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inheritthewindCharacter: Takeuchi Sora
Series: Air Gear
Character Age: 22
Job: Disabilities Counselor
Canon: In the world of Air Gear, some people run, some people bike, and some people (i.e. almost everyone even marginally important to the plot) call themselves Storm Riders and use Air-Trek (A-T). With A-T, physics-defying modified rollerblades, these riders skate the outer limits of the law, the sky... and shounen retardation. Our hero Ikki first embraces A-T as a way to fly, but he discovers that it's all about more than showing off skills and having street gang battles: at the center of everything is the assembly of the Kings of the A-T world and the crowning of the top Storm Rider as Sky King. Before long, Ikki finds himself being considered as a contender for the Sky King title. And when he encounters resistance to his A-T ambitions, he gains unexpected support from an unassuming, wheelchair-bound young man named Takeuchi Sora... who just happens to be the former Wind King and the one who was closest to becoming Sky King.
First seen as being casual, cheerful, charismatic, coolly capable (yes, even in a wheelchair), and able to provide large amounts of helpful exposition, Sora seems as though he's a perfect mentor for Ikki. Sadly, he's soon revealed to be a bad role model, as he is a huge pervert (making horribly lewd comments and using his elite wind manipulation skills for skirt flipping are embarrassingly normal activities for him) and will flash that wickedly impish grin of his and start trash-talking as easily as any other cocky shounen retard. In summary: the immensely talented former Wind King can be SORT OF A JACKASS, if a charming one. For all of his flippancy, however, a hard fate awaits those who forget that Sora was once almost the Sky King, because the A-T world can be ruthless and no one gets that far without being dangerous in his own way.
Note: *MAJOR SPOILER WARNING* (Chapter 151 onwards) Being taken from the current point in canon, Sora has revealed himself to be a manipulative, ruthless bastard who aims to gain the Sky Regalia for himself at whatever cost and who can apparently pilot fighter jets. However, if it's in his best interest not to cause trouble, he's fine with being Mr. Nice Guy. His wheelchair, wrecked in an attack, has been brought back by camp to help him do his job.
Additionally, in the manga, Sora is written as speaking in the Kansai dialect, so his speech pattern here attempts to reflect that.
Sample Entry:
GUYS. I COULD USE A HAND OVER HERE. An' I mean a hand that's fully attached to a livin' human bein', 'cuz what I need is to get all these gorillas an' zombies to quit the frisky act so I can get you guys up to speed on what's happenin'. Jeez, do you kids gotta take crap like this all the time? Shit... So okay, the name's Takeuchi Sora an' I'm your new Disabilities Counselor here. I got this important speech that I gotta give you guys, so just sit tight for a minute, okay?
Now, I don't know what the hell got a hold of you all, but just doin' a body part count, it sure looks like you're all needin' this talk. An' the information I got about you all says that things are even worse than they look. "Socially handicapped," what the fuck. So maybe you were a promisin' baseball player in middle school or somethin', an' then you went an' lost an arm, an' now you feel like jumpin' off a rooftop 'cuz you lost your one true purpose. Or maybe you're cripplingly shy an' spend all your time on the 'net, an' are in a void of despair 'cuz your favorite comm got suspended. Whatever, it's no excuse for you to end up bein' totally LAME an' just givin' up.
Listen, speakin' from experience, bein' in a wheelchair's been a mixed blessin' for me. It's like most things in life, where new opportunities bring new challenges with 'em. 'Cuz girls are really, really nice to a guy in a wheelchair! But sometimes they get a little too mothery an' shit an' don't see you as a WHOLE MAN. Lemme tell you, ladies, THAT is the LAST part of a man that ever stops workin'. If you don't believe me, maybe we can arrange for a personal demonstration ♥ An' any guy that don't know more than one way to please a woman is worse than handicapped, so unless you've lost the use of your legs, your dick, all your fingers, your tongue AN' your brain, you got no excuses for not at least aspirin' to be a master like yours truly! Even if you're eight million years too early to be any sort of a challenger, ha ha!
More seriously, though, I get that the initial transition's really fuckin' hard. 'Cuz it ain't never gonna be the same. Anybody spewin' bullshit about how it's gonna be's got no idea what the fuck they're talkin' about. But just 'cuz, say, for example, you lost an eye... Look on the bright side! Girls think the pirate thing's super-sexy! Okay, okay, my bad. Thing is, I don't wanna hear any bitchin' about how it ain't fair. Sittin' there whinin' ain't gonna make anythin' happen. You gotta get up off your ass an' do somethin' about it. Like this -- which'd be the way I just left tire tracks on the face of that gorilla that was tryin' to get too friendly again! Let's call it Sora's Inspirational Lesson #1: Just 'cuz a guy's got his ass in a wheelchair don't mean that he can't kick yours.
You gotta be able to rely on YOU, you see? So I wanna see you kids stand up (figuratively speakin', if necessary) an' make sure that all these zombie an' gorilla freaks know that you ain't gonna be takin' nothin' but their names before you kick their asses. But Jesus Christ, do it the normal way an' put that fuckin' shotgun down already. You'll shoot your other eye out, kid!
