#sk8 oka

[malfunctioningemi]

Sk8 Roller Derby Au

My au, in which all the characters we know and love in Sk8 the infinity are girls who play roller derby instead of skate boarding.

I tried to give them all a unique style, jojo being more 80s inspired while cherry is very cyber (imagine her skates glow). Eve, usually the "matador of love" will get lots of flamenco inspired parts! And shadow is my butch icon. Reki is very kid-core in her colours, where Langa is very soft and more pastel. Miya is pretty much the same just more non binary now.

Other posts [Reki] [Langa] [Miya] [Cherry] [Jojo] [Eve] [Tomoe] [Shadow] [Oka] [Extras [1] [2] [3]]  

If you have any questions or suggestions abt this au my ask box is open!

[so-aguarela]

Shadoka doodle because they make me happy!

[zsbrainrot]

A little Shadoka Art Dump 🧡

[r0semaryt3a]

Sk8 has to be one of my favourite shows ever just because it’s the only show where I genuinely like the entire named cast and enjoy seeing them on screen.

Reki: he’s a good protagonist and is easy to relate to through his struggles with perfection and inferiority. Watching him feels like I really am watching a teenage boy, struggling through school and social life, watch his newfound best friend slip away and his world seemingly fall apart. Sure there’s some hiccups and annoying bits of his writing but those all come together to make him an enjoyable character.

Langa: arguably wasted as a character a little bit and there isn’t too much I have to say. But! Still very enjoyable to watch, you see this boy who’d lost his father and moved from home find himself in a new sport with a new person. Ofc there’s the whole plot armour thing but I can very easily glaze over that.

Miya: ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS, too many people gloss over Miya when he is one of the best representations of an overachieving child I’ve ever seen (for the kind of show SK8 is anyhow). The way he acts, his responses, the way he presents himself to the world and how that changes when he becomes comfortable with the group. It’s all brilliant character writing and development. He’s a 13 year old boy who’s been shoved into a limelight and it’s clear to see that he doesn’t belong there.

Cherry: again arguably wasted potential by just how long they linger on certain things (and the fandom. I hate fandom cherry lore.) but he’s still human. He’s an intellectual man who runs off calculations and the second we see him drop those calculations in turn for chasing pure rage, rage that has been harboured for years? He gets knocked down. He fails time and time again and is shown to put up a front; again is shown to tear that front down when comfortable enough.

Joe: human. Joe is human. He cares and he isn’t afraid to show it. He acts boisterous and flirty but he does it with respect, he has boundaries that he tries his damned hardest to stick to; he hurts. Joe is one of my favourite depictions of hurt in sk8 because unlike everyone else it’s not laid out for us to plainly see, it’s subtle through his interactions and facial expressions and it’s gorgeous.

Adam: for all the shit the fandom gives him sk8 wouldn’t be sk8 without him and it’s never not enjoyable to me when I go and analyse his theatrics (as weird as they may be). A ton of people bitch about his backstory but I personally love the way it was done, it wasn’t shown to the characters as a cheap means of redemption (episode 12 I’m looking at you) it was an explanation to a character that at first just seemed like a 1D creep who was mildly flamboyant. It gave him depth. He’s certainly not the most deep character in sk8 but the switch from Ainosuke to Adam is such an interesting transition that I am eager to see more of in the OVA.

Tadashi: Similarly to Joe, Tadashi is a great example of hurt. Now, unlike Joe, he does have some of his pain laid out to us as the audience it still hits its mark and makes him one of my favourites in the cast. Tadashi is a perfect compliment to Adam that I yet again hope to see more of in the OVA

Shadow: do I wish he was more like a team rocket trope than a member of the main cast? Sure! But also Shadow works to subvert expectations as to where everyone else in the cast is slowly breaking mentally and the guy rocking up like a party clown is just fine and dandy (in the loosest sense of the word). Shadow almost compensating for how weak he thinks he is out of S by being “strong” in S is brill.

Oka and Kiriko: putting them together cause we don’t see much to them but I still want to talk about them. I like how sk8 doesn’t just revolve purely around S and all that jazz and though I do feel like pacing was whacked around a little these two characters are criminally underrated for how they contributed to scenes they were in.

I could go one for ages about families and all that but I’m leaving it here

[boogs255]

Repost from 2022

Shout out to the only Shadoka comic I have ever drawn (at this point >>)

[demidin]

oka: it's pride month, reki. you know what that means.

reki: huh? what

reki: do you want me to make like

reki: gay skateboards

reki: what

[kayloyal]

It's Oka week over on the...previous bird app?

So here's day 3: overalls!

[cherryblossomsandhydrangeas]

Sk8 Rewatch Ep11

Listen, Kid Ainosuke is fucking adorable, but that’s not going to make me forget how much of a piece of shit he is as an adult.

Poor Tadashi, it all goes downhill for you from here on out.

My boys~ 🥹🥹🥹

Listen show, you hammering me with how awful Ainosuke’s aunts are isn’t going garner any sympathy. If you wanted me to feel bad for him you shouldn’t have had him be a freak.

