I just finished Part 1 of windbreaker and it ended well and can't wait to start Part 2. I liked how this story wasn't just 100% focused on bikes it had a mix of coming of age and some deliquescent elements which I did not expect seeing people fighting instead of just challenging each other to a race seemed way more realistic especially if one of my friends got kidnapped and the day before another one got beaten up just because he won a race. I do however kinda want to see Jay develop more as a character in part 2 while we do see he is caring towards others when he allowed Minu to stay and went to help Dom fight when he was getting ambushed and fighting Vinny it's kinda rare and is mostly just telling people to fuck off I will admit it was kinda funny seeing him being like that the first couple of times but now it's feeling a bit stale you can only pull off the "I need to study bye" line so many times before it just becomes annoying. I also want to see the group training a bit more and showing off how well they can do because if their only strategy is to rely on Jay to win every race its gonna get stale really quickly and feel like they only win just because Jay is the main character of the series. Like when was the last time we have saw June since the first race against TJ? He is supposed to be part of the main group but he hasn't even been fleshed out all I could remember from him is that he just wants to join the competition and likes biking that which I can not name any other traits for him which is odd. I think they nailed Vinny's characterization really well giving a reason as to why he is super hostile and why he is the way he is and was surprised the group was allowing him to join them after all the stuff he did like at the cafe and the fight they had which got them suspended from school. And lastly, I hope they develop the one sided relationship Shelly has with Jay if it just is like that for the rest of the series than I will become annoyed and not care about any panel that Shelly is in because I know its gonna be the same line every time and the same answer every time she is gonna flirt with Jay and Jay will just not care it was kinda funny the first time since Jay is regarded as the nerd in the school who only studies and he somehow got a cute girl simping for him and he doesn't care at all. But it becomes annoying if that's the only reason for the character's existence in the story. Even with all these little complaints, I stated I think Windbreaker is a good story and definitely worth a read and the complaints I stated are not enough to ruin the story so that is why I am giving it this score.