I intended to upload when spoilers came out because I expected Kiyora to do something this chapter, but alas he still hasn't had his moment. With Episode Nagi 4v4 happening next week I'm guessing we will see him assist either Isagi or Kaiser. Not sure what will happen with Ness in this moment though.
@@akiraendojiI want this desperation to survive to make igarashi a monster, Isagi even said that he has a great ego, I feel like he will awaken during PXG game and do something against loki
It's meant to be a 3 goalkeeper rule officially, but even if it's a 2 goal keeper limit my issue is that Fukaku is just pure fodder. Like if he was intended to make the roster you'd expect more promo art from him, volume cover, or even any on screen achievement. Like why not have Fukaku save Hiori's shot instead of Sendou. Even though he is the 2nd goal keeper you'd think he'd have more push to make it. You also have to consider that of the 23 players the only 2 below him still debatable to survive is Toki and Zantetsu as Hiori and Raichi will make it. Kiyora is hinted to make the roster so that would mean only 1 of Nanase, Zantetsu or Toki make it. Which is why I think his character is used more as a narrative tool.
ngl maybe igaguri or kiyora , igaguri just somehow always finds a way to get into something and kiyora seems to have been locking in from the recent chapter leaks
I am still sad ishikari did not do anything in the nel. He was a good player, comboing with aryu, being used by Rin and Shidou and even stopping Reo's expert passes Rip tallest highschooler
Yep, such a waste of a character and I expected more from him. He joined the only team in the NEL with 4 reliable CB's; how is he meant to compete. Like if he was on BM or any other team he would've started in at least 1 game
@@akiraendojithat's the thing tho, he should've been prioritized since he's the tallest. If it were up to me, I would use Ishikari before using Aryu(as a main example since both are tall but Ishikari is taller)
@@DopeyTidepod Personally I would've replaced Kurona/Kiyora with Ishikari. Just have Neru take their spot and then have Ishikari + Igaguri as the BM CB's especially since they played together in the 3rd selection.
2:21 this actually makes sense, bcus with the 29 covers we have 6 of them cannot play for japan:ego sae anri Kaiser ness lorenzo, yes saenis a possibility but let's not count him yet
I want Hiragi to Make the final cut, Manchine match could use him as the help Nagi needs to evolve, since they had a certain type of rivalry in Episode Nagi. Reo could use him as a second Nagi and it was statted that he was a smart player.
Would be cool especially since the author of the spinoff manga said we would see him in the main story but I doubt it will happen. Having an offscreen performance from a character make the final roster is a bit questionable
@@akiraendoji Yeah i can see that, but to counter this, we've only seen Bachira's performance in One Game, Being this the first One, so the manga Could go Out of the formula and extend What They show us about the Barcha vs Manchine match, instead of usual last Goal.
Mark my words. On reddit i predicted thag Nanase and Hiiragi are broken when the chapter cameout where the 35 came trought the doors. Hiiragi, Nanase and Nishioka will make the cut. Zantetsu, Tokimitsu and Sendo wont make it
For sure, he's been hyped way too long to do nothing. Guessing it will be the next chapter or 2, after we see his skillset more in episode Nagi which comes out later this week
I think they'll probably pick kiyora since zantetsu is basically a similar role to chigiri. He also has the fact he was hyped up for months compared to the other characters while also being foreshadowed in episode nagi. Would make even more sense now since we just saw his backstory in the leaks. Also out of the other three his style seems the most interesting (everyone hate floppers so forget igarashi). Nanase is way too nice for blue lock and he's kinda mr ordinary without much ego like the other characters. Tokimitsu is too passive while being too similar to raichi. Igarashi is useless.
as tokimitsu's biggest fan i have to agree that I feel like the author isnt utilizing him well at all. Sure, he's like kind of around doing small stuff but we have barely seen much out of him. Im really hoping we see some insane moment from him where he like bulldozes through someone like isagi, kunigami, or kaiser or makes an insane play with rin letting rin score
Yeh, I think Toki is just gonna shine later in the match. Like he is a stamina beast, surely he will do more when others get a bit more tired. So far he has been pretty disappointing but judging by Aryu's relevance in the previous game I wouldn't be shocked if he gets sidelined too.
Yeah this is pretty much fully correct I think Kiyora is making it because he has gotten an unnatural amount of screen time in the latest chapters and his backstory has even been revealed to some amount and there are so many damn hints that he is going to make it while Nanase has been hit with the "death flags" over and over.
Yep, Nanase screwing up twice in a row and likely Charles x Rin goal I just think Nanase has been built to be that eliminated character like Naruhaya was.
Spoilers for the latest chapter: Seems like Kiyora hovers between life and death and with the chapter saying who will Kiyora choose to survive, I'm even more confident that he will survive and once again pass this boundary line between life and death. He will likely get the 23rd spot, as for Nanase i'm still hoping because he is doing better than Toki this game but I just have a gut feeling he will remain 24th where maybe Kiyora gets 30 and Nanase 29.
Good video👍, but for me, top 5 to get the final spot is either 1. Aomori messi 2. Hiiragi 3. Zantetsu 4. Tokimitsu 5. Kiyora Anyway, I hope akira endoji play in this game!!!
I hope Hiiragi will make it too. He is so sick in the nagi spin off!! And the joke with messi guy must go on aswell. Zantetsu shouldnt make it. He is cool but we allready have a fast character, so a new weapon would be great too. Tokimitsu is a tank i like him. For me jyubei shouldnt make it also...
Yeh, I delayed this video for a week because I thought he would at least touch the ball from his hype lmao. Oh well, he's at least built up to do something more impactful soon
This is how you expand Neru’s abilities and make him sorta relevant…just send him to Manshine City. He has chemistry with Niou and his abilities fit in with M.C. Rush style. Also, Manshine suffers in their defensive line so Neru can chase down players and lock up other fast players or players with good dribbling
Yeh, at least for now. Would be cool to see him but there doesn't seem to be any indication of him playing in the U20 world cup; feels like Ego or the author wouldve mentioned him by now.