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Series: Air Gear
Character Age: 22
Job: Disabilities Counselor
Canon: In the world of Air Gear, some people run, some people bike, and some people (i.e. almost everyone even marginally important to the plot) call themselves Storm Riders and use Air-Trek (A-T). With A-T, physics-defying modified rollerblades, these riders skate the outer limits of the law, the sky... and shounen retardation. Our hero Ikki first embraces A-T as a way to fly, but he discovers that it's all about more than showing off skills and having street gang battles: at the center of everything is the assembly of the Kings of the A-T world and the crowning of the top Storm Rider as Sky King. Before long, Ikki finds himself being considered as a contender for the Sky King title. And when he encounters resistance to his A-T ambitions, he gains unexpected support from an unassuming, wheelchair-bound young man named Takeuchi Sora... who just happens to be the former Wind King and the one who was closest to becoming Sky King.
First seen as being casual, cheerful, charismatic, coolly capable (yes, even in a wheelchair), and able to provide large amounts of helpful exposition, Sora seems as though he's a perfect mentor for Ikki. Sadly, he's soon revealed to be a bad role model, as he is a huge pervert (making horribly lewd comments and using his elite wind manipulation skills for skirt flipping are embarrassingly normal activities for him) and will flash that wickedly impish grin of his and start trash-talking as easily as any other cocky shounen retard. In summary: the immensely talented former Wind King can be SORT OF A JACKASS, if a charming one. For all of his flippancy, however, a hard fate awaits those who forget that Sora was once almost the Sky King, because the A-T world can be ruthless and no one gets that far without being dangerous in his own way.
Note: *MAJOR SPOILER WARNING* (Chapter 151 onwards) Being taken from the current point in canon, Sora has revealed himself to be a manipulative, ruthless bastard who aims to gain the Sky Regalia for himself at whatever cost and who can apparently pilot fighter jets. However, if it's in his best interest not to cause trouble, he's fine with being Mr. Nice Guy. His wheelchair, wrecked in an attack, has been brought back by camp to help him do his job.
Additionally, in the manga, Sora is written as speaking in the Kansai dialect, so his speech pattern here attempts to reflect that.
Sample Entry:
GUYS. I COULD USE A HAND OVER HERE. An' I mean a hand that's fully attached to a livin' human bein', 'cuz what I need is to get all these gorillas an' zombies to quit the frisky act so I can get you guys up to speed on what's happenin'. Jeez, do you kids gotta take crap like this all the time? Shit... So okay, the name's Takeuchi Sora an' I'm your new Disabilities Counselor here. I got this important speech that I gotta give you guys, so just sit tight for a minute, okay?
Now, I don't know what the hell got a hold of you all, but just doin' a body part count, it sure looks like you're all needin' this talk. An' the information I got about you all says that things are even worse than they look. "Socially handicapped," what the fuck. So maybe you were a promisin' baseball player in middle school or somethin', an' then you went an' lost an arm, an' now you feel like jumpin' off a rooftop 'cuz you lost your one true purpose. Or maybe you're cripplingly shy an' spend all your time on the 'net, an' are in a void of despair 'cuz your favorite comm got suspended. Whatever, it's no excuse for you to end up bein' totally LAME an' just givin' up.
Listen, speakin' from experience, bein' in a wheelchair's been a mixed blessin' for me. It's like most things in life, where new opportunities bring new challenges with 'em. 'Cuz girls are really, really nice to a guy in a wheelchair! But sometimes they get a little too mothery an' shit an' don't see you as a WHOLE MAN. Lemme tell you, ladies, THAT is the LAST part of a man that ever stops workin'. If you don't believe me, maybe we can arrange for a personal demonstration ♥ An' any guy that don't know more than one way to please a woman is worse than handicapped, so unless you've lost the use of your legs, your dick, all your fingers, your tongue AN' your brain, you got no excuses for not at least aspirin' to be a master like yours truly! Even if you're eight million years too early to be any sort of a challenger, ha ha!
More seriously, though, I get that the initial transition's really fuckin' hard. 'Cuz it ain't never gonna be the same. Anybody spewin' bullshit about how it's gonna be's got no idea what the fuck they're talkin' about. But just 'cuz, say, for example, you lost an eye... Look on the bright side! Girls think the pirate thing's super-sexy! Okay, okay, my bad. Thing is, I don't wanna hear any bitchin' about how it ain't fair. Sittin' there whinin' ain't gonna make anythin' happen. You gotta get up off your ass an' do somethin' about it. Like this -- which'd be the way I just left tire tracks on the face of that gorilla that was tryin' to get too friendly again! Let's call it Sora's Inspirational Lesson #1: Just 'cuz a guy's got his ass in a wheelchair don't mean that he can't kick yours.
You gotta be able to rely on YOU, you see? So I wanna see you kids stand up (figuratively speakin', if necessary) an' make sure that all these zombie an' gorilla freaks know that you ain't gonna be takin' nothin' but their names before you kick their asses. But Jesus Christ, do it the normal way an' put that fuckin' shotgun down already. You'll shoot your other eye out, kid!
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