Yowamushi Pedal

Sakamichi Onoda arrives at his new high school as a bright, friendly otaku hoping to join the anime club and finally make some friends. His plans hit a snag when he learns the club has been disbanded, and he sets out to bring it back by recruiting new members—without much success. Even so, Onoda keeps up a long-standing routine: a weekly 90-kilometer round trip to Akihabara on his heavy, old city bike, a ride he’s been making since fourth grade.

On the school’s steep incline, he crosses paths with fellow first-year Shunsuke Imaizumi, a serious cyclist training on the hill. Imaizumi is caught off guard by how well Onoda climbs on such an unwieldy bicycle and challenges him to a race, promising to join the anime club if Onoda wins. That encounter becomes Onoda’s first step into the competitive world of high school cycling.