We then see in a flashback that ADAM was physically abused as a form of discipline by his aunts, who claimed to be doing it out of love for him. During this, ADAM explains to MIYA that he does not hurt his skating opponents out of hatred, rather what he is doing is out of love. ADAM begins the qualifiers for the tournament, named "White Eden: Wedding Beef". When he confronts Reki about it to try and explain why he wants to enter, he refers to ADAM as an amazing skater, and that it's exciting to race him.Įpisode 8: We see in a flashback that ADAM has had prospective EVEs before Langa, but that none of them lives up to his standards as skaters. Langa is excited for the chance to skate ADAM again, but then remembers his promise to Reki. Langa agrees, but seems torn, placing a hand over his chest and reflecting on the heightened adrenaline he'd felt during the race.Įpisode 7: In order to skate with Langa once again, ADAM announces a tournament at S.
Before he can explore the feeling further, their race is interrupted by a police raid.Īfter escaping the police, Reki confronts Langa, making him promise to stay away from ADAM and not race him again. At this point Langa's heart starts beating faster from the adrenaline, and his focus on ADAM sharpens. He quickly catches back up to him, and passes him, entering the zone. After Langa skates away, ADAM does an exited tap dance while declaring that he's found his true EVE in Langa. ADAM freezes in shock, and we see from his point of view Langa looking like an angel. Langa then does a flip over ADAM, dodging the Love Hug. ADAM exclaims that this is wonderful, and he separates their skateboards before claiming that he and Langa are the same type of person.ĪDAM then attempts his Love Hug move, changing direction to skate uphill towards Langa. When he taunts Langa about being scared, he notices that Langa is actually smiling, right before Langa pulls himself closer to ADAM to have more control over their dance. During the race, ADAM tries to intimidate Langa by locking their skateboards together and pulling Langa into a dangerous dance while they're speeding downhill. ADAM apologizes, and they begin the race again at the same time. At the start of their race, when ADAM tries to give Langa a head start by taking the time to smoke a cigarette, Langa waits for him to finish rather than taking the head start. Langa accepts the roses, to the surprise of the spectators. When he arrives at S for their race, ADAM brings Langa a bouquet of red roses, telling him that they represent passionate love and symbolised their acquaintance. Outside of S, while speaking to one of his coworkers as his public persona Ainosuke, ADAM refers to the upcoming race as a date.
While Reki tries to convince Langa to cancel the race, Langa is determined to see it through. While Reki prepares for his beef, Langa shows interest in ADAM's skating technique, even trying to skate uphill like ADAM is rumored to be able to do, despite having never seen the move in action.Įpisode 5: With Reki defeated, Langa prepares for his race against ADAM. They're interrupted by Reki, who demands that ADAM apologize to MIYA, and challenges him to a beef.Įpisode 4: ADAM accepts Reki's challenge, on the condition that if he wins, he can skate against Langa next.
He offers Langa advice on how to do a perfect ollie, asking permission to touch his leg. The first time he skates at the underground racetrack 'S', he catches the attention of ADAM by defeating someone with his feat taped to the skateboard.Įpisode 2: As Langa learns proper skateboarding techniques outside of S, ADAM is disappointed that he isn't able to catch sight of him, so he sends MIYA to challenge Langa to a beef.Įpisode 3: After Langa defeats MIYA, ADAM appears near the finishing line to compliments Langa and insult MIYA. Episode 1: Langa is a beginner skateboarder with a history of snowboarding.