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Initial D: Second Stage : Season 1
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Air date: 14 Oct '99 - 13 episodesFollowing 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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List of Episodes (13)
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Initial D: Second Stage (1999)
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1. A New Threat
14 Oct '99Emperor, a team of Lan-Evos from the Tochigi prefecture has arrived with the goal to crush every team in Gunma. Soon they realize the fastest car in Gunma isn’t just Akagi’s White Comet, but also a new downhill legend known as Akina’s Eight-Six.
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2. Team Emperor on Akina
21 Oct '99Iketani and Itsuki both wonder if the Eight-Six would get a new upgrade, in order to increase the performance of Takumi’s vehicle. However, it is up to Bunta to decide upon the matter. Elsewhere, Emperor’s winning streak isn’t slowing down as they continue to sweep across Gunma, defeating every race team with ease. Their next target, Akina’s Eight-Six.
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3. Premonition of Defeat
28 Oct '99Kyoichi senses an uncanny fighting spirit within the Eight-Six’s driver, as he gives Seiji strict rules against the race. Seiji however decides to ignore these rules and launches his Evo IV into full power. Takumi is outclassed in almost every category as the Evo IV’s power is truly amazing. The battle risk escalates when the race reaches the second half of the course.
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4. Hollow Victory
04 Nov '99In his heart, Takumi cannot accept his victory over the Evo IV and decides to make a vow. To add to his already uneasy thoughts, anonymous messages are being sent to Takumi concerning his relationship with Natsuki.
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5. Countdown to Destruction
11 Nov '99Takumi soon discovers Natsuki’s secret that leads him to vent his anger in an egotistic battle against Kyoichi at Akagi, thinking little of the huge disadvantage he has. Which became obvious when the Evo III starts to unleash its monster abilities.
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6. Goodbye Eight-Six
18 Nov '99Kyoichi is realizing just how incredible Akina’s downhill specialist is, yet he has full confidence in his rally tuned Evo III. Takumi soon realizes the difference between the Eight-Six and the loud banging horsepower of the Evo III, and ultimately blowing out the Eight-Six's engine. But, it seems that Bunta instinctively knows of the race taking place as a major turning point is about to happen in the series.
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7. Battle at Akagi!
25 Nov '99With the Eight-Six out of the picture, the RedSuns has become the main representatives of Gunma, as every local racer within the prefecture are in favor of Emperor’s defeat. Ryosuke has returned on the street to defeat the revenge-seeking Kyoichi, who plans to use his theories of Motorsports against the White Comet. Also, Iketani and Kenji spot another racer from a neighboring prefecture.
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8. Dangerous Car
02 Dec '99Mount Akagi’s battle continues, as Ryosuke has his own theories about streetracing...and he plans to demonstrate its difference on Kyoichi’s Evo III. Back in Akina, Takumi’s routine way of life is gone with the absence of the Eight-Six and the discovery of Natsuki’s secret. Takumi then disowns Natsuki at the end of the episode.
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9. The New Eight-Six
09 Dec '99The Eight-Six has returned undergoing a major change. Takumi soon test-drives the new performance much to his mixed satisfactions and disappointments, but what he doesn't understand is what Bunta knows what’s within that car. Also, the relationship between Takumi and Natsuki is falling apart, but Itsuki’s heart is shaken with the appearance of Kazumi.
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10. The Eight-Six Turbo!
16 Dec '99After Wataru issues a short-lived battle against Keisuke, his sister Kazumi introduces him to Itsuki leading to a chance meeting with another Eight-Six driver. At first everything seems right with the meeting, but because of Takumi’s naïve reaction to his car’s new downhill weapon, Wataru rubs it the wrong way as his bad side emerges.
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11. The Seal Is Broken
06 Jan '00Takumi takes up the challenge and decides where the battle would take place. But before he can accept Wataru’s challenge, he’ll have to learn the most basic essentials of what it means to be a street racer. Also, Itsuki’s relationship with Kazumi is teaching him the value of having a girlfriend.
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12. Eight-Six vs. Eight-Six
13 Jan '00Takumi is about to experience a completely different type of racer within Wataru’s own Eight-Six, in a treacherous mountain pass consisting of mixed elevations, rusting guardrails, unexpected traps and aging rough pavements. As Takumi presses down the accelerator, the true nature of the Eight-Six’s new hidden weapon emerges in its monstrous raw performance
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13. Changing Seasons
20 Jan '00The battle between the two Eight-Sixes have met Wataru’s satisfaction much higher than he expected, but he plans to decide the outcome of this battle with the judgement of the human body’s limitations. Takumi soon realizes he is losing grip of his pace. After the battle, a series of revelations take place among all the characters in preparation to what’s coming next.
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