"Sure, it might be warm and comfortable i…" — Itsuki Minami Quote

"A frog in a well does not hope to swim in the ocean, or go to dive in deep sea. What they're looking at since they are born, isn't the ocean, but the sky."

— Itsuki Minami · Air Gear

"So I'll search for my real ''wings'', because if I stay in the comfort of my nest, I'll never be able to use my own strength to fly."

— Itsuki Minami · Air Gear

"A long time there... There was a balloon man, right? When I first heard that story, I was so stupid that I actually enjoyed it... But really, the story was horrible. Driven solely by his dreams he used his balloons to disapear into the sky. The people watching made a big fuss about it... But no one really tried to stop it. There's no telling where the wind will take you. And he knew that one day his fuel, his ''freedom'' would run out, and he'd fall into the black ocean. To fly... that feeling is the most important thing. But instead of the dark clouds that drive people from the sky... There must be a chain to keep them grounded. The time will come, for those with the ability to fly away, while everyone else can only watch. Using their own wings, their own power... soaring as far as they can without aid. Because... Because that is what it means to fly."

— Itsuki Minami · Air Gear

"If training hard can make you number one, then how many number one do you think this world will have!?"

— Kazuma Mikura · Air Gear

"Nothing can remain the same forever, because if you don't change you can't improve... Facing this inescapable ''reality'' if you don't grow... You'll be crushed... For everyone to ascend and accomplish their dreams. They must grow."

— Itsuki Minami · Air Gear

"To reach the top we must crush their dreams and climb atop their shattered hopes. The will to win at any cost, to obliterate the enemy if necessary, without ambition there is no way to move up."

— Agito Wanijima · Air Gear