Yeh, same. I'm thinking that Nanase will overtake Fukaku with a 29mil offer and be happy that he thinks he made it only for Kiyora to overtake both Fukaku's and Nanase's offers with 30mil. That leaving Nanase with rank 24 once again where just like he said in the match, if Rin doesn't become the hero of the game their ranks won't improve. Which i'm guessing Toki will keep his rank 20 spot too then.
a random thought is Nanase’s cover doesnt follow the regular conventions with the background being white instead of his aura/eye colour. This could mean nothing or smth
Yeh, his white is unconventional especially when characters ego's usually are the same as their eye colour so you'd expect violet. I think it's more to do with his a blank canvas and starting to find his new defined ego which is why there's a bit of green in it
@@Greenjolty I mean Isagi is the special case of being the mc, Sae is the special case of matching Rin since they’re related and Nagi’s aura is Black its just also blue sometimes cause black is difficult to detail sometimes
@@Greenjolty Yeh, there's some special cases like those 2 but in general the side characters like Hiori, Kurona, Yuki, etc. all match between their aura and eye colours. Nanase's being white is weird so I'm curious what the anime will show since we know he enters flow in the 3rd selection match
@@akiraendoji I think the aura color is reflected to his name. Nanase has nana in it which means seven and nijiro if you don't look at the kanji means rainbow color. Since he isn't important enough to have a rainbow colored aura, white is a solid choice since it's the reflection of all colors
Yep, that seems like the most likely option which I don't mind. Would love to see him make the u20 world cup but I think him not making it is fine. (Hoping he makes the actual world cup though)
you cooked with this one. between kiyora, igaguri, and nanase, i think nanase is getting eliminated. if kiyora gets an impressive assist then i think he can clear 28mill easy. hiori played for like 5 minutes and got a super assist for 20 mill, if kiyora does something similar in a higher level game + plays for longer then a 30 mill salary is definitely on the cards. like you say, nanase is the character that would get the biggest emotional reaction for being eliminated, and rin has already said he’d ditch him he needs to. my crackpot theory is that igaguri will have a defensive showing good enough to get a 29mill salary, landing him the 24th spot. for the offers to mean something beyond being a ranking system, someone should take an offer and leave blue lock, opening up a spot for the 24th ranked player to make the U-20 team: igaguri 😈
Honestly even with an assist 28mil isn't easy. We know goals are 30-50 and assists are a bit less than that and so if Kiyora gets the final spot i.e. exceeds the boundary line he will barely beat it with approx 30mil. If he gets the 24th and someone steps down like Shidou, it would be so funny and his buddha luck kicks in once again.
@@akiraendoji agreed, i don’t think there’s any way for kiyora to make it that won’t feel at least a little contrived. barou presumably got 2 goals vs manshine and his bid only went up 20 mill iirc, fukaku is a bum compared to gagamaru but he got a 28 mill salary in pretty much one game. i think the level of play will be taken into account for this round of bids so they’ll be inflated compared to before, it’s been stated that this is the highest level match that any of the blue lockers have been a part of so far so an impressive showing here could be worth more to the pro clubs?
concidering what you mentioned - I have feeling that Igaguri will force foul in dangerous zone, that his team will put to good use (that makes goal contribution). Later in game he will make tactic foul on either Shidou, Rin or Loki, where he will receive yellow card but will stop what would make 3-2 goal for PXG thus getting high salary.
Yeh, I'm hoping it is simply because I love Nanase and don't want him to get eliminated. It would also be funny if Igaguri lucks his way onto the roster once again.
Damn i just realised this video is from 3 months ago,and he predicted this game will end at 278,we are at that chapter,and goal for 2 2 just been scored,we arent going anywhere anytime soon😭
Kinda feel disappointed by the character development in this arc. The only characters not talked about in the third selection that have done anything or gotten development are from bastard. Would been cool if some guy from barcha could've came and we would've been like who is this guy or another guy of these sleepers being a late join to the number 1 guy potential but it's just bastard players and nobody else and the games are static and the player dev feels so predictable
The thing with Volume covers are they can be other players then the blu3 lovkers. And its not inpossible that Noel noah or Loki gets their, meaning the 3 new covers could be Noa then Loki then Charles. Making it still a possibility
Yeh, it's not impossible; I just don't think they would give volume covers to Noa and Loki if the other 3 master strikers didn't get them and I'm expecting them to get volume covers later when the world cup comes later. It could be Charles, Loki, Noa but I just don't see Zantetsu not making it without any build up for his elimination.
Nah Zantetsu's built up to do something soon and actively contributing. Toki though, no defending as he's been a ghost this match. Zan hasn't been built to get elimianted either but Toki and Nanase have
Yep, unlike the previous eliminations if someone like Nanase or Igaguri get eliminated they still will go pro which is a better fate than someone like Naruhaya. Like they could improve and by the time the actual world cup comes which will have 26 players they can join it.
It's not confirmed, there's just been 0 implication that he will play. We've been hinted to the top 23 for ages that if Sae does play it would feel weird the author wouldn't mention it yet. Like why show the characters upset if they get 24th and not 23rd. Like imagine Kiyora or Nanase gets the 23rd spot and then Sae decides to play and steal their spot anyway. Would just be weird narrative wise, unless he becomes the 24th person.
@@akiraendoji Yeah but maybe theres a 24th spot reserved for Sae? Especially with the likes of Shidou and Isagi whom Sae acknowledged, he "should" feel motivated to play (at least I hope so :D). I feel like it would make sense too, especially with the immense competition in the WC including the demons Kaiser and Loki, and the Japan team would be almost indestructible with Sae orchestrating the midfield...
Hiiragi will make it !! I believe in him. He is a mix of 2 broken characters. He must survive. To have 2 nagis or 2 isagi is better then having one. Also his prediction skill would be great to see whats ggoing on on the field💪🏻
You got to consider that this ongoing match is the finale between the strongest teams. The bids for these teams will be inflated, any play would have great value as it would contribute to determining the winner of the Nel
Inflation is a possibility, but we haven't really seen it in previous rounds. Like Kiyora will likely survive with 30mil with a bit of inflation since BM win but it shouldn't impact the salaries too much.
Ive been recently thinking that if some characters miss the top 23 for the u20 wc, they might get in the rooster later as a replacement for injuries that could happen like Chigiri getting injured at his leg or Yukimiya's eye problems getting worse causing him to leave the squad, i exepect Chigiri that at one point to suffer an injury at his leg that can lead to him retire, we already got some sad moments like Naruhayas elimination or Kunigami initially not making it and i expect in the next years of the blue lock manga that things like this will happen.
Well I doubt Chigiri will be forced to retire in the U20 world cup (the actual world cup there's an actual chance though). There's always a case someone like Shidou doesn't play or something happens to a player. Like maybe Gagamaru gets injured and Fukaku gets pulled up from the preliminary squad.
That's fair, I just don't see Fukaku making it. Of the 23 he just seems to be the one that will miss out, and I think Igaguri has a higher chance than him. But tbh neither will make it unless the top 26 happens
Tokimistu and zantestu will be sent to english and france after prince and loki take interest in them and see them in the world cup That way sae and kiyora can join the top 23 aftet helping kunigami score a super goal (Igaguri would never work in world cup)
After reading the latest chapter, my theory is that Ness will awaken and Kiyora will take ness's side and help him to score or the opposite could happen.
