Best story arc

>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?

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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.

Project D marked the downfall of the show

Get fucked. The rivalry kind of sucked, but the races and the opponents were great in Project D.

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

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.

2 >= 3 => 1 > 4 >> 5 > Final for me.

Op you fucked up and posted second instead of first stage.

The entire point of the post is that first stage is overrated and second stage is better.

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.

*crashes against guardrail and loses*

He had a strong start in that race in second stage, though.

>Destined to job
>Only win was in a drama CD
>Doesn't get Sayuki in the end

Nakazato has a hard life.

hachiroku hayai

>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.

Best OP/ED?

>Blazing Beat
>Rage Your Dream

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M.O.V.E. makes god tiers openings and endings tho, it's hard to pick one.

Holy fuck an ACTUAL Fourth Stage fag in the wild
What a rare opportunity

>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

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.

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jobber

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

>*lost another 70000 yen*

>Best Story Arc
i like more when ryousuke battling shinigami
pretty cool race

dogfight
rage your dream

>Wings of Fire, Forever Young, and The Top
What about
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One of the top M.o.v.e songs.

𝓦𝓗𝓞𝓐 𝓦𝓗𝓞𝓐
𝓘 𝓣𝓗𝓘𝓝𝓚 𝓘 𝓛𝓘𝓚𝓔 𝓨𝓞𝓤 𝓐𝓖𝓐𝓘𝓝

But we all agree that first stage had the best art?

>>Best Music
>Wings of Fire
you are my nigga

>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.

Should i watch the movies or the original series? i can't stand shitty CG dull looking cars

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>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)

don't watch any initial d that isn't including eurobeat

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There's a release of the movie that someone edited to have eurobeat.

I'd recommend watching the series first, the CGI is bad but not unbearable.

was meant for

Ryosuke is the real star of this show.

Changes from time to time, all of the ones that have been mentioned are god-tier.

is Baribari Legend the best initial d?

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