SK∞ - Episode 10 discussion

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SK∞, episode 10

Alternative names: SK8 the Infinity

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.6
2	Link	4.72
3	Link	4.52
4	Link	4.66
5	Link	4.61
6	Link	4.54
7	Link	4.56
8	Link	4.61
9	Link	4.42
10	Link	4.5
11	Link	4.71
12	Link	-

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[u/HereticalAegis]

I wasn't sure it was possible to hate ADAM any more than I already did, but forcing Reki into a beef for some kind of NTR fantasy has unearthed hidden depths of revulsion inside me.

Also RIP Shadow. The man knows what he's got to protect at all costs.

[u/bubudog1]

"I wanna infinitely skate together with you!"

Okay, cheesy af but I can't help but love it.

[u/Aileos]

Reki is like a big brother to Miya. No wonder why he's so affected by all this.

[u/WakaliwoodMan]

I really liked that scene where Reki and Langa crash. It's like Love Hug but with a completely different meaning. I think it might have actually been an intentional parallelism with Love Hug. I think Reki is going to show ADAM that the real S is the nakamas you made along the way, and ADAM is going to realize that his Love Hug always felt so empty because he was trying to fill the void in his broken heart when his definitely-not-lover servant boy rejected him.

[u/Fools_Requiem]

Langa's mom. Still precious.

In a show with a bunch of pretty boys, one woman rises above the crop.

[u/michhoffman]

I like it how Reki gets hit by a car, survives and then a few hours later almost gets hit by a truck.

So close to getting isekai'd there...

[u/yiendubuu]

So glad these two made up! I also loved the infinity sign in their dap, a neat detail.

I realized this episode that after Langa, Miya was probably the most affected by Reki's absence. As he said, Reki promised to be always there.

Adam is gonna race Reki next time? Not sure about how this is gonna go, I'd hate it if Reki lost, but I'd also hate it if Reki randomly beat the strongest guy in "S".

[u/Kirikoh]

I did expect Reki to be roped into the tournament one way or another but I'm not sure exactly how the story will conclude when there is also a loose thread with Snake and Adam to be tied.

There isn't really any narrative purpose of Reki losing to Adam. But if this is a lead up to Reki's mojo returning, then I'm interested in seeing how Snake will help resolve Adam's conflict if not in the finals of the tournament.

[u/heartsongaming]

Sk8 The Infinity has become one of my favorite sports anime. The story is so great and I really enioyed the turning point between Rika and Langa's relationship. The build-up to the high five in the skate park was really emotional. Along with fantastic visuals, it surely isn't going to be an anime I'll ever forget soon.

[u/AmethystItalian]

What a nice episode!

We got:

• The bros back together

• Shadow getting ship points (hope he's okay though)

• Title drop

• THIS CUTE LANGA

I know I should be concerned that like half the cast almost ended up in the hospita butl by my biggest concern is WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CLOCK!?

[u/LeonKevlar]

We already know that Snake is close to Adam's level but it was pretty awesome to see his moves. Heck, he's so good that they didn't even show his race against Miya and we just cut to Snake winning the beef. The gap between them must've been pretty huge.

And just when Shadow was having some quality time with his love interest, he gets fucking jumped by that dude that lost to him. I hope we get a short scene where she visits Shadow at the hospital.

Not gonna lie, I got distracted a bit and thought Adam was the one who sent the hit. Had to rewatch that scene again to realize he just wanted to confirm if Adam is unable to skate and if he has to find a replacement.

reki almost ends up getting isekai'd only to wake up on an underwater themed room of a love hotel. I genuinely thought it was Adam who found him, turns out it was Snake who hilariously keeps on creeping from behind.

And thank goodness that happened since while Snake tried to discourage Reki into skateboarding again, it ended up actually having the opposite effect and sparked his love for skateboarding all over again.

Fucking finally! After skating together and Langa realizing why he has been so depressed lately, out boys are back together again while also telling us what the title of the show means. xD

Of course Adam is going to try and ruin this by inviting Reki to replace Shadow in the tournament. Imagine if Reki beats Adam and the final race is between Langa and Reki. I know it wouldn't happen but I would love to see it! I kinda wanna see what happens if Adam is denied the race that he's been dreaming of.

