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May 2, 2010 7:38 PM
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he should have passed on the street race, her presence was more than enough excuse to ignore the other car.
Jun 7, 2010 6:22 AM
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he should have passed on the street race, her presence was more than enough excuse to ignore the other car.
I agree, instead of driving faster he should have slowed down.
Thinking about your passenger is more importuned for a driver then his pride, and he would have made a better impression on the girl as well.
Nov 12, 2010 8:32 AM
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So what if Iggy wanted to make himself look good in front of her, he should have ignored the moron and slowed down. Let him pass and he'd still have himself a girlfriend......wait, she looked pissed.

Tak accepts the challenge. What will become of his eight six????
Apr 26, 2012 10:16 AM
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I wonder what Saori thinks after that lol
May 7, 2012 2:28 PM
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I wonder what Saori thinks after that lol


He screw-up royally. And is not just Saori, what to her folks think about if they heard she was in an accident. They won't be to keen n having their daughter dating a crazy punk that doesn't know to control himself.

jacobpaige said:

he should have passed on the street race, her presence was more than enough excuse to ignore the other car.


Yeah especially knowing that he has a girl that would be scared by such a thing. Besides Having a passenger making your changes even harder since the car has more weight.
Jan 18, 2013 10:27 PM
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Hooh, interesting. So you guys thought that the EG6 dude will stop with his act even after Itsuki slowed down his car? You guys should know that guy's attitude well enough to judge the situation, I cant say that Itsuki made the right decision, but I would say that my oppinion for him changed. He's so cool when he swear to protect Saori over his car and himself, if only he would act like that all the time, he would've looked better to me.

So Takumi is pissed, again. That dude will be sorry for troubling them
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Mar 24, 2015 9:53 PM
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Oh Itsuki, so cringe worthy when he went for the kiss lol.
May 25, 2015 2:49 AM
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That girl's voice is so cringy :/

Poor Itsuki, he's an eternal loser.

That punk bastard is obviously not playing by the rules... In this case, the yakuza move would be more appropriate : take some metal bats and smash his car, see if he comes back.
Nov 24, 2015 9:46 PM
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Itsuki: definition of loser. First the kissing fail, then he put Saori in danger for his own pride and then was unable to protect his pride.
May 16, 2016 12:39 PM

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Now it's getting real! Really great episode, and I hope that awful dude will learn his lesson!
Jun 16, 2016 12:16 PM
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Damn, what an immense fuckup by Itsuki... Apparently he mellows out and becomes less idiotic, so I'm looking forward to that.
Oct 23, 2016 11:41 AM

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Damn that was cringe when he went in for that kiss.

I was just starting to like Itsuki, but damn he is reckless as fuck. He should've pulled over like a normal person. Also wtf is wrong with that other guy? That was seemed like attempted murder...?
Dec 4, 2016 10:31 AM
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time to kick his ass
Jan 11, 2017 5:09 AM

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Time to beat sense to someone that almost killed 2 of Takumi's friends

Tbh if his friend didn't have the car that have same look with 86
We would have save the date.. I think
Now there's no going back
If Saori came back (which kinda impossible), I'll tip my Fedora to her xD
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COOL VIBRATIONS

I'm ready for the next episode. I knew this was going to happen. This is a common trope.
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Feb 15, 2018 7:21 PM

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absolutely ridiculous. you'd think that with a girl in the car screaming for her dear life and telling him to stop, he'd stop LOL. especially because he messed up that kiss with her and shouldn't be hoping for any more trouble. she went from happy to disgusted to horrified. consider her gone. dude though. shingo keeps trying to kill people and no i'm not taking the excuse that he only hunted them down to spin them around a little, he goddamn knows what the hell he's doing when he's speeding towards them at 10000 miles per hour. one bump could mean a tumble down that they may never recover back from. is he not caught for doing this? the fact that he already did it twice in such a short time frame with such confidence means that he has done it before... like this is illegal, isn't it?! he caused injuries. i don't even want to see his face. much less for like two episodes more. *winces*
Apr 2, 2018 1:56 PM

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Accept his challenge lol all right if this was real life the logical thing would be to break the bastards legs like WTF you on about causing accidents and shit they act like this was a game but Iketani, Itsuki and Saori could have potentially died or gotten crippled for life but whatever XD
Aug 29, 2018 2:06 PM

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Itsuki is so annoying, I wonder if he lost his chance with that girl by trying to rush things, and for getting her into an accident, or if she's magically going to fall for him because he tried to protect her seat at the last moment, even though this was the least that he could do.

