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I'm not in middle school anymore.

Woah, easy girl.

All that hard work to get into this high school was for your sake.

Where schoolgirls are allowed to ride bikes.

Starting tomorrow, I'll have coffee.

Episode 1

Club Registration!!

Sakura Hane High Schooler on her first day of school.

With only 546 yards remaining!

She's climbing the last hill!

I can't go on.

It looks like Sakura's decided to walk and push her bike.

It's called a bike so why can't it bike itself.

He just blew the red light!

My bike would never lose to a rattle-trap bicycle like that!

Get in first gear!

What was all that? Her engine revving was so annoying.

Can you really ride a motorcycle to school here?

Vrrrmm mmmmmm!

Vrm! Vrm!

Vroooom!!!

Why is it that every jerk riding a bicycle acts like such an idiot?!

Wandering around the car lanes in spandex and weird helmets!

Is that a middle-school helmet?

Vroooom!

And making motorcycle noises...

Ka-boom!

It's a motorcycle...

What's up with you? Interested in motorcycles?

Because they're so cool!!

Nope nope, that's ridiculous.

I just thought it would be easier to get up the hills with one.

I absolutely have no interest.

I don't think they're cool either.

Stalling the question, huh?

But, I guess it had an awesome sound.

It's like nothing I've ever heard before.

What's your birthday?

It's May 3rd...

One month til' you're 16, huh.

How about you get a bike?

You won't have to get all sweaty climbing those hills everyday.

Me? Get a motorcycle?

Yeah.

Only an idiot would ride a bike.

You're an idiot...

So you've got what it takes!

Amano Onsa, class 1-A.

Nice to meet ya.

I'm Sakura Hane.

I'm in class A, too.

Do you have time after school?

Come hang out with me.

I guess...

After School

Bike Club!!

Bike Club?

Yeah.

This school has no rules about motorcycles.

In other words, we're free to ride our bikes to school, or even make clubs.

I'm coming in.

Aaaaaaaaaah!!

Jeez, you sure surprised us.

So your name's Stig?

It seems this Stig is the only member of the club.

Honestly, I don't want to join.

Club Registration

Date

Grade

Name

I am interested in

joining the Bike Club.

Notes

No way!!

I don't want to spend my years as a student with this Stig!!

Maybe I'd join if she joined at least...

Hey, I just thought of something.

What do you do when it rains?

If it rains, you'll get wet.

Ehhh? That's no good...

I guess I shouldn't bother with bikes then...

Wait! Don't decide that so quickly!!

Motorcycles are so amazing that they make up for their disadvantages.

How so?

Well...

Umm... Well...

How are bikes so great?

The wind and freedom!

I'm getting on with you?

The sound's making my bottom vibrate.

We're leaning!

We're leaning a lot!!!

Your hair's hitting me, ow!

It's so bumpy, and painful. I don't like this ride!!

Motorcycles are a big no!

What could I say to get Hane on a bike?

"It's really exciting to ride on a bike?"

"Ride a bike to fill the gaping hole in your soul?"

"You'll become one with nature?"

Why are all these reasons for riding so stale?!

There's no use of using such words to get someone to ride a bike.

The reasons people ride bikes?

Why do people bike?

You get wet if it rains.

You get cold in the winter. And it's hot in the summer.

They breakdown really easily, and if you're not careful, you can get injured.

Aaaah!

But even so, the reason we ride bikes is...

Listen up, Hane.

We ride bikes because...

As high-school girls, we can only ride bikes!

Onsa-chan.

I'm gonna get a motorcycle.

Alright, that's the right thing to do, Hane!

First you need to read bike magazines!

Kay!

And start drooling over the bikes you want!

Kay!

And then you've gotta get your license!!

Kay!

What's a license?

I'm hoooooome.

Welcome home, Onee-chan.

Sakura

Hey, Yume, guess what girls can do when they turn 16?

Uhhh Get married?

Bzzzt!!

The answer is: They can get a motorcycle license.

You can get a license?

I'm sure, Dad and Mom will be happy for me!

Oh? You're already in driving school?

Yup.

My classes start today.

That aside, did your parents say anything about you riding a motorcycle?

My parents?

They're not around.

My parents went somewhere far far away...

Woah! I didn't expect that.

But my sister Yume said that it was ok for me to get a license.

She even gave me the money.

Is that so? That's good, I guess...

By the way, did you make sure to apply for a standard two-wheeler, right?

TL Note: A standard two-wheeler license covers 125CC to 400CC bikes

Of course!

My height and weight are normal after all!

Uh, the size of the driver doesn't matter...

Stig said she has a license for big bikes.

Wait, is that her chest size?

Hane, there exists one single barrier for you to get your license.

A barrier?

Yes.

The biggest challenge of motorcycle lessons:

standing up a fallen bike with all your might!

The Bike Left Test!!

