How the fuck can you keep watching Initial D after Iketani gets

Takumi got his fair share of suffering though when he got cucked by Benz guy and humiliated by AWD cars

>>17166429
Third Stage was a pretty decent conclusion. Just pretend everything else didn't happen.

I know Iketani is /ourguy/ but you might be taking this too personally.

>>17167790
Its just a squandering of a potentially good character, which is the entirety of the Initial D cast, wish is very disappointing

>we will never get a spin off series about the teams themselves instead of Tofu drifter wonder the show

>>17166429
The show became mainstream after stage 3. It stopped being interesting and decided to go full shonen route.

I still want a more slice of life version of the anime, with a more mature look at the characters instead of the races. But the few races that might be in, force-feed them full of eurobeat and shitty CGI from stage 2 without the wings bullshit from stage 5.

>>17169596
Not Op but I just finished stage three should I even bother with the rest?

>>17170617
rest is just racer of the week so dont even bother

>>17166429
Not a weeb, but isn't this how it usually goes in Anume? Most good romance plots don't get resolved, ever, at least from what I've seen.

>>17170646

eww what a weeb

>>17170625
Is the manga worth a look or did it go full shonen too?

>>17170617
Only if you wanna say "i finished it and i am done with it"

Becuase literally other than a single pretty good story arc in 5th stage there's nothing but racing and the expected plot

>>17170662
manga turned into a fucking soap opera

>>17169525
Why even breathe?

>>17170666
Ok satan, I'll take your word for it.
>>17170679
A soap about cars and character growth?

I still haven't made it through stage 4. Seeing kyoko was too painful.

>>17170729
*kyoko lose. fucking hell.

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>>17170716
Nakazato and Shingo have bants behind the scenes in my heart

>>17170754
Oi! You're t-to close a stranger might think we're friends!

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>>17170754
Keep the dream alive anon.

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Honestly, Initial D could've been a bit different. Takumi could stay as this savant racing god who wins because the gods of fortune decided "lol a purely cosmetic spoiler was the only reason the miata had traction", but he'd instead be a "deuteragonist" of sorts. It would instead focus on Itsuki, and by extension the Akina Speedstars, and how Takumi has inspired them to become better races. When Itsuki was mocked for mistakenly buying an AE85, he'd eventually become good enough to surpass Iketani and Kenji.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVJF8Ou2j8

This scene would be played a bit differently, previously Takumi told Itsuki all about his car's quirks, and asks him to take the steering wheel to show these punks who's the boss. While he races, Itsuki would freak out at Takumi's suggestions of, say, using the gutter hook or drifting, but Takumi encourages him and tells him not to be afraid. When and if Project D comes around, I imagine that le simulations man would step down from racer and instead become manager/supervisor, and Nakazato joins them because, like Itsuki, he eventually grows to become a better driver, but unlike Itsuki, he has a very powerful car. They'd be similar in many ways, and opposite in others. Finally, the final race should have Project D against the Akina Speedstars, to show how much all of them have grown as racers and people, especially since Itsuki idolized Takumi throughout most of the show.

>>17170865
That sounds fucking great m8

>>17170865
>>17170896
I forgot to add; Takumi could have two rivals, one friendly and one unfriendly. The friendly one would be the guy with the MR2, except it's an AW11, effectively being a sibling to Takumi's AE86. His dad would be close friends with Bunta, and they'd show some banter between eachother. The enemy rival would be our boy Shingo, because everything about him is the opposite of Takumi; FWD vs RWD, Civic vs Corolla, Honda vs Toyota. And when Nakazato joins Project D, Shingo would always spectate matches, purely for the "people might think we're friends" joke.

>>17170729
Literally batshit insane rotarysexual girl

>>17170865
>>17170930
Man, why did we get stuck with the shitshow we got after stage 3? This could have been out future...

>>17170808
Is fwd really that bad?

I've seen some Audi A4 fwd hit 0-60 in 5.7 seconds stock.

I guess the turns aren't as "sporty" but they are accurate

>>17171655
People in this board like to shitpost because RWD have higher top limits for performance than FWD, yet its way more unforgiving. So benchracers think themselves somehow superior because they drive a car they cant even properly use. Specially since RWD is easier to drift with.

>>17171714
Top limits?
I'm surprised if some of these faggots even have a license.

