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Oct 15, 2023 6:28 AM
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There's still a lot to be learned about the world car racing industry but hey, at least that commerical shooting went smoothly.

On the other hand, this episode still continues the ongoing competitive nature of sports racing out there on the tracks. Not much has changed in terms of style there. I just hope Kaoru can keep up with it.
Oct 15, 2023 8:09 AM
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Haruka really put the fear of god into Kouya.
Oct 15, 2023 8:12 AM
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Komaki Motors finally has its first sponsor, which gives hopes that winning a race will be as ever as close. But a commercial? Haruka needs to prep for that!

Turns out, Haruka's crying face got them the dibs, which contributed to new tyres, and with the commercial, Koya sits back at letting the professionals handle the job, from the photoshoot to the video interviews. It's the same for the high-flying Belsorriso team, though Satsuki got a lil' jealous over there.

Back to the faces, and Toshiki wants to be lead driver over Satsuki, but their game plan is instead have him be the latter's windbreaker for the first 20 mins so that Satsuki can pass over him. It's the same when he faces Haruka because he spoiled his racing plan the previous time around. All grievances settled on the racetrack, but that both Belsorriso drivers going head-to-tail to each other, and Haruka reaching them from behind. The thing is, Toshiki got too confident and slipped out of the racetrack allowing Haruka to catch up behind, while waiting for the slipstream to pass when the time is right.

The last time that Haruka had a podium, it's with his father, and 4th is a good personal best. Good job, Haruka.
Oct 15, 2023 8:36 AM
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So great to see Komaki motors finally get a sponsor that is willing to support them, The racing action in this episode was just superb and it's so great that they have managed to animate the racing so well
Oct 15, 2023 8:41 AM
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They're so young and hot blood, I just want everyone to win, but of course it's not possible, sports gotta have winner and loser after all. But since they're so hot, even if they don't make it to F3, they can make a living by modeling for CM, or do another kind of modeling...
Oct 15, 2023 8:52 AM
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I like how they explained team strategy and the term "second driver" in this episode, which gave birth to the infamous lines: "Valtteri, it's James" and "Fernando is faster than you"
Oct 15, 2023 9:18 AM
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it was really a good episode, a bit of the back story and a great race, the sensation was really good...
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Oct 15, 2023 10:45 AM
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Now that was a good episode, introduced nicely the topic of the 2nd driver. Well done.
Oct 15, 2023 10:50 AM
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nice they have a sponsor now

haruka got 4th place and revenge for that jerk of a driver eh
Oct 15, 2023 11:30 AM

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And this is what happens when you overestimate your own abilities and the condition of your car.
Oct 15, 2023 11:42 AM

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As someone who follows F1 closely, and get a fair look inside the other series as well... I got in late, but I continue to be amazed by not just the overall high production value here (hell, we get multiple angles for a short bathroom scene and they're all incredible quality), but the actual attention to details as well. Quite literally everything's mind-blowingly accurate, from the car and garage/pit minutiae, to the camera angles and even sound effects during the race, that feeling of speed, the tactics and tricks, the struggles for money (because yes, while relatively "cheap", it still costs an awful lot of money), the potential in-fighting between two drivers of a team, that #1/#2 ranking that couldn't/shouldn't officially exist, the individual vs team interests - everything's done extremely well and so far it's been an absolute joy to watch. Even the way the outsiders get to learn things, not exposition for exposition's sake with the sort of "translator's note" style of explanations, but through the eyes of a complete newbie to the world of racing: a cliché perhaps, but it works very well here, what with all the fancy words and jargon. If they keep this up, Overtake! might just be a legit highlight of the season, even if it's kinda niche.
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Oct 15, 2023 12:40 PM
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This Ep was so much fun, I cant wait for the next
Oct 15, 2023 2:04 PM

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As an old fan of Initial D franchise, I'm surprisingly enjoying this one even more than the current MF Ghost.

The actual races with real competitors and a lot of rivalry in and out of the track makes it way more enjoyable than endless miles of track with nothing but "hype men" dialogues to pad out the courses. That, along with the buildup drama of the main cast in order to get them to have a track day with everything they need to be toe to toe with the other racers.

I'm really digging a lot the antagonism from Tokumaru and his tempest/glory hungry attitude. Even if this is a team oriented sport you can't help it when the support wingman feels like a second class citizen and does reckless stuff in order to claim the 1st place. I'm looking forward to see what will the team manager say about his recklessness on the track.

Oct 15, 2023 2:54 PM
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Episode 3 wasn't bad, as I said before, we're getting a bit more backstory with Asahina and his dad which also explains why he wanted to race in the first place. His crew is so supportive, ncluding Madoka, for finally helping him with a sponsor and get him in a commercial on top of that. I'm assuming will get to better understand why Tokumaru holds a grudge towards Asahina, even though Asahina has never won 1st place before.
Oct 15, 2023 5:35 PM

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just an alright episode, the photography stuff is pretty meh but the races are where it's at.
Oct 15, 2023 7:28 PM

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"Harunaga is faster" reminds me of "Felipe, Fernando is faster than you"

Oct 15, 2023 8:21 PM
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Ah yes an episode where Rubens Barichello,Valtteri Bottas,Felipe Massa,and Sergio Perez can relate (or the whole Toyota Gazoo Racing wec squad)

When you're teammate us just plainly faster than you (like the one i mentioned above) you're going to play as the second fiddle especially if your team is a frontrunner. Overall in an alright episode, like how they explore the idea of the second driver
Oct 16, 2023 6:44 AM

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Can't wait for Haruka to finally win first place :D
Oct 16, 2023 8:57 AM

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One of the plot points I wanted explored may finally happen, thank you writers for focusing on a potential deeper Tokumaru and Haruka plot, also for keeping the race clean, was afraid there'd be something to keep Haru from getting a clean finish.

