Initial D: Fourth Stage (2004)
| Act # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Project D" (プロジェクトD) |
2004-04-16 |
| Takumi Fujiwara has made his decision and joins Ryosuke and Keisuke Takahashi in creating a new race team. Project D has now been formed, and they have only but one goal, to compete against the best drivers in all of Kanto region. This is the story of how their names became legendary among the streets of touge. | ||
| 2 | "Full Throttle! Downhill Battle" (全開!ダウンヒルバトル) |
2004-04-16 |
| Takumi and Tohru Suetsugu are both reckless drivers, yet there is a big difference in their abilities. It is during this battle does it show why Takumi is known as one of the double-aces of Project D, as the Eight-Six is ready to overtake Seven Star Leaf’s very own Roadster of the downhill using techniques never dreamed possible on the streets. | ||
| 3 | "The Most Powerful Man of the Toudou School" (東堂塾最強の男) |
2004-06-19 |
| Project D has now come face to face with racers from the Toudou Racing School. This time, Toudou will use their wildcard racing students, Daiki Ninomiya with his EK9 and Smiley Sakai with his DC2, as they will use their skills learned in their goal to become pro racers. The pressure in Project D’s team has begun, as there is no time to make any mistakes if future battles are going to be like this. | ||
| 4 | "Two Pieces of Advice" (二つのアドバイス) |
2004-06-19 |
| Daiki decides on the position he is going to take in the battle. To ensure a victory, Ryosuke gives Takumi advice to use against Daiki’s EK9, especially if Daiki’s level of techniques are that of semi-pros. Everything else is up to the reliance of Takumi’s driving skills. | ||
| 5 | "The Starting Line to Victory" (勝利へのスタートライン) |
2004-08-21 |
| Project D gets another call from the Toudou Racing School, this time against a pro racer graduate who has just returned. Ryosuke gets a warning from Kyoichi Sudo not to let Project D compete against the pro racer, especially since it’s a newly formed team. To his confusion, Ryosuke ponders as to which car should be used against Tomoyuki Tachi, one of Toudou’s elite graduates. What confuses him more is Kyoichi's warning that if ever they will race Toudou, Ryosuke himself must race with his FC. | ||
| 6 | "Blind Attack" (ブラインド·アタック) |
2004-08-21 |
| Ryosuke has made his decision, and decides to take out the Eight-Six as his gamble. Tomoyuki then demonstrates all of his driving abilities that he learned as a pro using an EK9, but takes for granted that his opponent is a specialist of the streets. Takumi will have to find new ways to overcome some of the greatest barriers of racing in order to win. | ||
| 7 | "Eight-Five’s Thunderous Turbo" (嵐のハチゴーターボ) |
2004-10-15 |
| A new nightmarish opponent arrives on Mount Akina challenging Takumi in a downhill battle. Also, Itsuki gets a new upgrade for his Eight-Five as it is demonstrated on the downhill. | ||
| 8 | "Fateful Battle of the FDs" (運命のFDバトル) |
2004-10-15 |
| With two prefectures of Project D completed, they move on towards the prefecture of Saitama, only to discover the difference of the roads compared to Kanto’s Gunma and Tochigi counterparts. This time, Keisuke will have to work on his acceleration techniques. However, there seems to be an unexpected twist, as his opponent also drives an FD, and happens to be a girl. | ||
| 9 | "Kyoko's Confession" (恭子の告白) |
2004-12-17 |
| Kyoko could not bring to tell her love interest, Keisuke, about how she feels about him. Meanwhile, Nobuhiko Akiyama is chasing after the Eight-Six with his Altezza only to behold the shocking driving techniques Project D’s downhill ace, Takumi, can perform. | ||
| 10 | "The Saitama's Area Ultimate Weapon" (埼玉エリア最終兵器) |
2004-12-17 |
| Nobuhiko has devised a new devilish Eight-Six destroyer at the sight of the Cappuccino, and with the addition of a rally racer named Sakamoto, the chance of success for the Northern Saitama Alliance is close to one hundred percent. The next battle Project D will face is going to be in another new level, as chances of a rainy night is taken to notice. | ||
| 11 | "Rainy Downhill Battle" (雨のダウンヒルバトル) |
2005-02-18 |
| A new strategy is devised by Ryosuke at the last minute. It seems that the only way Takumi will win the battle in the rain is if he uses the same strategy a previous opponent he’s raced against before. The only problem to this is Takumi gets confused on what to do, as the rain is making it even more difficult during the race against the Cappuccino, uncertain of the advantage. | ||
| 12 | "Straightaway of Struggles" (葛藤のストレート) |
2005-02-18 |
| The final segments of the rainy race is at hand as Takumi now begins to perform the most daring attacks against the insane corner-attacking Cappuccino. But as it seems that Sakamoto is not willing to give Takumi any chances for a sure-fire victory. | ||