Nothing wrong with fwd sports sedans and hot hatches IMO.

>>17171777
Agree. But because RWD are able to have a better exit speed and more grip overall everyone thinks that if you go FWD is because you are a fag even tho it would take years of very spirited driving to control an RWD car with the same safety you would control an FWD car.

>>17169596
It went full shonen because the original premise was spent.
>kid in old car
>not arrogant
>good because he practices every single night of his life for hours
>trashes weekend warriors with more money than sense
>sprinkled with wikipedia car facts
That couldn't sustain the run of the entire manga so it turned into muh dream and overcoming the laws of physics.

>>17172121
So money made TV execs decide to keep beating a dead horse? That's a shame.


I would really like a spin off too, like >>17170865 said, more about the life of the rest. What if Bunta decided to train Iketani like in the start of the series? What if Itsuki decided to train like fujiwara too?

>>17172146
The anime gets really drawn out at the end for money but it's a manga bro.

>>17172153
Friend says the same about Jo Jo.

I just cant bother myself to read manga. Maybe its the insane amount of hentai i've read.

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recommend me some good eurobeat that isnt in the main series

>>17172170
Takumi, Made Of Fire, My King Is You, I wanna be fat, Bye Bye Girl and I wanna be were in i think the extra stages tho.


DDD initial D, And my favorite: Fly me to the moon and back.

Even then, most of the non-well-known eurobeat from the show is still fucking top tier. Nights in arabia, Stay, Rain, Wings of fire, Speed lover, supersonic fire, wheel power and go, Speedy runner, speed of light, disco fire, i wanna be the night (one of my favs), blackout, and dont stand so close to me.


All of them underrated gems. People that didn't truly search for the songs at best know about no more than 10.

Most of the eurobeat that the show used was fucking some of the best eurobeat out there and if you look for all of it you will have a shit ton. I personally like to download it all for the sake of it and have almost 100 songs just the ones that i like.

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>>17172221
here's some gud ones i never ever hear anyone mention
>initial d
Beat Man - Tokyo Girls and Guys
Dave Rodgers - Wild Reputation 2005
Chris Stanton - A Perfect Hero
>seb
Cy-Ro - Intercooler
Nick Turbo - Tokyo Strike Force
Manuel - Adrenaline

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A few months ago I decided to finally watch Initial D. I marathoned the whole first stage because it was that good, got second stage and I forgot about it after finishing the first arc. I wanted more but second stage so far seems to be pretty hard to sit through. Feels bad.

>>17172324
second stage is a huge drop off in quality from first stage, 3rd is better but still doesnt top 1st and then its just shit from that point on

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>>17172170
Ken Blast, Touhou Eurobeat (some of them)

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>>17172170
Alpha Town - The Power of My Love
The Asia Gang - Roppongi Suicide
Tension - Lost in Tokio
Frank Torpedo - Never Stop
Captain America - Space Fighter
Mako - Shellfire
Symbol - Sound of the Night
Mr. Groove - Highway Star

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>>17172356
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoTTXVNFEes
This for example
There's not a lot of TH Eurobeat on Youtube but you can download all of it and see if you like it

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WOAH-OH OH, LOVE KILLER

>>17172356
>Ken Blast
DELET

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikSYSNnwDq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95nBnj_5L-Y

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fED-RpcFrG4

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>>17172146
>What if Itsuki decided to train like fujiwara too?
Series takes 6 year timeskip for tofu runs (that's 2190 times up and down mount Akina). Itsuki still not good because he's non-autistic and can't drive 1cm from the guardrail because he's bored. Bunta has never trained anyone, reminiscent to the time Takumi told him he figured out the gutter drop and he gave him a cryptic protip that there's another way to utilize it, which he had to figure out himself. It's Takumi who's special.

>>17172398
rfactor 1?

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>>17172459
yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10rijKzMLtU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNy9q34Hy58

>>17172170
>>17172377
just use soulseekQt and download 'em, i got 2hu euro vol1 - vol14 and some Super Eurobeat releases from it, its pretty much where you search for obscure music

>>17172170
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbKeTsbRp4

>>17166429

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>>17172408
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTZ3PM3hUXc

what do i win

>>17172408
This is pretty hard to win at

>>17175730
you forgot "baby"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY-sJTQeNNo

>>17172259
>Intercooler
my negroid

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>>17175923
Sounds like "Be There" to me.

