Yowamushi Pedal
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3It was OK
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2Disliked it
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Average 3.5
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- WHAT THE HELL Wow, what a fall. Holy shit, I know incidents can happen in cycling competitions btu that fall looked nasty. Regarding Midosuji, I think this guy is about to break his own limit lmao. I never seen him react that way before, even for him. Pretty intense episode. I love this triple threat rivalry. |
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| "30m left?! HOW FAST ARE THEY GOING?!" Well not that fast if you can a) still comment on it and b) it takes 10 minutes to do it... |
| The Dragon Ball pacing strikes again. I like how I was rooting for Naruko and Midousji and STILL got freaking rekt. It was a complete victory for Hakone at the end of 1st day, huh. |
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| One reason I'm loving this show so much is that it's the embodiment of overdramatic sports action and this episode pretty much proved again that Yowamushi Pedal is one of the very best when it comes to this. The spirit here was so strong and I couldn't take my eyes off the screen.(despite knowing who would win) Ashikiba came out of nowhere and usually I would be pissed off that the snatched away the win from Naruko and Midousuji.But Kuroda,the man working in the backround for this victory,gave it his all. I loved it how they built up everything leading to this moment. Overall, intense/5 |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Man, I was seriously disappointed with the outcome of this episode. I am not even gonna comment on the slow snail pace since my criticism will focus elsewhere. All that build up for Naruko and Midousuji´s rivalry and then the annoying Hakone guy asspulls to win in those unfavourable conditions... by the 3rd time in a row an Hakone academy guy steals the win, when said characters didn´t have the narrative strength when it comes to motivations/characterization. Heck after Kuroda´s sacrifice, I guess it was major obvious on who the winner was going to be in this episode, but still I hoped for a more unpredictable result, plus it almost seems like author is hyping these (new) guys now with the exception of the obvious one, in order to establish them as major threats in the future. Imo it is doing the opposite since he is putting all the apples in a single basket and then on the following days, the payoff will be focused elsewhere and in more obvious guys. Per consequence of also this, the author keeps shitting on the old cast, since not only we didn’t get a resolution to the Naruko vs Midousuji rivalry (hope they pick things up later, especially if it is on the last day as they ride for the crown) at a peak of Naruko´s character development, but also Imaizumi pretty much offers Hakone the win on a silver plate, without attempting to stop them. It was already stupid how he allied himself with Hakone, not trusting Naruko to get the win when he was in a really good position, but even on the ace take-off he was pretty much a spectator and didn´t do a thing. Lost some respect and atm I can´t even see him as being ace material for Souhoku. Rant aside, props to Kuroda though, the only Hakone guy from the new members of this year´s team that really impressed me on the 1st day. I really liked his determination, the self-sacrifice patent in this episode and his overall growth from the person he once was. Major respect. In spite of this episode´s shortcomings when it comes to how slow the pacing was, it was still a pretty intense episode and I was entertaining for the most part. Looking forward to day 2. |
KaitonFeb 5, 2018 2:33 PM
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| Can I just say that kuroda is a boss but also a moron? like He's injured himself for day 1... not day 2 or even the true goal day 3.... no day 1. he's stupid! |
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| I'm so mad, I can't believe Ashikiba won in the end... Seriously, I was rooting for Naruko to get his revenge on Midousuji and the guy comes out of nowhere to take the win... The episode was great even though the last bit was a bit too slow and Kuroda was epic, he's the only guy in the new Hakone team that I really like. However I feel like it's kind of Imaizumi's fault Sohoku didn't win, if he didn't help Hakone out, they never would have caught up. Excited to see the second day, hopefully Sohoku will be better since Hakone completely dominated the first day though I've got the feeling they won't win this year's Interhigh. |
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| Such an asspull win for Hakone. Can't wait for Onoda to wreck them in the upcoming episodes. |
| Even though I'm a fan of Midousuji I ended up rooting for Naruko. Hope he at least wins a check point the 2nd day. Race was intense, but the most obvious choice won. Hakone dominates Day 1 as expected. |