I think igaguri will block a shidou shot wit kuni might give him some value im hoping they play some mean defense on both sides after rin scores and loki gotta pop out and show off would be goat if he blocks shots from all three loki shidou and rin and they give him a gag value like 50 mil or the 30 threshold
I love Igaguri so I'd love that but 50mil is too much but 30 would be funny especially if he gets the final spot. However, I just don't think it's likely even if he baits Rin to foul or even stop Shidou or Loki. Wishing the best for him but since he will only have a few chapters I'm not sure if he can do too much.
After looking at the translation again, i noticed something. The top 23 AUTOMATICALLY join. This means that there could be ways for others to make it who are not in the top 23.
Yep, there could be external reasons for example Sae. He won't be included in the top 23 but if he does indeed join the U20 world cup they will do some external reasoning.
to be honest the only anime/manga i have see where non imp characters look this good is blue lock all the characters look like an mc here which is how it cuz all are top 300 in the players
I like Zantetsu and even if he is just used for comic relief I fully believe he can also be usefull in matches. So I would prefer if he was the one picked, the author however likes the monk for some reason and probably will have him stay
You and me both, just hoping that after BM score the next goal Loki gets inspired and subs him in to replace a PXG CB seeing as they are useless. If he doesn't even sub into the game i'm going to be so disappointed.
I’m assuming Kiyora is gonna get the final spot or steal a spot from a player in the top 23, because it just seems so strange to me that he hasn’t been used yet. He is getting his moment in the episode Nagi manga and I believe he will probably score/assist isagi or kaiser tbh. I just don’t see a point in hyping him up right before the team is set and having him get eliminated. Not to mention he has a manga cover, which I don’t think he’d get one if he wasn’t going to be relevant at some point.
Yeh, Kiyora will likely make the top 23. Judging by the spoilers for next chapter it seems like he will assist either Isagi and Kaiser and since his character always survives the boundary line; it seems like he is set up to once again survive with the final spot.
I have a crazy theory to that but I'mma say it anyway. I think Sae and Shidou will switch their nationality therefore leaving two extra spots for Igaguri and Nanase. As crazy as this sounds it's highly possible as Sae was always meant to play against his brother and possibly biggest rival, his nonchalant attitude towards his national football federation and Japan in general, let's not forget how ready he was to leave the game of u20 after literally the first half of the game. And for Shidou, this man is biggest opportunist you'll ever see, he doesn't care about anything except making sure to "leave a trace" of his existence through scoring. (I could make a point about his visual design and "foreigner" attitude and his fake tan but these are not solid arguments). To sum it up, these two were outsiders from the very beginning not being able to fit in anywhere, however, they were able to spark a twisted chemical reaction that made them outsiders together and for that I think that it will make a lot of sense for the plot and the development of individual characters fir this to happen + there's no way Igaguri's missing the world cup and the the mangaka will sure kick these two out to grant his favourite boy a spot. Thank you for reading my theory and I'm looking forward to y'all's thoughts.
Not sure how Shidou playing for france would work since he's born in Japan/Tokyo but I'm hoping for 26 too; would love to see Igaguri also join the roster
Honestly I'm not sure, I can't read Japanese so can't check the official meaning but in the english version at least it just mentions the 23 highest bids at least in the 3rd and 4th round offers. So if there is a tie for the final spot maybe the roster expands like I think can happen or maybe Ego has other plans for what happens.
Yeh, I'm leading to believe he will turn down the offer not exactly sure why but I think it's more likely he's save for the Re Al team arc and world cup then adding him here.
I really want Zantetsu to make it. He deserves it but he might not make the cut cuz I have a theory the author doesn't like him. He had multiple opportunities to use Zantetsu but didn't like when Chigiri got subbed off in the U20 game for example. I would've subbed Zantetsu instead of Hiori(at the time). Then there's the fact he's not being trained by Loki(as far as we know). Lastly, Zantetsu was the only character to not have any new promo art or be on any marketing for Episode Nagi when he is a main character in it. We literally got Rin promo and he's not even in it(if he is then barely). Also hope Raichi makes the cut although I'm not worried since he's been doing really good so far.
Well Raichi is playing great so far so he should be locked in. Zantetsu's a bit harder to guess but I still think it's more likely than not that he will survive. I'm confused by the promo art stuff because Zantetsu has has quite a lot of promo with stuff like the episode Nagi movie, being on one of the volume covers and all the colour spreads. Even in the latest episode nagi chapter he has a decent amount of screen time.
That was my previous predictions simply because I thought there's a chance (although slim) that Shidou willingly doesn't play for the U20 world cup. But having a 99% and 100% is extremely similar and both should make the team.
Nah... Sae joining would be less likely to happen... Dude can bench and outshine some of the midfielders there including Hiori, Reo, Kurona, and more... Not to mention all forwards characters that are forced to be midfielders too... Having him on the team would make some of the characters get lesser panels too, seems a bit unfair to me, for someone who doesn't struggle in NEL getting a chance in the U20... I don't think Ego wouldn't allow that easily, unless something happens
Remember this is U20 WC, not NEL, the number of subs you can have is just 5 chances. Supposed you wanna have a Loki system where all players got their time, it still wouldn't be enough
Naaaaah kiyora's gonna survive, he just made and assist with kaiser, and he will choose Isagi next to a second assist. Either Toki or Zan will go out, and my very hot take is that both are gonna go out with nanase securing the last spot. Ikaguri is gonna go down as well. We could also get 3 more spots to get a total of 26 players in the U20 team. In that case, my money is that the 3 remaining players will be Sae, cause he's the best japanese player we've seen so far, Ikaguri because he has plot armor, and Nishioka, who is slowly recovering from his injury. I think he will be in the last match and will do something crazy, like getting 1-2 goals or an assist or something to help Nagi and Reo unstuck their gameplan
Imagine we get today's 26-member teams instead, it'd be the life, we can ditch Igaguri and Tokimitsu and have every other relevant character. Well, except for Japan's goalie, screw that guy
Yeh, if Sae wants to play he will; that being said I don't think he would be in the top 23 given how many times Ego has said it. Like if he joined I'd expect him to get the 24th spot for instance. Imagine how sad it would be if Nanase or Kiyora got the 23rd spot being happy and Sae comes in to steal it last minute
Well I say that in the previous and latest video that his chance of joining is unlikely. Sae will likely play in the actual world cup but the U20 is very unlikely. There's been no build up to him joining but if the author wants to change last second if he wants to play he could.
i’m not a fan of kiyora and i really don’t understand why so much of the community has been head over heels for him for so long, there’s sooooooo many i prefer over him for that 23rd spot and just as characters in general
Honestly it was always his design, he has this edgy looking but as a personality he is a bit of a miss. Like his episode Nagi is so fun but main story Kiyora just seems like a watered down version.
