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| Sakamichi deserved that break after all that competition. Dude looks completely burnt out after competiting at such a high level. Even Teshima acknowledges him after that tough race. Reflecting this season, it felt a lot about character growth for the cast. Sakamichi got the most development in the final few episodes and deserves to be on that stage. |
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| great surprise, double episode today!!! Well, the season ended with in the podium, the first!!! Great last episode, one of the best of all the season!!! 4/10 kekeke |
| Aya who give a hug to Onoda ? YES |
| Honestly i dislike the result a lot. Didn't even know it works like that with number tags. Teshima deserved much better and i don't like Sohoku winning again really, but without them winning, Teshima's sacrifice would feel even worse. Generally a conclusion that felt good to watch, even if i don't like the result. Also... Onoda's win make that much sense, cuz he did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING compared to his teammates this whole inter-high ahhahah |
| Sakamichi did it again, he won. He actually managed to pull it off a second time, well done man. Feel bad for Manami though, he did really good but lost at the end. Nice season overall, wish they didn't drag it so much though. |
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| The last 2 episodes were so good they ALMOST made up for the pacing issues (slower than snails) and excessive flashbacks with that particular episode even having a flashback within a flashback. Now THIS, this is what road racing should be like. Giving Everything you have and then some, one winner one loser. Chills. And then ... when the team stepped onto the podium in unison, the tears came. Oh Onoda. You're such a precious cream puff. Takeaway: Terribly slow pacing, excessive flashbacks but still an exciting finish. This anime really knows how to do The Power of Friendship trope. |
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| Man if only this season split two arcs in 25 episodes... 12 to 13 episodes for the final day of the inter high,with shorter flashbacks and other things that literally killed the rythm of this season Some races in this season were still legendary, absolute fist clenching but that finale was literally ruined by what i said above, what a shame 7.5 season, still hoping for a sequel adapted. |
| Deep dark fantasies |
| Woah, what an episode. I'm so glad it came earlier that week later. The end of the race was so satisfying, but also weirdly calm. And Imaizumi hugging Sakamichi was so lovely. I really like their friendship - Imaizumi is always behaving like he is above everyone, but when it comes to Sakamichi he's so warm and friendly, he's treating him like someone precious to him, I love it. And I wonder where did Midosuji go, so sad we didn't see him at the end :( I was hoping he will say something at the ceremony. And Manami with Arakita-san moment was really touching. I really hope it will be season 6 - I don't want to end this series :'( |
tombraiderka009Mar 26, 2023 3:37 PM
| No surprises here. This season was far from peak Yowamushi. Onoda vs Manami wasn't as intense as last time and it ended a bit too abrupt. I liked the Makishima moment, tho. 7,5/10 for being the weakest season. This series still will always have a special place in my heart and I can't wait for the third year. |
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| good ending, but they dragged out so much of the race.. lmao, is this the ending of the manga or? |
| ofc he'd win yet again did anyone expect anything else? lol when next season happens i'll be here to see midosuji antics 6/10 |
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| I liked the season overall, but now I'm really wondering where they can take another inter-high's results from here. Assuming the series is covering Onoda's three high school years, there's only one more year but there's no way they would let MC team lose in a final part, but also three wins in a row sounds boring. Who knows, they'll probably make it work somehow. |
| I can honestly say I though tMinami had won. Why was Sakamichi Mama looking confused at the award ceremony? Looks like Satan called Midoutsuji home and he evaporated into nothingness. |
| What a weird decision to have them win two Inter Highs in a row. The MC has now won the two major races as a 1st and 2nd year. What's the 3rd year to bring? It's not like it would be a surprise for them to win it again. The fate of Minami is far more like that of the MC. Really weird. Also do they physically grow up? Would be weird if they don't. |
| Didn't expect the outcome but with how much Sohoku struggled this year, and how smug Hakone felt in the previous seasons, it wasn't bad. Teshima really stood out in these last seasons, incredible development. A shame Midousuji couldn't stick around for longer, and that Komari didn't do anything relevant this time around after those amazing moments in S4. Kyoto Fushimi deserves more. Hopefully we won't have too wait too much for another season, I heard the Mountain Bike arc that comes next is quite good. There's also the College spin-off... all I know is that I want more sweaty cycling boys screaming their lungs out and an avalanche of flashbacks. |
