Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation

Third season of the Yowamushi Pedal series.

With the team's combined strength, the Sohoku High bicycle racing club beat reigning champions Hakone Academy at the Interhigh national race and achieved an impressive overall victory. Now that their hot summer has ended and third-years Kinjou, Makishima, and Tadokoro have retired from the team, first-year participants in the Interhigh Onoda Sakamichi, Imaizumi Shunsuke, and Naruko Shoukichi, along with their new captain second-year Teshima Junta and vice-captain Aoyagi Hajime begin preparing as a "new team" for their second consecutive championship at the next Interhigh. In order to retake their throne, their rivals Hakone Academy have also incorporated new members and begun training as a new team. Kyoto Fushimi High is lead by the monstrous racer Midousuji Akira. The nation's top schools are all honing their skills to reach the top of the Interhigh.

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Onoda, Sakamichi Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Naruko, Shoukichi Main

Fukushima, Jun Japanese

Teshima, Junta Main

Kishio, Daisuke Japanese

Imaizumi, Shunsuke Main

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Aoyagi, Hajime Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kaburagi, Issa Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Midousuji, Akira Supporting

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Makishima, Yuusuke Supporting

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Arakita, Yasutomo Supporting

Yoshino, Hiroyuki Japanese

Manami, Sangaku Supporting

Yonaga, Tsubasa Japanese

Nabeshima, Osamu Director

Mori, Kunihiro Episode Director

Nagahama, Norihiko Episode Director

Saitou, Hiroya Episode Director

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Aug 1, 2017

hariko

Recommended

background: i'm an avid sports anime fan, i love this series to death among other sport animes andddd i just finished it so i'm still in that high phase. i try my best to be spoiler free!

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story:

8/10

its basically like season 1, although the 3rd years have graduated so there's always that sad melancholy theme throughout the story. sometimes it pulls the character down, sometime it gives them spirit. i miss the third years but yeah sports animes are like that. i still find it enjoyable despite it using the same mold as season 1

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art:

9/10

the characters are designed distinctively enough that i can recognize and remember each one of them fairly easy. i like how the artist isnt reserved in this, just looking at the hair color is enough xD

the scenes were drawn really nicely... facial expressions too



sound:

8/10

the background music fit well with the atmosphere. less marks due to personal preference, i enjoyed the previous OSTs more. i still loop Transit (OP 02) tho XD




character:

10/10

ok, this is where this season TRULY shined. i'm not gonna lie, i usually hate sport animes after the 3rd years graduate. the team usually isnt as appealing and watching new juniors struggle is sorta... boring. haha. BUT. this season they showed Junta and Aoyagi shine so brightly... they improved so much from previous seasons making them worthy team members for interhigh. despite Junta being the "weaker" member (self-proclaimed), he always manages to motivate his team members (and opponents) with his hard work and dedication. its just so beautiful to watch, i get teary all the time T^T

the fact that Junta is referred as "normal" (calling people who can bike 1000km in 4 days normal is sorta a stretch) and always looked down upon, really struck a chord in me. it made me relate to him, and i definitely grew fond of him.

i'm not gonna talk about the new members, to avoid spoilers



enjoyment:

10/10

just watching the characters develop gave me all the enjoyment i needed. the racing scenes were thrilling. i like the slight plot twist they always manage to slip in. can you tell i'm still in that high? XD

oh one more, you know how after the ending song they always have these short comedic snippets? i fcking LIVE FOR THESE. they are sooooooo fun to watch. this alone can get a 10/10. hahahaha. some animes try to do this but meh, i never found one i like as much as yowapeda's (Gintama does a good job too!)


overall:

9/10

can this show be better? yeah, probably, if it wasnt copying season 1 altho if i were the creator i'd probably do the same thing? since its a club and every year starts the same way, only with different members XD

will i recommend this to people til i'm blue in the face? hell yeah

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 24, 2024

ajw215799

Mixed Feelings

The end of Season 2 was a very natural end to the story as a whole. It didn’t really need to continue but I was on board for continuing the story provided that they fix the issues with the story. They didn’t, in fact they made it worse. Despite a very weakly written protagonist, the whole of Yowamushi Pedal is held together by the fact that the Sohoku team is a group of relatable average joes while all of their rivals are overconfident jerks who push them to be better. That is completely lost in this third season. Not only have they not developed Onoda’s ... character (he really needs to calm down and stop freaking out at every little thing) but they added a literal narcissistic idiot to the team which hurts the overall development of the main characters because they are forced to compensate for him. Plus the writing of the rivals has gotten worse with Hakone acting as if they are god given talents and guaranteed winners despite losing last season. For this franchise to survive long term, it needed to have completely reset itself post Season 2, wrote out all existing characters and started fresh.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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May 17, 2022

titledefiant

Not Recommended

Preliminary (22/25 eps)

I can’t even be bothered to write an in-depth review but I’ll try my best. Let me just start by saying I got to episode 22 before I literally couldn’t force myself to keep watching it anymore. It’s that bad. I was hoping that something NEW would happen — maybe we’d finally see Onoda start to reach his potential or more emphasis would be put on Naruko becoming an all-rounder, but 22 episodes in this season is even more of a mess than the fist two. It feels like a complete repeat of the first two seasons, except it’s not because it’s worse.

The main reason ... I even watched the first two seasons were the fun personalities and the humor. The humor is still there and there are definitely some really funny moments (Orange Beena) but there’s not enough to carry the show. The characters... suck ass. I mean, seriously. There are so many “new” characters who are basically just copycats of the older ones. I liked the additional focus on Teshima and Aoyagi, though I feel that a lot of their story is really repetitive in this season. The only new character I actually liked is the tall guy (I forget his name) who rides like a metronome. He’s such an airhead and definitely unique. A lot of moments with him are truly hilarious. Other than those three, pretty much all the characters disappoint. It’s just more of the same, no character growth to speak of. Also, what was the point of giving so much screen time to Imaizumi, Onoda, and Naruko in earlier seasons only to have them take the backseat this season? Especially considering how little they were ever developed?

The plot is literally the SAME as the first two seasons. I have no idea what the creators of this show were even thinking. There is so much they could have done but didn’t. Different races, new kinds of practices, hell, make some of the members of the team hang out outside of school or practice for once or actually show them in school more. It would have also been great to see how Hakone academy dealt with the aftermath of losing the last Inter-High, but all we see is the assembly of the new team and some talk about how they have to overcome their loss. What about having some of the third years come back and help with some practices for their old team? I mean, literally anything but repeating the same exact plot. The same problems that held the first 2 seasons back hold this season back, only now the characters can’t save the show. I honestly regret even watching this much.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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