Akito | “The same old daily life, the usual streets, my boring every day…” |
| “*Sigh*… isn’t there anything fun to do~…” |
| “…Hm?” |
|
| *skateboard rolls by* |
Akito | “What’s that sound…?” |
Touma | “—HA!” |
|
| *jumps* |
Akito | “…! He flew…” |
| “…T-that’s so cool!” |
Touma | “Phew…” |
Akito | “Hey, what was that just now!?” |
Touma | “Ehh? You mean skating?” |
Akito | “Skating…” |
Touma | “…You’re staring at my board. What’s up?” |
Akito | “I… I wanna skate too!” |
Touma | “!” |
Akito | “I mean, that just now was so totally wicked!” |
| “You soared through air, just like a movie… |
| A-anyways, that was really impressive!” |
Touma | “Haha, you’re exaggerating. |
| Fine, I’ll teach you. My name is Touma.” |
Akito | “R-really…!? Thanks! |
| I’m Akito. Nice to meet you!” |
Izumi | (Akito yearns to skate and Touma agrees to take him under his wing. |
| Kumon-kun and Taichi-kun really do fit them to a tee.) |
| (Taichi-kun nailed his ollie too!) |
| |
| (Akito falls in love with skateboarding and spends his time, day in and day out, practising with Touma.) |
Akito | “Hehe, I’ve gotten pretty used to pushing now~.” |
Touma | “Hey, we’ve arrived.” |
Akito | “Is this a flower shop…? |
| Are you gonna buy something, Touma?” |
Touma | “You’ll see.” |
Iori | “Welcome, Touma-kun. |
| …That boy must be Akito, right?” |
|
Touma | “Bingo.” |
Akito | “Hello.” |
Touma | “This here is Iori-san. Out front, he's a florist. But behind the scenes, he fixes skateboards and stuff.” |
| “He was kind of a legendary skater back in the day.” |
Iori | “A legendary skater is too much… |
| Besides, I’ve retired already.” |
Touma | “Iori-san, about the board I secretly requested earlier…” |
Iori | “Yep. I’ve got it prepared already.” |
Akito | “?” |
Iori | “Come into the backyard, you two.” |
| |
Akito | “Awesome! There’s so much equipment here!” |
Iori | “…Here’s your board, Akito-kun.” |
Akito | “Ehh, for me…!?” |
Touma | “I mean, you’re not that great at it yet… |
| But you look like you’re having a blast riding a skateboard.” |
| “I figured you would have even more fun if you had your own board to use.” |
Akito | “…” |
Touma | “Akito? Do you actually not like it or something…?” |
Akito | “…” |
Touma | “Err, Iori-san’s adjustments are seriously legit!” |
| “I was thinking about how I could improve these parts to suit your quirks while watching our practise video from before and…” |
Akito | “Touma, Iori-san—THANK YOU!!” |
Touma | “!” |
Akito | “I couldn’t be happier. I wanna skate with this right now!” |
Iori | “Fufu. I’m glad you like it.” |
Touma | “If that’s the case, then let’s get practising!” |
Akito | “Yeah!” |
Touma | “Thanks, Iori-san!” |
Akito | “I owe you my life!” |
Iori | “You’re very welcome. Good luck practising.” |
| “…I envy those two.” |
Izumi | (He sees the two boys off with a smile… Tsumugi-san’s acting creates a warm, guardian-like aura.) |
| |
| (Now that he has his own skateboard, Akito practices even more fervently.) |
Akito | “Here I go… UWAH!” |
| *falls* |
Akito | “Ouch… *sigh*, I’m not improving very much. |
| If only I could do cool tricks like you, Touma~.” |
Touma | “It took me quite a while until I could pull them off too. |
| But if you practise, then you’ll get the hang of it one day.” |
| “Let’s do our best together!” |
Akito | “Yeah!” |
| *Shion skates up* |
Touma | “Oh, Shion!” |
Shion | “If it isn’t Touma? You haven’t been racing lately, so I totally thought you stopped skating.” |
|
Touma | “Hey now. I don’t feel like quittin’ yet!” |
Izumi | (Shion, another young skater, makes his entrance.) |
| (Shion, who Muku plays, has a slightly different image from Akito and the others. He’s cute and mischievous.) |
Shion | “Who’s that?” |
Touma | “His name’s Akito. I’ve been teaching him how to skate these days.” |
Akito | “Nice to meet you.” |
Touma | “Akito, this is Shion. He’s my skateboard buddy.” |
Shion | “I race with Touma around this area.” |
Akito | “That’s wicked~! You’re pro at skating too, huh?” |
Shion | “You’re learning to skate from him, right? |
| Touma’s great at teaching.” |
Akito | “Will I become as good as Touma one day then?” |
Shion | “I’m sure you will.” |
| “Anyways, Touma. It’s been a while—wanna race?” |
Touma | “I’m down. Let’s do it.” |
Akito | “I wanna watch your race too! Can I come along?” |
Shion | “Of course.” |
Touma | “Let’s roll out!” |