Air Treck
Air Trecks, or AT for short, are a brand of fictional roller skates in the Air Gear series. Air Trecks are motorized roller skates with one wheel in front of each other. The motor is _base_d on a weight distribution, so leaning forward turns the motor to you propel forward, while leaning back causes it to brake. Air Treck riders who fight against other air treck riders are called storm riders.
Story
Minami “Ikki” Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the “Unbeatable Babyface,” Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of “East Side Gunz.” Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. (In the anime, in the manga they give them to him.)Mad at the sisters he steals a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as “AT”). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of “flight” for as long as he can, Ikki is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck.
Characters and Teams
Brief de_script_ions of important characters and Air Treck teams can be found below.
Kogarasumaru (Ï8)
Team Status: B class
Kogarasumaru was founded by the protagonist Minami Itsuki with his friends Kazu, Buccha, Onigiri, Agito, and Akito. They are central to the story line of Air Gear.
The Noyamano Family/Sleeping Forest ( Šnî)
Team Status: A Class
Sleeping Forest was originally created by Sora Takeuchi in order to unify the eight Kings and prepare for the appearance of the Sky King. At the current time, Sleeping Forest is under command of Ringo
Behemoth(ÙÒüâ¹)
Team status: D Class - Disbanded
Behemoth was an extremely large AT team, that was defeated in a parts war by Kogarasumaru. at that time the leader (Akira UdM) was taken into custody by WIND G-MEN.
Genesis(u^)
Team Status: A-Class
Genesis is a team of skilled Storm Riders (including four kings), headed by Simca. Control of this team is eventually to be turned over to Minami Itsuki.
Tool Toul To (SwK)
Team Status: NA
The Tool Toul To was originally created to assist the kings with their regalia. They are a completely neutral group and will assist any king regardless of which side they are on. Each king is assigned a tuner which is their personal mechanic.
Sabel Tiger
Team Status: Disbanded (once F class)
The first to challenge Ikki's team. This team occupied the area of the school after the fall of the YaM. As the Kogarasumaru was in the same place, they soon started a F Class Parts War.
Iriya Natsumi ( , Iriya Natsumi?)
"The Brown Bloody Sword" is the leader of this team. Her special technique is "Moon Walker", which lets her to ride backwards. She thought that she could get an easy win on Ikki because of her technique in addition to that no men would attack a woman from the front. However, Ikki gained a simple victory over her. She got out of the penalty due to the girls, while the rest of the team walked home naked.
Rez-Boa-Dog
Team Status: Disbanded (Were B Class)
Though the Sabel Tigers were the first to "officially" be challenged by Ikki, the Rez-Boa-Dogs were the first team Ikki defeated (in the anime the Skull Saders skipped out, counting the match as nullified, but they were defeated by Ikki and Sleeping Forest on the manga).
Inuyama ( , Inuyama?)
The leader of the Rez-Boa Dogs. When he heard that number 22 and 19 were defeated he promptly smashed his helmet into theirs. He is friends with GonzM and wears a helmet shaped in like the head of a Doberman dog. This helmet both serve has his badge of office and a hammer (by bowing the "nose" of the helmet would hit the target directly in front of Inuyama). Inuyama though may first come off as a generic evil leader but soon his soft side shows. He cares for his team members as well as for the opponent. He is also very honorable. However, despite his good heart, he absolutely despises Simca. He also bears an uncanny resemblance to Ryu of Shaman King in both height and hair_style_.
Gravity Children (͛P)
Team Status: Unknown
Gravity Children is not actually a team but the name that the children who escaped the laboratory call themselves. All members include every king with the exception of Ine and Rika. The original kings Falco, Black Burn, Spitfire, Dontores, Kilik, Sora, and the current Sleeping Forest members Ringo, Ume, Mikan, Om, Gabishi and the two unidentified kings are also members, Simca and Rune are also members. There are speculations that Ikki may also be one of the Gravity Children, but is yet to be confirmed.
Other characters
Kei Machida (:0 b, Machida Kei?)
Professional emblem designer (someone who designs emblems for Storm Rider teams) and friend of Shiraume. Like Ume, she makes her own puppets. When Kogarasumaru meet her, she doesn't speak directly to the team, but talks through Shiraume.
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