Initial D is literally just a generic battle shounen with cars.

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2017-02-28 07:57:52 Post No. 154046194
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Anonymous 2017-02-28 07:57:52 Post No. 154046194 [Report]

Initial D is literally just a generic battle shounen with cars.

>shit art (at least it was endearingly bad at first)
>poor writing (especially past S3)
>battles that take 3+ episodes to conclude
>everyone having an ultimate skill but also a weakness
>effectively no character progression past S3
>overpowered protagonist who never (officially) loses
>power levels that become ridiculous (FUJIWARA ZONE)
>wasting a bunch of time with talking heads narrating the races

The more I think about it, the more I realize music is literally all Initial D has going for it. They don't even put much personality into the cars, they're just tryhard racecars we know nothing about.

Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:06:59 Post No.154046508
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Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:06:59 Post No.154046508 [Report]

>>154046194
I just got disappointed when they romeved the flip up lights form Keisuke's FD
The rest is ok

Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:08:58 Post No.154046562
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Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:08:58 Post No.154046562 [Report]

>>154046194
>I realize music is literally all Initial D has going for it
Took you long enough

Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:09:17 Post No.154046570
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Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:09:17 Post No.154046570 [Report]

>>154046194
>Initial D is literally just a generic battle shounen with cars.
It's a sports manga. Battle manga are an offshoot of sports manga. You have it backwards. How do you not know this anyway?

Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:09:27 Post No.154046579
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Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:09:27 Post No.154046579 [Report]

Other than overstating driver and car ability I enjoyed the technical aspect and the accuracy of the cars and sounds.

Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:15:54 Post No.154046790
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>>154046194
You watched Initial D for the plot?

LMAO

Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:17:25 Post No.154046833
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Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:17:25 Post No.154046833 [Report]

Battle Shounen is a genre that literally evolved from sports manga. You'll find most of the cliches you associate with battle manga in sports manga, because that's where they came from in the first place.

The two series that Japan generally considers the first real "Shounen Battle Manga" are a boxing and wrestling series.

Anonymous 2017-02-28 08:18:06 Post No.154046856
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