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WOW, they did added some original stuff in Episode 4. Keisuke is finally in professional racing suit and a GT86?! Dude, what? Is that fanservice? I can't believe it. OH! And the gas station manager finally appears again!!

Wow. Just wow. I'm surprised they did that... I'm actually really excited now. And REALLY curious about that GT86.

add some nice material

I saw it. For a split-second, I saw old Initial D. That moment when Shinji bumps Takumi out of the way, in front of Mako, with Strike On playing. I admit, I literally started crying. No joke.

and anyone know what was Ryouske doing at the credits ?? searching for another raw talent to couch ??

Entire two episodes were top notch. Really, really enjoyed them. Especially the last moment of the race, when Takumi turned his headlights off and redlined it. Very, very awesome. I found myself anxiously gritting my teeth watching the whole thing.

Kind of lame to see that the animation of takumi driving the WRX at the end part of the credits was the exact same as the animation at the start of Fifth Stage episode 1... oh well. When he drove past the GT86, though, I died laughing. Almost perfect conclusion.

Also, aviator-Ryosuke was also pretty hilarious.

Are they fixing the 86 at the end or just cleaning the oil off?

Seeing Takumi stare at the GT86 made me wish they continue his adventure using one. We know he will use it after seeing the car and is Takumi becoming a D1 driver ?

Kinda bumped that there's no funny argument between Takumi and Keisuke at the end like in the manga but still overall a better closure than the one in manga. I'm just wondering if the AE86 got fixed or not since it's not scrapped like in the manga.

It was good to see they manage to show some old D1 machines they had like the ORC Top Secret Z33, & RS*R AP1 S2000. Really surprised that Tsukuba Circuit & Keiichi Tsuchiya was shown (like 1st Stage, face not shown). If only Takumi was to have a spare engine, mainly Ueo's old Tomei Genesis 16v AE92 Kouki Redtop 4AG Engine. Man, that Engine was a killer. It had about 182hp w/ 20kgm of torque and redline was at 13,000 RPM xD. Ueo just clutch-kick the crap out of it and the stress didn't cause the engine to blow. Ueo had to reduce the shift point at around 9,000 since the torque wasn't able to keep up that high. However, because the rev-limiter was disabled still, Ueo could use the extra revolutions for his needs.

I wasn't expecting anything new for an ending, but I'm glad they added some extra things in the credits at least. The part with the new 86 was kinda cheesy though. But that race ended up being pretty good. It seemed kinda bland in the manga, I didn't realize there was so much bumping and stuff. It reminded me of the 86 vs. EK9 race. Passing multiple times, some bumping, and multiple blind attacks.

The "BATORU" between the 86's was awesome in the last episode, was a dogfight, and the final scenes, very hilarious when Keisuke was drunk, and later see him and go to be a professional, Takumi and the GT-86, maybe the future?, I hope so. great Final. We miss you "Initial Dreams"

Takumi's victory was so much more exciting than it seemed in the manga, loved seeing nearly everyone he raced in his past cheer for him at the finish line, so glad he keeps the 86 instead of what happens in the manga, perfect choice of the song rage your dream for the ending since it reminds me of first stage and it makes sense since they revealed the meaning of "D". The footage during the credits was really a nice addition; to see the characters continue pursuing their dreams (sounds so cheesy but it was nice) especially seeing Keisuke and Mako in their pro racing outfits. The racing, the love, slight humor all felt right like first stage again
*But like others said I do wish they showed Kyouko.

That GT86. Ryosuke looking for new talent and him praying for Kaori. Keisuke turning pro. The ending just makes me want for more but I guess this is what that makes it special. It just lets us imagine on how they will continue pursuing their dreams. Its amazing really. A nice goodbye to say the least.

From the beginning of Fifth Stage, there hasn't been many moments in the series that have sparked any form of emotion in me, but that last episode really did the trick. Every song, every character getting their recognition (although, I feel there should have been more interaction between Takumi and Itsuki for old times sake). Rage your Dream was an absolutely perfect end choice, it got me blubbing like a little girl with a skinned knee.

Bunta bought that ZN6 and retires the ae86?

they missed the Purple shadow gods and Setainta alliance, specially Wataru

When Rage your dream started playing, I shredded a manly tear.

Like the ending credit says, the young will keep on racing, and will follow their dreams with all their hearts.

GT-86. Anime version made that goal to the finish more amazing.

