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this should be more popular, the writing is a lot better than inital d and more rooted in realism

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Oct 14, 2021 1:14 AM
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i found out about this manga when i heard people were saying this was some kind of rip off of inital d like some female inital d wanna be but reading this it seems very deferent, even though it has racing as a main focus their is way more emphasis on slice of life and character development or even life lessons instead of inital d's bad guy/rival of the week formula, seems like this should get more traction.

its like comparing gintama to Rurouni Kenshin its like completely different even if its both about samurai
Oct 14, 2021 1:54 AM
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Neostorm-X said:
i found out about this manga when i heard people were saying this was some kind of rip off of inital d


Well , people like to compare and cry to plagiarism for nothing , but it could totally been inspired by Initial D too.

Anyway , it's not popular at all because of the lack of translations it had.
It's not licensed in English , and the fan-translation got up from ~2003 to 2013 to Chapter 93. It was then dropped by the translation teams , or those team just died. (To tell you , between 2011 & 2017 , only 15 Chapters got translated...)
It was then picked up by Sukairain Translation in 2019 , and they translated Chapters 110-260 in 3 years , and are still translating it. (You can see almost the whole translation feed there.)

Now , even if it get completely translated , it's way too late for it to be popular , but it can gains more or less 100 users on MAL... (I plan to be one of them)
It's extremely close to the case of Wangan Midnight , and it got ~200 new users after the translation got picked up again , but this Manga had an Anime before (That's probably why the translation got picked up) so it have more chance to attract people to it , contrary to Over Rev.
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Oct 19, 2021 2:54 PM
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Alexioos95 said:
Neostorm-X said:
i found out about this manga when i heard people were saying this was some kind of rip off of inital d


Well , people like to compare and cry to plagiarism for nothing , but it could totally been inspired by Initial D too.

Anyway , it's not popular at all because of the lack of translations it had.
It's not licensed in English , and the fan-translation got up from ~2003 to 2013 to Chapter 93. It was then dropped by the translation teams , or those team just died. (To tell you , between 2011 & 2017 , only 15 Chapters got translated...)
It was then picked up by Sukairain Translation in 2019 , and they translated Chapters 110-260 in 3 years , and are still translating it. (You can see almost the whole translation feed there.)

Now , even if it get completely translated , it's way too late for it to be popular , but it can gains more or less 100 users on MAL... (I plan to be one of them)
It's extremely close to the case of Wangan Midnight , and it got ~200 new users after the translation got picked up again , but this Manga had an Anime before (That's probably why the translation got picked up) so it have more chance to attract people to it , contrary to Over Rev.


i mean it seems this manga talks about a lot more than just drift racing and the like its like comparing act age to oshi no ko for a more recent example this one seems more broad
Oct 21, 2021 5:47 AM
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Alexioos95 said:
Neostorm-X said:
i found out about this manga when i heard people were saying this was some kind of rip off of inital d


Well , people like to compare and cry to plagiarism for nothing , but it could totally been inspired by Initial D too.

Anyway , it's not popular at all because of the lack of translations it had.
It's not licensed in English , and the fan-translation got up from ~2003 to 2013 to Chapter 93. It was then dropped by the translation teams , or those team just died. (To tell you , between 2011 & 2017 , only 15 Chapters got translated...)
It was then picked up by Sukairain Translation in 2019 , and they translated Chapters 110-260 in 3 years , and are still translating it. (You can see almost the whole translation feed there.)

Now , even if it get completely translated , it's way too late for it to be popular , but it can gains more or less 100 users on MAL... (I plan to be one of them)
It's extremely close to the case of Wangan Midnight , and it got ~200 new users after the translation got picked up again , but this Manga had an Anime before (That's probably why the translation got picked up) so it have more chance to attract people to it , contrary to Over Rev.


well not really true because this actually has a lot of stuff that is completely different from inital d only similarities is the car theme,

take something like squid game which plagiarized the entire plot of kaiji then copied every single challenge from kamisama no iutoori with no change then claim that "i thought of it first in 2008" with no evidence instead of admitting inspiration
Oct 21, 2021 8:39 AM
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Neostorm-X said:
i mean it seems this manga talks about a lot more than just drift racing and the like its like comparing act age to oshi no ko for a more recent example this one seems more broad
Neostorm-X said:
take something like squid game which plagiarized the entire plot of kaiji then copied every single challenge from kamisama no iutoori with no change then claim that "i thought of it first in 2008" with no evidence instead of admitting inspiration


I never said that Over Rev plagied Initial D , i said that peoples liked to cry that something plagied something else , when it's not neccessary the case.

I don't think that Over Rev plagied Initial D , but when we see how popular Initial D was , it's not impossible at all that he helped to popularize Car Manga and was a source of inspiration for future authors , including the one of Over Rev. (You know , something like Ashita no Joe and the Sport Mangas.)
And it's not a bad thing to be inspired by something , it's can even be very important/helpful.

