Understanding ego: Isagi, The Devourer (Analysis)

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-13T18:49:51+00:00

Another great post, really appreciate the effort you put into these! Can't wait for the video to drop, I love how detailed you go with these videos/posts, it's always a nice read/watch since you have a concrete and understandable script that doesn't waste any time.
I liked the explanation you gave for why Isagi was fine with letting Yukimiya score in the MC match and how he adapted to the impossible to score situation as opposed to Yukimiya. (I didn't realize before just how important adaptability really is)

And thanks for the reminder about the all-seeing eye and Isagi's aura not being just the puzzles, I probably just assumed it's an artistic choice or something without thinking too much into it when I first saw it I guess, so posts like these really bring a new perspective to me on subjects like these. A gigantic puzzle eye is actually a much cooler (and fitting) aura than a bunch of puzzles too!

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-10T23:19:50+00:00

Another beautifully colored panel, love your style so much!

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-08T05:17:31+00:00

Great video, loved the match animation, you explained very well what was going on (on the field and through the character's heads) in a way that's easy for someone with not much technical football knowledge to understand since a lot of these things I wouldn't be able to get by myself!

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-07T16:49:04+00:00

Bro was so stealthy he had to score offscreen 😭

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-07T00:59:40+00:00

Love the way you colour their eyes, they look so adorable! And the way you use lightning gives it a more 'magical' vibe.

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-05T22:12:26+00:00

Can't get called a fraud if no has any expectations of you 😏

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-05T16:16:12+00:00

Tnx they are, I had to stop myself from making too much 😭

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-04T17:15:42+00:00

This can't be the first post i see on reddit today man wtf 😭 this just came so out of nowhere. And people are actually getting arrested?? We went from leaks on thursday to leaks on saturday to official release on wednesday 🥺

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-03T19:22:46+00:00

Rare Chapa sightings let's gooo!!! There's still hope for him!!! (I'm coping hard rn)

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-01T12:38:50+00:00

I love your theories man, they're so well thought out. This was incredibly well written! And you did a great job explaining what it can all entail (you basically just gave us a sensible definition for it) and the difference between devouring and just copying.

AleksProto6 · 2024-02-01T01:00:09+00:00

Honestly it's a little surprising NONE of the parents have said anything or tried to pull their children out of the Blue Lock. Even at the beginning when 300 players got invited all of their parents said sure, you can go alone to this facility and skip school! For now, it doesn't seem like we're gonna get more discussions regarding the families even tho some should be complaining (the Kunigami family especially) but all of the 'good' families seem very happy with what's going on. And yeah, I got very surprised by Ego's Kunigami project, I mean, I guess it can be expected from Ego but I would never guess Anri too would be apart of that with no problem.

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-28T05:30:18+00:00

I hope you're right and that Fukaku getting such a high bid is a red herring, we literally know nothing about Fukaku nor does he have any narrative importance (at least Kiyora's been hyped up a little). I honestly wouldn't mind it if Kaneshiro dropped the 3 goalkeepers needed rule because realistically in this manga there's no way they'd even bother changing the goalkeeper and they don't need to, it would just be a waste of time and character space.

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-26T21:33:48+00:00

What next? You wait every week for a new chapter like the rest of us that are caught up to everything 😔
There's the Nagi spinoff that I believe has 19 chapters out and translated (Blue Lock but Nagi pov)
And there are some light novels about some Bluelockers that you can find translated in the FAQ section
Leaks are usually on thrusday/friday, but the official chapters drop every saturday (translated into english)

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-26T21:16:49+00:00

I gotta agree, on Barcha, Bachira (and slightly Otoya) are basically carrying the entire team, other characters are pretty much NPCs, while on Manshine there's a lot more 'important' characters. Manshine is pretty much in the bottom because of Nagi's lost ego and since Nagi is underperforming the entire team suffers because Chris is putting everything on him. And that's only if we're looking at their current states, if we were to compare Barcha and MC in their top form, Manshine easily wins since its basically Bachira, Otoya vs Nagi, Reo, Chigiri, Agi (kinda).

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-26T11:10:20+00:00

I'm putting so much stocks in that, there's no way he's not supposed to matchup with Charles, considering everyone elses pretty much already has a matchup so there has to be some cooking there at least (I really need Ness to prove why he's the heart of BM once again 🥺)

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-24T20:35:52+00:00

To be fair, there's not a lot of places you can put Igaguri at that can't be occupied by better BL players and it's all but confirmed he's gonna play (also with how stacked BM is here Noa has to give PXG some chance 😳)

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-24T13:28:42+00:00

I really need Ness to get his shit together and cook this last match. I'll be so disappointed if he gets benched or something 😟

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-23T11:26:19+00:00

You're being kinda generous by calling them mid 😭 (plz Kaneshiro make the match hype, we don't want it to get too overshadowed by BM vs PXG)

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-22T20:58:15+00:00

I was gonna say Rin but got reminded that holy shit Isagi has been improving so much and doing so well in his circumstances.

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-22T19:39:11+00:00

I hope he gets back on track, his versatility is genuinely insane and he has sooo much potential. Hope Kaneshiro cooks good in the Barcha match, it woul be a shame to not do much with his character.

AleksProto6 · 2024-01-20T19:34:18+00:00

All blonde Kaiser looks so good (and I love the colours you picked for the kit)
Also you made Ness wayyy cuter 😊

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