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Oct 8, 2017 2:19 PM

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Since I'm a long time fan of Initial D, I was really excited for Two Cars. But after watching the first episode, I'm going to drop it. I didn't like it at all. :/
Oct 8, 2017 3:19 PM

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I thought it's going to be about car racing. I didn't know there is a sidecar racing sport.
Surely principles of that kind of racing will be explained through the series.
I liked an animation, also so many girls. There is going to be a lot of stuck out butts.
I'm interested in main girls relations development.
Surprisingly I enjoyed it, 4/5.
Oct 8, 2017 5:56 PM

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I would say that it is similar to Initial D but seems like it will be far less appealing, at least from a racing perspective. The race here didn't seem to gather the same kind of feeling of speed that you got from the first episode of Initial D. But I need to see this on its own merits.

It was a decent start! It have potential to be a somewhat good racing anime with some slice-of-life, but at least it seems like it going towards something (in this case racing), and hopefully not an awful lot of "cute girls doing cute things".
The animation was alright and clearly it works well with this show. A lot of butt fanservice (of which I don't mind) but I don't want it to be all about fanservice either, and that they are trying to put some actual plot into it!
The characters seems fine and I hope they will grow!

I will continue with this show for the moment, and I imagine that their coach is Takumi from Initial D since it is the same voice actor Takumi has in the original series! :P
Oct 8, 2017 7:25 PM

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So this time Sidecar racing huh...quite an interesting concept!
too many chars to keep track of...7 pairs + other chars...lolz
4/5.


Oct 9, 2017 10:13 PM
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remiska said:

without 2nd guy you would tip over simple as that, and because he can move you can take turns sharper


As in sharper turn than a 1man motorbike? If that's the case then fair enough. That'd be pretty interesting
Oct 10, 2017 8:50 AM
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dafckingman said:
remiska said:

without 2nd guy you would tip over simple as that, and because he can move you can take turns sharper


As in sharper turn than a 1man motorbike? If that's the case then fair enough. That'd be pretty interesting

again main purpose of 2nd person is to not tip over, without him/her bike would easily tip in a left turn as the driver engine and pretty much whole mass of bike is on this side and as it has sidecar you cant lean the bike to counter it like normal motorcycle
Oct 10, 2017 10:26 AM
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remiska said:

again main purpose of 2nd person is to not tip over

as it has sidecar you cant lean the bike to counter it like normal motorcycle


This is what I was thinking when i made my point earlier. Sidecar racing in general feels... I'm not sure if pointless would be the right word.
Why would one race in a sidecar in the first place? I get motorbikes or cars. But sidecars.

From the standpoint of an outsider like me,it seems like they're just adding an extra burden to the bike. Then they have to add another racer just to make that burden easier to deal with, when they could've just been racing in a motorbike.

I know this sounded ignorant so feel free to point out the flaws in that logic 'cause I assume there are many.

I can't quite put my finger on why but even bobsled racing makes sense to me while sidecar racing really doesn't.
Oct 10, 2017 10:47 AM
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dafckingman said:
remiska said:

again main purpose of 2nd person is to not tip over

as it has sidecar you cant lean the bike to counter it like normal motorcycle


This is what I was thinking when i made my point earlier. Sidecar racing in general feels... I'm not sure if pointless would be the right word.
Why would one race in a sidecar in the first place? I get motorbikes or cars. But sidecars.

From the standpoint of an outsider like me,it seems like they're just adding an extra burden to the bike. Then they have to add another racer just to make that burden easier to deal with, when they could've just been racing in a motorbike.

I know this sounded ignorant so feel free to point out the flaws in that logic 'cause I assume there are many.

I can't quite put my finger on why but even bobsled racing makes sense to me while sidecar racing really doesn't.


why race on bike when you can race on motorbike? why race on horse when you can race in car? why race in sailboats when you can add engine?

competitive sports are not about going faster, for that there are speed records, you race to show that with same equipment (well alweys some variations are allowed but they are small) you can use same things better then other
Oct 10, 2017 11:23 AM

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Pretty much "meh" first episode.
Oct 10, 2017 12:34 PM
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Swagernator said:
Pretty much "meh" first episode.


I wonder if I'm seeing your posts a lot because you post everywhere or have I just started noticing you because we're friends now
Oct 10, 2017 12:38 PM
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remiska said:

competitive sports are not about going faster, for that there are speed records, you race to show that with same equipment you can use same things better then other


Fair point. I agree that racing is about using the same thing better. I think it's also about being the best with each mode of transportation. Horses, bikes, motorbikes, cars, and boats. They are all the main mode of transportations of their times that people are/used to use a lot.

