Quite an interesting story from the same mangaka as Megumi no Daigo

Storyline -
Taira Kappeita, or Capeta, was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing cart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the cart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the cart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast cart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the cart was Minamoto Naomoi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Cart. Looking at their chase, Naomi’s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.

Anyway, i was quite taken in by this story. Even though he's like Takumi as he has a natural talent in driving, unlike Takumi, he does not have the luck that Takumi has.

yeah quite okay

POV




The car in the OP was the 2003 Ferrari GA. The Number 27 was last used by Jean Alesi driving the 1995 Ferrari. It's no wonder that his helmet resembles alesi's helmet. also with some of DC's design as well






this model is that of the LEGO Ferrari 134B 1995, Alesi's car



Looks like Button's helmet doesn't it?

In eo 2, Capeta tested the unfinished car in pouring rain down a hill. wonder why there is no Aquplane? I mean his dad misplaced a rain tyre on the rear and with cart being rear braking, he should have oversteered on the first corner. not to mention that the alignment was really off (this was discovered in ep3).

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Feb 4 2006, 12:53 AM

yeah, the way he compensate with the wrong alignment in ep 3 was quite a good scene

The manga is quite OK
the storyline is still quite far from INitial D

hmm, not quite for me.
the hero needs to learn form himself how to drive. and his competitors mom is only using him for the good of his son.

he does. he just don't want to watch it on telly

it's still 9. A-E don't have the time for it at the moment

yeah, and it's quite good to see that he's not the Schummi type driver, but more of a Kimi type

Schummi hardly make mistake, but hecannot go faster than he is now.
Kimi makes mistake, learn from that, and can get faster

Japanese GP
but yeah, f1 should be exciting this season

Interestingly, i didn;t even thought to lok for the manga untill that question was asked

yeah, there is. the same mangaka as Megumi no Daigo

I need MOAR!!!!!

I already have the Raw....