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エア・ギア [Air Gear]

Series · 29 books

By Oh! Great, 大暮維人

SKATING ON THIN ICE Without a doubt, Ikki is the most fearsome skater around. Too bad he’s lost the super high-tech skates that helped him succeed. Worse yet, Ikki’s a far better skater than he is a student. He’s failing in class and must clean up his act fast in order to compete in the next Parts War–a dangerous and thrilling face-off between rival skate gangs. As the team leader, Ikki knows his friends are counting on him. Everybody thinks that he’s the toughest kid in school, but is Ikki about to prove them wrong? Includes in-depth translation notes, character concept sketches, and a preview of the next volume!

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Author

Oh! Great

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Oh! great, whose real name is Ito Ōgure (大暮維人 Ōgure Ito) is a Japanese manga artist most recognized for the manga series Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear. In 2006, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Air Gear. Apart from working with manga, he designed some of the alternate character outfits in the PlayStation 2 version of Namco's 3D fighting game Tekken 5, and a guest character in Soul Calibur IV named Ashlotte. His pseudonym "Oh! great" is a play on words. His pen name, written in Japanese order, is "Ōgure Ito", which is pronounced similarly to and can be romanized the same as the Japanese rendering of the English words "Oh great," ōgurēto. Furthermore, "Oh" can mean "king" in Japanese, making it possible to read the name as "the great king".