Manta

"ROUGE BLIZZARD" - Manta, Eole Crash

**Manta** is the leader and Pilot of Team Cold Kings. His team was one of the antagonistic teams in season 1. After the end of the Whale Cup, Manta chose to distance himself from Polaris Academy and form a new team with Shino and Debbie. Calling himself ''White Tiger'', he would eventually join the Rotor Punch competition.

## Appearance

Manta is a teenage boy with a bit grayish tanned skin, pale blue eyes, dark gray face tattoos shaped like boomerangs under his eyes and white hair. In season one, he has short spiky hair, curved face tattoos, white tanktop, silver charm necklace, black wrist gloves with white palms and wrist bands, gray jacket on his hips, black boots, and white Cold Kings symbol on his left shoulder. In season two, he changed his look to have short spiky ponytail with a forelock, dark gray tattoos on both shoulders (likely to hide his snowflake mark), no shirt or boots, white gloves with black palms and white fluffy wrist bands, dark gray pants and a white fur skirt with black stripes.

## Personality

Typically, Manta is an arrogant and brash jerk. He frequently mocks other pilots and is willing to take more violent approaches to winning races, like making use of his Drone's ice weaponry to freeze anything in sight. However, despite this, Manta's arrogance often results in his plans backfiring badly.

However, he also has a soft side that emerges when he feels down. In season 1, after losing too many races and almost being sent back to the academy for his awful performance, he gets upset and almost depressed. During this time, he speaks openly with Corto. In season 2, while his main goal is to get his revenge on Pavel, he has become more humble, kind & wise, but still has some of his old tenancies at smaller levels.

## Relationships

### Shino

He is one of Manta's closest friends as the two met at Polaris Academy. Shino acts as Manta's voice of reason.

### **Corto**

Despite their differences & many issues, Manta shows a small admiration towards her. In the first episodes of Season 1, he is only there as an enemy and rival. But as the story continues, there are some moments when he truly sees her as an actual pilot. Not to mention the fact that she actually wanted to help him and even extended her arm to comfort him.

When he met her again in Tortuga, he taunts at how weak she seemed and then walked away. But, as the time passes by, he now looks more attracted to her (constantly blushing around her and making sure she is fine). He even helped her practice some moves and went on a 'date', but it was more like a hangout.

### Pavel

Throughout the season 1, we find out that Pavel was Manta's superior and that he had to listen to the older one due to more experience.

However, in season 2, Pavel is most likely the one that bulled Manta, forcing him to do his chores. This had an impact on Manta, both psychically and mental, leading him to think everyone is under his control and that he has the right to tell them what to do, similar to what Pavel did to him.

#### **Hannah**

Hannah is one of Manta's best friends. In season 1, they were bonding as an 'antagonists' of the series. Even though Hannah in got better in season 2, their little alliance survived.

## Trivia

Some scenes in Season 1 have led some fans to think Manta and Shino were in a relationship. However, this has not been officially confirmed and they remain friends.