Chapter 020

Dammit, Pops, Gimme Back the Eight-Six! (バカおやじハチロク返せ!!, Baka Oyaji Hachi Roku Kaese!!, "Stupid old man, give back the Eight-Six!!") is the twentieth chapter of Initial D.

Plot

Iketani, Kenji and Itsuki head up to Akina to face the NightKids, but decide to pull over for a bit on seeing the size of the crowd. Iketani wants to try and change Takumi's mind again, believing that Takumi could win even though the others don't agree. Iketani and Kenji decide to go and get Takumi, while Itsuki chooses to stay behind as he doesn't feel ready to face him.

At the tofu store, Takumi agonises about being unable to race, as it's the first time he's ever actually wanted to. He hears the sound of a car outside and is surprised to find Iketani and Kenji waiting outside. He explains to them that Bunta left with the Eight-Six so he can't race, even though he wants to. Iketani suggests he drive Kenji's 180SX but Takumi shoots him down, as he wouldn't be able to adjust to the car in time. The three choose to wait for Bunta to return.

At quarter to ten, Takumi is surprised to hear the familiar sound of the Eight-Six's engine in the distance.

Stats

Release Dates

Japan

• December 4th 1995 (Weekly Young Magazine, 1995 Volume 50)^[1]
• February 3rd 1996 (Tankōbon, Volume 02)^[2]
• October 6th 2004 (Bunkoban, Initial D: Birth of a Legend Vol. 2)^[3]
• April 11th 2012 (Bunkoban, Initial D: Birth of a Runner Vol. 1 - Appearance! Akina's Downhill Specialist)^[4]
• February 16th 2018 (Chogapponban, Initial D Super Combined Edition 1)^[5]
• November 6th 2020 (Shinsōban Omnibus, Volume 01)^[6]

Chinese

• February 1st 1998 (Tankōbon, Volume 02, Sharp Point Press)

English

• July 16th 2002 (Tankōbon, Volume 02, Tokyopop)^[7]
• April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 02, Kodansha USA)^[8]
• March 19th 2024 (Shinsōban Omnibus, Volume 01, Kodansha USA)^[9]

French

• March 26th 2009 (Tankōbon, Volume 02, Asuka)^[10]

Italian

• March 28th 2023 (Shinsōban Omnibus, Volume 01, J-Pop)^[11]

Polish

• December 2022 (Shinsōban Omnibus, Volume 01, J. P. Fantastica)^[12]

Characters (in order of appearance)

• Koichiro Iketani
• Kenji
• Itsuki Takeuchi
• Takumi Fujiwara

Cars (in order of appearance)

• Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13)
• Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32)
• Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)
• Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)

Quotes

Localisation Differences

Tokyopop/Kodansha USA (2019) version

Kodansha USA (2024) version

Notes & Trivia

References