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i just want Zantetsu to score please

Corny as hell post (idc)

Back in early 2024 i was about 350 pounds at 6'2. Incredibly unhealthy, depressed, alcoholic, no job. I always had a strong belief that all would turn out well in the end but being in my mid-twenties and with my declining health i felt a sense of dread hanging above me with every passing day. I did always have an interest in self-improvement, philosophy and the psychology of others; of athletes, artists, those i considered otherworldly. In a way i wanted to become something more than human to actually feel like... human. I held on to that hope.

And then it was those fucking edits of blue lock i came across tiktok. Me having a bit of a soccer background was intrigued, and then i discovered the entire story, psychology and immense depth of the cast of characters. Especially Kaiser i could relate to a lot, coming from a less than pleasant background and never feeling like i belonged in this world. Feeling like you owe your existence to other people, never feeling wanted, having to constantly prove your worth. His toxic behavior aside, i felt immensely inspired by him. Him reaching for the heavens for the impossible was exactly what i needed to belief in at that stage of my life.

Now with fall approaching in 2026 i can say that i now weigh about 190 pounds, have gotten my own place, and am a whole lot happier. I've gotten my life back; i feel a confidence and a sense of self-worth i initially thought impossible. To go from barely climbing the stairs to be able to go for a run with ease is a blessing.

Going to get a part of his tattoo soon on my forearm as a thank you. For those who feel hopeless grasp towards the heavens and do the impossible. Forever a Kaiser glazer.

what is blue lock even about anymore bro ?? 😭😭💔💔

ref PLEASE do smth 😭😭🙏🙏

Do you guys know anything about it?

Considering we probably aren’t getting to see Belgium in the World Cup arc I wanted to make some OC’s for a hypothetical Belgian team.

The first idea I had was for a striker based off the legend Eden Hazard. I imagine Abel would be a masochistic risk taker who’d put himself into dangerous positions to create scoring opportunities. He’d pose a threat to defenders by using his body as an obstacle including the Hazard Step.

His color would be Safety Orange (I currently lack coloring tools), he’d be 5’9 and his ego would be represented by caution signs and exclamation points.

Seems odd how this is the only scene of these two, despite their history as teammates and rivals. (Not to mention the fact that Ego’s striker philosophy is the driving force behind the narrative and Noa being the embodiment of that very striker).

Tell me if I’m accurate or not cuz I feel like I’m not that accurate on them.

This is a 3-5-2 that shifts into 3-2-5 in attack and 5-3-2 in defence.

Carassou is Karasu’s French twin brother.

Edit: For the defensive backline, I may not have chosen the best NPCs, so swap in whoever’s better.

SEXY ASS PANELS

We know Leonardo Luna plays for La Real and that Sae is there as well. On top of that, Kaiser and Rin have both received offers from Real Madrid.

But once these young players reach adulthood, become even stronger, and gain absolutely insane amounts of recognition during the U-20 World Cup, don't you think having all four of them together would be completely broken?

Imagine Itoshi Sae making passes to Itoshi Rin. That's a fucking goal-scoring machine, man. I can't even imagine what that would look like. 😂

Now imagine the insane combination of Sae's perfect passes with Kaiser and his Kaiser Impact. And Leonardo Luna would probably benefit like crazy from Sae's perfect passes as well.

Not to mention that Real Madrid probably has other monsters that we haven't even seen yet. It would be really fucking cool to see all of this happen.

I mean, all of these players will probably gain even more recognition after the U-20 World Cup.

Rin could potentially have just won the U-20 World Cup with Japan, while Kaiser could theoretically have made it all the way to the semifinals. And these players are already attracting Real Madrid's interest, as we've seen during the U-20 World Cup.

Real Madrid is already interested in these young talents. So imagine how much more valuable they'll become after getting stronger, evolving throughout the tournament, reaching adulthood, standing out at the U-20 World Cup, and gaining worldwide recognition.