Sketchy is chaos incarnate and I love the little fucker.

The fact that Oka doesn’t immediately sick Sketchy on Tadashi after Reki mentioned a love hotel is a crime against humanity.

Tadashi: Everybody wants something from Ainosuke-sama ever since his father passed away. And I’m trying to rob him of his one and only respite... He’s fondling minors and he just cracked his ex’s skull open and put him in a wheelchair. I know this is your upbringing talking here, but please....

Tadashi: But, if he keeps crushing one skater after another like this, there’ll be a scandal someday. The fact that there wasn’t a scandal after he put the famous and beloved Sakurayakishi Kaoru in the hospital pretty much means he can do whatever he wants.

Tadashi: And if that happens, it’ll be all over for him. God if only.

Tadashi: I have to stop him. In a perfect universe, you did.

Kiriko never getting to raid Ainosuke’s house is a crime. I wanted to see that bastard in handcuffs.

Miya: I told you a slime can’t beat the demon king! See even Miya agrees with me that Adam’s a demon.

Will somebody PLEASE call the police?! Or atleast ride up behind them like you did in earlier episodes???

He was really planning to toss a teenager off a cliff and face no consequences, wasn’t he?

You know you’re a badass when all of the founders are trying to figure out what in the hell is wrong with you. (Reki skating off the side of a cliff.)

Oh, Reki, baby, Adam has like a veritable mountain of muscle compared to you.

Adam: I like to love others, but I fucking hate being loved! There’s just so much to unpack here.

The fact that Adam named the “technique” he almost murdered his ex with “Full Swing Kiss” is a level of evil and pettiness even I cannot fathom.

It’s a international holiday you guys!

Tadashi’s entire worldview has been turned upside down.

If I could bottle up a fraction of the catharsis Cherry must’ve felt I think I could sell it and be happy for the rest of my life.

People laughing at Adam is music to my ears.

This man really just went full fucking demon, huh?

Tadashi, no you are not wrong. You should take skateboarding away from Adam. Him learning to love skateboarding again is not going to fix the crux of his problems.

Adam: In my world, I’m the only one who exists. Yeah, that’s literally all on you. It’s not anyone else’s fault or problem that you leave people and pretend they betrayed you to make yourself feel better because you’re afraid they’re gonna hurt you eventually.

The after credits preview saying Adam forced Langa into a flamenco class. 😬🤢🤮😡😤🤬

[catboy-creampie]

So, starting where I left off in... 2022 😭... I finished the year mostly with Sk8 the Infinity fics. PLEASE READ ALL TAGS before reading!

The first two were written for 2022 Adam Reverse Bang! They both feature art or at least one has art inserted into the fic anyway 😅. The 3rd ficlet was for 2022 Holiday Grind 2: Snow in Okinawa (a fic exchange).

1️⃣ Oka/Adam (side Adam/Langa) Chapter 1/2

🔗: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41660028/chapters/104500509

2️⃣ Adam/Langa (side Reki/Langa and Tadashi/Reki)

🔗: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42023124/chapters/105506856

3️⃣ Joe/Langa/Miya

🔗: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43422921

[that-was-anticlimactic]

it's like a fire, a stranglehold

When he didn’t answer, Oka sighed. From the corner of his eye, Reki saw Oka drag a stool over to his work space. Great. He propped an elbow on the table, putting his chin in his hand (his stupid, tapping, rubbing, shaking hand) then looked away. His other hand bounced in his lap. “Reki,” Oka spoke again. There was a familiar edge to his voice, the kind of edge Reki heard every time Oka tried talking about feelings, ugh. “What’s up?”

“Nothing,” he grumbled, a slew of cooing following the word. He sounded so stupid. His fingernails gripped his thigh, pinching angrily.

It hurt like hell.

He couldn’t stop.

[or, reki's hands hurt so much & oka helps him out]

🛹2,737 words | reki & oka🛹

happy last day of ts awareness month!

[malfunctioningemi]

Sk8 Roller Derby AU - Oka

Character Sheets

Sachika oka (known as just Oka) is the manager of the local roller skating shop, fixing up and making peoples skates ready to wear. Alongside her wonderful assistant Sketchy the fox, she just wants the best for those around her, especially Reki who she is closest with.

Other posts [1] [Reki] [Langa] [Miya] [Cherry] [Jojo] [Eve] [Tomoe] [Shadow] [Shadow] [Extras [1] [2] [3]]

[so-aguarela]

[vero-niche]

my fave underrated sk8 english dub line from mr voice of reason himself, manager oka

[pixiesnooze]

one of the things sk8 did right was manager oka finally FINALLY we had an adult in anime with COMMON SENSE

[dianthus-is-moving]

If you're on Twitter, be sure to stay tuned for the upcoming Dope Tulip Shadoka Bang! Here's a little preview of our team's offerings, featuring a fantasy/historical AU ☆ Story by Andrea (@sashannz8) ☆ Art by ME! (@shadokapolycule)

[demidin]

as i was saying, your honor, shokichi oka is transmasc, gay, and married to the florist over there. no, not the lady. the orange haired one.

*gestures to shadow*