Initial D, Vol. 8

Initial D

by Shuichi Shigeno

Out of the Rain, into the Fire Cocky young Kent Nakamura of the Akagi Red Suns declaimed himself a master of racing in the rain, so when a torrential downpour hits Mt. Myogi, he takes the chance to become the first driver in Gunma to defeat Tak Fujiwara and his Phantom EIght Six. But even if Tak survives the deadly rain battle, another even more fearsome challenge lies in wait for him. Some shadowy characters from team Emperor have been scoping out the Gunma scene looking for some tasty racers to take on in their Lancer Evolution IV. If Tak agrees to a match, the Emperor boys will have to show that they have the skills to back up their trash-talk. The course is set, anticipation hangs in the air … and now Tak may come face to face with the hardest lesson of all … how to lose!

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Genres: Manga, Seinen, Comics, Sports, Graphic Novels

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Shuichi Shigeno (Japanese author profile: しげの秀一) is a manga artist, best known for the manga series Initial D. Shigeno has also created Bari Bari Densetsu, Dopkan, and Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue ("First Love in Summer") all prior to the manga that would make him famous in 1995. In 1985, he received the Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen for Bari Bari Densetsu.

Reviews

[Natalie H · Rating 3 out of 5]

November 2023
Kindle edition
KU manga
Volumes 8-11

This is where it starts getting tricky. Things started heating up so I read 8 to 11 in quick succession. They've kinda blurred into one for me. Tak finds out the truth about Natalie, probably from a pissed off wife and takes on a race with the evo he initially turned down, only to blow the engine, exactly what Bunta was waiting for. I didn't feel any sympathy for Natalie when he snapped at her. Cheating. Nope. There had to be something to throw Tak off his game though for the story to progress. I like that the racers didn't have the match as valid and still showed their support. It felt like the only one that understood his temperament was Ry, even Iggy was blind to the truth. I might actually see this one through to the end. The long recaps at the beginning help.

[Cris Morales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me after reading Initial D: "I'm not getting a Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 for the sole purpose of driving sideways. I'm not doing it. It's a bad idea."
Also me: "I mean... the value of these cars has increased. This could be like an investment(?)."
-"Don't!"
-"I could also learn lots about car mechanics."
-"NO!"

Then I look at drifting tutorial videos for hours.

It's a really nice surprise that this manga is so engaging!

[AsianMerr · Rating 2 out of 5]

So they set up that the first/next time Tak loses they will upgrade the car and well it’s great to have the upgrades cause it’s obviously an old car but to spoil he will lose soon cause they introduced the upgrades in this volume so we know it’ll happen in at least the next two races, would’ve rather had Takumi just lose then introduce the upgrades, also the writing in this volume is bad, the antagonists say they saw the Eight Six driver and as soon as they see Takumi they don’t recognize him? Wtf

[Bala · Rating 5 out of 5]

A LanEvo against a HachiRoku

This volume shows Tak taking on new roles: interest in the Eight Six, cleaning it. Leadership, by vowing to race first. They don't have any LanEvos for sale here man, that sucks...

[keikii Eats Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

13:51

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite anime’s, story could definitely use a lot of help but the racing’s really exciting and love some of the main characters 😻👍🏎

[Melenia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoy these books

[Icko · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hope Tak wins this....

[J]

Good grief… the cheesy dialog lines.

[z3r0 c00l]

01/08/22

[Amy]

Initial D, Book 8 by Shuichi Shigeno (2003)

[Matthew Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its awesome!!!

[Matthew Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its awesome!!!

[Racheal Hadman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely adored the anime when I was a kid, So I thought it was time for me to be the actual Manga and I still love it