Well, once you get the hang if it, it ain't so bad.

So, you're able to do it, Onsa-chan?

Of course.

Wow!

Lifting a 110-kilo Seron ain't a big deal,

110-kilo is about 250 pounds

But maybe I should show her how it's done.

A liter bike?!

1000CC

Do your best, Onsa-chan!!

Y-Yeah..

How many kilos is this thing?

Around 530lbs----

So heavy!!

If I drop it, the cowl will break,

and it'll cost me a ton to repair!

Shoot, I'm done...

Just once in a girl's life, she'll only have to lift something so heavy by herself.

Just one time, during the Bike Lift Test.

If you can pass it, then you'll be able to ride.

So listen carefully, you have to talk to your bike as you ride it.

Alright, Sakura-san. Try lifting the bike as demonstrated.

Yes, Instructor-dono!!

Hup!

I can't.

Instructor, how was that?!

You didn't do it at all.

I think you should go for a smaller frame bike license.

No, mine aren't that small!!

Please let me try one more time!!

First, go to the back of the line.

It's a lonely battle, huh?

I never thought about my reason for riding as much

as I did when I took that Bike Lifiting Test.

There are lots of reasons to not ride a bike.

So as long as you have one reason then you've gotta ride.

Why am I pushing myself this hard?

Oh, I know.

It's because of what I felt that time.

I want to experience it again!

But I can't even lift it...

I can't ride motorcycles.

Step forward with your right foot.

And push it up with your whole body.

Like this?

Lift with my whole body?

Yeah.

I'm going to ride motorcycles.

I'm gonna ride forever until the road ends.

I'm going to go see Dad and Mom.

All the way to America, where they live.

Oh, they're not dead.

It sounds different from Onsa-chan or Stig's motorcycles.

Oh yeah, whose voice was that, though?

You finally did it.

I'm over here.

I'm Baita.

TL Note: Bike + Worker

I'm a soulless machine who makes money for the training school,

giving her body to countless men.

S-So this is...

the "talking to your bike" that Onsa-chan was talking about?!

Do you know what it's like to have a man's crotch on your face?

Bakuon!!

Bakuon!!

Ah, you studying?

Ah, the written exam. That takes me back.

Yeah.

There's lots of road signs. It's hard to remember them all.

How are your basics?

Are you at stage two yet?

I'm doing well with that.

The motorcycle tells me everything after all.

Wait, Hane.

When you say cool lines like that, you gotta look like this

"The bike taught me everything in life."

Onsa-chan, since the test's gonna start now I gotta go, see ya later!

Hey, look. There's still people riding to school on a motorcycle.

How unusual.

How naughty.

Hayakawa?

There is something I wish of you to bring.

Fuel, Oil, Tires, Chain, Engine,

Clutch, Lights, Mirrors.

Ready to roll!!

Hane-chan, it's a good thing to check the bike before riding it,

but it's even more important to inspect the man before mounting him.

First, check his shoes.

Then check what color his credit cards are, and how many he has.

Number 3: Sakura Hane.

Here I go!

Hane-chan, you listening?

Half clutching is so hard.

I get shakey whenever I start moving.

Do the gachon pose with your fingers.

"Gachon"?

My my, you're such a Heisei kid.

TL Note: "Heisei' is an era that starts at 1989 and is the current era of Japan.

It's like you're scratching a guy you hate.

Like this?

That's right.

Handling a bike is just like handling a man.

Take command and run 'em 'till they're about to collapse!!

Great work!

Thanks again for today.

Nice work!

Oh my. That girl's done it again.

Is her motorcycle okay?!

Oh come on, I hate this bike.

Why are all the bikes at this school stupid Hondas?!

Huh?

I think she's in my class...

You came to get your license too right, Suzunoki-san?

Just call me Rin.

Okay, Rin-chan.

You can just call me "Hane" then.

Got it, Hane.

By the way, are you okay?

It looked like you should've died.

I just don't like that bike.

You know how this school uses Super Fours?

"Super Fours"?

Yeah.

Honda's CB400 Super Four.

Super Four for short.

By the way, have you decided what bike you're going to get when you get your license?

No, not yet!

What about you, Rin-chan?

I have my own bike already.

Superman!

My bike is Japan's Best, no, the World's Best super cool motorcycle in all of history!

Bike Club?

There's a club like that at our school?

Are yours extra-large?

What?

Huh? You're going to training school too, Suzunoki?

Also it's my first time seeing someone in a racing suit.

Hey, wanna go look at the bike dealerships?

Since Hane hasn't chosen a bike yet.

Yeah! Let's go! Let's go!

You say that, but have you chosen a bike yet, Suzunoki?

Yeah. It's just a hand-me-down from my parents.

A Suzuki?

Wow! There's so many motorcycles!!

Hane, what do you think of this one?

