Original subtitles

"This story is fiction.

All names of characters, places and

organizations in the story are fictional.

Follow the traffic rules and drive safely."

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo

Now listen y'all, what you waitin' for is the Noizy Tribe

We're back!

Furihodokitakute, hazusu mune no safety

Yureru omoi o tsukamaete, sou, kisu o shite

Sou, itsumo pressure, gyuugyuu ni yurareta densha

Yodonda meshita hitogomi kara mitero ze tte

Itsuka, hora denkousekka

Tobidashi ano checker flag te ni ireru, sou shinjite

Dakitai yume ga mieru deshou

Kono ude ni kanjitai, your soul

This moment I can feel, zenchou tourai o shiru

Kono mama iku ze, I'm the Noizy Tribe

Come with me, come and cry with me

Got to be, got to be, now you got to be free (Yeah!)

Noizy Tribe, you're my Noizy Tribe

You can feel, you can feel, you can feel in my love (C'mon!)

Come with me, come and cry with me

Got to be, got to be, now you got to be free (Yeah!)

Noizy Tribe, you're my Noizy Tribe

You can break, you can break, you can break 'cause you're Noizy Tribe

Here come the Noizy Tribe, we're back!

I will catch up to you! Until I have the chance to launch my counterattack...

...there's no way I'm letting you go!

Do you think Fujiwara is planning a counterattack after all?

Perhaps. However, launching a counterattack will not result in victory.

As for whether he will realize that...

"Act 12: Straightaway of Struggles"

Dammit! In this night rain and with the spray of water I'm sending up,

he should be completely unable to see from that side ditch,

so how can he keep up with me so precisely?!

Relax! First things first. I have to be calm here.

If I lose my cool and my rhythm gets thrown off, it could be deadly!

Okay, he's on my tail and I can't shake him.

I just need to switch strategies to one that can't lose!

This spray has reduced my visibility to almost nil. Still...

It's strange, but I don't feel scared.

Do you remember the blind attack Fujiwara used

in the second race against the Toudou School?

Yeah. There's no way to forget something like that.

Turning off the headlights and racing a mountain pass in the dark...

Fujiwara is currently being supported by the same manner of technique and ability.

Such as?

Even when there is inadequate visual information,

he can supplement it with the image that appears in his mind.

When it comes to this ability, Fujiwara is quite outstanding.

He can instantly gauge top speed

and can unerringly race road surfaces devoid of markers...

All because of his mental image.

That could be the source of what supports Fujiwara's genius-like technique.

What? The Eight-Six is right on him?!

Really?

Where are they now?

The stretch of winding roads by the steel tower.

At this rate, it's too tough to call just by the first race.

I can't comment until I hear what Sakamoto has to say.

In any case, we'll have to come up with a strategy for the second race.

A simulation with the Cappuccino coming from behind, huh?

What a setback.

I didn't think there would even be a second race...

All because of the rain, eh?

Unlike Sakamoto, who has only raced in the Capuccino for a few days,

our opponent knows his Eight-Six inside and out

and can control it like an extension of his own body!

If only the course were dry. But this rain... The Eight-Six is using it to its advantage!

I've had a bad feeling since earlier.

A sensation like he's planning something is coming to me in waves.

But on this narrow course, and in the rain...

What the hell is he thinking?!

Quit screwing around!

Don't go planning something reckless. Just stay there and behave!

Here!

What?!

I told you to quit screwing around!

No good!

Looks like countering an opponent who can corner faster than you is impossible.

No. One more time.

Somewhere at these consecutive corners coming up, I'll try again.

This next time will be my last chance.

If Ryosuke says I can do it, then I can definitely do it!

Just a little longer...

Yes.

Even now, I can't forget...

...the shock and impact at being passed by Fujiwara in the rain at Myogi.

I don't know how much of an advantage having a light car is...

...but I just can't imagine Fujiwara losing in the rain!

Go!

I diot! He's cutting in too close!

That bastard's dug our graves!

I'm gonna fall in!

I did it.

I don't know how I pulled that off, but it was really lucky.

Still, that mistake just now pulled me a little farther back.

I guess a counterattack is no good. It just won't work!

But if that's the case...