Also having young inexperienced drivers is great considering the lesson to be learned in down force, tire maintenance and braking.
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Oct 16, 2023 9:45 AM
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only ep.3 and i can say this is my new favorite (motorsport) anime. (also the second driver thing...can you hear "Valtteri, it´s James." ? because i can.)
Oct 16, 2023 12:11 PM

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damn this show is so realistic they even got Sergio Perez in it!
Oct 16, 2023 1:29 PM
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Although 4th place was a massive improvement for Haruka, he was still a few kilometers away from making the podium. Toshiki needs to chill out or he's going to lose his spot on the Belsorriso team.
Oct 16, 2023 3:33 PM
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Track of the ep - Twin Ring Motegi. I like the obvious rivalry between tokumaru and haruka. Also when they went into post-qualifying talking about their car setups, this felt like it was made for me.
Oct 16, 2023 3:40 PM
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Track of the ep - Twin Ring Motegi. I like the obvious rivalry between tokumaru and haruka. Also when they went into post-qualifying talking about their car setups, this felt like it was made for me.
also tokumaru seems to be a very aggressive driver this episode, given that he was losing his cool and kinda disobeying team orders it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up getting kicked off the team later on in the series
Oct 16, 2023 4:32 PM

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Best episode that I've watched for this series so far. I like how there is focus on several people/teams such as Haruka and his team, Koya, and the Belsorriso team drivers. I wasn't sure why no one wanted to tell Haruka how they got a sponsor until it was revealed that it was due to the crying pic lol.

The racing sequence was great and I was rooting for both Haruka and even Toshiki for a bit until I realized he was acting reckless. I wonder if Toshiki will face discipline by his own team for what he did.
Oct 16, 2023 8:04 PM

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I don’t know. I’m not really into this show. Might drop it. Too slice of life and cheap for me.
Oct 17, 2023 12:39 PM
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I like it more than I thought. I don't think it was explained what qualifying is, btw how it's done, but it may have been explained in episode 1 or 2, don't remember, if it wasn't done then that would be fatal, it's an important thing. There were now and then terms such as "Blue Flag" which were also not explained in more detail, for me no problem, but for someone who has never watched any motorsport race/or for someone who is not too deep in to that pretty confusing.
Oct 18, 2023 1:34 AM

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Tokumaru is hating on Haruka for no reason. Don't project your own insecurities onto others, buddy. I'm pleased that Haruka defeated him.

Hopefully he’ll get a podium soon enough! Also, Kouya and Haruka are growing closer together.
Oct 18, 2023 4:42 AM

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A different route from what I had expected: Thought the ex wife would give a big push and then focus on getting the sponsors and having to deal with that. But (and I like this more!) this went a bit more slowly on this side. Just the one sponsor and the main having trouble with doing the commercials + some background/history with the 2nd driver from the other team. (That also gets more depth and char development with this. He also wants to win.)
Oct 18, 2023 7:17 AM

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That number two guy is so annoying, if he stays like that then he will never get first place. It's good to know Haruka is not a person who is easily affected by negative emotions.

Oct 18, 2023 2:56 PM
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Cute side of main protags but also shows the struggles of the secondary antagonist per say being overcast as always the second driver.
Oct 18, 2023 10:20 PM
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This episode was amazing! I loved how intense it was near the end, especially with the rivalry between Haruka and Tokumaru. Super fun to watch, best episode so far!
Oct 19, 2023 5:08 AM

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The two rivals that wanted a win most both got screwed it seems.
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Oct 19, 2023 5:42 AM
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insert Valtteri 'traditions' meme here lol
second driver struggle is real, i feel like it sucks even more in lower categories
Oct 19, 2023 11:02 AM
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Both the animation and the sound of the cars are on another level, Troyca is doing a great job in this series
Belsorriso's starting driver wins 1st place so much that he already seems verstappen XDD
Oct 20, 2023 12:58 AM

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Didn't expect to have a race at the end of the episode and it was quite intense too. Slow rise for Haruka, both on-track as well as off-track (getting the sponsor).
Oct 20, 2023 5:04 AM

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I like how they explained team strategy and the term "second driver" in this episode, which gave birth to the infamous lines: "Valtteri, it's James" and "Fernando is faster than you"
@dodgelightyear I'm looking for more reference on the future.

Oct 22, 2023 11:37 PM
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The pressure, excitement, struggles & when they become close to winning, their feelings were displayed well.
Oct 30, 2023 5:25 AM
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Nice race, tension and emotion, even in the last lap!!!
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Nov 11, 2023 7:01 AM
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So Toshi's just a bitter loser searching for a scapegoat bc he can't accept that he was at fault...
Nov 11, 2023 10:28 AM
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Proud of Haruka for showing some progress and opening up to someone about his goals. Really want to see him get a win now! Koutarou is a fun character and a good friend at that.
Nov 28, 2023 12:01 AM
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Nice race, he's improving, I like the rivalry we already have
Jan 14, 4:14 AM

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We got a selfish driver, cut him off the team yo!

Given the amount of screen time this dude has, he's probably going to undergo a character development and be all buddy-buddy with Haruka
Mar 22, 4:15 AM

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Nothing Worth Watching , Same Old Run Down . Petty Rivalry , Sayonara Overtake .

Nov 24, 1:18 PM
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Great series so far! The characters, story and animation are all excellent. I'm definitely feeling nervous excitement during the race scenes, exactly as it should be.

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