The goat still could survive! just needs to score in his match which isn't entirely written off to be fair. Like it's Barcha too, the weakest team, if he has a chance to score now's the time!
I don’t get why Zantetsu is so high ranked. He literally can’t do anything in the Badtard vs PxG match. In truth, he really has good acceleration and that’s all. His shooting is meaningless, since the position he needs to score is too defended zone, so without great in game thinking it is really hard to execute the shot. Acceleration is shown to be useless against meta vision and muscle players, who can either read his movements or block the way towards ball. In high intense matches, passing ability, agility, thinking and reaction are important factors to be competable. Zantetsu has only reaction, while Nanase, Tokimitsu and Kiyora have two of the skills. In terms of storytelling, author didn’t extend Zantetsu’s character well, except in nagi episode.
I rate Zantetsu high simply because he likely will survive. He has a decent salary already and already is in the top 23. So he has an advantage over Nanase and Kiyora with a higher bid so they must overcome his salary. So Kiyora needs to exceed Zantetsus current bid + PXG match which hasn't finished yet, same as Nanase. Like it's not impossible just I don't see both Kiyora and Nanase making it over him. And most of all, Zantetsu has not been built up to get eliminated. If you have 25 talking characters where 2 get eliminated the author would hint or do something more with it. Of those 25, iGaguri is shown to be fine with any salary buy for the 24th person they probably won't be. Nanase has been hinted to get eliminated, etc. And so from a narrative reason there would be more emphasis in his potential elimination when there's no build up.
Also forgot to mention, although he isn't performing the best from an outside perspective he is still doing exactly what Loki asked and that is sprint and pressure more. As for his skills, acceleration is still useful, we've seen Ness feel his pressure in the match and honestly he will be more useful than Nanase. Nanase isn't really needed in the roster because there's someone in blue lock who can do his job better but Zantetsu's acceleration isn't as replaceable. It's also weird to talk about Kiyoras skillset when we haven't even seen him kick a ball in the main story yet.
Yeh, but thematically Kiyora is survivng the borderline and is build up to once again survive. I think if he passed to Isagi he would fail but since Kaiser scored thanks to him that he barely scrapes the final 23rd spot.
@ actually with the performance of igaguri in the newest chapters I think he will make it instead nanase OR kiyora plus he has been in the story since the first selection
Also forgot, I know he is meant to have blue eyes in the thumbnail but he just looked so much better with his edgy black and red colour scheme.
#BringbackemoKiyora
@@goratuti1098 RIP edgelord Kiyora, you will be missed
If they need a third gk just imagine iemon comes back
I intended to upload when spoilers came out because I expected Kiyora to do something this chapter, but alas he still hasn't had his moment. With Episode Nagi 4v4 happening next week I'm guessing we will see him assist either Isagi or Kaiser. Not sure what will happen with Ness in this moment though.
5% chance 100% faith BUDDHA BE PRAISED
Buddha luck always comes in clutch!
@@akiraendojiI want this desperation to survive to make igarashi a monster, Isagi even said that he has a great ego, I feel like he will awaken during PXG game and do something against loki
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0:12 Fukaku got increase due to 2 goalkeepers rule, incase Gagamaru gets injured (unlikely but possible) then there should be someone to replace him
It's meant to be a 3 goalkeeper rule officially, but even if it's a 2 goal keeper limit my issue is that Fukaku is just pure fodder. Like if he was intended to make the roster you'd expect more promo art from him, volume cover, or even any on screen achievement. Like why not have Fukaku save Hiori's shot instead of Sendou. Even though he is the 2nd goal keeper you'd think he'd have more push to make it. You also have to consider that of the 23 players the only 2 below him still debatable to survive is Toki and Zantetsu as Hiori and Raichi will make it. Kiyora is hinted to make the roster so that would mean only 1 of Nanase, Zantetsu or Toki make it. Which is why I think his character is used more as a narrative tool.
@@akiraendoji Oh yeah that makes sense
Nice to hear your predictions once more. Stylish vid, as always. 👍
Thanks!
ngl maybe igaguri or kiyora , igaguri just somehow always finds a way to get into something and kiyora seems to have been locking in from the recent chapter leaks
I am still sad ishikari did not do anything in the nel. He was a good player, comboing with aryu, being used by Rin and Shidou and even stopping Reo's expert passes
Rip tallest highschooler
Yep, such a waste of a character and I expected more from him. He joined the only team in the NEL with 4 reliable CB's; how is he meant to compete. Like if he was on BM or any other team he would've started in at least 1 game
@@akiraendojithat's the thing tho, he should've been prioritized since he's the tallest. If it were up to me, I would use Ishikari before using Aryu(as a main example since both are tall but Ishikari is taller)
@@DopeyTidepod Personally I would've replaced Kurona/Kiyora with Ishikari. Just have Neru take their spot and then have Ishikari + Igaguri as the BM CB's especially since they played together in the 3rd selection.
@akiraendoji good idea, but since Kurona is my favorite bl character, I can't replace him
2:21 this actually makes sense, bcus with the 29 covers we have 6 of them cannot play for japan:ego sae anri Kaiser ness lorenzo, yes saenis a possibility but let's not count him yet
sae is playing for japan no?
I want Hiragi to Make the final cut, Manchine match could use him as the help Nagi needs to evolve, since they had a certain type of rivalry in Episode Nagi. Reo could use him as a second Nagi and it was statted that he was a smart player.
Would be cool especially since the author of the spinoff manga said we would see him in the main story but I doubt it will happen. Having an offscreen performance from a character make the final roster is a bit questionable
@@akiraendoji Yeah i can see that, but to counter this, we've only seen Bachira's performance in One Game, Being this the first One, so the manga Could go Out of the formula and extend What They show us about the Barcha vs Manchine match, instead of usual last Goal.
