Chapter 361

Chapter 361
Kodansha USA
Kanji	孤独なランナー
Romaji	Kodoku na Rannā
English	Loneliness of the Driver
French	Le Pilote Solitaire
Release Date	September 1st 2003
Volume	28
Length	12 pages
Anime Episodes	Fourth Stage - Act 18
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Loneliness of the Driver (孤独なランナー, Kodoku na Rannā, "Lonely Driver") is the three hundred and sixty-first chapter of Initial D.

Plot

At the top of Akagi, Kyoko tells Keisuke how smooth his driving is, but he says he wasn't doing anything special, and that he normally abuses the clutch in a battle. A pair of locals notice Keisuke and ask him to introduce them to Kyoko, but he tells them to get lost. He says he knows too many people around Akagi, which is why he had wanted to go to Tokyo.

Keisuke tells Kyoko about his teenage years; he had caused a lot of trouble for his parents by hanging around with a biker gang and getting into fights. He thinks that his parent's had give up on him, but Ryosuke still cared for him. He tells her that Ryosuke had taken him on a downhill run of Akagi, which had scared the hell out of him, but also made him realise how much faster cars are than bikes. Now, three years later, he still doesn't think his skill compares to his brothers. He takes the conversation to what they were talking about before dinner, and bluntly tells Kyoko that he can't be her boyfriend, and he doesn't want her to come and see him.

Stats

Release Dates

Japan

• September 1st 2003 (Weekly Young Magazine, 2003 Volume 38)
• March 5th 2004 (Tankōbon, Volume 28)
• March 5th 2021 (Shinsōban Omnibus, Volume 14)

Chinese

• April 9th 2004 (Tankōbon, Volume 28, Sharp Point Press)

English

• November 6th 2007 (Tankōbon, Volume 28, Tokyopop)
• April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 28, Kodansha USA)

French

• October 15th 2014 (Tankōbon, Volume 28, Kazé)

Characters (in order of appearance)

• Kyoko Iwase
• Keisuke Takahashi

Cars (in order of appearance)

• Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)