku High School's #5 was behind him.
**[17:28] Kawahara**
I thought Sohoku High School's ace was
the guy I told Bunya to keep in check.
**[17:33] Kawahara**
Number 5 flew under my radar.
**[17:37] Kawahara**
I meant to take the first day's mountain
result by riding ahead of the others.
**[17:42] Kawahara**
But I couldn't react.
**[17:45] Kawahara**
Normally, I should've been able to follow
them and fight until the finish line.
**[17:49] Kawahara**
I'm sorry, Bunya.
**[17:51] Kawahara**
You did your job, too.
**[17:55] Kawahara**
But there are demons at the Inter-High.
**[18:00] Kawahara**
Demons who turn birds flying
in the sky into pebbles.
**[18:04] Kawahara**
And demons who turn
ordinary pebbles into birds.
**[18:09] Kawahara**
The Inter-High is a special race.
**[18:12] Kawahara**
Will, responsibility, tension,
and purpose mix together.
**[18:17] Kawahara**
You can't move like you normally do here.
**[18:22] Kawahara**
With the second type of demon on
your side, you have nothing to fear.
**[18:28] Kawahara**
Could it be that #5 is...
**[18:36] Teshima**
A chance, a chance...
**[18:39] Teshima**
Search for a chance.
**[18:41] Teshima**
Fifteen hundred meters left.
**[18:45] Teshima**
I can't win if I keep riding behind Manami.
**[18:48] Teshima**
I have to pass him somewhere.
**[18:51] Teshima**
On the way?
**[18:53] Teshima**
Before the finish line? Now?
**[18:55] Teshima**
I can't miss the tiniest of mistakes.
**[18:59] Teshima**
Damn it!
**[19:02] Teshima**
Whoa!
**[19:04] Teshima**
Damn it, I fell behind!
**[19:07] Teshima**
There's no way he'd make a mistake.
**[19:09] Teshima**
If anyone makes one, it'll be me.
**[19:11] Teshima**
So what should I do?
**[19:14] Teshima**
Twelve hundred meters left...
**[19:16] Manami**
You're keeping up.
You're keeping up, Teshima-san!
**[19:20] Manami**
I keep shifting up.
**[19:22] Teshima**
He shifted up again?
**[19:24] Teshima**
This isn't an opportunity, it's a disaster.
**[19:26] Teshima**
Is he trying to kill me?
**[19:32] Teshima**
One kilometer left!
**[19:34] Teshima**
The line...
**[19:35] Manami**
is close!
**[19:37] Teshima**
Find an opportunity.
**[19:40] Teshima**
One kilometer left...
**[19:41] Teshima**
Just one kilometer in a lifetime.
**[19:45] Teshima**
I'll take first.
**[19:47] Teshima**
It's right in front of me!
**[19:53] Teshima**
My legs are at their limit.
**[19:57] Teshima**
My hands are losing their grip.
**[19:59] Teshima**
But they've been that way for a while.
**[20:02] Teshima**
Believe in yourself!
**[20:05] Teshima**
In miracles!
**[20:06] Fan**
#5 is amazing!
**[20:08] Fan**
He's giving Manami a run for his money!
**[20:10] Fans**
Teshima!
**[20:10] Fan**
I kind of like all-out, reckless riders like him!
**[20:12] Fans**
Teshima!
**[20:15] Fans**
Teshima-san!
**[20:16] Fan**
You can do it, Sohoku High School!
**[20:18] Fan**
Take it, Teshima!
**[20:21] Teshima**
Seriously?
**[20:22] Fan**
Teshima, go!
**[20:24] Teshima**
I can hear my name being
called at the Inter-High.
**[20:29] Teshima**
Is this a miracle?
**[20:31] Teshima**
I feel stronger.
**[20:34] Fan**
You're almost at the end of Irohazaka!
**[21:00] Manami**
Crap! My chain!
