Yowamushi Pedal Vol 17

The Inter-High is near. The stage is set. The roles are cast…or are they? ​One last challenge—Sohoku’s final rite of passage—stands between the members of Team Sohoku and the Inter-High. At this year’s Inter-High training camp, can first-year Kaburagi live up to expectations and complete the course…without Danchiku? Meanwhile, coming back after a long break, third-year Koga challenges Teshima for his position as captain. Can Teshima keep his crown, or will Team Sohoku have a new leader?

For the love of all things otaku--anime, video games, figures, you name it! Power-pedaling Sakamichi Onoda has long been conquering the steepest slopes and regularly making the ninety-kilometer round-trip to Akihabara on a mommy bike!! But when his bike commute to his new high school lands him in a confrontation with the serious first-year road racer Imaizumi, Onoda has a major showdown on his hands! Can this meek geek really out-pedal the future ace of the school road-racing team?!/DIV

Sakamichi Onoda's first race...and his first road racer! Sakamichi Onoda finds himself in his first real road race following his fateful encounter with fellow first-years and road-racing hopefuls--the driven ace, Shunsuke Imaizumi, and the gifted sprinter and "Speedster of Naniwa," Shoukichi Naruko! But the heated first-years' race for team Sohoku is serious business, and Onoda's competing on his granny bike!! After struggling to keep up, Onoda trades in his old bike midrace for a brand-spankin'-new road bike, and his slumbering potential comes bursting out!! But will it be enough to ride to the top?!

It's 1,000 kilometers or die trying! Sohoku's grueling training camp trek kicks off in high gear! After his great feat in the first-year race, Sakamichi Onoda is slowly but surely coming along as a competitive cyclist. And, just in time for Team Sohoku's training camp, as well as a fateful encounter with a rival team member, Onoda's innate climber's sense awakens! With the right to be a part of Sohoku's inter-high team on the line, the camp becomes the stage for an all-out battle, teammate against teammate!!

A battle of the truly strong!Kyoto-Fushimi delivers a heavy blow to Hakone Academy, but the champs aren't out of the race yet! An unforeseen counterattack from Hakone forces Midousuji to deploy his own drastic measures-but just what is Phase 49? Day two of the inter-high is poised to end with another intense battle for the finish line...but there's more at stake than just being number one. For aces Kinjou and Fukutomi, it means fulfilling a promise one year in the making!

Neo-Sohoku Six—unite!! Training for the next Inter-High is progressing smoothly for team Sohoku, but the final lineup remains undecided. When new blood arrives, Captain Teshima makes a dangerous pledge to a pair of promising new recruits—that a one-two finish in the first-year race will win them a spot in the Inter-High roster, kicking out one of the five regulars. But second-year Sugimoto vows to redeem himself by becoming one of the Neo-Sohoku Six. The first-year race will decide everything...!

At last, the third and final day of the inter-high is here!! Bruised and battered, Team Sohoku finishes day two in a shocking second-place after Hakone Academy. With only hours left before the final battle, Onoda and his teammates vow to ride against the odds, but will resolve be enough to take the ultimate victory?! They've got their eyes set on the reigning champs until a new challenger--the sly, star-crazy Machimiya of Hiroshima's Kureminami--leaves both teams scrambling for their position!! Lies, threats, and dirty tricks--it'll take more than guts and stamina to win day three!

Five kilometers...and a five-way tie! Victory is within reach-but for whom? With less than five kilometers remaining on the grueling climb up Mt. Fuji, the challenge between Manami and Midousuji comes to a close as the battle for the finish line begins! Midousuji breaks away, but Sohoku's Imaizumi relentlessly pursues him. Will Imaizumi's battle with his long-standing rival end in victory-or defeat?

Winner takes all...!! After three grueling days of biking over mountains, across valleys, and through blistering heat, the Inter-High is finally at an end. Though Sohoku's numerous setbacks should have shattered their hopes, Sakamichi Onoda never gave up! Now, he's caught up to the current leader, Sangaku Manami from Hakone Academy. In these last five hundred meters, will Manami protect Hakone's crown, or will there be new champions...?!

The 1000-km training camp run is in full swing, with a spot on Sohoku's Inter-High team at stake! Sakamichi Onoda's attack successfully breaks through the blockade created by second-year Teshima!! Friendship, perseverance, pride...As emotions run high, which side will cross the finish line first...?! Sohoku's Inter-High team lineup is decided at last!! And once the ultimate roster has been selected, the entire Sohoku team must come together as one to prepare for the Inter-High!!