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Well, there goes Kyouko. Sigh.

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Man that does not leave much room. Already disappointed.

Come on, Kyouko vs Impact Blue.

...Eh, who am I kidding? That's not happening...

According to Amazon the volume is 208 pages so hopefully that last Takumi side chapter might be around 40 pages long.

Please check out the new announcement: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=46454 Will update this thread and facebook page as I get more news.

Impact Blue already got enough attention, in my opinion. Not too thrilled about them getting even more. Hopefully Chronicles covers some of the other characters.

I kind of wonder why Shigeno bothered with them, I wouldn't expect that those characters are particularly popular over in Japan, are they?

I am thinking this is the Impact Blue manga that was released only in an online website that's like a pay-per-view back in like late '90s or early 2000's but I could be wrong. I am just thinking that since that Impact Blue has never been released as a manga format before, which may be the basis of how Extra Stage was released.

This post has been edited by Chidoki on Nov 5 2013, 09:59 PM

Volume 48 came out today... couldn't bring myself to buy it.

More info from Vol.48.

Image size reduced, original size: 684 x 720. Click here to view the image in its original dimension.

Apparently, there is a Ultimate Guidebook: Initial D Chronicle in the work, which will come out early next year. Really looking forward to that one.

Frustratingly, despite opting for DHL express delivery from CD Japan, my copy won't be showing up until Monday. However, if I'm one of the first on the forums to get my copy, I will try and share what I can.

Thanks fuji_tak. Unfortunately there seems to be a 404 error

About that epilogue...

SPOILER

Looks like it's just a story from when Takumi was a kid according to an image posted to the IDW Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/go2id/photos/747...type=1&theater#

I'm hoping this works. Some of the images aren't as focused as they first appeared, so I may retake them. Sorry, I don't have a scanner, so I have to do the best I can with what I have https://www.facebook.com/jezza.welton/media...16025962&type=1

I believe this is just the story from a few years back that Fuji Tak posted. But, I've never seen it myself.

This post has been edited by Jezza_HR on Nov 11 2013, 10:50 AM

Looks like it's a neat little story, but I guess they don't add anything more to the volume about what happens after Project D disbands besides the BBQ and Ryosuke at Kaori's grave?

Nope, just the side story to Impact Blue from 1999 and Takumi Gaiden from 2008.

Welp, he blew it.

Agreed. We can only hope that Initial D Chronicle brings something new

Here's hoping it does, but I have a gut feeling it'll just be an artbook or something similar.

Which is exactly what mine is telling me. It's over to Final Stage to bring something to the table.

Seeing as it's almost certainly just going to be an OVA, I doubt it will feature anything more than the manga did.

If it's an OVA that's an hour long, you would hope they might make it seem like something that stands out and isn't just filling in the blanks for fifth stage.

Welp, figured as much that there wouldn't be much to expand on the ending. What a shame. Maybe it's better Shigeno left it open ended, but still...it just really fell apart at the end.

This post has been edited by ZeetherKID77 on Nov 13 2013, 05:53 AM

for those who are interested, here's the download link for initial D manga, even the last volume 48, but it's in japanese...

//excnn.com/manga-raw/7152-initial-d.html

sorry, i've omitted the "http:" , cos i;ve clock less than 3 posts

PS: Admin, if this post is inappropriate, pls del it, thks

regards