History Literature / RunWithTheWind

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Official Japanese media/goods seem indecisive on whether the official romanisation for Musa's surname should be Camara or Kamara. Crunchyroll's translation uses the latter.

* FullEpisodeFlashback: Episode [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13]] includes a lot of flashbacks to Kakeru's DarkAndTroubledPast.

* FemaleGaze: While their upper bodies aren't too spectacularly built (in no small part thanks to some of them not even being full time athletes prior to arriving in the dorm), each guy will at least show that HesGotLegs. There are also several scenes of them naked, usually when they're having a bath.

* DistantFinale: The epilogue takes place after a three year time skip. [[spoiler:Kakeru and the twins are fourth years and leading the now huge Kansei University Track Team, while the older members are either working or at graduate school. The original team gather together when the Aotake dorm is about to be taken down and they are still shown to be close.]]

A manga adaptation was published from 2007-2009, and a stage play and movie adaptation were both made in 2009 (the latter with the English title ''Feel the Wind''). An anime adaptation by Creator/ProductionIG premiered on October 3rd 2018 with 23 episodes, and [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/run-with-the-wind can be viewed]] on WebSite/{{Crunchyroll}}.

* RealityEnsues:
** This happened to Kakeru when he was in high school. [[spoiler:While Kakeru punching his track team's coach after getting fed up with how poorly the coach treated one of the other members was [[AssholeVictim well-deserved]], hitting an authority figure still has consequences. The entire team was banned from competing for a year to cover up the incident, and this is largely the reason why Sakaki still antagonizes Kakeru.]]
** Episodes 15 and 16 show the many probable hurdles almost all the runners in all the teams have to go through, including the possibility of collapsing without getting anywhere near the finish, as well as having a hard time getting to the water meant for avoiding dehydration because there is just way too many people out there at once which results in a table collapsing, in turn creating an accidental road hazard for the other runners.

** In Episode 7, Prince compares Nico-chan's wired-up cigarette box (as part of his efforts to quit smoking) to Rikishi of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', since he gave up water for his fight in the story.

** In Episode 19, when trying to liken himself to a hero of a sports story, Prince rattles off all the names of famous sports manga protagonists--Joe of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', Hanamichi of ''Manga/SlamDunk'', Ippo of ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'', Sakamichi of ''Manga/YowamushiPedal'', Sango Jugo of ''Judo-bu Monogatari'', Hinata of ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'', Yawara of ''Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl'', Sena of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield21}}'', Goro of ''Manga/{{Major}}'', Tsubasa of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', and Ryoma of ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''. Their silhouettes can even been seen in the background.

** As the novel focuses a lot more on Kakeru and Haiji, many of the characters' personal ordeals or side stories are anime original. This includes King looking for jobs, Nico-chan's weight struggles and Kakeru butting heads with Prince.
** It takes considerably more time for the team to achieve official records in the anime, so their struggles are emphasised further.
* AllForNothing: During Episodes 19 to 20. [[spoiler:At Hakone Ekiden, Prince is the starting runner for Kansei and unexpectedly comes last in his section, but the admirable efforts of Musa and the twins help the team climb up the rankings. Unfortunately, the last runner for Day 1 is the very sick Shindo; he has to push himself to move at all, let alone complete his section, and the team drops back down to 20th place for that first half. The team of course has nothing but admiration and concern for Shindo, who insisted on competing since withdrawing would mean Kansei dropping out of Hakone together.]]

* TheBigRace: The story is about the new and mostly inexperienced Kansei University track team training to compete in the prestigious marathon event Hakone Ekiden, which Haiji is determined to run at. To even have a chance to participate, they must first all achieve a official records (16 minutes and 30 seconds or less) which they can do at an official track meet, and then they must compete in the qualifier and rank among the top ten teams.

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: The ten main characters are either pretty or ruggedly handsome guys. And that's without taking the other teams into consideration.
* CharacterDevelopment: Done at a remarkably balanced fashion, with each of the ten main characters getting just enough screen time to develop slowly, yet surely and without completely eclipsing one another.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Numerous episodes end on cliffhangers, leaving audiences to ponder until the next episode.

** Episode 17 ends with Haiji [[spoiler:waiting at the hospital, with the Orthopedic Surgery sign clearly showing]]. The following episode doesn't give any specific updates on this situation, although a brief shot of the [[spoiler:x-ray]] and [[spoiler:Haiji's thought stare]] implies [[spoiler:things don't look very good for his leg]].

