Old_School_AkiraMay 18, 2022 9:57 AM
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bruh this isn't some yaoi shit ffs |
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But why did langa Blush and said yes to his mom? Then his mom thought he was talking about a girl? It's BL |
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| Twitter moment right there. It's not BL and this misunderstanding means nothing. "Suki" in Japanese does not always referers to romantic love. |
PiromyslMay 7, 2022 6:59 AM
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__potato__ said: Not yaoi, Shounen ai more like. Shounen Ai is like wholesome and cute (E.g Sasaki and Miyano) not gross and explicit like yaoi is (E.g Junjo Romantica). I don't really think it's Shounen Ai though. Some people think two guys may eye contact for 0.2 seconds and they immediately think "🏳️🌈". I, however, totally don't do that. Both Sasaki & miyano and junjo romantica are listed as BL on mal it's the same thing |
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Piromysl said: Twitter moment right there. It's not BL and this misunderstanding means nothing. "Suki" in Japanese does not always referers to romantic love. It's not a misunderstanding why did langa blush and hesitate to answer if he only "liked" reki as a friend? |
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Old_School_Akira said: Piromysl said: Twitter moment right there. It's not BL and this misunderstanding means nothing. "Suki" in Japanese does not always referers to romantic love. It's not a misunderstanding why did langa blush and hesitate to answer if he only "liked" reki as a friend? Because it is literally a misunderstanding like I said. Two men can be friends, you know. |
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Piromysl said: Old_School_Akira said: It's not a misunderstanding why did langa blush and hesitate to answer if he only "liked" reki as a friend? Because it is literally a misunderstanding like I said. Two men can be friends, you know. Two men can start off as friends and be in love you know |
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Old_School_Akira said: Piromysl said: Because it is literally a misunderstanding like I said. Two men can be friends, you know. Two men can start off as friends and be in love you know You are just reaching at this point. I wouldn't draw any conclusions from a single scene, which was clearly an misunderstanding. |
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Otariiday said: I support LGBTQ+ in every way, but I think that people taking every guy-guy relationship in anime to a gay level is excessive. Shouto and Izuku is an example I just think is ridiculous and extremely exaggerated. I don’t think Reki and Langa have that kind of thing. I believe it’s the kind of bond you have with fraternity brothers to really close teammates. Brothers don't blush or get embarrassed when their mom ask them if " they like this person right" ? |
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Yes it is. He "likes" reki |
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No just non binary & ace |
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todd2580 said: Old_School_Akira said: It's not a misunderstanding why did langa blush and hesitate to answer if he only "liked" reki as a friend? Because he’s shy and it happens because he’s anti social so it doesn’t mean he’s gay lol All for a sudden shy around his own mom that he lives with? Sure..... |
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ysacci said: i'm so sick and tired of people (especially cis het white girls) romanticizing male friendships like langa & reki. i'm part of the LGBTQ community myself but pls why does everything have to be gay? sure, sometimes there's some hints, but why does it have to be EVERY SINGLE male friendship? it's even worse in sports animes like free! and haikyuu. kageyama and hinata don't even like each other as FRIENDS, fym they're "canon"? 💀 i wish people would just stop labeling sk8 as BL because it's literally not a BL anime. you're just queer baiting the audience at this point, it's so disappointing honestly. But he said he likes reki so it's possible they could be more than friends. It's not bait it happened in the show. And I am not cis, het or white. Btw I am ace, non binary & POC (black) |
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Froggy7weeb said: In my head they are bro’s No they are gay bitches , bros & non-binary hoes. |
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rocket1604 said: i'm not totally sure but i think so, i think they would be cute together aswel but i'm rine with them having the being best friends/soul mate type of stuff seeing they do have some lgbtq+ things going on and some characters were confirmed part of lgbtq+ a while ago they could out it in there more, but i wouldn't mind if they didn't The ship is semi canon. https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Renga |
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CeliathePikachu said: My response is simply his line from the dub "Reki, my love..... Of skateboarding is because of you" He didn't say that in the sub. The dub likes to change the dialogue too much because funimation is 4kids. |
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| It's not explicitly meant to be gay but anyone who says that there isn't any form of homosexual subtext in their interactions is lying to themselves lmao. |
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 Langa is confirmed to be gay! I knew it! Source: https://screenrant.com/best-anime-main-characters-protagonists-2021/ |
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| In my dialect, Langa (langga) means dear, love, along those lines. Interesting coincidence xD |
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| In the DVD version, it's already shown in the first episode that Langa is gay. When a young person is so embarrassed by part of a skater's underwear while performing a stunt, it's clearly not about the skateboard or the stunt. Reki goes to the beef with Shadow. Viewer's point of view. Reki does a stunt in front of Langa. Langa can clearly see more than the viewer. Langa is a very decent young man: this spectacle does not appear once in his flashbacks. And yes, I do believe that by the end of the season, Langa and Reki are a couple in love. And that Adam and Tadashi's relationship is somewhat similar to that of the main characters. |
TobimarooJan 17, 4:43 AM
| Langa probably likes Reki in a romantic sense because this is an anime made by fujoshis for fujoshis. |
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@Absurdo_N It's from the English dub, where Adam greets the guests of the tournament as 'Bitches, bros, and non-binary hoes."
