Chapter 058

Blasting Down Usui (熱風!!激走!!碓氷峠, Neppū!! Gekisō!! Usui Tōge, "Hot wind!! Fierce driving!! Usui Pass") is the fifty-eighth chapter of Initial D.

Plot
Takumi reasons that if the SilEighty can take a corner, then he should be able to take the corner at the same speed, which Iketani is shocked by. Sayuki explains that they'll drive out first, and that the race starts as soon as they get to the first turn. The two cars drive off. Kenji and Iketani lament that Takumi doesn't have a chance of winning against the duo.

Takumi is surprised by how fast Mako is. He doubts that he can take the corners the same, but he manages to follow through. Sayuki is amazed that Takumi is able to keep up with them, and is happy to have a worthy opponent. Takumi struggles to pick up on their rhythm.

Iketani explains to the SpeedStars what Takumi had told him before the start of the race.

Japan

 * September 30th 1996 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1996 Volume 41)
 * 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)

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



Cars (in order of appearance)

 * Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)
 * Nissan SilEighty (RPS13)