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Here's a real question: how can you be more interested in the race itself which only serves as a framing device with which to tell the stories of the characters? Here is what happens in the interhigh race: The character's who have gotten the most screentime in the anime continue to get the most screentime and compete against each other, in a close race, to the finish, and the winner is just whoever the mangaka decided will win this round. The only excitement in the race itself is determining whether Onoda and his friends will win THIS ACTUAL RACE or if it's just a buildup for them to win a different race later. It's much less interesting than almost everything else that's going on
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Because the race is a more interesting way to reveal stuff about Arakita's character than learning literally nothing about him because we already knew he was a disaffected loser who joined the team at ol' Stoneface's insistence, and that they became loyal friends and biking made him a better person. We knew all of that. I am also not a fan of flashbacks as a story device at all. If this was our first time learning about the guy in this way I wouldn't complain. But we have, so I am.
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Dec 10, 2014 05:30
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The captain of Hakkone could ride even faster than the prized scooter which was the symbol of his freedom
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I like Arakita because he was the first anime i've ever seen who got mad at getting poke instead of bepsi.
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Dec 10, 2014 06:54
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my friend is working for a clothing company and trying to roll out a line of shirts with the fake anime brands like Bepsi and WcDonald's
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paragon1 posted:Because the race is a more interesting way to reveal stuff about Arakita's character than learning literally nothing about him because we already knew he was a disaffected loser who joined the team at ol' Stoneface's insistence, and that they became loyal friends and biking made him a better person. They can't all be Chihayafuru, I'm afraid.
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Neeksy posted:They can't all be Chihayafuru, I'm afraid. Chihayafuru, the anime that spends the first five episodes on flashbacks.
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Dec 10, 2014 13:43
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The Devil Tesla posted:Chihayafuru, the anime that spends the first five episodes on flashbacks. First 3, but it does that setup early on rather than suddenly trying to develop them 20-episodes in. Also less repetitively.
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So will everyone get a memorial episode when they fall out of the running?
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Gnossiennes posted:So will everyone get a memorial episode when they fall out of the running? 
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I really dig how they showed us Midousuji's flashback story and then decided to just keep him as wonderfully creepy as ever. Like they went, "Welp he's been permanently warped. Whatever" and just rolled with it.
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Dec 18, 2014 09:51
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I liked the post credits. 
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Dec 18, 2014 13:27
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RIP abs 
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Dec 24, 2014 02:20
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I have a feeling this consequences of this strategy will come back to haunt Hakone!
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Dec 24, 2014 08:30
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Yeah, when Onoda starts singing "Hime Hime" and leads the whole team as they sprint past Hakone.
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Dec 24, 2014 08:44
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No episode this week! Fill the gaping void left by no bike boys with the last episode of bathtub merman.
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The Devil Tesla posted:No episode this week! Fill the gaping void left by no bike boys with the last episode of bathtub merman. I've unabashedly enjoyed Bathtub Moe Men, but it's still no replacement for pure bicycling hype and spirit. I guess I could finish watching Free or Haikyuu to get my fill of josei-targeted sports anime. I'm actually rewatching the first season of yowapeda. I never rewatch ANYTHING.
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Dec 30, 2014 05:11
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Oh god, I don't think even I could do that. Read the manga, it's really good.
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Going shopping with my bike baes. I'm only posting this because I can't get over Manami's walk.
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Have any more issues of the manga been translated? I haven't been keeping up. Is it on a fairly regular release schedule?
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It comes out by the volume, so weeks of nothing and then suddenly nine! Probably the best way to read it too.
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Sick, thank you
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Try and tell me he doesn't look JUST like an EVA unit here
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lmao and then right after that he chomps on a powerbar like when 01 goes berserk and eats the other Eva
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:Try and tell me he doesn't look JUST like an EVA unit here Holy poo poo.
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:Try and tell me he doesn't look JUST like an EVA unit here Midosweetie, if you can call the other kids punny names like Yowaizumi, they can call you Kimosuji. but yeah, that is like eva unit central right there and that is hilarious.  Midousuji 
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yeah Onoda that's totally what their butts said also KINJOUUUUUUUU nooooo
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That was a glorious half hour of grunting and screaming. I mean, even more so than usual.
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Oh man, I can't wait for next week's episode. This week ended right before such a great scene, it's going to be amazing.
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Weren't they like, 100m before the mountain entrance last week? I'm still stunned by the leisurely speed of Yowapeda road racing.
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I live for the post-credits gags.
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SWITCHING TO LOOOOWWWWEER HHHHAAANNNDDLLLLESSSSSNeeksy posted:I live for the post-credits gags. That was really one of the best.
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OMG a whole new volume of translations just came out today
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:OMG a whole new volume of translations just came out today How I felt when reading this volume. E: I just love this guy's style, everything about it. It's so good.
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I love that when Onoda's mom finally got stoked for him he started illustrating her in a non superdeformed style
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:I love that when Onoda's mom finally got stoked for him he started illustrating her in a non superdeformed style I even love the slice of life-y parts having really lovely art because it just makes the jump in quality during intense parts that much stronger. drat, this was a great volume.
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:I love that when Onoda's mom finally got stoked for him he started illustrating her in a non superdeformed style Bike or die!
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 In the wake of the first Akira disaster, a bunch of beautiful gay boys raced bikes
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