Skaters

Skaters (, Sukebō) is a school story in Lost Judgment focused on skateboarding gangs Ijincho Hounds and Blue King. Its associated stat is Appeal and its associated minigame is Skateboarding.
==Characters==
*Takayuki Yagami
*Kyoko Amasawa
*Shinnosuke Shikishima
*Yuto Mitsui
*Tetta Chiyoda
*Mikuru Iemori
==Tasks==
*Head to the Courtyard
*Learn about the Ijincho Hounds at the MRC
*Look for the Ijincho Hounds in Hamakita Park
*Defeat the Punks
*Make an Appearance at the Blue King's Hangout Spot
*Look into the Ijincho Hounds
*Meet up With Chiyoda at Hamakita Park
*Defeat the Neo Keihin Gang Guys
==Plot==
Amasawa tells Yagami of graffiti in the school courtyard which may be related to the Professor. Two onlooking students tell Yagami that the skateboarding group known as the Ijincho Hounds are likely responsible for the graffiti, and they are rumored to be using the Professor as their motif. Yagami goes to the MRC room to ask Amasawa about it and meet's the club's former advisor Iemori. She states the one who drew the graffiti, Shikishima, was formerly in her class, and Amasawa adds that he is a member of the Hounds. Iemori gives Yagami a picture of Shikishima drawing the graffiti and tells him be has been hanging out with his friends instead of coming to classes as of late, and they are at odds with rival group Blue King, who owns a lot of turf in Ijincho.
Iemori states Shikishima was well-behaved and did not seem like someone who would be a delinquent, but he rarely talkes about himself and even in career counseling would state he would figure out his goals as time passed. She also states he has been raiding Blue King territory by way of drawing over their symbols with a Professor motif, seemingly as a sign of the Professor declaring war on the Blue King. Because of an unspoken rule of street art, they cannot paint over it unless the new design is better, and were criticized for replacing the logo with a lower-quality one once before. Shikishima's artistry is surprising because his grades in art class were average. Iemori asks him to find why Shikishima joined a skateboarding group and to convince him to leave it.
At Amasawa's suggestion, Yagami goes undercover and find the skateboarders in Hamakita Park. He meets Mitsui, who is uncertain about letting an adult join their gang, but Shikishima approves if Yagami has the skills. Mitsui takes Yagami to a warehouse with a skate park to test his skill. Although it is owned by Blue King, it is available to anyone as long as they pay. Yagami impresses Shikishima and Mitsui with his skating when the Blue Kings arrive and tell the Hounds to leave, as they have the timeslot booked. On the way out, Chiyoda confronts Shikishima of pointing over a King tag, to which he taunts Chiyoda of not being able to make a more impressive design. Yagami defuses a potential fight between them when a King who is a Seiryo student recognizes Yagami and says he is an advisor to the MRC who is looking into the Professor, causing Shikishima to deny him a place in the Hounds.
When Yagami leaves, he is assaulted by thugs who state they heard from Shikishima that Yagami was looking into the Professor. They flee in a van and do not confirm if Shikishima and the Professor are linked. Chiyoda arrives and notes Yagami's impressive fighting skills and invites him to be a King, citing their need for assistance due to the Hounds being backed by the Professor. Yagami joins them and they head to the skate park, but the Hounds are present. Chiyoda states he has the slot booked, and Shikishima tells him he will find another logo to tag while the Kings skate. Yagami offers a bet where whoever score more wins. If the Kings win, Shikishima does not tag any logos, but if the Hounds win, they get the King's reservation. Yagami is able to defeat Mitsui and the Hounds leave. He asks Chioyda what Shikishima meant about him being an artistic genius, to which he states they were part of the Art Club in middle school.
The Kings confront the Hounds again, and Mitsui wants a rematch with Yagami. He loses again, and Shikishima asks Shioya if he was the one who drew the stencils, which the latter denies. Shikishima insults his artistic ability before leaving. Yagami asks Chioyda further, and he states he was skilled at drawing before a surgery made it difficult to draw lines with his dominant hand. The next time they go to the skate park, Shikishima challenges Yagami on the condition he answers any one question if the latter wins, even regarding the Professor, but they will get one month of Chiyoda's reservations should Yagami lose. Yagami wins and his question is what the Professor's motive is for having the Neo Keihin Gang enforce the Hounds, and Shikishima thinks it is a promotional activity. Chiyoda suspects Shikishima drawing over King logos is revenge, and thinks he may be the reason Shikishima may have quit the Art Club.
Yagami receives a text from Chiyoda calling him to the park for help. He shows him that Shikishima had tagged the Blue King logo in the park and had beat up one of the guards. The guard directs the back to the park, and Chiyoda vows to make them take responsibility. He catches up to Chiyoda and sees the Kings and Shikishima have been beaten by Neo Keihin thugs. Yagami subdues them and they flee. Chiyoda asks Shikishima if his tagging is a form of revenge, and Shikishima responds by calling him lazy and punching him. Yagami stops him from punching again and notices a watch on his right hand implying he is left-handed.
Yagami takes out the photo of Shikishima drawing the logo at Seiryo High and notices he is using his right hand. Mitsui confirms Shikishima has been drawing with his right hand even though he is left handed, but his artwork now is far better than when he started. Yagami suspects the tagging is a message to Chiyoda that he can still create art with his non-dominant hand and still pursue being an artist, which Shikishima confirms. He also states he was discouraged by Chioyda's sheer talent, but wanted to see him become a great artist, and joined the Hounds when he'd learned Chiyoda stopped drawing. Chiyoda states he will try pursuing his dream of being an artist again with his non-dominant hand if need be.
Shikishima and Yagami go the MRC room, where the former tells Iemori he will come to school again because he accomplished what he set out to do. Shikishima tells Amasawa he received a direct message from the Professor on the undergrounds website encouraging him to draw over Blue King's graffiti, and will receive bodyguards for doing so. Shikishima suspects the gang calling themselves the "King of Delinquents" had bothered the Professor, then states the image he drew was not the Professor's true likeness, but his imagination. They are stumped as to why the Professor would choose Shikishima for a promotional campaign.
==Trivia==
*When Amasawa asks Yagami to go undercover, he says "But it's a bunch of kids, isn't it? You expect me to just stroll up and ask them how they're doing?" This is a reference to a famous line from 30 Rock where an adult disguised as a student asks some teenagers "How do you do, fellow kids?"
Category:Lost Judgment School Stories