>best story arc
>best pacing
>best music
>best sound effects
>best finale
So, why do people treat First Stage as the be-all, end-all of Initial D?
Best story arc
Jacob Reed
Aaron Clark
I personally prefer when he teams up with the Takahashi's. There wasn't any melodrama with it and the rivalry between the two drivers was fierce and healthy. A wonderful portrayal of an effective racing team, even down to the development of the cars.
Brody Cox
Project D marked the downfall of the show
Anthony Rogers
Get fucked. The rivalry kind of sucked, but the races and the opponents were great in Project D.
Dominic Torres
For keiskue yes
Takumi had really boring races along with a bunch of bs luck wins
Only reason to watch stage 4 is for keiskue
Angel Hughes
I'm not a showfag, but in the show I agree that first stage was the best. I still prefer when the dream team gets put together, though; but I'll admit that when the wings start popping out every race it's pretty bad.
Luis Williams
2 >= 3 => 1 > 4 >> 5 > Final for me.
Connor Martin
Op you fucked up and posted second instead of first stage.
Cooper Diaz
The entire point of the post is that first stage is overrated and second stage is better.
Christian Green
I would argue the first and fifth stages have the best music. I also prefer the races in the first stage.
Though, your post made me realize second stage was better than I remembered.
Mikado is the best song in second stage.
Nathaniel Fisher
*crashes against guardrail and loses*
Camden Brown
He had a strong start in that race in second stage, though.
Ryan Cooper
>Destined to job
>Only win was in a drama CD
>Doesn't get Sayuki in the end
Nakazato has a hard life.
Evan Campbell
hachiroku hayai
Landon Green
>Best Story Arc
Emperor and the 86 dead/revival
>Best Pacing
Purple Shadow (It stretches a bit longer, but still, it had me nailed to my seat watching it)
>Best Music
Wings of Fire, Forever Young and The Top
>Best Sound Effects
Hearing the 86 starting on the first opening was godly.
>Best Finale
The race against the Daiki's Civic, it was the first asspull I remember that it was too obvious, but the race was super thrilling.
F squirrel, we barely knew you.
Zachary Gomez
Best OP/ED?
>Blazing Beat
>Rage Your Dream
Christopher Scott
Around the World / Rage Your Dream
M.O.V.E. makes god tiers openings and endings tho, it's hard to pick one.
Eli Carter
Holy fuck an ACTUAL Fourth Stage fag in the wild
What a rare opportunity
Jose Richardson
>story arc
It's decent but no
>pacing
LMAO
The pacing was horrific, they couldn't even manage to squeeze in the conclusion to the Emperor arc until 3rd stage
>music
Lackluster compared to 1st stage though Deja Vu is a classic
>SFX
Who remembers this shit? You can have this I guess?
>Wataru is neat but Ryosuke, R34 man, and arguably the snow drama shit was better
Ryder Brown
was second stage the one where the whole non-racing subplot was about getting cucked? now that I think about it pretty much everyone in this series got ntr.
gamble rumble
Owen Robinson
jobber
Brayden Hill
holy shit 2nd stage is trash
1>3>>2>5 is the objective ranking, 1 and 3 are solid 9s while 6 and below are just 5s at best
Michael Foster
>*lost another 70000 yen*
Josiah Perez
>Best Story Arc
i like more when ryousuke battling shinigami
pretty cool race
Alexander Davis
dogfight
rage your dream
Jackson Bailey
>Wings of Fire, Forever Young, and The Top
What about
youtube.com
Jordan Ortiz
youtube.com
One of the top M.o.v.e songs.
Brody Scott
𝓦𝓗𝓞𝓐 𝓦𝓗𝓞𝓐
𝓘 𝓣𝓗𝓘𝓝𝓚 𝓘 𝓛𝓘𝓚𝓔 𝓨𝓞𝓤 𝓐𝓖𝓐𝓘𝓝
Christopher Barnes
But we all agree that first stage had the best art?
Carson Nelson
>>Best Music
>Wings of Fire
you are my nigga
Isaiah Rivera
>though Deja Vu is a classic
Deja Vu is alright but Derreck Simmons, Mega NRG Man and Wain L had better tracks. Pretty weak soundtrack overall though.
Christopher Martinez
Should i watch the movies or the original series? i can't stand shitty CG dull looking cars
Dominic King
Around the World
Rage your dream
Carter Johnson
>why do people treat First Stage as the be-all, end-all of Initial D?
-best set of opponents
- takumi's beginnings
- most recognizable tracklist
- best OP and ED
- 90s delinquent illegal dorifto atmosphere
- nostalgic CG
- best scenes (first gutter run, shingo's crash, C-121 save, synchro drifting ect)
Nathan Morales
don't watch any initial d that isn't including eurobeat
Brody Morris
Ayden Thompson
Adam Sullivan
There's a release of the movie that someone edited to have eurobeat.
Carson Ramirez
I'd recommend watching the series first, the CGI is bad but not unbearable.
was meant for
Daniel Adams
Ryosuke is the real star of this show.
James Richardson
Changes from time to time, all of the ones that have been mentioned are god-tier.
Dominic Johnson
is Baribari Legend the best initial d?
Matthew Miller
gamble rumble
around the world
rage your dream