You know you've had too much Initial D when...
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- Your dream job is delivering tofu.
- You have/want a team logo for your car.
- You want a sticker that says Fujiwara Tofu Shop (private vehicle).
(Can't be complete without the "private vehicle" part, you know.) - When you tell your friend, "10:00 at the summit," you really mean, "I'll race you online at 8:00."
- You play racing games with Initial D music playing in the background.
- You think, "whoops, I broke the tofu again," whenever you flip or crash in a racing game.
- You buy a white car hoping it'll look like Takumi's panda trueno.
- You even got your friends that don't watch anime into Initial D.
- You can't even sit at the computer without revving up your rollie chair.
- A cell phone vibrates, and you think it's revving at you.
- Dance Dance Revolution songs start sounding like Initial D songs.
- You make your own Initial D team with your friends.
(Submitted by DDRFrEek59) - You go to school singing Initial D songs.
(Submitted by Wild Goose) - You can spend hours arguing with your brother over whether a hachi roku should be able to beat a GT-r.
(Submitted by Wild Goose) - Your favorite phrase used when settling disputes is "Alright, I challenge you to a rain battle!"
(Submitted by Wild Goose) - Your dream car is a panda-colored Trueno (but I'll take an 86 Levin if there's no other choice).
(Submitted by Wild Goose) - Everytime you close your eyes you see Initial D tracks (just like how Bunta drives down Akina in his sleep).
(Submitted by Wild Goose) - Despite your dislike of hard work, you are learning Japanese so that you can watch Initial D.
(Submitted by Wild Goose) - Your girlfriend (or boyfriend) starts singing initial D songs because you sing them too much.
(Submitted by Jay.R) - You would rather spend money on Initial D than food even though your
stomach is grumbling.
(Submitted by Jay.R) - Your user name for practically everything has "AE86 Racer" in it (or something else Initial D related).
(Submitted by Tom Lee) - You obsess over having all the Initial D Zip-Zaps and driving to all you local Radio Shacks.
(Submitted by akinaswrx) - You have loads of unseen Anime to watch, but you end up watching the Initial D stages again.
(Submitted by Jez) - You have dreams with elements of Initial D in them.
(Submitted by Jez) - You find yourself cheering on your heroes and shaking your fist at their opponents. ("CURSE YOU, SHINGO!!! I HOPE YOU DRIVE THROUGH THAT GUARDRAIL!!!)
(Submitted by Kemal) - You know the drop date of the next volume and you have your day planned around it.
(Submitted by Kemal) - You've memorized all the Japanese openings and endings, but still have no idea what they mean.
(Submitted by Supra '89) - Whenever someone says "curves" instead of "corners," you get offended.
(Submitted by Trailboss) - Whenever someone asks how high a specific engine can rev, you say "You can rev
it all the way up to 11,000rpms, don't lose" regardless of what make/model it is.
(Submitted by Trailboss) - Whenever you sit in a bucket seat, you say "It feels awkward"
(Submitted by Trailboss) - You search frantically for Initial D ringtones online after you saw that
Impact Blue had "Rage your Dream." (Extra Stage)
(Submitted by Trailboss) - You aren't embarassed to drive a minivan around because you claim that it is a
"support van" for the battles. And hey, Ryosuke drives it sometimes.
(Submitted by Trailboss) - You've fallen in love with the girl/guy who drives the same car as you, and
when you try to talk to them about their car, they don't get it. At all. (FD's in stage 4 - "Darling")
(Submitted by Trailboss) - Someone/Everyone you know has started shouting "Takumi" as a regular greeting to everyone because they just have gotten used to hearing it or actually think that it means "Hello" in Japanese (Sometimes even clenching their fists and looking expectantly at you as if all the hopes of the Akina Speed Stars rest on your shoulders...)
(Submitted by Lucky) - You meet your friends and the first question is "So...More Initial D tonight?"
(Submitted by Lucky) - You have someone who whenever watching Initial D will say "Initial D" with the correct timing and intonation for each series when there should be a commercial break while watching the DVD's.
(Submitted by Lucky) - You have found someone who actually used to own a Hachi-Roku and a) reminisces about it a lot or b) swears that they are getting another one for their next car.
(Submitted by Lucky) - You have found and posted pictures of the Fujiwara Tofu Shop car and
regular '86's all around your office.
(Submitted by Lucky) - You find that you have at least a weekly debate on how you can get to see
the episodes that you haven't seen yet.
(Submitted by Lucky) - You end up having secret gatherings with your friends to watch very low
resolution Initial D Live Action movie clips (some of which are only in Japanese) to tide you over until it comes out.
(Submitted by Lucky) - There are either harsh words or crying involved when someone finds out
that Initial D was watched without them.
(Submitted by Lucky) - You want to buy every single car shown in the series.
(Submitted by Jolo G.) - You get a toy car, put some books, pencil cases, etc. on the table to serve as gutters, etc. then you start drifting the toy car like a madman screaming, "GO HACHI-ROKU!!"
(Submitted by Jolo G.) - That Eurobeat starts growing on you... especially when your heart is with metal (I'm generally on my own with this one...)
(Submitted by Kemal) - You have (or are memorizing) the car plates of the Initial D cast.
(Submitted by Kayu) - You keep looking for an AE86 on the road (that is if it's not common around your area).
(Submitted by Kayu) - You've memorized all the songs.
(Submitted by Kayu) - You want your first born son to be named after an Initial D character.
(Submitted by Skitz) - You are "hunting down" all of the Initial D merchandise you can find.
(Submitted by Kayu) - You are now obsessed with cars, because of Initial D.
(Submitted by Kayu) - You were the one in the back of the movie theatre humming "Space Boy" during the touge racing scene in the "Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift".
(Submitted by fd3sinfini_god) - You put a Project D sticker on the back of your four-door family sedan.
(Submitted by fd3sinfini_god) - Your I-Pod is full of eurobeat. And it's the 2GB version.
(Submitted by fd3sinfini_god)
