Chapter 086

High Tech versus Extreme Skills (ハイテクVS.スーパーテクニック, Haiteku VS. Sūpā Tekunikku, "High Tech vs Super Technique") is the eighty-sixth chapter of Initial D.

Plot
Emperor arrive on Akina, and Kyoichi greets the SpeedStars. He asks to race the Eight-Six, but says they will happily race all of their members, as long as they get a team sticker if they win all of the races, to which Iketani accepts. Seiji announces that he will be racing the Eight-Six, and Iketani and Kenji realise that he was the one who beat Nakazato, as well as the one who interrupted the race on Myogi. In case Takumi loses, Iketani and Kenji both agree to race for the honor of the team. The Eight-Six pulls up to the start line, and Kyoichi reminds Seiji to use Simulation 3 for the entire race. Seiji is surprised, but Kyoichi can tell that Takumi has some unseen skill, as he had beaten Ryosuke. Kenji goes to start the countdown, but Kyoichi tells him that they always let the less powerful car go first, with the other car following soon after. The race begins, and the Eight-Six pulls away from the start line. Seiji thinks he could beat Takumi even without the Evo's power.

Japan

 * May 5th 1997 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1997 Volume 20)
 * 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)

 * Kyoichi Sudo
 * Seiji Iwaki
 * Koichiro Iketani
 * Kenji
 * Itsuki Takeuchi
 * Takumi Fujiwara

Cars (in order of appearance)

 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR (CE9A)
 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A)
 * Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)