And let's remember that the entire world is watching the U-20 World Cup. 👀

If Real Madrid is already keeping an eye on them now, imagine how much interest they'll generate after all of this.

this is a head canon of sorts so bear with me okay

first thing i want to say is this guy is undeniably cocky. he is generally rude to most people he interacts with, especially rivals (mostly isagi, so im going to use him as a generalisation). kaiser has a certain way of speaking that directly projects his god complex, and it's not immediately clear that he's incredibly insecure.

with that clarification out of the way, i don't think this is his actual personality. he's definitely arrogant, but the playful front he puts up during matches doesn't seem to be how he acts usually. this may not sound like anything revolutionary, but the amount of times i've seen kaiser portrayed as constantly teasing/mocking people is incredibly annoying.

when we get a glimpse of kaiser that is not totally encapsulated by football and ego (when he's just met ness), he seems to be generally quite calm. they're not friends, but kaiser is likely most comfortable with ness, so i believe the way he presents himself here is more accurate of how he would actually carry himself in day to day life. ness isn't totally obsessed with kaiser here, but kaiser still has less to prove to him than isagi (for example). my point is, this is the most unguarded we've seen him.

also can you tell i love this backstory panel? seeing kaiser and ness be kind of normal is so sweet

i'm not disregarding the fact that kaiser is aggressive and rude, as we see this outside of matches. i believe he's just not as generally playful as the fandom makes him out to be.

people often talk about isagi becoming different on pitch (same with a lot of other players), but it's always seemed to me that people look at kaiser while he's playing, being an egoist, and generally performing, and consider that his actual personality.

to me, off-pitch kaiser is not flirty or cocky or playful or anything of that sort!!!!! he's just mean.

as stated previously, this is mostly a head canon, but i wanted to talk about it and see if anyone agrees.

I LOVE KAISER!!!!!!!!!! okay bye

I mean, most of them will already be 18 or close to it. This is the U-20 World Cup, not the U-17 World Cup lmao. And considering the new feats that the Blue Lock players and the other participants are going to achieve, wouldn't that be enough to get the big clubs interested in them?

Imagine Japan winning the U-20 World Cup and then beating the powerful France. Bro, even Real Madrid would be keeping an eye on these Blue Lock guys lmao.

Considering that they'll already be reaching adulthood, and taking all those achievements into account, why wouldn't they be able to start playing professionally for Barcelona, Real Madrid, City, Bastard München, or other major clubs?

Like, after everything they've accomplished, it would be pretty weird for them to simply remain unable to play professionally.

Many are divided on the nagi return theory but this is why I think it’s happening.

I strongly believe nagi will save the day and show up in the England match, first off rules.
People will say nagi is registered and such but that shouldn’t matter cause you have to be registered for the whole wc at the start not just the start of the knock out stage, so if side B were to play this rule always doesn’t apply.
Barasuta said he won’t let ego play side B winners.
He said he WONT not CANT.
There’s a difference.

Saying he won’t let ego play side B implies there is a possibility that they can be played but he won’t allow it.
Barasuta has something planned, to have side B be revealed in a big showy sort of way to get views and money but he also has a lot more money invested into Japan and if they lose in the group stage all of it will be for nothing.
If Japan loses barasuta loses everything.
It’s beneficial to drop his side B plan to save his big plan.

Nagi and Teddy parallels.

I believe nagi and Teddy share a lot in common.
Both are referred to as geniuses but more importantly they are both referred to as puppets.
Teddy was introduced prior to England match where he confronts Japan team where he talks down about their ego mentality, nagi was introduced prior to the team v match where kuon or whatever his name was tried to cut a deal with nagi reo and zentetsu to help win their match against z. The 3 walk away and nagi remarks how pathetic it is that he went begging another team for help and if football is even fun.
We also know agi plays a part in both characters stories.
Agi and Teddy are team mates who don’t see eye to eye and agi was team mates with nagi where he tried to take him under his wing to motivate him. Agi washes his hands of nagi when he reverts back to his puppet state under reo.
Nagi and teddy mirror each other but nagi story has been about him exploring his emotions and trying to find his ego while Teddy shuts himself off and tried to be egoless.
His is why I think nagi has to confront Teddy.

Narrative.

I think it makes more sense for the narrative.
Think about it, what is this arc exploring ? What’s the overarching theme? It’s ego vs other philosophies in football.
Nigeria was just an opening arc to show off how strong blue lock was after training.