What happens now to the AE86? Will they fix it? Or they just gonna park it in Fujiwara's Garage and retire? Takumi will continue his legacy in the Impreza or the GT86? Who do you think the driver of the GT86? Is Takumi and Mika became couples? =)

i almost thought i saw Bunta in that gt86,what a twist that would be

In the Roll Credits, Ryosuke might be spectating a RedSuns battle??? In the trailer of Initial D Legend 1 There is this blue NA in RedSuns. Could it be the same NA, just except adding a spoiler?

The FT86 is there... so does it mean Takumi is 30 years old? OMG HE TOOK THE FAMILY BUSINESS OF SELLING TOFU

the fact that the Eight-Six apparently got completely fixed with that racing engine back in working order (did it?) didn't ruin it with its unrealism. Even that helped end it on a much better note.

Keiichi Tsuchiya noticed takumi at the Tsukuba circuit. This ending couldnt of came out any better.

Takumi still practicses with one hand steering

the Toyota 86 is actually built by SUBARU

Takumi encountered GT86!!

I don't think Ryosuke was scouting talents. He said he will retire after Project. D to attend medical school, so I guess he's just there to spectate battles, like a hobby.

I'm just like everyone else, Final Stage Act.4 > Final Stage Act.1-3 > Fifth Stage. I just love the ending! I was expecting Kyoko, but I guess it couldn't be helped.

When Ryosuke took the glasses off, he must have been thinking "I can't see shit" what with it being at night and all.

I have never drifted in Japan before, but I do know someone who is currently a professional drifter for Tsuchiya's Drift Muscle League. According to the Unofficial Japanese Street Drift Rules he told me, you lose automatically when you hit or bump your competitor's vehicle at any point of time (automatically triggering your responsibility to pay the damages as well). Kinda like the U.S. Drag Race Rule where you lose once you cross the center line for any purpose. I know Shinji did it on purpose, but it should have automatically DQd him since he specifically did it to cut off the lead car.

Did I miss something? Granted, I have not read the manga (Too long, not enough time in the world), and I have not seen the Subbed version of Final Stage 3, but I figured someone here will have the answer...

So they fixed the old 86 anyway? At least that adds closure more than the manga, Akina's 86 is never gonna die

Loved the GT86 cameo. Loved how they showed what everyone was doing after their touge days. And it was cool how they didn't just kill off the blown AE86 like the manga did.

Why i get the feeling takumi just gave up on racing after this ending?
I see keisuke did aim higher so he went pro anf stuff. Takumi just drives impreza now, only.delivering tofu or trying to learn that last one steering technique, i get the feel he gave up on getting better

there was no interaction between Takumi and Shinji after the race. I know it was the same way in the manga. I just wish they would've added something.

Wow. First things first, thank god Initial D is over. I'm so happy to finally see it end. I don't even care how it ended--the mere fact that it's over brings me unbelievable joy. Now before you think me some assholic cynic who doesn't belong anywhere near an Initial D board like this one, let me preface that by saying that I loved Initial D. I loved it a long time ago. I loved it when Shigeno loved it. Then...Shigeno started to lose his love. Or at least, his writing seemed to become stale. He didn't seem to have the 'spark' any more. The lackluster Anime adaptations beyond that point didn't help.

So I am glad to see it end merely because I don't think there could have been any other future for the series. Shigeno was done. Avex was done. M.O.V.E. was done. All good things must come to and end, and we have finally reached that point for this show. The fandom will continue, our collective love of cars will continue, our obsession with swinging the tail out around corners will never die. However, the series will remain only as a glimmer in our minds, a piece of history that made us who we are. Without Initial D, there would be no Initial D World. Without Initial D, I would not be me and I would not know all of you. For that, I am eternally grateful.

So enough sap. These last two episodes were probably the only parts of Fifth/Final I actually enjoyed just because we finally saw something cool happening. I mean okay, the part with Keisuke in the fog was awesome, but finally we see a kid who's not only on Takumi's level but also doesn't give a fuck about how clean his car is and goes for the line to win. I love it. Every time Shinji hit Takumi I was like OH SHIT! OH SHIT! It was awesome!

But then you have this whole engine blow nonsense. First off, Takumi can't tell by ear how high he's revving? I'm sorry but all of us car guys worth their salt can drive without looking at the tach. Hell, neither my dad's Ford nor mine even have one. Now mine's an auto so I cheat, but his was a manual. I never missed it. You shift by ear. You can tell how high you're revving by sound and feel. So now we have Takumi, who was told to practice working with the top 2000 RPMs to see where he could use the extra shift space to his advantage totally going over. What? Why? That makes no sense. He's supposed to be an airheaded genius who just drives naturally, so why would he overrev just because he's not looking at the tach? Ridiculous.