The_Smoking_ManFeb 5, 2018 4:51 PM
| hello there hakone good to see youre still dominating but damn this ep was intense |
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| Why this anime became so predictable.. LOL I've called it in the middle of the episode that he would won the tall guy (his friend almost decapitated himself for making him win) just because of his pure heart caring for his companions. Noruko kun is a idiot, following the creepy pink guy leaving alone the smart ACE. The pink guy is too disgusting and only thinks about win win win win win and insects, so he needs to calm the F**K down. Nobita where are you?! Oh holding thatr guy for half race through instead of trying to win again. Fantastic! |
LukaPochiFeb 5, 2018 4:11 PM
| Good episode, that was really intense. HOWEVER, I call complete bullshit on Ashkiba's victory, it was total bullshit and I can only call it a contrived asspull at this point. I passed off him catching up to the front lines as just a way to create more drama but the very fact that he caught upto the frontlines is bullshit. The assistant's normally send out the ace's much in fact far earlier, there's no way in hell that Kuroda could have caught upto the leader's when they were already going that fast. Not to mention Kuroda pulling them all the way to the front was impossible since he should've already been tired and there's no way hell he could've pulled them with such strength that he could catch upto the leaders, this is especially true considering how the show was trying to reason out Ashkiba winning to him saying he was still full of energy because of Kuroda. There's no way Ashkiba could have caught up at the last 100m if Naruko and Midousuji were actually going super fast. As much as I love Yowamushi Pedal, this outcome is a complete disappointment in every way. It completely shits on the rivalry and work that Naruko and Midousuji did in order to make themselves better to win at Inter High. Asjkiba winning is nothing more and nothing but an ass pull victory to create some kind of drama/fake stakes for the next leg of the race. To be honest, I can't really express my disappointment enough cause this was the one outcome I didn't want to have happened, I even mentioned it a few episodes ago and I'm really really disappointed that it happened. :( Also, goddamn did they drag the finish line stuff. Even Toei doesn't drag stuff this much with One Piece. XD |
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| well im with a lot of people in that this was very disappointing, not even gonna mention how this series (like most sports and shonen animes) tend to drag the shortest amount distance/time for centuries Naruko gets shanked....again Midousuji's aura as a feared threat is gone all the build for Naruko vs Midousuji matchup was pointless delivery newbie killing himself on day 1....geek of the week here Imaizumi grouping with Hakone was also very pointless and lead to nowhere!! unless they address the fact he helped them win shoulda have Midousuji won just to send a message and strike fear to the Hakone newbies and have them win Day 2. or even have Naruko take a W for once to show Midousuji up |
dannymilkFeb 5, 2018 7:54 PM
| Me in the last five minutes of the episode: |
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| This type of episode is why i fucking love this anime,so much fucking epicness i'm not even mad Hakone got this first day for what they had to sacrifice at the end... Can't wait to watch day two and three of the Inter high now ! |
| Deep dark fantasies |
| I am super pissed! How could Midousuji lose, damn it all! It was an intense finish, I loved it. |
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| This was honestly a surprising result. Seeing how Souhoku still had two guys in front and Imaizumi promised to give Naruko a push as well, I would have expected him to do exactly that at the last moment. Looks like it was sadly not to be, but then again, Souhoku never gets anything but the final win, it seems. |
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Skyguardian said: "30m left?! HOW FAST ARE THEY GOING?!" Well not that fast if you can a) still comment on it and b) it takes 10 minutes to do it... I believed they took 5 minutes for doing 5 meters, 2.5m/h, it's a great speed. I'm sorry for Naruko, he is really a Poulidor. |
nylife1022 said: [...]and as for Onada, wtf happened to him? is he even the main anymore? I swear if he was racing Ashkiba he would have won!!! You seem to be forgetting that Onoda is a climber. As great as he is at what he does, he would not stand a chance against any of these aces on a flat section like this. |
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| Intense episode, was expecting Naruko or Midosouji to win but I'm not mad to see it's finally Ashikiba who win. HakoGaku dominate the first day <3 Cant wait to see the next day, and hope to see Shinkai's brother please. Im excited to see him! And I'm curious if Kuroda will be okay for the next race... |
