Initial D Discussion Thread

King914 wrote:

project driver he says what it means when they faced tomoyuki  

I don't remember anything like that. It's most likely dream considering the name of the last chapter, the ideals his late fiance lived by, and his reply to team spiral's question. It's pretty clearly spelled out.

from funimation dub " the whole point of project d is to help develop my theory on being the fastest driver so like any good scientific study their is a control group and an experimental group that's why we have two drivers." Hey all and all i can be wrong, both conclusions can be right.

http://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=46060

;_; Last ever chapter of Initial D raw:

http://raw.senmanga.com/Initial_D/FINAL/1/

Spoiler:

Goodbye initial d

I can't read Japanese, can someone pretty much translate that!!!

That has got to be the one of the worst endings I have ever seen.

Spoiler:

I think the movie will explain all

KraZe wrote:

;_; Last ever chapter of Initial D raw:

http://raw.senmanga.com/Initial_D/FINAL/1/

Spoiler:

the page is offline.

I don't even know what to say really besides Initial D deserved better than this. Pretty much everyone knows the traditional way of writing a story; The action builds up over time, you have a climax, then the action falls over time. There's exceptions, like ending a story during the climax, but this wasn't a story that needed something like that. For a story that's been going on for almost as long as i've been alive, it deserved some explanations, some more dialogue, something to wrap up a series some people knew and loved since they were children. It deserved it's author's effort.

It just feels like Shigeno was too concerned with putting Initial D to rest to care about the wonderful story he wrote. I guess he might have got tired of writing it, since there's a dramatic drop in quality after the God hand and God foot race. The races are as fun to look at as ever, but the story just isn't there. The old spark came back for a moment with Ryosuke and Shinigami, but he played it very safe and didn't really work with the idea enough for it to be really impactful like the first three stages of Initial D.

Whether I like how it happened or not, it's finally over. With Xbox One and Forza 5 just around the corner to split the community, it might even be the end of my online racing with the FC. I'll always remember the 86 from Akina that opened up the world of cars for me. It's been fun, for Forza 4 and for Initial D.

Clutch927 wrote:

I can't read Japanese, can someone pretty much translate that!!!

All I can read is on the page with Ryosuke walking from the grave. He says "Sore ga D no *kanji I can't read*ni kometa ore no *another kanji*i dakara"

Something like "That is the reason for project D", I don't know i'm like 3 year old level in Japanese.

On the page with Takumi driving the Impreza he's thinking about Itsuki.

The absence of the 86 made me rage. Hard. It's like making one of your primary characters disappear out of the blue. And we got trolled HARD with Bunta's last favor. Wow I just can't...

Initial d world has just put a trailer up of the next movie

Wow! I think the cars are 2D animated, looks great!

I absolutely cannot wait until the Final Stage. I love the way they animated the cars.

yea it looks really good

Konasumi wrote:

I absolutely cannot wait until the Final Stage. I love the way they animated the cars.

This is the movie not Final Stage which I assume is the OVA of the Shinji race in Fifth Stage fashion.

Anyways, I DID NOT EXPECT THIS. Are they reanimating First Stage into a movie!?

yess i was about to say bc tak 86 was all white and no smiths tach

I love the new animated style, nice change from 3d models!

betadood wrote:

Wow! I think the cars are 2D animated, looks great!

Looks awesome!

Holy shit im so fired up now

DAT ZERO COUNTER DRIFT page 13 AND DAT "REVERSE DRIFT" on the last page.. does this mean tak's gonna follow the tofu route like bunta? hmmm

^ agreed

if you guys think that coupe is stock you guys are giving tak no credit even when tak was running the ae86 bunta said he spent years perfecting it to what it was 150hp handling beast rally gears etc so that 86 of shinjis is not stock nobody with a stock car not even any sort of suspension could keep up like that lesss be real

King914 wrote:

if you guys think that coupe is stock you guys are giving tak no credit even when tak was running the ae86 bunta said he spent years perfecting it to what it was 150hp handling beast rally gears etc so that 86 of shinjis is not stock nobody with a stock car not even any sort of suspension could keep up like that lesss be real

My niggah king