# 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.
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