Over Drive

Description

Shinozaki Mikoto is a student whose life is really routine. Going to school, going home, going to school, going home. Nothing changes until the day the girl he likes talks to him and introduces him to cycling. His life now has a new meaning, and a bright path has shown itself to Shinozaki. Experiencing both failure and success throughout his training, he works hard to become the best cyclist in the world.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Over Drive - Đường đua bão táp

Over Drive!

OverDrive (YASUDA Tsuyoshi)

オーバードライヴ

铁马少年

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Latest Release(s)

v.10 c.77 by Shoujo Sense 7 years ago

v.10 c.76 by Shoujo Sense 9 years ago

v.10 c.75 by Shoujo Sense 9 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

17 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 37

User Reviews

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Forum

3 topics, 5 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (213 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.05 / 10.0

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Last Updated

August 17th, 2023 5:06pm PDT - 2 years ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Romance School Life Shounen Sports
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Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

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English Publisher

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Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #733

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Monthly Pos #1809 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3217 (No change)

6 Month Pos #5083

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Year Pos #6773

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List Stats

On 1232 reading lists

On 672 wish lists

On 88 completed lists

On 56 unfinished lists

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Over Drive Manga Question

12 years ago

what happens after the anime?

17 years ago

Anime and Manga

17 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Fun read

by PZcolo
9 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It's a fun manga to read, nothing new or original, just a weird main char that finds his calling and a straight road to becoming the best, still, chars are somewhat interesting and is often quite funny. I recommend watching the anime first thou, if you like it give the manga a try.
Also, be warned the ending is not good at all and probably will be disappointing, it pretty much looks like that either the magazine publishing pulled the plug and the author had to wrap it up in a few chapters or the mangaka got bored resulting in the same thing.

... Last updated 9 years ago

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TMD

by TundraDweller
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

I enjoyed reading it but the drama got too intense for my liking so I dropped it.

As a sports manga it is a good read, though.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Nice, but stopping @53

by foobar
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

Nice sports manga, probably more realistic than most (but then what do I know about road racing).
But I think it kind of becomes a martial arts manga with the martial arts swapped by cycling.

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Seconded.

by Gynok
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I honestly love this. IMHO one of the best sports manga ever. It may not be a classic like Slam Dunk, or ever be as popular as sports/gag manga like Eyeshield 21, but this is a perfect underdog story, with great moments of humour and raw emotion. This manga has an atmosphere which really pulls you in and makes you feel for Mikoto as he grows into the man we know he will eventually become - I'm just incredibly happy to be along for the ride 🙂

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Unrealistic but good

by enaikelt
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Crinale: It gets better. You do have to do some plowing though. The last third is actually pretty good, because it focuses on people who are actually already decent cyclers, and therefore suspension of disbelief is made easier than the first few chapters, where Shinozaki is an inept doof yet somehow achieves shining brilliance and full-page moments. The amount of those go down (gradually) as the manga proceeds.

For myself, I quite enjoyed it. It takes a lot of suspension of disbelief, like I said, in the earlier chapters, but later on it rather grew on me. It's not really much of a rival to the classic shounen sports mangas, though.

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by hoacj
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Shinozaki is adorable.
Over Drive is a good read.
Yes, there is the harsh reality of the unrealism of sections of the story;
The way Shinozaki develops his initial passion through persuasion from his female interest.
However, there was a moment where the author revealed some background information on Shinozaki, of his love for bicycles, from his childhood.
My personal desire is for Yasuda sensei to tap more into depth with the reason of Shinozaki's passion for riding.
Speaking about realism, is there a manga out there that portrays the same life experience of one particular individual?
Is there even a manga out there that does not have any imagination, creativity or the more failed attempts (as we call them), the ones that go down drains; unrealism?
If so, then I really don't understand why you can't just sit on the sides of the streets and observe realism.
Follow up with an acquaintance every moment you are able to about every second of their lives.
Stay close to them and listen in to their private lives.
Look at them through windows, hiding behind bushes and observe till your heart's content.
Just be sure that everything comes with a price.
Childish sounding as it may be, reality has proven to us that cases involving such suspicious activities is what makes up some of genuine society today.

I personally prefer manga.

Give Over Drive a chance if you're not devoting your life into seeking realism.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Great stuff

by CowTail
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Sure the lead character is overwhelmingly ignorant about almost everything.

But what makes it great is there's the character growth, rivalry, and inspiring push-past-your-limits kind of development. And it's all about bicycling with only a hint of possible romance (realistic, none of that lovey-dovey ecchi crap) topped off with a good dollop of humor.

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one of the most awful and uninspired crap i've ever read

by crinale
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

i started reading this because i've developed an interest in cycling and what better way to learn than through the power of shounen sports manga. i've gone through 2 volumes of it (read 1, skimmed through most of the second) and it makes me want to puke due to the unbearable way the story unfolds.

yes, i understand that shounen manga, especially sports ones, follow a cliched introductory trajectory (happenstance introduction to a sport, meeting a talented rival/senior, discovery of innate talent) but man, this takes the turd for heavy-handed handling of an improbable premise that it takes out all the enjoyment from it. that same idiotic mindset that gets shinozaki into cycling is applied over and over again turns the whole thing into a train wreck. it's fine to have a passion, but there's not authenticity to it. i'm just not convinced someone like shinozaki would dive head first and so deep into something introduced to him by a girl he sorta liked, for a selfish reason.

i just can't stand it anymore. that's just a shame because i'm interested in the subject, but the whole thing comes across as a hack. i'd like to continue reading it if somebody told me it gets through this terrible early phase.

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solid

by mcahmad
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

i first watch the anime because i was bored but found it my liking. Interesting characters, some might say that the protagonist is weak but that is just who he is and hes not a total wimp and as the stories goes he does grows with it

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I don't get the other comments.

by metamike
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

It's only on chapter 15 so far, and trust me, NO ONE is in love with him yet. There's one girl that somewhat cares about him so far...but that's it.
Why does everyone keep saying he's an idiot? Because he never gives up? Sorry, not getting you.

Basically, a very comedic sports manga about willpower, I liked it.

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