For example, the methods of Kyoichi Sudou of Team Emperor.

Something like that would be effective.

Don't forget, having a completely different mindset

will be the key to winning this battle.

So if it's not a counterattack,

then Ryosuke...

I see. Understood.

My advice may have been difficult to understand...

But the fact that Fujiwara is currently able to keep pace with the Cappuccino

probably means that, while not fully comprehending,

he has brought the gist of it into play.

Yes. But will he be all right?

If he could keep up during the opening and middle sections of the race, he'll be fine.

I think those were the most difficult.

--And he springs the trap... --Yes, at the very end.

He'll pull ahead at the place where the enemy's greatest weapon,

being lightweight, ceases to be a weapon.

That's where Kyoichi would take precise control.

Because it's the safest, most certain way to pull ahead.

But will the enemy simply fall for that safest, most certain way?

That is the greatest problem he will face.

He'll come! This flat straightaway just ahead is my greatest weakness.

No matter what, I can't let myself be passed here!

Whatever tactic I have to use, I'll show you I can make it to the second race!

Is this the straightaway just before the goal? If I want to go, this would be my chance.

But something's bothering me.

If I fail twice at cornering but pull ahead right before the end...

Can I really call that winning?

Would Ryosuke praise me for something like that?

I don't know... But I'm out of time. I can't afford to hesitate!

What do I do? Do I go?

Or do I just do nothing and let it go into the second race?

What's the right answer?!

Will he come from the right? Or maybe from the left?

Here, I can't utilize this thing's small frame anymore.

Even if I run in the middle of the road, it still opens up space on the right and left.

I don't really care for doing it like this, but I can't give up any road!

What do I do?! Which way of winning is the one that Ryosuke wants?

The left, huh?!

There's no way I'm lettin' you in front of me!

I have to save face in front of my peers, too!

He'll go that far, will he? If that's how he wants to play it...!

There they are! They're coming, Iketani!

What?!

Takumi's Eight-Six is gone!

If you're thinking about riding it out into the next race, that is a mistake, Fujiwara.

Don't insist on a "pretty" victory.

Having such self-centered fixations will only limit oneself...

And being limited leads to the end of growth.

If you feel resistance to pulling ahead on the straightaway,

that is hubris and dependency!

How one wins does not require style!

Go, Fujiwara!

It's gone!

The Eight-Six is gone from my mirrors!

That's impossible. It can't be!

His headlights were right on me a second ago.

I don't get it!

What?!

Sakamoto got passed... The Eight-Six won!

Impossible...

He finished it in the first race?!

I said it from the first, did I not? A completely different mindset.

The driver's job is to draw out a car's latent potential to its very limits.

If one were to describe the essence of it, that's what it boils down to.

Beyond racing fast, if there is one key to beating an opponent's car,

it is simply to turn this sentiment into a weapon and to attack.

This way of thought is what I wanted you to experience in today's race.

Telling you to recall Kyoichi's methods meant not just his technique,

but also included the meaning of this psychology.

Today's race was for the most part decided until the halfway point.

Good work sticking close to him, and not being thrown off during that section.

You did well. Just relax and enjoy yourself.

The time trial has been cancelled.

That turned out well, huh?

I... Did I just get praised?

To be honest, I only sort of accept it.

Did I really do well in passing him like that?

Right up till the end, I really felt lost.

I thought about doing nothing and riding it out till the second race.

It's a good thing you didn't.

Ryosuke would definitely have gotten angry at you.

Really?

Of course!

There's no guarantee conditions would've stayed the same for the second race.

Don't forget, half the help you got was from the rain.

If it had stopped raining, it would've been impossible to keep up with the Cappuccino.

Oh... I guess you're right.

If you'd been racing on your own, you'd be free to choose whichever you like,

but right now you're racing as a representative of D.

Don't forget that.

I can't believe it. How could you lose?! And under these conditions!

I just can't believe it! What the hell happened?!

I don't know. I don't get any of it.

On the straightaway right in front of the goal, he just suddenly disappeared.

He cleverly went into the mirrors' blind spot, eh?

If that were the case, I would've noticed before he'd pulled alongside.

I barely had time to go "Huh?" before he was right there beside me.

