Chapter 025

Akina's Five Deadly Hair Pins (爆裂5連ヘアピン!!, Bakuretsu 5 Ren Heapin!!, "Explosive 5 consecutive hairpins!") is the twenty-fifth chapter of Initial D.

Plot
Nakazato realises his front tires are wearing thin and the GT-R is beginning to understeer, but he refuses to lose to the Eight-Six. The three cars rapidly approach the five consecutive hairpins. Nakazato reveals his plan, to block the inside to prevent Takumi from using the gutter run as he did against Keisuke. To counter this, Takumi chooses to drift on the outside, much to Nakazato's shock. Takumi refuses to give in, and does the same thing on the next corner, aggravating Nakazato. Ryosuke tells Keisuke to pay attention, as the Eight-Six is about to pass.

Japan

 * January 15th 1996 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1996 Volume 4-5)
 * May 8th 1996 (Tankōbon, Volume 03)

Chinese

 * March 1st 1998 (Tankōbon, Volume 03, Sharp Point Press)

English

 * October 22nd 2002 (Tankōbon, Volume 03, Tokyopop)
 * April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 03, Kodansha USA)

French

 * May 28th 2009 (Tankōbon, Volume 03, Kazé)

Italian

 * March 28th 2023 (Tankōbon 2-in-1, Volume 02, J-Pop)

Polish

 * April 2023 (Tankōbon 2-in-1, Volume 02, J. P. Fantastica)

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * Takeshi Nakazato
 * Takumi Fujiwara
 * Ryosuke Takahashi
 * Keisuke Takahashi

Cars (in order of appearance)

 * Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32)
 * Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86)
 * Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)