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Everybody that says they're going to go drive on Haruna and "other drift hot spots" that actually does somehow comes back as a self-important douchebag. I would know, I've warned a few of them.

It's a public street, and it's not as exciting as the show/manga makes it out to be.

We have reason to be. This forum is chock full of wannabe kids who wanna look big on the internet. For instance, people who steal pictures of our former Admin's car and claim it's their own. So you'll have to excuse us for being skeptical when presented with such... lackluster evidence, shall we say?

Tessou's right, but I would go so far as to say that Initial D ruined them just as much as it ruined the Corolla. I imagine those roads were a little less... 'safety-oriented' before Initial D hit and all the fanboys flocked there. Now they're a shell of their former selves. Sure they look the same and you can still drive them (we have a few members here who have, and took video) but pulling stupid street racer shit on them is out of the question unless you enjoy dying and/or killing others.

So, bottom line? If you wanna be a tourist and check them out, that's awesome. If you think you're gonna be some hot-shit racer and drift them? Save yourself a lot of time and money and just stay where you're at.

I think Initial D's distinct lack of police anywhere has created the sense that these roads are not watched. Speed cameras, plentiful speed bumps on the corners, and other defeating measures have been implemented in the decades since the drift culture caught on in Japan and the authorities got wise to it.

Just look at recent Irohazaka videos, for example. It's nothing like Initial D presents it. Lots of speed bumps, and the guardrails certainly do not end prematurely to facilitate idiots throwing cars around them. There's also the fact that the road is insanely narrow and steep, so every corner is terrifying. You'd be an incredible moron to even try putting a car sideways anywhere on it.

I get what you're saying about what Initial D did to mountain roads, but I'm not quite following you on how it ruined the Corolla. What do you mean by that?

Foisted upon the masses the idea that the AE86 Corolla was the fastest, greatest car on the planet. In real life, it's not so great. The engine was fantastic... in the late 80's. Everything about it is severely outdated now, and all of the cars it went up against in the series would have actually stomped it into the ground.

Except the Cappuccino.

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I'm referring to the tofu tax.

POST OF THE YEAR 2013 RIGHT THERE.

Tofu tax indeed.
If not for if Initial D, teens would be using it as a daily... And, yeah...


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Shouldn't there technically be two more battles after the Inui battle... An underlying premise of the series since the beginning was that Keisuke would challenge Takumi one more time after Project D was finished. I've similiarly gotten the feeling that Takumi wants to take on Bunta one more time...

I've heard it called the Takumi tax before too. The first time I've seen tofu used though.

As for my comments about the drifter, yes, I was skeptical too. Although I was serious about being a professional drifter not being all that big a deal. Seriously, have you seen Hogan's son drifting? I'm not talking about the crash on the roads, I mean his actual attempts to be a pro drifter. Funny stuff.

You're right about real life being and the show being different. Japan is a generally pretty reserved country, and while I don't doubt that people drive that way on the streets, it's certainly not as common as portrayed in ID. As above, when you try to do stupid shit on public roads, that's what happens. Hogan's son spent some time in jail, and his friend will spend his entire life with severe brain damage.

I've never been to Japan myself, but having traveled to other places I've seen on TV, it's rarely the same. In person things are never as exciting. Although if I do get a chance to go to Japan, driving along some of the famous roads from ID and other anime and TV shows I've seen would be something I'd like to do.

Posting stolen pics is stupid, yes. Posting pics stolen from an admin other people recognize, well, some people take stupidity to a whole other level.

I want to drive Sadamine in a black FD3S. It's my dream. *laughs*

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As disappointing as it may be, after so many years of waiting after Stage 4, I cant really complain. Maybe for the epic finale of the 86 vs 86 race, it will be like Stage 3 where it will be a movie.

AND maybe, JUST MAYBE, I think they are going to say that the younger kid might be Takumi's younger brother? Think about it, Takumi lives with Bunta, and the kid lives with only his mother. I think that would be a fantastic ending. Just saying.

This is like Bunta telling Takumi that he has a brother from another mother.

I highly doubt either we happen since neither wouldn't productively advance the plot in any way.

At least in the manga. Maybe the anime but I still doubt it.

Anyone checked on Perry? How's he doing?

The engine was never the strong point of the AE86... the Civic has always been faster than the 86, sadly. Especially after the B16 came out. Pretty much any VTEC car will be faster than pretty much any AE86, but not always as much fun.


In reality the police very rarely show up at the 'touge' to enforce laws, but most of the really big places (Hakone, and all the roads made famous by Initial D like Haruna and Akagi) have had anti-drifting measures installed to prevent racing (groves in the road, waved asphalt to keep people slow, barriers in between the lanes). But I've been told that when they do show up they just chase the people out.


I can't wait for the HQ to come out... the LQ video kind of ruined 11 and 12 for me because it just made the animation look so bad.

I smell another stage movie coming up

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• Episode 13 - [VIMEO] 360p LQ English Subtitle (360p LQ with Embedded Subtitles)

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»»» Japanese Audio w/ English Subtitles (MP4 - For Mobile and Gaming Console Use Only)

• Episode 13 - [FANSUBS] Initial D Fifth Stage - 13 (Right Click And Save As) [IDW Fansubs - REDSUNS42] (360p - 75.35 MB)
  » Episode 13 was a collaboration between IDW Fansubs and FC3SRedSuns/REDSUNS42 Fansubs.
  » Special thanks to Nomake Wan for the help in re-encoding process.

Thanks for stepping up, FC3SRedSuns/REDSUNS42 Fansubs!! And thank you all for patiently waiting. Episode 13 English Sub is here. Check it out!

Thanks a lot for the subs

thanks perry

Watched episode 13 and this is what I have to say.

SPOILER

Ryosuke really boasts a lot of Keisuke now I can't blame him since they are brothers but now, I can see that Keisuke is really amazing. When his opponents struggle, he just continues on so calmly just like Ryosuke during the Shinigami race. Now, I may think twice if Takumi is actually better than Keisuke.

And I hope and pray that they make a movie or OVA.

It would be so nice to watch that in the cinemas.

This post has been edited by nasaeepandai59 on May 14 2013, 05:26 AM

Yea there are no mountains in Miami i meant next month in going to japan to drift on some of these mountain passes they have.

Thanks for the subs! Can't wait for episode 14!

Anyways, I agree with most of the people here saying that 5th stage is subpar compared to the other stages. I felt like they could have stretched this stage to include probably more episodes.

The biggest disappointment for me was the ending of the Ryosuke-Hojo grudge match. That was sooo anti-climactic (or maybe that cool down period in between episodes ruined the atmosphere for me).

I don't know what to expect in episode 14, but if it shows the ending of the uphill battle + the entire downhill battle, that would be disappointing for me. I almost certainly feel there will be an OVA of some sort, probably another battle stage, to show the extended versions of the battles.

Is it just me or are the character designs a lot better? It's like they saved most of their budget for these two episodes.

They could've down the same for fourth stage. They cut so much out. I don't understand the reasoning behind it. Someone here mentioned it before they had a reason on speeding everything up.