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Initial D

Initial D, Vol. 6

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Tak is beginning to feel comfortable with his racing skills and yearns to leave the comfort of Mt. Akina in search of new challenges. His search takes him to Mt. Usui and to a course unlike anything he has seen in his life. His pride as a racer is on the line as he challenges Usui's number one downhill specialist.

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222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 13, 2002

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Shuichi Shigeno

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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.

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3,464 reviews205 followers
December 2, 2015
I used to love Initial D., the cars, and the racing; I felt it call out to more than any other shonen manga.

However, I reached a point where I could live without it and I desperately need the shelf space. So this is going to the Culling.
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3,796 reviews30 followers
December 1, 2023
November 2023
Kindle edition
KU manga

I'm used to the art and characters now, plus it's easy reading. Tak branching out to another course to impress more racers.
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Profile Image for Owen.
98 reviews6 followers
January 20, 2008
One of my favorites in the series, this volume concludes the "End of Summer" story arc which reads like a John Hughes movie for gearheads. Koichiro (my favorite supporting character) gets a brief moment in the spotlight and fumbles his chance at a relationship with the girl of his dreams in tragically geeky style. This story really shows what Shigeno can do with these characters when they're not behind the wheel, it's a shame there aren't more like this.
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170 reviews15 followers
March 19, 2017
Initial D is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only is it a fantastic manga, there's also an anime, a Chinese movie, 4 hour long eurobeat mixes, and so many memes!!!
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1,079 reviews55 followers
October 5, 2019
16:09

Usui? Good.
Girls in bikinis for the sake of showing off scantily clad women with a terrible romance arc? Bad.
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449 reviews5 followers
December 28, 2023
Easily the best race so far. The romance angle in here was written sloppily but if you looked into it then it was kind of bittersweet. But we are at a cross roads cause it looks like the MC is too overpowered and next race is one he isn’t in which should be interesting but we’re at the stage of waiting for him to lose ._.
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6,000 reviews51 followers
April 4, 2021
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 😻👍🏎
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352 reviews2 followers
September 3, 2022
4 stars bc of how disappointed i am that mako & iketani didn’t work out 😭😭
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21 reviews
May 28, 2023
Maya and cole should be TOGETHER!! Like, just CALL HER.
58 reviews
March 21, 2025
still want takumi to lose at least once but whateva
i like the couple in this one and i hope it gets more attention
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22 reviews
October 24, 2025
i miss when they used to draw women like real women, not 14 year olds 😪
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124 reviews
December 19, 2025
wth with maya. at the end, she's cool, but well, this was so fast and didn't understand why she was like that. lol. but good one. tak's a pro.
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57 reviews
June 13, 2010
takumi, a racing 'legend' begins to learn about the world of street racing, but as well confront other problems such as the racers of the ghost of akina, a popular mountain for racing. takumi is noticed when he has beaten several other races in the mountain and gains popularity. later on he continues doing what he does best. a group of racers in the ghost of akina observe him and think about taking him in. takumi yet doesnt know the dangerous possibilities in street racing...
i can connect this book to th world b/c in street racing, it's way dirtier. there are many things that can go wrong and lead to many possibilities. which many beginners should know but not takumi.
i would rate this book 4 stars b/c overall i love manga, and racing (since im a boy.) this book is a kind where you cant put it down b/c constantly there's always action or a conflict involved.
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152 reviews1 follower
March 21, 2023
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
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