Mark my words. On reddit i predicted thag Nanase and Hiiragi are broken when the chapter cameout where the 35 came trought the doors. Hiiragi, Nanase and Nishioka will make the cut. Zantetsu, Tokimitsu and Sendo wont make it
Jin Kiyora will do something and make the team and that is facts
For sure, he's been hyped way too long to do nothing. Guessing it will be the next chapter or 2, after we see his skillset more in episode Nagi which comes out later this week
@@akiraendoji fact bro I can wait for my boy Kiyora to show people what he can do I the soccer field
Nah igaguri is going to foul out loki and get 30 mill
@@huejanus1333 now you lost your mind
Watch Nishioka score a hat-trick and get a value of 50m
Nishioka will be 10 place like Messis always nummer😂
He'll fail which I badly hope will happen
Dang, this aged like milk
I think they'll probably pick kiyora since zantetsu is basically a similar role to chigiri. He also has the fact he was hyped up for months compared to the other characters while also being foreshadowed in episode nagi. Would make even more sense now since we just saw his backstory in the leaks. Also out of the other three his style seems the most interesting (everyone hate floppers so forget igarashi). Nanase is way too nice for blue lock and he's kinda mr ordinary without much ego like the other characters. Tokimitsu is too passive while being too similar to raichi. Igarashi is useless.
If there's 26 all important characters and fukaku can make it through to the u20 world cup
Yeh, it's a possibility that it's Fukaku instead of Sae for a 26 man roster. Them all getting 28 million could make it work
I rlly want to see zantetsu shine. Hes being trained by the greatest speedster in football, ud think hed improve because of it
Yeh, I'm thinking that too. Seeing as how he didn't really contribute to Shidou's goal I'm hoping he does more once Loki subs in.
as tokimitsu's biggest fan i have to agree that I feel like the author isnt utilizing him well at all. Sure, he's like kind of around doing small stuff but we have barely seen much out of him. Im really hoping we see some insane moment from him where he like bulldozes through someone like isagi, kunigami, or kaiser or makes an insane play with rin letting rin score
Yeh, I think Toki is just gonna shine later in the match. Like he is a stamina beast, surely he will do more when others get a bit more tired. So far he has been pretty disappointing but judging by Aryu's relevance in the previous game I wouldn't be shocked if he gets sidelined too.
Yeah this is pretty much fully correct I think Kiyora is making it because he has gotten an unnatural amount of screen time in the latest chapters and his backstory has even been revealed to some amount and there are so many damn hints that he is going to make it while Nanase has been hit with the "death flags" over and over.
Yep, Nanase screwing up twice in a row and likely Charles x Rin goal I just think Nanase has been built to be that eliminated character like Naruhaya was.
Here after my GOAT Zantetsu got his volume cover
Spoilers for the latest chapter:
Seems like Kiyora hovers between life and death and with the chapter saying who will Kiyora choose to survive, I'm even more confident that he will survive and once again pass this boundary line between life and death. He will likely get the 23rd spot, as for Nanase i'm still hoping because he is doing better than Toki this game but I just have a gut feeling he will remain 24th where maybe Kiyora gets 30 and Nanase 29.
It might have a Nagi cover as his comeback and revenge with his ego or a Bachira cover getting his first ego league win
I don't see Nagi getting a second cover before someone like Isagi does especially since that match will likely be off screened too.
There are so many players with untapped potential in the lower ranks of blue lock its crazy heck even monk might awaken
Good video👍, but for me, top 5 to get the final spot is either
1. Aomori messi
2. Hiiragi
3. Zantetsu
4. Tokimitsu
5. Kiyora
Anyway, I hope akira endoji play in this game!!!
messi?
I hope Hiiragi will make it too. He is so sick in the nagi spin off!! And the joke with messi guy must go on aswell. Zantetsu shouldnt make it. He is cool but we allready have a fast character, so a new weapon would be great too. Tokimitsu is a tank i like him. For me jyubei shouldnt make it also...
@@TheReptain hiragi > nagi
@@TheReptain aryu is ight i guess
@@sonseed7541there is a very mysterious character who is referred to as aomoris messi but we have never seen him play
W video bro always cooking with high quality It sucked
that kiyora didn't do crap today tho
Yeh, I delayed this video for a week because I thought he would at least touch the ball from his hype lmao. Oh well, he's at least built up to do something more impactful soon
@akiraendoji idk why but I really hate him having a sad backstory not everyone needs a sob story yk but I love his sword shirt tho
@@JustTsukiPookie It wasn't really a sad backstory, it was just context to his thought process and mentality
@@uso2926 ik but it felt like they were tryna make us feel sad for him
This is how you expand Neru’s abilities and make him sorta relevant…just send him to Manshine City. He has chemistry with Niou and his abilities fit in with M.C. Rush style. Also, Manshine suffers in their defensive line so Neru can chase down players and lock up other fast players or players with good dribbling
The sad thing is the Neru would've been fodder on Manshine too like Niou. The only benefit would be that he would likely play an actual game.
Do you have a link for that colored photo at 0:04 ?
Rin is 16 though? He's just younger than Isagi
@@akiraendojiI think you replied to wrong comment
Love your thumbnails man keep it up 👍
Thanks!
0:49 did i just saw itoshi sae in unlikely category? 😅( i mean he may not play for japan, but i really want him there too 😢)
Yeh, at least for now. Would be cool to see him but there doesn't seem to be any indication of him playing in the U20 world cup; feels like Ego or the author wouldve mentioned him by now.
@@akiraendoji yeah, but I hope atleast we will see more of him in the future atleast 😀
Bro predicted Igarashi getting volume 32💀
To be fair, we're running out of characters and so he was bound to get one
I love your videos bro! Keep it up!
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As much as I want Nanase to get the last spot, I think Kiyora will get it, likely with only 1 to 2 million more than Nanase will have.
Yeh, same. I'm thinking that Nanase will overtake Fukaku with a 29mil offer and be happy that he thinks he made it only for Kiyora to overtake both Fukaku's and Nanase's offers with 30mil. That leaving Nanase with rank 24 once again where just like he said in the match, if Rin doesn't become the hero of the game their ranks won't improve. Which i'm guessing Toki will keep his rank 20 spot too then.
