(L) Air Gear

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by Mare Boy

Just finished vol 1 recently. So far I'm really liking the whole story very well, plus the comedy was hilarious imo. But one thing did kinda strike me. I heard about how much the story and premise changes a lot in a similar fashion like REBORN!. Is this true? If so, do you guys think it changed for better or worse?

Tsuna is a pathetic waste of a character compared to Ikki. To the rest well Air Gear has always been about contests. Hitman, well who'd guessed the entire thing would also be about nothing but contest after contest in a mob plot based environment. Also like Xaturas said, OG tends to make you go WTF is going on, rather than with Hitman where you go WTF another tournament with prizes, again...

[Student no.0]

Originally Posted by Xaturas

It goes from Kids riding on rollerblades, then racing with it, then fighting with it, then it all goes CRAZY WTF is going on with it.

lol This I have see.

Originally Posted by Johnny

Tsuna is a pathetic waste of a character compared to Ikki. To the rest well Air Gear has always been about contests. Hitman, well who'd guessed the entire thing would also be about nothing but contest after contest in a mob plot based environment. Also like Xaturas said, OG tends to make you go WTF is going on, rather than with Hitman where you go WTF another tournament with prizes, again...

I'll keep that in mind, thanks(and Xaturas too).

[giorno]

it's a bit different though, because while reborn was a gag manga that turned into a battle action manga out of the blue, air gear IS a battle action manga and it's the plot that(and "seriousness" of it) that gradually change(and there are hints all throughout the first volumes of what's to come. You've just read vol 1, well, don't ever forget the scenes with the old guy...)

[Endscape]

Originally Posted by giorno

it's a bit different though, because while reborn was a gag manga that turned into a battle action manga out of the blue, air gear IS a battle action manga and it's the plot that(and "seriousness" of it) that gradually change(and there are hints all throughout the first volumes of what's to come. You've just read vol 1, well, don't ever forget the scenes with the old guy...)

Tell me about it. I'm always surprised when people say that they are surprised by the change in Air Gear, it was pretty obvious what direction it was going in since the Buccha fight.

[giorno]

not quite, but by the time of the behemoth fight(agito and akira's fb) it definitely was...it's mostly a matter of very low exposition, keeping the reader about as informed as the main characters, so you only understand the sheer scale of it all when the main chars do...

though OG did kinda lose the handle after volume 20...tried to do too much with it...

[Xaturas]

Originally Posted by Endscape

Tell me about it. I'm always surprised when people say that they are surprised by the change in Air Gear, it was pretty obvious what direction it was going in since the Buccha fight.

Its obvious what the direction of AG was, there was enough foreshadowing with fights and Ikki getting the regalia. However around halfway manga went from SF into Fantasy. People surviving impalement by helicopter rotor. Major turnarounds explained as some kind of Hypnosis or other mirage. As far as AG was around kids using regalia to fight and using some powers like fire/lightning and other stuff it was ok, but then it went crazy shit. Still I will probably read AG again when it gets finished to have a whole picture. It just that OG is known for his Oh Not So Great story twists.

[Student no.0]

After giving it some more thought, I've decided to put this off for a bit later. Thanks for the replies.

[~Yami~]

Spoiler for 348:

so... the point of this chapter is Ikki has an all-out fight with Sora... forget everything and only focus on his feeling to protect the time....

Kazu still breathing and alive.... yay!!

[~Yami~]

Spoiler for 350:

Ringo full armor vs Rika full armor

I like this chapter even though there are too much talking

Sora somehow become weaker than previous chapters

[Valky]

I thought 350 already released by stream?

Ikki apparently has "Infinite Possibilities" in front of him, and he wrecked one of Sora's legs. Ikki just got strong out of nowhere, so much for Sora's power up ..

I wonder what Sora will do now.

[~Yami~]

Originally Posted by Valky

I thought 350 already released by stream?

Ikki apparently has "Infinite Possibilities" in front of him, and he wrecked one of Sora's legs. Ikki just got strong out of nowhere, so much for Sora's power up ..

I wonder what Sora will do now.

lol I put on wrong chapter spoiler title

yep... are we nearing the end of battle... I'm quite bored with their battle already

[Von Himmel]

Isn't it more like that Sora couldn't keep or predict Ikki's moves rather than Ikki got stronger than Sora? I found it nice that while Ringo admires Rika, it's the exact opposite in Ikki and Sora position.

[Merilyn Mensola]

I liked this chapter..especially when Sora was crushed on the ground..

However..the best things in this chapter, was Ringo's ultimate form of the Thorn Regalia imho..especially i liked in the panties way..lol

[Lexxus]

What? Did I get it right? Sora admire Ikki?

[Von Himmel]

It seems that he admires the infinite possibility that Ikki has..

[Valky]

It is weird that someone so narcissistic like Sora could admire someone else.

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Valky

It is weird that someone so narcissistic like Sora could admire someone else.

for someone like Sora he made a path for himself to follow all his life. He can see everything along that straight path easily but knows of no other direction to go. Whereas Ikki basically says "screw paths" and goes to uncharted territories that Sora cannot see before or behind him.

[grace_forest]

nice chapter, cool ikki

finally, the battle between Ringo and Rika
"Ringo, that's underwear no matter how much you think"
lol. Ringo is funny

[Valky]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

for someone like Sora he made a path for himself to follow all his life. He can see everything along that straight path easily but knows of no other direction to go. Whereas Ikki basically says "screw paths" and goes to uncharted territories that Sora cannot see before or behind him.

Yeah, Sora pretty much knows what he wanted to do, how to plan and execute them. Ikki on the other hand is pretty much like what the others said "A Storm", he wrecked everything that binds him.

Then agan, both of them pretty much a narcissist, if I may say.

[Valky]

Oh! Great .. what a troll.