Chapter 231

K.T. Takes the Bait (罠に落ちる啓介, Wana ni Ochiru Keisuke, "Keisuke falls into the trap") is the two hundred and thirty-first chapter of Initial D.

Plot[]

Keisuke and Sakai are bumper to bumper up the hill. Keisuke follows the Integra through a slow left turn, stepping on the accelerator to exit. Sakai taps on his brakes, causing his brake lights to flash and making Keisuke take his foot off of the acceleration. Keisuke quickly realises his error and steps on the accelerator, but his turbocharger has already unspooled and lags as it reengages the boost. Sakai takes advantage of this and increases the distance between them. Sakai gloats that tactics to break the opponents rhythm, such as brake checking, are commonplace within the school. Keisuke refuses to give up, and follows the Integra into a corner at speed.

The old boys talk about their experiences driving behind Sakai, as he has many tactics to throw people off their groove, such as driving into turns too fast, which can cause them to spin out.

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Release Dates[]

Japan[]

• July 31st 2000 (Weekly Young Magazine, 2000 Volume 33)^[1]
• December 26th 2000 (Tankōbon, Volume 20)^[2]

Chinese[]

• March 22, 2001 (Tankōbon, Volume 20, Sharp Point Press)

English[]

• November 8th 2005 (Tankōbon, Volume 20, Tokyopop)^[3]
• April 17th 2019 (Digital re-release, Volume 20, Kodansha USA)^[4]

French[]

• December 19th 2012 (Tankōbon, Volume 20, Kazé)^[5]

Characters (in order of appearance)[]

• Smiley Sakai
• Keisuke Takahashi

Cars (in order of appearance)[]

• Honda Integra Type R (DC2)
• Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)

Quotes[]

Localisation Differences[]

Tokyopop/Kodansha USA (2019) version[]

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