Anyway , i didn't even started to read Over Rev yet , so i'm not qualified to talk about it.
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Oct 21, 2021 10:46 PM
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Alexioos95 said:
Neostorm-X said:
i mean it seems this manga talks about a lot more than just drift racing and the like its like comparing act age to oshi no ko for a more recent example this one seems more broad
Neostorm-X said:
take something like squid game which plagiarized the entire plot of kaiji then copied every single challenge from kamisama no iutoori with no change then claim that "i thought of it first in 2008" with no evidence instead of admitting inspiration


I never said that Over Rev plagied Initial D , i said that peoples liked to cry that something plagied something else , when it's not neccessary the case.

I don't think that Over Rev plagied Initial D , but when we see how popular Initial D was , it's not impossible at all that he helped to popularize Car Manga and was a source of inspiration for future authors , including the one of Over Rev. (You know , something like Ashita no Joe and the Sport Mangas.)
And it's not a bad thing to be inspired by something , it's can even be very important/helpful.

Anyway , i didn't even started to read Over Rev yet , so i'm not qualified to talk about it.


yeah i agree with your point i just am pointing out not all plagiarism accusations are hogwash
May 23, 2022 11:28 PM
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Neostorm-X said:
Alexioos95 said:


I never said that Over Rev plagied Initial D , i said that peoples liked to cry that something plagied something else , when it's not neccessary the case.

I don't think that Over Rev plagied Initial D , but when we see how popular Initial D was , it's not impossible at all that he helped to popularize Car Manga and was a source of inspiration for future authors , including the one of Over Rev. (You know , something like Ashita no Joe and the Sport Mangas.)
And it's not a bad thing to be inspired by something , it's can even be very important/helpful.

Anyway , i didn't even started to read Over Rev yet , so i'm not qualified to talk about it.


yeah i agree with your point i just am pointing out not all plagiarism accusations are hogwash

> This should be more popular

80 chapters in, I agree.

This Manga has impressed me by how good it is. It deserves an Anime with a Eurobeat soundtrack... or something like trance if you wanna make it more distinct.
Jun 13, 2022 12:55 AM
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Gosplan14 said:
Neostorm-X said:


yeah i agree with your point i just am pointing out not all plagiarism accusations are hogwash

> This should be more popular

80 chapters in, I agree.

This Manga has impressed me by how good it is. It deserves an Anime with a Eurobeat soundtrack... or something like trance if you wanna make it more distinct.


The likeliness if this manga becoming an anime would be lower than winning a lottery.
Maayyybbbeee after MF Ghost is released it could help revive the car culture that has been growing in the last 5 years, especially due to Drift Phonk and Gen Z watching Initial D.
This is all depending if the Anime release is really good, but even if it is mid, I would probably still complete MF Ghost's Anime to show that there is a car culture on MAL.
Back to the fact, after a anime release of MF Ghost then maybe a likeliness of 1 in 5000 which is generous.

Jun 13, 2022 1:01 AM
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KruppPanzerIV-J said:


The likeliness if this manga becoming an anime would be lower than winning a lottery.
Maayyybbbeee after MF Ghost is released it could help revive the car culture that has been growing in the last 5 years, especially due to Drift Phonk and Gen Z watching Initial D.
This is all depending if the Anime release is really good, but even if it is mid, I would probably still complete MF Ghost's Anime to show that there is a car culture on MAL.
Back to the fact, after a anime release of MF Ghost then maybe a likeliness of 1 in 5000 which is generous.


Oh, I'm aware. I was remarking that it's a good Manga of a quality similar or arguably better than Initial D and would have an anime most likely just as good.

Adaptations of old Manga do happen, but it's rare (ignoring new versions of old Adaptations, like Urusei Yatsura is gonna get)
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Gosplan14 said:
KruppPanzerIV-J said:


The likeliness if this manga becoming an anime would be lower than winning a lottery.
Maayyybbbeee after MF Ghost is released it could help revive the car culture that has been growing in the last 5 years, especially due to Drift Phonk and Gen Z watching Initial D.
This is all depending if the Anime release is really good, but even if it is mid, I would probably still complete MF Ghost's Anime to show that there is a car culture on MAL.
Back to the fact, after a anime release of MF Ghost then maybe a likeliness of 1 in 5000 which is generous.


Oh, I'm aware. I was remarking that it's a good Manga of a quality similar or arguably better than Initial D and would have an anime most likely just as good.

Adaptations of old Manga do happen, but it's rare (ignoring new versions of old Adaptations, like Urusei Yatsura is gonna get)


This is more realistic than that of Initial D, but the Anime adaptation would probably need at least 2K Manga readers. Definitely possible, probably not soon if so. maybe after 100% complete translations and a better description to the Manga that can tell the audience that there is an English translation.

I would 100% translate, BUT it would have to be from non-Asian languages. For example, German, I can 100% translate German to English for this Manga if it exists, but that would require Raw blanks and me editing in something like Google Docs or Microsoft Word. And I would want some liquor to keep me going.

Also quite quick reply lol.

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I wish this got animated and not MF ghost….

We need more car anime…. More Jdm

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