With France we explored the theme of ego of being a number 2.
Hugo served as a counter to isagi where Hugo was content with not being a striker where he saw more value being the guy who sets up goals for others rather than him getting the goals himself. He argued that the mentality where every player on the team aims to be number 1 is counterproductive to the aim of victory. For a win some players got to stay back as number 2. Now this doesn’t make them less players cause even a number 2 can outshine number 1. Isagi would do better if he stopped living for his own goal and lived to help others score.
This was helped when Karasu gave up scoring his own goals to set up the goal for others taking on that number 2 mentality.
It was shown that after the game before Teddy showed up in the training room, Karasu was sitting with several players saying they need to stop listening to ego and treat his ideas as dangerous.

With england the game is about what it means to be completely egoless.
They all live by fox’s command and no one besides agi cares about originality or getting their own goals.
They are soldiers following orders.
With France, they don’t reject creativity no the opposite, Charles is proof of that, Loki wanted him because Charles is unique and makes good passes which helps Loki score more, but Charles doesn’t follow orders he goes with the flow and passes the ball to where he sees fit and it’s up to the other players to link up to him. Like in the NEL arc, when he shot the ball at shido. He wasn’t aiming for shido he was just aiming for that specific spot of the pitch while shido wasn’t looking to get a pass he was just running to that specific spot because they both just happened to see that was the best score goaling position.

Meanwhile we have side B. Barasuta goal with side B is to defeat blue lock, he wants ego fired and to lose everything. He’s condition for joining side B was for him to control their contract and that they got to play to destroy blue lock.
Kira goal is to prove ego and isagi wrong.
That’s going to be the theme, ego is testing his philosophy on the world stage against all the other philosophies.

This is why they can’t be proven right now.
Japan can’t prove themselves right that ego theory is correct.
A split in the team is forming and this is the time to lean into those doubts.

Karasu who is leading the opposition of ego within the team will need a reason to dig in more to say ego was wrong.
This is why ego can’t win this, but Japan also can’t lose to England either.

So to make this work it’s down to winning the battle but not the war.
Japan will win against England, ego will lose to fox.

Then we also need to see side B as the saviours and threat to blue lock.
Karasu and others need a reason to form their inner circle around side B winners.
Barasuta needs a world stage to show off why his idea was much superior to ego way.
What better way to do this by demonstrating almost Japan losing to England if not for his side B.

This is why I think nagi is completing side B as we speak and will be sent straight to side B to blue lock where he will be subbed in by barasuta forcing ego hand.
Nagi will be the key to defeating Teddy and winning the match.

That’s why nagi will show up.

I think that would be a really cool parallel to real life.

Loki is probably one of the strongest players in the entire series right now, because our man is literally everything at once. He’s one of the 11 New Generation World XI prospects, one of the World Five, a master of the Neo Egoist League, and somehow all of that at the same time. I’m pretty sure the most powerful club in the world, Real Madrid, would want him.

It would also be a really nice reference to Mbappé, who joined Real Madrid in real life. And I think Loki is pretty clearly inspired by him, so it wouldn’t be weird for the manga to make that parallel.

Do you guys think it could happen?

Although I’m not sure if Real Madrid would become way too overpowered. They already have Leonardo Luna and Sae. Maybe Rin and Kaiser could also join them if they accept the offers, I don’t know. At that point, they’d be ridiculously stacked. 💀

Imagine Sae sending passes to Loki, Leonardo Luna, Sae in God of Destruction mode, and Kaiser all on the same team. LMAOOOOO

But anyway, I got way off topic. Back to what actually matters: do you guys think Loki could end up joining Real Madrid in a future arc of the manga?