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| Oh, I hate that result. I was not exactly a fan of Onodera winning the title in the first year, and giving him two straight, now you have set it up so he is either going to win it all three years or you end it with the main character failing in the final race. Yuck. I would have rather have had Junta keep king of the mountain as Sohoku's victory, Junta carried this entire Inter High basically by himself because the three leads had been there before and experienced victories, Junta and Aoyagi had not. The result brings this down from a borderline 7 or 8 out of 10 to a 6. You might as well end the series now, there is no satisfying ending to the last race anymore. |
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| I used to like Yowamushi but growing to unlike it after the first interhigh. The pace is really slow, there are too many flashbacks, this is the first time I watched anime with flashback inside flashback. I want to see how the race progress not watching flashbacks. 1 or 2 short flashback is okay but delaying progress for several episodes for flashbacks infurated me. Same final battle, same winner, and Midousuji abused everyone then got beaten by Imaizumi and dead again. Funny that he said that Imaizumi did not change after one year, but he also did the same and expect something different. I don't really like the new characters especially the Naruko copy. The one that keeping me watch is Onoda and Imaizumi. With the pace this slow, I don't think I'll watch next season. |
| Hmm, I've been thinking it for a while but it feels like Aya would be a surprisingly nice fit for Onoda. The wait for the final results was excruciating. Part of me began to think that maybe Manami did win. I wasn't going to put it past YowaPedal since it would certainly set up a strong rivalry with a tie break on the line for their third and final Inter-High. But once Teshima smiled in the tent, it became all too clear. Despite largely being a repeat of Grande Road & having atrocious timing with the surplus of flashbacks, the one major strong point for this season was setting up both Manami & Onoda as equally deserving of the win. It actually got to the point where I felt dread seeing Manami finishing second before the joy of Onoda's win sank in. While it was certainly the safer result, I really liked Manami's mindset. He went from a reckless challenger seeking the thrill of being alive to a proper Hakone ace with a reason to live. It goes back to what he told Onoda about fate and being presented with events. He truly gave it his all this time and was prepared to accept the rest as fate. Looking at it now, the OPs for this season fit this theme of Onoda vs Manami quite well. The first one shows them racing for the KOM checkpoint, which was their dream rematch. The second one has a melancholic mood to it and really makes me feel the weight of wanting both of them to win. The ending felt somewhat sudden for my tastes, so I can only hope there's a chance for more in the future. Glory Line & Limit Break only felt like a step down because of the sheer volume of flashbacks that kept killing the finish line momentum (at literally EVERY checkpoint). S3 actually ended up being my favorite because of how it setup the next generation of Sohoku & Hakone, particularly my personal MVPs for both teams - Teshima & Kuroda. When I finished Grande Road, I said that I wanted Sugimoto to become serious and my wish came true. So if there ever is another season, I'll be a bit greedier and dream of couple more things: - Kyoto Fushimi gets a serious upgrade and none of the riders are "zaku." - Sohoku's next generation includes Teru & Danchiku for the third Inter-High. - Either Naruko or Imaizumi wins the final Inter-High. At one point, I was so hoping it was going to set up for each of them winning one per year. In any case, it was a blast getting to this point again. I first started YowaPedal just over 7 years ago and it was probably my main motivation for getting into cycling. It was actually fun to rewatch some of the earlier seasons while riding on my indoor trainer. Now I'm psyched to start properly training outdoors next week. 8/10 |
ZekkenshinApr 28, 2023 11:14 PM
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| This season has a garbage ending, final race should have been between Imaizumi and Midousuji but they are obsessed with that nerd onoda and gay Manami. |
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| Although everything after s2 went downhill in my opinion (some characters feeling downgraded, dragged out eps, unconsensual touching, not enough Hime Hime blasting through our ears, etc.), at least it was nice to see Sohoku team win again. |
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| Huge YowaPeda fan, but I can't really like this season. I mean I can LIKE it, but not LOVE it. The pacing is god-awful (too many flashbacks + the races are WAY too short) and the ending was way too predictable. The story really need to step up a bit, maybe losing in second Inter-High would be more interesting choice instead of just letting the same characters win again. And Midousuji was done DIRTY, he shined through Second Day and absolutely fell off during the Third. It's weak 8, maybe 7.5, but first seasons were strong 10s. |
TheMangaManiacJun 7, 2023 1:39 PM
| Komari did really fuck up. What a bummer for Midousuji. |
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