Ash Roller

Ash Roller is a supporting character in the anime and light novel Accel World and the first antagonist fought by Silver Crow, and second antagonist overall after Araya. They were both newbies of the virtual reality fighting game Brain Burst when they crossed paths, and fought twice the day they met. After Silver Crow lost his wings to Dusk Taker and loses all self-esteem, Ash Roller helps Haruyuki and reveals how disappointed he'd be if the legend of Silver Crow was cut short by mere lack of determination. The two of them became world famous rivals since their destined encounter. 
He is the apprentice of Fuuko Kurasaki, known by her avatar name Sky Raker. When he took Haruyuki to meet Raker to learn of the Incarnate System, the power he learned from Raker is what was responsible for being able to defeat Dusk Taker and regain his confidence. In the real world, his true identity is Rinta Kusakabe, a professional motorcyclist who was knocked into a coma following an accident. While hospitalized, he has control over Ash Roller, but the avatar is owned by his younger sister Rin Kusakabe, who uses his Neuro Linker to play Brain Burst, which created the avatar based on the psycholigcal description of Rinta. Whether Ash Roller is directly controlled by Rinta Kusakabe or is just a copy of his personality manifested in the virtual world is unknown. 
==Personality==
Ash Roller is a foul-mouthed motorcycle punk who acts hostile and disrespectful, giving off a vulgar impression. Given his brash attitude, he often yells and shows inappropriate hand gestures, though not usually in a malicious manner. He often speaks in vulgar language out of passion, mostly being a larger than life character who frequently yells whatever he speaks, and is at first shown to be rather arrogant. He later reveals his admonishing stance towards giving up when he runs into Silver Crow for the third time, after he had lost his wings and lost all self-esteem, stopping their fight to him to see Sky Raker who he believed would help Silver Crow. He is shown to consider Haruyuki a friendly rival that he honors, deciding to stop their match and take him to Raker so that he may continue to enjoy Brain Burst and allow others to watch the famous avatar continuing to achieve, but doesn't like admitting how much he cares for him. According to Raker, underneath his unruly personality is a good person, nodding to the fact that part of his secret past is that he loves his sister deeply.
He ultimately believes that Brain Burst should be enjoyed as a game and refuses to learn the Incarnate System that costs players' actual mental stability being at risk to use, behaving the way he does out of motivation to enjoy the game rather than actual griefing intent. Whenever someone's behavior detracts from the enjoyment of the game, he will then prioritize fixing that problem, and will respect anyone who fights fair and thus makes Brain Burst fun, cherishing every fight. Ash Roller is a very passionate large ham who rides his motorcycle for the thrill of the ride, and is shown to be excited at extreme motions in contrast to normal people like Silver Crow who feel scared. However, he is as concerned for the well-being of others as he is for keeping the game enjoyable, hating to see the negative personalities of certain players, but acting honorably to have and promote fun in the virtual world of Brain Burst, wanting to refute any indication that Brain Burst is more than just a game like Silver Crow has been led to believe. He is shown to be very supportive towards those he is acquainted with, while acting with intense energy and motivation against his opponents, all based on his ideas of seeing Brain Burst as a game one should enjoy. 
Regardless of his beliefs, he is at best a jerk with a heart of gold. Ash Roller is an honorable character who acts very inappropriate due to his loud, pervasive swearing and tough biker act that makes him too embarrassed to soften up. He is shown to have enourmous respect for Sky Raker, towards whom his personality drastically changes into a more submissive diligent and polite character who humbly apologizes whenever his crude nature slips through. Towards Haruyuki, he acts more casual and crude like he normally would, as a friendly rival with mutual trust towards each other, cherishing the memory of their duels, perhaps more than he does. Overall, Ash Roller is a thrill-seeking crude biker who secretly cares about the well-being of those around him and acts honorably at the right moments despite his rough personality. 
==Abilities==
===Physical===
Ash Roller is very weak without his motorcycle, as almost all of his attack power comes from it. After leveling up, he made sure to gain basic combat techniques to prevent from being unmanned from his bike. 
===Equipment===
*Night Rocker - Night Rocker is the name of the motorcycle Ash Roller uses to fight. The motorcycle provides him with speed and dangerous attack power, making him presumably powerful for a Level 1 since he has a motorcycle that he is an expert at handling rather than a traditional weapon. Night Rocker has been upgraded a few times by Ash Roller (it is unknown whether Rin or Rinta chooses these upgrades).
**Missile Launchers - Night Rocker has missile launchers that shoot anti-air missiles.
**Vertical Climb - Night Rocker is able to ride up vertical surfaces. He cannot park the motorcycle on a vertical surface, as is is likely through raw engine power and physics that makes it able to ride up vertical surfaces, but the wheels cannot make it park.
===Abilities===
*Flying Knucklehead - The missile launchers on Night Rocker release numerous anti-air missiles.
*Howling Panhead - The missile launchers fire glowing red anti-air missiles that track the target and are guided by Ash Roller's sight of the target.
*V-Twin Punch - Ash Roller delivers a high right kick while driving in order to prevent Silver Crow from knocking him off his motorcycle. 
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Category:Rivals
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