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 Every good sport deserves a good anime and Yowapeda (Yowamushi Pedal) is cycling's anime. A shouen manga adaptation by TMS, the suitably silly premise centers on Sakamichi Onoda, a friendless otaku who got in the habit of biking 40km a week to Akihabara as a middle schooler. This habit has a side effect of making him a very good cyclist, and he's scouted by a member of the cycling club once he enters high school. He goes on to not only learn how to bike faster, but also make friends!  As you might guess, this show doesn't mess with the formula countless other boy's sports shows have done before, but it doesn't really need to. It's clear that the writers know at least enough about bikes to make a show about them, and the inevitable drawn out explanations of why one character is going faster now or why they're slowing down makes sense. The show also knows exactly when to exaggerate something, such a moment where Onoda shifts gears for the first time and the screen flashes as if he activated some kind of magical power. There's also a nice cast of weirdos based off of different aspects of cycling. I don't know poo poo about cycling, but to my eye the show is serious about getting the sport right while at the same time not taking itself too seriously. If that sounds like a good time to you, check it out!  Streaming on Crunchyroll.
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Oct 28, 2013 23:17
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Taking bets on how long the beginners road race is going to take. My guess is the rest of the season. And I will enjoy every episode
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Nov 11, 2013 20:42
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New ep! We aren't even up the hill yet but we've already introduced three side characters, and got a monologue about how bicycles are a motorcycle powered by the heart. When informed that it will likely be impossible for him to catch up with everyone else, the main character made Shinji face. I love this poo poo.
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Nov 18, 2013 22:01
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New ep! THEY DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT UP THE MOUNTAIN  . The pace does work, largely because they never repeat themselves in the same episode, so all is good. Imaizumi's best friend is a bicycle.
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Nov 25, 2013 22:07
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Couple episodes ago but...
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Nov 25, 2013 22:10
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I haven't beenosting about it much but this show is stil really good. This week was particularly good because the villain introduction is kind of wonderful.
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Jan 7, 2014 01:24
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Character doesn't speak for a season an a half and the first thing out of his mouth:
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Jan 28, 2014 03:59
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Electric Bugaloo posted:I've been watching this show since the beginning and just wanted to pop in and say that it's just about the gayest thing. Gay sports anime is basically it's own genre. As gay as Yowamushi Pedal is, it has nothing on Oofuri. It's a baseball anime that focuses on the relationship between a timid yet talented pitcher and a strong willed catcher. One plotline has the catcher afraid that the pitcher will return to his old team, despite the fact that they don't appreciate the pitcher the way as he does. So yea, gay sports anime is basically the best.
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Jan 30, 2014 23:44
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pandaK posted:I resent your accusations that such bonds forged through pure shonen burning spirits could be anything besides transcending the concepts of homogay into something even greater. There is no bond greater than sports anime gay 
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Feb 4, 2014 21:27
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I mentioned it before, but the king of sports anime gay is Oofuri
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Feb 21, 2014 04:25
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New ep! Very glad to see we've gotten to the point where a character ditches a woman who's obviously into him to go ride bicycles.
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Feb 25, 2014 02:58
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Feb 26, 2014 16:08
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Which one?  
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Mar 30, 2014 21:39
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Mar 30, 2014 21:49
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Apr 7, 2014 20:40
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New ep up! That was a thing of beauty.
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Apr 21, 2014 20:02
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Apr 22, 2014 02:38
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You know he's evil because the shonen spirit BURNS HIM
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Apr 23, 2014 06:22
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This weeks episode is up! It was perfect. I mean, they stretched way longer than should work and it was stupid as hell, but god it was really just about the perfect combination of rival love and hate. It was funny and gay and basically the best.
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Apr 28, 2014 21:20
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This episode was stupid even by Yowapeda standards and I love it.
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May 5, 2014 22:32
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No Bepsi, Cole.
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May 5, 2014 23:32
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Putting all that much thought into how the character's wash their hair is so anime it's literally painful.
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May 13, 2014 04:54
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New episode! ANDY! FRANK! NOOOO
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Jun 2, 2014 22:32
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I thought the leading love triangle in this show was Onoda, Imaizumi, and Naruko, but actually it's Izumida, Andy, and Frank.
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Jun 16, 2014 23:21
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One season down, show returns in the fall. Kind of funny how they tried to turn this episode into a season finale despite literally two thing happening, but that's par for the course.
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Jul 1, 2014 00:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFS0zvGsEI0 Okay, so whoever's in charge of the Yowamushi Pedal sponsor messages went the extra mile.
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Jul 31, 2014 00:10
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Trying to think of a title for the new season thread. Ideas:
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Sep 5, 2014 01:44
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Yowamushi Pedal GRANDE ROAD- dewey eyes and throbbing thighs I think this is a winner.
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Sep 19, 2014 04:53
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New thread is up! Season starts October 6th.
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Sep 19, 2014 22:53
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