2006-08-13, 18:02 | Link #24 | |
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Nope, it's Makoto Sakura. No extra "i" after Sakura. My theory concerning this issue is actually quite simple. It goes something like this: The scan provided by MrP states that it is the preliminary sketch for the character Makoto Sakura. The very fact that it is only a prelim sketch is strange. If you recall other prelim sketches such as Sano and Goshogawara, you'd notice those are quite rough (fitting for prelim quality) and the text is hand written, whereas Sakura's is highly detailed and the text is clearly rendered afterwards by means other than Oh!Great's pen. Again going back to Sano and Goshogawara's prelim, one can see that the prelims are very similar to their final published counterparts, while Sakura's appearance is radically different. Such inconsistencies compared to other prelim art is unusual to say at the least. The character in Asuka Shinn's (will be abbreviated as AS from now on) scan sports an uncanny resemblance to the prelim sketch Makoto Sakura. If one has read Oh!Great's other series, Tenjou Tenge, the presentation of characters in AS's scan is highly reminiscent of a specific scene that appears multiple times in T.T., which is why some readers (including myself) is led to assume the character standing over Ikki may be his old man. Yet, physical evidence (such as the scan MrP provided) suggest otherwise. Here's my take on why: The prelim Makoto Sakura was originally intended as the character design for Mr.Minami. The high art quality of the prelim sketch suggest this character has been planned by Oh!Great from the very beginning. The formal font, on the other hand, may have been added later after the removal of the handwritten text when Oh!Great decided to change the identity of the character. As MrP stated previously, there has been more than a few blatant parallels between AG and T.T.. The scene presented in AS's scan is unarguably one of them. Perhaps Oh!Great realized this somewhere along the line, and decided to drop the "father vs son" thing and replace it with something else. The reason why O!G altered Sakura's final look may be that he wanted to sever his connect with the shadow man (in AS's scan), because in the same chapter Sakura appears Ikki gets another flash back to the man in AS's scan. I won't pretend I understand the meaning behind all this, because I sure as hell don't. The only way to validate my claim is for Air Gear to end, and that's not going to be any time soon. Which is why I'm being cautious here since much of what I just proposed is extremely dependant on whether the shadow man will make his appearance in the manga. |
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2006-08-13, 19:42 | Link #26 | |
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2006-08-13, 20:00 | Link #27 |
Beautiful fighter.
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In Chapter/Trick 18, juring his battle with Buucha - Ikki remembers the feelings being the same as that day, and we see a shadow image of a male.
Now, they both look the same - so correct me if i'm wrong when i say that man was Makoto Sakura?
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2006-08-13, 21:15 | Link #28 | |
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2006-08-13, 21:51 | Link #29 | |
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1) Who the hell is he? 2) Will he be an important character later in the series? 3) Is he a one time character? By that I mean will OG just forget about him? Thanks to MrP and Dot, there's no clear answer.......yet. |
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2006-08-16, 03:20 | Link #33 |
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Hmm back to the mysterious shadow. Its the same dude in that NFA match
http://jonaspelayo.googlepages.com/AirGearv11-028.jpg Considering their age, Ikki is just 13-14, that picture of a small Ikki is not far off. |
2006-08-16, 07:25 | Link #34 | |
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2006-08-22, 18:32 | Link #38 |
Sm3rt teh M@d Jester
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it's out now to read it - read that look at the pics
so from what i can tell this battle is just getting startedand ikki is finally starting to use the skills Sora taught him. and is that a nipple? oh yeah
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