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Watanabe Wataru | Yowamushi pedal

Japanese: 弱虫ペダル
Synonyms: Weak Pedals, Yowa Peda, Yowapeda
Type: Manga
Volumes: 44
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Feb 7, 2008 to ?
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Shounen, Sports
Mangaka: Watanabe Wataru (Story & Art)
Serialization: Shounen Champion

 Synopsis: Otaku Sakamichi Onoda has just entered high school and plans to join the anime club. In middle school, Onoda didn’t have any friends with whom he could talk about anime, games, Akihabara and other otaku things, and he is hoping he can make such friends in the anime club, but he finds out it's been disbanded. In order to reestablish the club he tries to find 4 other people who would like to join.

 Since he was a little boy, Onoda has ridden his mamachari–a bulky bicycle with a step-through frame mainly used for short rides, such as for casual fun or to pick up groceries–to go to Akihabara every week to check out or buy otaku things. Fellow freshman Shunsuke Imaizumi and bicyclist, while training, notices a boy (Onoda) riding his mamchari up a steep road.

 Freshman and road racing cyclist, Shokichi Naruko visits Akihabara to get some Gundam plastic models for his younger brothers and meets Onoda who catches his attention because of the his cycling skill on the mamachari and later find out they go to the same school. Later on, both Naruko and Imaizumi try to convince him to join the bicycle racing club, but will he?
Background

Yowamushi Pedal won the the 39th Kodansha Manga Award alongside Nanatsu no Taizai in shounen manga category. The series has been published in English by Yen Press in 2-in-1 omnibuses since December 15, 2015.(MAL)

 Related Manga
Spin-off: 
  • Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike, 
  • Shousetsuban Yowamushi Pedal
Adaptation:
  • Yowamushi Pedal: Special Ride, 
  • Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road, 
  • Yowamushi Pedal 3rd Season, 
  • Yowamushi Pedal
Other:
  • Yowamushi Pedal Koushiki Anthology: Houkago Pedal
+ huge amount fan made stories, dj's 


Licensed in English
Yen Press (1 vol)

Source: Baka updates, MAL


Characters:
Sakamichi Onoda (小野田 坂道)

Birthday: March 7 (Pisces)

Height: 165 cm (5' 5")
Weight: 54 kg (119 lbs)
Blood type: O
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown, blue

Sakamichi Onoda is the protagonist of the series and high school freshman. He is a member of the Souhoku High School Bicycle Club and a climbing specialist. He is also evidently an anime otaku.


Shoukichi Naruko (鳴子 章吉)

Birthday: August 28
Blood type: B

Naruko is a mouthy redhead from Osaka. He met Onoda in Akihabara while looking for Gundam plastic models for his younger brothers. He and Onoda get along well, and it was he who convinced Onoda to join the bicycle racing club. He is a Sprinter.




Shunsuke Imaizumi (今泉 俊輔)
Birthday: May 18

Blood type: A
Height: 181 cm

Shunsuke Imaizumi is a high school freshman and a member of the Souhoku High School Bicycle Club. He is an all-rounder and a logical thinker. His current dream is to become the fastest cyclist in the world.



Source: MAL

And even thou it's a lo-ong series it's something to enjoy. 4,25 starpoints... would give more if I had time to read it all.XDDD







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