Run with the Wind (2018)

Animation · Comedy · Sport

Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (2,494 votes)
Episode average: 8.2 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2018)

8.17 avg 23 episodes 7.6 → 9.4 22 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The 10th Man	7.6	155
2	The Ogre's Arrival	7.4	127
3	A Single Flower	7.6	118
4	Shadows that Don't Fade	7.9	122
5	The Ones Not Chosen	7.5	116
6	The Emperor's New Clothes	7.6	114
7	Bear Your Fangs at the Summit	8.2	118
8	Dangerous Character	7.8	115
9	Mismatched Runners	8.2	120
10	Our Speed	8.5	143
11	Overflowing Drops	8.0	118
12	Summer Prank	7.9	112
13	And Then Start Running	8.2	114
14	You're Not Alone	8.4	122
15	Place of Destiny	7.9	110
16	Dreams and Reality	8.6	119
17	Searching for the Answer	7.7	111
18	And Then, Morning	7.9	114
19	The Moment of Release	8.7	134
20	Even if I Break	9.0	143
21	Goodbye, Beautiful World	8.9	133
22	Embrace Your Loneliness	9.1	143
23	In the Wind	9.4	183