Initial D (頭文字D)

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It really hasn't changed a bit.

(Episode 1: Ultimate Drift of the Tofu Store)

A 1991 model will cost 1.3 million.

S13 is really expensive.

I'll buy an AE86 instead.

An 86 seems more practical.

Anyway, RWD cars are better. Am I right, Takumi?

Takumi,

are you listening?

Yeah, Itsuki, I'm listening.

How much is an 86?

Let's see, there's one for just 300 000, but it doesn't include vehicle inspection.

How much have you saved up now?

Just over 50 000.

I'll have to keep saving forever.

Is there a way to make big money?

This part-time job at the gas station

can only earn us 120 000 at most, even if we work every day during summer break.

Where can I find a job that pays more?

Takumi, you're both working part-time?

Mogi?

What's with that look? Is it strange for me to talk to you?

Not really.

If you work every day during summer break, you can earn 120 000 a month.

So how many hours a day do you have to work?

From dawn till dusk.

You're working long hours only to earn 120 000 a month?

It's nothing unusual.

The wages for high school students is not much.

I see. I didn't know that.

I've never had a job before.

Keep up the good work, guys.

Let's go out together after the finals.

Did she just ask us to go out together?

Mmm.

Mogi wants to hang out with us!

That's great!

Takumi, why didn't you tell me?

I didn't know you two are close. I thought we were buddies...

I haven't talked to her for a year.

I was in the same club as her before.

We used to talk a lot until last summer.

What are you talking about? It doesn't matter.

She's Natsuki Mogi.

This is a good start!

I've been noticing her for a while. She's super cute.

Takumi, Takumi!

What are you daydreaming about? We're so dead if we don't hurry.

We're going to have an English grammar test later.

How about we buy an 86 together?

If we add up our wages, we should be able to afford the car loan.

No way.

Why are you so keen on buying a car?

Doesn't your family have a car?

No. My dad's car is automatic and FWD.

And it has a diesel engine.

It really sucks. It's not a car at all.

As long as it has four wheels and can run, it's a good car.

You know nothing at all.

It's pointless if the car has trouble driving up the mountain.

Why would you go up the mountain?

Isn't that obvious?

Of course, I want to try cornering.

Cornering?

Is it fun?

Of course, it's fun.

Are you not a man? How about drifting on the mountain roads?

I'm tired of that.

What do you mean by that?

Didn't we just get our driver's licenses last month?

You're so cute.

You look best in a uniform.

Really? Thank you, daddy.

Daddy, I have something to tell you.

The boys in my grade are working part-time.

Even if that boy works long hours, he can only earn 120 000 at most.

That's about it for part-time jobs.

So money really is hard to make.

We hang out three times a month,

and I can get 300 000 from it.

Can I really take that much from you?

Of course, because you're worth it.

I see. I don't quite get it though.

Thank you for coming.

Takumi, let's continue our talk.

Shall we buy an 86 together?

No. What's with this 86?

You two have good taste.

I didn't expect you guys want an 86.

It is, right? Iketani, you also think 86 is great?

Yes, 86 is indeed a good car.

See, Takumi?

I don't really know much about 86.

Which company makes it?

Takumi, are you serious? Do you want me to fuel your interest?

You're already working at the GS, and you don't even know about 86?

But, that's understandable.

After all, when AE92 came out, you guys were just pupils.

Our family has an old car for business.

Don't even compare that old car with 86!

Even though 86 is old, it performs differently than other cars.

GS ACCEPTS CREDIT CARDS After I buy an 86,

can I join your team?

I've always dreamed of joining the Akina SpeedStars.

Speaking of which, it's Saturday.

We'll gather at Mount Akina tonight.

Do you want to come join us?

Can we go?

But we don't have cars.

I'll take you there.

Can we ride in your S13 then?

I want to go. I definitely will go!

Takumi, you'll go too, right? It's once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

-I didn't say I wanted to go. -We'd meet the members of the SpeedStars.

Senior, we'll get off work.

Okay, I'll pick you up at the bus stop at 8 p.m.

Okay.

You really like them? Where are you guys going to race tonight?

Mount Akina, of course. Where else can we go racing, boss?

Our team is the fastest on Mount Akina.

There are quite a few who claim to be the fastest around here.

When I used to race, a guy was claimed to be the fastest on Mount Akina.

And that guy is still racing on Mount Akina.

Is he now?

I know most of the street racers around Akina.

But there's no one that old.

He doesn't race at the same time as you.

And now he owns a tofu store.

He drives around 4 a.m. every morning, delivering tofu to the inn by Lake Akina.

The speed at which he races down Akina is definitely worth watching.

Because he runs a store,

he has to make the run regardless of rain or snow.

He knows the roads of Mount Akina very well.

I can bet with you.

The fastest car down Mount Akina is definitely the tofu store's 86.

Tofu store's 86?

Takumi, are you going out?

Yeah, with Itsuki.

Okay. But if you can't get up tomorrow, I will drag you up myself.

I know, I know. Don't worry.

I'm off!

Takumi, you're really noisy.

You're going to distract Iketani!

Even if you say so, I'm still scared!

It's normal.

Everyone would be scared in a street racer's car.