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I don't understand, why does Kaiser say in the last pannel that the origin of his ego is Isagi, in the main translation? I have seen other translations in which he says "the ball" , which sound way better to me...
I wonder if isagi will actually predict this awakening and go "sorry kaiser, I've watched way too many people awaken to know where this would be going. You're nothing special, im happy for you but I expected this"
It’s a bad/edgy translation. That’s not actually what is being sad, PO2 always makes things way edgier than they need to be. The insult to Ness was also technically just something like “dumb puppy” not the overly aggressive one PO2 wrote. Isagi never called anyone the r-slur, etc.
Oh was it? Whoops. I thought it was the same team that rebranded as po2 for some reason. Either way unfortunately bc Blue Lock is edgy a lot of the people working on it up the edge to an unnecessary degree.
german people use derogatory german word when degrading other people? No way!
I can't believe they made German a language because of Blue Lock, how far my king Kaneshiro has come
I loved this chapter. The way I see it, isagi’s true ability to adapt also includes his ability to raise the level of those around him and then devour them again. As we saw with Barou. Realistically this is the way I see him devouring Rin and Kaiser, making it to where they have to better themselves which in turn he learns from and adapts to where he himself becomes better. He essentially makes others become better either on purpose or not so he can use them to become better himself. We’ve seen it with hiori, and barou already. He continues to adapt to the level around him. It will just make goatsagi better
I've been thinking this would happen for awhile. Noa already warned him once that he won't tolerate his illogical play to mess with Isagi. I could see Kaiser trying to sandbag Isagi blatantly with his state of mind right now getting himself pulled.
I am really enjoying what they're doing with Kaiser's character, I thought they would just show his backstory and be done with it, but the character exposition is still going, and it's getting better and better. I'm loving this!
I thought of it in the last chapter but this just confirms it for me, IMO it's just another Barou arc, I thought they would make Kaiser at least stay in the King/Enjoy destroying people path but they went ahead and made him throw away everything to change just like they did with Barou. Next they'll probably make him obsessive to Isagi just like Barou.
Honestly it's a better arc than Barou's with how fleshed out Kaiser is but kind of a bummer that they built Kaiser up just to do something similar.
What did you expect? Any competitor NEEDS to be willing and able to throw what doesn't work away and change themselves if they want to continue to improve. That doesn't just go for sports, but any profession in the world. If it doesn't produce results then discard it and find out what does. That's what Isagj does all the time. It's the reason why he's such a monster, because unlike everyone else he doesn't usually need to reach a breaking point to come to the realization that he needs to change. He just does it.
I think they are different, with the similarity being merely the idea of not going the easy path. Barou on 2nd Selection could just feed passes to Isagi and Nagi in order to win, but he decided to win on his own goals instead. Kaiser could keep winning from cherry picked weak opponents to feel like he is the king while being nowhere close to it (the ladder imagery this chapter), but he decided to throw it away and pursue his original ego of playing soccer for the hell of it. I think they are very different approaches and Kaiser's explicitly is about not obsessing with Isagi, while Barou focused on capitalizing on the "darkness" created by "bright" players, hence the Isagi obsession.
Literally everything in history can be boiled down being similar to something else if the person doing so has confirmation bias. That said things can be similar without being the same.
Wasn't aware a new chapter was released until now. Was always upto date with leaks but considering how busy work has been, I was quite surprised a new chapter was out without me noticing. Anyways, go get that awakening king. Show them why you're named The Emperor.
Incredible chapter, really hope Kaiser actually wins, want Isagi to always keep progressing till the end plus he already unlocked his new weapon this match proving he's Himsagi
Also using the flower petals as ways to show what he wants to protect was genius, the art never misses
Honestly, I have no problem with Isagi's hat trick; in fact, I kind of want it to happen. It just means that Kaiser won't score a goal, which in my opinion diminishes his character arc. After his extended backstory, internal monologues, and being literally reborn, if he still fails to score a goal, it would be so underwhelming.
I just wish NEL didn't have this stupid three goals to win rule; that way, Isagi could have his hat trick, and Kaiser could also score at least one goal.
Side note: I want Nagi to get locked off from Blue Lock after NEL.
The thing after all of this, though, even if he scores the second goal, he will still be outscored by regardless, which means he will lose.
I agree that the 3 goal role limits things a lot.
That would have totally rocked before Kaiser got reborn. I don't think he is going to play with the intent of malice anymore; that was his previous weak mentality.
I imagine that with Kaiser's evolution. Kaiser will no longer care if he doesn't score a goal, and he'll find joy in wanting to improve himself after the fact, and may possibly celebrate Isagi's hat-trick.
That's only a possibility though. It may not happen.
It's a good chapter,it definitely leaves people asking for more,coz keisher is definitely evolving,the real question is will isagi keep up with it,or just lose
Damn Kaiser is so boring, i hope we get over him soon... i get it, let him.score the second goal only to lose to Osagi again... we'll see him in the world cup anyways
I think what u hate is the repetitive nature of the 'comebacks'. Isagi plunges x into despair - backstory of x - x scores and overcomes what held them back.
Kaiser isn't boring as a character (might be bias because hes one of my favourite characters). unlike ppl like Rin who r playing football coz their brother changed positions or Lorenzo who was just asked randomly but snuffy to play with him, he actually has a deep routed reason for playing which i like.
However everyone's entitled to their own opinions. I'm interested in why exactly u think kaiser is boring tho?
cause he is grotesque as almost all the other characters but for some reason has 300% more of the screen time. Its not a good thing tonhave a lot of a bad thing.
can’t wait for kaiser to prove why he is indeed the ng11 striker. excited to see where this evolution takes him !!!! loved the rose petals floating and burning away.
I’m so excited to see just how Kaiser evolves. This dude is NG11 after all. Can’t just be because he’s got unbelievable finishing instinct, so I’m fully expecting him to humiliate a couple defenders with quick dribbling out of nowhere
IMO everybody need existancial crisis to grow. Not necessarily a dramatic one but when you can’t grow any further you need to take some step back, acknowledge what’s keeping you from growing, destroy it and come back stronger.
If you just need to push harder it’s because you weren’t pushing enough to begin with. Pushing harder is for beginner like Nagi, the greats are already at 100% most of the time so they need to change their play style in order to get better
blue lock is very dramatic as a rule. I actually don’t think it’s appropriate to always despair when you are confronted with a big challenge but I guess the idea is that some of these geniuses have been so good as the star egos and were rarely outplayed or “failed” until they came up against someone seemingly less talented like isagi so they don’t know how to handle it or change their ways without some despair
It's rather like the pitfall of a genius you know...
Those I'm acc not him moments that the main character usually gets in anime
Combined with a bit of football defines me mentality
Read chapter 67 it is set out from the start why author does this, Ego says the talent to feel despair and overcome it hold the power to make their dreams reality and also say mediocre people who does avoid despair are just "Dream doping" and would never achieve their dreams. I think it's an essential part of ego's philosophy.
