Jan 26, 2022
Stage four was definitely better than stage three in terms of everything. Fourth stage started out a bit weak, the races in starting didn't feel very strong, felt kind of slow but then it picked up. The races became more and more fierce and difficult for both Takumi and Keisuke, this time they faced all types of opponents. There was tremendous growth for Takumi, Keisuke and Itsuki in this season, both in terms of racing and overall character growth. Takumi and Keisuke have become very strong drivers now.
Takumi is a great driver, calling him great would be an understatement but one thing is that in
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many of his races, luck is a very big factor in winning the race, sometimes it all boils down to luck when the skills of the drivers are evenly matched, that's what happned in most of the races in this season, you will know what I'm talking about once you finish watching this season.
The intensity of racing was on-par with the first stage this time, you could feel the thrill, nervousness and the tense atmosphere while watching them race. The brilliant use of stratergies and plans was amazing to watch, Takumi came up with a bunch of his own techniques to win his races and they were really great and unexpected, it was like a wild card for a guranteed win.
Coming to character development of Itsuki, he is the one who has grown a lot in this season, he's not the immature kid who used to just hang around Takumi all the time, he's grown now, he's become more adult, he's matured due to his experiences in this season. He's still the best buddy of Takumi but a bit more mature.
Love life of our characters were explored a bit more in this season and it has lead to us finding out more about the characters and them growing from those experiences.
Story is a 10/10. Plus they put lots of story in the episodes, the recaps were short and still every episode was more than 27 minutes and that's telling something.
Art is a 10/10 considering how old this anime is, can't really compare with today's animation but it's pretty good for it's time, there was no noticeable CGI too, not even on cars.
Sound is 8/10, can't compare it with the OG first stage music, nothing can beat eurobeat in terms of anything.
Enjoyment was 9/10. I deducted 1 point because of how the fourth stage started a bit weak, it was weak for a few episodes and I wasn't able to fully pay attention to the episode but then it became very enjoyable and I couldn't stop watching at all. I completed this whole season in 2 days even with my college going on as always, I spent all of my free time watching this, that's how enjoyable this was. Though I would add that it can't be compared to the raw thrill and excitement of the first stage. First stage will remain legendary.
Overall, it's a 9/10 for me.
This is my first ever review so I don't know how helpful it will be but I'm guessing if you have come as far as fourth season then you are going to watch it anyways regardless of the ratings, right?
Anyway have fun while watching this!
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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