Mikoto Shinozaki is a high school student lacking in social awareness. In addition, due to his untidy appearance and low self-esteem, he is an easy target for bullies. Regardless, any misfortune that falls upon Mikoto is partly his own fault—at least, that is what Yuki Fukuzawa, the most popular girl in class, believes. With this assumption, Yuki invites Mikoto to join the school's bicycle club, in hopes he can improve himself and gain new friends. Motivated by feelings he has for Yuki, Mikoto has no reason to decline her offer—except for the fact that he does not know how to ride a bicycle. Despite his lack of even the fundamentals, Mikoto cannot get over the image of himself on a bicycle. Eventually, he succumbs to his curiosity and sneaks into the school grounds at night to practice. This begins Mikoto's journey as he pedals his way through the vast world of cycling, where the scenery of his life changes in ways he never thought possible. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Overcoming childhood trauma, Mikoto joins a cycling club, trains hard, and unexpectedly wins a major race.
Kaji Yuuki
Takeshi Yamato, a 15-year-old climbing specialist and cyclist, prefers to be called by his real name.
18-year-old cycling ace Yousuke Fukazawa excels in downhill racing, leading his own team after leaving the school club.
Yasumura Makoto
Yosuke's sister, Mikoto's crush, initially indifferent but secretly developing feelings for him.
Nazuka Kaori
Kouichi Terao: An 18-year-old determined racer, striving for victory on the track.
Nojima Kenji
ryugarai★★★★☆EP 26Overall, this is a good anime but because of the excessive flashbacks at almost all episodes is so very annoying. The repetitive scenes of the flashbacks is a waste of what could've been used to focus on what this anime is all about.
ryugarai★★★★☆VerifiedEP 25I felt the emotion of Mikoto at the end of the episode, It's a powerful scene and humbling. A very great character development for the MC.
ryugarai★★★☆☆EP 24An uplifting episode, all the struggles paid off and its exactly what you would normally see in a cycling race. The writers did good minus all the flashbacks. This is one of the few good episode in this anime.
marisandini★★★★☆EP 26An absolute great ending of an episode. So much high school shenanigans while also contemplating the club's next goal together. Fun episode just to see them being goofy, a good way to wind down after the intense arc and victory only to look forward to the future.
marisandini★★★★☆VerifiedEP 25Not gonna lie, this is the funniest Award Ceremony I've ever watched in a sports anime. It had me giggling, and while I'm sad for Shinozaki the consequences and reward is apt for him. I love the fact that this whole race became the catalyst that made him fall in love with biking.
marisandini★★★★☆EP 24Absolute great payoff for the main cast and especially for the main character, all the while exploring the symbolism of bicycle for each of them. I love how much Yuki is full of contradiction, being so dismissive while acting as if she is the goal line. In a way, she's putting her hope and expectation on Shinozaki even without her realizing it.
ryugarai★★★☆☆EP 23Half of the episode is just filler, that is just so messed up. The race itself is nerve racking especially nearing the finish line. The writers could have made this episode more exciting than wasting on that filler.
marisandini★★★☆☆VerifiedEP 23I can't believe after the intense and emotional first half, they went for an almost filler like-episode for the second. I almost want to say it's a must skip if not for the exciting turnabout in the race in the beginning of the episode.
ryugarai★★☆☆☆EP 22Aside from the amount of flashbacks, this episode gives us an understanding of a character from his past experiences. But my gosh, enough with flashbacks already and focus on the race.
ryugarai★☆☆☆☆EP 21Flashback... Flasback.. Flashback.. Flashback.. Nothing new here but full of flashbacks.
ryugarai★★☆☆☆EP 20The constant flashbacks are getting too tiring, c'mon. Im starting to like this anime, but i cannot enjoy it with those constant flashbacks.
ryugarai★★☆☆☆EP 19Those unwanted flashbacks are back again, and it's the same thing over and over again until it became inconsistent. So inconsistent that a character is having a flashback in which that person is not involved in. This episode is a let down for me.
ryugarai★★★★☆VerifiedEP 18The turn of event is so exhilarating and exciting. The race is not yet finished, but the sense of accomplishment is far too great. A very good episode and worth to watch.
ryugarai★★★☆☆EP 17A typical underdog story, but it's all pretty exciting. It captures what the audience wants to see, on how the MC would overcome what seems to be an unsurmountable amount of disdain. Viewers will never get to tired to see that kind of story. The flow is now on a steady pace, it feels like watching a real cycling race.
ryugarai★★★★☆VerifiedEP 16A mellow episode for me, still a good one. It makes you realize that there are other different kind of cyclist.
marisandini★★★☆☆VerifiedEP 22We finally get a backstory for Hyoudo. I will say I did not expect it and gave a flavor to his arrogance and small-mindedness, but the story telling was a bit bland. I still wish he loses because his personality barely made a rise or dip since his flashback begin.
ryugarai★★★★☆EP 15Now this is a very good episode, finally focusing on cycling itself on what to expect during a race. And of course the flashbacks, in fairness flashbacks now are just glimpse of the past and not the whole backstory which is great. so, yeah this episode is a great improvement
ryugarai★★★★☆EP 14A very interesting development, an episode worth watching. Also something we can learn to in the world of cycling.
ryugarai★★★☆☆VerifiedEP 13All those flashbacks are getting pretty annoying, it's like they have a backstory to almost everything. If the writers could've just focused on the adventure ahead instead to those unnecessary flashbacks, they could've deliver a decent cycling sports anime.
ryugarai★★★☆☆EP 12Now we're talking, finally some cycling action. The animation and the race itself is pretty decent, I also like the group dynamics, the team strategy to win. This episode is an improvement of the previous episodes.
