Initial D, Volume 2

After all the buildup in the last half of Book 1, Takumi finally takes part in his first official, formal street race. The scene where he first arrives and steps out of the car is both cool and funny. Takumi goes up against Keisuke Takahashi who drives a Mazda RX-7 and the race is superbly drawn and told. The English translation edit is spotty and there are many typos in the text descriptions at the beginning of the book. But overall, it is still a great read.

Finally our Tak drove the race!I don't want to spoil your experience, so I'm not gonna say who won the race..^^;This volume contains one battle and one test racing.. All were greatly described and so intense. I love it.There are one more challenger to Tak.. He drove GTR!I can't wait to watch GTR vs. 86..

By reading the other reviews, you would probably believe that Initial D was a medoicre anime for borrowing from a friend or reading in a bookstore. However, I think that these reviewers are being to specific with their problems. Sure, they changed a lot of the names of the characters to english. So what? Some of us like to read names we can relate to. So they messed up the translation? I didn't see anything wrong with the one in this book. The animation is excelent, although it is a style unlike other mangas, and the story is creative and interesting. I enjoyed Initial D, and If you don't care about perfect translations and other picky things, check this one out. Oh, and if you DO care about the translations and names, just import it. It's worth it.

I think this series is very cool. I really enjoyed reading it. P.S. The car pictures are very detailed.