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Wangan Midnight's Common Denominator, A Pattern Discovered for most story arcs
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I've been watching the Wangan Midnight Anime Series and read through up to Chapter 47 and I can definitely conclude that there's a pattern for each story arc; much like the traditional Initial D's AE86 pattern.
To give you an idea of what I mean, the AE86 pattern is (from first to fourth stage; and this often occurs with Takumi with his race with bunta as an exception to this rule):
QUOTE | 1. Hero/Winner starts off slow, outran. 2. Hero/Winner catches up to the opponent. 3. Hero/Winner gets into a pinch 4. Hero/Winner shows his IMBA skill/rages/blind attacks 5. Hero/Winner's string of luck gets to an over 9000 level and hits rival 6. Hero/Winner... well, wins. |
With Wangan Midnight though, there's more like a plot summary pattern for each. I'll be listing down the following Characters Based on the Manga (up to ch 47) and the Anime. It'll take up this pattern:
QUOTE | Story Arc Main Character - the main character of the Arc Supporting Character - secondary main character that played a big role in the arc Series Character involved - either of the 4: Akio, Tatsuya, Reina or Kitami; whoever influenced them the most to get to racing at first Car - before and at the end of the story arc Conflict Situation involving racing - what non-racing thing was involved with their decision to race the Devil Z/Blackbird/both (best example is the Perfect GT-R arc) Sacrifice - what was lost in their decision Compensation - what was gained at the end of the series Aftermath - what happened at the end of the arc; be it concrete or abstract; involving the main character only.
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A. The Return of the Devil Z
Main Character involved: Akio Asakura Supporting Character: Eriko Asakura, Kochan Takahashi Series character involved: Tatsuya Shima Car (at first) : Nissan Fairlady Z31 300ZX, switched to S30 'Devil Z' Fairlady Z Conflict/Situation involving racing: Lost to Blackbird and wants revenge; an uncooperative Devil Z Sacrifice: Sold Z31 and rebuilt S30 Compensation - the Devil Z accepted Akio and it's where the story begins Aftermath - Met Reina and developed a long-term grudge match with Tatsuya
A. Ishida Storyline
Main Character Involved: Ishida Yoshiaki Supporting Character: Reina Akikawa, Kitami Jun & Rumi Shimada Series Character involved: Reina Akikawa Car: Ferrari Testarosa Conflict: Struggling with Lung Cancer Sacrifice: His *sick* life Compensation: Had the race of his life/ the Z saved him. Aftermath: Retired from racing after operation
Perfect GT-R
Main Character Involved: Koichi Hiramoto Supporting Character: Harada/Haruda & Matsu Series Character Involved: Kitami Jun Car: None, bought a BNR32 GT-R Skyline Conflict: Pregnancy Period of Megumi Hiramoto (his wife) and going against his oath to abstain from racing Sacrifice: The birth of his son Compensation: Built the greatest GT-R 'the best engine & the best muffler' Aftermath: Sold the GT-R and went back to Miyazaki to reunite with Megumi, who accepted him back.
Monster Supra
Main Character Involved: Keiichiro Aizawa Supporting Character: Koichiro Aizawa (Father) & Maki Series Character Involved: Reina Akikawa Car: Toyota Supra JZA80 Conflict: Being told that Kei should retire from racing and build his future Sacrifice: Friendship with Maki & Kohta Compensation: The Perfect Supra was built, with 800HP tuned by Yamamoto, Ohta, Takagi, Tominaga, etc. Aftermath: Went back regularly to college, quit his host club job & took up a job as a waiter in a family restaurant; received his Detuned & repainted Supra.
R200 Club
Main Character Involved: Takayuki Kuroki Supporting Character: Yasuhiko Miki, R200 Club team leader Motoki Series Character Involved: Reina Akikawa Car: Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 Conflict: The discussions of the R200 club and Mika's return Sacrifice: Releasing all his workers and temporarily closing down FLAT racing Co. Compensation: Completed his 800HP R33, won against Blackbird (which he didn't know) Aftermath: His R33 engine's 'still alive' and reunited with Mika.
Osaka Midnight
Main Character Involved: Eiji Kamiya Supporting Character: Maki Kamiya, Eriko Kamiya, Kazuo Ohta Series Character Involved: Kitami Jun Car: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 GSR Conflict: Reluctant to go to Tokyo; Still can't accept Maki as a 'legitimate' brother and is overly responsible for him Sacrifice: Leaving his job as the family business' head Compensation: Had his Evo rebuilt and upgraded by RGO's Rikako, developed a *hint of a* relationship with Rikako. Aftermath: Went home to Osaka and tells Maki his true feelings
Legendary FC
Main Character Involved: Koichi Kijima Supporting Character: Reina Akikawa, Machida, Gatchan Sasaki, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Ko Tominaga Series Character Involved: Reina Akikawa & Akio Asakura Car: (first) Used a Porsche 911/Mazda RX-8 as a demo car, ZERO Mazda FC3S RX-7 GT-X Conflict: Retired from Racing and now wishes to go back after being reminded of the FC. Sacrifice: His reputation as the host of Drive Go Go (didn't lose his job but puts it on the line, not to mention losing interest in it as well) Compensation: Finds his FC3S at the hands of Hayashi Aftermath: ???? (this is where the anime ends and I can't tell the aftermath with Kijima whether he remade ZERO, went back to his normal life, etc.)
If anyone could fill the gaps with the one above; any corrections with regards to the content/details... we'd be able to understand the entire Wangan midnight Series better.
Here are some other Story Arcs that left us dumbfounded; except for those who have the Manga and can understand Kanji well enough *coughRITNinjacough*
The Asakasa Straight (Masaki story arc) Garage ACE (Tomoya story arc) Legendary F1 Turbine (Makoto Morishita Arc) <- although we heard in the Monster supra arc; this was mentioned by Yamamoto on one of the episodes. FD Master (Ogishima story arc)
All information that can be discussed is well appreciated. I've yet to understand these other arcs' involvement with the Devil Z if their content either repeats the ones above or is very different altogether.
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QUOTE (Gunma's 34 @ Today, 4:22 AM) | What I was actually referring to was the content of the arcs like, what is the current life of these Characters (Tomoya, Makoto, Ogishima) Rather than read it from WMMT, a sample of it like a manga screenshot or something. (Example is Koichi Kijima hosting Drive Go Go, doing the trademark Check-mark-finger at the end of the show, or featuring Kuroki & Yasuhiko's tuning shops) and who are the other characters involved with their arcs (example is Koyama who was missing in WMMT even as a side character but was on the Manga and Anime with Kuroki) |
actually quite a handful, but I can't remember... but if those characters are somewhat significant, it should be on the Japanese wiki page
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