The Ultimate Tofu Store Drift (究極のとうふ屋ドリフト, Kyūkyoku no tōfuya dorifuto) is the first Act of Initial D First Stage.
This episode features the impromptu battle between Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi.
Synopsis[]
High school kid Takumi Fujiwara works at a gas station with his buddy Itsuki Takeuchi. When the guys join their co-worker Iketani for a night of street racing action on Mt. Akina, Takumi’s life will never be the same.
Plot[]
The Eight-Six seen driving down Akina
The plot begins with a summer midnight scene on Mt. Akina, with Yuichi Tachibana driving on the mountain's roads. Suddenly, a mysterious, white Toyota AE86 drives past him, to which he acknowledges and commenting that "the guy hasn't changed a lot".
Takumi and Itsuki at school
On the next day, Takumi and Itsuki were taking a break before their final exam. Itsuki was extremely passionate about buying an AE86 as Takumi remained spaced out. After the final, the two friends went off to work at the gas station, where Itsuki continued to ramble on about the AE86. Their coworker, Iketani, joins in on the conversation and invites them to come with him tonight to the Akina SpeedStars meeting. Itsuki agrees while Takumi reluctantly tags along. Natsuki meanwhile meets her 'Papa', her sugar-daddy and they drive in his Mercedes while talking about money matters.
Having overheard the conversation to meet up at Mt. Akina, Yuichi briefly mentions a mysterious AE86 owned by the local tofu shop remains indisputably the fastest car on Mt. Akina to Iketani, who finds it rather hard to believe in.
The RedSuns meets with SpeedStars at Akina
Later that night, Iketani picks up Itsuki and Takumi and drives them up to the top of Mt. Akina, with the latter screaming and panicking as Iketani drifts his way to the top of the mountain. Once there, Takumi was noted to be extremely exhausted and scared from the drifting, which he told Itsuki that he wouldn't understand how he feels. At the same time, a local racing team called the Akagi RedSuns has also reached Mt. Akina and challenged the SpeedStars to a race on the following Saturday. Not afraid to be challenged, Iketani, as the leader of the SpeedStars, agreed to the challenge and a practice run with the RedSuns team.
Keisuke and Ryosuke talks about the RedSuns plans
During the practice run, the SpeedStars team realized their skill could never reach the RedSuns, with the opposing team's leaders, Ryosuke Takahashi and Keisuke Takahashi, concluding how easy it will be to take down the Akina SpeedStars. As the brothers decided to not partake next Saturday's time attack match, Ryosuke told Keisuke to race instead. That way, they will have a permanent time record that will be unparalleled.
At the end of the practice run, the SpeedStars members went home, depressed with their results in the practice run. Meanwhile, some members of the RedSuns stayed on Mt. Akina, including Keisuke. Near early morning, the remaining RedSuns members agreed to head back to Akagi. Keisuke takes the lead, noting that he should slow down as his members have not reached his skill level just yet.
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Keisuke realizes the car tailing him is an AE86
However, immediately after his comment, two headlights suddenly appeared on his rear-view mirror. As the car approached, it was apparent that it wasn't a car from the RedSuns. Wondering if it was an MR2 or 180, Keisuke continued his drive down Mt. Akina, feeling increasingly challenged the longer the mysterious car stayed on his tail. During a drift, Keisuke saw that the car was an AE86. Ashamed and outraged that an 86 could catch up to his FD3S, he pressed harder against this new opponent.
The Eight-Six performs an Inertia Drift in front of Keisuke
As both cars reached a right turn, Keisuke braked as the 86 drove forward, as the former feared that having too much speed for the upcoming right turn would cause a crash in a tight left turn that comes immediately afterward. However, the 86 driver performed an inertia drift, recovered, and successfully passed a shocked Keisuke.
Stats[]
Airdates[]
- Fuji TV: April 18th 1998
Characters[]
In order of appearance:
Cars[]
Music[]
Japanese[]
Original (2.0 Stereo)[]
| Time | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 0:04 - 1:34 | Around The World - m.o.v.e. | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 01:43 - 3:09 | Space Boy - Dave Rodgers | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~ |
| 4:11 - 5:30 | Gooey - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 6:51 - 7:53 | Admiration - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 10:20 - 10:48 | Enigma - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 11:09 - 11:48 | Panic - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 12:32 - 13:31 | REDSUNS - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 13:31 - 13:38 | Eyecatch | - |
| 14:11 - 15:42 | Anxiety - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 17:20 - 18:50 | REDSUNS - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 20:27 - 22:25 | No One Sleep in Tokyo - Edo Boys | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~ |
| 22:25 - 24:24 | Rage Your Dream - m.o.v.e. | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 24:24 - 24:56 | Around The World (Instrumental) - m.o.v.e. | - |
5.1 Surround Version[]
| Time | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 0:06 - 1:36 | Around The World - m.o.v.e. | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 1:45 - 3:10 | Space Boy - Dave Rodgers | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~ |