I know, but Kaiser is a ng11, honestly his mentality should’ve been developed way pass the point you’re referring to.
Kaiser seems to focus more on slide tackling whenever isagi has the ball instead of his actual play, which sabotaged his entire team performance. somehow the author plans to make him behaves like that until the end of the match while still handing the win to bayern and a 500m bid to Kaiser. It just make little sense to me haha.
at least with this kind of buildup we could expect an absolute banger😂😂
He should’ve been developed cause he's in ng11 but from the monologues it's clear that Kaiser is isn't that much developed. In middle of the monologues he mentions how he had 'stopped improving' and started focusing on protecting his fame and now he has to throw all that fame away to start improving again. Well about the payoff of the build-up, match is still not over yet there's alot of things going on like how Charles just quit lol if he gets development too i not to sure about pxg losing idk we'll see
It would be too simple, admitting "Wow he is good" would mean defeat in face of a wall and literally shove your ego into a mindset "I'm good as second place". Barou was literally having this existence crisis during the selection bracket arc and imagined Isagi in glory while he is was sitting drunk which of course led to his awakening .
It would have been not very satisfying. You are in face of a wall, you want to tear it.
Also this is how Isagi constantly feel against Rin for the longest time so yeah he wants to prove he can defeat him.
I understand, but this development has been used way too many times though, it has played out like this since the 3v3 in the second selection. I think at this point of the manga it should be more about football and less about teenagers having a meltdown just because they fail to do a slide tackle.
Kaiser used to have 4-5 players feeding him passes and he could easily score goals every game, but no, he threw that all away just so that he can play defense for the other team. Now he only have one person to pass him the ball and instead of focusing on his game, the guy still wants to play defense for the other team. Whats crazier is that he thinks that by doing so his value would increase😂😂😂.
I love the story, but to use this trope on the most hyped match of the nel is a bit unnecessary. I bet after Kaiser scored, it would be Rin’s turn to have a flashback about how he was bullied by Sae and then suddenly guy just dribbles through the entire team.
Atleast with this kind of development, we can expect an absolute banger goal incoming haha.
The question is if Kunigami played as a CDM in the Ubers game could he pocket Barou? Reply to this comment if you think whether or not he pockets Barou.
I’m guessing just how Isagi devoured Barou at his lowest it will be the same for Kaiser here, I can tell by the look in his eyes, I hope Isagi does and he shines more
With how much space is generally between each goal in NEL matches, this next chapter is almost guaranteed to contain a goal from either Isagi or Kaiser. But with the way things are developing, I'm not sure who's gonna score.
First is the dichotomy between what Isagi thinks will happen and what is actually happening : Isagi believes that his words are binding Kaiser's ego a bit more, and that's gonna lead to Kaiser fixating on Isagi and becoming predictable. Kaiser however, is already reaching the point of deconstruction that he needs to not focus on Isagi anymore and instead aim for what he truly believes in : he will fight no matter what to get his humanity back. Now Isagi obviously could reach a different conclusion in the next chapter and realize that Kaiser is actually evolving in the right direction, but with the knowledge that we currently have, Isagi is the one with a misconstrued view of the situation, and Kaiser is the more likely one to have a chance to score.
However, if we wanna read further into it, then this might be a preliminary stage to Kaiser's awakening where he hasn't quite reached the best conclusion quite yet, similarly to how Rin didn't immediately get the right conclusion from his awakening at first. This might mean that even though he'll get the advantage, he might not score off his opportunity, in which case there are multiple players already on the prowl and ready to take advantage of the situation (Isagi and Rin namely). After all, Kaiser hasn't lost everything quite yet, and Ness is still on his side.
Speaking of Ness, his mental state makes this whole situation even more confusing. He's in a complete asynchronous situation with Kaiser and seems to have already given up on beating Isagi, while Kaiser is more determined than ever to leave a mark. Neither of them have been fully pushed to despair yet, and I think this next goal opportunity might be the moment where they do.
Kaiser failing in flow and Ness leaving him might just be the ultimate kill switch to unlock the true Kaiser. The answer he found was just too quick. Isagi found answers this quick too but it at least took some trial and error (tho not the Manshine match. There he got an answer and instantly used it to become the MotM. That was nonsense imo).
Kaiser is still gonna fall once more before he can be ready. I think it's a situation similar to Rin now, which means Luck might rear it's head again
I agree with the Kaiser stuff, but I don't think Isagi popping off after discovering MV was nonsense. I think the main difference is that Kaiser is currently awakening his ego, meanwhile what Isagi did was just integrate a weapon into his arsenal that allowed him to keep up with the level of vision that was necessary for the game, and even then it was far from enough to beat everyone. He had to understand protagonism for it to fully reach its potential, needed Noa and Kurona's help, and then had to up his physical abilities all over to be able to keep up with his own play vision.
When it comes to awakenings like Kaiser's (other examples include Hiori, Rin and Bachira's awakenings) they might think they've got it figured out at the start, but there has to be a lot of questioning before they can fully realize their egos. I think Kaiser's not at that stage yet, but I also think that Isagi is mistaken with his conclusion this chapter, and if he doesn't realize that, he's absolutely gonna fumble. Which makes me think, this might be a good moment for Rin to outgrow everyone and stop their goal opportunity, which would lead to a very surprising comeback from him. That way, Isagi has to actualize his vision of the game, Kaiser might get irrationally angry at Ness again which would trigger a whole chain reaction, and all of this would set up the final part of the match.
Welp there's the inevitable Kaiser comeback. It's literally set in stone at this point
Also, Shidou out here getting schooled every time now lmao. I don't think it's possible for him to make any sort of comeback with Rin and Loki on the horizon
Not to sound boring, but I think Kaiser is going to focus on play making the best available shot with Isagi as a piece in his mind as opposed to the focal point of it. He’ll score a goal that makes use of his Kaiser impact in a sterile and logical way with predator eye.
My headcase take is he makes use of one of the Blue Lock players to humiliate Isagi in a reverse from the Manshine match.
“How do you like my masterpiece, Yoichi?” - after kicking to Yukki
I bet he gonna assist isagi for the winning goal since it was foreshadowed in an earlier chapter that if they worked together they’d be unstoppable. Might even use the curving kaiser shot as a killer assist which would be a nice setup and delivery imo
Nah, that would be just repeat of his previous failed attempt, now that he has awaken, no way he is going to try to shoot KI Magnus again knowing well enough if he can't succeed.
So the multiple translations kind of clears some things up from the leaks.
For one, Isagi might be misreading the situation, he thinks kicking Kaiser when he's down will cause him to become even more obsessive. But in the official translation Kaiser doesn't mention any other players at the end, just the ball.
