EDENSK8

EDENSK8 is the slash ship between Ainosuke "ADAM" Shindo and Langa "SNOW" Hasegawa from the SK8 the Infinity fandom.

Canon
Episode 1: Langa is a beginner skateboarder with a history of snowboarding. 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.

Episode 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 him to a beef.

Episode 3: After Langa defeats MIYA, ADAM appears near the finishing line to compliments Langa and insult MIYA. He offers Langa advice on his form, asking him permission before touching him. They're interrupted by Reki, who demands that ADAM apologize to MIYA, and challenges him to a beef.

Episode 4: ADAM accepts Reki's challenge, on the condition that if he wins, he can skate against Langa next. 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.

Episode 5: With Reki defeated, Langa prepares for his race against ADAM. While Reki tries to convince Langa to cancel the race, Langa is determined to see it through. Outside of S, while speaking to one of his coworkers as his public persona Ainosuke, ADAM refers to the upcoming race as a date. When he arrives at S for their race, ADAM brings Langa a bouquet of red roses, telling him that they represent passionate love. Langa accepts the roses, to the surprise of the spectators. 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. ADAM apologizes, and they begin the race again at the same time. 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. 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. ADAM exclaims that this is wonderful, and he separates their skateboards before claiming that he and Langa are the same type of person.

ADAM then attempts his Love Hug move, changing direction to skate uphill towards Langa. Langa then does a flip over ADAM, dodging the Love Hug. ADAM freezes in shock, and we see from his point of view Langa looking like an angel. After Langa skates away, ADAM does an exited tap dance while declaring that he's found his true EVE in Langa. He quickly catches back up to him, and passes him, at which point Langa's heart starts beating faster from the adrenaline, and his focus on ADAM sharpens. Before he can explore the feeling further, their race is interrupted by a police raid.

After escaping the police, Reki confronts Langa, making him promise to stay away from ADAM and not race him again. Langa agrees, but seems torn, placing a hand over his chest and reflecting on the heightened adrenaline he'd felt during the race.

Episode 7: ADAM announces a tournament at S. Langa is excited for the chance to skate ADAM again, but then remembers his promise to Reki. 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.

Episode 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. ADAM begins the qualifiers for the tournament, named "White Eden: Wedding Beef". During this, ADAM explains to MIYA that when he races someone on his level, that he falls in love with them, but that MIYA hasn't "blossomed" enough to be of interest to him. When he hurts these rival skaters, it's his way of showing his love. 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.

After the qualifiers, ADAM finds Langa to congratulate him on qualifying, taking his hand and rubbing it intimately, but when he sees that Langa is distracted, he trails off and leaves.

While drawing names to determine the races for the tournament, ADAM gets giddy and excited after drawing Langa's name, publicly declaring that he hopes he'll be able to go against him, and is then visibly disappointed when Langa's opponent is JOE.

Episode 9: After Langa qualifies for the semi-finals of the tournament, ADAM makes a comment about hearing wedding bells ringing. Later, when ADAM himself qualifies for the semi-finals, he publicly declares that Langa is his EVE over the broadcast at S, which catches Langa's attention.

Episode 10: During SNAKE's race with MIKA, Langa notices that SNAKE's skating style is similar to ADAM's.

While reviewing footage of Langa from S, ADAM notes that he looks down even though they'll get to skate together soon, and wonders if Langa is feeling "Wedding blues". Later, after Langa and Reki rekindle their friendship, we see that ADAM is watching them from a drone camera, and he expresses jealousy at Langa and Reki's closeness, saying that he doesn't appreciate Langa "looking elsewhere". He then declares that he's decided who will take an injured SHADOW's place in the tournament, as "Love always comes with obstacles".

Fanon
This ship isn't as popular as some of the other pairings in this anime, and is in fact often considered controversial and problematic due to ADAM being an adult and Langa being a minor, and due to ADAM's obsessive nature. The ship is also rivaled by Renga and TadaAi.

Among fans of the ship, it's become popular to imagine Langa embracing his role as EVE, and getting a costume similar to ADAM's to match.

Fandom
FANFICTION

FANART
 * Adam/Langa tag on Pixiv
 * Langa/Adam tag on Pixiv

TUMBLR

Trivia

 * The ship name EDEN is a reference to the Biblical Garden of Eden, which, according to Christian teaching, is where the first humans, Adam and Eve, were created. The ship was named this even before the name of the tournament, White Eden, was known.