Air Gear Chapter 357 Discussion

I certainly agree with everything Ichigo03 said. Air gear had wonderful characters with character development and gorgeous art. Unfortunately Oh!great seems to me that he just couldn't stand writing it any more. You can understand that it’s rushed in every way



And some characters should have more to say especially in the end. One example is Agito. Oh!great sure showed a lot of love to this character as he  threw from nowhere a third personality , a father, a love story between his parents and a romance rescue with Nakayama. After that Agito just sat there waiting for Ikki to finish his battle with Sora and saying random things. Then in the final chapter he just appeared in one page saying things like ‘I’m gonna be separated with Lind so you can be with my baby mum, daddy’. Seriously I expected more about this character, not to talk about poor Akito.



Also I wanted Oh!great to show us more about Kururu, Ume, Mikan, Orca and many other great and funny characters. What I really enjoyed in the last chapter was an all healthy Rika waiting to bring a new life to the world, Spitfire, Sano and Kilic random appearances and Emily’s love confession. Too bad there wasn’t little Agito x Yayoi and Ikki x Ringo romance in the end : )



To sum up, Air gear, for me, should continue for at least 100 more chapters…in order for some things to be explained…like what the hell is the connection between Ikki and Dr Minami…is it a random thing that they share the same surname???

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                        End to one of the better and longer series' from Shonen Magazine.



Unfortunately, the words best fit to describe the final chapter (personally) was clustered and confusing.



I think the author had planned an anime ending like chapter;

it had the "ending theme song" scene going all the way, and a flow of credits towards the end (which was nice).



I really REALLY think that the manga was intended to have a few more chapters to answer some questions. Too many small details revealed in the end for me... and the sisters' mom in the final 4 or 5 pages? what?





Regardless, the story continued to emphasize its key message until the very end and the final "battle" did end. (Not too sure about the tournament, it was too long ago that I forgot)



A memorable scene with Kiriku and Sora; as well as  a quote that'll stick in my mind for a while:



"if you want to change the world, begin by changing yourself"



Good manga, amazing drawing all the way, alright ending, something worth collecting as a series.



Moreover, this series is definitely more suited to be animated.

Definitely will be a must watch because come to think of it, the author probably did lots to cater the series to be an anime aside from the final chapter.



I'll just give a big thanks to the author for a solid 10 years.



Looking forward  to the anime and "Oh! Great"'s next work.

So it ended... It was a nice ending, at the same level of the series.... Well Air Gear was crazy to start with so having a crazy ending would be normal but like I said before was a nice ending...

I will miss it....

I hope Oh! Great comes back with another work because his drawings are amazing!!!!

* First time Posting so bear with me please  and also this is my observations and opinions



I read some of the posts in this forum and i can understand why you guys would be 'dissatisfied or frustrated' with how it ended...i was too until a little while ago. So like Rika asked at the end "what is Ikki" and also how is everyone connected...



A lot of you read air gear over a long period of time whereas first time i heard of the Air gear manga was about two weeks b4 i posted this...the answer are in the last 80 to 100 chapters for example rika's mother was Dr.Minami's Assistant/ Lover so would that make Rika his daughter(maybe)?! And is it that why Rika was entrusted with most important Job...raising the Emperor of the heavens( i think that's what ikki calls himself towards the end)



Rika asked the correct question at the end "What is Ikki?" And why is that Ikki's demeanor changed after he rode on the train with Minami...why did he start calling himself Emperor of the Heavens after that, why was he able to surpass Sora's power with just a pair of regular AT's ?

             The answer is in the Lind/Gazelle Arc, also in the flashback Nue has of meeting Minami , when minami is teaching ikki how to make paper planes and when Minami gives Sora the Wind Regalia! Minami realized that you couldn't just give them wings they had to earn their 'Paths'...Before he gave Nue the updated Regalia he asked him to take in some more Gravity children saying that he made a mistake and he couldn't make another perfect one...

...At first i thought Minami was referring to Sora as the perfect one but he was really talking about Ikki who always believed he could fly from the beginning(which he did without any regalia)



    Here is simpler way to explain it:

Minami wanted to challenge god so he did it on a small scale he created the First generation gravity kids which included Sora and Nike ( the god Challengers) and then he perfected the heart of flying which he gave over to his Daughter(very likely) Rika to raise...Ikki ( the true god challenger)...through out the manga you can find Minami's hand in all of Ikki's trials if you look for it...Ikki was the only one who had a soul that wanted to fly...

...Ikki was obviously a hybrid but they don't say which one!



All of the most powerful teams in the tournament had one, two or more hybrids on their team...the whole of the sleeping was made gravity children, most of genesis with the exception of the riders of the west were gravity children, Team Jiggy had 4 Brain Chargers on their team and finally Kogarasumaru had the Emperor and Fang King who was half human and half gravity child and also had a brain charge( of the original Gazelle[ the first one with the heart/soul to fly]) you can say he was the prototype, Ikki was the finished product!



Oh yeah he did kill Sora like he told him he was gonna(he wasn't in any of the sreen shots in the end ) and he got one over on Minami when he let Ringo have the Storm Regalia ( Minami was screaming 'it was meant for him to wear' or some shit like that)



If you Marathon read it the story makes sense and now that you know whats already happened at the end you can see meaning to some of their actions early on in the manga

I loved the manga so much until the last like 30-40 chapters. I didnt like the end...I was just as confusing as the ones before it.

THIS!!!

For how little Rika was actually in the story she is one of my favorite characters.



Manga 7/10 (battles are very predictable but it is a action/shounen)

Ep.      8/10

The moment they introduced godly powers and basically magic, it became a cluster fudge of madness and confusion. Felt the money grab there though in order to extend it.