| 13 | "Motivation" (モチベーション) |
2005-04-15 |
| The rain continues to pour down towards the next battle where Keisuke’s FD competes against Wataru’s newly upgraded Eight-Six. Instead, it only gets far more intense and time consuming if it keeps raining harder and harder. | ||
| 14 | "Sad Lonely Driver" (悲しきロンリードライバー) |
2005-04-15 |
| Takumi wakes up for his usual tofu delivery when he recognizes the sight of the Impreza in front of him. Suddenly, everything he knows about his Eight-Six begins to collapse. Elsewhere, Itsuki Takeuchi is out on a date with Kazumi Akiyama, but he might be going too far with his date when there is more to the story. | ||
| 15 | "4WD Complex" (4WDコンプレックス) |
2005-06-17 |
| Takumi continues to struggle between the difference of his Eight-Six and the Impreza’s awesome 4WD capabilities. Surprisingly, he gets a tip in starting to solve this problem from an unexpected ex-rival. Now Project D has come to meet with their next opponents, a pair of Lan Evos. However a deadly trap that will turn the tides has been set against them. This puts the practice on a risky hold. | ||
| 16 | "Hillclimb of Fury" (怒りのヒル·クライム) |
2005-06-17 |
| Keisuke is uncertain what to do now that the trap has become a success in his opponent’s favor. Nonetheless, he fights to find alternate ways to accomplish his goals, but fails with little success. Instead of giving up, an unexpected source arrives to his aid, but the question is whether or not Keisuke would break the code of the RedSuns to compete with his pride as a Project D racer. | ||
| 17 | "The Saitama Area's Final Battle" (埼玉エリア最終決戦) |
2005-08-19 |
| It seems that the Lan Evo team will continue to do everything to win the battles, even if they have to resort to dirty tricks. That’s just exactly what the next Lan Evo driver told Takumi, to give the Project D driver a warning of what is to come. If Takumi wants to complete the Saitama battles of Project D, then he will have to make a choice whether to heed the warning or not. | ||
| 18 | "Last Drive" (ラスト·ドライブ) |
2005-08-19 |
| While his FD is in the shop being upgraded, Keisuke and Kyoko go out on a date. Afterwords, Keisuke test-drives his FD, as his acceleration skills has finally paid off in unleashing this new vehicle’s monstrous power. | ||
| 19 | "God Foot and God Arm" (ゴッドフットとゴッドアーム) |
2005-10-14 |
| Now that Project D is now recognized as street racers worthy of competing against high levels, they have to venture out much farther to meet greater rivals in the streets. Purple Shadow, a legendary pair of street racers in the Ibaraki prefecture have come back out of retirement to prove that they can still hold the title of gods of the streets. | ||
| 20 | "The Unmatched GT-R!" (超絶GT-R!) |
2005-10-14 |
| Keisuke agrees to Kōzō "God Foot" Hoshino’s request in making the uphill battle rule different, until Ryosuke tells him that this is in favor of the FD. This makes Keisuke feel a lot of pressure concerning Hoshino’s true intentions, as the battle between his newly modified FD is put to its first test against God Foot’s newly purchased next generation R34 GT-R. | ||
| 21 | "Dogfight" (ドッグファイト) |
2005-12-16 |
| The battle between the FD and GT-R continues, however the real battle has just begun. Now, Hoshino demonstrates his unique driving skills that people call the impossible earning him the name God Foot. This makes Keisuke’s true racing abilities appear when it is pushed beyond his limits as both drivers begin to drive recklessly forcing the battle to be settled in more than just one battle. | ||
| 22 | "The Sorcerer of the Single-Handed Steer" (ワンハンドステアの魔術) |
2005-12-16 |
| As the battle between the super powered cars of the hillclimb has ended, Takumi’s battle is another story. Takumi realizes that his opponent has the same frightening aura that the Impreza driver had, making his battle with Dr. Toshiya "God Arm" Joushima more difficult. This time, it’s streetracing skills against another form of streetracing skills. | ||
| 23 | "Endless Battle" (エンドレスバトル) |
2006-02-17 |
| The battle between Takumi’s Eight-Six and Toshiya’s S2000 has become a battle of the best endurance. Yet Ryosuke suspects that something is not quite right about the battle, rather he finds out late on what has just happened. Now that the battle has stretched for far too long, God Arm gets serious and shows off his true driving skills when he is at the peak of his full potential. | ||
| 24 | "The Never-Ending Challenge" (終わらない挑戦) |
2006-02-17 |
| The dramatic conclusion between the Eight-Six and S2000 is at hand. Now that God Arm has gotten serious, Takumi will compensate into winning, by allowing the Eight-Six to hold itself together, knowing that only risky maneuvers are the only way to success. |
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