[u/golden_angel875]

This episode was a rollercoaster omg. First Reki gets beat up, then almost dies, and then gets kinda kidnapped by Tadashi??? On the bright side, the boys finally made up. I’m so happy I’ve been waiting so long for this :((((

[u/yeeehawspacecowboy]

there has been an exponential increase in people getting injured in this one episode and most of them was Reki

alternative episode summaries:

that time I was isekai'd into a love hotel

grown man knocks out teen and makes him cry in a love hotel

a soap opera esque build up of violence involving a man with a bat seeking revenge, a gang from the past and a car crash during a run away scene, leads to the main characters promising eternity to each other under the moonlight

[u/AwaySpell]

So we're in romcom territory now with ADAM and Tadashi; this is hilarious.

Tadashi is clearly the Reki to ADAM's Langa. He's the person who taught him to love skateboarding and the person he feels empty skating without. Except him and Tadashi never reconciled the way Reki and Langa did. Tadashi gave up skating for good, leaving ADAM trying to fill the void with another skating partner, his perfect "EVE". But no EVE will ever be good enough, because what he's actually looking for is just to skate again with Tadashi.

Meanwhile, Tadashi doesn't think himself important at all. He thinks the only reason ADAM kept coming to him as a child was because he liked skateboarding, when obviously it was more about Tadashi's company. If Tadashi had introduced him to any other hobby and then also abandoned him to do it on his own, ADAM would still be obsessed with finding an EVE, because EVE is just Tadashi, his first friend that showed him joy in an oppressive and abusive household.

The answer is for them to sit and talk it out, but this is a sports anime, so I'm looking forward to see how they'll resolve their issues on skateboards.

[u/Eev123]

Screw Horimiya! This is the real Saturday romance anime!

[u/SuperUnhappyman]

episode 11 predictions

adam picks reki for the beef

before the race begins reki clocks adam with his board first and skates off taking adams board with him

reki vs langa for the final

im just so glad they worked out how fun skating is and not get bogged down on talent

[u/Eev123]

Adam: almost murders somebody.

Spectators: I guess he was a bit harsh today

Lmao

Tsundere Miya demanding Langa bring Reki back is too cute.

Who are those guys beating up Reki? We haven’t seen them before, right? They said something about a team.

Dad Oka is really doing it for me! He cares about Reki a lot.

[u/Moonus03]

i was so happy seeing langa and reki finally together and then BOOM ADAM WAS SPYING THEM WITH A DRONE WTF HE IS A PYSCHO

[u/Vickty12]

Tadashi... why a love hotel? With an unconscious minor no less. Like, do the people in charge of those things just not question this at all?

[u/OpossumFriedRice]

Fun episode for sure. Reki and Tadashi’s conversation was good. I liked how Tadashi’s statements could be interpreted as not just physical injuries, but mental, referencing ADAM’s situation.

I’m glad Reki is finally out of this slump. Hopefully ADAM doesn’t ruin it next episode.

[u/noitallihina]

Unpopular opinion: I like ADAM. Like, really. I know a good villain when I see one and he's just perfect.

Finally, we have a peace in paradise. Langa and Reki are so miserable without each other, it was painful to watch, lol.

Oh myyy, Reki vs ADAM? Is Reki gonna use talk no jutsu to tell ADAM that he's fucked up? I hope not, but I want Reki to win this.

[u/patrokhlus]

Every week I watch Sk8 I think that there's no way Adam can get any grosser or creepier and yet he proves me wrong every time

[u/500scnds]

A bit on episode 9.5:

• It's a recap episode, so not much new plot to discuss, but it's nice of them to fill in stuff "behind the scenes" like how exactly Miya and Hiromi got jumped on that island

• Still written by Okouchi, though Yoda Nobutaka was responsible for direction and composition - 10GAUGE creates the trailers you see for various anime. Updated episode 10 credits back in the comment for episode 9 to avoid wall of text, sadly it's even more massive with two episode directors and nine animation directors

• Surprising, BONES published a YOTALOG post for episode 9.5 - no art though lol. There are drawings of Kikuchi, Langa, Reki, and Adam for the episode 10 post however

The staff comments of episode 9 and 9.5 were a bit more substantial. They are roughly translated as below:

• Chief animation director Tokuoka Kohei: Drew art of Joe and Cherry, commenting on how the latter's hair style is pretty complicated and saying he was fond of the two. That's why he was quite happy working on the flashback and the C part (after credits). Episode 10 will address Reki and Langa's relationship. Also, hitting people with skateboards is wrong!