**[21:02] Teshima**
Manami's losing speed?
**[21:04] Teshima**
What happened?
**[21:06] Teshima**
In any case...
**[21:07] Teshima**
Now's my chance!
**[21:11] Fan**
Sohoku High School passed him!
**[21:12] Fan**
There's 400 meters left!
**[22:53] Teshima**
I can't keep going.
**[22:54] Teshima**
I can't move another millimeter.
**[22:56] Teshima**
I'm going to sleep here.
**[22:58] Koga**
What about dinner?
**[22:59] Teshima**
I'm not hungry.
**[23:01] Teshima**
We ordinary men have reached their limit.
**[23:03] Teshima**
Good night.
**[23:05] Aoyagi**
Junta, you completed a thousand
kilometers at this training camp.
**[23:09] Aoyagi**
You're not ordinary anymore.
**[23:11] Teshima**
Aoyagi...
**[23:13] Koga**
Yeah. If you're ordinary,
what does that make me?
**[23:17] Koga**
You're a proper captain now.
**[23:20] Koga**
I'm counting on you at the Inter-High.
**[23:22] Teshima**
Kimitaka...
**[23:25] Koga**
Okay, time for dinner!
**[23:27] Aoyagi**
We'll start without you, Junta!
**[23:33] Teshima**
I really am ordinary.
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE Look Up At The Sky
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely.
# E25 - Look Up At The Sky
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8V893GY/look-up-at-the-sky)
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**[00:15] Teshima**
Now's my chance!
**[00:19] Fan**
Sohoku High School passed him!
**[00:21] Fan**
There's 400 meters left!
**[00:25] Teshima**
Now's my chance.
**[00:26] Teshima**
I passed Manami with 400 meters left.
**[00:31] Teshima**
Why did he slow down?
**[00:33] Teshima**
No, it doesn't matter.
**[00:34] Teshima**
I should be looking forward now.
**[00:35] Teshima**
It's in front of me...
**[00:36] Teshima**
It's right in front of me!
**[00:38] Teshima**
I see the red roof of the
Akechidaira restaurant.
**[00:41] Teshima**
That's where the mountain result line is.
**[00:44] Teshima**
I'm almost there.
**[00:47] Teshima**
All my hairs are standing on end.
**[00:49] Teshima**
I have goosebumps.
**[00:51] Teshima**
Right now, I'm closest to the mountain line.
**[00:54] Teshima**
I'm about to get there first.
**[00:57] Teshima**
I've always dreamed of being first.
**[01:03] Teshima**
Is this what being first feels like?
**[01:06] Teshima**
I climbed so far. I pushed myself so hard.
**[01:09] Teshima**
But my legs feel unbelievably light.
**[01:12] Teshima**
I'll probably never forget this sight.
**[01:18] Fan 1**
Go, Sohoku High School! Keep going!
**[01:21] Fan 2**
Take the mountains, #5!
**[01:22] Fan 3**
Teshima, last spurt!
**[01:24] Teshima**
I know.
**[01:25] Fan 4**
Go!
**[01:27] Teshima**
Aoyagi, you'll probably be
surprised by the results.
**[01:32] Teshima**
Here I go, Aoyagi.
**[01:34] Fan 4**
Don't worry about him! Just go!
**[01:35] Fan 5**
Don't turn around!
**[01:37] Teshima**
Don't worry? Don't turn around?
**[01:40] Teshima**
Keep going?
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** RIDE. 25 Look Up At The Sky
**[03:18] Fan 6**
Manami got off his bike?
**[03:20] Fan 7**
What happened?
**[03:22] Fan 8**
Are you okay? I'll hold your bike.
**[03:24] Fan 9**
It's his chain. His chain came loose.
**[03:26] Fan 10**
What happens if your chain
comes off during a race?
**[03:29] Fan 11**
There's nothing you can do.
**[03:31] Fan 11**
The support car can bring you a
spare wheel if you get a flat.