a random thought is Nanase’s cover doesnt follow the regular conventions with the background being white instead of his aura/eye colour. This could mean nothing or smth
Yeh, his white is unconventional especially when characters ego's usually are the same as their eye colour so you'd expect violet. I think it's more to do with his a blank canvas and starting to find his new defined ego which is why there's a bit of green in it
White Is his aura color. Aura colors can also not be their eye or hair color just like Nagi and Isagi
@@Greenjolty I mean Isagi is the special case of being the mc, Sae is the special case of matching Rin since they’re related and Nagi’s aura is Black its just also blue sometimes cause black is difficult to detail sometimes
@@Greenjolty Yeh, there's some special cases like those 2 but in general the side characters like Hiori, Kurona, Yuki, etc. all match between their aura and eye colours. Nanase's being white is weird so I'm curious what the anime will show since we know he enters flow in the 3rd selection match
@@akiraendoji I think the aura color is reflected to his name. Nanase has nana in it which means seven and nijiro if you don't look at the kanji means rainbow color. Since he isn't important enough to have a rainbow colored aura, white is a solid choice since it's the reflection of all colors
I feel like lgaguri would not make the top 23 but still be able to get an offer and take it in order to escape the temple
Yep, that seems like the most likely option which I don't mind. Would love to see him make the u20 world cup but I think him not making it is fine. (Hoping he makes the actual world cup though)
Yeah I like his character
rin just cost nanase his chance in the latest chapter 💀
you cooked with this one. between kiyora, igaguri, and nanase, i think nanase is getting eliminated. if kiyora gets an impressive assist then i think he can clear 28mill easy. hiori played for like 5 minutes and got a super assist for 20 mill, if kiyora does something similar in a higher level game + plays for longer then a 30 mill salary is definitely on the cards.
like you say, nanase is the character that would get the biggest emotional reaction for being eliminated, and rin has already said he’d ditch him he needs to.
my crackpot theory is that igaguri will have a defensive showing good enough to get a 29mill salary, landing him the 24th spot. for the offers to mean something beyond being a ranking system, someone should take an offer and leave blue lock, opening up a spot for the 24th ranked player to make the U-20 team: igaguri 😈
Honestly even with an assist 28mil isn't easy. We know goals are 30-50 and assists are a bit less than that and so if Kiyora gets the final spot i.e. exceeds the boundary line he will barely beat it with approx 30mil.
If he gets the 24th and someone steps down like Shidou, it would be so funny and his buddha luck kicks in once again.
@@akiraendoji agreed, i don’t think there’s any way for kiyora to make it that won’t feel at least a little contrived. barou presumably got 2 goals vs manshine and his bid only went up 20 mill iirc, fukaku is a bum compared to gagamaru but he got a 28 mill salary in pretty much one game. i think the level of play will be taken into account for this round of bids so they’ll be inflated compared to before, it’s been stated that this is the highest level match that any of the blue lockers have been a part of so far so an impressive showing here could be worth more to the pro clubs?
concidering what you mentioned - I have feeling that Igaguri will force foul in dangerous zone, that his team will put to good use (that makes goal contribution). Later in game he will make tactic foul on either Shidou, Rin or Loki, where he will receive yellow card but will stop what would make 3-2 goal for PXG thus getting high salary.
Akira has uploaded today, will be a good day
that would actually be a good solution 1:03
Yeh, I'm hoping it is simply because I love Nanase and don't want him to get eliminated. It would also be funny if Igaguri lucks his way onto the roster once again.
Damn i just realised this video is from 3 months ago,and he predicted this game will end at 278,we are at that chapter,and goal for 2 2 just been scored,we arent going anywhere anytime soon😭
Yeh, this match is taking it's time lmao. Final goal won't be until end of the year too (minimum 7 more chapters for the volume) so yeh..
Kinda feel disappointed by the character development in this arc. The only characters not talked about in the third selection that have done anything or gotten development are from bastard. Would been cool if some guy from barcha could've came and we would've been like who is this guy or another guy of these sleepers being a late join to the number 1 guy potential but it's just bastard players and nobody else and the games are static and the player dev feels so predictable
The thing with Volume covers are they can be other players then the blu3 lovkers. And its not inpossible that Noel noah or Loki gets their, meaning the 3 new covers could be Noa then Loki then Charles. Making it still a possibility
Yeh, it's not impossible; I just don't think they would give volume covers to Noa and Loki if the other 3 master strikers didn't get them and I'm expecting them to get volume covers later when the world cup comes later. It could be Charles, Loki, Noa but I just don't see Zantetsu not making it without any build up for his elimination.
Ima be so honest, I clicked cause of the art style of your thumbnails 😅
Ofc, thumbnails carry the channel hard lmao
Imagine after Kiyora passes to Kaizer, if he just steals the ball back and scoring his own goal
Lol you're right
Nah Zantetsu's built up to do something soon and actively contributing. Toki though, no defending as he's been a ghost this match. Zan hasn't been built to get elimianted either but Toki and Nanase have
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peaple can still get an offer that can give them another chance to make the national team if the story does a club arc then a world cup finale
Yep, unlike the previous eliminations if someone like Nanase or Igaguri get eliminated they still will go pro which is a better fate than someone like Naruhaya. Like they could improve and by the time the actual world cup comes which will have 26 players they can join it.
why is sae not confirmed to play in the u-20 wc?
It's not confirmed, there's just been 0 implication that he will play. We've been hinted to the top 23 for ages that if Sae does play it would feel weird the author wouldn't mention it yet. Like why show the characters upset if they get 24th and not 23rd. Like imagine Kiyora or Nanase gets the 23rd spot and then Sae decides to play and steal their spot anyway. Would just be weird narrative wise, unless he becomes the 24th person.
@@akiraendoji Yeah but maybe theres a 24th spot reserved for Sae? Especially with the likes of Shidou and Isagi whom Sae acknowledged, he "should" feel motivated to play (at least I hope so :D). I feel like it would make sense too, especially with the immense competition in the WC including the demons Kaiser and Loki, and the Japan team would be almost indestructible with Sae orchestrating the midfield...
What if kyora, nanase,fukaku draw at 28 million
Definitely a possibility, could be a 3 or 4 way tie for the 26 man roster, and instead of Sae it's Fukaku just so they have a backup
I can guarantee Sae is part of the u20 because him playing with rin together is the best way to continue their storyline
Hiiragi will make it !! I believe in him. He is a mix of 2 broken characters. He must survive. To have 2 nagis or 2 isagi is better then having one. Also his prediction skill would be great to see whats ggoing on on the field💪🏻
It would be nice but I think it's unlikely, hopefully we see him again though since he was fun and the episode nagi creator said we'd see him again.
@@akiraendoji i hope that too. He is my favourite character xD
brand new akira endoji vdeo, this is boutta bust
You got to consider that this ongoing match is the finale between the strongest teams. The bids for these teams will be inflated, any play would have great value as it would contribute to determining the winner of the Nel
Inflation is a possibility, but we haven't really seen it in previous rounds. Like Kiyora will likely survive with 30mil with a bit of inflation since BM win but it shouldn't impact the salaries too much.