And that Shingo guy is truly low, and annoying, talking like that to Nakazato, and going after someone like Itsuki just to fire up Takumi, he could've killed him! And I bet that the poor, annoying guy hasn't even fully paid for his car yet, and now he has to repair it. But well, considering that Shingo was insufferable in every single scene he got, I can't wait for Takumi to crush him.
Jan 3, 2019 9:35 AM

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Itsuki and that attempted kiss lol. Cringy.

Itsuki shouldn't have gone along with the street race.

Jun 16, 2019 3:49 PM
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Uhh, Itsuki going on a date...yikes. Well, Itsuki's retardness was rather entertaining, lmfao trying to kiss her while she wasn't even fucking looking. Itsuki's stupidity is spectacular, it was cringe to watch him... Accepting a race like that while having a girl passenger, well, he's really fucking stupid. Seems like Takumi is now motivated to beat that guy, should be interesting & dangerous.
Jan 25, 2020 11:01 AM

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people saying the races are the main appeal of the show but its clearly the characters

also yeah slowing down changes anything xD good one MAL
Mar 24, 2020 6:44 PM
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Poor Itsuki I feel bad for him, that was the worst date ever because of that freaking EG6, Takumi seems mad guess he's going to revenge his friends
Apr 8, 2020 12:47 PM

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what a fucking cunt, hate the EG6 driver but yeah Itsuki was an idiot too, should have just slowed down and pulled to a side... smh
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Jun 7, 2020 6:25 PM

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Itsuki on a date? Haha, it went pretty alright until he decided to kiss Saori and failed to do it. I won't mention what happened next when he was almost wrecked by other racer with Saori as a passenger nearby and lost a racing duel after accepting the challenge.

But he didn't deserve it... Shingo, you asshole! Time for Takumi to punish him for what he has done to Itsuki! >:(
Jul 14, 2020 1:32 PM

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Shingo pulled a dick move, but it would have been for naught if Itsuki had remained rational. The red Civic cockblocked Itsuki almost as hard as he did himself.
Nov 12, 2020 1:57 PM

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Poor Itsuki, son's not winning.

Tak looks real pissed off now, wowee.
Jan 17, 2021 1:05 PM

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Im mad right now.
Takumi had better beat his fucking ass.
Saori might never go out or drive with Itsuki again because of this.... And they looked so good together, it just cant be over between them just yet.

May 5, 2021 6:25 AM

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lmfao imagine driving back home from a pretty weird date and your driver suddenly starts taking tight corners on a hill with 100km/h saying "this is a street race now" because someone tailgates you

Initial D is both the trashiest and most amazing anime I have seen in a long time.
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Feb 18, 2022 4:08 PM

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I wanted Itsuki to show him up and impress Saiori especially after the whole date got messed up
Oct 28, 2022 1:27 PM
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So the duct tape race is finally happening cants wait to see how it goes
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Oct 28, 2022 8:06 PM

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On like the first date buy her dinner first or something Itsuki is skipping steps

He's asking for it now Takumi's not backing down from it hope he actually takes an L seriously.
Dec 8, 2022 4:29 AM

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Takumi: Guess I HAVE to race him now.

Or, and hear me out on this, you can CALL THE FUCKING POLICE. There are three witnesses that can corroborate on the reckless actions of Shingo. He's caused two car accidents, injuring two people. I'm sure there is red paint from his car on the two cars he hit. I think I see a way to get rid of the bastard without doing a pointless race. GAAAH! I hate when characters in shows take the stupid path solely for the sake of plot!
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Dec 20, 2022 4:32 PM
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goat show, with every character is relatable its so great

also the ending interviews are amazing
Jan 22, 2023 4:46 AM

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itsuki making more progress with a girl than takumi rn. oh well, maybe not so much after that.
EG6 driver's a real ass, takumi's pissed now.
Feb 25, 2023 8:43 AM
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Lo conseguiste. Takumi va por vos.
Jul 3, 2023 10:24 AM

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Shingo really is just a dick...
Oct 23, 2023 6:18 PM
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Itsuki is an idiot. It’s one thing if he was by himself, but he just had to go on and try to show off. So irresponsible.
Oct 30, 2023 7:11 AM
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Great buildup to what is legendary anime
Jun 7, 12:16 PM

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how is everyone so blind? i get the 86 and 85 have the same body but doesnt the car sound different? itsukis 85 also is a levin while the tofu 86 is a trueno
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Itsuki, my dude, ask your friends for advice or something.

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