A Hybrid of Life and Gasoline | 命とガソリンのハイブリッド

In 2024, the world of street racing on the mountain roads may have been reduced to a few fearless individual, but it's being kept alive by the most dedicated racers, and they may be just the average people from all walks of life that none would be expecting.

Driving and playing with automobiles may not be the same popular hobbies for today's population, as the future seems bleak and any sort of excess in life became a passé, there are few people still interested and hope for the glory days of high speed, gasoline fueled, mountain pass runs to return.

People such as Mizuho Noda, a promising ex-racing driver who had to abandoned the dream for his family, but such a man who have lived and breathed the life of speed would never be able to truly let it go. Even if the circumstances meant changing responsibilities and priorities, any old piece of junk can become a legend on the streets in the right pair of hands.

"The art of making a crappy car handles well is not as difficult as you might think."

This story is based on a single throwaway line in a Noriyaro's video about the Toyota Probox, a small, lightweight, durable van, arguably the backbone of Japanese economy, that have become a joke due to it's usage for corporate livestocks driving them at illegal speed on company's dime. They've since gained a popularity within a small tuner circle as a cheap and plentiful fun driving machine, although they still would never become a serious tuning car... or will they?

***This story featured a lot of technical terms and specific region references, a concurrent google-fu may be needed and totally expected.***
***This story is labeled mature accordingly to the website guideline due to certain scenes, the depictions are really light and tame, but they're still there. TW for injury, death, and self-harm.***