Yowamushi Pedal

Sports · Slice of Life

An anime fan's routine bicycle trips to Akihabara have quietly built climbing ability, turning a practical city bike into the unlikely start of a racing story.

Synopsis

The Anime Lad

Onoda enters high school planning to revive the disbanded anime club and finally discuss his interests with friends. His weekly bicycle trips to Akihabara have also given him unexpected climbing ability. Experienced cyclists notice him taking a heavy city bike up a steep road. His social plan therefore encounters athletics, an institution not previously included in the proposal.

Super Eyepatch Fox

Onoda wants friends who share his love of anime. His intended club has disbanded, so he searches for four new members. Meanwhile, experienced cyclists notice the endurance built through weekly Akihabara trips on a heavy city bike. What looked like ordinary transportation becomes raw racing potential and an invitation toward another club.

Gigguku

Onoda thinks he is simply pedaling to Akihabara for anime goods, but those weekly rides have quietly made him an exceptional climber! Watching trained cyclists notice this cheerful boy on a bulky city bike is instantly satisfying. Better yet, his original goal is making anime friends rather than winning races. The sports setup grows naturally from the hobby he already loves.

Father's Basement

The premise applies full shounen seriousness to bicycles and steep roads, which can make a simple challenge feel enormous. Onoda still earns the attention. His ability comes from years of practical riding rather than a sudden gift, and his original goal is merely finding fellow anime fans. Competitive cycling interrupts his plans instead of arriving as a lifelong destiny.

Welcome Race

E1–10 · 7.4

An anime-loving climber stumbles into Sohoku's cycling club and its brutal welcome race.

Training Camp

E11–21 · 7.0

Six Inter-High spots await riders who can survive a thousand-kilometer camp.

Inter-High Day One

E22–31 · 7.3

Sohoku challenges Hakone and Kyoto Fushimi across sprints, climbs, and team tactics.

Inter-High Day Two

E32–38 · 7.4

Illness and shaken confidence threaten Sohoku before the second stage even starts.

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Second Day Finish

E1–5 · 7.8

Three schools launch their aces toward the second day's finish line.

Kure's Rear Pack

E6–11 · 7.7

Hiroshima weaponizes the rear pack as Sohoku chases its missing riders.

Final Mountain

E12–24 · 8.0

Hakone attacks the last climb while Sohoku fights to keep six riders.

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Minegayama Hill Climb

E1–8 · 7.7

Without their seniors, Sohoku's new leaders face Hakone on familiar slopes.

First-Year Welcome Race

E9–12 · 7.7

Ambitious rookies race for a place beside Sohoku's proven second-years.

1000 Kilometer Camp

E13–15 · 7.7

Six Inter-High jerseys await after Sohoku's most punishing training camp yet.

Second Inter-High

E16–25 · 7.7

Japan's strongest teams reunite for three days of tactical cycling warfare.

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Second-Year Inter-High

E1–25 · 8.7

Sohoku enters the Tochigi Inter-High's fiercest stages chasing Hakone Academy's champions.

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Inter-High Final Day

E1–25 · 9.2

Sohoku begins the race's last day chasing a second straight national victory.

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