The Rainy Downhill (雨のダウンヒルバトル!, Ame no daunhirubatoru!) is the twenty-third Act of Initial D First Stage.
This episode features the battle between Takumi Fujiwara and Kenta Nakamura.
Synopsis []
Kenta, a member of the RedSuns, challenges Takumi to a downhill race in the pouring rain. With the increasingly wet course conditions, neither driver is guaranteed victory.
Plot []
Stats []
Airdates[]
- Fuji TV: November 7, 1998
Characters[]
- Takumi Fujiwara
- Itsuki Takeuchi
- Keisuke Takahashi
- Takeshi Nakazato
- Kenta Nakamura
- Koichiro Iketani
- Kenji
- Ryosuke Takahashi
- Yuichi Tachibana
- Natsuki Mogi
- Bunta Fujiwara
- Keiichi Tsuchiya (voice)
Cars[]
Music []
- Break In2 The Nite - m.o.v.e
- Night Of Fire - Niko
- Rock It Down - m.o.v.e
- Past Days ~追憶 (Past Days ~Tsuioku) - m.o.v.e
- World Of Move - m.o.v.e
- 奇跡の薔薇 (Kiseki No Hana) - Galla
Quotes []
Differences from the Manga[]
- Takumi and Kenta's battle is interrupted by Seiji Iwaki of Emperor in the manga
Notes & Trivia []
- Professional racing driver and series technical director Keiichi Tsuchiya makes a voice-only cameo in this episode as the person that called Bunta.
- During the conversation on the phone between Bunta and Tsuchiya, some R32 racing Skylines appear, including a FALKEN ALTIA R32 N1 that participated in the Super Taikyu championship (then the N1 Endurance) in 1992.
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| Initial D Acts | |
|---|---|
| First Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 |
| Second Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 |
| Extra Stage | 1 • 2 |
| Third Stage | Movie |
| Fourth Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 |
| 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 |