Are you just not going to read my post and decry the anime as 'fujoshis for fujoshis' also?
Are you just not going to read my post and decry the anime as 'fujoshis for fujoshis' also?
| @OnlyAraku What the hell dubbing is this??? No, I won't... You've already read my comment and you know it now, but if you don't accept this thought you can have another one, I won't force you. |
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@Absurdo_N ok, i guess that's reasonable. although i don't know why you take issue with the dubbing,i have my own criticisms of it, but that isn't one of them.
| @OnlyAraku It's not cool to change the dialogue so much in dubbing. |
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| Here's another moment that I'm having trouble interpreting as friendly. After Reki screams Langa's name in horror in class in episode 5, Langa is embarrassed. Later, on the roof, Langa helps Reki open a thermos. He makes no effort to touch his hand at this point, but then holds the lid of the thermos in the very spot where Reki's fingers touched it. And then Langa just steals the lid. It's implied that Langa knows why Reki challenged Adam. The real reason was Adam's abusive behavior with Langa. And Langa's gesture on the roof shows that Reki's noble behaviour impressed him. Look! Also, Reki's shout showed Langa that Reki was worried about him. And Langa is very happy about it. In episode 6, Langa will unobtrusively ogle a half-dressed Reki, following him to the water and twirling his life preserver around so as not to give himself away. Later, Langa sneaks up behind Reki to scare him and force him to show his underwear. In episode 7 on the DVD, an indirect kiss over a bottle of water initiates Langa. It's all much more entertaining than the dubbing, wouldn't you agree? |
TobimarooFeb 28, 5:01 AM
| I'll show you something else. The reason why Langa's going to learn skateboarding. Aside from the already obvious reason that Langa wants to make a cool skater and just a nice guy sympathize with him all the time, the body aspect plays a big part. Langa keeps falling off his skateboard when Reki raises his arm and his hoodie gets snagged. This is shown in two scenes, on the roof of Dope Sketch and when Langa makes his first ollie. You can also guess this from the scenes when Reki revisits Langa's early training. A moment on the roof. Notice that Reki doesn't realize what caused Langa's sudden fall, and he doesn't see Langa looking at his abs. The ollie moment is even sadder, Langa falls off the board at the exact moment Reki raises his hand. Once again, Reki doesn't understand anything. Nor does he realize that Langa is frightened and confused, realizing that Reki has come up to him and is looking at him at this moment. Also, for some reason, Langa rolls over onto her stomach in a hurry. And his first movement when Reki reaches out to him-no, not to make a dap, just to take it. So, uh, here it is. Maybe to some, SK8 the Infinity is just a fujoshi title. But personally, I see a great dramedy about lost kids looking for someone to attach themselves to, searching for moral compasses and trying their best to accept themselves. After all, both Langa and Reki don't accept themselves. Langa's is more pronounced, his crazy races have a pronounced suicidal tendency caused by the fact that he began to realize he was gay as a teenager. And most of his disreputable behavior towards Reki since they met is motivated by that. Although we can see that the true nature of his feelings is much more noble. He cares for Reki, protects him, and also adores him immensely after realizing that Reki accepts him for who he is. But his unworked complexes, his troubled nature, and his desire to get Reki's attention at all costs push him into terrible ventures. It's great that with Reki's help, he was able to realize and overcome it. And not repeat Adam's scenario. Because Langa's mom doesn't realize that his skateboarding hobby is a hidden cry for help. She's just happy that her son is finally interacting with someone and is passionate about something. The adult riders from S are just amused that there is someone new and reckless. Only Reki truly realizes that Langa is in trouble and is terrified for him.  And in every way possible, motivates Langa to break the cycle of adrenaline addiction. You know, three years ago I registered on MAL precisely because people here were trying to analyze the details of SK8. At the time, I was concerned about whether Renga was canon or not. Now I'm pretty sure LanReki is canon, but it doesn't matter. I'm glad that the title turned out to be a story about redemption and acceptance that raises serious issues rather than nothing. |
TobimarooJan 10, 5:33 AM
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I'll show you something else. The reason why Langa's going to learn skateboarding. Aside from the already obvious reason that Langa wants to make a cool skater and just a nice guy sympathize with him all the time, the body aspect plays a big part. Langa keeps falling off his skateboard when Reki raises his arm and his hoodie gets snagged.
