MF Ghost Season 3 - Episode 3 discussion

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Interesting

[Kanata making his way up like this is the second season of *Overtake.*](https://i.imgur.com/VWSKDUz.jpeg)

[It's the minute details like this that keep me coming back.](https://i.imgur.com/R7x1PFO.jpeg)

what an episode! i loved the gutter drop, it was such a nice throwback to how takumi raced in initial D

Holly smokes! I'm getting hyped more and more for the next episode!

The angel segments seriously drag the show down, but it's pretty messed up how much time they've devoted to calling Marie fat lol. They're being too rough on her anyway, she's got a cute face, huge rack, nice thighs, and probably has a pat fussy. The host guy sounds like a virgin.

Episode was crazy good i was hyped for 20minutes can't wait for the next episode

Damn so many overtakes in this episode, it was crazy to see how Kanata just ambushed Akaba and overtook him without a second thought. It's exciting to see the top racers getting to experience some Kanata.

It sucks that his tires are wearing out, I think he'll only be getting 3rd place but it'd be nice to see Beckenbauer not get 1st so we can see his reaction.

But we really did not need to get a refresher on Sawatari's "aesthetic".

Use the drain!!!

they better have Blind Attack with Forever Young eurobeat next !!!

I messed up last week. Sorry. Eurobeat Corner is back to regular programming.

I can't help but be a bit bummed out that we're getting rehashes two weeks in a row, though. The only new song is [Run Run Babe](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4KCC87hkOCs&si=fe-3ZE9ew62nAery) by Go2 while Sawatari and Beckenbauer decide playtime's over, with a dose of Adrenaline from S2 and Bad Love from S1 also sprinkled in there. I dunno... It's not the first time it's happened in the franchise as a whole, First Stage did this all the time, but I felt like we were past it. It's not bad, just... disappointing, for someone that loves the genre. I have decided to not include the rehashes in the [third season playlist](https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9uh-jWCYcbRaC6B2WjJ9q1RyJkURFuc&si=pQLjA3jUX8YzRXav) since they're already in the previous, which are linked within it, but if you guys want, I can add them back.

• Ishigami is just getting run roughshod by the new guys. First it's Kanata using the literal ground as a weapon by cutting a corner closer than what a 911 can by virtue of a minimally higher ride height, and then Moroboshi puts a copy of Kanata's outside passing to finally best him. Dude's had a rough season...

• And meanwhile, Sawatari's plan to use the Ferrari as bait didn't go anywhere either. Poor Akaba is just too outclassed even if his car can hang in there. Though, that parting shot by Sawatari was both really uncalled for and complete and utter nonsense - I don't think "at the very least I'm loyal to all the underage girls I date for a year and then ditch the second they turn too old for my perversion" is the gotcha you think it is, my dude. You're going to prison. For a very long time. Hopefully.

• The Shun subplot was really heating up and then he had to go and remind everyone that he is NOT the main character here. Nuh uh. What were you expecting? We all know he can't do that stuff, man.

• Oh, hey, the gutter run is back! I guess it works as a last-ditch effort to counteract the fact that he's had to push severely past what is otherwise safe to make up his positions - and it should also explain how he made it work in the first place; he didn't, the guys in front were consciously saving their tires so that they wouldn't get the issues that he is now facing. At last, we get the fight that was promised to us before this race... I can't wait!

Once again, I apologize for leaving last week blank. It won't happen again. Which is also something I hope I can say about the repeats in the music selection. See ya then!

I can't believe Sawatari was thinking about his bizarre and sick fetish while making that incredible overtake; that dude is unbelievable.

Seeing Kanata use the difference the shoulder to make the overtake was amazing; it's really cool to see pure physics applied in this way.

Man, what an episode! There were two many upsets for the veterans. Ishigami losing his position to Kanata after Kanata took advantage of the Porsche's lesser ground clearance followed by him losing his position once again to Sena. Kouki finally played his special move and let Akaba overtake Beckenbauer and used Akaba's slipstream to get past Beckenbauer.

Not Kouki justifying himself to be superior 'cause of his Seventeen fetish lmao

And Kanata upsetting Akaba once again and even managed to shock Beckenbauer by taking a lead over him by making use of Takumi's gutter move..insane !!

But since Kanata's tyres are already giving out it's really gonna be tough to maintain this lead.

He pulled out the gutter cheese. He’ll definitely be turning his headlights off in the tunnel at some point

bro, in this episode of mf ghost, it's honestly just like real life where trying to figure out if your friend actually likes you, or if your rival lowkey respects you, or if that one person is actually flirting or just being nice is a whole clown fiesta, but then everyone just stares at the racing scoreboard and suddenly it’s like, ah yes, this is what matters now. all the confusion just gets turbocharged into collective hype and we’re all like, “yeah, this dude’s climbing the ranks, let’s gooo!” it’s wild how the scoreboard turns everyone’s brain into the same flavor of hype soup and for a moment everyone knows exactly what to think and feel, even if we have no idea what’s going on with our actual lives.

I find Mami’s support for Kanata really cute. She was really feeling it after Kanata finally got to top 3 at the final lap.

