You can literally see the sparks flying as the chassis scrapes the road. It gives me flashbacks to Takumi vs Kai Kogashiwa at Irohazaka. It is that same “win at all costs” mentality where the road itself becomes the weapon. Takumi taught him well. Don’t get me wrong, seeing the SW20 MR2 and AE86 fly through the air at Irohazaka is definitely one of the coolest moments of Initial D, but this version feels more grounded and realistic. Wataru Akiyama was right when he said Kanata exploited the “inh

I first watched Initial D back in 2010. That was an era before spoilers on social media, so I went in completely blind. Even though Bunta said he hasn’t been doing the tofu runs for the past 5 years, I honestly thought he was the one who destroyed Keisuke on Mount Akina. Because Keisuke in the later episodes is right. How could anyone who didn’t care about cars and driving be that good on the touge? My prediction was that the anime would follow Takumi learning the basics from his dad and slowly