Chapter 051

Even Geeks Find Love (ホレた相手が悪いかも?, Hore ta Aite ga Warui Kamo?, "Maybe I'm in love with the wrong person?") is the fifty-first chapter of Initial D.

Plot
Iketani approaches Mako, and offers her help with her car. While he takes a look at the engine bay, Mako admires his Silvia. Iketani is able to get the car started, and Mako offers him her phone number as a thank you. Iketani declines, immediately realising his mistake, but Mako gives him her number anyway. She leaves, and Iketani stands in a daze for thirty minutes.

The next day at the gas station Iketani tells the other about his encounter the day before, but Kenji and Yuichi have a hard time believing it. Iketani tells them that he's already called to arrange a date, though Kenji still doubts she's attractive as he says she is. Kenji, Itsuki and Takumi all agree to go to Karuizawa to see the two of them together.

That night on Usui, Mako and Sayuki take a run on the course.

Japan

 * July 29th 1996 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1996 Volume 32)
 * December 6th 1996 (Tankōbon, Volume 05)

Chinese

 * May 1st 1998 (Tankōbon, Volume 05, Sharp Point Press)

English

 * April 15th 2003 (Tankōbon, Volume 05, Tokyopop)
 * April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 05, Kodansha USA)

French

 * October 8th 2009 (Tankōbon, Volume 05, Kazé)

Italian

 * June 27th 2023 (Tankōbon 2-in-1, Volume 03, J-Pop)

Polish

 * July 2023 (Tankōbon 2-in-1, Volume 03, J. P. Fantastica)

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * Koichiro Iketani
 * Mako Sato
 * Kenji
 * Yuichi Tachibana
 * Itsuki Takeuchi
 * Takumi Fujiwara
 * Sayuki

Cars (in order of appearance)

 * Daihatsu Mira
 * Nissan Silvia K's (S13)
 * Nissan SilEighty (RPS13)