Chapter 055

I'll Do It (君のためならオレはやる, Kimi no Tame Nara Ore ha Yaru, "I'll do it for you") is the fifty-fifth chapter of Initial D.

Plot
At the gas station, Kenji, Itsuki and Takumi talk about Iketani's situation. Kenji reckons he's embarrassed that Mako is a better street racer than him.

At Lake Akina, Iketani asks why Mako hadn't told him about being the fastest driver on Usui. Mako tells him that she had intended to, but that she hadn't had the chance. She says she's been a wreck since he'd seen her on Usui, and that she'd come all the way to Akina to tell him the truth. She explains that she's a completely different person behind the wheel of a car, and that she's planning on giving up racing. She asks Iketani for a favour, to set up a race against the Eight-Six. In return she offers to sleep with him. Iketani tells her that he'll try to persuade the Eight-Six driver to race, but that he doesn't want anything from her in return. Iketani leaves, and begins recklessly driving down the mountain, before he stops and begins to cry.

Later, at a diner, Iketani explains the situation to Takumi. Takumi doesn't understand why Iketani would do anything for her after she had treated him the way she did. Iketani begs him to race, and Takumi eventually relents, though he doesn't understand why he wants him to race.

Japan

 * September 9th 1996 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1996 Volume 38)
 * February 4th 1997 (Tankōbon, Volume 06)

Chinese

 * June 1st 1998 (Tankōbon, Volume 06, Sharp Point Press)

English

 * June 17th 2003 (Tankōbon, Volume 06, Tokyopop)
 * April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 06, Kodansha USA)

French

 * December 10th 2009 (Tankōbon, Volume 06, 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)

 * Kenji
 * Takumi Fujiwara
 * Itsuki Takeuchi
 * Koichiro Iketani
 * Mako Sato

Cars (in order of appearance)

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

Tokyopop/Kodansha USA version

 * Iketani refers to the Eight-Six as an "Eighty-Six"