10 Second Anime - Yowamushi Pedal - Episode 32

Yowamushi Pedal - Episode 32

The cycling teams recover at their hotels. Makishima worries about Tadokoro and Imaizumi. Onoda's mom is a force of nature. Tadokoro gets left behind.

Heh.

Makishima sure is a worrywart. I think it fits in well with his personality quirk of being a neat freak.

Oh, man. Do not get Naruko started on his adventures in advanced toiletry. You've been warned.

Onoda's mom blowing in like a typhoon had me rolling. Seeing Kinjou embarrassed for Onoda's sake was classic. Mrs. Onoda may not understand exactly what's going on with his racing club, but at least her feelings of support were made clear.

The Hakone guys continue to crack me up. Arakita and Toudou especially. I like how Fukutomi barely registers Arakita's complaint that he wanted the win to be bigger, and just says, "leave it for the last day." Arakita just needs something to complain about. Toudou keeps making his presence known with his oversized personality.

Hmm.

I think Kinjou saw that Imaizumi was frustrated with how much Midousuji had improved since last he saw him, but I'm not sure his words of encouragement reached him. Kinjou is right, though. Without Imaizumi's strong leadout, and blocking for position, Kinjou wouldn't have been delivered to the finishing straight and had the chance to duke it out with Fukutomi and Midousuji. What Imaizumi has to wonder is how Midousuji made it down the descent of the climb on only his small chain ring. The Sohoku teammates saw Midouji fly past, so they should have seen what he was doing.

Kyoto's former ace recognized Onoda's talent and aura. To race on the lip of a gutter and outclimb Midousuji are both things to respect. But the only reason Onoda knew there was a lip to that drainage ditch was because Tadokoro made the first years watch a foot race up that same mountain. Scary preparation combined with talent is hard to beat. Midousuji prepared too, and the strength of the Sohoku and Fukutomi aces were just a bit outside of his calculations.

Going forward, Sohoku has two big things to worry about: Tadokoro's heat exhaustion and Imaizumi's rattled head over Midousuji. I expect the power of nakama and anime will play a hand in solving those problems. Onoda already has one convert to his anime and cycling club. Will he recruit another?

Cycling Porn.

There wasn't much actual cycling to look at this episode except for flashbacks. But there were a few scenes.

We got a look at the Hakone and Sohoku bikes as they took off at the start with their timed gaps. I've never seen that before for a team race. Is that supposed to be an equalizer for schools with smaller teams? I can see that.

I don't think Manami's childhood friend has ever seen that look of concentration on his face before. I-it's not like it's g-going to make her c-crush on him any stronger! Heh. Both Onoda's mom and Manami's neighbor had no idea what they were actually doing on their bikes. Miyahara knows now that you can't just show up to a race and hope to give him his lunch. And it's n-not like she m-made it j-just for him! She just m-made too m-much and thought s-she should s-share! We believe you, iinchou, we believe you.