The sidecar feels like an extra thing that people kinda just add onto the bike. An extra burden to make allow the bike to hold a bit more passenger
Racing with it seems as pointless as Van racing. I'm mocking it now but I'm sure somebody somewhere is already doing that too.
Oct 11, 2017 12:28 AM

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Good butts in this show.
Oct 11, 2017 9:16 AM

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Two Car
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Car

They can't even write proper english
Oct 11, 2017 1:46 PM

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It was pretty decent. I actually like that the two main girls don't like each other, it makes it more entertaining.

I actually didn't like that they kept hiding the face of their coach. Yeah I get that they want this to be a female-only world or whatever but their coach seems like a pretty important person in their lives, teaching them everything about racing. Also, both of them were literally going to confess to him so it wouldn't have hurt to show his face at least once.

Also I'm not crazy about each pair having a trope. The country girls, the twins, the mature fancy girls, the goths, the kinky ones, and our plain protagonists. It's so try hard.

I'll still stick with the show, though, for a bit. The racing aspect is really cool though. I'm just hoping for a serious female sports anime to appear for once.
Oct 12, 2017 4:13 PM

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Tbh, I was expecting this to be a lot worse. The girls both liking their coach and arguing over it is kind of annoying, though. It's not even necessary in a show like this.





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Oct 12, 2017 4:31 PM

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Oh, a racing anime with yuri/shipping potential! Aaaannndd the first episode has a het romance shit.
I'll give it one more episode, since this one focused purely on the backstory.
Oct 14, 2017 6:59 AM

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Decent start. Again with the unjustifiably low ratings, now people will completely miss out on this show. MAL should really change how they weight their scores it's unfair for overlooked anime like this.
Oct 15, 2017 12:51 AM
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Better than the pv. Tho some issues, overly long self aware tropey characters intro. The backstory nice but also long & right before the race.
The sidecar techniques, tilting, weight shift were nicely shown as a proper sport.
cross counter & that love triangle where guy just leaves were funny.
Oct 18, 2017 12:05 PM

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liked what i saw so far, and honestly glad they did decide to hide the guy's face and make him go away cause god it would have been annoying otherwise so i am glad they did what they did there

now can enjoy the series and see how things goes from here
"one step at a time"
Oct 19, 2017 11:44 PM

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The second I saw the characters in the OP, I'm like, holy shit that looks exactly like Tiv's art style, especially when they animated it for Masamune-kun's Revenge. 10 seconds into the credits I see Tiv as the character designer and Silver Link as the studio...well that makes complete sense then lol.

So they brought back Tiv and the art director from Masamune to work on this show? Not gonna complain, waifus with adorable character designs are always a plus.

Definitely rooting for the purple "Sadist/Masochist" team and the red "Two Princesses" team.
Oct 20, 2017 4:03 AM
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The first thought when I watched this was it had similar vibes to the Isle of Man TT. Will I keep watching this show, I think I will as I do know that is actually a sport and it does get raced. But at least for people who don't understand it, they can at least learn a little bit by watching this.
Dec 11, 2017 4:22 AM

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Everyone upset either about the coach, or about him not showing his face,..

I'm guessing he was just there to set up the rivalry between the two girls and explain their motivation, but that'll it still be a largely girls only anime.

They probably didn't show his face, because his role was clearly important, but they didn't want to give him a lasting appearance because of it.

AvidAnimeViewer said:
"Some say that he coached a club of 2 Japanese high school racers on an isolated island, and that God forgot to give him a face. All we know is, he's called the Stig."


Bahahahaha,.. now I want to watch an episode of this with the commentary girl replaced by a Jeremy Clarkson voice-over.
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Jul 16, 2020 11:45 PM
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I guess not much people liked this kind of show. But to me, it was an okay show with so much effort to show off the interested for these kind of sports. Its a sidecar racing, with a passenger one in its side. Its reminded me of my motorbike vespa that had a model like that. But its not for racing, tho, so yeah the experience may be kinda different referring how difficult they had to do that moved.

For the first impression. I kinda said its a fast paced with a messed up combination of their past. Idk what kind of relations they had with their couch. But to me, its really weird with the direction of these show. The transition was somehow irritating. While i was enjoying the races so much, they immediately changed to another scenes. Yeah, its not good for watching and kinda decreasing my mood. At the end, thats some expected win. But they do that with such a less interest and explanations. Like why they do that intentionally? By losing from the start race, then started to fast and burnt everything like hell in its finisher. No clued and kinda exaggeration. Yeah, i think its an okay Introduction with okay impression so far. I just hope the next episode, its improved....
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