With me re-watching Inital D Fifth Stage for the forth time I concluded how much worse this show has gotten between seasons, with much unneeded romance, and decrease in quality of development between high octane shots of movement from inside the cabin of Takumi's Toyota 86 Corolla Trueno and Keisuke's RX7 FD Twin Turbo. Many moments feel like repeats of previous races with no real changes, such as none of Project D having any losses throughout EVERY race, which makes the characters feel like they do not learn everything they would need for these races, no long term knowledge at all, just win and go on.
Car engine revving and pops from the exhaust system still sound great, but the eurobeat is absolutely a degrade in quality, no good eurobeat songs like No More Sleep In Tokyo, or Killing My Love.
I feel like if some American or European cars were added as opponents, then characters could've gotten some really good experience against a different class of cars, such as New Edge GT or Cobra Mustangs, or BMW M5 or M3's, or Volkswagen TDI's, or even Lancia's could've made a cool difficulty to the only JDM cars in the series (not to mention aid in gaining fans from America and Europe).
I feel like some of these complaints will be cut out once MF Ghost (inspired Sequel to Initial D) is released, considering it involves Ferrari's and Lambo's.
Still a good watch for the drifting though... just lacks some of the charm the first 3 stages had.
If you agree with my complaints, don't feel shy to say its helpful!
