The Pain of Watching Others Get Ahead (Yukimiya - Blue Lock)

Summary

This video from the 'Lessons From Anime' channel delves into the complex emotions of jealousy and ambition through the character Yukimiya from the anime series Blue Lock. The narrative explores Yukimiya's journey as a rising soccer star grappling with vision loss due to optic neuropathy, impacting his dream of becoming the world's best striker. The transcript details his encounters with setbacks, his determination not to compromise despite his condition, and his struggles with self-awareness and expectations. The overarching theme reflects on how personal growth often involves accepting limitations while being ambitious enough to strive for one’s ultimate goals.

Highlights

• Yukimiya struggles with jealousy watching others succeed where he hopes to shine. 😟
• His diagnosis with optic neuropathy serves as a pivotal challenge in his professional soccer career. 🏥
• Despite his condition, Yukimiya refuses to compromise, striving for his goals relentlessly. 🥅
• An intense inner conflict when faced with the notion of accepting assistance or adapting strategy. 🤯
• A breakthrough moment where Yukimiya integrates self-awareness with his ambition, leading to personal growth. 🌱

Key Takeaways

• Jealousy and ambition often coexist, driving individuals to reflect on their desires and limitations. 🤔
• Yukimiya's journey underscores the tension between personal ambition and physical limitations. ⚽
• The importance of adapting one's plans in the face of unexpected challenges. 🚀
• The narrative highlights the thin line between confidence and delusion in pursuing one's dreams. 🌟
• Yukimiya ultimately finds a balance between idealistic ambition and pragmatic self-awareness. ✨

Overview

In this intriguing exploration of Yukimiya's story from Blue Lock, we witness a young soccer star's battle against unfair fate and self-doubt. While attempting to rise to the top as a professional soccer player, Yukimiya faces the daunting challenge of optic neuropathy—a condition that jeopardizes his dream career. His journey offers a profound reflection on ambition and limitations, as he navigates his career with unyielding determination.

The narrative takes us through Yukimiya's internal struggles as he wrestles with the disparity between his high aspirations and the harsh reality of his situation. Jealousy dogs his steps, especially when he perceives others succeeding effortlessly where he believes he should excel. Yet, Yukimiya's story isn't solely one of envy, but rather of his relentless fight to achieve greatness without compromising his principles, despite the odds.

