Chapter 034

Patience, Shingo, Patience (慎吾のあせり, Shingo no Aseri, "Shingo's impatience") is the thirty-fourth chapter of Initial D.

Plot
The two cars speed through the corners, and Shingo is amazed at how Takumi is drifting with zero-countersteering, as it took him hours to master driving with one hand. On the straightaway Shingo pulls alongside Takumi before dropping back behind to show him that can overtake at anytime.

Further up the mountain, the SpeedStars are following behind. Iketani is unable to shake the feeling that something bad is going to happen, and keeps expecting to see a crash.

In the Eight-Six, Takumi realises that he can corner faster without turning the wheel as much, something he wouldn't have thought of without the handicap. Takumi performs a four-wheel drift through the next corner with no hesitation even though there was an oncoming car. Shingo is amazed by Takumi's skill, and vows to beat him no matter what it takes, implying that he'll leave the Eight-Six in a wreck.

Japan

 * March 25th 1996 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1996 Volume 14)
 * August 6th 1996 (Tankōbon, Volume 04)

Chinese

 * April 1st 1998 (Tankōbon, Volume 04, Sharp Point Press)

English

 * October 22nd 2002 (Tankōbon, Volume 04, Tokyopop)
 * April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 04, Kodansha USA)

French

 * August 27th 2009 (Tankōbon, Volume 04, Kazé)

Italian

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

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * Shingo Shoji
 * Takumi Fujiwara
 * Koichiro Iketani
 * Itsuki Takeuchi



Cars (in order of appearance)

 * Honda Civic SiR-II (EG6)
 * Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)
 * Nissan Silvia K's (S13)
 * Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13)



Tokyopop/Kodansha USA version

 * In the Kodansha USA release, several sound effect text bubbles have placeholder text.