I just finished First Stage.
Is it going to get better or worse?
>>14882512
The races get better, for sure.
The girls? Meh, that prostitute shows up again, and it's just annoying. I wish they just cut her out of the new series.
Try Bakuon too.
http://gogoanime.io/bakuon
Both. At least watch second stage.
> 1st stage 6/5
>2nd stage 5/5
>3rd stage 4/5
>4th stage 4/5
>5th+Final stage 4/5
>extra stages 4/5
>battle stages 3.5/
Idunno, the show started to get less interesting in the project D arc imo. Anyhow 10/10 carautism for anyone who has a thing for streetracing and japanese cars.
I hear it starts to go downhill (heh) after season 3
>>14882916
(You)
>>14882585
Streaming? Streaming?
>Streaming
Just download the first episode in 480 off Nyaa for a quick watch, if you like it watch more. Or you could read it.
I enjoyed season 1 quite a bit, thought 2 stepped it up, 3 was alright, 4 was alright as well, 5 was boring imo, final stage was nice again.
>>14882512
Watch through 3rd stage. If you like where the series is headed, keep watching. If not, stop after 3rd stage
>>14883020
>making an effort to download something you're only going to watch once
This isn't music.
last season is shit
first stage is the bestest
second stage is great
third is full of feels and good
downhill from there
Initial D ended on 3rd Stage.
>>14882512
The show generally gets worse throwing in many forgettable characters after first stage. Still entertaining as fuck to be honest.
>>14883476
>>14883789
>implying the blind attack isn't one of the best moments in the history of the D
>>14883211
>you're only going to watch once
I happen watch first stage and my favorite races about every other month.
That's just my anecdote, though.
>>14882585
I didn't know bakuon was out already, I need to keep up with these chinktoons.
>>14882512
If you're interested in more street racing I suggest Bari Bari Densetsu.
>>14884322
While the Spoon EK9 race was the best race of Fourth Stage and one of the best in the series, it doesn't forgive the rest of the season from being a step back from the first three stages. Aside from the Spoon EK9 race, the BNR34 race, and arguably the NA8C race, none of the races in Fourth Stage are better than the races from the first three.
1st > 3rd > 2nd >> Final > 4th >>>>>>>> 5th
Romance wise it is only get worse each stage. Then you will have to go through this terrible ordeal.
>>14882512
Worse, Bunter loses his tofu restaurant back of his cunt of a son racing the family shit box instead of delivering tofu and any money made is being spent on tires.
Im halfway through Fourth stage atm and I still enjoy it. It gets repetitive af though, just endless racing with minor plot details. First stage was bearible and everything after had much better animation and everything but like everyone here has said, third stage is probably the peak. If you enjoyed First stage then you will probably like everything else too.
>still no Fifth / Final stage dub
The only reason to watch Fifth stage is for the potential of /ss/
>>14882512
Honestly worse. The slice of life aspect gets drowned out completely by the end of Second Stage. Any new characters are completely one dimensional, cardboard cut-outs for Takumi and Kesiuke to defeat. There's a couple of exceptions like God Hand and God Foot who they hype up for ten episodes or Rotary Waifu but nothing compared to the first two stages. It becomes nothing but racing and looses it's charm.
However, you're in so deep you don't give a fuck and you watch it all anyway.
>>14888324
>dub