Air Gear

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Air Gear is a popular manga series created by Oh! Great (Ito Ōgure) that revolves around the world of Air Treks, high-tech rollerblades that give their users enhanced speed and agility. The manga has garnered a considerable following since its publication in 2002 and has even been adapted into an anime series and video game.

One of the most significant strengths of Air Gear is its dynamic and visually stunning artwork. Oh! Great's unique style combines elements of shonen manga with a more detailed and realistic approach, resulting in beautifully rendered action scenes and character designs that are both visually appealing and memorable.

The series also boasts ... a well-crafted story that features a large cast of diverse characters, each with their own unique motivations and personalities. The plot is full of thrilling action, intense rivalries, and unexpected twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats.

Furthermore, Air Gear explores themes such as friendship, trust, and self-discovery, adding depth and emotional weight to the story. The characters' struggles and personal growth throughout the series make them relatable and engaging, and readers are sure to become invested in their journeys.

Overall, Air Gear is a must-read for fans of shonen manga and action-packed stories. Its stunning visuals, well-crafted story, and engaging characters make it a standout among its peers, earning it a 10 out of 10 rating.

Air Gear is a sports manga with maneuvers that scales exaggeratedly for action, this ends up being a problem and a quality. But let's go by parts.

The characters are very charismatic and stylish, in this the author is quite right as he gives each one a moment to shine in a way that makes them stand out.
My favorite is Kazu who grows from a mere supporting character to one of the best in the work. Other than that, there are still female characters who really have personality... Unlike many manga who simply see them as an escort for men, here they have their own space ... looking for their own goals.

The protagonist, Ikki, is kind of bland. Of course, in terms of having cool scenes, he delivers smoothly... Only something is missing that makes him stand out outside of being the most skilled, because his personality is dull and he never manages to add to the participation in the story beyond the cool scenes. It lacks presence, a little charisma and a little substance in it.

The story is problematic, the beginning is quite disorganized simply dropping information without giving context or construction to the world so that nothing feels really connected. That said, it still has a certain quality to it since the author throughout the story uses some element thrown into the plot in a way that has relevance within the work that creates a feeling of having some planning on his part.
That said, the story still fails to have a very clear path and follow a very different path from the initial one. It starts with a story of street sports with maneuvers for an action where each maneuver creates a super power... Due to the author's art, which is at a high level, the fights are always exciting, but in terms of the story, it causes a great strangeness.

Art is very good, Oh Great! he is one of the best artist today and here he already delivered very elaborate pages of action or visual allegory that gave a great narrative impact.

Finally, Air gear is a manga with fantastic art, but with a poorly structured story and a disappointing ending. Not only good art can make a good manga.

Air Gear is one of those series that had a lot of potential but failed miserably. I already put reviews for the anime (which was really good because that was the best part of the series and after that it goes downhill) and I read through the manga many times. So here is my review

Story: 4

Air Gear's story goes from setting things up very nicely to failing miserably. The arcs that the anime went through were the best parts of Air Gear but then after that it fails. However there were some interesting things such as Sora's betrayal however there is a lot of things ... that should happen. The story itself doesn't make sense till through the end with all the things of people somehow alive but dead, Spitfire AI program, The Big Climax, Rika's brainwash, Tool Toul To, there is alot of things that are bad. To make this review quick it is very had to say all the problems of air gear.

Art: 10

The art was very good, Oh Great knows how to draw, a lot of the action scenes are really nice.

Characters: 4

Oh boy where to begin with this let's start with why John Omaha (Barack Obama the president of US) exist in the story.

Honestly I am just going to say the good characters and everyone else just assume is bad.

Good Characters: (not really great but okay)

Buccha, Agito/Akito, Kazu, Spitfire, Yoshitune(if spelled name wrong sorry)

Everyone else are pretty bad characters. Originally I was going to say Sora would be a good character but his whole thing about cutting of different parts of his body because he doesn't need them or doing it for the 99% of people was dumb.

Enjoyment: 5

There were some parts I enjoyed but after the Trident arc it starts to go down a bit but still enjoyable but after the Sora's Betrayal Arc it goes really bad.

Overall: 4

There were some good moments in Air Gear but the things with gravity children, and some parasite that controlled Rika, etc are the bad parts which is majority of the series.