# E18 - 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
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***SIGN*** The high cadence continues!!