Hey, get a hold of yourself. What are you on about?

You're not some amateur!

Say what you like, but if I don't get it, I don't get it!

This has shocked me the most!

Yeah, you've got a point.

You guys couldn't beat that Eight-Six either, right?

Man, I've had enough of this.

I've completely lost confidence in myself.

It doesn't look like I'll be recovering from this for a while.

There's something fundamentally different about that guy.

He's an incredible driver.

Still, that blind attack in the middle of the rain was really effective.

The rain already made it hard to see,

so to your opponent, I think it really felt like you'd disappeared.

Ryosuke already said this, but that tactic is a powerful weapon in a fight.

You may be right...

But personally, I don't think I want to use it too frequently.

I'd enjoy it too much.

Enjoy it? You would?

But it would come out spontaneously...

If an opponent wouldn't open up any road, I'd do it reflexively.

Or if I got angry...

Ah, there he is!

Hey, Takumi!

Wow, you really gave me a shock earlier!

Somehow, I completely lost sight of what your Eight-Six was doing!

Uh, us too.

Sorry 'bout that!

I almost got hit by the Eight-Six, too! I'll forgive ya this time, though.

At least I'm not causing a scene...

That Levin! It can't be!

That's Wataru's Levin!

Yeah. You just now noticed that?

Wataru's representing the other team on the hillclimb.

What?! What does that mean? Don't tell me! Don't tell me!

K-Kazumi?

Kazumi!

It's me! Me!

Itsuki?

The compressor! You changed it to a supercharger?

Yeah. After losing to that guy's Trueno last fall,

I started feeling dissatisfied with how my turbo was set up.

I'd just finished putting the engine together

and after thinking through a couple of options, this is what I came up with.

The supercharger's direct response is, if anything, close to NA.

It hasn't got the quirks of a turbo, and it feels like I've put in a large-volume engine.

This thing will be just the trick for a tight course like today's.

Keep that in mind as you bring your A-game.

I see. I'll have to do that.

I'll friggin' show you what having a turbo is all about.

Line up your cars! The Levin goes first, followed by the FD!

Keisuke, your task has been set since last week.

You understand, yes? Road surface conditions

are perfect for measuring its effectiveness.

Yeah, I know! Just watch me out there, big brother.

Very well.

Here we go!

Starting in five seconds!

Four! Three!

Two! One!

Go!

Awesome! For it to be a match for the FD in the start dash,

Wataru's Levin must really be awesome!

I installed a turbo in my Levin as well, but this is completely different!

My brother's Levin is rebuilt now, and installed with a supercharger.

A supercharger?

He ended up blowing out his old engine.

It looked like he really hated losing to your friend.

He put everything into his racing, and really pushed himself.

Huh. He did?

Still, a supercharger is a bit unexpected.

But he said it suits a car like the Eight-Six.

My brother's very satisfied.

He said that his racing power has improved over his old turbo.

Once we enter the low- to mid-speed section coming up,

it doesn't matter how much power you have, you won't be able to use it all.

It will be a battle of driver vs. driver!

It's a street fight, where the winner is the one with the strongest conviction!

Senjou ni saita rose, for the reason they don't know

Mae ni shika susumenai caterpillar ga kyou mo fumitsubushita

Yo, hates and pain, nikushimi dake fuyashite

Hates and pain, sonna sesou, live eizou

Dakishimete ite ne, motto tsuyoi te de

Fuan na yoru ni anata no koe (For the reason they don't know)

Sekai wa itsuka chi o nagashite ite (All around the world)

Sonna news o wasuresasete yo, wakaritakunai

Nobody reason, nobody sure where is the end

Aa semete mou sukoshi, uso demo ii, yasashiku utatte

Sakusou suru jouhou wa mass media-tachi ni mou hora

Ressei ga noukou na taikyoku no urei o tsutaedasu

Risei wa kanensei, yokushiryoku o kaiteru nenrei, yeah

Dokomade senrei uketsuzukeru zenshin zenrei

Nobody reason, nobody sure where is the end

Tayorinai kowaresou na fune koideru nara

Nobody reason, no one confess that it was wrong

Aa semete mou sukoshi, uso demo ii, yasashiku utatte