**[03:35] Fan 11**
But you have to fix your chain on your own.
**[03:38] Fan 10**
But...
**[03:39] Fan 11**
An experienced rider should be able to
return to the race in less than a minute.
**[03:43] Fan 11**
But sometimes that can decide the race.
**[03:47] Fan 11**
It can be caused by the smallest thing,
and it's terrible luck.
**[03:51] Fan 10**
But I thought bicycle races
were supposed to be fair.
**[03:54] Fan 11**
Sometimes riders do wait when their
opponents have mechanical issues.
**[03:59] Fan 11**
If they notice, that is.
**[04:00] Fan 10**
You mean...
**[04:02] Fan 11**
If they don't notice or claim they didn't,
there's nothing anyone can say.
**[04:09] Fan 12**
His chain's back on!
**[04:10] Fan 13**
Go, Manami!
**[04:11] Fan 14**
Don't give up!
**[04:13] Fan 15**
Hakone Academy High School!
**[04:14] Fan 16**
You can still make it!
**[04:18] Manami**
I can still make it?
**[04:19] Manami**
I lost 15 to 20 seconds just now.
**[04:23] Manami**
I can't make that up in 400 meters.
**[04:27] Fan 10**
Will Hakone Academy High
School's rider catch up?
**[04:30] Fan 11**
No, probably not.
**[04:32] Fan 11**
They're right before the finish line.
**[04:33] Fan 11**
If I were Sohoku High School,
I wouldn't wait.
**[04:36] Manami**
Go!
**[04:52] Manami**
H-He... stopped?
**[04:56] Manami**
Teshima-san waited for me?
**[05:00] Manami**
He noticed what happened?
**[05:03] Manami**
But there's 300 meters left.
**[05:06] Manami**
He can see the mountain result line.
**[05:09] Manami**
It's his chance to win the mountain tag
for Sohoku High School.
**[05:17] Manami**
No one would've blamed him for going.
**[05:23] Manami**
Teshima-san...
**[05:30] Manami**
Why?
**[05:34] Teshima**
I know it's stupid, too.
**[05:39] Teshima**
But the view was incredible.
**[05:41] Teshima**
So I was taking a tea break.
**[05:49] Teshima**
I'll find another chance
with my own strength!
**[05:53] Manami**
I'll ride with everything I've got!
**[05:55] Teshima**
Bring in on, Manami!
**[05:59] Teshima**
Manami!
**[06:00] Manami**
Teshima-san!
**[06:02] Teshima**
Three hundred meters left!
**[06:03] Manami**
The final...
**[06:04] Both**
Battle!
**[06:06] Fan 17**
Two hundred and fifty meters left!
**[06:08] Fan 18**
So fast!
**[06:10] Fan 19**
Go, Hakone Academy High School!
**[06:12] Fan 20**
Don't let him beat you, Sohoku High School!
**[06:14] Teshima**
Fight, Junta!
**[06:16] Manami**
Go!
**[06:17] Manami**
All out!
**[06:36] Fan 21**
Neither one's giving any ground!
**[06:38] Hakogaku**
Manami-san, take it!
**[06:39] Hakogaku**
Hakone Academy High School!
**[06:40] Hakogaku**
Manami-san, fight!
***SIGN*** Hakone Academy High School
**[06:42] Sohoku**
Chiba, you got this!
***SIGN*** Sohoku
**[06:43] Sohoku**
Teshima!
**[06:44] Teshima**
I can't feel anything.
**[06:46] Teshima**
The tingling feeling is gone, too.
**[06:50] Teshima**
This is probably bad, but I'm
moving toward my target.
**[06:57] Teshima**
Bring it on, body!
One hundred and fifty meters left!
**[07:03] Teshima**
Go! I believe!
**[07:06] Teshima**
I believe in miracles!
**[07:07] Fan 22**
They're passing through the
disaster prevention tunnel!
