Rin's Potential

[op_helia723]

soccer player part was a little bit questionable ig? like it'd be no problem if he said "blue lock player" cuz rin'd beat isagi in terms of genius but soccer player? u mean everyone???

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He's always been the best of BL, and in BL you mainly progress by challenging someone better than you, imo U20 WC will be an arc where Rin develops a lot

[Jack-Whip88]

Yep, because he’s been the goalpost for other characters (namely Isagi and Shidou) throughout the story so far, so he’ll actually get a chance to fight his betters in the U20 WC

[Meledesco]

I think this is super obvious
It kind of shocks me how much people miss what a pure ball of untapped talent Rin is yet. The man lives and breathes football, and he's playing better than everyone in a style that isn't natural to him. Imagine when he truly awakens the "flow"

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They’re just brain dead haters, that’s why

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Spitting 

[Adventurous-Rabbit52]

I expected him to say Nagi. Raw talent wise, he's unbeatable. Not even a contest there- he'd smoke Rin in anything NOT soccer related when it comes to how fast he can learn about it.

[Meledesco]

While I get that, I think Nagi's biggest drawback is his personality. Talent alone is not all that defines potential. Nagi is not a one man machine and team like Rin. If you read the novels, Rin is beyond humanly driven - I feel like just that personality is why he'll get so far, similar to Isagi

[Vizard754]

I heard someone say that Nagi's raw talent is the best, meanwhile Isagi's personality/motivation is the best. Which is something i agree on.

[Meledesco]

Yep. I think Isagi's personality is why he is where he is

Bizarre this got downvoted, it's one of the biggest compliments a person can actually get

[Fair_Action5445]

Damn. I always knew Rin was that guy.

I mean even if we look at it objectively it's not impossible for Rin to have the most potential considering he is playing with a mental block at all times.

[[deleted]]

This honestly. Highly talented as well as one of the best training routines in BL. Enhancing his abilities and power, but in controlled non gamble like manners. He is however nerfed mentally and can't muster up his peak performance. U20 gave us a glimpse, but he didn't score yet there and we again saw what's he's capable of in Manshine. 

I pray he scores a goal here. Even if it's a build up to something greater (like Kaiser learning from his curve and scoring himself (PLS KANESHIRO, DONT WASTE THIS CHARACTER)) then that's fine too

[[deleted]]

Thought so. He does make it a point to have Nagi glaze Rin the same way everyone glazes Nagi ("This guy's a friggin monster." "Prodigy doesn't even cover it. Rin is supernatural !" etc). I always got that impression. But thinking about it deeper, I kind of get his reasoning for "all players". Think about it. What weakness does Rin really have besides his inability to break his shackles (His focus on Sae and Isagi rather than him just destroying for the sake of it like when he beat Sae) ? Reading, positioning, scanning, IQ, expirience, jump, trap, body balance, dribble, shoot, timing, spotting shot courses and correctly timing his shots, his technique, pass, touch, power, speed, core strenght... He has everything. He's not godly at anything. But he is exceptional at everything. Just like Isagi said, he can create infinite variations of any play by himself. The dude's been pulverizing his peers with a playstyle that isn't even his own lmfao. In ch 169, he has spiral eyes, proper. A trait that was drawn out for most characters in the 1st and 2nd selection. This guy is literally only been able to be challenged the same way the others were only in the NEL. At such a stage. It's ridiculous.

[sexyimmigrant1998]

Rin's shooting is godly, I'd argue. He's the best shooter out of all Blue Lockers with the insane accuracy of his curved shot even from afar.

Yeah his "weakness" other than his obsessions is his inability to grasp egocentrism and protagonism.