This is shown in two scenes, on the roof of Dope Sketch and when Langa makes his first ollie. You can also guess this from the scenes when Reki revisits Langa's early training.
A moment on the roof.
Notice that Reki doesn't realize what caused Langa's sudden fall, and he doesn't see Langa looking at his abs.
The ollie moment is even sadder, Langa falls off the board at the exact moment Reki raises his hand.
Once again, Reki doesn't understand anything. Nor does he realize that Langa is frightened and confused, realizing that Reki has come up to him and is looking at him at this moment.
Also, for some reason, Langa rolls over onto her stomach in a hurry. And his first movement when Reki reaches out to him-no, not to make a dap, just to take it.
So, uh, here it is. Maybe to some, SK8 the Infinity is just a fujoshi title. But personally, I see a great dramedy about lost kids looking for someone to attach themselves to, searching for moral compasses and trying their best to accept themselves. After all, both Langa and Reki don't accept themselves. Langa's is more pronounced, his crazy races have a pronounced suicidal tendency caused by the fact that he began to realize he was gay as a teenager.
And most of his disreputable behavior towards Reki since they met is motivated by that. Although we can see that the true nature of his feelings is much more noble. He cares for Reki, protects him, and also adores him immensely after realizing that Reki accepts him for who he is. But his unworked complexes, his troubled nature, and his desire to get Reki's attention at all costs push him into terrible ventures. It's great that with Reki's help, he was able to realize and overcome it. And not repeat Adam's scenario. Because Langa's mom doesn't realize that his skateboarding hobby is a hidden cry for help. She's just happy that her son is finally interacting with someone and is passionate about something. The adult riders from S are just amused that there is someone new and reckless. Only Reki truly realizes that Langa is in trouble and is terrified for him.
And in every way possible, motivates Langa to break the cycle of adrenaline addiction.
You know, three years ago I registered on MAL precisely because people here were trying to analyze the details of SK8. At the time, I was concerned about whether Renga was canon or not. Now I'm pretty sure LanReki is canon, but it doesn't matter. I'm glad that the title turned out to be a story about redemption and acceptance that raises serious issues rather than nothing.
This is shown in two scenes, on the roof of Dope Sketch and when Langa makes his first ollie. You can also guess this from the scenes when Reki revisits Langa's early training.
A moment on the roof.
Notice that Reki doesn't realize what caused Langa's sudden fall, and he doesn't see Langa looking at his abs.
The ollie moment is even sadder, Langa falls off the board at the exact moment Reki raises his hand.
Once again, Reki doesn't understand anything. Nor does he realize that Langa is frightened and confused, realizing that Reki has come up to him and is looking at him at this moment.
Also, for some reason, Langa rolls over onto her stomach in a hurry. And his first movement when Reki reaches out to him-no, not to make a dap, just to take it.
So, uh, here it is. Maybe to some, SK8 the Infinity is just a fujoshi title. But personally, I see a great dramedy about lost kids looking for someone to attach themselves to, searching for moral compasses and trying their best to accept themselves. After all, both Langa and Reki don't accept themselves. Langa's is more pronounced, his crazy races have a pronounced suicidal tendency caused by the fact that he began to realize he was gay as a teenager.
And most of his disreputable behavior towards Reki since they met is motivated by that. Although we can see that the true nature of his feelings is much more noble. He cares for Reki, protects him, and also adores him immensely after realizing that Reki accepts him for who he is. But his unworked complexes, his troubled nature, and his desire to get Reki's attention at all costs push him into terrible ventures. It's great that with Reki's help, he was able to realize and overcome it. And not repeat Adam's scenario. Because Langa's mom doesn't realize that his skateboarding hobby is a hidden cry for help. She's just happy that her son is finally interacting with someone and is passionate about something. The adult riders from S are just amused that there is someone new and reckless. Only Reki truly realizes that Langa is in trouble and is terrified for him.
And in every way possible, motivates Langa to break the cycle of adrenaline addiction.
You know, three years ago I registered on MAL precisely because people here were trying to analyze the details of SK8. At the time, I was concerned about whether Renga was canon or not. Now I'm pretty sure LanReki is canon, but it doesn't matter. I'm glad that the title turned out to be a story about redemption and acceptance that raises serious issues rather than nothing.
| @Tobimaroo Are you speaking to someone specifically or just in general about the forum title? I think they're very clearly queer-coded to be gay as well, to clarify just in case. |
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