**[07:09] Fan 23**
There's 100 meters left to the finish line!
**[07:12] Manami**
All out...
**[07:13] Manami**
All out, all out, all out.
**[07:16] Manami**
Every moment is once in a lifetime.
**[07:19] Manami**
There's only one chance to achieve results.
**[07:21] Manami**
That's why I ride all out!
**[07:22] Fan 24**
Eighty meters left!
**[07:24] Fan 24**
They're neck and neck!
**[07:25] Manami**
Isn't that right, Toudou-san?
**[07:30] (Flashback) Manami**
What?
**[07:31] (Flashback) Manami**
You're giving #3 to me?
**[07:33] (Flashback) Toudou**
That's right. It's the number of
Hakone Academy High School's mountain ace.
**[07:37] (Flashback) Toudou**
It's yours. Wear #3 at the next Inter-High.
**[07:42] (Flashback) Manami**
But there's Kuroda-san...
**[07:45] (Flashback) Toudou**
I've talked to him.
**[07:47] (Flashback) Toudou**
He said it's not a problem.
**[07:50] (Flashback) Toudou**
Is it heavy?
**[07:52] Manami**
*#3...*
**[07:54] (Flashback) Toudou**
I guess you'll be 13, though.
**[07:59] (Flashback) Toudou**
That's an unlucky number.
**[08:01] (Flashback) Toudou**
You could flip it upside down
if you're superstitious.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Manami**
I'll wear it right side up and overcome it.
**[08:10] (Flashback) Toudou**
That sounds like you.
**[08:12] Manami**
I'll overcome!
**[08:14] Teshima**
Manami!
**[08:15] Manami**
Teshima-san!
**[08:18] Manami**
Nothing's ever easy.
**[08:22] Manami**
I wasn't expecting him to keep up with me.
**[08:25] Manami**
I didn't think he'd wait for me
when I had mechanical trouble.
**[08:29] Manami**
I thought it was over.
**[08:31] Manami**
But I'm still riding.
**[08:33] Manami**
And it's hard. That's why...
**[08:37] Manami**
I'm going all out!
**[08:39] Teshima**
Grab your dream!
**[08:42] Teshima**
Now's my chance! My only chance!
**[08:48] Manami**
I'll overcome!
**[08:49] Fan 25**
Sixty meters left!
**[08:50] Fan 26**
Fifty!
**[08:51] Fan 27**
Forty!
**[08:53] Fan 28**
Thirty!
**[08:53] Fan 29**
This is it!
**[08:55] Fan 30**
Who will it be?
**[08:55] Fan 31**
Ten meters left!
**[08:57] Teshima**
Get there...
**[08:58] Manami**
Get there...
**[08:58] Both**
My wheels!
**[09:04] Miki**
It's the announcement.
**[09:18] Miki**
Two wishes...
**[09:20] Miki**
But only one can come true.
**[09:24] Miki**
A battle between climbers is brutal.
**[09:26] Miki**
That's why the winner shines
beyond the shadow of a doubt.
**[09:33] Announce**
Hakone Academy High School's
Manami Sangaku has taken the mountains!
**[09:47] Announce**
The first day of the Inter-High
and Irohazaka has been won
**[09:50] Announce**
by Hakone Academy High School!
**[09:51] Announce**
Number 13 is the new Mountain God!
**[09:55] Announce**
Manami Sangaku! He's shouting!
**[09:59] Hakogaku A**
All right!
**[10:00] Hakogaku B**
Yeah!
**[10:02] Hakogaku C**
Manami, good job!
**[10:04] Hakogaku D**
Manami-san!
**[10:05] Hakogaku C**
We're the strongest!
**[10:07] Hakogaku E**
I've never seen Manami
shout after he's won before.
**[10:15] Manami**
I did it, Toudou-san.
**[10:19] Manami**
I overcame it.
**[10:30] Teshima**
I didn't make it.