Ultimately, Yukimiya's journey in Blue Lock is a testament to the delicate dance between dreams and reality. His character grows as he learns to balance his idealistic goals with a realistic understanding of his limitations. This character study offers viewers a chance to reflect on their own ambitions and the inevitable need to adapt when confronted with life's unpredictable challenges.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Understanding Jealousy and Frustration This chapter delves into the emotions of jealousy and frustration, exploring how witnessing others achieve what we desire can lead to internal conflict. The narrative highlights the common human tendency to expect success to come easily to us, rather than recognizing the effort required to achieve it. This lack of awareness often results in self-sabotage, as individuals fail to address the necessary steps for their aspirations. The author empathizes deeply with these feelings, reflecting on personal experiences of desperation and distress in response to perceived unfairness, illustrating a shared struggle with these powerful emotions.
• 00:30 - 01:00: Introduction to Yukimiya's Character and Challenges The chapter introduces Yukimiya, a rising soccer star with a secondary career in modeling, though he shows little interest in modeling itself. Despite appearing to have a successful life, Yukimiya faces a dire personal challenge when he is diagnosed with optic neuropathy, a condition causing blurred vision and blind spots when fatigued. The condition cannot be fully cured, posing a significant obstacle in his soccer career.
• 01:00 - 01:30: Impact of Optic Neuropathy on Yukimiya's Soccer Career The chapter discusses the profound impact of optic neuropathy on Yukimiya's professional soccer career, despite his other career in modeling not being affected. Symptoms include headaches, nausea, and in severe cases, blindness, with symptoms worsening upon fatigue. Yukimiya's love for soccer contrasts with his modeling career and his need for explanations leaves him with frustration as there is no clear reason for his condition, marking it as an unfortunate tragedy.
• 01:30 - 02:00: Yukimiya's Unrevealed Condition During Important Match The chapter unveils that Yukimiya, despite aspiring to be the world's best Striker or at least a professional player, is under a time constraint. This crucial aspect of his life is disclosed before the significant match between BM man and City. Initially, at the start of the Neo Eist League, Yukimiya is recognized as the highest-ranking player from Blue Lock in the German team besides Kuna. However, the first notable event happens during the Barker match. Up until this point, Yukimiya had successfully hidden his condition from everyone.
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• 03:00 - 04:00: Yukimiya's Frustrations and Comparisons with Isagi Chapter Title: Yukimiya's Frustrations and Comparisons with Isagi Summary: The chapter focuses on Yukimiya's internal turmoil and constant comparisons with Isagi. Despite their differences, both characters strive for growth and recognition in their football careers. Yukimiya's struggle with self-doubt and his attempts to measure up to Isagi forms the core of his development. Alongside these personal battles, the narrative intertwines elements of identity protection and awareness, represented metaphorically by the mention of cybersecurity measures. This serves to highlight the underlying theme of safeguarding one's mental and professional identity amidst competitive pressure.
• 04:00 - 05:00: Yukimiya's Missed Opportunities and Self-Reflection In this chapter, the narrative opens with a discussion about cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of being proactive with measures like those offered by Aura to prevent data breaches, as illustrated by past incidents involving City Group and JP Morgan Chase. The chapter metaphorically compares installing security features after an incident to installing cameras post-robbery, encouraging proactive actions. Transitioning back to the primary narrative, the focus shifts to a soccer match between BM and Barker, where Noah makes a strategic decision to substitute Kuna G Me off the field. This decision marks a turning point in the match and sets the scene for subsequent events.
• 05:00 - 06:00: The Importance of Realizing Limitations The chapter titled 'The Importance of Realizing Limitations' discusses an incident prior to a game where the main character reflects on a promise made by the team. The promise was that decisions would be based solely on numbers and extreme rationality, disregarding other factors. However, in a crucial moment, despite having superior numbers, the protagonist is overlooked in favor of someone else, Isi, to be substituted into the game. This decision seems brutally unfair and contradicts the assurances given to the protagonist, leaving them without a proper explanation, aside from maybe appeasing fans. It mirrors a past experience during an Under-20 game, highlighting the emotional struggle and realization of limitations within the framework of promised rationality.
• 06:00 - 07:00: Differences Between Yukimiya's and Isagi's Perspectives The chapter explores the contrasting perspectives of Yukimiya and Isagi. Yukimiya feels as if an unseen force is preventing him from reaching his goals, while Isagi appears to him as someone who easily achieves what he desires. This perception leads to a sense of unfairness in Yukimiya's mind. Despite not being part of the match, the significant moments involving Isagi have an impact on Yukimiya's viewpoint.
