Chapter 493

Practice (プラクティス, Purakutisu, "Practice") is the four hundred and ninety-third chapter of Initial D.

Plot[]

Takumi heads off on another practice run. Matsumoto tells Ryosuke that the Eight-Six is performing much better than it was earlier in the year.

At the finish line, Keisuke takes another practice run. The locals wonder how he had managed to beat so many 4WDs in an FR. Minagawa tells them that it may be skill, though beating Kobayakawa isn't very difficult. He looks forward to racing him, though he has an urge to beat him to a pulp.

At the Daikanzan Observation Tower, Go and Kubo discuss the upcoming races. Go says that he won't be attending the practice runs, as he's sure Kubo will be able to gather all the information they need. Kubo thinks he can get better data in person, so intends to go and watch himself. He wonders if the data is worth collecting, as he doubts Project D will make it past the second or third lines, and if they did they would be best off giving up. Go tells him that Ryosuke isn't a coward, which makes Kubo wonder about his relationship with Ryosuke. Go tells him that they don't know each other very much, but that his brother knew him very well.

The sun begins to rise on Hakone, bringing the night of practice to an end.

Stats[]

Release Dates[]

Japan[]

• June 11th 2007 (Weekly Young Magazine, 2007 Volume 26)^[1]
• October 5th 2007 (Tankōbon, Volume 36)^[3]
• April 6th 2021 (Shinsōban Omnibus, Volume 18)^[4]

Korean[]

• November 15th 2007 (Tankōbon, Volume 36, Haksan Munhwasa)
• July 29th 2022 (Shinsōban Omnibus, Volume 18, Haksan Munhwasa)^[5]

Chinese[]

• December 18th 2007 (Tankōbon, Volume 36, Sharp Point Press)

English[]

• April 17th 2019 (Digital release, Volume 36, Kodansha USA)^[6]

French[]

• February 14th 2018 (Tankōbon, Volume 36, Kazé)^[7]

Characters (in order of appearance)[]

• Fumihiro
• Shuichi Matsumoto
• Ryosuke Takahashi
• Takumi Fujiwara
• Hideo Minagawa
• Keisuke Takahashi
• Rin Hojo
• Eiji Kubo

Cars (in order of appearance)[]

• Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)
• Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)
• Toyota Supra RZ (JZA80)
• Honda NSX (NA1)

Quotes[]

Localisation Differences[]

Kodansha USA (2019) version[]

Notes & Trivia[]

• This chapter shares its title with chapters 240, 241, 368, 615 and 616

References[]