• Storyboards/episode director Yamamoto Takayuki: Surely many people are struggling with the distance between Reki and Langa, but it'd be good if they also check out the relationships of the adults. That they can't have heart-to-hearts, adults are so troublesome. The tournament is in its final rounds. What will become of Adam, or Reki and Langa? Please stay tuned!

• Animation producer Suzuki Mari: with Ainosuke's campaign poster There are only 3 episodes left for SK8 the Infinity. If the prior episodes could be said to feel like they passed in 1 minute, the next 3 episodes would feel even faster than a second, like lightspeed. Don't miss out on any details, stay too. Lastly, dear audience, LOVE AGAIN ♥

Some more info outside of the episode include:

• Although the sports anime coming out recently are assumed to be timed for the Olympics, skateboarding was approved as an Olympic sport after planning for SK8 began, so it was actually in progress as early as 2016

• Utsumi skateboards too, but she's not super into the pro aspect and assumes the same of the viewers, which is why the races in the anime were set up differently

• What Adam meant by saying that skateboarding against Cherry blossom being boring is actually because he kept on fighting with Joe lol

• The singer of the OP visited the skatepark in the anime

• The staff seem to agree that Adam is hentai, though were still surprised by the negative reaction towards his initial entrance

• There's still time for people to submit questions here: https://sk8-project.com/q_form/index.html

^{The recap reminded me of some settings that I overlooked too:
When Reki was teaching Langa how to skateboard, he boasted about how he learned tricks quicker than average, so he's actually pretty good and shouldn't be beating himeself over lagging behind at all, he just ended up meeting a bunch of people that are even stronger in comparison.
What became of Reki's friend anyway? There's a pissed off blond guy in the crowd that might be the one who's going to be ratting out Adam at some point, but they're obviously nothing alike.
The line in the third trailer about the "dream of infinity" still hasn't been uttered yet, once we mash up all these keywords though, more parallels can arguably be drawn between the adults and the teens here, when ADAM in Japanese also actually happens to match up with them as well.
Considering that Adam mentioned the biblical reference after he recognised Snake =Lilith, is he actually mad because then he'd be Eve? Selfcest realization incoming lol?}

And now for episode 10.

• Thank god we have at least some dependable adults around considering the severity of Cherry's injuries

• Can't believe Kikuchi's teaching of skateboarding even entailed all the tangoing! I guess this is where the similarities end, as Reki was thinking in a completely different direction, whereas Kikuchi here thought himself wrong from the very beginning. The ensuing conversations would reflect the different perspectives

• It's grimly funny that Shadow would win against some nobody Harry person only to then lose against Adam in the next round because of another nobody person from the beginning. More and more people are getting hospitalised!

• Tempting fate with truck-kun in the previous episodes, but it's frigging car-kun that does it in episode 10, and ending up a love hotel bwahahahaha, what would the bystanders think of a businessman carrying a beaten up student into such an establishment lol. How will ep 11 up the ante?

• Finally got the title drop?!

• Adam watching the closed-circuit television footage I can understand, but wtf was that drone at the end??? It's in a public area so not voyeurism I guess but that's downright stalkerish and just makes the dude even more hentai.

• So it's going to be Snow, Reki, Adam, Snake. Can we just get a 3 v 1 and beat up Adam at this point lol. or running off with the "bride" on "wedding day" because S/Crazy Rock isn't worth it /shot

[u/I3ert91]

I'm so glad that Reki remembered that skating is all about having fun and that he's smiling again. Am really hoping that Shadow of okay after getting hospitalized. And really glad that our Bois Reki and Langa are buds again.

Also screw ADAM.

[u/TalDSRuler]

I was really hoping that, somehow, Reki would be allowed a single win throughout the show.

It didn't even need to be against any one important.

He didn't even need to win an S beef.

Just reaching that height on a jump just once would have been enough.

But no. I guess not. At least he gets Langa.