Yowamushi Pedal

Onoda Sakamichi, student of Chiba Sohoku Public High School, rides the 90 kilometers back and forth to Akiba on his mommy bike to buy the anime goods he loves. Sakamichi planned to join the anime club in high school and make lots of friends, but without sufficient membership, the anime club had been disbanded. Imaizumi Shunsuke appears before a disappointed Sakamichi with his road racer, and...

Imaizumi witnesses Sakamichi climbing the high school's steep rear gate slope on his mommy bike while singing. In order to test his strength, Imaizumi challenges Sakamichi to a bicycle race. Sakamichi is surprised, but hearing Imaizumi's offer to join the anime club if he loses, Sakamichi accepts the challenge. Kanzaki Miki and her friends hear about the race and look on as Sakamichi and...

Sakamichi and Imaizumi's rare gate slope bicycle race has finally begun. Sakamichi pedals as hard as he can so Imaizumi will join the anime club, but is quickly passed by Imaizumi despite his late start. Miki catches up to the disappointed Sakamichi in Toji's car and adjusts his saddle, and Sakamichi resumes the race. Through his desperate efforts, Sakamichi finally catches up to Imaizumi, but...

With the rear gate slope race over, the distance between Imaizumi and Sakamichi closes a little. When Sakamichi goes to Akiba on his mommy bike to buy anime goods, he encounters Naruko Shoukichi, a boy with a Kansai accent riding a bike. Naruko becomes enraged when a car throws a cigarette butt at Sakamichi's mommy bike, and the two begin chasing after the car on their bicycles!

The day after riding his bike around Akiba with Naruko, Sakamichi encounters Naruko again at his high school's store. Naruko encourages Sakamichi to join the bicycle racing club with him, but Sakamichi is still unable to abandon the anime club. However, when Sakamichi observes the bicycle racing club training after school at Naruko's invitation, he experiences a desire to test his own abilities.

The first years' welcoming race begins. Sakamichi is excited to race with Imaizumi and Naruko again, but...

Sakamichi acquires the road racer from the van Miki is riding. Despite it being his first time riding a road racer, Sakamichi rides smoothly and surprises everyone.

Sakamichi finally catches up to Imaizumi and Naruko. Sakamichi's surprising growth and earnest feelings ignite their own fighting spirits!

Encouraged by Naruko, determined to become the King of the Mountain in Minegayama, Sakamichi raises his cadence as high as possible to catch Imaizumi.

With the welcoming race over and Sakamichi's potential as a climber discovered, he is told to train with Makishima...

It is the day after training with Makishima. Sakamichi, Imaizumi, and Naruko thought they had the day off, but the third years were actually participating in a race!

The Sohoku High bicycle racing club holds a training camp to prepare for the Inter-high. On their way to the camp ground, as a carsick Sakamichi is taking a break, he encounters cyclist Manami Sangaku.

The training camp has finally begun. In order to complete Kinjou's grueling 1000km in four days menu, Imaizumi and Naruko start the morning with great intensity. Sakamichi follows Makishima's advice and begins covering more and more ground. Meanwhile, Inter-high participants from other schools begin steadily preparing for the tournament...!

The third day of camp. While riding alone early in the morning, Sakamichi is reunited with Manami, the boy he met on the first day of camp. Sakamichi makes a proposal to Manami, but...

After his meeting with Manami, Sakamichi's desire to participate in the Inter-high heightens. In order to participate, Sakamichi realizes he must first ride 1,000 kilometers at camp and begins desperately pedaling alongside Inter-high hopefuls Imaizumi and Naruko. However, second years Teshima and Aoyagi had been implementing a certain strategy against the first years...!

Second years Teshima and Aoyagi stand between the first years and their goal to finish 1,000 kilometers. In order to protect their lead, the second years challenge the first years.

Sakamichi breaks through Teshima's impregnable guard on the climb. With no tricks left, Teshima becomes discouraged, but moved by Aoyagi's strong will to go to the Inter-high together, he begins chasing the first years again.

After falling to last place, Sakamichi catches up to Imaizumi, Naruko, Teshima, and Aoyagi. Admist their emotions, the five boys clash in an all out sprint to the finish line! The battle between the first and second years for the Inter-high finally approaches its climax!

Having completed the difficult training camp, Sakamichi has grown, but with so much less experience and strength than the other members, be gives up on partipating in the Inter-high...

The Sohoku High bicycle racing club's fighting spirits rise with the upcoming Inter-high. Meanwhile, at the previous year's winner, Hakone Academy, climbers second year Kuroda and first year Manami were racing for a spot in the Inter-high.

The day before the Inter-high, Kinjou recalls the events of the previous summer's Inter-hiigh. Kinjou's one-on-one battle with Hakone Academy's ace concludes with...

Sakamichi and the team arrive at Enoshima, the starting location of the Inter-high. Nervous about his first race, Sakamichi can't hide his anxiety, but he becomes fired up upon hearing the encouragement of his teammates.

The first day of the Inter-high begins. Sakamichi begins riding with the goal of finishing with Imaizumi and Naruko. As they enter the flats, every school's sprinter begins moving...

Every school's top sprinters begin racing at once to take the first checkpoint. Pursuing leaders Tadokoro and Naruko is a man who trained his body to perfection for this day, Hakone Academy's Izumida. Seeing how they defy his sprinting theory, Izumida calls them failures at sprinting.