Zukachi?

Ducati.

Such a pretty red huh.

This bike's an economic, of sorts.

Eco?

It doesn't use a lot of gasoline?

It never uses any gas because there's always something broken.

Listen, Hane.

Every bike breaks down sooner or later.

Exactly.

When they break, they kinda grow on you.

You always gotta repair it.

Huh.

Except...

for Hondas!

The bike I'm riding now is pretty nice though.

The Super Four, or something.

Ah, you're one of those people.

You barely know anything, so you just get the bike you got during training.

Even though those bikes are so boring.

I know, right?

I like the Super Four, though.

Your hair's cute, it's so fluffy.

U-uhm

Hey, Suzunoki, if you'd like, could you join our club?

Sure.

Hane already told me, So I was thinking of joining.

Please!

Yay!

Whoa, a GS1200SS!

With a cowl so huge, a fairy could survive the winter in it

Mmhmm.

A square tail that could only make you think that they forgot all about actual design.

Yes, Yes.

And of course, it's slogan: "A simple man's bike"

Bike for Men

Hya!

No matter how you look at it...

Right?

Ready, and-

Lame!!

So cool!!

What was that about?!

Huh, but you were nodding your head?

I was nodding because I thought it was really cool!

I don't believe it!

How could someone not understand the bike's coolness?

You're not even human!!

How far are you going...

H-Hane You will surely understand me, right?

Having different tastes from someone is nothing to be embarrassed about.

At least that's what my sister says.

Why have I become the weird one...

W-Well...

When foreign designers thought of Japan,

Tokyo Tower

they worked things like Tokyo Tower and Torii into their design,

Shrine gate

which gave us the over-the-edge Impulse X...

It's the best design in the world!!

She's one of them.

You sometimes run into those Suzuki fans that say even the bad ones are good.

She's a huge Suzuki fan.

I can't be here with people who don't know good bikes from bad bikes.

Rin-chan just ran away.

Yeah.

But even if she's a Suzuki fanatic, she's still a motorcycle lover.

Allow me to borrow the words of President John F. Kennedy.

By way of Japan's motorcycle exports They've given the people of the world

freedom and equality, nevertheless

The riders of this world have the origin of freedom in their very souls

But not those who ride Suzukis.

And their motorcycles eliminate discrimination in line with god-given equality

Except for Suzukis.

Or something like that!

I'm going to go talk to Rin-chan!!

I'm going to hurry up and graduate, and show them how cool my bike is!

Rin-chan.

Hane.

Hey Rin-chan, you know that stuff Onsa-chan was saying?

Umm...

Like, except for Suzukis, all bikes are free and equal!

Which motorcycle are you riding?

Thanks for telling me.

Hane, we're friends, you and I.

But...

As for Frazzle... I'll kill her!!

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

FURU SUROTTORU de iin janai?

フルスロットルでいいんじゃない?

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

todorokima~su, bakuon!!

轟きま～す、ばくおん!!

joushi koukousei BAIKU nori

女子高校生バイク乗り

kaze o kiri hashiri dashichau yo (buoon!)

風を切り走りだしちゃうよ (ぶぉぉん!)

METTO o kabutte (buoon!)

メットを被って (ぶぉぉん!)

hora ne HEASUTAIRU pettanko

ほらねヘアスタイルぺったんこ

ii koto nashi kamo?

いいコト無しかも?

itsudatte MENTE de kigen o tonnai to (buoon!)

いつだってメンテで機嫌をとんないと (ぶぉぉん!)

nande konna ni mendo kusai ndesu ka~!

なんでこんなにめんどくさいんですか～!

(kokechatta) omoi shatai o hikiokoshi

(こけちゃった) 重い車体を引き起こし

(mou ikkai) SUTAATO! doushite daro? waracchau

(もういっかい) スタート!どうしてだろ?笑っちゃう

(sou da yone!) ikou yo! shisen no saki ni wa tomodachi ga matteru kara!

(そうだよね!) 行こうよ!視線の先には友達が待ってるから!

AKUSERU akeru to hirogatte iku SHIN! (saikou no!)

アクセル開けると広がっていく景色(シーン)! (最高の!)

SUPIIDO APPU shichau kanjou wa mou tomanna~i! (YEI!)

スピードアップしちゃう感情はもう止まんな～い! (イェイ!)

marude hane ga haechatta mitai (Wow!)

まるで羽が生えちゃったみたい (Wow!)

GIA nante TOPPU koete motto agete

ギアなんてトップ越えてもっとアゲて

"seishun TSUURINGU" doko made icchau?

『セーシュン・ツーリング』 ドコまで行っちゃう?

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

hashiri dashichaeba iin janai?

走りだしちゃえばいいんじゃない?

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

todorokima~su, bakuon!!

轟きま～す、ばくおん!!

Next time on Bakuon!!

School!!