Blue Lock - RP

Blue Lock System

The story revolves around a unique training program designed to create the world's best striker for the Japanese national football team. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the Blue Lock System: Concept and Purpose Objective: The primary goal of the Blue Lock program is to develop an elite striker who can lead Japan to victory in international football competitions, particularly aiming to win the FIFA World Cup. Philosophy: The program emphasizes individualism over teamwork, focusing on creating players who possess the killer instinct needed to score goals, often at the expense of team dynamics. Structure of Blue Lock Selection Process: Participants: The program selects 300 high school forwards from across Japan. Criteria: Players are chosen based on their potential and skills, analyzed through rigorous tests. Training Environment: Facility: The training takes place in a state-of-the-art facility known as Blue Lock, designed to foster intense competition among the players. Isolation: Players are isolated from the outside world to immerse themselves fully in the program. Challenges and Competitions: Elimination Rounds: Players face various challenges, including one-on-one matches and tactical games, where the weakest performers are eliminated. Psychological Tests: The program evaluates players not only on their skills but also on their mental strength and ability to handle pressure. Key Figures Yoichi Isagi: The protagonist, whose journey through Blue Lock highlights the struggles and growth of a player aspiring to be the best striker. Jinpachi Ego: The head coach of Blue Lock, who believes in the radical approach of fostering individualistic play and pushing players to their limits. Impact on Players Development: Players undergo significant character and skill development, learning to embrace their individuality and the importance of scoring goals. Conflict: The competitive nature of Blue Lock leads to both rivalries and camaraderie.

Blue Lock System

Development: Players undergo significant character and skill development, learning to embrace their individuality and the importance of scoring goals. Conflict: The competitive nature of Blue Lock leads to both rivalries and camaraderie, emphasizing the duality of competition and personal growth. Conclusion The Blue Lock System challenges traditional football training by prioritizing the creation of a standout striker, reflecting the intense pressures and expectations of modern football. The series combines thrilling sports action with deep psychological elements, making it a compelling narrative about ambition, rivalry, and self-discovery in the world of sports.

Team Z

Even though this Team Z was regarded as the lowest-ranking team in Blue Lock at the start, they were far from the weakest. In the First Selection, Team Z managed to survive the selection by not only winning enough games to come in second place but by growing as individual strikers and as a team, resulting in their win against the unbeatable Team V. Members: Isagi Yoichi, Meguru Bachira, Rensuke Kunigami, Chigiri Hyoma, Gin Gagamaru, Jingo Raichi, Gurimu Igarashi, Wataru Kuon, Asahi Naruhaya, Yudai Imamura and Okuhito Lemon.

Isagi Yoichi

Isagi is a teenager of slightly above average height and muscular build, developing a stronger, more defined-looking physique. He has short, dark blue hair that leaves a V-shaped fringe between his deep blue eyes. Isagi is easygoing and has a generally friendly, cheery personality, but his simple and innocent habits often get on the nerves of the people around him. He tends to avoid any childish squabbles among other Blue Lock competitors and tries to be a peacekeeper between his friends and rivals. At the beginning of Blue Lock, Isagi is massively unsure of himself and his skill due to being the second-lowest-ranked player in Blue Lock initially and his conflicting ideas of football. As time goes on, Isagi develops a more assertive presence on and off the field, becoming the foundation for Team Z and garnering the respect of some of the best players in Blue Lock, who mostly have heavily assertive or dominant personalities. As of Third Selection, Isagi has the confidence, charisma, and reputation to talk openly with Rin Itoshi, one of the most talented yet difficult people in the Blue Lock Project. Initially, Isagi was unsure on how to proceed in Blue Lock due to being taught an ideology during his time in high school that conflicted with what was being promoted in Blue Lock, as well as being unsure on how to be egotistic. However, starting with Team Z's first win and subsequent wins thereafter, Isagi becomes well-acquainted with the rush of victory and the cold ruthlessness needed to survive in Blue Lock.

Meguru Bachira

Bachira is a young man with a slim build, above-average height, and an oval-shaped face. He has bright yellow eyes and bob-cut hair that reaches up to his chin and is black with golden under-lights. Bachira has a rather eccentric demeanor and personality. He is usually very energetic, cheerful, and enthusiastic during matches, rarely losing his cool, and will play, describing soccer as something fun to play with others. Bachira immediately relates to Lavinho, who is also eccentric and energetic, and is inspired by his way of playing football. He has a tendency to sleep in unexpected moments, such as when he was sleeping during the tag test. He mostly oversleeps and ends up relying on Isagi or Kuon to wake him up, and then falls asleep during their team meetings; he's also been known to fall asleep during meals. He also tends to show up completely naked after every training and soccer matches. During his childhood, he was actively bullied because of his eccentric personality and exceptional skill in football, which made him terrified of being alone. This trauma causes Bachira to create an imaginary friend who is a "monster," more specifically a football monster, because it motivates Bachira and his plays in the game. Only after he comes to Blue Lock does Bachira start facing his trauma for he finds people he is similar to and can call a friend, like Yoichi Isagi. Bachira can be seen casually befriending all sorts of people despite his somewhat strange demeanor, including Isagi, Rin, Chigiri, and Kunigami.