**[10:33] Teshima**
I gave everything I had to be first.
**[10:36] Teshima**
We were tied just a few meters
before the finish line.
**[10:41] Teshima**
We were neck and neck, but he got past me.
**[10:44] Teshima**
When he'd already given everything
he had, he still had more to give.
**[10:51] Teshima**
He's amazing. He must be a prodigy.
**[10:55] Teshima**
Manami's amazing.
**[10:57] Teshima**
Hard work is useless
against someone like him.
**[11:04] Manami**
Teshima-san...
**[11:12] Manami**
Thank you.
**[11:16] Manami**
For waiting.
**[11:21] Teshima**
I told you.
**[11:23] Teshima**
I was just enjoying my tea time.
**[11:28] Teshima**
I didn't wait for you.
**[11:30] Teshima**
You don't need to thank me.
**[11:34] Teshima**
I just...
**[11:35] Teshima**
I want everyone who takes cycling seriously...
**[11:40] Teshima**
to be equal while they're riding.
**[11:44] Teshima**
That thought made me hit the brakes.
**[11:48] Teshima**
But holding onto ideals like equality
are why everyone calls me ordinary.
**[11:54] Manami**
Teshima-san!
**[11:56] Manami**
You were strong.
**[11:58] Manami**
You kept up with my attacks
countless times at the Inter-High.
**[12:03] Manami**
Normally, a person wouldn't
wait at 300 meters.
**[12:06] Manami**
They'd say it could be fixed quickly.
That it was bad luck.
**[12:11] Manami**
That I was just unlucky.
**[12:14] Manami**
Everyone wants to win.
**[12:16] Manami**
The climber's medal was
right in front of you.
**[12:19] Manami**
But you stopped.
**[12:20] Manami**
A man who does things others can't is strong.
**[12:29] Teshima**
Don't flatter me.
**[12:32] Teshima**
I'm weak.
**[12:37] Koga**
Teshima was a close second?
**[12:39] Koga**
Is it true?
**[12:40] Miki**
Yes, he was milliseconds behind.
**[12:44] Danchiku**
Isn't this amazing?
**[12:47] Aya**
See? I told you he could do it.
**[12:50] Aya**
Second blows, though.
**[12:52] Koga**
Teshima, you...
**[12:54] Toji**
Wow.
**[12:56] Danchiku**
What happened?
**[12:58] Miki**
The report doesn't say exactly.
**[13:00] Miki**
But it says #13 had mechanical problems.
**[13:03] Koga**
Manami did?
**[13:05] Danchiku**
Is that when he caught up?
**[13:07] Danchiku**
Had he fallen behind?
**[13:09] Sugimoto**
I don't think so, Danchiku.
**[13:12] Danchiku**
What?
**[13:13] Sugimoto**
I don't know how the mechanical
issues affected the race,
**[13:17] Sugimoto**
but I think Teshima-san worked hard
to stick to Manami the whole time.
***SIGN*** Mountain Results
***SIGN*** Manami Sangaku
***SIGN*** Kanagawa Hakone Academy High School
***SIGN*** Teshima Junta
***SIGN*** Chiba Sohoku High School
**[13:39] Kuroda**
That was really close, though.
**[13:40] Izumida**
He's the man who makes it happen.
**[13:43] Izumida**
Well done, Manami.
**[13:45] Izumida**
No, perhaps I should be
praising the other man instead.
**[13:48] Izumida**
I'm impressed Teshima-kun was able
to keep up with his ordinary riding.
**[13:54] Izumida**
Manami seems to have enjoyed himself.
**[13:56] Izumida**
But that doesn't change the results.
**[13:59] Izumida**
Too bad, Sohoku High School.
**[14:01] Izumida**
Your leader lost.
**[14:04] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san...
**[14:05] Naruko**
Teshima-san...
**[14:06] Kaburagi**
Teshima-san...
