Before the race, Captain Teshima told Sakamichi that he wouldn’t be the mountain ace at this Inter-High so the team could focus on taking out Hakone Academy’s formidable climber Manami early during their first attack. However, in order to close the unexpected gap created by Izumida’s sprint, Teshima sacrifices himself and pulls the team. The passionate vibrations of every step he takes forward reach not only Sakamichi and the rest of Team Sohoku but Hakone Academy ace Ashikiba as well…!
Then why'd you choose Teshima to be captain
Warum hast du ihn damals dann
zum Kapitän auserkoren, Kinjō?
Entonces, ¿por qué elegiste
a Teshima como capitán?
Entonces, ¿por qué elegiste
a Teshima como capitán?
Alors, pourquoi…
Scusa, Kinjou,
Então por que escolhê-lo como capitão
Так зачем же выбирать 
в капитаны этого Тэсиму,