Initial D: Second Stage

Takumi’s rise to the top the street racing underground is the stuff of legend, but his status as the best is on the line once again. Team Emperor’s in town with a singular goal: to crush all opposition. The team’s drivers are as aggressive as their cars are advanced, and Akina’s Eight-Six might be outclassed. There’s a chance that Takumi’s skills have surpassed the abilities of his beloved machine, and if he wants to maintain his rep, severe modifications must be made.

Unfortunately, mechanical woes aren’t his only problem, thanks to some rumors going around about his girl. The distractions are definitely stacking up, and so are the challengers. That means it’s time for Takumi to do what he does best – keep his eyes on the road ahead and floor it.

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Following his victory over RedSuns leader Ryosuke Takahashi, AE86 driver Takumi Fujiwara is challenged by the Lancer EVO-based “Emperor,” a group known for taking decals of racing teams they defeat, cutting them up and placing them on their cars like a fighter plane kill board. Takumi’s undefeated streak is on the line as his AE86 is virtually no match against the more powerful and more agile four-wheel-drive EVOs of the Emperor team.

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The Gunma region is being invaded by the fearsome Emperors, a street racing team who drive nothing but powerful Lan-EVOs. With the ambition to conquer the entire region in one month and the most powerful 4-wheel-drive cars at their disposal, Kyoichi and the Emperors have set out to get their long awaited revenge on Takahashi Ryousuke, their archnemesis. Together with the undefeated downhill hero Takumi, Ryousuke is all that stands in the way of Kyoichi and his gang. But winning will be a difficult task — do the Gunma region’s drivers really stand a chance?