**[14:08] All**
Teshima-san is amazing!
**[14:10] Aoyagi**
Junta, you're...
**[14:12] Kaburagi**
That's amazing. Honestly, I'm on fire now.
**[14:15] Kaburagi**
I'm trembling with excitement.
**[14:17] Kaburagi**
Teshima-san, I'm sorry for making fun of you.
**[14:21] Kaburagi**
I wish I could go right now
and race to the finish line.
**[14:25] Aoyagi**
You'd better not.
**[14:28] Naruko**
So the permed one did it.
**[14:31] Naruko**
Our leader is...
**[14:32] Imaizumi**
Yeah. A hard worker who
does what he says he'll do.
**[14:36] Imaizumi**
He's Teshima Junta.
**[14:44] Fan 31**
Watch out!
**[14:45] Fan 32**
#5 is falling!
**[14:46] Manami**
Teshima-san?
**[14:49] Teshima**
I can finally lie down.
**[14:52] Teshima**
I seriously gave everything.
**[14:55] Teshima**
I probably won't be able to
get up again if I lie down now.
**[14:59] Teshima**
Sorry, Imaizumi and Naruko.
**[15:04] Teshima**
The rest is up to you, Aoyagi.
**[15:07] Teshima**
Dropping out after the first day...
**[15:10] Teshima**
I really am weak.
**[15:12] Teshima**
I've failed as their captain.
**[15:14] Teshima**
But sorry, I can't move anymore.
**[15:19] Teshima**
It'll be just the five of you.
**[15:22] Teshima**
Sorry, Sohoku High School.
**[15:27] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san!
**[15:29] Fan 34**
It's another Sohoku rider!
**[15:30] Sakamichi**
Gotta make it!
**[15:47] Teshima**
It's you, Onoda.
**[15:51] Sakamichi**
I made it.
**[15:52] Fan B**
It's #1!
**[15:53] Sakamichi**
I pedaled as hard as I could when I saw you.
**[15:53] Fan C**
Sohoku High School's #1 came!
**[15:56] Sakamichi**
I'm glad I made it.
**[15:58] Teshima**
What are you doing here?
**[16:03] Sakamichi**
I got your message.
**[16:06] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun gave me permission
to come support you.
**[16:14] Sakamichi**
And...
**[16:18] Sakamichi**
To give you these water bottles.
**[16:21] Sakamichi**
They thought you'd be parched.
**[16:23] Sakamichi**
They're from Imaizumi-kun and Naruko-kun.
**[16:26] Teshima**
I'm standing.
**[16:29] Teshima**
Does that mean I can keep going?
**[16:33] Teshima**
A team that supports each other...
**[16:35] Teshima**
Yes, that's the kind of team
Sohoku High School is.
**[16:40] Teshima**
Support, huh?
**[16:47] Teshima**
Thanks for the help, Onoda.
**[16:55] Teshima**
Let's ride a little longer.
**[16:57] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:09] Komari**
Hakone Academy High School
took the mountains.
**[17:12] Komari**
Sohoku High School came in second and third.
**[17:16] Midousuji**
So you caught up, Sakamichi.
**[17:20] Komari**
The guys in front of us are
probably increasing their pace.
**[17:26] Midousuji**
In that case, shall we
go as well, Komari-kun?
**[17:30] Komari**
Yes.
**[17:32] Fan 35**
Hakone Academy High School
just took the mountains.
**[17:35] Fan 36**
Hakone Academy High School's so strong.
**[17:42] Fan 37**
It's Hakone Academy High School!
**[17:43] Fan 35**
They've increased their pace!
**[17:45] Fan 36**
Sohoku High School's keeping up!
**[17:48] Izumida**
Doubashi took the flats.
Manami took the mountains.
**[17:53] Izumida**
All that's left is the finish line.
**[17:58] Yuto**
Should we go a little faster?
**[18:01] Izumida**
Not too fast, Yuto.
