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The six year gap between Fourth Stage (2006) and Fifth Stage (2012) felt like an eternity for the Initial D community. It felt like the mountain passes of Initial D had gone silent forever. When those first guitar sounds of Gas Gas Gas hit then seeing Takumi’s AE86 finally swing into view, it was more than just a comeback. It was pure relief. Shigeno mentioned in 2025 that he aimed for a sense of catharsis in his work, and seeing the real Project D finally emerge to crush the imposters provided