NanakOliver

NanakOliver is the het ship between Nanako Hasegawa and Oliver Hasegawa from the SK8 the Infinity fandom.

Canon
In the first episode, Langa and Nanako appear for the first time. It's in that moment when Nanako asks her son if it was a good idea to go to Japan (since she spended in Canada with her now late husband, Oliver, and their son, Langa for over a decade), but Langa, in a sad tone, he only tries to reassure her that he was fine. The reason of his and Nanako's sadness, plus their moving to Japan is mentioned episodes later in the anime.

When Langa was just starting to go home with bandages over his face, Nanako worried about him being bullied at school, and she wished there could be a father [Oliver] at that time by his side. After she asked him about the reasons of the bandages, Langa gave her an unconvincing answer (which was obvious to Nanako it was a lie) that he had "fallen". She knew it was an excuse and that he had supposedly confirmed her theory that there were people who were actually bullying him, and after getting an internal panic attack, she asks to Oliver in a family photo what she could do, which confirms that she uses to always do it; talk to Oliver and ask him for advices by the family picture. After Langa explained the true origin of his injuries, Nanako feels proud because her son could finally get a friend, as he felt down when they first came to Okinawa. After that, the full family picture is shown.

Before Langa could do an ollie, Reki asks him about his moving to Okinawa, to which Langa replies it was because of his father's death, which caused him and his mother to have to move to her homeland, so he could get a job to help with the family income.

In episode 7, it is revealed where Nanako works, and while doing so, she talks to a colleague about how her son was a dreamboy, since after [Oliver] had died, Langa had become an empty shell. She was also debating whether to take him to Okinawa or not, as it was like if she was taking Langa away from snowboarding after [Oliver] was taken from him. But in the end, she says that he had done well, since he had changed for the better, and she hoped that Langa did not feel so engrossed. After Reki and Langa's fight, Nanako is concerned to see that her son was less cheerful than usual, and in panic, she asks Oliver (again) internally about what she should do. After giving Langa advice, and misinterpreting the person (reffering to a girl) Langa liked, she is only shocked at him when Langa questions about the "girl" she was reffering to, and at the end of the scene Oliver is shown in the inset. In this scene is when the fans thought that Oliver had been the other person besides Nanako to say "Huh", since it didn't sound the same as Langa's voice.

She still loves her husband, keeping the wedding ring with her, and visiting his grave, which is shown at the end of the anime.

Children
Langa Hasegawa Langa is Nanako and Oliver's only child. As soon as he was born, he was taught on snowboarding when he was very young, and when he was already used to it, Oliver dies, making Langa lose interest on snowboarding, since his father used to teach him snowboarding in their natal country, Canada. As soon as Nanako and him moved to Japan after Oliver's death, she was worried that he could not get used to the new place, and was struggling whether if it was a good idea bringing him to Okinawa or not. However, after a time, she noticed that Langa was a bit more cheerful when they arrived, as he said to his mother that he had a new friend. She's happy about it. Even if Langa doesn't really look like either of his parents, he still have some things like his eyes that resemble to his father and his facial expressions to his mother. He's cold and not social as he isn't used to live abroad besides Canada, but after meeting Reki, he's getting used to it, even making another friends along with Reki like Miya, Hiromi, Cherry, and Joe.

He is a professional at snowboarding, and thanks to its similarity to skateboarding, he got used to skate with Reki's teachings, even surprising himself and Reki too even after everything Langa went through for managing getting used to it. This was revealed when he first managed to do an ollie, which excited both Langa and Reki. He's also an air-headed person, as he couldn't understand well what other people were feeling at all like when he fought with Reki after the latter told him that it was too dangerous to skate against Adam, with later splitting away from each other for a time. Langa felt really depressed about it, as he lost his fun at skateboarding, and it was revealed when he raced against Joe in "S". Reki eventually goes there for looking on Langa and when he noticed him looking down, he cheers up for Langa and Langa regains his energies (and his fun) when he saw Reki. After reconciling with Reki, both mutually cheer each other, even at hard times just like when Reki raced against Adam, and when people like Miya thought it was impossible to win against Adam, Langa had hope that it was on the contrary.

When Adam advances to the finals, he races against Langa, which latter was decided on doing so. The scenario wehere both were going to skate was really risky and dangerous, and when they started, Langa fell off a cliff which made him think that he would die, until he saw his skateboard and Oliver, and thanks to both, Langa managed on maneuvering so that he could not crash, thus taking a shortcut to reach Adam and end up winning. He felt very happy, not because of his victory, but because Reki was watching him. This is explained when Langa's expression is seen when he approached Reki on his skateboard; happiness and relief. At the end of the anime, he mentions about his happiness, with it being... (Langa's POV directly towards Reki).

Fanon
It's a common pairing, but not popular. Still it's loved by the fandom, but also was a sad pairing as soon as Oliver was introduced and mentioned to be dead. There were also people wondering on how Langa was actually Nanako and Oliver's son, since he didn't look like neither of them at all (only a tiny bit to his dad, who had blue eyes just as him), and so made theories like Langa actually dyeing his hair or his dad dyeing his. As mentioned in the past section, there had been fans who thought that Oliver had been the other person besides Nanako to say "Huh" when Langa was wondering whom Nanako was talking about as she reffered the person he liked as "her", since it did not sound the same as Langa's voice. It's not officially confirmed, but the theory stands.

Nanako tends to be shipped also with women, like Kiriko Kamata, although both never met nor interacted in the anime but still it's a popular ship but not as much as Nanako and Oliver. On AO3, it has 10 fan fictions created.

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 * It's one out of the two minor het ships of the fandom, with the other one being KazuMiki.