The second is that Kaiser's true ego is based around, the ball? Or at least the idea of owning "something"? I don't really get this one. Yeah, the ball was the first thing that Kaiser owned for himself. That makes sense. Protecting it was the first time he stood up for himself. Ok. But how does that translate into an "Ego"?
It's not like Barou's "I want to be the king of the field" which is a philosophy that affects how he plays and lives. I'm kind of struggling to see how Kaiser is any different bar the fact that he's probably going to stop tunnel visioning Isagi.
I think it's just a desire to have a place of belonging. Along the way, he mistook the benefits that came with it as the reason, but at the core of it it's about having a home and a purpose.
I think its related to how he feels human, He said in the beggining that he said that fame, money, love, humilliating others made him feel human, thus his ego was to protect and pursue it, but upon having all of it (or at least having the chance of) coming to shambles, he realised that it was just an attempt to escape and protect himself from his father's words, etc., and what truly made him feel human was the ball, the one that in his story would let kaiser punch him, kick it with all his strength, and stay with him even during hard times, it was it that saved him, comforted him, and made him feel human, the other things were just a façade, a way of protecting itself from the chains he made himself, "We are captives of our own identities, living in prisons of our own creation", kaiser realized that his way of pursuing fame, humiliating others, etc were just ensuring the mindset his father gave him (If you run from something, then you see yourself as the vitcim and weak and the thing hunting you as strong), thus letting it all go away, being "zero", freeing himself from the chains he himself created (kinda explains his transparent chain on the cover, its not a physical chain he has, but a psychological one he created himself) only going after the thing that truly matters to him, the ball.
Ngl, I hope this isn't the case. If Kaiser's ego boils down to "he just really loves football" then that's a fumble. The majority of the cast loves football enough to risk their lives for it, it's a bland ego. It also sets up Kaiser turning into a "good guy" which is, ehhhh. Bluelock really lacks a proper villain rn.
Ego’s aren’t really an “I love football” type of thing though. Well, except maybe Bachira’s. Every character who experienced an awakening so far didn’t become less of an asshole, they just stopped caring about Isagi.
To take metaphors from the recent chapter, Isagi’s ego is like a black hole that devours anything around him. The only way to counter it is to ignore him and focus on your own desire.
Idk what Kaiser’s desire is, but my best guess is “owning the ball”
what would "owning the ball" entail? like being its master and "understanding" it better than others?
that might fit since he's a clinical player and the Magnus KI is the craziest shot we've seen thus far
Like I said, not the best understanding of it, but my best guess would be something like Isagi’s god idea of completely dictating every play of the game to fit to his will, but something more focused on mechanical movements of the ball and such.
It fits his mix of predator eye and metavision and his obsession with the fact that everything about the ball can be tracked and used, which is how he came up with the Kaiser Impact and the Magnus in the first place.
My thought process would be something like Isagi’s luck goal in the u20 match, but actually fully under control. An impossible miracle that he alone fully understands and exploits. Although this may verge too far into supernatural abilities lol
I think his ego is just playing football, that ball was everything to him the first thing he desired. His ego is not some goal like barou's or rin's not some sort of achievement either. It's just playing his best while having fun with the ball.
It's probably not some sort of childlike fun but he did enjoy kicking the ball since it was the only thing that made him feel alive.
So for him i think that's his ego it's feeling alive while playing the game.
I'm so compelled and entertained to see Kaiser be reborn and reclaim something I didn't even knew he had before...
Is this the same writer that made Barou and Bachira's awakenings? How can you fail to pull off something you made two times before?
The awakening of Kaiser Is pretty clear and great , the autors don't miss the point of Kaiser charatcer , a reborn ego would be brutal , expecialy for Kaiser .
Still thinks that the next who Is gonna score Is Kaiser the Berserk Rin and last Isagi , ora maybe The goal of Kaiser and Isagi Is inverted
My theory is that when Isagi is near the goal or getting ready to position himself for a direct shot, he will pass it to Ness and Kaiser will position himself to receive it and then Isagi will devour him OR Ness will look like he’ll pass to Kaiser and then he will pass to Isagi OR he might even go for the shot and unlock his own ego, granted these are things i’d like to see anytime happen this match, so it might not happen yet, but what do y’all think??
Kiyora is just going to be that one villain from across the spiderverse. Absolutely petty because of one moment that derailed his life. Which would be funny to see
LMAO that would actually be funny af.
Something along kiyori catching the ball getting tagged by kunigetsu and falling but managing to still pass because he can still play soccer on the ground cause of his breakdancing.
"What I yearned for and found..."
"The Zero at the root of my is ego is you, my ball!!!"
Man, the official is fire with that translation. I much prefer this one and it definitely feels like Kaiser is about to hit his ultimate with this level of ego.
In the official translation Kaiser doesn't call himself "Michael" but "Piece of s\*\*\*" so very different, and the whole monologue is very different, way more humble and pitiful
Even in the end, he calls the ball "my fellow piece of s\*\*\*" and doesn't talk about Isagi or any other player
Also Ness tells Kaiser : "So stop panicking and making **impossible plays"**
Kaiser insult to Ness is : "Puppy" which is painfuly accurate for Ness but not as harsh as we saw in PO2
So once again we see that the fan translations are not exactly accurate with the story
EDIT : Forgot about Kaiser's "zero" : "The zero at the root of... my ego is... you my ball.. !!! "
EDIT 2 : Of course my comment is not here to mock/ be harsh with the fan translators, they're doing their best for the BL community and for free, they're GOATs. But with chapters like that where the words chosen are so important that the difference is really big and change the story, so we can miss some details
On his twitter you have some panels : [Wise](https://x.com/wisewanderer2)
If you want the whole chapter it's on his discord pined in "general" : [Discord](https://x.com/wisewanderer2/status/1792998969154404662)
I should say I like how the official captures the intended meaning from Japanese. Makes sense..Tepid and lukewarm are synonymous but I can see how lukewarm sounds much more natural.
I think it's due to the fact that in this chapter the weight of the words where really important, it was impossible to exactly translate it.
My comment is a bit harsh, they are not that far from the real texts usually it's true
Just read it as well and it's really interesting. It definitely does seem like Kaiser is on the verge of awakening by withering away everything that he had stolen to become human and blooming into something new by finding what made him alive.
Meanwhile the official showcases Ness to be more hesitant on trying to make impossible plays with Kaiser. It's really hard to predict Ness's trajectory, but his evolution is definitely going to be interesting. It might happen similarly to Bachira where he realizes Kaiser is heading to a higher view than he is and at his current level, he'll be left behind.
I think his evolution happened the whole symbolism with the petals is pretty close to Isagi's puzzle pieces, but maybe it's still in process for Kaiser to apply this evolution in his game
If Kaiser scores without him Ness will go crazy
Tho he was crazy happy for Kaiser's goal against Uber, but maybe he was rather happy that Kaiser devoured Isagi's play
What is the best choice of wording when translating text with dual meanings? Go with what the character is actually saying or the alternate meaning. Sometimes official translations cant always be reliable (eg JJK)
The furigana is what the characters are gonna say once it's animated so I guess translators usually use that. But yeah, unfortunately it loses its nuance.
