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 "limiter!"
If I'd pulled for Yuto on the 
downhill instead of pretending,
Hätte ich Yūto den Berg
runtergezogen,
Si hubiera tirado de Yuto
cuesta abajo en vez de fingir,
Si hubiera tirado de Yuto cuesta abajo
en vez de fingir,
Si j’avais tracté Yûto sur la descente
au lieu de bluffer,
Se avessi tirato per Yuto già nel tratto in discesa,
invece di fingere come ho fatto,
Se eu tivesse puxado pro Yuto na descida,
 ao invés de montar essa armação,
Если бы я вместо притворства
 тянул Юто на спуске,