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…!
Last year, by reeling in a thin 
thread of hope, Sohoku won.
Letztes Jahr hat die Sōhoku
um Haaresbreite gewonnen.
El año pasado, Sohoku se aferró
 a un fino hilo de esperanza y ganó.
El año pasado, el Sohoku se aferró
 a un fino hilo de esperanza y ganó.
L’année dernière, Sôhoku a gagné
alors que ça ne tenait qu’à un fil.
L'anno scorso, la Sohoku ha vinto
grazie a un impalpabile filo di speranza.
No ano passado, pendurado a
um tênue fio de esperança, Sohoku venceu.
В прошлом году команда
 Сохоку почти чудом победила.