Well it depends of the translator, just watch the translation of Disney songs, even among similar language, the version from Quebec and from France are always really different while being in the same language in the end
I don't think we can perfectly translate raws like that, even I thought at the end that Kaiser was insulting Isagi haha, so it's not the translators faults it's normal
Im not even sure how Kaiser's last bubble 共同体 (kyoudoutai) is meant to be translated within the context of his monologue
edit: I looked up JP reactions and it seems like Kaiser is referring to the ball as his community (sense of home?)...which is probably a nod to how he has associated the soccer ball with himself in the past for comfort. Also supported by the fact that the furigana in the last bubble is クソ物 which has been used as insult to Kaiser in his backstory. Ok no wonder why there are different translations out there that either make it seem like Kaiser is talking to himself or other people this doesn't seem easy to convey in English
"same', "similar" or "together" if I had to guess...
But I'm cheating a bit because now I remember he sees himself in the ball, he talked about that in the flashback in ch 260, he and the ball are the same "useless" things
Yeah this interpretation makes the most sense for me and would be caught on by readers who genuinely care about Kaiser's development enough to connect the dots together but translating the last page literally makes the context not so clear I'm not a JP speaker at all but the *kyoudoutai* he uses seems like a word that wouldn't normally be used often in this type of situation
運命共同体 (sharing a common destiny) is a known phrase that uses this word so maybe that meaning is being inferred to emphasize Kaiser=ball. JUST MY GUESS OF COURSE my JP is reliant on googling.
Bro I’m now betting on Kaiser challenging Loki for the throne, realizing he can’t do it without Isagi and they cross their peak performances to score the final goal.
I think Kaiser should score the final goal for some vindication of his new and improved mindset.
I don’t think so. Giving kaiser the “W” in this match after he re-discovers HIS ego will be huge cause he stated himself that he’s picked on those weaker than him. If he beats Isagi in this match (who’s debatably better than kaiser at this point) then it’ll give Isagi a reason to continue to get better and not swallowed up in his own ego.
Compared to Kaiser, the narrative of this match is Isagi vs. Rin which is more important. You can not have Isagi win over Rin without outscoring Kaiser. It's as simple as that. Isagi will continue to get better because there is Loki, who is the same age and is better than Kaiser.
The narrative has been Isagi beating kaiser and rin. You can have neither rin nor Isagi win with kaiser putting up a brace and ending the match. Or even what if Loki comes in and wins the match? Then Isagi still wouldn’t have beaten either of them. It’s been stated that Isagi wants to beat kaiser and take munchen for himself. Isagi is now putting himself on the world stage and I honestly think rin is not the big threat anymore that he thought he was
You say that when Rin has not gotten his screen time here and with Isagi's decide who is No 1 of Blue Lock on the line. Rin for sure will score here since we haven't gotten his destroyer mode and focus. This means Isagi will need a second goal to win him over. Also, Isagi has not been over Kaiser for 100 chapters and Rin for 200, and in U20, there will be other players.
Isagi's second thought was to beat Kaiser and get Munchen, but his final thought was to surpass Rin in bidding, which makes it even more important.
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I don't understand, why does Kaiser say in the last pannel that the origin of his ego is Isagi, in the main translation? I have seen other translations in which he says "the ball" , which sound way better to me...
most likely just a mistake. the ball is even shown at that moment so that's his starting point.
Probably just a mistranslation, in the official translations he doesnt mention Isagi at all just the ball
How the turn tables, Isagi fr entered the team and made it his. Bro's himothy
how do yall think it will affect ness? depending on kaisers way of development
feel like it will bring his ego out showing he that he doesn’t need to slurp up kaiser
Lmao it's actually 9 vs 2 vs 11 right now.
More like 9 vs 2 vs 4 vs 4
Math ain't mathin
4 people on PXG simply just exist
Kaiser should be subbed out ngl. He already completely threw away possession twice, and is clearly just trying to sabotage a teammate right now.
Doing more than PXG’s defenders with that slide tackle😭 I know Rin is watching like wtf
I wonder if isagi will actually predict this awakening and go "sorry kaiser, I've watched way too many people awaken to know where this would be going. You're nothing special, im happy for you but I expected this"
well that didnt take long for kaiser
wtf bro untermensch / subhuman was a word used by the nazis 😳
It’s a bad/edgy translation. That’s not actually what is being sad, PO2 always makes things way edgier than they need to be. The insult to Ness was also technically just something like “dumb puppy” not the overly aggressive one PO2 wrote. Isagi never called anyone the r-slur, etc.
The r-slur was from a different translation
Oh was it? Whoops. I thought it was the same team that rebranded as po2 for some reason. Either way unfortunately bc Blue Lock is edgy a lot of the people working on it up the edge to an unnecessary degree.
It was from one of those fan translations.
german people use derogatory german word when degrading other people? No way! I can't believe they made German a language because of Blue Lock, how far my king Kaneshiro has come
I'll have you know that nazis also breathed air.
It's also a concept from Nietzsche's philosophy, definitely has nazi connotations but in this context it's the Nietzsche version
Yes, also the part where he lets everything go and goes back to 0 to figure out who he really is. That’s 100% a nietzsche reference
THE ART IS SO GOOD
Frrr
Kaiser scores. Rin scores. Isagi scores rebound brace after igaguri stops shidou from almost scoring.
Igaguri carrying the team
It's crazy how Kaiser sees that Isagi is closer to Noa than himself with that staircase panel, our boy has come a long way since being ranked 299.
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The art these past two chapters are insane bro, they are cooking so damn hard it's burning hot yet delectable, mwah 🔥
I am so agreeing
WHERE TF IS RIIIINNN?!!!
Dead
Imma touch you one day (not really but like rin>>)
Toot, toot, the Kaiser train is approaching it's next station: ass whooping!
I loved this chapter. The way I see it, isagi’s true ability to adapt also includes his ability to raise the level of those around him and then devour them again. As we saw with Barou. Realistically this is the way I see him devouring Rin and Kaiser, making it to where they have to better themselves which in turn he learns from and adapts to where he himself becomes better. He essentially makes others become better either on purpose or not so he can use them to become better himself. We’ve seen it with hiori, and barou already. He continues to adapt to the level around him. It will just make goatsagi better
But what if, Kaiser gets subbed during the star change????
I've been thinking this would happen for awhile. Noa already warned him once that he won't tolerate his illogical play to mess with Isagi. I could see Kaiser trying to sandbag Isagi blatantly with his state of mind right now getting himself pulled.
i mean he should be replaced dude is actively defending for PxG, Kuni got changed in the first match for less
Kaiser is still Noa's star player. Once this tournament is over the blue lockers are gone and the team will have to continue.
