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Behind him, Takumi was in a trance. He wasn't watching the FD; he was feeling the road. He felt the weight shift of the 86, the way the tires hummed against the asphalt. As they approached the famous five consecutive hairpins, Takumi did the unthinkable. He didn't brake. He dropped his inside tires into the concrete gutter, using the lip to hook the car around the turn at a speed that defied physics.

The crowd at the finish line heard the scream of engines long before they saw the lights. Ryosuke Takahashi, Keisuke’s older brother, watched the stopwatch with a stoic expression. He knew.

The night air on Mt. Akina was electric, thick with the smell of burnt rubber and high-octane fuel. On one side stood the sleek, professional Mazda RX-7 FD3S, driven by the "RedSuns" ace, Keisuke Takahashi. On the other, the unassuming, ghostly white Toyota AE86—the "Ghost of Akina." Watch Initial D First Stage (Dub) Episode 26 fo...

This was the moment the entire prefecture had been waiting for.

Keisuke gripped his steering wheel, his knuckles white. He had been humiliated by this "tofu boy" once before, and he wasn't about to let it happen again. He watched the 86 in his rearview mirror, wondering how a car with half his horsepower could possibly keep up. Behind him, Takumi was in a trance

Keisuke walked over, his pride bruised but his respect earned. "You're fast, Fujiwara. But don't think this is over. The RedSuns are just getting started."

Takumi Fujiwara sat in the driver's seat of the 86, his hands light on the wheel. To anyone else, this was a high-stakes battle for mountain supremacy. To Takumi, it just felt like another early morning delivery run, though his heart was drumming a slightly faster rhythm against his ribs. As they approached the famous five consecutive hairpins,

Takumi gave a small, rare smile. For the first time, he wasn't thinking about the delivery route. He was thinking about the next race.