Initial D Quotes

  • Itsuki Tachibana: Do you know what a god is? A god is actually human. But he can do what other humans can't.

    [hugging Takumi]

    Itsuki Tachibana: God, please save me. Please save my car as well.

  • Bunta Fujiwara: A few years ago, my boy told me he needed glasses, so I took him to an optician. But his eyesight turned out to be 20/20. I told him, "Hey, kid, I'll kick your ass if your kidding me around."

  • [after a car bumps into Itsuki's AE86 from behind while Itsuki learns how to drift]

    Itsuki Tachibana: Why is it kissing my ass?

  • Bunta Fujiwara: It's so nice having a woman in the house.

    [referring to Natsuki]

    Bunta Fujiwara: Oh... and in such a short skirt! If only it were two inches shorter...

  • Natsuki Mogi: It's most important to find a world that belongs to us. Life is meaningful only when we can find this world.

  • Itsuki Tachibana: [to himself about his dad, who left the gas station behind to look after Bunta's car] That sucks. He's not young anymore. He's so irresponsible, leaving his business like this. What's gonna happen to me if it goes bankrupt? It's good that I've been living on my own, or else, I wouldn't be this chubby.

  • Bunta Fujiwara: You've been driving by yourself all these years. You've never competed with anyone. Remember, don't pay attention to the competition itself. Ignore other racers. The one you need to beat is yourself.