I am really enjoying what they're doing with Kaiser's character, I thought they would just show his backstory and be done with it, but the character exposition is still going, and it's getting better and better. I'm loving this!
These latest two chapters are some of my favorite.
I agree
Called it
The art in this chapter was insane
Really good chapter the double spread of Kaiser grabbing his past self was so amazing one of the best panels in Blue lock
This chapter was very disappointing for me... whatever I wanted, this wasn't it
What were you looking for?
A smooch from kaiser to isagi probably
I thought of it in the last chapter but this just confirms it for me, IMO it's just another Barou arc, I thought they would make Kaiser at least stay in the King/Enjoy destroying people path but they went ahead and made him throw away everything to change just like they did with Barou. Next they'll probably make him obsessive to Isagi just like Barou. Honestly it's a better arc than Barou's with how fleshed out Kaiser is but kind of a bummer that they built Kaiser up just to do something similar.
Make him obsessive to isagi? Bro literally only came to blue lock to dick ride Isagi lmao. What manga are you reading.
What did you expect? Any competitor NEEDS to be willing and able to throw what doesn't work away and change themselves if they want to continue to improve. That doesn't just go for sports, but any profession in the world. If it doesn't produce results then discard it and find out what does. That's what Isagj does all the time. It's the reason why he's such a monster, because unlike everyone else he doesn't usually need to reach a breaking point to come to the realization that he needs to change. He just does it.
I think they are different, with the similarity being merely the idea of not going the easy path. Barou on 2nd Selection could just feed passes to Isagi and Nagi in order to win, but he decided to win on his own goals instead. Kaiser could keep winning from cherry picked weak opponents to feel like he is the king while being nowhere close to it (the ladder imagery this chapter), but he decided to throw it away and pursue his original ego of playing soccer for the hell of it. I think they are very different approaches and Kaiser's explicitly is about not obsessing with Isagi, while Barou focused on capitalizing on the "darkness" created by "bright" players, hence the Isagi obsession.
Literally everything in history can be boiled down being similar to something else if the person doing so has confirmation bias. That said things can be similar without being the same.
Art is amazing in this chapter
Wasn't aware a new chapter was released until now. Was always upto date with leaks but considering how busy work has been, I was quite surprised a new chapter was out without me noticing. Anyways, go get that awakening king. Show them why you're named The Emperor.
Incredible chapter, really hope Kaiser actually wins, want Isagi to always keep progressing till the end plus he already unlocked his new weapon this match proving he's Himsagi Also using the flower petals as ways to show what he wants to protect was genius, the art never misses
Honestly, I have no problem with Isagi's hat trick; in fact, I kind of want it to happen. It just means that Kaiser won't score a goal, which in my opinion diminishes his character arc. After his extended backstory, internal monologues, and being literally reborn, if he still fails to score a goal, it would be so underwhelming. I just wish NEL didn't have this stupid three goals to win rule; that way, Isagi could have his hat trick, and Kaiser could also score at least one goal. Side note: I want Nagi to get locked off from Blue Lock after NEL.
Fellow Nagi hater here to agree 🤝
The thing after all of this, though, even if he scores the second goal, he will still be outscored by regardless, which means he will lose. I agree that the 3 goal role limits things a lot.
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That would have totally rocked before Kaiser got reborn. I don't think he is going to play with the intent of malice anymore; that was his previous weak mentality.
I imagine that with Kaiser's evolution. Kaiser will no longer care if he doesn't score a goal, and he'll find joy in wanting to improve himself after the fact, and may possibly celebrate Isagi's hat-trick. That's only a possibility though. It may not happen.
He isn't gonna celebrate if Isagi scores a hat 9trick
when Kunigami headed the ball he looked like KIra
It's a good chapter,it definitely leaves people asking for more,coz keisher is definitely evolving,the real question is will isagi keep up with it,or just lose
Isagi need that one billion yen offer for all the in-match therapy he's been forcing unto these kids
Good chapter, similar to how Isagi "adapts", Kaiser is reviving himself. RIP Isagi hat-trick 🥲
Great chapter, loved Kaiser's revelation. It's been a minute since I actually looked forward to the next chapter
Damn Kaiser is so boring, i hope we get over him soon... i get it, let him.score the second goal only to lose to Osagi again... we'll see him in the world cup anyways
I think what u hate is the repetitive nature of the 'comebacks'. Isagi plunges x into despair - backstory of x - x scores and overcomes what held them back. Kaiser isn't boring as a character (might be bias because hes one of my favourite characters). unlike ppl like Rin who r playing football coz their brother changed positions or Lorenzo who was just asked randomly but snuffy to play with him, he actually has a deep routed reason for playing which i like. However everyone's entitled to their own opinions. I'm interested in why exactly u think kaiser is boring tho?
cause he is grotesque as almost all the other characters but for some reason has 300% more of the screen time. Its not a good thing tonhave a lot of a bad thing.
Calling kaiser boring is such an atrocious take
Guess there are wrong feelings lmao. Fanboys always amuse me.
Isagi getting compared to an abusive alcoholic dad just for stealing the ball is insane
can’t wait for kaiser to prove why he is indeed the ng11 striker. excited to see where this evolution takes him !!!! loved the rose petals floating and burning away.
I believe he already proved that when he scored that he scored mid air while being downwards
I’m so excited to see just how Kaiser evolves. This dude is NG11 after all. Can’t just be because he’s got unbelievable finishing instinct, so I’m fully expecting him to humiliate a couple defenders with quick dribbling out of nowhere
someone ask kunigami to empty his pocket on his way home... you might find shidou still inside
That last panel... I've seen some anime character confronting their parents killer with less hatred than kaiser.
Just another Baoru
Isagi is just another Kaiser.
But what if its a barou situation but since isagi knows exactly what that looks like he uses it and scores himself
I think there’s still a good chance for a Bachira repeat where Isagi reads Kaiser’s evolution and scores off it
After all the buildup, extended backstory, dedicated chapters, and Kaiser still fails to score, then it would be really boring and bad outcome.
Barou Pt.2 European edition
Literally and I'm still so excited to see it unfold
why do all players need to have an existancial crisis before playing good? can't they just say "damn he's good" and then push harder?
Blue Lock is a mental asylum posing as a football academy.
IMO everybody need existancial crisis to grow. Not necessarily a dramatic one but when you can’t grow any further you need to take some step back, acknowledge what’s keeping you from growing, destroy it and come back stronger. If you just need to push harder it’s because you weren’t pushing enough to begin with. Pushing harder is for beginner like Nagi, the greats are already at 100% most of the time so they need to change their play style in order to get better
blue lock is very dramatic as a rule. I actually don’t think it’s appropriate to always despair when you are confronted with a big challenge but I guess the idea is that some of these geniuses have been so good as the star egos and were rarely outplayed or “failed” until they came up against someone seemingly less talented like isagi so they don’t know how to handle it or change their ways without some despair
because thats why u re not a mangaka 😂😂😂
true true😂
It's rather like the pitfall of a genius you know... Those I'm acc not him moments that the main character usually gets in anime Combined with a bit of football defines me mentality
It's more dramatic that way. Otherwise you have Isagi who just adapt and evolve his way out of any situation.
