A Bitter Decision (苦渋の選択 Kujūnosentaku) is the twenty-fourth episode of the MF Ghost anime adaptation, alongside it being the 12th and final episode of the anime's Second Season.
Synopsis[]
It's the day of the final race at The Peninsula Manazuru. Kanata has hurt his left elbow and is handicapped when it comes to shifting gears, but he decides to enter the race. Ren is also participating as an Angel, feeling guilty towards Kanata. As the race starts, Kanata is hit with intense pain. As the 86 drops in the rankings, as if its performance in the qualifying rounds was a lie, Sawatari, Beckenbauer, and Aiba notice something is wrong with Kanata. However, the fighting spirit has not disappeared from Kanata's eyes. If this continues, the race will not end!
Official Screenshots[]
Screenshots come from the Official MF Ghost Anime website.[1]
Differences from the Manga[]
- The scene where Mayuko and Mr. Saionji were discussing about Kanata wasn't shown
- Yosuke's complaints of him fighting against last place with Taylor wasn't shown.
- Kakeru and Nozomi's discussion of doing a "Sandwhich Formation" on Aiba wasn't shown
- Maezono's complaint on how compact the midfield is wasn't shown.
- The scene where Kyoko updates the board after Aiba gets overtaken wasn't shown.
- The anime added additional scenes of Fumihiro, Keisuke, Kenta, Iketani, Kenji and Itsuki watching the race.
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode were the episode's number was not said in the preview.
- However, this mistake was fixed in the English Dub.
- During the scene where Kanata is overtaking Yanagida through the final tunnel, the Crunchyroll subtitles incorrectly state that Yanagida's M4 DTM makes 800hp, despite it only making 500. this was also fixed in the English dub.
- At 7:02, Kanata's 86 GT appears to have carbon fibers fenders instead of being colour red
- At 7:10, Kanata's 86 GT appears to have stock exhaust instead of the BLITZ Exhaust
Quotes[]
Stats[]
Characters (in order of appearance)[]
- Kanata Rivington
- Ogata
- Hiroya Okuyama
- Wataru Akiyama
- Sena Moroboshi
- Moe Hamazaki
- Mami Sato
- Kyoko Kurihara
- Ren Saionji
- Marie Sawamura
- Kaito Akaba
- Fujin Ishigami
- Yoji Tanaka
- Michael Beckenbauer
- Kouki Sawatari
- Kazuhiro Maezono
- Kakeru Yashio
- Shun Aiba
- Nozomi Kitahara
- Jackson Taylor (Mentioned)
- Yosuke Ohtani (Mentioned)
- Daigo Oishi
- Yudai Sakamoto
- Uehara
- Takuya Yanagida
- Fumihiro Joyu
- Keisuke Takahashi
- Kenta Nakamura
- Koichiro Iketani
- Kenji
- Itsuki Takeuchi
- Takumi Fujiwara (Cameo)
Cars (in order of appearance)[]
- Toyota 86 GT
- Porsche 718 Cayman GTS
- Alpine A110
- Ferrari 488 GTB
- Porsche 911 GT3
- Lamborghini Huracán
- BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition
- Toyota GR Supra
- Audi R8 V10 Plus
- Honda NSX
- Mercedes-AMG GT R
- Alfa Romeo 4C
- Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
- Nissan GT-R Nismo
- Lotus Exige S
Music[]
- Rock Me Kiss Me by Yū Serizawa feat. MOTSU
- Play With Fire by Fastway
- The Final Game by Dave Rodgers & Kiko Loureiro
- Side U by Himika Akaneya (Prod. AmPm)