>>17175982
there's no way that sounds like be there, who the fuck uploaded those lyrics?

>>17176049
The song is about being "back on the rocks", so it makes sense that you'll "be there" eventually. If someone had a copy of Super Eurobeat 77 (where the song debuted) and opened up the lyrics page, we'd come to the agreement.

>>17175915
should we rewrite it

is there a sweet spot of eurobeat not being shit?

>>17177507
Yeah its called all of it.

If you dont like eurobeat you just dont like eurobeat. Its always the same genre.

>>17177574
it seems like only one or two songs in each album are any good though, sometimes if i'm unlucky i can go through albums finding 100% shit

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>>17177609
SEB shits out compilations every year, there is no way any of these albums are consistently good. I got all of the Initial D albums, sat down one day and just picked out my favorite ones and put them in a playlist. Then tracked down the remainder from my youtube favorites. So far I have 85 of these in my curated list and it's enough music for when the mood strikes. Eurobeat is one of those genres where it's all singles, don't even bother treating them as albums.

>>17166429
only first seasons were alright anyway. stay tuned for more itsuki abuse in scenario, writers clearly had difficult love life

TFW your love interest is a whore.

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>>17180048
>TFW you live in jew york city and every relatively attractive girl has already been blacked and or is a whore on the side.

>>17172221
>Fly to me to the moon and back
10/10 taste anon

>>17172170
https://youtu.be/crDZo3j-xss
Obligatory

>>17172170
https://youtu.be/KEMYEoOxEdw

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What's the point in these races in story mode?

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>>17182556

>>17182562
>im fucking plying any of us have access to an IDASv8 machine

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>>17170754
>There will NEVER EVER be a spin off of this 2
I guess i´ll drive off a cliff

>>17182556
>>17182562
le simulations man and /ourguy/ look a lot different

Guys I just started watching Initial D and have only watched the first 2 episodes and I can feel myself turning into a weeb and hating shit that isn't Japanese what can I do to stop this

>>17184033
Finish the rest of that arc

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>>17184033
there's no turning back now, prepare to be assimilated into the Weeaboo-Rotard Collective.

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>>17184033
You don't.

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lol

Managed to pass the driving exam yesterday, now I just need to wait until the actual license card is ready. Didn't even care about cars before watching the show.

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>>17172170
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPczxdpVP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVoB6FKjrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mDYzu8jlFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWhLyxpx1XM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n24kUq7AyOQ (I don't think this one was in Initial D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfAL_G9pMkg
https://youtu.be/5BkA2czU9Zc

There also used to be Niko single called "Super Eurobeat" but it got deleted off of youtube. Song was pretty great, such a shame I can't find it anymore. If anybody has it I'd love a dl link.

>>17184950
Now get a girlfriend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6dnnxMZUEU
huey lewis tier

>>17184989
album 197 has it

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>>17182989
WHY LIVE

>>17185090
>die
fucking lel

>>17166429
>How the fuck can you watch initial D?*

once again the furry embarrasses himself on the automotive shitposting bulletin board

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>>17185100
>i said he embarrassed himself, that means it's true! btfo!

it keeps happening

>>17184367
I unironically want to get an RX-7 and put a bunch of rotary meme stickers (Dorito Power, shimapan rotor), but I'm too scared of the apex seals meme. Could I meet up with fellow rotards in NJ and they could help me rebuild the engine? I deliver car parts to mechanics as a job, and all the mechanics I asked said they cannot work on rotary engines.

I just want to live the meme, get an FD3S with a KEKSUKE vanity plate.

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>>17185112
>if i just keep saying it, it'll be true!

>>17185114
i imagine rebuilding a dorito spinner is easy as piss, rebuilding a piston engine isnt the most difficult job in the world and a potato rotator has 100x less moving parts

>>17185125
>>17185121
I know rotary engines quite literally only consist of a dozen unique parts (and there are more bolts than parts), but I also heard you need a certain quality apex seal set and you need to balance them properly or you might screw things up. Plus I've read that premixing oil is preferable since the oil pumps only squirt oil in the middle of the rotor, there's a whole lotta shit I need to know first.

>>17185136
yeah i heard putting 2 stroke in the fuel helps keep the apex seals lubed or something