It’s 50-50 odds when K.T. goes up against Purple Shadow Hoshino and his "holy foot." But spectators are in for a shock! Hoshino, who’s having trouble taking the lead, just discovered K.T.’s weak point, and he’s determined to exploit it at top speed. But even if he pulls the GT-R in front, can he stay there through all the tailspins, shoulder bumps and constant drift action ahead?
Before returning from Ibaraki, Tak is treated to a ride in the car of the gracious God Arm - and he gets a sense of a higher plane in driving. But when he arrives at Gunma, he receives a big slap in the face - from a super-hot, up-and-coming 17-year-old named Mika. In this next thrilling volume of Initial D, Tak might have to go from zero to sexy in no time!
Iggy, Cole, and Kenji look likely to spend the summer single while D heads to the hot spring hills of Hakone for their biggest challenge yet at the foot of the Fuji speedway. The big Kanagawa street teams reluctantly meet and agree to a four-pronged plan to end D’s winning streak and send them back to the minor leagues…
Project D has always been about street racing first and foremost, and now, they’ve come to the final stop in their tour: Kanagawa, where they’ll be up against the best touge racers in the country! If Project D’s double aces want to win their battles here in the Mecca of street racing, they’re going to have to drive better than they ever have and find out just how fast they can drive on mountain roads. And as their competition begins to push the limits of what is possible, they’ll have to work out just what it takes to be a street racer.
The competition in Kanagawa is so fierce that it’s pushing the very limits of what’s possible in a street race! Takumi finds himself up against a local legend: Satoshi Omiya of Team 246. In the middle of the first race of their battle, Omiya will give it everything he’s got, and Takumi is going to have to make use of some uncanny abilities of his own if he wants to keep up. In the process, he just might find himself in the zone in a way he never knew was possible…
Project D’s second round of battles in the Kanagawa area has begun, and Takumi finds himself up against a familiar face, Kai Kogashiwa! Since the two of them last met, Kai has entered the world of professional motorsports. As an amateur, will Takumi be able to beat him a second time? Meanwhile, Bunta gets a phone call from an old friend of his own.
It’s a battle of the brakes as Takumi and Kai race closer to the finish line! What will the results tell him about himself and how he’s grown? Then, Keisuke is set to race Team Katagiri’s uphill driver, Hideo Minagawa. Both men are masters of orthodox racing techniques, so all Keisuke can rely on is sheer skill. It’s a match-up that will bring back memories of old battles, and the decisions Ryosuke made about them.
It’s time for round two in Kanagawa, and Keisuke is up against Minagawa, a pro racer from Team Katagiri. Eager to prove himself against a professional, Keisuke will put his whole heart and soul into this battle! But Minagawa might pick up the pace when he finds that Keisuke is faster than he imagined. This battle is headed into uncharted territory, and these fearsome racers stand to claim a new course record!
As Project D enters their third round of battles in Kanagawa, the Mecca of street racing is abuzz with excitement as though the circus had come to town. Now, things are about to get even more intense as their next opponent looms before them: Team Spiral’s Ryuji “Zero” Ikeda, a proponent of a mysterious racing philosophy he calls Zero Theory.
The hillclimb has begun, and the race is on between Keisuke and Spiral’s Ikeda! It quickly becomes apparent that the competition is not only between two talented drivers, but between two philosophies. On one side, Ikeda is sure Zero Theory will prove superior, while Keisuke puts Ryosuke’s own High-Speed Street Theory to the test. Which theory will be the miracle-maker these drivers will need to win when Hakone’s infamous Devil’s Fog reduces visibility to almost nil?
Ryosuke Takahashi, the White Comet of Akagi, is back on the scene for one last race...to take on the "Grim Reaper" Rin Hojo! Once, they loved the same woman - but now, they’re duking it out on a high-speed course that not even the locals have tested out to its upper limits. Filled with sorrow at failing to act on the love deep in his heart, Rin executes a brutal "side press" to take down Ryosuke for good!
Takumi, and the AE86 he drove handling deliveries for his family’s tofu business, both held unspeakable potential. But a miracle awaits at the end of his battle - and Ryosuke and Rin Hojo’s race ends in similarly astounding style! The Grim Reaper’s GT-R failed to dispatch Ryosuke, and in the end, unexpected events drove it straight to its doom. Now, in the most punishing downhill course in the Kanagawa region, the battle zooms past the boiling point. It’s a no-holds-barred match, held on the anniversary of Kaori’s death, and it all climaxes in one fateful conclusion!
Takumi, and the AE86 he drove handling deliveries for his family’s tofu business, both held unspeakable potential. Now, it’s the final battle in the Kanagawa region - Project D versus Sidewinder. It all comes down to this! And as they fight it out, the final round also approaches for the cross-Kanto racing scene! As the area’s drivers look on at both competitions, Ryosuke’s Project D stakes its perfect record in the most prominent challenge they’ve tackled yet. Win, and they’ll be crowned the fastest around!
Takumi, and the AE86 he drove handling deliveries for his family’s tofu business, both held unspeakable potential. The hill-climb section of the Kanagawa-area final round begins, with Project D’s Keisuke Takahashi pitted against Sidewinder’s Go Hojo. The smart money is on Hojo, whose NSX gives him an overwhelming advantage, but Takahashi’s FD3S is all set to wow the audience with its performance! Project D’s ace in the hole for this fight is deployed, setting the stage for unbelievable events in this street racer’s paradise!
Takumi, and the AE86 he drove handling deliveries for his family’s tofu business, both held unspeakable potential. The teams are down to the wire in the hill-climb portion of the final Kanagawa battle! It’s all about enjoying the ultimate in street racing, as top-class drivers Keisuke Takahashi and Go Hojo unleash their inner instincts! The ultimate in spine-tingling battles unfolds , as both sides put everything they’ve got on the line atop the greatest stage in the world!
Takumi, and the AE86 he drove handling deliveries for his family’s tofu business, both held unspeakable potential. Who is this unexpected phenom putting conventional wisdom on its ear? The downhill portion of the final Kanagawa battle begins, with Takumi facing his most formidable challenge ever in his opponent Shinji--whose talent lives up to every whispered rumor that came before him! It’s up to Takumi and Project D to live up to this local legend’s challenge!
Takumi, and the AE86 he drove handling deliveries for his family’s tofu business, both held unspeakable potential. It’s Takumi against Sidewinder’s Shinji Inui in the final round of the Kanagawa tour. The downhill battle reaches its midpoint, Shinji revving up the stakes as he rips through the track with his shockingly unconventional style! The ridiculous speeds he maintains quickly bring Takumi to the brink, as this solemn duel between two natural-born racers explodes beyond all imagination!
Takumi, and the AE86 he drove handling deliveries for his family’s tofu business, both held unspeakable potential. Dancing with death through countless twists and turns, Takumi and Shinji’s harrowing downhill battle finally reaches its dramatic conclusion! When the dust settles, who will be crowned the king of Kanto?! With the mountain pass medley in the books, Project D is officially disbanded, leaving the ace drivers Takumi and Keisuke to forge a new path all their own. As for Ryosuke’s next big step...