A shame she never got a chance with him since she’s the angel I support.

His weakness?

Huh. That's pretty neat that he can do that because his car rides higher.

Oh right in this verse Mt Fuji finally went up.

Meanwhile elsewhere on the track, things are also moving.

Seems to be quite the bunched up pack.

Oh right that's that guy's gimmick...

That was a bump there.

Yeah that's clean. He was more than far enough alongside that he can absolutely try for the overtake.

Right. Kanata's up on the podium.

That one felt a little less clean and a little more like a dive bomb tbh. He was nowhere near alongside when he went into the corner.

I don't know how to feel about how long the race are, feel like we got one race per season, on one side the race take his time and show crazy overtake, on the other side we advance so slowly in the championship

Goosebumps every time

Bro running on Diddy power

Kanata with the gutter run, now there's an Initial D throwback. I bet Keisuke is having PTSD watching that trick.

On another note, seeing the battle between Beckenbauer, Sawatari and Akaba was quite fun. I'm of course rooting for Kanata to win, but I feel like he probably won't given his understeer issue.

Oh, and I don't know if this was clarified before, but it seems like MF in MF Ghost stands for Mount Fuji, and takes place in a world where an eruption caused a major disaster. I hope that doesn't end up becoming true in real life...

I feel bad for the ferrari guy lmao guy got destroyed by 3 members in a day

Aiba not even trying for 9th place what a day today

* How much you wanna bet Sena will immediately see this "weak point" in Kanata's driving right after we see Keisuke and Kenta talk about it?

* Marie charging the camera is terrifying.

* Ok, it wasn't immediately apparent in episode 1, but yeah, Marie is a bit curvy.

* Did, did the 86 just do a stoppie?

* Is that a real weakness or is that just bullshit to hand wave how Kanata was able to pass the Porsche?

* Yes, because both the Porsche and the Supra have more horsepower.

* "Substantial" upgrade, just a turbo that gives him 100 more horses, so he has 300 now instead of 200.

* I forget, did they mention Fuji erupting in Season 1? I know that *a* volcano erupted, but I think this is the first time they specified it was Fuji.

* Nice move by the Ferarri, seems like diddy used him to pass Beckenbauer

* GTR vs R8 Round 3

* Why do the cars sound like airplanes?

* "I've never liked guys like you, who chase any girls that cross their path." This coming from the guy who only dates 17 year olds is pathetic. At least he goes after adult women. I don't think we've seen him go after any women, has he?

* There we go, the show has to remind us that he's a creep.

* "If you ask me, a womanizer with no standards could never be as cool... as a fetish enthusiast." I'm going to be sick.

* I prefer the snotty German to the creep.

* Oh look, Kanata's here too.

* Kanata's tires are wearing out, he's starting to understeer. Is this the weak point?

* Kanata put the tire into the gutter! That's one of Takumi's signature moves!

Ogata getting nauseous is quite a peak for his having been so confounded by Kanata's performance in the past couple of episodes that he's had nothing useful to say. Wonder how the car will look by the end of this.

that sawatari stuff is just so disgusting. I hate this fan service. You can't recommend MF Ghost to Friends the same way you could Initial D. I hope someone is going to upload edited Episodes without all of that stuff.

“European supercars can’t handle terrain like that”

The Porsche carrera cup series would like to have a word with you. They were hitting curbs bigger than that and jumping them like rally cross some laps during the v8 supercar weekend at the Gold Coast this year.

as a Ferrari and Akaba fan this ep was horrible 😭

my goat just got mogged by the other 3 so easily. atleast we have Akaba having that cool moment in the tunnel where he pass Beckenbauer

Crazy heart pumping action in this episode. Akaba is the punching bag for everyone at the top. I want to see Beckenbauer wake up next episode and go head-to-head with Kanata. Will be cool to see Kanata do the phantom move in the tunnels after this episode's gutter maneuver.

Oh my God, I'm getting erect every time Kanata overtakes someone o(〃＾▽＾〃)o

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Kouki Sawatari going on a lenghty explanation about his fetish while did a sick overtake is out of nowhere. He deserved to be put in jail.

Akaba is my favorite character in MF Ghost and I genuinely felt bad for him. 3 drivers just overtook him is such a short delay is just...upsetting. He seriously needs the same set skills as Senna or Kanata to be a better driver.

Holyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, what a race, and another Takumi SHOUTOUT

Huge props to Koube Tatsuki for his performance of Narrator Tanaka this episode. His scream as Kanata pulled off the gutter run made the entire scene.

Akaba gonna remeber this for life. Triple overtake back to back.

And takumi's gutter run.. Waiting for the headlight off moment.

Anyone else notice the blaring animation error with Aiba vs Sakamoto? Aiba's GTR drives toward the camera, but the background wall stays in front of his car the whole time.

THE GUTTER!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAA THAT'S IT. IM GOING TO REWATCH SOME INITIAL D!

Also i would have liked to see Beckenbauer's shocked face at the end but from the preview it seems he will be sweating a bit. so im satisfied

Sawatari overtaking to distract us from the Epstein files