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igarashi is gonna plot armor his way to the U20
Yep, he's just built that way. But I think it's more likely he will be a water boy for now; expecting him to actually make the world cup though
Ive been recently thinking that if some characters miss the top 23 for the u20 wc, they might get in the rooster later as a replacement for injuries that could happen like Chigiri getting injured at his leg or Yukimiya's eye problems getting worse causing him to leave the squad, i exepect Chigiri that at one point to suffer an injury at his leg that can lead to him retire, we already got some sad moments like Naruhayas elimination or Kunigami initially not making it and i expect in the next years of the blue lock manga that things like this will happen.
Chigiri getting injured again means he'd be locked off and I don't think the author will get rid of his character
Well I doubt Chigiri will be forced to retire in the U20 world cup (the actual world cup there's an actual chance though). There's always a case someone like Shidou doesn't play or something happens to a player. Like maybe Gagamaru gets injured and Fukaku gets pulled up from the preliminary squad.
Personally id put Fukaku in the same tier as kiyora nanase and Igarashi. Mainly because no way his probability of survival is lower than igarashi's
That's fair, I just don't see Fukaku making it. Of the 23 he just seems to be the one that will miss out, and I think Igaguri has a higher chance than him. But tbh neither will make it unless the top 26 happens
Tokimistu and zantestu will be sent to english and france after prince and loki take interest in them and see them in the world cup
That way sae and kiyora can join the top 23 aftet helping kunigami score a super goal
(Igaguri would never work in world cup)
After reading the latest chapter, my theory is that Ness will awaken and Kiyora will take ness's side and help him to score or the opposite could happen.
I’m a big fan of Nishioka if he doesn’t make it after all that mystery that would be such a waste
Yeh, unfortunately he's just a gag character. At least with episode Nagi we will see him play on Manshine.
I think igaguri will block a shidou shot wit kuni might give him some value im hoping they play some mean defense on both sides after rin scores and loki gotta pop out and show off would be goat if he blocks shots from all three loki shidou and rin and they give him a gag value like 50 mil or the 30 threshold
I love Igaguri so I'd love that but 50mil is too much but 30 would be funny especially if he gets the final spot. However, I just don't think it's likely even if he baits Rin to foul or even stop Shidou or Loki. Wishing the best for him but since he will only have a few chapters I'm not sure if he can do too much.
After looking at the translation again, i noticed something. The top 23 AUTOMATICALLY join. This means that there could be ways for others to make it who are not in the top 23.
Yep, there could be external reasons for example Sae. He won't be included in the top 23 but if he does indeed join the U20 world cup they will do some external reasoning.
to be honest the only anime/manga i have see where non imp characters look this good is blue lock all the characters look like an mc here which is how it cuz all are top 300 in the players
Crazy 0.0001% plot twist: Nagi/Reo doesnt make it for not being able to change, opening space for either Nanase or Kiyora
That's potentially true but I'm a firm Nagi hattrick believer so I doubt it. Sorry Nanase :(
I like Zantetsu and even if he is just used for comic relief I fully believe he can also be usefull in matches. So I would prefer if he was the one picked, the author however likes the monk for some reason and probably will have him stay
I don’t care. I still want Akira to make it haha
You and me both, just hoping that after BM score the next goal Loki gets inspired and subs him in to replace a PXG CB seeing as they are useless. If he doesn't even sub into the game i'm going to be so disappointed.
25:07 bro didn’t even get Kiyora’s name right😂
I’m assuming Kiyora is gonna get the final spot or steal a spot from a player in the top 23, because it just seems so strange to me that he hasn’t been used yet. He is getting his moment in the episode Nagi manga and I believe he will probably score/assist isagi or kaiser tbh.
I just don’t see a point in hyping him up right before the team is set and having him get eliminated. Not to mention he has a manga cover, which I don’t think he’d get one if he wasn’t going to be relevant at some point.
Yeh, Kiyora will likely make the top 23. Judging by the spoilers for next chapter it seems like he will assist either Isagi and Kaiser and since his character always survives the boundary line; it seems like he is set up to once again survive with the final spot.
sae isn't playing u20. he'll play for national team if japan wins u20wc
I have a crazy theory to that but I'mma say it anyway. I think Sae and Shidou will switch their nationality therefore leaving two extra spots for Igaguri and Nanase. As crazy as this sounds it's highly possible as Sae was always meant to play against his brother and possibly biggest rival, his nonchalant attitude towards his national football federation and Japan in general, let's not forget how ready he was to leave the game of u20 after literally the first half of the game. And for Shidou, this man is biggest opportunist you'll ever see, he doesn't care about anything except making sure to "leave a trace" of his existence through scoring. (I could make a point about his visual design and "foreigner" attitude and his fake tan but these are not solid arguments). To sum it up, these two were outsiders from the very beginning not being able to fit in anywhere, however, they were able to spark a twisted chemical reaction that made them outsiders together and for that I think that it will make a lot of sense for the plot and the development of individual characters fir this to happen + there's no way Igaguri's missing the world cup and the the mangaka will sure kick these two out to grant his favourite boy a spot. Thank you for reading my theory and I'm looking forward to y'all's thoughts.
Nah they cant switch their nationality just like that,they need to be half Japanesse half other country to do that
I trust kiyora to win the spot and finally shine🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yep, Kiyora stocks are rising and he isn't done cooking yet!
Hope they make it 26 or Shidou goes to play for France 😅
Not sure how Shidou playing for france would work since he's born in Japan/Tokyo but I'm hoping for 26 too; would love to see Igaguri also join the roster
@akiraendoji he would get married with Charles and get France nationality 🤣
What happens if we get a tie for 23rd?
Honestly I'm not sure, I can't read Japanese so can't check the official meaning but in the english version at least it just mentions the 23 highest bids at least in the 3rd and 4th round offers. So if there is a tie for the final spot maybe the roster expands like I think can happen or maybe Ego has other plans for what happens.
19:22 you are spot on
Nah he will, but surprisingly it may not be from Ness; maybe Kiyora with another assist
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When does otoya score?
Barca vs PXG offscreen
He scored the second goal for Barcha in the PXG game
i think Sae will already be a japan senior national team level and may refuse the invite
Yeh, I'm leading to believe he will turn down the offer not exactly sure why but I think it's more likely he's save for the Re Al team arc and world cup then adding him here.
Either Tokimitsu & Raichi should pass. They need another defender. The same goes with Zantetsu, since they also lack wingers/full backs
Yep, Toki's still up in the air but so far we have so little defensive players that someone like Zantetsu and Raichi are needed
Tour video Is very interesting
I really want Zantetsu to make it. He deserves it but he might not make the cut cuz I have a theory the author doesn't like him. He had multiple opportunities to use Zantetsu but didn't like when Chigiri got subbed off in the U20 game for example. I would've subbed Zantetsu instead of Hiori(at the time). Then there's the fact he's not being trained by Loki(as far as we know). Lastly, Zantetsu was the only character to not have any new promo art or be on any marketing for Episode Nagi when he is a main character in it. We literally got Rin promo and he's not even in it(if he is then barely). Also hope Raichi makes the cut although I'm not worried since he's been doing really good so far.