** As a result of Hanako's... questionable cooking, almost all the guys in the team end up losing color from their faces. Only Kakeru and Prince manage to survive it without any complaints.
** After [[spoiler: barely qualifying for the Hakone race]] in Episode 16, Haiji proudly announces to the reporters that the team is going to train harder than ever before (and not taking a single day of rest), which leads to nearly everyone else in the team to lose color once more.

* DropInLandlord: Tazaki, the eccentric, elderly coach and landlord of the Kansei University Track and Field Dormitory. He used to be a good runner, but nowadays mostly just hangs around the building.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: The manga-only runner from Tokyo Sport University, Maru, has such a feminine face that Nico-chan mistakes him to be a girl until he starts talking to him.

* GroupHug: When celebrating results, at least a couple of the Kansei members tend to gather into group hugs. In Episode 16, [[spoiler: a group ''[[TheGlomp glomp]]'' ensues when the team finds out they've qualified for Hakone and they all proceed to stack on top of each other to form a hug pile, starting with Haiji]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The official romanised spelling of Musa's surname from the anime's official twitter is Camara, whereas Crunchyroll uses Kamara.
* SpoilerOpening: In the second opening, the setting of the scenes in the last five seconds makes it easy to infer that [[spoiler:Kansei University do successfully qualify for Hakone Ekiden]].

* TearsOfJoy: Crying out of happiness often comes up. In particular, a couple of the members of the Kansei team show happy tears when [[spoiler:their team qualifies for Hakone Ekiden]]. And ''everyone'', from the team (Prince included) to the coach are crying out of joy when [[spoiler:Haiji completes Kansei's run in Hakone and secures their seeded position]].

* TyopOnTheCover: Shindo organises t-shirts for the team to wear to promote their Hakone goal, with each shirt having the same handwritten message on it. However, Musa (who's a non-native fluent Japanese speaker) forgets the last kanji character for Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝) when writing King's t-shirt, so his says he wants to aim for Hakone Station (箱根駅). Musa and King feel embarrassed, but everyone else finds it hilarious.
* UnderdogsNeverLose: A zigzagged theme. In Episode 16, [[spoiler:the completely new Kansei track team, where only two of the members are experienced runners, was the last team everyone thought would qualify for Hakone]]. At the end of the series, [[spoiler:this is averted at Hakone itself, even though it's the norm in sports series for the protagonists to win or be runner-ups. Despite Kakeru and Haiji's talents and the rest of the team making remarkable progress, their lack of experience and overall skills compared to the other teams (as well as other unforeseen factors) come into play and they barely make it to the Top 10 to earn their seeded position. Getting this seeded position however is a great result for the team and still considered an underdog result by everyone, who is shocked by a new team coming out of nowhere, let alone making a comeback from 20th place.]]

* WaxOnWaxOff: Kakeru notices that Prince's form (which is hilariously disastrous at first) already looks a little better when he's reading manga on the treadmill (his back straighter and he faces forward to read instead of downward like he usually does in races). Kakeru thus uses manga to help hone Prince's running, by holding the manga up for him to read while he runs and making him hold the books in his hands while running (mimicking running to his room to read them) to fix his arm positioning. Although more needs to be done to whip him into shape for Hakone itself, this does help Prince to eventually cut back his track meet time from 45 minutes to 30 minutes.

** Episode 16 gives the suspenseful shot of [[spoiler:Kansei University being revealed as the 10th qualifying team for Hakone]].

* YouAreNotAlone: A recurring theme is that running in a track team means no one is alone--everyone is running ''together''. This is particularly something Kakeru struggles to come to terms with at first, thanks to his unfortunate history with his high school team. This is also the title of Episode 14, where the support for Prince from the team is emphasised and gives him the push to [[spoiler:achieve an official record on his final attempt]].

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A manga adaptation was published from 2008-9, and a stage play and movie adaptation were both made in 2009 (the latter with the English title ''Feel the Wind''). An anime adaptation by Creator/ProductionIG premiered on October 3rd 2018 with 23 episodes, and [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/run-with-the-wind can be viewed]] on WebSite/{{Crunchyroll}}.

