Episode 21 | Initial D First Stage -dub-

Here is the text for a hypothetical English dub script of Initial D First Stage Episode 21, titled:

SOUND of tires screeching, metal kissing concrete.

Takumi doesn’t answer. He runs a finger over a deep gash in the quarter panel.

(slamming his fist) : "So we un-believe him! We take him to the mountain, blindfold him, and just yell 'DRIFT!' until he stops being a baby!" Initial D First Stage -Dub- Episode 21

: "That’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever said. And you once tried to race a minivan." CLOSING NARRATION (DUB EPILOGUE STYLE): "The Eight-Six sleeps in steel and shadow. But on the mountain, the gutter still glistens with rain and regret. Takumi will return to that corner. Not because he wants to. But because the night… always asks for a rematch." PREVIEW FOR EPISODE 22:

SOUND of rain dripping through a hole in the roof. A single fluorescent light buzzes.

(low, almost a whisper) : "It’s not the metal, Itsuki. It’s the road. I heard it. That stretch… it wanted me to lose." Here is the text for a hypothetical English

: "A superstition? What, you think the ghost of some old racer pushed him off?"

: "Dude. Roads don't want things. Tofu shops do. Your dad’s gonna kill you slower than Kyoichi did if you get all philosophical on me."

(cocky, reverb effect) : "The white of your Eight-Six… it’s just primer for my red of revolution." (slamming his fist) : "So we un-believe him

Kenji, K.T., and Iketani huddle around a greasy table.

: "He’s not faster. The road is lying to me. It’s pulling me into the gutter. Into the dark."

Iketani gives him a long, tired stare.