Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min · 7 segments
Let's get pedaling! . . . Yeah, I don't have any good bicycle puns, but this episode we do take a look at the long running bicycle racing series Yowamushi Pedal, specifically the first volume in…
so with that louis what have you been up to what have you been reading seeing listening
uh a bit
yeah there's a bit a lot of seeing may have been not as much reading extra week with the last episode i i won't blame you for it because it's my fault yeah because you can't i mean i
could That's true.
You could.
I would fail, but I could try.
Okay.
So we'll start off just, I guess, top of the list.
All right.
So if you've seen the movie that came out a little while ago, this is pretty much the very end of the movie.
And then it hints at what happens in volume three and four.
Mm-hmm.
So volume three and four is she's dealing with the loss.
She's dealing with some loss at the end of volume two or the beginning of volume three.
And to do that, she kind of goes off on her own, leaves the doc behind and just kind of wants to just not deal with everything that happened.
So she joins this kind of roller derby, demolition derby kind of...
Okay,
not what I was expecting you to say.
Sports kind of racing thing that they do in this city.
It's like, I don't know how this sport could actually survive because everyone dies in every race almost.
Yeah.
So what it is, it's a race.
You do some number of laps, and then they throw a steel ball out.
And if you can have the ball, I think, if you have the ball by the end or you can do it for a full lap, the rules are a little wonky depending on the rank you are.
so with that louis what have you been up to what have you been reading seeing listening
uh a bit
yeah there's a bit a lot of seeing may have been not as much reading extra week with the last episode i i won't blame you for it because it's my fault yeah because you can't i mean i
could That's true.
You could.
I would fail, but I could try.
Okay.
So we'll start off just, I guess, top of the list.
All right.
So if you've seen the movie that came out a little while ago, this is pretty much the very end of the movie.
And then it hints at what happens in volume three and four.
Mm-hmm.
So volume three and four is she's dealing with the loss.
She's dealing with some loss at the end of volume two or the beginning of volume three.
And to do that, she kind of goes off on her own, leaves the doc behind and just kind of wants to just not deal with everything that happened.
So she joins this kind of roller derby, demolition derby kind of...
Okay,
not what I was expecting you to say.
Sports kind of racing thing that they do in this city.
It's like, I don't know how this sport could actually survive because everyone dies in every race almost.
Yeah.
So what it is, it's a race.
You do some number of laps, and then they throw a steel ball out.
And if you can have the ball, I think, if you have the ball by the end or you can do it for a full lap, the rules are a little wonky depending on the rank you are.
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