Yowamushi Pedal

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.

Otaku Sakamichi Onoda has just entered high school and plans to join the anime club. In middle school, Onoda didn’t have any friends with whom he could talk about anime, games, Akihabara and other otaku things, and he is hoping he can make such friends in the anime club, but he finds out it's been disbanded.

What defines it

A passionate cycling sports shounen. Long-running and heartfelt.

Watch path

Watch the numbered main seasons in order. Announced continuations follow the released entries. Optional titles are not included in this main-series path.

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