Next you have him overrevving by 1000-1500 RPMs and blowing his engine in mere seconds. Huh? The engine's tuned that ridiculously that going over a tad for that short a time will completely destroy it? I mean don't get me wrong, I know there are some really tightly-tuned engines that expect to be run in a small envelope, but that's ridiculous. Wouldn't you just start floating valves if you go over? I mean perhaps someone who's more into the 4A-GE can chime in here and school me but it just seems unrealistic that the engine catostrophically failed just because it was revved a tad high for a few seconds.

Finally, the scene where Takumi looks at his immobile Trueno sitting in the side lot then hops into the WRX...

...IS THIS NTR!?

Dear god. As soon as Takumi got that look in his eye and the music started building up you just knew shit was on and poppin for the rest of the race. The last two episodes were nuts.

Takumi passing down Akina seeing a GT86 pass by him going uphill

I was hoping to see a keisuke vs takumi again.
since keisuke said to takumi before he entered in project D
"Let's see who turns professional first and race again"
but this episode was pretty good too.
anyway the first trailer movie on initial D just came.
Who knows the other 2 aren't a little continuation of episode 4?
I have a feeling that shingeno really didn't end this yet ~
And that Something is missing

the GT86

Killing the AE86 in the manga was supposed to be the signal that it was over. The anime's handling of that part by repairing the car was a bad move, as it fueled speculation of a sequel that will never happen.

Same with the FT86. Because now many people think it'll be canon now.

takumi got the GC8 and bunta was probably in that GT86 for all we know ;_; lol

When Takumi turned of his headlights for the last time, when he inched his bumper beside Shinji's quarter panel, you can hear his 4AGE valve floating!!! They already gave a hint that Tak was pushing the engine harder than usual. I just wondered though...

Did the Project D team remove the Limiter? Can't tell without subs.

Or as speculated, was it Bunta's last favor? He knew it was Takumi's last battle, so he unleashed the higher limit of that 4AGE. He probably adjusted the cam timing some more and shoved that additional overlap so the 4AGE would make power past 11KRPM. Takumi felt like the engine was still at the power band so he didn't think he was over revving.

11KRPM is hard enough, you need some super engineering to get to 13k, so the engine went.

FUDGE!!! But I'm glad it's over! Closure feels really good. Though I wish they would make another series... Not Initial D anymore, but is connected to it.

Like:
1. Keisuke's Pro career
2. Tak's pro career (if he does)
3. Bunta's Childhood

Anybody knows what does that gt86 at the ending means? there will be a sequel or not? i hope that yes

There will be no sequel EVER

It ended in the way it did including all the post credit scenes to give closure to the fans

Just appreciate the ride it was and that you got actual closure to the series.

So many animes never give closure and fizzle out,

Frankly were lucky the animators took the manga ending and for-saw the need to add more closure.

NO SEQUELS

ITS OVER

IT WAS A GOOD ENDING TO A HORRIBLE FIFTH STAGE.

atleast the final dog fight felt like Initial D again.

Id really like to see an OVA where Takumi does make it to the pros with Keisuke and they end up having their rematch on a circuit. I know it wont happen but still would be awesome to see.
Am I alone in wishing we could of seen Bunta and Ryosuke having a talk about racing or even the way Bunta was training Takumi. Or how in the hell he got that Group A engine!? lol.

Oh my god right in the feels ... I am 17 and i have been watching initial Dream since 15 really i love it and the last episode was simply breathtaking . I felt really sad when i realised the it ends right there It's like my dream world has ended , it inspired me through time to love and only like cars . Have fallen in love with japan and touge passes ,I hope some day to be able to see them and drive them !

I like of gt86 cameo but .... I bet someone has already thought of this:
when Takumi ran with Keisuke he was 18, and as Keisuke says that Hachi Hoku (1983) had been released 10 years earlier and the Iketani said at the launch of AE92 (1987) Takume would be a maximum of 10 years. Based on this the first race of Takume would be between 1992 and 1995. With the launch of the GT86 in 2012, Takume would have between 38 and 35 years old when he saw a GT86, and i cannot think about Bunta age.

