(L) Air Gear

[-Sho-]

Yeah , Ikki's identity is still unclear . We don't know much except he lived with Ringo etc .. since he was young .

[Fran~]

Uncle Minami... to me, he's the key of this...

[Kafriel]

Except he can be more of a mad scientist who created gravity children technology instead of just "uncle"

[Nvis]

I have a feeling Genesis will lose on purpose to SF.

Theory:
I mean, Ikki will have to battle Sora AND Kilik/Ringo. So Genesis loses the battle with SF, and SF will battle it out with Koga, and somehow Genesis cheats their way in the Tower to steal the Sky regalia and Ikki will fight Sora. (ex. Let the two teams battle it out until they are weakened, and then come and beat them both to a pulp.)

[Freeter]

Spoiler for 243:

Aww man...MAJOR death flag for Ringo. She just confessed to Ikki, and Sora already has her in his sights. Hopefully someone will save her (Kanon, perhaps?) or she can avoid becoming crippled like Simca.

And what the hell was up with the water bottle scene in the beginning?

[NoLongerSane]

Spoiler for 243:

It is sort of saddening that there was heavy foreshadowing of Ringo's upcoming fate. Though one could hope that she is not killed in action but just crippled. Then again, Oh Great may have another female in this series without a limb.

[Waking_Dreamer]

Spoiler for 243 Summary:

Summary Suarhnir @ stoptazmo
- koga is calling jiggy concerning the match. jiggy is not happy but some guy, with a hat and shades, takes the phone from him and continues to discuss the matter with koga. it seems that koga was trying to negotiate for a different time to do their battle, but the guy explains that they are in the entertainment business just like pros and giving into koga's request will result in a huge shift in money on top of the already bought tickets to see the show. meanwhile jiggy goes to the ring where there is a fight wrapping up. jiggy cleans off the beaten guy with a bucket of water he brought and proceed to have their own conversation. long story shory, jiggy's team had lost on purpose to the beaten guy's team, citing that they are a team that makes a living off show fighting.

*warning, very disturbing content coming up... especially for guys*

- well, the beaten guy tries to leave along with offering a bribe. jiggy is guzzling a water bottle to the point of vacuuming out even the remaining air and imploding it... then catches the guy, stating that "there's no money there", and proceeds to pull the guy's pants down - placing the bottle on his balls... well, it was very painful. kazu and onigiri are graced with overhearing the poor guy's anguish along with jiggy's sadistic laughter. kazu concludes that negotiations have failed, understanding what has happened even without seeing it... onigiri is guarding his own balls in fear. the rest of koga resign to their dilemma of most likely not being able to make it to watch the sf vs. genesis battle (koga is still gonna try to finish their battle quickly and rush over)

- koga begins to head off; it'll take 3 hours to get there and their battle starts at 9pm. kururu declares a busy night for ttt, and benkei offers to go help too. ikki is about to join the others when ringo stops him, holding the croissant mask hat over her face. she tells ikki that 'croissant mask is holding a final message from ringo, which is that "ringo loves ikki" .' this shocks ikki a bit, but ringo quickly leaves before he could say anything.

- ringo goes to kururu and hands off the croissant mask hat to her, pleading for her to become koga's #1 supporter in place of ringo. a little taken back at ringo's attitude, kururu accepts the role. ringo heads off then suddenly the sky is full of helicopters and even two jets, carrying sora (and probably the rest of the participating genesis members and minions). sora spots the fleeing ringo, commenting on how busy the 'queen of the forest' is despite how the sun is setting yet there is still more to come beginning tonight.

the final caption for the chapter says: 6 hours until the history altering battle!!

Spoiler for my 243 thoughts:

Okay, its undeniable Ringo so deserves Ikki's babies more than anyone else - thats just fact.

I dont think shes going to die, but like how I pointed out in the previous chapter she is sooo going to get roughed up...Officially theres only been Spitfire who from the good guys has actually died. Oh Yea, of course Yoshi too...hmm Spit and Yoshi....and Ringo....? OG wouldnt go to that extreme otherwise Ikki will be walking around 24/7 with a tornado circling him.

[Eurys]

Originally Posted by Waking_Dreamer

Spoiler for my 243 thoughts:

Okay, its undeniable Ringo so deserves Ikki's babies more than anyone else - thats just fact.