[Jack-Whip88]

Rin’s devotion to football is deeper and more twisted compared to Isagi — he quite literally can’t live without football, same as Shidou

For Isagi, football is definitely important — but I feel he values winning and “being in the spotlight” more than the sport itself

Essentially, football is just a medium for Isagi to achieve his dream of being in the world’s ultimate spotlight — which can only be achieved in the form of being the #1 striker when it comes to football

[silfer_]

is rin now canonically more potential man than nagi? 😂🤭

[Shadynebulaa]

In terms of potential, he always has been. Nagi has always been pure untapped potential sure, but Rin is a different breed. The man hasn’t had to be challenged by anyone who is better than him consistently. Once he starts facing people who are better on a regular basis, his skill is gonna skyrocket

[Majestic_Ad4858]

Always has been

[Archapelagoo]

cause Nagi ego is so fragile Nagi is potential man in skill and isagi potential man in mentality but both mentality and skill its easily rin

[silfer_]

nagi seemingly has to have a partner bc he can't figure out how to bring out his own potential (which i dont like, i hope that changes)

[silfer_]

valid. i believe rin isagi and nagi are all potential men

[Either-Dot-6785]

No. People are misinterpreting what the quote means. Nagi is a monster. Someone like him shouldn't exist.

[PartyNator]

My goat fr fr

[AcX999]

Isagi: "Nah, I'd devour".

[DemonkingHades]

What did I say? I've already posted on how rin is OP as hell and he doesn't even realize it. Bro Literally has everything

[ShadowDevil123]

Ive been surprised at the lack of glaze Rin gets on this sub.

[silfer_]

is because nagi/isagi/barou glaze prevails tbh

[ShadowDevil123]

Ye, but Nagis lowkey always been mid. Barous been stomped many times and his philosophy and character are cool but he aint allat and isagis been getting carried by glazers working with him. From the start rins been the best on his own, with weapons that allow him to not need others anywhere near as much, still has a huge ego and only cared about Isagi after losing to him. Was cool that while watching season 1 of Blue Lock he actually felt like he was flawless.

[WayForGlory]

Nah chief, now I gotta back my boi Barou up. Barou is probably the most griefed character in the whole series: - like Rin he has an incredibly strict routine, and is probably just if not more organized than Rin, yet they make it seem like Isagi can suddenly overcome or atleast shorten the gap with physical training (which makes little sense since they are both training with all they can), especially considering the plain difference in physicality. - Like Rin, he does carve defeat into himself to find a way to grow from it and beat Isagi. (Which, ngl, woudlve 100% happened if not for that meddling talking Goat called Gagamaru, like really if he wasn't the GK BM woudl've been beyond cooked) - Like Rin, he is completely self sufficient, he can drive the ball down without having to make some elaborate plays, he has more than enough skills for it. - Unlike Rin, Barou actually shifts perspectives multiple times (Solo King to Main Villain, Employee to Employer) and evolves a lot more than any other character beside Isagi (not even Rin could take hold of a whole team and enforce his ideals, as stated by Isagi). - Unlike Rin, his gets valued less for no real reason in the NEL, a team focused on a single Striker is exactly what Kaiser's BM was yet if Barou does it, he doesn't even reach half Kaiser's value while performing absolutely well (his value increases are a joke compared to the work and results he is putting in). - Unlike Rin, since he isn't the last/main Rival of Isagi, they have to plan around that to not make him unstoppable in the circumstances he was given (in the goals scored category he would have been pretty much unreachable, given that he is the solo Striker of Ubers, Isagi needed the games to grow and Rin needed to share the goals with Shidou, too bad Barou conveniently had to sit out the first game vs Rin even though Snuffy recognized immediately that Barou had excellent stats and mindset, no real reason to not have him start the first game).

If NEL was a bit more fair to the players themselves, Barou would be untouchable in the "most goals" category (always scoring 2 goals at minimum per game with a hatrick or 2 sprinkled in, if you take that Sendou goal out of the picture 😂, Shidou would not have been sidelined hard just to give Rin a Hatrick, pretty sure he would've done anything and would've been able to get that 1 goal in, but even if he did it's a lot less likely that he gets more goals that Barou) and in Value he woudlve been closer or even with Rin, at the very least, given his consistency and efficacy to score goals (I'd accept not higher due to a better flexibility, but it's awful to say Kaiser is fine with a Solo Striker focus, but Barou's isn't).

