Yowamushi Pedal - Limit Break - Episode 17 - 10 Second Anime

Imaizumi shows his confidence and mental toughness against Midousuji at the front of the race.

BREAK.17 — "Shifting Wind"

Cycling Porn.

Yowamushi Pedal dramatizes Midousuji's tactics. Washing out someone's wheel could be grounds for removal, but the jury usually acts only at the finish line. Midousuji's De Rosa has a 9-speed cassette, showing how old this anime is. The pro peloton uses twelve gears now. The pro riders also use electronic shifting systems like the first version on Imaizumi's Scott. Rain on the course demonstrates another way the bikes are so old: racing road bikes are all on disc brakes and wider tires.

Heh.

Yay! Arakita joins the old-timers in Tadokoro's car. Hah! Arakita wanted to tell Makishima that Toudou was in Japan, but the two climbing rivals had already met. Aw. Arakita says it's the first time he's ever gone under the finish line gate on the third day of the Inter-High race.

And we're back to repeating the Midousuji and Imaizumi confrontation from the last episode. Yowamushi Pedal is padding time. I'm just here for all the ways Midousuji insults Imaizumi with puns. Groanizumi! Midousuji seeks the gap to victory against Sohoku, but Imaizumi blocks him. There's more of Midousuji's gray-area tactics, but he can't shake "Groanizumi."

Aw, crap. Yowamushi Pedal foreshadows how Imaizumi, or Midousuji, drops out of the race: concrete gutter. Imaizumi always liked the quiet of the front of the race and now gets to hear it again from his junior high days. Ah. Imaizumi started thinking he could win, then he pulled the death flag, "As long as nothing happens." A shot of a puffy cloud hints at rain. And the episode title told the story: a shifting wind brought a rainstorm. So, who loses out? It might be Onoda!

Next time, I am unaware of what a Watergate Dive means, but it sounds scary.