* HandOrObjectUnderwear: In Episode 1, when Haiji opens the bathroom door in Kakeru the second time, the latter has his towel covering his crotch while his back is also turned to the former.

Not to be confused with the ''Run Wild'' novel with the same name, nor the other novel and movie ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.

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* AdaptationExpansion: Transitioning from a 600+ page novel to a 23-episode anime has naturally lead to some added characterisation or subplots, especially in the first half.

* BadassCrew: The Rikudo University Track and Field Team has the reputation of being a pretty damn formidable bunch (being the several-time defending Hakone Ekiden champion and lead by TheAce Fujioka), in clear contrast to its Kansei University counterpart.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The team doesn't win Hakone Ekiden, and it's heavily implied Haiji's efforts in his race has left his injured leg permanently crippled. However, thanks to the team's efforts they get a seeded position which is astonishing considering the disadvantage they had, and the emotional journey is fulfilling enough for everyone involved. In the epilogue, the Kansei track team --lead by Kakeru and the twins-- is still going and boasts a lot more members now, and the older members have also progressed with their own lives.]]

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A manga adaptation was published from 2008-9, and a stage play and movie adaptation were both made in 2009. An anime adaptation by Creator/ProductionIG premiered on October 3rd 2018 with 23 episodes, and [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/run-with-the-wind can be viewed]] on WebSite/{{Crunchyroll}}.

''Run with the Wind'' (風が強く吹いている ''Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru''[[note]]''"The Wind Blows Strong"''[[/note]]) is a Japanese novel written by Shion Miura (the same person behind the novel and anime ''Literature/FuneWoAmu'') and published in 2006. (''Not'' categorized as a Light Novel, as this book is over 600 pages long, far larger than light novel standards.)

* BadassCrew: The Rikudo University Track and Field Team has the reputation of being a pretty damn formidable bunch, in clear contrast to its Kansei University counterpart.

** After [[spoiler: barely qualifying for the Hakone race]] in episode 16, Haiji proudly announces to the reporters that the team is going to train harder than ever before (and not taking a single day of rest), which leads to nearly everyone else in the team to lose color once more.

* DraggedByTheCollar: In the anime, Prince is dragged (and even lifted) by the collar at least twice by Haiji when forced to join the rest of the group in some tiresome activity (whether it be a dorm party or their training).

* ExhaustedEyeBags: Eye circles are subtly done in Episode 9 to hint at Nico-chan,Kakeru and Haiji not taking good care of themselves. Shindo also has them in Episode 20, [[spoiler:one of the many physical signs he's unwell and shouldn't be competing]].

*** In Episode 17, Sakaki gloats at the Kansei team for having so few members (10 is the absolute minimum number of members needed to run Hakone) and mockingly ponders what will happen if any of them were to catch a cold. [[spoiler:This is exactly what happens to Shindo, right as Hakone starts (and he's scheduled to one that day).]]

* In Episode 7, Prince compares Nico-chan's wired-up cigarette box (as part of his efforts to quit smoking) to Rikishi of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', since he gave up water for his fight in the story.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Considered a mild successor to ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''. Sports theme, similar art-style and sharing production studio/staff aside, Kakeru is not unlike ''Haikyuu'''s {{Deuteragonist}} Kageyama as both are talented yet cynical guys who are initially awkward with their new teams thanks to being isolated by their former teams. Both teams are also going through obstacles to get into shape at the beginning of their respective series, with Karasuno of ''Haikyuu'' attempting to reform themselves after falling in status and the Kansei track team literally just forming (and for some members even running) for the first time.

* UnreadableDisclaimer: What Haiji's snare for the other club members relied on. The small writing indicating it's specifically the track dorm was so dirty no one bothered to read it when they moved in, and Haiji reveals the truth only when it is too late.

** In Episode 23, emphasis is put on two particular results: [[spoiler:Kakeru's time for his Hakone section, which has broken not only the record but also TheAce Fujioka's time]]; and [[spoiler:Kansei's overall result in Hakone, which got them a seeded position at 10th place]].
* WorkingThroughTheCold: A tragic example in Episode 20. [[spoiler:Shindo is struck with a bad cold, but he refuses to withdraw from his Hakone race as it would mean Kansei having to drop out altogether. He astonishingly manages to finish his section before collapsing, but his poor form leads to him being outrun by almost everyone previously behind him and the team falls to 20th place (out of 21 teams) after Day 1.]]