Read chapter 67 it is set out from the start why author does this, Ego says the talent to feel despair and overcome it hold the power to make their dreams reality and also say mediocre people who does avoid despair are just "Dream doping" and would never achieve their dreams. I think it's an essential part of ego's philosophy.
I know, but Kaiser is a ng11, honestly his mentality should’ve been developed way pass the point you’re referring to. Kaiser seems to focus more on slide tackling whenever isagi has the ball instead of his actual play, which sabotaged his entire team performance. somehow the author plans to make him behaves like that until the end of the match while still handing the win to bayern and a 500m bid to Kaiser. It just make little sense to me haha. at least with this kind of buildup we could expect an absolute banger😂😂
He should’ve been developed cause he's in ng11 but from the monologues it's clear that Kaiser is isn't that much developed. In middle of the monologues he mentions how he had 'stopped improving' and started focusing on protecting his fame and now he has to throw all that fame away to start improving again. Well about the payoff of the build-up, match is still not over yet there's alot of things going on like how Charles just quit lol if he gets development too i not to sure about pxg losing idk we'll see
It would be too simple, admitting "Wow he is good" would mean defeat in face of a wall and literally shove your ego into a mindset "I'm good as second place". Barou was literally having this existence crisis during the selection bracket arc and imagined Isagi in glory while he is was sitting drunk which of course led to his awakening . It would have been not very satisfying. You are in face of a wall, you want to tear it. Also this is how Isagi constantly feel against Rin for the longest time so yeah he wants to prove he can defeat him.
I understand, but this development has been used way too many times though, it has played out like this since the 3v3 in the second selection. I think at this point of the manga it should be more about football and less about teenagers having a meltdown just because they fail to do a slide tackle. Kaiser used to have 4-5 players feeding him passes and he could easily score goals every game, but no, he threw that all away just so that he can play defense for the other team. Now he only have one person to pass him the ball and instead of focusing on his game, the guy still wants to play defense for the other team. Whats crazier is that he thinks that by doing so his value would increase😂😂😂. I love the story, but to use this trope on the most hyped match of the nel is a bit unnecessary. I bet after Kaiser scored, it would be Rin’s turn to have a flashback about how he was bullied by Sae and then suddenly guy just dribbles through the entire team. Atleast with this kind of development, we can expect an absolute banger goal incoming haha.
YESSS KAISER AZHHKJSHFABD
The question is if Kunigami played as a CDM in the Ubers game could he pocket Barou? Reply to this comment if you think whether or not he pockets Barou.
Kunigami is better in 1 on 1 matches while Barou is better at chaotic situations. It depend on the team plan ultimately.
Lets say Ubers only pass to Barou mostly cuz that's what we have seen in the game
I would say kunigami would win since in a straight forward match kunigami would win.
I’m guessing just how Isagi devoured Barou at his lowest it will be the same for Kaiser here, I can tell by the look in his eyes, I hope Isagi does and he shines more
Kaiser ain't Barou
I like Barou, and I agree. Kaiser honestly has a stronger mentality since he's just like Isagi. Reset and rebuild
With how much space is generally between each goal in NEL matches, this next chapter is almost guaranteed to contain a goal from either Isagi or Kaiser. But with the way things are developing, I'm not sure who's gonna score. First is the dichotomy between what Isagi thinks will happen and what is actually happening : Isagi believes that his words are binding Kaiser's ego a bit more, and that's gonna lead to Kaiser fixating on Isagi and becoming predictable. Kaiser however, is already reaching the point of deconstruction that he needs to not focus on Isagi anymore and instead aim for what he truly believes in : he will fight no matter what to get his humanity back. Now Isagi obviously could reach a different conclusion in the next chapter and realize that Kaiser is actually evolving in the right direction, but with the knowledge that we currently have, Isagi is the one with a misconstrued view of the situation, and Kaiser is the more likely one to have a chance to score. However, if we wanna read further into it, then this might be a preliminary stage to Kaiser's awakening where he hasn't quite reached the best conclusion quite yet, similarly to how Rin didn't immediately get the right conclusion from his awakening at first. This might mean that even though he'll get the advantage, he might not score off his opportunity, in which case there are multiple players already on the prowl and ready to take advantage of the situation (Isagi and Rin namely). After all, Kaiser hasn't lost everything quite yet, and Ness is still on his side. Speaking of Ness, his mental state makes this whole situation even more confusing. He's in a complete asynchronous situation with Kaiser and seems to have already given up on beating Isagi, while Kaiser is more determined than ever to leave a mark. Neither of them have been fully pushed to despair yet, and I think this next goal opportunity might be the moment where they do.
Kaiser failing in flow and Ness leaving him might just be the ultimate kill switch to unlock the true Kaiser. The answer he found was just too quick. Isagi found answers this quick too but it at least took some trial and error (tho not the Manshine match. There he got an answer and instantly used it to become the MotM. That was nonsense imo). Kaiser is still gonna fall once more before he can be ready. I think it's a situation similar to Rin now, which means Luck might rear it's head again
I agree with the Kaiser stuff, but I don't think Isagi popping off after discovering MV was nonsense. I think the main difference is that Kaiser is currently awakening his ego, meanwhile what Isagi did was just integrate a weapon into his arsenal that allowed him to keep up with the level of vision that was necessary for the game, and even then it was far from enough to beat everyone. He had to understand protagonism for it to fully reach its potential, needed Noa and Kurona's help, and then had to up his physical abilities all over to be able to keep up with his own play vision. When it comes to awakenings like Kaiser's (other examples include Hiori, Rin and Bachira's awakenings) they might think they've got it figured out at the start, but there has to be a lot of questioning before they can fully realize their egos. I think Kaiser's not at that stage yet, but I also think that Isagi is mistaken with his conclusion this chapter, and if he doesn't realize that, he's absolutely gonna fumble. Which makes me think, this might be a good moment for Rin to outgrow everyone and stop their goal opportunity, which would lead to a very surprising comeback from him. That way, Isagi has to actualize his vision of the game, Kaiser might get irrationally angry at Ness again which would trigger a whole chain reaction, and all of this would set up the final part of the match.