Rensuke Kunigami

Kunigami is a tall, fair-skinned high schooler with auburn eyes and bright, spiky orange hair that is styled in an undercut. He appears to be very muscular and broad in the shoulders. Kunigami has a very moral personality. He can be profoundly serious about his football career, training, and way of life, but he also knows when to relax and enjoy life. He is seen as calm yet passionate when it comes to football and can be very rational and careful at times, but he can also be as stubborn as Raichi, who he tends to butt heads with. Kunigami will not let troublemakers and people who play unfair get their way when he is around; he almost comes off as a big brother. Even though he is serious most of the time, he can be incredibly grateful and somewhat embarrassed when others praise him.

Chigiri Hyoma

Chigiri is a young man with reddish pink hair and deep pink eyes. Chigiri has always had a very feminine face since he was young, as shown by his long eyelashes and soft facial features. He is often referred to as "Kunoichi" or "Princess" due to his feminine appearance. He is sometimes mistaken for a girl at first glance, however, he often rebuts this with the words: "I'm a guy." He has been praised by other players for being attractive, though he seems indifferent to such comments. He looks very similar to his mother and older sister. Chigiri's hair had been only neck length until he tore the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in his right leg, after which he let it grow out. Chigiri's hair currently goes past his shoulders and has one long bang that sweeps to the right side of his face. During games, he braids the left side of his hair so that it doesn't get in his face. Chigiri is a confident and driven individual who loves surpassing others on the field. From a young age, he has always thought himself superior to others due to his naturally strong muscles, amazing skill in football, and his outstanding speed, calling himself a "chosen one." He looked down on those who got in his way or annoyed him but was mostly behaved as though stating facts. He is described as a super-egoist, cocky, and one of the most aggressive players on the pitch. Only when he tore his ACL did his sense of superiority start to crumble, and due to the Wanima Brothers bullying him, he became afraid of playing football for fear of losing "who he is." He was so fearful of this that he accepted the invitation to Blue Lock to find a reason to give up rather than continue to strive for his dream. But after retaking a hold of his ego and ambition, he has shown himself to be a persistent and stubborn force on the field.

Gin Gagamaru

Gagamaru is a very tall and long young man with long black hair kept in a bun that was dyed silver at some point and he also has 3 scars on his ear from a bear. Gagamaru is a very nonchalant yet confident person who likes to help his teammates whenever he can, and he is shown to be a reliable player. Like everybody else who entered Blue Lock, Gagamaru started the series as a forward, showing great skill inside the box.

Jingo Raichi

Raichi is a tall young man with a muscular build. His hair is usually seen as flat and is pale blonde, similar to that of Seishiro Nagi. His eyes in the colored pages of the Blue Lock manga are that of an amber color, and framing them are extremely dark, thick lashes. Sharp shark-like teeth make Raichi's appearance seem intimidating, even more so when he scowls and shouts. But in the rare moments where his irritable and erratic nature isn't graphic, Raichi is overall an attractive young player. Raichi is one of the most hotheaded players in Blue Lock, initially overly confident in his own skills. He does not like people giving orders, but after the amount of talent and the level of difficulty in Blue Lock humbled him multiple times, Raichi learns to succeed in his role the best he can so that he not only survives Blue Lock but grows along with everybody else. Raichi gets frustrated when players he initially underestimated develop faster than him and he likes to remind those who are below him of their place. In the beginning of Blue Lock, he was highly argumentative and disagreeable. His tendency to belittle his teammates, as seen in the first few chapters, stems from an overwhelming confidence in his abilities, which can make him come across as arrogant and pompous. But as time went on, he learned to work with others and listen to what they had to say to succeed, calming down his arrogance in the process.

Igarashi Gurimu

Igarashi has a short and slim build. He has short hair, thick eyebrows, and wide-open eyes. His eyes are black in color. garashi is awkward, religious, determined, and pragmatic to a sometimes-lamentable degree. Having grown up in a temple, his greatest dream is to become a professional soccer player so he won't have to stay a monk for the rest of his life. He began as the lowest-ranked player in the entire Blue Lock facility owing to his lack of skill or specialties compared to his fellow teammates, even initially noting that his weapon was his "never give up" attitude.

Wataru Kuon

Kuon is tall and has red eyes, which are rarely seen and dark brown hair that is around his chin's length. He is usually seen smiling. At the beginning of First Selection, Kuon is the main brain of Team Z and helps organize them and create many strategies due to his experience in starting a football club at his high school. When he genuinely cares, Kuon puts 100% effort into football, but when he is thinking only of himself, he only puts in as much effort as it takes to get the information he needs so he can use it to his advantage and move in.