**[18:03] Izumida**
All we have to do now is strike fear
in the hearts of Sohoku High School.
**[18:06] Kuroda**
There's still more than ten
kilometers to the finish line.
**[18:09] Yuto**
Roger that.
**[18:14] Imaizumi**
I see. They're fast, but...
**[18:18] Imaizumi**
Not too fast.
**[18:20] Naruko**
Just so-so.
**[18:22] Kaburagi**
They're trying to pull ahead
of us, but they can't.
**[18:27] Aoyagi**
Yeah.
**[18:28] Imaizumi**
Onoda overcame a hopeless time
difference and caught up to the front.
**[18:33] Imaizumi**
And most importantly...
**[18:35] Imaizumi**
He received Teshima-san's
passionate vibrations.
**[18:38] Imaizumi**
We never give up.
**[18:41] Imaizumi**
Let's go, Sohoku High School!
**[18:43] All**
Yeah!
**[18:52] Naruko**
The first day of the Inter-High...
**[18:55] Imaizumi**
The final battle is about to begin.
***SIGN*** Dear brother
***SIGN*** Dear brother I'm going back to Japan for a bit Yusuke
***SIGN*** Dear brother I'm going back to Japan for a bit Yusuke
**[21:05] Makishima**
Sorry, Bro.
**[21:09] Makishima**
Anyway, they've got directions, announcements,
automatic doors, and moving sidewalks.
**[21:15] Makishima**
They've even got AC.
**[21:17] Makishima**
They're too considerate.
**[21:24] Makishima**
So hot.
**[21:26] Makishima**
It's so humid.
**[21:28] Makishima**
It feels like summer in Japan.
**[21:31] Makishima**
Nothing's like it.
**[21:33] Makishima**
I really feel like I'm back in Japan.
**[21:41] Makishima**
Nah, it's too hot.
**[21:44] Makishima**
I'm amazed I rode in this heat last year.
**[21:48] Makishima**
They're riding right now.
**[21:51] Makishima**
I meant to arrive just before they
started to inspire Sakamichi,
**[21:57] Makishima**
but my flight was six hours late.
**[22:00] Kinjou**
We waited a long time for you.
**[22:03] Makishima**
What?
**[22:08] Kinjou**
Makishima, how have you been?
**[22:10] Makishima**
K-Kinjou!
**[22:13] Makishima**
Calm down, Yusuke.
**[22:15] Makishima**
Kinjou couldn't possibly be here.
**[22:18] Makishima**
I'm just hallucinating
because of the jet lag.
**[22:20] Kinjou**
How's life in England?
**[22:21] Makishima**
Huh?
**[22:23] Kinjou**
It's been a while.
**[22:24] Makishima**
It's really him.
**[22:26] Makishima**
Kinjou!
**[22:28] Kinjou**
Makishima.
**[22:29] Makishima**
What are you doing here?
**[22:31] Kinjou**
When I called your house,
they told me you were coming back.
**[22:35] Kinjou**
You're going to the Inter-High, right?
**[22:37] Makishima**
Huh?
**[22:38] Kinjou**
Let's hurry. The race has already started.
**[22:41] Makishima**
You've been waiting for six hours.
**[22:44] Makishima**
You could've gone without me.
**[22:46] Kinjou**
Someone said we have to
wait for anyone who's late.
**[22:54] Tadokoro**
Hey. How long were you going
to make us wait, Makishima?
**[22:57] Makishima**
T-Tadokorocchi...
**[22:59] Tadokoro**
We can talk later. Get in.
**[23:01] Makishima**
Sure.
**[23:06] Makishima**
Will we make it in time for the race?
**[23:07] Tadokoro**
Who do you think you're talking to?
**[23:09] Tadokoro**
I'm Sohoku High School's human
bullet train, Tadokoro Jin.
**[23:19] Tadokoro**
Oxygen!
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