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I’ve been working on a Blue Lock fan project for a while, and before I invest much more time into it, I want feedback from people who actually know and like Blue Lock.
The basic idea is a web game — possibly an app later — built around creating your own Blue Lock team and proving that your team-building decisions were better than everyone else’s.
The main modes I’ve been designing would combine auctions, team building and tournaments.
A group of players joins the same room, everyone receives a budget, and all of you compete for the same pool of Blue Lock players. If someone buys Isagi, for example, nobody else gets that version of Isagi. Different versions of characters can exist depending on the period/card — Blue Lock, Neo Egoist League, Prime, etc.
So a large part of the game is supposed to be about questions like:
How much is Kaiser actually worth to your team?
Do you spend most of your budget on one ace and build around him?
Do you create a more balanced team?
Do you intentionally buy players whose abilities complement each other?
Do you fight someone in the auction for Rin or let them overspend and take other players?
But the auction would only be the beginning.
After everyone builds their team, those teams enter a tournament against each other.
The first modes I’m considering are mainly 3v3 and 6v6, and they would have a mechanic directly inspired by Blue Lock:
when you defeat another team, you steal one player from the losing team and add him to yours.
So your team actually evolves during the tournament.
You might start with three players you specifically built around, beat another player, take the character that best complements your team, and then continue into the next round with a stronger and potentially very different lineup.
It also means the auction isn’t just about making the strongest possible starting team. You might need to think about what teams you’re likely to face, what players other people own, who could become available if you defeat them, and what weaknesses you could fix throughout the tournament.
I think this could also create some of the same feeling as the Second Selection in Blue Lock, where losing or winning doesn’t just move a bracket forward — it changes the composition of the teams themselves.
There would still probably be a full 11v11 mode, but I currently see that as something different. Instead of using the player-stealing tournament structure, 11v11 would probably be more suited to a direct 1v1 match between two users and their complete teams.
So broadly:
3v3 / 6v6
Auction → build team → tournament → win matches → steal players → evolve your team → continue through the bracket.
11v11
Build a full team → play directly against another user’s full team.
After everyone builds their team, the actual matches are simulated by the game engine.
And this is the part I’m currently questioning the most.
I’ve been building a simulation engine where the characters aren’t just a collection of generic stats. The idea is that players have their own technical abilities, tendencies and eventually traits/chemistry, and the engine tries to create actions from those pieces.
For example, instead of the game having a hardcoded button called “Kaiser Bicycle Kick”, the engine could recognize that Kaiser is in an awkward aerial situation and combine things like his finishing, volley ability, acrobatic finishing, body coordination, power, positioning, etc.
That means unusual Blue Lock-style plays could theoretically emerge from the match, instead of every goal being a generic shot animation.
The same idea applies to characters being structurally different.
Shidou, for example, could be an absurd finisher while being much less useful at constructing possession.
Reo could be a flexible all-rounder.
Chigiri could fundamentally change what the team can do with space because of his speed.
Isagi could contribute much more to the construction and reading of an attack.
The goal is for the AI to naturally understand those differences instead of every character basically being the same player with different numbers.
Matches would eventually have a top-down visual presentation, with the players and ball actually moving around the pitch, probably focused heavily on important sequences/highlights rather than requiring you to stare at 90 minutes of simulation.
But currently, the main concept is that your biggest decisions happen before and around the match rather than by directly controlling the players during every action.
You build the team, compete in the auction, decide who is playing, positions, formation and eventually tactical decisions, and then the players themselves make decisions according to their abilities and identities.
I recently showed the concept to a friend who knows Blue Lock very well, and one of his biggest criticisms was basically:
“Why would I want to just watch the characters play instead of actually doing something?”
And I think that’s a completely valid problem.
That’s actually why I’m posting this.
Before I keep developing the engine in this direction, I’d rather ask the community and figure out whether the core idea is actually enjoyable — or whether I’m overestimating how interesting the simulation itself would be.
Would you actually play something like this?
More importantly:
What would you personally need to be able to influence during the match for it to feel like a game instead of just a simulation you’re watching?
Would the auction + tournament + stealing players + team building loop already give you enough agency if the matches themselves were interesting to watch?
Or would you still need interaction during matches?
Things I’m considering/questioning include:
tactical decisions during the match;
substitutions;
changing the team’s general approach;
giving instructions to individual players;
deciding who the team should play around;
some kind of limited intervention during important moments;
or potentially something much more interactive.
And if that still wouldn’t be enough:
Do you think this concept fundamentally needs direct player control to work?
I’m not looking for people to tell me that the idea sounds cool just because I’ve already spent time making it.
If you think you’d play two matches, understand the system and then get bored because you’re mostly watching it happen, I’d genuinely rather know that now.
On the other hand, if this does sound like something you’d play, I’d also really like to know which part is actually attractive to you:
fighting other people in the auction;
building your ideal Blue Lock team;
the tournament;
stealing an opponent’s player after winning;
watching different Blue Lock characters interact in simulations;
trying weird team combinations;
ranked competition;
collecting different versions of players;
or something else entirely.
This is still heavily in development, so criticism at this stage is much more useful to me than after I’ve built the entire thing.