Enzo DeAndre

**Enzo Frank DeAndre**, known as Enzo, is a major character in ***Darlin'***. Enzo is an initial protagonist-turned secondary antagonist to the story of ***Darlin***', secretly being Liam's business partner and viewed as his successor to become the new face of the KOVO Federation as Liam was with the Super League Federation.

## Biography

### Early Life

Enzo is not a character Ana Sophía opens up about regarding his past. She mentions having met him in high school during her freshman year, assuring he was a popular person from the start due to his experience competing in paid sports. Right before picking up the introduction of Darlin', Ana Sophía mentions Enzo's recent contract signing with the South City Wolves, a male team from the Super League that has gained him even more popularity amongst the girls at their high school.

## Career

### Initial impressions

**Chapter 01: The Ocean** introduces us to Enzo's life as an athlete. He is viewed as highly experienced and confident, asserting himself as a strong-minded person. He does so as he walks Ana Sophía home and never once shows nervousness ahead of his first league game that will happen later that night. Along the season, Enzo never discusses his personal achievements but we are reminded that he is doing his part with the South City Wolves as the season progresses. We never learn if the team won the 2017 league title that season.

### Developing character

Enzo is viewed by Ana Sophía as someone she regards close and reliable due to his frequent appearances at social events and support given when helping her commence her athletic career. In **Chapter 02: Bloodstream**, Ana Sophía walks out with Enzo after he's suspended from high school and again repeat a closeness in friendship with **Chapter** **06: By Your Side**, again appearing together as they attend the Super League Gala hosted at Beige V.

### Persona shift

In the ending moments of Ana Sophía's presence in the United States, Ana Sophía explains Enzo's unprecedented change of opinion Enzo undergoes against her. We learn he cuts communication and ultimately leaves the South City Wolves for a new team, Porto Alanza. Never confirmed but highly suspected, Enzo's team is drawn against Ana Sophía's Brazilian team, Palmeiras, for the playoff match. In the digital version of ***Darlin'***, the pre-game press conference hosted in São Paulo, Brazil the night before the match sees Enzo blame Ana Sophía for their fall in friendship and controversially warns her that he is out to prevent Brazilian teams qualifying for the 2020 KOVO Champions Cup, the new competitive tournament that has replaced the Super League.

### Friendly foes

Enzo DeAndre finally meets Ana Sophía during the **2018 KOVO Federation Hexagonal Qualifiers**, also remembered as the Ana Sophía v Miggy match, where we learn Enzo was only a part of a bigger setup that saw Miggy the leader of their plan to prevent Ana Sophía from progressing through the playoff phase. He repeatedly hurts Ana Sophía through fouls, abusing of his physical strength to overpower her in multiple occasions of ball-disputes. Although the final result of victory for Porto Alanza favored Enzo and completed the job of eliminating Ana Sophía, canon confirms Enzo's failure to break Ana Sophía's leg after Miggy prevented him from doing so by interfering and Miggy fouling Ana Sophía himself. His last appearance leaving the pitch of Allianz Parque leaves his future in question.