Spoiler for 243:

I knoooooow I'm so glad she was brave enough to confess. And wow, she cares a lot for Ikki. I mean, hoping Kururu will be the best support for him after she's gone? Pretty selfless.
It sure looks like a huge death sign but I can't believe it. At worse, maybe it will be a fake death, just like Aeon's assistant looked dead for sure and yet she's kept alive... *sighs* I don't want Ringo to die, dammit.

The first pages are gross and weird , but the art after definitely makes up for it. I love Ikki's face when he hears Ringo's confession. Oh!Great is so good at raw emotions.

[Fran~]

Come on... Ringo told that to Ikki in chapter 142... and not with words precisaly.
This is Air Gear, where people can say "i love you" without a death flag. OG is teasing us... and more exactly he is setting up the coming events.

this arc will be truly epic...

[Kafriel]

Ringo action includes the bonus of her clothes getting torn up in 5 different ways, looking forward to it

[Waking_Dreamer]

Translations up!

OMFG...what heck did Ring do?!

She gave her position to Kururu just like that...? She basically said Ikki's yours, Im gonna die...wtf!?

[Fran~]

Originally Posted by Waking_Dreamer

She gave her position to Kururu just like that...? She basically said Ikki's yours, Im gonna die...wtf!?

Nah... Ringo knows how useless Ikki is, so she is asking Kururu to watching him... but, if she dies against Genesis... well... But i don't think that she will die though.

OTOH, I really want to see Kururu tunning Ikki...

[-Sho-]

Good chapter !

Poor guy with his balls XD

FINALLY , she say it !!! lol it was great . Too bad she ran away and give Kururu the 1st place .
Well , Ikki was shocked . But i think he's more interested for Simca .
The battle will begin soon ! Hurray !

[ZODDGUTS]

I support this. IkkiXKururu all the way.

[kiddskater]

Originally Posted by Eurys

Spoiler for 243:

I knoooooow I'm so glad she was brave enough to confess. And wow, she cares a lot for Ikki. I mean, hoping Kururu will be the best support for him after she's gone? Pretty selfless.
It sure looks like a huge death sign but I can't believe it. At worse, maybe it will be a fake death, just like Aeon's assistant looked dead for sure and yet she's kept alive... *sighs* I don't want Ringo to die, dammit.

The first pages are gross and weird , but the art after definitely makes up for it. I love Ikki's face when he hears Ringo's confession. Oh!Great is so good at raw emotions.

So so truee~!!!

And frankly I thought she'd never confess!!! :O And i'm so so glad she did!!! ヾ(*・∀・)/

But but... now i'm worried that he might not like her... (*ﾉω<*)

Anyways, I LOVE the drawing at page 10. his emotions is the highlight of the whole chapter really, art-wise!!! ★'.･.LOVE~(^▽^(^▽^*)~LOVE.･.･:☆

[Fran~]

But she did it way before... read chapter 142... she even kissed Ikki.

[Eurys]

Originally Posted by Fran~

But she did it way before... read chapter 142... she even kissed Ikki.

This is manga, unless you spell it loud and clear, characters are always clueless about feelings

And Ringo is sneaky, she managed to use the kiss as purely a demonstration that Ikki couldn't avoid it just like she couldn't avoid Kanon kissing her

[Fran~]

Nah... ikki already knows Ringo's feeling, sameway Ringo knows about Ikki's crush on Simca (same crush that Kururu has for Ikki).And the kiss comes after what they "talked" during the battle. The real declaration was there . OG is a weird fella... this is not some shoujo manga, if you cant kick your love's butt, you just doesn't deserve it.

[Eurys]

Originally Posted by Fran~

Nah... ikki already knows Ringo's feeling, sameway Ringo knows about Ikki's crush on Simca (same crush that Kururu has for Ikki).And the kiss comes after what they "talked" during the battle. The real declaration was there . OG is a weird fella... this is not some shoujo manga, if you cant kick your love's butt, you just doesn't deserve it.

We'll have to disagree because apart from maybe picking some sexual tension, I don't believe Ikki has ever been aware of Ringo's feelings, especially how deep they are. Hence the shocked face in this chapter.
The talk during this chapter was purely about their goals and reason to fight imo.
But heh, O!G can very well retcon what he wants, when he wants.

[Kafriel]

Ringo gave the croissant outfit to Kururu...so she'll get to fight as well right? Nice chapter, makes me wonder a few things about the following ones (or maybe I'm forgetting something).
P.S: the balls thing can't happen, try it at home all you want