First Stage - Act 17

Sudden-Death Death Match (サドンデス·デスマッチ, Sadondesu· desumatchi) is the seventeenth Act of Initial D First Stage.

The episode is the beginning of Takumi Fujiwara's battle with Impact Blue.

Synopsis
Takumi’s upcoming race at Usui is creating friction among his friends. One reason for the tension: he’s never driven the course. A bigger reason: his opponent is Mako.

Airdates

 * Fuji TV: September 12, 1998

Characters

 * 1) Koichiro Iketani
 * 2) Takumi Fujiwara
 * 3) Kenji
 * 4) Itsuki Takeuchi
 * 5) Yuichi Tachibana
 * 6) Bunta Fujiwara
 * 7) Mako Sato
 * 8) Sayuki

Cars

 * 1) Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85)
 * 2) Nissan Silvia K's (S13)
 * 3) Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86)
 * 4) Nissan SilEighty (RPS13)

Music

 * 1) around the world - m.o.v.e
 * 2) Maybe Tonite - Norma Sheffield
 * Love Is In Danger - Priscilla
 * 1) 奇跡の薔薇 (Kiseki No Hana) - Galla

Quotes
Bunta Fujiwara: Damn it out of smokes again - guess it's time to take the Eight-Six up for a little spin. What in the holy hell?! My Eight-Six has been turned into a Eight-Five!

Takumi Fujiwara (in note): I borrowed a car. I left you a replacement. Takumi.

Notes & Trivia

 * In the credits, Maybe Tonite was misspelled as "May Be Tonight"