| 4:13 - 5:32 | Gooey - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 6:54 - 7:55 | Admiration - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 10:22 - 10:50 | Enigma - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 11:11 - 11:51 | Panic - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 12:34 - 13:33 | REDSUNS - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 13:34 - 13:50 | Eyecatch | - |
| 14:23 - 15:53 | Anxiety - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 17:32 - 19:01 | REDSUNS - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 20:39 - 22:35 | No One Sleep in Tokyo - Edo Boys | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~ |
| 22:37 - 24:36 | Rage Your Dream - m.o.v.e. | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 24:37 - 25:07 | Around The World (Instrumental) - m.o.v.e. | - |
Funimation[]
| Time | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 0:04 - 1:34 | Around The World - m.o.v.e. | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 01:43 - 3:09 | Space Boy - Dave Rodgers | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~ |
| 4:11 - 5:30 | Gooey - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 6:52 - 7:53 | Admiration - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 10:20 - 10:48 | Enigma - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 11:09 - 11:48 | Panic - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 12:32 - 13:31 | REDSUNS - Ryuichi Katsumata | |
| 13:31 - 13:38 | Eyecatch | - |
| 17:20 - 18:50 | REDSUNS - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 20:27 - 22:25 | No One Sleep in Tokyo - Edo Boys | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~ |
| 22:25 - 24:24 | Rage Your Dream - m.o.v.e. | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 24:24 - 24:56 | Around The World (Instrumental) - m.o.v.e. | - |
Tokyopop[]
| Time | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 0:06 - 1:33 | Initialize - Drop Logic feat. Jaden Norris | Tokyopop Presents: Beats For Riderz |
| 01:36 - 3:19 | Wire Trip - Full Frequency | - |
| 06:50 - 07:57 | In Yo City - Octavia "Jymini" Harris | Tokyopop Presents: D-Sides |
| 12:55 - 13:40 | Let Loose - Young Sons | - |
| 13:45 - 15:13 | Pop It - Marlon D. White (Gemini), Kile Baker (Mindsetta), Hanif Winston (Mr. N.S.C.I.N.S.E.) and Jaron Thorne (Jhey-Tezee) | - |
| 17:31 - 19:14 | The American Dream - The DRP | Tokyopop Presents: Drift 2 Die |
| 20:21 - 22:34 | Initialize (Instrumental) - Drop Logic | - |
| 22:38 - 24:37 | Initialize (DJ Milky D-Mix) - DJ Milky & b_nCHANt_d | Tokyopop Presents: Beats For Riderz |
| 24:38 - 25:08 | Around The World (Instrumental) - m.o.v.e. | - |
Credits[]
Main episodic credits only. For a complete list of credits, please see Initial D First Stage#Credits
- Script: Hiroshi Toda
- Storyboard: Shin Misawa
- Episode Director: Shin Misawa
- Animation Director: Takahisa Ichikawa
- Assistant Animation Director: Kazuhiro Shintani, Kiyotaka Iida
- Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
- CG: Emiko Hatanaka, Kazuhira Tanaka, Nobuaki Hayashi, Sadanori Kaneda
- Key Animation: Aki Nishizaki, Kazuhiro Shintani, Kiyotaka Iida, Tadayoshi Okimura, Takeshi Yamazaki, Yojiro Shige, Yuichiro Masuda, Yukio Oya
- In-Between Animation: Kazuhiro Fukuchi, Kenji Nakano (Wonbat), Sansai Onoki (Wonbat), Shingo Ohyama (Wonbat), Tomohisa Ishiyama (Wonbat), Toshiharu Suzuki (Wonbat), Yō Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Iwata (Wonbat)
Quotes[]
- "He knows even the smallest stain on the asphalt on Mt. Akina. I'd even bet on it. The fastest car on Mt. Akina is the Eight-Six from the tofu shop."
- ―Yuichi Tachibana
- "What the hell!? Inertia Drift!?"
- ―Keisuke Takahashi (English)
- "Na-Nani!? Kansei Dorifuto!?" "(な-なに! 慣性ドリフト!?)"
- ―Keisuke Takahashi (Japanese)
Gallery[]
Differences from the Manga[]
Chapter 1[]
- The opening scene has been extended and Yuichi can now be seen driving past the Eight-Six.
- Conversation between Takumi and Itsuki after Natsuki talks to them has been shortened.
- Takumi and Itsuki going to play Sega Rally at the arcade has been cut.
- Papa's Mercedes-Benz has been changed form a W201 to a W210.
- Natsuki saying that she goes to hotels with Papa has been cut.
- Iketani explaining what an Eight-Six is has been cut.
- A scene of Iketani arriving in a kei truck is added.
- Flashback with Miki has been moved to the beginning of the epidsode.
- Yuichi seeing the RedSuns is moved to after the SpeedStars reached the top of Akina.
- The scene where Yuichi calls Bunta has been moved to after the RedSuns and SpeedStars start practicing.
Chapter 2[]
- Keisuke is the one to propose the event instead of Fumihiro.
- Itsuki's reaction has been added.
- A few shots of Keisuke intimidating the SpeedStars have been added.
- More scene's of the practice session have been added.
- Iketani's monologue has been moved to before the conversation between Keisuke and Ryosuke.
Chapter 3[]
- Impromptu battle between Takumi and Keisuke has been extended.
Notes & Trivia[]
- In the first scene, Yuichi is driving a Toyota Camry, but when the scene changes to the first person view from inside the car, the model is from Ryosuke's FC3S.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Initial D First Stage Memorial DVD Dash 1. Kodansha, November 2, 2012. ISBN 978-4-06-358422-6. Page 28. Release includes a booklet which contains viewership ratings for all Acts of Initial D First Stage from April 18, 1998, to December 5, 1998. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
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| Second Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 |
| Extra Stage | 1 • 2 |
| Third Stage | Movie |
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| Extra Stage 2 | OVA |
| Fifth Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 |
| Final Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 |