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Which one is better Initial D or Wangan Midnight?, Why?
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Wangan midnight- There's legitemate explanations for why everyone has their cars. Most people are adults with real jobs, and Akio suffers greatly in normal life for his expensive choice of hobby.... Oh yeah realistic protagonist that loses and crashes... a lot! Even though he's become incredibly good at a difficult thing he's not perfect in the least. I find it easier to identify with the Wangan characters. The Initial D guys tend to be a little archetypal and overdrawn. Still a fun fun read/watch though.
This post has been edited by The J on Oct 11 2007, 10:42 AM
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I'm going to say Initial D, only because I've only seen 2 episodes of Wangan midnight. But from the sound of it I might be changing my mind.
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Initial D the new soap opera.... yuck.
Last time on Initial D.. the soap: Takumi won the heart of a new girl by using his teeth to grip the steering wheel and drift down the mountain; but then Natsuki heard about his exploits only to find him in the arms of another girl. She returns to whoring herself out.. to Bunta; who was upset that Takumi figured out Bunta's secret teeth technique. Bunta then betrays Takumi by teaching Keisuke that the best counter to Takumi's driving is to use his feet!!!!...
seriously though it does seem like Shigeno has had a lot of trouble dealing with women as evinced by his other writings and work. It kinda sucks considering it also seems like it's projected onto all the characters since they all seem to be completely clueless as to what to do if there is a naked lady alone with you... You... um... heel toe downshift to drift around her right??? damn it... wrong again.
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I understand that it's a different culture. Trust me. I understand. (I speak 5 languages, lived in Asia half my life and have an Asian cultural studies minor). I understand in a relatively repressed culture it's hard for people to openly express themselves to each other. My problem with the way the series deals with it is- With the exception of Kenji they've all had experience dealing with women yet they learn almost nothing from it or at least it doesn't seem to manifest in later relationships. Itsugi has been robbed of girlfriends seemingly just to keep the running gag of itsugi not ever getting a girl... If it happens again I think it's gonna stop being funny. What would be MORE amusing is if a girl liked Itsugi but he couldn't stand her! Keisuke I can understand. He doesn't want to be torn between his attention for the girl and his love of racing. I think this is by far THE BEST way Shigeno illustrates the point that Keisuke realizes that he wants to commit his life to racing and is willing to let go of everything else to attain that goal. However it's kinda unfortunate that the meaning of the moment gets lost in a series where the male leads lose their girls constantly. Why even bother with the other relationships if you're not gonna address them later is my beef. It ends up being fluff we can do without.
It just gets boring to see the archetype again and again. The rivals also come from the same cookie cutter mold. Shingo/ Nakazato and Lan Evo guys... Project D and Saitama Alliance (With the Imperfect Ryosuke clone and the levin guy etc), feux Project D. While it's fun to see the good guys come out from overwhelming odds it adds far more to a story to see once in a while that which we never want to see but in all probability always happens:
The good guys are robbed of an opportunity because they are too courteous. The jerks win through dirty tactics. There's nothing Project D can do about it. Evil prevails. That's how you keep things like Superman interesting. People read Superman because he's supposed to be an invincible winner and yet he's defeated by things one would not normally think a person like that is vulnerable to (and I'm not talking about Kryptonite either). Takumi is worse than Superman in the invincibility department. What his story needs is a fall and a response to having to claw his way back to the top... and not that engine blow out crap where he's recovered in less than a season!!!! They've made more than enough guys to focus on characters OTHER than Takumi. (Mako maybe.. or the Night Kids getting better??)
That's what's great about Wangan- you have characters that aren't really concerned with winning the races as much as they are concerned with bettering themselves and learning to grow. There's no evil enemy out there to defeat (except flash in the pan R200 Crub). The DevilZ maybe... but really that's saying the enemy is you. You're fighting fear and inexperience. Something to think about.
This post has been edited by The J on Oct 12 2007, 12:16 PM
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