I Finished the Steel Ball Run Race in Real Life... and it changed my life.

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