This is the real Akinayama, and it is no longer the outline outlined in black and white in the comics.

In my previous life, when I saw the description of Mt. Akina in the manga, I imagined countless times that I was standing at the foot of the mountain and felt the atmosphere of the mountain road here. Although Takeuchi Shu became an underground rider, he never had the opportunity to come to Japan, to Gunma Prefecture, to this Akinayama Mountain!

For a rider, the mountain roads of Mt. Akina are a mecca that makes people fascinated! Because the storyline of the initial D is the most primitive motivation for many people to become drivers and even love racing. Takumi Fujiwara's AE86 drove in Mt. Akina, and people born in the 80s and 90s also started here......

I found a nice place to get a great view.

Takeuchi Shu fixed the sketchpad holder, and after he tightened the tablet tightly, he set aside the color and paint he needed.

He began to depict this in front of him, the most real Akinaka Mountain! All the scenery is sketched and realized by one's own brush, one stroke of the pen. Every time I depict it, it seems that the excitement rushes out of the drawing paper.

Everything is beautiful in the eyes, and the filling of colors is more like the infusion of mood.

Although he draws on paper, Takeuchi Xiu's whole mind returns to his first career and past as an underground driver.

In the deepest part of my mind, I don't want to recall, and I don't want to give up the feelings, little by little, come to my heart!

People really go crazy and paranoid because of a thought when they were young, and insist on taking a path that seems stupid to others.

Oh, yes!

That year, by chance, Takeuchi Shu borrowed a comic book with the initial D from a friend. Looking at the comic books, the characters are not exquisite, but they are thrilling, and the whole person is enthusiastic about the drag racing picture, and I am deeply fascinated at once!

Later, he bought a follow-up comic book, bought the earliest initial D videotape, and bought the first model car of the AE86......

Until he becomes a real driver! It's all like an overlap between comics and reality.

The brush kept changing its trajectory, but Takeuchi's eyes were a little moist.

In his fourth year in this world, he finally found a strong impulse at the foot of Mt. Akina!

He now exists in a real world that is closest to a dream.

He is now stopping at his idol, Takumi Fujiwara, who conquered his opponent for the first time, at the foot of Mt. Akina!

He stopped his brush abruptly.

That touch of green, slacked off and spread.

In a flash!

The picture froze, and Takeuchi Shu took a deep breath, choking his throat and dry.

He looked up, his eyes off his painting, and looked at the endless mountains, at the rugged mountain roads that had been built through the mountains!

I want to drive......

In three years, he didn't touch the steering wheel again.

Every time I sat in the co-pilot, my emotions were like being bitten and pulled.

He has always regarded himself as a painter and lived a life of spending and drinking. Others envy and self-indulge.

But when this impulse is like a virus, numbing every nerve...... It was as if a door of hindsight had been pushed open, and the scenery was overturned in the whirlwind.

It's not the view, it's the track!

At the foot of Mt. Akina, Takeuchi Shu felt himself swallowed by this impulse.

He came to Japan.

He came to Gunma Prefecture......

Not for the sake of drawing!

Closing the unfinished painting, Takeuchi put away the brushes and paints.

"I'm going to drive."

The voice of self-talk was low, but the blood in the chest was steaming.

People may be numb to emotions and lose themselves, but they can't lose the desire to burn themselves!

Crazy or crazy!

Takeuchi Shu now feels that his fingers are the ones he wants to touch the most...... It's not a docile brush, it's not a realistic blank slate.

It's the unruly steering wheel and gear lever!

......

After walking for a long time, carrying a sketchpad and a backpack, Takeuchi Shu finally left the deserted road near Mt. Akina and came to the main town of Gunma Prefecture. You can already see traffic, shops, and familiar high-rises.

Along the way, Takeuchi Shu did not have the urge to strand.

He was already determined that he was going to be his old self again!

He ignored everything in the United States and ran to Japan, not to play...... It's about a challenge.

Challenge your childhood idols, challenge drivers from all over Gunma Prefecture, and even embark on a nationwide journey to race unbridled on mountain roads.

Looking for an ATM at a nearby bank, Takeuchi reconfirmed the balance of his bank card.

Looking at the long string of numbers, my heart is very steady.

Waving for a taxi, Takeuchi thought for a moment and asked the driver, "Do you know where the largest second-hand car market in Gunma Prefecture is?" ”

When the driver heard Takeuchi's question, he thought about it and immediately replied, "I know, it's not far from here." As he spoke, he buckled his watch, and drove in a completely different direction from when he came.

Takeuchi Shu has already decided his own path.

All he needs now is a car.

A car of your own!

No matter how good a driver is, it is useless without a good car as a fit.

So he called a taxi, and the destination was clear.

That's the used car market!

No matter what time or place, the used car market will exist. Because people's needs for vehicles are always changing.

New car, not for yourself.

There are three aspects. The first factor, of course, is considered from the economic aspect. The cost of a new car is significant, and the value of the car itself plus taxes for the first year of the car. Although I still have some money to squander, once I plan to be a good driver, my painting will definitely suffer. Everything must be done according to one's ability, and Takeuchi Xiu also feels that it is always right to keep more money for crossing the river.

The second factor, although the new car makes people feel happy, like having the first night, but it is relatively ordinary people. An excellent racing car must go through the run-in period, and the matching of all parts is optimal, and it takes a long time to run. Therefore, it is difficult for the new car to achieve the run-in that Takeuchi wants in the early stage.

And last but not least.

Generally, this kind of model is different from civilian vehicles, and it needs to be customized by the manufacturer, whether it is scheduling or production, it takes a long time. Takeuchi Shu felt that he didn't have that much time to pick up the car. So a ready-made used car is a good choice.

When I arrived at the second-hand car market, it was really like what the taxi driver said.

It is the largest trading market in Gunma Prefecture. There are a lot of car dealers here, and there are all kinds of vehicles.

Takeuchi Shu knows very well that in the second-hand car industry, the water is very deep and full of routines. Think about it, Ah Shu's kid, the AE85 he bought later, is probably fooled by profiteers under the confusion of the same appearance.

So it's really hard to pick a car.