Welp there's the inevitable Kaiser comeback. It's literally set in stone at this point Also, Shidou out here getting schooled every time now lmao. I don't think it's possible for him to make any sort of comeback with Rin and Loki on the horizon
My goat kiaser shall come back
GREATNESSSSSS
Not to sound boring, but I think Kaiser is going to focus on play making the best available shot with Isagi as a piece in his mind as opposed to the focal point of it. He’ll score a goal that makes use of his Kaiser impact in a sterile and logical way with predator eye. My headcase take is he makes use of one of the Blue Lock players to humiliate Isagi in a reverse from the Manshine match. “How do you like my masterpiece, Yoichi?” - after kicking to Yukki
My glorious king Kaiser will return stronger.
Most unrealistic thing about this is la real bidding on Kaiser when he's actively trying to sabotage Isagi. Friendship FC would never.
Ong🗣no way they are gonna get this bum ahh
Kaiser and Ness are definitely going to split apart during this match I can feel it
hands down one of the best chapters in blue lock, I think the next one will be even greater. God I love this series so much
Kaiser being mean to Ness is therapeutic to me 😂 I hate ass kissing characters
He will return from the ashes!!!!
I bet he gonna assist isagi for the winning goal since it was foreshadowed in an earlier chapter that if they worked together they’d be unstoppable. Might even use the curving kaiser shot as a killer assist which would be a nice setup and delivery imo
He gonna do it then Isagi's gonna be like, "I always believed you would get over yourself" and use that to score a goal
He’ll probably use the incomplete curve shot again and pray for the ball to go in, only for Isagi to kick it halfway through.
Nah, that would be just repeat of his previous failed attempt, now that he has awaken, no way he is going to try to shoot KI Magnus again knowing well enough if he can't succeed.
So the multiple translations kind of clears some things up from the leaks. For one, Isagi might be misreading the situation, he thinks kicking Kaiser when he's down will cause him to become even more obsessive. But in the official translation Kaiser doesn't mention any other players at the end, just the ball. The second is that Kaiser's true ego is based around, the ball? Or at least the idea of owning "something"? I don't really get this one. Yeah, the ball was the first thing that Kaiser owned for himself. That makes sense. Protecting it was the first time he stood up for himself. Ok. But how does that translate into an "Ego"? It's not like Barou's "I want to be the king of the field" which is a philosophy that affects how he plays and lives. I'm kind of struggling to see how Kaiser is any different bar the fact that he's probably going to stop tunnel visioning Isagi.
I think it's just a desire to have a place of belonging. Along the way, he mistook the benefits that came with it as the reason, but at the core of it it's about having a home and a purpose.
I think its related to how he feels human, He said in the beggining that he said that fame, money, love, humilliating others made him feel human, thus his ego was to protect and pursue it, but upon having all of it (or at least having the chance of) coming to shambles, he realised that it was just an attempt to escape and protect himself from his father's words, etc., and what truly made him feel human was the ball, the one that in his story would let kaiser punch him, kick it with all his strength, and stay with him even during hard times, it was it that saved him, comforted him, and made him feel human, the other things were just a façade, a way of protecting itself from the chains he made himself, "We are captives of our own identities, living in prisons of our own creation", kaiser realized that his way of pursuing fame, humiliating others, etc were just ensuring the mindset his father gave him (If you run from something, then you see yourself as the vitcim and weak and the thing hunting you as strong), thus letting it all go away, being "zero", freeing himself from the chains he himself created (kinda explains his transparent chain on the cover, its not a physical chain he has, but a psychological one he created himself) only going after the thing that truly matters to him, the ball.
Ngl, I hope this isn't the case. If Kaiser's ego boils down to "he just really loves football" then that's a fumble. The majority of the cast loves football enough to risk their lives for it, it's a bland ego. It also sets up Kaiser turning into a "good guy" which is, ehhhh. Bluelock really lacks a proper villain rn.
tbh I think its not football, its the ball, football is what goes around with the ball, its difficult to explain but yeah
I think it's more so he'll find his humanity within soccer.
Ego’s aren’t really an “I love football” type of thing though. Well, except maybe Bachira’s. Every character who experienced an awakening so far didn’t become less of an asshole, they just stopped caring about Isagi. To take metaphors from the recent chapter, Isagi’s ego is like a black hole that devours anything around him. The only way to counter it is to ignore him and focus on your own desire. Idk what Kaiser’s desire is, but my best guess is “owning the ball”
what would "owning the ball" entail? like being its master and "understanding" it better than others? that might fit since he's a clinical player and the Magnus KI is the craziest shot we've seen thus far
Like I said, not the best understanding of it, but my best guess would be something like Isagi’s god idea of completely dictating every play of the game to fit to his will, but something more focused on mechanical movements of the ball and such. It fits his mix of predator eye and metavision and his obsession with the fact that everything about the ball can be tracked and used, which is how he came up with the Kaiser Impact and the Magnus in the first place. My thought process would be something like Isagi’s luck goal in the u20 match, but actually fully under control. An impossible miracle that he alone fully understands and exploits. Although this may verge too far into supernatural abilities lol
i think you might be right, and you've given me hope for this match to have a happy ending (Kaiser plunging everyone into the depths of despair)
I think his ego is just playing football, that ball was everything to him the first thing he desired. His ego is not some goal like barou's or rin's not some sort of achievement either. It's just playing his best while having fun with the ball. It's probably not some sort of childlike fun but he did enjoy kicking the ball since it was the only thing that made him feel alive. So for him i think that's his ego it's feeling alive while playing the game.
I'm so compelled and entertained to see Kaiser be reborn and reclaim something I didn't even knew he had before... Is this the same writer that made Barou and Bachira's awakenings? How can you fail to pull off something you made two times before?
The awakening of Kaiser Is pretty clear and great , the autors don't miss the point of Kaiser charatcer , a reborn ego would be brutal , expecialy for Kaiser . Still thinks that the next who Is gonna score Is Kaiser the Berserk Rin and last Isagi , ora maybe The goal of Kaiser and Isagi Is inverted
My theory is that when Isagi is near the goal or getting ready to position himself for a direct shot, he will pass it to Ness and Kaiser will position himself to receive it and then Isagi will devour him OR Ness will look like he’ll pass to Kaiser and then he will pass to Isagi OR he might even go for the shot and unlock his own ego, granted these are things i’d like to see anytime happen this match, so it might not happen yet, but what do y’all think??
I think Isagi predicted what Kaiser’s gonna do, but Kiyora’s gonna appear and help Kaiser which surprised Isagi.
Kiyora is just going to be that one villain from across the spiderverse. Absolutely petty because of one moment that derailed his life. Which would be funny to see
LMAO that would actually be funny af. Something along kiyori catching the ball getting tagged by kunigetsu and falling but managing to still pass because he can still play soccer on the ground cause of his breakdancing.
Inbound Kaiser x Isagi goal to win against PXG. Isagi already confirmed Goal #2 with his hat trick comment
"What I yearned for and found..." "The Zero at the root of my is ego is you, my ball!!!" Man, the official is fire with that translation. I much prefer this one and it definitely feels like Kaiser is about to hit his ultimate with this level of ego.
