Langa had done it, he had beaten Joe, one of S's greatest racers, but Reki couldn't seem to forget that Langa's next race may be against Adam, and he knew that his friend would go all out to beat him, even if he was harmed in the process. Langa pushed himself to inconceivable heights, and Reki couldn't sit on the sidelines and watch. He couldn't stand by and watch Langa injure himself trying to compete with individuals well above his level. Reki recognized at that point that he couldn't just be a cheerleader on the sidelines. Only one thing remained for him to accomplish.
The way Langa finishes the race and joyously soars into Reki's embrace in a quick collision is eerily similar to the final scene of Yuri!!! on Ice, where Yuri confronts Victor after his ice skating performance. It's unclear whether Sk8: The Infinity made that metaphor on purpose, but Langa's dive hug conveys an incredible amount of love. CONTINUE READING: The Creator of Attack on Titan Wants You to Read This Popular Soccer Manga
Reki Kyan, a high school student, is obsessed with one thing: skateboarding. He goes to "S," an illegal underground race within a mine where skaters compete in extremely perilous settings, when night falls. Reki is now unable to practice at all following a loss that resulted in the destruction of his skateboard and the breaking of his arm. Reki runs across his new student, Langa Hasegawa, who is half-Canadian and half-Japanese and has no skating experience. Langa is in severe need of financial assistance. When they are both instructed by Reki's boss to see "S," they get themselves into difficulty and are forced into a bet that necessitates Langa to compete in a race. However, Reki is unaware that the mysterious transfer student has a trump card that could help him win the race in an unexpected way. [MAL Rewrite wrote this]
Reki, like everyone else, has a number tattooed on the inside of his left wrist, a number that represents the amount of words his soulmate will say to him in his lifetime, inscribed in his soulmate's handwriting. The number decreases with each syllable spoken by your sweetheart. Reki understands that everyone he knows has a number between ten thousand and a million; the lowest number he knows is 613298, which belongs to his grandmother, whose husband never said more than a syllable at a time. Apart from himself, that is.