Well Raichi is playing great so far so he should be locked in.
Zantetsu's a bit harder to guess but I still think it's more likely than not that he will survive. I'm confused by the promo art stuff because Zantetsu has has quite a lot of promo with stuff like the episode Nagi movie, being on one of the volume covers and all the colour spreads. Even in the latest episode nagi chapter he has a decent amount of screen time.
@@akiraendoji oh no, I meant promo for the Episode Nagi Movie mb 😅 at least I haven't seen anything
Shidou at 95-99% meanwhile shittigami at 100% is FOUL never even touch a list again.
That was my previous predictions simply because I thought there's a chance (although slim) that Shidou willingly doesn't play for the U20 world cup. But having a 99% and 100% is extremely similar and both should make the team.
Nah... Sae joining would be less likely to happen... Dude can bench and outshine some of the midfielders there including Hiori, Reo, Kurona, and more... Not to mention all forwards characters that are forced to be midfielders too... Having him on the team would make some of the characters get lesser panels too, seems a bit unfair to me, for someone who doesn't struggle in NEL getting a chance in the U20... I don't think Ego wouldn't allow that easily, unless something happens
Remember this is U20 WC, not NEL, the number of subs you can have is just 5 chances. Supposed you wanna have a Loki system where all players got their time, it still wouldn't be enough
I mean I already put Sae in unlikely to play in the U20 world cup, and I don't think he will either.
Naaaaah kiyora's gonna survive, he just made and assist with kaiser, and he will choose Isagi next to a second assist. Either Toki or Zan will go out, and my very hot take is that both are gonna go out with nanase securing the last spot. Ikaguri is gonna go down as well. We could also get 3 more spots to get a total of 26 players in the U20 team. In that case, my money is that the 3 remaining players will be Sae, cause he's the best japanese player we've seen so far, Ikaguri because he has plot armor, and Nishioka, who is slowly recovering from his injury. I think he will be in the last match and will do something crazy, like getting 1-2 goals or an assist or something to help Nagi and Reo unstuck their gameplan
If tokimitsu gets confident everyone’s cooked
Sendou for the GK position💪🏼
wouldn't it be funny if igarashi be the second goalkeeper for japan XDD
ma boy zantetsu got a cover!!! :DDD
bachira hattrick like isagi hattrick- also neru defends zantetsu
rin is assisting shidou- and no master subs
I can't be the only one who thinks that Shidou won't play for Japan
Imagine we get today's 26-member teams instead, it'd be the life, we can ditch Igaguri and Tokimitsu and have every other relevant character. Well, except for Japan's goalie, screw that guy
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Sae would defo go in but if he doesn't wanna play for Japan then ye
Yeh, if Sae wants to play he will; that being said I don't think he would be in the top 23 given how many times Ego has said it. Like if he joined I'd expect him to get the 24th spot for instance. Imagine how sad it would be if Nanase or Kiyora got the 23rd spot being happy and Sae comes in to steal it last minute
Bruh, Sae is NOT gonna play for Japan 😭
Well I say that in the previous and latest video that his chance of joining is unlikely. Sae will likely play in the actual world cup but the U20 is very unlikely. There's been no build up to him joining but if the author wants to change last second if he wants to play he could.
I hope its Tokimitsu, i can't believe he was top 3 and now he is just nowhere relevant, even Aryu did something.
i’m not a fan of kiyora and i really don’t understand why so much of the community has been head over heels for him for so long, there’s sooooooo many i prefer over him for that 23rd spot and just as characters in general
Honestly it was always his design, he has this edgy looking but as a personality he is a bit of a miss. Like his episode Nagi is so fun but main story Kiyora just seems like a watered down version.
You forgor the goat aomori messi nishioka. The biggest fraud🤣
The goat still could survive! just needs to score in his match which isn't entirely written off to be fair. Like it's Barcha too, the weakest team, if he has a chance to score now's the time!
Aomori messi
I don’t get why Zantetsu is so high ranked. He literally can’t do anything in the Badtard vs PxG match. In truth, he really has good acceleration and that’s all. His shooting is meaningless, since the position he needs to score is too defended zone, so without great in game thinking it is really hard to execute the shot. Acceleration is shown to be useless against meta vision and muscle players, who can either read his movements or block the way towards ball. In high intense matches, passing ability, agility, thinking and reaction are important factors to be competable. Zantetsu has only reaction, while Nanase, Tokimitsu and Kiyora have two of the skills.
In terms of storytelling, author didn’t extend Zantetsu’s character well, except in nagi episode.
I rate Zantetsu high simply because he likely will survive.
He has a decent salary already and already is in the top 23. So he has an advantage over Nanase and Kiyora with a higher bid so they must overcome his salary. So Kiyora needs to exceed Zantetsus current bid + PXG match which hasn't finished yet, same as Nanase. Like it's not impossible just I don't see both Kiyora and Nanase making it over him.
And most of all, Zantetsu has not been built up to get eliminated. If you have 25 talking characters where 2 get eliminated the author would hint or do something more with it. Of those 25, iGaguri is shown to be fine with any salary buy for the 24th person they probably won't be. Nanase has been hinted to get eliminated, etc. And so from a narrative reason there would be more emphasis in his potential elimination when there's no build up.
Also forgot to mention, although he isn't performing the best from an outside perspective he is still doing exactly what Loki asked and that is sprint and pressure more. As for his skills, acceleration is still useful, we've seen Ness feel his pressure in the match and honestly he will be more useful than Nanase. Nanase isn't really needed in the roster because there's someone in blue lock who can do his job better but Zantetsu's acceleration isn't as replaceable.
It's also weird to talk about Kiyoras skillset when we haven't even seen him kick a ball in the main story yet.
Akira endoji :(
Truly unfortunate, at this point just hoping he subs in
I personally think nanase to get the spot because he already has a salary but Kiyora is starting from zero
Yeh, but thematically Kiyora is survivng the borderline and is build up to once again survive. I think if he passed to Isagi he would fail but since Kaiser scored thanks to him that he barely scrapes the final 23rd spot.
@ actually with the performance of igaguri in the newest chapters I think he will make it instead nanase OR kiyora plus he has been in the story since the first selection
zantentsu isn't doing anything in pxg and he and tokimitsu didn't show any progess since bluelock selection arc i don't feel like they will survive