
Genres
Comedy Aims to entertain and amuse through humor, often using witty dialogue, slapstick, or exaggerated situations to provoke laughter.Drama Focuses on realistic portrayals of human emotions and conflicts, often dealing with serious themes and interpersonal relationships.Sports Focuses on competitive sports, the dedication of athletes, and the challenges and triumphs associated with athletic pursuits.Tags
Cycling Centers around the sport of cycling.Shounen Target demographic is teenage and young adult males.Primarily Male Cast Main cast is mostly composed of male characters.School Club Partly or completely set in a school club scene.School Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.Yowamushi Pedal
弱虫ペダル
Sakamichi Onoda is a quiet otaku whose greatest joy is anime, games, and his weekly ninety-kilometer round trip to Akihabara on a bulky utility bike. Now entering high school, he hopes to finally make friends who share his hobbies, only to discover that the anime club has been disbanded.
His unusual cycling skills soon catch the attention of two very different classmates: Shunsuke Imaizumi, a serious road racer and cycling prodigy, and Shokichi Naruko, a competitive cyclist who spots Onoda's surprising ability on a steep climb. Both recognize something special in the unassuming boy and try to pull him into the world of road racing.
What begins as a simple commute turns into an unexpected challenge, pushing Onoda to test his limits and discover a talent he never knew he had.
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