It really hurt watching this season and there was a time where I could think Initial D was there perfect godsend anime that could never dissapoint.
Blatant callbacks to the first 3 seasons were put into place but executed terribly, the magic this series had is gone important characters and amazing races are put aside for crappy character remakes and constant talking about the race INSTEAD OF RACING not once has a series made me more angry.
I tried really hard to love this season and it dissapointed at every turn
+good art
+Interesting cars
+Fresh new characters
+ryosuke race
+Interesting story
-races aren't fun anymore
-annoying talking breaks any sort of immersion
-OST's aren't kickass and exciting
-horrendous takumi ripoff
-somehow made the 86 boring
-important season 1-3 charcters pushed to the sidelines
-most races end boring
-no new interesting techniques (literally at all)
Overall from an anime in general standpoint 6/10
Overall when compared to an Inital D standpoint 4/10