| HAHAHA XD 1 ep for 400m DBS is ending so someone has to take it's place and I think we've found the winner. How fast do they pedal the 400m? In like 30sec - 1min or so(?) DBS been going with 1min per ep pace as well. Great stuff. Great stuff. |
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| Wow, the amount of frustration in this thread is exceeding my expectations, maybe it helps to mention that there are still two days left to make up for this "disappointment" :P |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| I think they made Ashikiba won because of Kuroda's sacrifice. Look he's just looked like a dead corpse! 5/5. |
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| I really wanted Naruko to win because he tried so hard and was so determined :( I know this show isn't exactly realistic and always pulls out unrealistic stuff but it's a bit of a bummer when the people who were racing it out with all their hearts suddenly get beaten by someone who was way behind, it makes Naruko and Midousuji look so weak if they can be overtaken that easily when they were going all out. Aside from that, one of the main reasons I'm annoyed at Ashikiba winning is that you see him winning in the opening sequence? Talk about a big spoiler, I was really hoping it was to deceive the audience but nope, he won it just like they showed... ok... Aside from all this complaining it was one hell of an intense episode, I had to pause it a few times because it was too much lmao |
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| This was way too intense to watch at 4am right before bed lmao I'm going to be hyped/awake for a while now. The winner had already been spoiled for me but still a good episode. I forgot how over the top this series can get so I was laughing the entire time. |
| Midousuji should never win at anything, so I'm glad about the result. But, man, did this episode dragged on for too long. |
| INTENSE!!! My heart was racing by the end. I really wanted Naruko to win. I thought the Old Man would yell out and he'd here him giving him that final show off moment at least that's what I was hoping for. But as long as he beat Kemosuji I can't be too sad. |
| It was an intense episode but not happy with the outcome at all. Hakone shouldn't had won that race....lol |
Keredna said: I blame that woman that called Midousuji disgusting for making him lose. >.> That was me in anime form :3 Tacsk0 said: There is no such thing as a clean cyclist or if yes, we don't get to see him on TV, since he's left so far behind the main peloton... Me being fan of Peter Sagan, reading this personally offends me... I really wanted Naruko to win...but oh well... Also some asshat spoiled Ashikiba's victory like two episodes ago and that kinda ruined it for me. Special shout-out to seaweed Teshima. |
Black_windFeb 13, 2018 9:33 AM
| Very, very, very, very, very predictable!!! IN the instant that Takuto arrived at the head in the last metres of the sprint, all was without imagination!!! Sorry, but again a new bad episode!!! |
| Holy crap, this episode drove me insane. They drug out the final sprint for so long it wasn't even close to being enjoyable. I finally had to give in and skip through the episode to see who won. Even when I thought they were about to finally cross the finish line it went on for another 5 minutes. |
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| I loved the first season, but I find my passion for this series dwindling. |
| WHAT THE FUCK???!!!!!!!!! seriously wtf!!! I'm so frustrated!!! Ashikiba's win was predictable the moment he caught up. But still! I hate that he won. I would not have felt this bad if the author at least made Naruko 2nd and Midousuji 3rd. This makes me so angry! >:( |
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| Sorry but this is a load of shit. And this stuff is starting to seriously annoy me now. They were more then 350 meters behind, you simply dont catch up from that, and IF you do its over a long period, not in the last stretch to the finish, and this was against Midousuji who in the previous inter-high beat fucking Shinkai in a sprint race, and Midousuji is even faster this time. This is bullshit enough that hakone caught up but even wins? NO! This is even worse then Imaizumi suddenly OUT OF NOWHERE getting better then Midousuji in season 2, like literally went from being like miles below midousuji in skill to beating him in a race, or Teshima who for some reason could keep up with Manami despite being the most below average rider in the entire inter-high. |
| So I can assume that Akashiba is actually the fastest sprinter in the Inter-High and of Hakone all together? What a load of bullshit, the continuity in this series seriously disappoints me. I'm still enjoying it way more than I thought though. I thought I wouldn't like the series at all, but so far, I really enjoy it. |
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