10 Second Anime - Yowamushi Pedal - Grande Road - Episode 9

Yowamushi Pedal - Grande Road - Episode 9



Machimiya and Arakita battle for position on the road. Machimiya also reveals why he hates Hakone.

Heh.

Geez. Fukutomi made lots of friends on that 2nd Stage of last year's Inter-High race...

I don't remember the particulars of when Kinjou and Fukutomi met on the road, but I thought Kinjou caught up to Fukutomi, not that Fukutomi was trying to catch Sohoku.

Now we know why Machimiya is so obsessed with luck. Two cracked water bottles is very unlucky. Isn't there supposed to be neutral support somewhere?

Good revelation that Machimiya is not only their ace, but their ace sprinter.

Only when Machimiya started screaming did I recognize his voice actor also did Kenichi from the History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi. I only hope the quick shot of some girl hoping he does well in last year's race is named Miu, so we can have him screaming that familiar "Miu-san!"

With Machimiya and Hiroshima Trade School featuring in the end omakes, I take it we're not supposed to hate those guys either.



That bottle may not crack, but I think it will be too heavy to use.

Midousuji's helper caught up to the front. There's got to be a story on how that happened with how fast Shinkai and Imaizumi were pulling their aces.

Meh.

Negotiation in the peloton is a regular practice during a bike race, but this stupid race within a race wager thing just would not happen. Hiroshima attacking Arakita's group to make sure they didn't pull them to the front, yes, that would happen. They could have had all the same amount of drama if they just kept attacking each other.

Also, retconning (retroactive continuity) Machimiya into striking a bargain with Midousuji on the first day looks very shoe-horned. For one thing, that happened after the big crash that knocked down Onoda, forcing him to pass that big block of riders. Machimiya claimed they were caught up in that crash too, and had to nurse their wounds, even pulling off a big bandage off his face at the start of the 3rd stage. Where's the big scrape on his face in that flashback? The other Hiroshima guys don't look too bothered either, after supposedly hitting the deck hard. This could have been handled better.

Hmm.

The wolf versus the hunting dog makes for a great rivalry, but even Machimiya sees that Arakita isn't that wild for a wolf. Arakita is going to tell him a story about how Fukutomi took a splinter out of his paw and befriended him, not tamed him. Something like that.

Machimiya definitely needs some calming down if he's also head butting his own teammates.

Next time, Arakita is chewing gum and drinking "Bepsi," and he's all out of "Bepsi." I thought we already had this flashback of Fukutomi beating Arakita on his moped. Was there something more to their history? We'll find out how "Fuku-chan" tamed the wild wolf Arakita.

Cycling Porn.



We've got some good looks at Machimiya's Colnago, Hiroshima's Cannondales, Arakita's borrowed Bianchi, training on rollers, and head butting and knocking shoulders in a sprint line.

Training on rollers used to be the thing pro cyclists did, which they borrowed from the track cyclists, but the pros use different trainers now so they can adjust tension, incline, and road feel. If you are a track cyclist riding a huge fixed gear all the time, rollers are still the way to go.

Argie-bargie, what old school pros call the jostling, rubbing, and butting that goes on in sprint trains, is just what happens when there's not enough room and too many racers trying to get their team up to the front of the peloton.

It's pretty rare for a head butt or shoulder smack to cause an accident among the sprinters, because they're used to that, but climbers and protected riders need to stay far away from that business. Andrew Talansky of Garmin-Sharp got tangled up with Simon Gerrans of ORICA GreenEDGE in this year's Tour de France, and that crash gave him one of the many injuries that ultimately forced him to abandon.

As you can see in this episode, Arakita is not too surprised about the contact from Machimiya, but Manami and Onoda are shocked to see such a thing. Sprinters see different parts of the race than climbers.