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sillykiaa | Posted: Nov 16 2013, 08:11 AM |
IDW Member Group: Members Posts: 26 Member No.: 14,478 Joined: Nov 18th 2005 Location: Update Profile | It is said Ryosuke would not take on a race he did not have at least a chance to win. However, from all accounts, it seem Purple shadow is leagues above Project D's both aces at that phase when they challenged them. If godhand and godfoot were to race the normal way, most would agree there would be no fight at all. So what strategies could ryosuke possibly have to even be on par for a chance?? The writer conveniently made the 2gods, out of honor, to handicap themselves. Was that the key strategy ryosuke was banking on??? Otherwise, what chance does project D have?? |
Phantom_R32 | Posted: Nov 16 2013, 09:29 AM |
Trust me, I'm a doctor. Group: Advanced Members Posts: 6,186 Member No.: 1,277 Joined: Feb 14th 2004 Location: Bay City, MI | I don't think any strategy would've helped. Keisuke would've been blown away if the race was uphill only. If Toshiya used his record line at the start, Takumi would've been blown away as well. I still don't think Project D is on Purple Shadows level even after 5th Stage. That goes for all the racers in the Kanagawa area too. |
Takahashi Rensuke | Posted: Nov 16 2013, 04:50 PM |
The Blue Lightning Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,142 Member No.: 36,245 Joined: Sep 5th 2010 Location: Akagi, Gunma, Japan | Maybe, just maybe, Ryosuke have a hunch that Project.D would win |
Gunma's 34 | Posted: Nov 17 2013, 07:02 PM |
The R34's chosen one Group: Advanced Members Posts: 804 Member No.: 27,787 Joined: Dec 13th 2007 Location: Makati, Philippines | If Hoshino didn't declare it to be an up-down race, There was no strategy at all that would help. If Toshiya didn't toy around with Takumi, there was no strategy that would help either. Don't forget for the uphill - Keisuke's handicap is that he still hasn't fully utilized the new FD that time; 80% at most. Not to mention they've proven the R34 to be far superior, grip-wise than the FD on the uphill. There might've been something about Purple shadow's Gods that intrigued Ryosuke to have requested them for a battle. Fighting against Godfoot was the benchmark in Keisuke's acceleration control technique While fighting against Godhand was Takumi's "graduation" in receiving his 'wings'. Albeit, amidst all of the commotion of 4th stage's ending race, Ryosuke declared it an unofficial battle; making the 2nd set to be the official battle. The uphill ended in a stalemate; win be default while the downhill was a technical win (Takumi lost ultimately, but won coz Toshiya got This post has been edited by Gunma's 34 on Nov 18 2013, 05:51 PM |
Blues | Posted: Nov 18 2013, 07:14 AM | ||
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Nope, he was vomiting, not shitting. Sorry. I know it's but was bugging me | ||
kyonpalm | Posted: Nov 18 2013, 09:33 AM | ||
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God, that would have been ten times worse. | ||
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THE_HONDA_CG2 | Posted: Nov 18 2013, 01:47 PM |
Patient Zero Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,279 Member No.: 37,947 Joined: Oct 1st 2011 Location: Update Profile | Oh man... I don't even want to picture what that would look like. But I can't unread that. Ew... Back on topic though, I think Shigeno would have pulled something out if the two from Purple Shadow didn't handicap themselves. Takumi would have gotten lucky and, Keisuke would have realized something. |
sillykiaa | Posted: Nov 20 2013, 06:48 AM |
IDW Member Group: Members Posts: 26 Member No.: 14,478 Joined: Nov 18th 2005 Location: Update Profile | Actually what was the unofficial protocol for the course of action if Project D loses at any point of time? It did happened while ryosuke was still under the Redsuns team going around battling everyone (2 losses to takumi at akina). was it simply to have a re-match? (i can't remember).. In any case, the purpose of Project D is for ryosuke to prove something (is it his theory for fastest driving?). So if we were to guess his intention to race purple shadow then, perhaps he was more interested to bring his 2 aces to breaking into the next level (as they are already maxing out their current potential), and thus win or loss to him.. was not key?? |
haspieuw | Posted: Nov 22 2013, 06:04 AM | ||
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I think Ryosuke wants to take double A's to beat the best of the best before onwards to Racing Haven Kanagawa. And indeed bringing them to the next level. Maybe to add in the topic, IIRC God's Foot R34 is light tuned. Maybe only suspension and brakes, not sure if this counts as handicap. Because God's Foot course record was done in a race car and Keisuke wasnt even near it. | ||
BOZZ | Posted: Nov 22 2013, 11:30 AM | ||
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The sad thing is this is one thing I would've liked to see brought up in the series, having Project D lose a race (say just the uphill and the downhill) and seeing the ramifications of their loss. | ||
CaesarT | Posted: Mar 11 2014, 11:33 PM | ||
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In my opinion, Takumi and Keisuke know they lost deep down inside. Because of this, it helped boost their experience from that race much faster. And also why the opponents from 5th stage were too easy for them. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] | ||
Juke | Posted: Apr 6 2014, 02:14 PM | ||
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This may have been Ryosuke's reasoning in any case. If Project D won against Purple Shadow, then they would have gained a lot of experience from those battles. If Project D lost, they would've still developed and would've been able to figure out important things. Essentially, either outcome would've been good. Also, remember what the speed stars said about Takumi possibly losing to Ryosuke: "It won't hurt his reputation at all, because Ryosuke is just untouchable". Ryosuke himself might have thought the same thing about purple shadow - that even if project D lost, it wouldn't really count against them since purple shadow was just *that* good, kind of like how nobody would expect a high school baseball team to beat the Yankees. | ||
KonradZuse | Posted: Apr 6 2014, 11:01 PM |
IDW Expert Member Group: Members Posts: 106 Member No.: 43,074 Joined: Mar 3rd 2014 Location: United States | this is one of the things that bugged me throughout the series. Kisuke passed god foot but then godfoot wrapped around that cone and took the lead like it was nothing. A lot of battles were lost due to car failures, and imo that's a cheap win. Each time that happened the person wanted to "take it easy and observe." IMO I would have loved to see Bunta facing off vs godhand, and Ryosuke Goodfoot, or both of them on bunta, and Kisuke/Takumi could have faced off vs other PS members.... This post has been edited by KonradZuse on Apr 6 2014, 11:02 PM |
Silverwolf | Posted: Sep 25 2014, 10:50 PM |
IDW Member Group: Members Posts: 20 Member No.: 38,716 Joined: Jun 20th 2012 Location: Update Profile | Imo Ryosuke was more banking on the fact that both gods were passing there knowledge onto the next generation. A loss at that point would've been more valuable then not, especially since they were in many ways the archetypes for both Takumi and Keisuke. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
Tessou | Posted: Sep 25 2014, 11:01 PM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | A loss at that point would have negated everything Ryosuke was hoping to accomplish with Project D. He wanted an undefeated team that could conquer the region. Losing to Purple Shadow would have benefits in terms of teaching the aces a few new tricks, but it would effectively end Project D. |
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MonkeyWrenchd | Posted: Sep 26 2014, 12:48 AM |
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Tessou | Posted: Sep 26 2014, 01:13 PM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | The double aces considering a race against Purple Shadow's casual players as official? I would think that they would accept nothing less than racing the BEST each team has to offer. |
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MonkeyWrenchd | Posted: Sep 26 2014, 02:27 PM | ||
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Its in the manga [ Post made via Mobile Device ] | ||