Blue_Maroon said:@vanillasaruto idk I feel like almost every Blue Lock character tries to outdo themself in every game. It's just Isagi gets the MC privilege of it actually coming to fruition.
I think that's another part of my frustration with him as a character - I don't feel like there is any reason why HE should be getting this special treatment.
Everyone has had to work. Everyone has had to get better. He stole training routines from Barou and Rin, it's not like he is the clear hardest worker in Blue Lock. I guess his super power is being able to predict what everyone will do (at crucial plot moments), but that power is found nowhere in his actual personality and other Blue Lock players can do that too when the plot wants them to.
He doesn't feel like an underdog character to me like Hinata in Haikyuu, but rather a plot BS character and I think that might be where my frustrations when he succeeds comes from.
Isagi is a natural born observer. Spoilers ahead from light novel* Since he was really young like 2-3, he used to point out at corners of his room and cry when his parents went to check they found there was a mosquito or a fly there which they or any normal human wouldn't have observed. He was also able to predict by looking at the surroundings when playing at parks that it was going to rain. He had talent and was one of the best middle school strikers but due to his coach in high school and all that team spirit his inner self was subsidized and he became what he is now.
Now for the topic of him being at the right spot every time that's what ego meant from Isagi. He doesn't want someone who can do flashy skills or traps or plays to get all the cheers from the crowd he wants someone who can score goals which Isagi did now and is gonna do in further arcs. As he is based on Inzaghi, a striker which almost every team he played against despised because of him being "lucky" and being at the right spot all the time, he represents his inspiration pretty well. Inzaghi was said to disappear for the whole match of 90 minutes and appear out of nowhere at the 90+1 at the perfect spot where a clear went to finish it off.
Compared to that Isagi did much more to this game than anyone in the blue lock team. Every goal has his contributions in the match. Even Sae acknowledged him to be the heart of blue lock which if you can't understand means he is vital for the functioning of blue lock. He doesn't always win as well and we saw that all in the second selection losing to rin 2 times 2nd time being because of Rin being "lucky" if you can call that. I don't think that you should like all characters but hating a character despite his hardwork and acknowledging his losses and saying he has plot armour for 1 time he wins is kind of far stretched.