I Finished the Steel Ball Run Race in Real Life... and it changed my life.
TREY the Explainer
1,554,476 views
Over the summer of 2025, I decided to travel almost 5,000 miles across the United States, from coast to coast, in an attempt to recreate a fictional race from a Japanese manga. This is a documentary chronicling my bizarre adventures and the experiences I had along the way.
Thank you to everyone who supported me on my American odyssey. Tristan, my parents, my friends.
Ending Credit song: Cowboy on the Run by TVA @tino_7206
https://tva-music.bandcamp.com/album/...
Official Japanese Subtitles provided by HappyScribe
Chapters:
0:00:00 Introduction: What is the Steel Ball Run?
0:05:28 Recreating the Route
0:13:16 The Race Rules
0:19:51 1st Stage: 15,000 Meters
0:24:40 2nd Stage: Across the Arizona Desert
0:43:19 3rd Stage: Rocky Mountain Breakdown
0:53:41 4th Stage: The Small Gravestone on the Wide, Wide Plains
1:08:59 5th Stage: Illinois Skyline
1:20:05 6th Stage: Michigan Lakeline
1:29:58 7th Stage: Philadelphia Triangle
1:36:20 8th Stage: Both Sides Now
1:50:23 9th Stage: Manhattan Rhapsody
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>got pulled over
>found the environment so dreadful and depressing it made you consider quitting
>passed a bunch of dead end towns with nothing to do
Ah....I love my home state. Sounds just like home.
To create something that has great influence to people to take their time and travel the world with the route of your fictional characters would make anyone's day.
"Wow America is so awesome"
"KANSAS IS A GODFORSAKEN HELLSCAPE"
"Wow America is so awesome"
それでもこの二時間にも及ぶ長い動画を、一晩で一気に見てしまった！本当に面白かった！
画面に映る、アメリカの広大な原風景たち。簡潔だが強く胸に響く、旅人の言葉の数々。
そして漫画の元ネタに対する狂気的な考察！旅行記としても、ファンの考察動画としても、最高だった
アメリカのファンも「シュガー・マウンテン」を最高のエピソードだと思っていることが嬉しかったし（私も一番好きなエピソードだ。馬を呼ぶ前に乾杯しねーか？）、
9thステージでの決断には、とても笑って、そして、ほんの少し泣けた。（バーバ・ヤーガが鞍を下すシーンも大好きなんだ）
この動画は、漫画に描かれた世界が、本のページの外にも本当に存在する事の証左であり、
登場キャラクターたちの持つ強い精神のパワーが、現実の人間の内にも確かにあるという事の証明だ。
私はちっぽけな日本人で、お金も時間もない。旅への憧れを叶えるには、アメリカは少し遠すぎる。
それでもいつか、ジョジョや、この動画が示したように、自分の足で世界を歩く機会が得られることを願っている。
I am happy that another Jojo fan kinda did the same thing with the part that took place in their country
I Finished the Steel Ball Run Race in Real Life... and it changed my life.
TREY the Explainer
1,554,476 views
Over the summer of 2025, I decided to travel almost 5,000 miles across the United States, from coast to coast, in an attempt to recreate a fictional race from a Japanese manga. This is a documentary chronicling my bizarre adventures and the experiences I had along the way.
Thank you to everyone who supported me on my American odyssey. Tristan, my parents, my friends.
Ending Credit song: Cowboy on the Run by TVA @tino_7206
https://tva-music.bandcamp.com/album/...
Official Japanese Subtitles provided by HappyScribe
Chapters:
0:00:00 Introduction: What is the Steel Ball Run?
0:05:28 Recreating the Route
0:13:16 The Race Rules
0:19:51 1st Stage: 15,000 Meters
0:24:40 2nd Stage: Across the Arizona Desert
0:43:19 3rd Stage: Rocky Mountain Breakdown
0:53:41 4th Stage: The Small Gravestone on the Wide, Wide Plains
1:08:59 5th Stage: Illinois Skyline
1:20:05 6th Stage: Michigan Lakeline
1:29:58 7th Stage: Philadelphia Triangle
1:36:20 8th Stage: Both Sides Now
1:50:23 9th Stage: Manhattan Rhapsody