Chapter 079

Doomsday Weapon of the Mountain Road (掟やぶりのスーパーウエポン, Okite Yaburi no Sūpāuepon, "Rule Breaking Super Weapon") is the seventy-ninth chapter of Initial D.

Plot
Itsuki asks Takumi if he can teach him how to heel-and-toe shift, but he tells him that he does it on instinct, and can't teach him how to do it. Takumi notices a car catching up to them, and tells Itsuki to slow down. Itsuki pulls over onto the wrong side of the road to let them pass. Takumi is surprised by how the car moves, and realises that it is a 4WD. Itsuki tells him that it was an Evo IV.

At Lake Akina, Seiji Iwaki admires his Evo IV. He talks with his friend, Kyoichi Sudo, about their plan to dominate Gunma's racing scene, with their Evos. Takumi and Itsuki pull up, and Takumi heads to the vending machine. Seiji approaches the car, and asks Itsuki for some directions. Itsuki helps the pair, before asking them if they were on Myogi. Seiji is surprised that Itsuki knew. Itsuki asks if they're on Akina to face the Eight-Six, but Seiji tells him that he wouldn't waste his time racing against such a weak car.

Japan

 * March 17th 1997 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1997 Volume 13)
 * September 5th 1997 (Tankōbon, Volume 08)

Chinese

 * August 1st 1998 (Tankōbon, Volume 08, Sharp Point Press)

English

 * October 7th 2003 (Tankōbon, Volume 08, Tokyopop)
 * April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 07, Kodansha USA)

French

 * April 22nd 2010 (Tankōbon, Volume 08, Kazé)

Italian

 * August 29th 2023 (Tankōbon 2-in-1, Volume 04, J-Pop)

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * Takumi Fujiwara
 * Itsuki Takeuchi
 * Seiji Iwaki
 * Kyoichi Sudo

Cars (in order of appearance)

 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A)
 * Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85)