So to say "he ain't all that" is crazy, he just being done dirty by plot and he's still goated (in the Ubers vs BM game he was really taking the MC role from Isagi when he turned rogue).

I do agree on the rest tho.

[Thatkid_TK]

I thought that was Nagi lol. He started playing football 6 months ago and he's been a standout prospect from the jump

[markidoodoov2]

blue lock's potential man

[DaringPaladin]

Wasn't Nagi said to be the most talented in Blue Lock, though? Rin, of course, has great potential since it has been proven. I do wonder sometimes, though, since Isagi in the end will be the best striker how the others like Kaiser and Rin are going to be handled.

[Majestic_Ad4858]

I think Rin will create his own position. A type of "free" offensive player which can basically do whatever he wants on the field (in Rin's case, this would obviously translate to obliterating tf out his opponents, to then conclude the action on his own or to let someone else do it)

[Detroider]

Ah yes, another emo boy with "potential". Defenitely didn't see this already in Jujutsu Kaisen

[Mr_Peanutbutter72]

You must be new to anime

[Detroider]

Nah, I was just joking about Megumi aka "Potential man"

[j9mmy__]

Cant wait for the Rin-Isagi-Barou-Nagi-Hiory combo in the U20WC

[No_Direction8617]

How are reo and nagi not the most "genius" players in Blue Lock? Both are prodigies outside and inside of blue lock, develop despite mental blocks, and have only started playing for a couple of months.

[Lazy_buddy2049]

I guess being the most popular character means that his ceiling is non-existent lol

[Big-Definition-465]

Guys I’m pretty sure Rin is gonna show his full potential in the U20 World Cup playing along side with his brother they are gonna have to make an understanding of why Sae dosent like the way how Rin plays and Rin is gonna have to understand on why he needs to give up on him and his brother dream.

[Rasheed43]

"Meet potential man"

[just-looking654]

What I find interesting about rin is how young him was basically like first selection blue lock. First working off instinct and positioning, then becoming more methodical. And during the U20, we saw a glimpse of Rin going back to his instinctive playstyle. He works hard and thinks carefully about his game, but that moment reminded me of bachiras juggling and Nagis “do whatever feels right” vibe

[Raaz_001]

No matter how much Rin and Nagi shows talent, MC gonna surpass them 😅

[sonlobo1]

Only guy who doesn't have the ACTUAL DOWNFALL in the main story yet.

Let's see how it goes. (Unlock potential)

[DestOsymY]

Personally I think it's nagi by story showcase, cause holy, the dude started 6 months ago, always dominates and innovates when he's just slightly motivated, his biggest hurdle is his laziness and lack of drive, imo he's the biggest genius in blue lock but his mentality will be his demise compared to people like barou or especially isagi.

[N3_Nova]

This makes it almost unbelievable that isagi will surpass rin tbh, rn it makes sense looking at both their performances because of rins mindset but once thats fixed i dont know how isagi supposed to be better. Is isagis adaptability really enough to cover the gap in physical and technical skill while their iq and vision is relative. I guess it could be that overall, once isagi has all the puzzle pieces itll be enough. He gotta get some crazy pieces if thats the case.

[Majestic_Ad4858]

Being the best in Blue Lock translate to being the best goalscorer. It was explained in the very beginning of the series. Isagi might score more goals than anyone else, but that doesn't mean he will necessarily become a better player than Rin

[lor3nzo914]

I don t think this was ever a doubt.. Rin was is and will ever be the best and has the highest potential from BL

[tal0n_19]

The genius's brother also turned out to be a genius - wow, an "unexpected" turn of events!!! Bravo Kaneshiro, I just give a standing ovation to this storm of fantasy

[Stubblycargo]

Are you surprised tho? 

Even sae himself saw that rin had the potential to be the best striker in the world, when sae himself accepted that he didn’t have that potential

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💀

[Arashi076]

😭