“Tough Eastside "Babyface" Itsuki must master Air-Trek to save his school from vengeful Westside gangsters.”
Air Gear
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Synopsis
Tough Eastside "Babyface" Itsuki must master Air-Trek to save his school from vengeful Westside gangsters.
Itsuki Minami needs no introduction—everybody's heard of the "Babyface" of the Eastside. He's the toughest kid at Higashi Junior High School, easy on the eyes but dangerously tough when he needs to be. Plus, Itsuki lives with the mysterious and sexy Noyamano sisters. Life is never dull, but it becomes dangerous when Itsuki leads his school to victory over some vindictive Westside punks with gangster connections. Now he stands to lose his school, his friends, and everything he cares about. But in his darkest hour, the Noyamano girls come to Itsuki's aid. They can teach him a powerful skill that will save their school from the gangsters' siege–and introduce Itsuki to a thrilling and terrifying new world. (Source: Del Rey)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 32 sampled reviews
What 32 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.67 · some divergence
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.5
↓ 0.88
Running avg · Jun 2008 → Mar 2025
- 7 “I personally LOVED this anime, the only real problem was that it was left dangling.... Like my review almost was just now. In any case, the only good reason someone should watch this over reading...”
- 8 “Im really not all that good at writing so im just going to summarize from the start. Air gear is honestly a really good manga with beautiful art and cool character design, the concept is insanely...”
- 8 “The manga is great as a teen, kinda annoying as an adult. The art is great and the concept is cool, problem is that the dialogues are redundant. How many time do you need to use metaphors relating...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 358 × 37 ch × vol
- Total read 47h 44m approx
- Published Nov 2002 – May 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0072 catalog