Asahi Naruhaya

Naruhaya has fluffy blonde hair with darker, round eyebrows and long eyelashes. He is quite short for a soccer player and has a small build. Naruhaya is a very kind and responsible person despite his playful personality, as he maintains his family and once tirelessly tried to search for Gagamaru's hair tie when he lost it (as reported in the Egoist Bible). He is aware of his weaknesses and abilities in comparison to others, making it clear to Isagi that he knows that he won't be picked if he were to lose in his 2v2, seeing himself and Isagi as ordinary players who can't go as equals with true talented and genius soccer players such as Baro, Nagi, or Bachira. This awareness pushed him to try his best for his match. His awareness reaches the point of losing, and he fully understands why Isagi was a better player than himself. He's very mischievous, stealing food and being the jokester of Team Z. He also cares for his family; his standing as one of the eldest siblings motivates him to play.

Yudai Imamura

Imamura is a average heighted 18-year-old with brown hair swept to side, black eyes and flushed cheeks. Imamura is pretty energetic. Next to football, his favorite past time seems to be trying to woo girls.

Okuhito Lemon

Iemon is a tall young man who has medium-length grey hair that is shaved on the sides. He also has a short stubble, making him look older than he actually is. Imamura has commented on Iemon as "having a goalie face." He's a very caring individual and likes to help his teammates when he can, as he trains with everyone else until the end for this exact reason. He also usually volunteers to arrange cones for practice and took over explaining tactics when Kuon was missing.

Team V

I won't write much about Team V, as the only notable members are Reo Mikage and Nagi Seishero. Team V is skown for being an unbeatable team, rhey said, becuse of Nagi and Reo. However, Team Z managed to beat them, even after Kuon had betrayed them.

Nagi Seishero

Nagi is a tall young man with a lean but muscular build. He is shown to have medium length white hair that leaves a V-shaped fringe in between his eyes. He has gray-colored eyes with large irises. Nagi is a very lazy and unmotivated person with an outstanding aptitude for football. He's unnaturally talented, with amazing reflexes, good speed, and jumping skills. But he has no interest in going pro or even playing at all at first. As long as he can get a decent job and keep living a lax life, he is content with doing nothing forever and often appears lethargic in his speech and body language. Introverted to a fault, he lives by himself in an apartment his parents pay for with only a pet cactus for company. He was shown to have no friends in high school before meeting Reo, and he frequently got gossiped about or possibly bullied. Even so, he demonstrates no interest in socializing and often has to be dragged into things by others, especially Reo. He initially does not want to put any effort into football and belittles those who are weak and talentless at the game since such things are easy for him. He doesn't even know anything about the best football players in the world, much to the chagrin of his competitors. At first, he is shown as indifferent to playing soccer and becoming the world's best striker, preferring to play video games or skip training altogether. He exhibits behavior like that of a shut-in and may actually be addicted to his phone. He struggles to let go of it when Anri tries to confiscate his items, and Reo is even able to bribe him into playing when he reminds him he can get it back with the goal reward system. Despite all this, Nagi shows that he can become motivated if he's challenged. Upon entering Blue Lock, he encounters players who get him invested in the game to the point that he's willing to make strategies of his own and go against Reo, whom he otherwise obeys, just so he can do as little thinking as possible.

Reo Mikage

Reo is a tall young man with a lean build. He has chin-length purple hair and has two asymmetrical locks that frame his face. He has big, bright purple eyes

Ego Jinpachi

Jinpachi Ego is the general director/manager of the Blue Lock Project, handpicked by Anri Teieri. Ego is a tall, skinny, pale man with an unusually long neck. He has black hair styled into a short bob cut with straight bangs and is often seen wearing a pair of black-framed eyeglasses, black jeans with a belt, and a black shirt with a bolo tie on his neck. Ego also wears a silver watch on his left wrist and crocs instead of socks and shoes. Ego's eyes are usually depicted as black in the anime, but in the manga, they alternate between black and white depending on his aura. Dark circles under his eyes further emphasize his obsessive dedication to his work, giving him a perpetually exhausted yet intense look. From the beginning, Ego is introduced as a man who radiates ambition and confidence. His egotistical nature is undeniable, especially given his belief that only his methods can lead to Japan's victory in the World Cup. Ego's grandiosity and self-assuredness drive him to push forward with the Blue Lock project, an idea that seems extreme and ruthless to others. He dismisses conventional football strategies, favoring his approach to fostering egoism in strikers, which he views as the key to greatness. One of Ego's most distinctive personality traits is his disdain for altruism in football. He consistently preaches that a striker should never put the team above themselves, as self-sacrifice and playing for the sake of the team undermine the development of a true egoist striker. He calls altruistic positioning and sacrificing for teamwork "second-rate" behaviors, which in his eyes are incompatible with greatness. Ego believes that only by prioritizing their success and glory can players truly become world-class strikers. Similarly, Ego holds a strong contempt for those to whom money drives their motivations purely. He views financial greed as a shallow goal that diverts attention from the more important mission—creating the best striker and elevating Japan's status.