Air Master
Episode 18
'Playing Rough! Komata
Shigeo'
Maki wakes up and thinks back
on how she was defeated. Shigeo knocked her into the air and caught her
with a perfectly timed combo on her way down. Upset, not so much about
her defeat as the fact that he held back on the finish, Maki jumps off
the rooftop to street below and runs after Shigeo. Kai decides to follow
but discovers in mid air that her legs aren't long enough to break her
fall like Maki. Her life flashes before her eyes but she gathers her wits
and improvises a way to land safely. Miori and Yashiki catch up to her
and the three split up with Miori and Kai going after Maki and Yashiki
going his way. Elsewhere, Fukamichi sets up a match with a 10th ranked
boxer for Kinjiro to join the Fukamichi rankings. The boxer gives Kinjiro
problems with his speed and moves till Kinjiro solves the problem by grabbing
onto him and smashing him into a wall with one of his hard punches. Yashiki
arrives and picks a fight with another fighter to get ranked again. He
distracts his opponent by talking on and on and then drops him with his
Originator attack when he least expects it. Back to Maki, before she finds
Shigeo, she runs into Mina. Mina looks distressed so she decides to go
with her to a movie instead. They watch a samurai movie where Maki gets
an idea for move for Shigeo. The next day, Maki, Kai, and Miori are walking
Mina home when they meet Yu, Michiru, and Renge at a video game tournament.
Yu and Michiru are entered and everyone stays to watch. Yu and Michiru
both lose and Maki sees the guy that beat them. It's Shigeo. Maki and Shigeo
square off and Shigeo goes on to mention that his fighting style is derived
from the fighting video game they were just playing. Maki declares she
will beat him in one second. Shigeo leads off and Maki stops him in his
tracks with a sniper technique and finishes him with her new move that
Kai names the Air Cut Terminator. Maki is now ranked 6th. Fukamichi was
watching and he motions Maki over. He tells her she can now move to a level
reserved only for the top 10. He gives her a GPS wristwatch and tells her
now the whole city is the arena for the next matches.
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