Chapter 8

Diamond (ダイヤモンド, Daiyamondo) is the eighth chapter of the Kiss and Cry manga.

Summary
At her house, Natsume watches two people on TV talk about "skating", which is the core of figure skating. They talk about a skill called "Diamond", where a skater is able to reach top speed and maintain it after from skating on the edge of their blades. Natsume recalls Tatsuki also talking about that when they were younger. At the time, Natsume was watching him practice skating much more than he practiced jumps, and asked him why. Tatsuki explained that in order to get better at jumps, he must get better at skating. The skating of someone who was skilled at it was obvious to everyone, and so smooth that it seemed like they were guided by the ice. He called that skill "Diamond" and that one needed to be a genius talent in order to keep skating in that position. Natsume asked if he had it, and he replied that he would not be practicing so much if he did.

On the twentieth day of the ice tag game and a week since Ariana helped him regain his determination, Tatsuki had settled into his jobs dutifully. He properly cleaned the skates, cleaned around the rink, and freed up time to watch the skaters. He learned to notice who seems to be about to fall, how amateurs walk around on the ground with skates to get used to them (he had also decided to wear skates when doing chores), and copying the movements of those who were good at skating. When he worked on the rental skates, he also discovered various things, such as a groove down the middle of a skate blade, which he did not know the purpose of, as well as jagged tips at the front of the blades, which seem to only be used in jumps. They were also the reason he kept falling back at the beginning.

The week passed like this, and he noticed that he is able to get a lot closer to the four skaters than before.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Natsume
 * Karis
 * Tatsuki Tachibana
 * Ariana
 * Drogba
 * Jimyeong
 * Linfeng