"SUBARASHI ENDING!!! But it feels kind of a "not enough" thing if only they could make a bonus chapter with what happened in their lives, and I want to see Tak race the GT**!!! God!!! Currently waiting for the subs so i can understand what i couldn't understand, although when i watched it I understood some of the lines but when it comes to the usual explanations of ryouske i couldn't quite understand what they're saying :-P"

each episode serves its own purpose in building up the epicness of the ending, act1 is all about getting you to appreciate how similar shinji is to a pre-D Takumi , then act2 is all about convincing you tak might actually lose and that he is in trouble, act3 is supposed to impress upon the viewer how important this race is for them both and how different shinji really is from takumi, and act 4.. well its supposed to be that classic initial d blow your mind and show you why takumi is takumi type of episode that we all love. And it wouldnt have been half as amazing with out ALL the episodes leading upto it.

... Does anyone notice how Mika is practicing golf in the beginning of that final race and wondering how Takumi is handling his big night , and by the end of his race she is at home in her bed getting a text ... ummm??

Are you telling me that she has time to pack her golf gear, leave the driving range, travel by car to her home, settle into her home clothes/pjs, lay in bed and wonder about Takumi for a seemingly decent amount of time before she gets the text about tak winning ?!??

how long are we supposed to expect the hakkone course takes .. 7 minutes ...14 minutes .. 25 minutes (this is ONE way downhill im talking about here btw NOT round trip) ... 30 minutes ... an hour ?!? ... 2 episodes ?like keisukes turbo FD did in TWO runs (three if you count going back to the bottom right?) ....4 episodes worth of minutes? (keep in mind these are two racers who are definitely shattering the lap records on their first try too hahaha)

oh yeah i forgot time doesnt make sense in initial d =)...

it incorporates tidbits from a vast range of Takumi's races. I was wondering why he was having a hard time tapping into his ability to mimick his opponent's lines at first, but given what happened with God Arm it made sense until he realized they both had 86's, so the "copycat" approach was safe here. It gave a mention to the race at Usui when he stayed on Shinji's tail through that corner in episode 3. The pressure it put on Shinji is a repeated theme of the advantage of chasing, in contrast to Kubo's preference towards leading. His pace picking up once he was overtaken made me think of the races against the Emperor team both on Akina and Akagi. The attempted takeover leading to understeer along with him making use of his straightaway speed was a look back at his race with the Cappuccino. I'm sure there are other elements I can't think of right now, but it really tied up a lot of Takumi's experiences.

Shouldn't it be considered Takumi's loss (even though he technically crossed the "finish" line first)? Kyoicihi did say an engine blow means a loss

my mind has been blown to smithereens. that was an absolutely amazing last episode.

They were not racing on the Hakone touge, they were racing on the Tsubaki Line touge. Hakone is close to Tsubaki Line though. If you wanted to argue this is not the touge, I'm always ready. Note: Lake Ashinoko is at the top left, Hakone touge is not in the image, and Tsubaki Line is the one highlighted by purple and pinned with a yellow thumbtack.

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Yes you are right man.But in that case can you tell me from your exp (if you are driving in real life) how many time will you take from the top to go to the bottom?Also how many km/s are and how tight is in real is a variable that is very important to the entrance speed and overall speed.

It's happy to see that Takumi says he will try to fix the AE86 again for his own use and for some racing. It reminds me that the legend of the AE86 will not stop by just parking at their garage. And also for me, I think that Takumi don't choose to be professional, because just like Kai Kogashiwa, after his race to Takumi that " Your Techniques or talents is useless in pro racing, just be a pro in your own world.(correct me if I'm wrong)." It makes me feel that I'm contented with the ending, but the other side of me tells more Initial D, who knows maybe Shigeno will continue or some other manga creators will create another racing manga, with some similar ideas like Initial D with different characters.

For me, Mika was the biggest troll! We didn't know if they've become couples.

Initial D will remain history, I'm glad that I've been born in the century where Initial D launched. Definite, if I had my own son, I let him watch this

Finally got the Hachiroku action I was waiting for. The race became really intense compared to the previous two episodes. Takumi using his techniques like the blind attack or the line copying. Shinji's lucky there were no usable gutters, isn't he? And all the aggressive overtakes and bumps. That one at the end, where they were side-by-side and at the exit of the corner Shinji's Trueno's rear hit the sign, swung to the other side and bumped Takumi's Trueno. Then Takumi brushed the guardrail. Damn, it was good.
And the end. They did a really good job. That engine blow came all of the sudden, not like in Third Stage where they were building up tension before it for like half a year. And I expected this to be an unfinished race when I heard he blows the engine, but I loved how he still managed to cross the finish line by stepping on the clutch and rolling in backwards.
And that ending was really good, too. The good old Running in the 90s, who couldn't love that.