--- Page 205 Vol. 10: Downhill Specialist --- Page 206 Mt. Akina Peak What are those guys doing? Changing tires on the FD. (Looks like Takahashi Keisuke will drive for them.) It seems they have several spare sets of tires in that van. Changing tires according to conditions... They're being serious about this. Dammit. --- Page 207 It's not here, bro. That Eight-six. This makes me mad. I was sure he'd race for Akina. (Since the rest are no good...) Now my rhythm is way off. I won't be able to calm down unless I blow them totally in the timeattack and shame their asses off. It's soon 10 o'clock, Iketani. I know... --- Page 208 He might not come. You better prepare yourself... Kenji... The Takahashi Brothers were incredible... That's the best drift I've ever seen. They're just so cool. (Now I want a Seven, too...) The time-attack's about to start, so we'll be heading that after watching that. Hey, hey, on a mountain pass, which is harder, racing uphill or downhill? Well duh, Downhill of course! Especially on Akina with the steep slopes... --- Page 209 Since it becomes incredibly hard to control your speed when entering a corner... Uphill, you can usually get away with a mistake, but downhill it'd be an instant accident. Most accidents happen on the downhill. Because of gravity, you can't stop, and the car runs wild. (You get wrecked pretty badly in an accident, too...) On the hill-climb a powerful car has the advantage, but downhill, it's about total balance and the driver's technique... Streetracers who are really fast on the downhill even in a car with no power are the coolest. That's a tasteful ideal. A downhill specialist, eh... Well, it's just a yearning... the downhill's dreadful. --- Page 210 At any rate, there's no technician on Akina that would outdo the Takahashi brothers... This won't turn out well for them! Mt. Akina Peak Starting line here. Are you ready? Everyone's in place. We're ready whenever. So... It's about time... Right. It's up to you.. Kenji... --- Page 211 Are you kidding me? This guy, against me... You don't look too well, Kenji. I feel bad just watching you. Well then, we're starting the countdown!! 10 seconds!! Wait a minute, this is the start line... An oncoming car just passed before us going uphill.. --- Page 212 Goal-line. It might get in the way, should we wait for it to pass by? It might take a while, but... Never mind, this is a public road. So of course there'll be oncoming traffic, just start already!! Wait a minute, that car that just passed by... Can you ask what model it was? ... Why is he asking that? This is the start line, could you tell what model it was? The car that passed... Model? Well... It had retractables so... Probably an Eight-six Trueno. --- Page 213 Gimme that phone!! That Eight-six... What color was it? Color!? Why do you keep asking these things? It was black and white, a Panda Trueno!! --- Page 214 It's here!! --- Page 215 Heheheh... So he's here, bro... My target... What do we do, Keisuke, should I continue the count? Not yet, wait for the Eight-six. My true opponent isn't this One-eighty. Right? That's right... You can step down, Kenji... I'm saved... I thought I'd pay in hell... --- Page 216 You're... getting teary-eyed... Kenji. What about you... He's come... He came to protect the pride of Akina's streetracers... That's enough for me. I don't care about winning or losing anymore... Aren't they starting soon? --- Page 217 The result's obvious, anyway... A crushing defeat for Akina. The Takahashi Brothers are as good as the rumours say. And I know they've been doing exchanges here and there without a single loss. They're probably aiming to be the fastest in Gunma eventually, but we won't to lose to no Red Suns. The fastest in Gunma are us, the Myougi Night Kids!! --- Page 218 The Skyline GT-R is a thoroughbred pureblood born purely for the purpose of winning in motor sports. My R32 is the fastest in Gunma. I won't lose to some Rotary bumpkins!! [[[He's using an insulting term for a country person, dunno what sounds best in English]]] --- Page 219 ... He's good! (That eight-six...) It left an impression the way it entered that corner. You don't get it? Well... to us it looked like... an ordinary Eight-six youngster... like you'd find on any mountain pass... --- Page 220 I shouldn't be surprised... Only someone who knows could tell. Streetracers who can control their car like an extension of their body have an aura about them... Only a driver on the same level can see that aura. Takahashi Ryousuke has an aura to his driving. Keisuke's is still barely visible. But that Eight-six had a strong aura; he's no ordinary streetracer. They have someone like that at Akina...!? --- Page 221 What's with this strange mood... There's people lined up along all the curves... What are they doing here? What on earth is going on!? I've... come to something strange... I feel out of place... --- Page 222 Mt. Akina Peak What's going on, I thought they'd start the time-attack. The 180SX lined up next to the FD left. This is strange. What an oppressive mood... It's like they're all waiting for something... Soon... He really came. The fastest racer on Akina, the legendary super-technician, Fujiwara Bunta... --- Page 223 He'll show you Akina's true strength... Just watch, Takahashi Brothers...!! Hurry up... I wonder what sort of guy it'll be... I haven't been this excited in a long time!! He must be a real star actor to play everyone like this. I wonder what the driver and car will be like... Bluffs don't work on me. I'll watch him carefully.. Come!! Hurry up and get here!! --- Page 224 It's here!! Open the road and guide it to the starting line!! What's this... Someone's coming from below... What's with that car... Everybody was waiting for that car? It's an Eight-six... Vol.10: Downhill Specialist! / END --- Page 225 [[[This is not from the actual author, but rather a message from the publisher going on about "What did you think of this book? What sort of comics do you want from Young Magazine? Please write and tell us!", so I chose not to do a full translation.]]]