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Wangan Midnight
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Description
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The story gets its roots from the actual street racing that occurs on Tokyo's Shuto Expressway, one stretch of which is known as the "Wangan", literally meaning "bay side" (although it is generally used to refer to the freeway), the longest, straightest road in the entire country. Of course, there's also lots of traffic to contend with, including a fair number of heavy trucks. Because of this, the action is inherently hazardous, and wrecks are common. Blown engines are also a frequent hazard, especially with the extreme-high power engines.
One day, Akio Asakura, a third year high school student, is driving his Fairlady Z (Z31) and is challenged by Tatsuya Shima, a doctor, in his black Porsche 964 Turbo (nicknamed the "BlackBird"). With a friend in the passenger seat and two girls in the back, Akio pitifully tries to win, but is defeated. Determined to become faster, he goes to the junkyard to buy parts for his car, when he sees a pristine, unscratched midnight blue Fairlady Z (S30) in the junkyard. Intrigued as to why such a machine is about to be junked, he buys it. He soon finds that the car is unnaturally fast due to a tuned L28 engine, bored and stroked to 3.1 liters combined with twin turbos, which produces 620bhp. He also finds that all of the car's previous owners had unfortunate accidents in it, starting with the first owner's death. The manga follows Akio's various encounters, though the central plot revolves around his constant battle with the BlackBird for superiority.
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Manga
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Associated Names
湾岸ミッドナイト
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Status in Country of Origin
41 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
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User Rating
Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (15 votes) Bayesian Average: 7.6 / 10.0
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Last Updated
September 6th 2008, 1:27am PST
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Year
1993
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Licensed (in English)
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Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 854  (+169) Monthly Pos # 1950 (+444) 3 Month Pos # 3571 (+449) 6 Month Pos # 4534 (+865)
List Stats
On 64 reading lists On 57 wish lists On 5 unfinished lists On 3 custom lists
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| so far good, Im looking forward for upcoming chapters by Domonkazu on June 12th, 2007, 6:44pm |
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it's realistic street car races with lots of accidents, and there's no superhuman stunt like Takumi did in initial D, perhaps that's why I like it.
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