Chapter 092

Time For a Miracle! (奇跡のショータイム!!, Kiseki no Shōtaimu!!, "Miraculous Showtime!") is the ninety-second chapter of Initial D.

Plot
Takumi realises he needs to exit the corners faster than Seiji to win, and that if he manages to get it right he could be alongside him entering into the following corner.

Fumihiro and Kenta hear the approaching cars, and Keisuke feels unsure about what Ryosuke had said. He believes Takumi will win solely based on the fact that he had beaten Ryosuke before, and that he want's to be the one to beat him.

Takumi thinks back to winter, several years prior. On completing his tofu runs, Takumi tells his father about a trick he had figured out, where he hooks his wheels into the gutter so that he can turn without slowing down as much in the snow. Bunta tells him that he'd used the trick before, and that it's useful in the snow and in normal conditions. He says there are two ways to use the gutters on Akina, on entering the corner, and on exiting. Bunta is sure that he'll be able to figure it out someday.

Takumi performs the exit gutter run, exiting the corner right behind an unaware Seiji. As Seiji goes to check his rear-view mirror, Takumi pulls alongside the Evo IV, ensuring that he'll be on the inside of the next turn. Seiji understeers.

Japan

 * June 23rd 1997 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1997 Volume 27)
 * December 5th 1997 (Tankōbon, Volume 09)

Chinese

 * September 1st 1998 (Tankōbon, Volume 09, Sharp Point Press)

English

 * December 9th 2003 (Tankōbon, Volume 09, Tokyopop)
 * April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 07, Kodansha USA)

French

 * April 22nd 2010 (Tankōbon, Volume 09, Kazé)

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * Takumi Fujiwara
 * Kenta Nakamura
 * Fumihiro
 * Keisuke Takahashi
 * Bunta Fujiwara (flashback)

Cars (in order of appearance)

 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A)
 * Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)