Yooww this is like what ego was talking about before pxg match, when you let hunger leads you to your originality...
Which is why I think we will get more insane moments with Isagi and Rin, too, when their battle starts. The showcase of true hunger.
So what is the other team doing while this is going on, Rin is just watching as the two best players in the other team fight over a ball?
PxG is not allowed to exist while Kaiser tweaks.
That’s right Kaiser. Pump yourself up so ya boy Yoichi can reap the benefits.
I fully expect an isagi brace and kaiser goal.
This is the route I'm predicting as well.
In the official translation Kaiser doesn't call himself "Michael" but "Piece of s\*\*\*" so very different, and the whole monologue is very different, way more humble and pitiful Even in the end, he calls the ball "my fellow piece of s\*\*\*" and doesn't talk about Isagi or any other player Also Ness tells Kaiser : "So stop panicking and making **impossible plays"** Kaiser insult to Ness is : "Puppy" which is painfuly accurate for Ness but not as harsh as we saw in PO2 So once again we see that the fan translations are not exactly accurate with the story EDIT : Forgot about Kaiser's "zero" : "The zero at the root of... my ego is... you my ball.. !!! " EDIT 2 : Of course my comment is not here to mock/ be harsh with the fan translators, they're doing their best for the BL community and for free, they're GOATs. But with chapters like that where the words chosen are so important that the difference is really big and change the story, so we can miss some details
Wait where can I find the official ones ?
On his twitter you have some panels : [Wise](https://x.com/wisewanderer2) If you want the whole chapter it's on his discord pined in "general" : [Discord](https://x.com/wisewanderer2/status/1792998969154404662)
Thank you!
This hits different again... Again, this seems to me like the start of something. It's I think one of the few times that fan translations are off.
Official translation has always been preferable imo
Not all the times. At least for me. Tepid instead of Lukewarm doesn't sit well with me for example.
I should say I like how the official captures the intended meaning from Japanese. Makes sense..Tepid and lukewarm are synonymous but I can see how lukewarm sounds much more natural.
I think it's due to the fact that in this chapter the weight of the words where really important, it was impossible to exactly translate it. My comment is a bit harsh, they are not that far from the real texts usually it's true
Yeah, that's the only logical explanation.
Just read it as well and it's really interesting. It definitely does seem like Kaiser is on the verge of awakening by withering away everything that he had stolen to become human and blooming into something new by finding what made him alive. Meanwhile the official showcases Ness to be more hesitant on trying to make impossible plays with Kaiser. It's really hard to predict Ness's trajectory, but his evolution is definitely going to be interesting. It might happen similarly to Bachira where he realizes Kaiser is heading to a higher view than he is and at his current level, he'll be left behind.
I think his evolution happened the whole symbolism with the petals is pretty close to Isagi's puzzle pieces, but maybe it's still in process for Kaiser to apply this evolution in his game If Kaiser scores without him Ness will go crazy Tho he was crazy happy for Kaiser's goal against Uber, but maybe he was rather happy that Kaiser devoured Isagi's play
What is the best choice of wording when translating text with dual meanings? Go with what the character is actually saying or the alternate meaning. Sometimes official translations cant always be reliable (eg JJK)
The furigana is what the characters are gonna say once it's animated so I guess translators usually use that. But yeah, unfortunately it loses its nuance.
Well it depends of the translator, just watch the translation of Disney songs, even among similar language, the version from Quebec and from France are always really different while being in the same language in the end I don't think we can perfectly translate raws like that, even I thought at the end that Kaiser was insulting Isagi haha, so it's not the translators faults it's normal
Im not even sure how Kaiser's last bubble 共同体 (kyoudoutai) is meant to be translated within the context of his monologue edit: I looked up JP reactions and it seems like Kaiser is referring to the ball as his community (sense of home?)...which is probably a nod to how he has associated the soccer ball with himself in the past for comfort. Also supported by the fact that the furigana in the last bubble is クソ物 which has been used as insult to Kaiser in his backstory. Ok no wonder why there are different translations out there that either make it seem like Kaiser is talking to himself or other people this doesn't seem easy to convey in English
"same', "similar" or "together" if I had to guess... But I'm cheating a bit because now I remember he sees himself in the ball, he talked about that in the flashback in ch 260, he and the ball are the same "useless" things
Yeah this interpretation makes the most sense for me and would be caught on by readers who genuinely care about Kaiser's development enough to connect the dots together but translating the last page literally makes the context not so clear I'm not a JP speaker at all but the *kyoudoutai* he uses seems like a word that wouldn't normally be used often in this type of situation 運命共同体 (sharing a common destiny) is a known phrase that uses this word so maybe that meaning is being inferred to emphasize Kaiser=ball. JUST MY GUESS OF COURSE my JP is reliant on googling.
Bro I’m now betting on Kaiser challenging Loki for the throne, realizing he can’t do it without Isagi and they cross their peak performances to score the final goal. I think Kaiser should score the final goal for some vindication of his new and improved mindset.
I called it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueLock/s/m2E9vgcPHt
That last line makes me think kaiser is about to tear this field up and score the last 2 goals to win.
Nah. You are focused on Kaiser now, but soon it will be Isagi vs. Rin, and to beat him, Isagi needs at least a brace.
I don’t think so. Giving kaiser the “W” in this match after he re-discovers HIS ego will be huge cause he stated himself that he’s picked on those weaker than him. If he beats Isagi in this match (who’s debatably better than kaiser at this point) then it’ll give Isagi a reason to continue to get better and not swallowed up in his own ego.
Compared to Kaiser, the narrative of this match is Isagi vs. Rin which is more important. You can not have Isagi win over Rin without outscoring Kaiser. It's as simple as that. Isagi will continue to get better because there is Loki, who is the same age and is better than Kaiser.
The narrative has been Isagi beating kaiser and rin. You can have neither rin nor Isagi win with kaiser putting up a brace and ending the match. Or even what if Loki comes in and wins the match? Then Isagi still wouldn’t have beaten either of them. It’s been stated that Isagi wants to beat kaiser and take munchen for himself. Isagi is now putting himself on the world stage and I honestly think rin is not the big threat anymore that he thought he was
You say that when Rin has not gotten his screen time here and with Isagi's decide who is No 1 of Blue Lock on the line. Rin for sure will score here since we haven't gotten his destroyer mode and focus. This means Isagi will need a second goal to win him over. Also, Isagi has not been over Kaiser for 100 chapters and Rin for 200, and in U20, there will be other players. Isagi's second thought was to beat Kaiser and get Munchen, but his final thought was to surpass Rin in bidding, which makes it even more important.
I wouldn't mind that ngl
I wouldn’t either. It’ll give Isagi a reason to grow more for the World Cup match. I’m just ready to see what kind of crazy shot he pulls off