# E8 - 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.