When Yuto first joined the team, he felt isolated from the other members due to his older brother Hayato. After seeing Yuto clash with his seniors, Ashikiba challenges him to a race. It ends with a crushing victory for Ashikiba, and Yuto learns to respect him and his strength. During the finish line sprint on the second day of the Inter-high, Ashikiba entrusts Yuto with the responsibility of being the team's ace. He overturns his own assumptions that he's a climber with a fierce sprint, catching up to Imaizumi and Midousuji! But as Midousuji and Yuto race against each other, Imaizumi thinks of his teammates and removes his own "lim
悠人は入部当初、兄・隼人の存在から部の中で孤立していた。先輩と衝突する悠人に、ある日葦木場が勝負を持ちかける。勝負は葦木場の圧勝に終わり、悠人は葦木場の強さから彼を慕うようになった。そしてインターハイ2日目のゴール争い、葦木場は悠人にエースを託す。自分はクライマーのはず、そんな気持ちを覆すかのように悠人は凄まじいスプリントで今泉と御堂筋に追いついていく！御堂筋と悠人が激しく競り合う中、今泉も坂道たちの想いを胸に、自らの"リミッター"を外す！
유토는 입부 초반에 있었던 아시키바와의 대결을 떠올린다. 그리고 전국 체전 둘째 날 골 직전, 아시키바는 유토에게 에이스를 맡긴다! 그리고, 과연 소호쿠의 이마이즈미는 지금까지 자신을 속박하던 제한기를 벗어날 수 있을 것인가?
Als Yuto zum ersten Mal ins Team kam, fühlte er sich durch seinen älteren Bruder Hayato von den anderen Mitgliedern falsch wahrgenommen. Nachdem er mit seinem Klub aneinandergeriet, fordert Ashikiba ihn zu einem Rennen heraus. Es endet mit einem vernichtenden Sieg für Ashikiba, und Yuto lernte ihn als starken Fahrer zu respektieren.
