Why they kept the romance, if it's this ham fisted and butchered from the manga? It's embarassing to watch.
Initial D
Asher Ross
Austin King
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Christian Gray
GET ME POWER
Jaxon Williams
self-inserting for you guys
Ian Rodriguez
Hey it was fucking embarrassing to watch middle schoolers tongue at recess but it's real life
Charles Scott
After first stage it gets even worse compared to the manga in terms of that subplot, just watch the anime for the races.
Benjamin James
>even the movie did that better
ouch!
James Lewis
Because she wasn't pleasing old men in the movie
Ethan Hernandez
>Because she wasn't pleasing old men in the movie
but she was
Aaron Walker
>ham fisted and butchered from the manga?
Kinda. They even removed a character on the anime who actually alerted Takumi about Natsuki being a thot. Said character and Miki-senpai were siblings and the childrens of Papa.
Regardless, Initial D has fucking awful romance. Takumi, Itsuki, Iketani and Kyoko got such terrible romances, I wish the author wouldn't have bothered on writing it.