• 07:00 - 08:00: The Struggle Between Idealism and Realism The chapter titled 'The Struggle Between Idealism and Realism' describes a scenario involving Noah and Laveno, who are professionals among a group of aspiring U20 stars. They seem god-like in comparison due to their experience and skills. Despite the pressure, a character named ISE, eager to make a mark, attempts to challenge them by creating a two-on-one situation. Laveno intelligently uses their equipment to shield and alter the game's dynamic, showcasing a strategic approach to breaking a standstill with Noah.
• 08:00 - 09:00: Yukimiya's Turning Point in the Manheim City Game The chapter narrates a critical moment in the Manheim City game where a player's rash decision negatively impacts the team's performance. Barker takes the lead after Isi's hasty and ill-considered action to make a significant move backfires. Kaiser criticizes Isi for failing to recognize his limitations and advises patience and strategy instead of acting out of desperation. The chapter hints at a comparable scenario involving Yukimiya in a subsequent game, setting the stage for potential challenges and decisions he may face.
• 09:00 - 10:00: Consequences of Acting on Desire Alone In this chapter, Ise realizes his current limitations and accepts that he cannot score by himself. Instead, he decides to assist Kunami, which carries a sense of shame for someone aspiring to be the best striker worldwide. Despite sounding absurd to those unfamiliar with the series, this is the reality in 'Blue Lock'. For Yukia, however, it goes beyond just scoring goals.
• 10:00 - 11:00: The Role of Ego and Adaptation In this chapter, there's a clash of perspectives between two characters, Eske and Ukia, regarding the importance of a particular assist in a game. Eske considers the assist as a mere step towards becoming the world's best striker, whereas Ukia finds it unacceptable and views it as an action that casts doubt on the seriousness of their goals to be the best. Ukia states that he would rather accept defeat than compromise his principles by making such a pass, highlighting a fundamental difference in their attitudes towards achieving success.
• 11:00 - 12:00: Yukimiya's Struggle with Logic and Emotion This chapter explores Yukimiya's internal conflict related to balancing logic with emotion in his approach. Yukimiya is juxtaposed with another character—one pragmatic, the other relentless about his goals. Yukimiya’s perspective superficially aligns with philosophies advocated by Jim Pache, emphasizing ambition and the willingness to potentially lose while striving for success. These themes echo the overarching narrative of aiming high, as exemplified by quotes from top players introduced in earlier parts of the narrative.
• 12:00 - 13:00: Reflections on Fairness and Self-Sabotage The chapter examines the concept of fairness and self-sabotage, particularly in the context of competitive environments. It discusses how players often discover unforeseen solutions when they are pressured to achieve goals independently. The narrative implies that by striving solely for assists rather than aiming for goals, individuals might inadvertently limit their potential to score, highlighting the need for a balance between aspiring for more and the pressure to perform.
• 13:00 - 14:00: Yukimiya's Realization and the Path Forward The chapter titled "Yukimiya's Realization and the Path Forward" explores the protagonist Yukimiya's introspection journey triggered by a conversation. As the dialogue unfolds, a character named Kai confronts Yukimiya by suggesting that he might be jealous of Isi's success. Yukimiya reflects deeply before admitting that there is truth to this accusation; he 'honestly might be' jealous. This moment of self-reflection marks a significant point for Yukimiya as he starts to accept his feelings and acknowledge this jealousy. This newfound acceptance positions Yukimiya on a path of personal growth and hints at a future chapter where he may confront these emotions more profoundly. The chapter also lightly touches on "flow state," a concept explored in other parts of the series, though this notion is set aside in anticipation of future detailed exploration.
• 14:00 - 15:00: Reconciliation and Mutual Understanding Between Yukimiya and Isagi This chapter focuses on the internal reflections and growth of Yukimiya and Isagi as they begin to understand their own weaknesses and strengths. Yukimiya is selected to play as the left wing-back in the upcoming Manine City game, a position he wasn't aiming for but accepts as an opportunity to contribute to the team. However, his role in the following chapters is minimal, only making a significant impact by blocking a shot from his teammate Nagi.
• 15:00 - 16:00: Yukimiya's Choice and Personal Growth After Offer Rejection In this chapter, we explore Yukimiya's internal struggle and self-reflection after he faces a setback, possibly related to a sports game. Yukimiya is depicted as overly critical of his own performance, even though his contribution was similar to other players on the team. His tendency to overanalyze leads to feelings of self-doubt. Despite the setback, this chapter marks a significant moment in Yukimiya's personal growth as he learns to confront and manage his feelings of inadequacy and strive for improvement.
• 16:00 - 17:00: Jim Pache's Insights and Yukimiya's Self-Awareness Jim Pache provides critical insights, emphasizing the importance of breaking away from conventional thinking, even in high-stakes scenarios.

The Pain of Watching Others Get Ahead (Yukimiya - Blue Lock) Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 why did they get everything I want I think we've all experienced that kind of jealousy at some point seeing someone else get whatever we're aiming for and seemingly easy as well the frustration of that causes him to seriously get in his own way even though he's not aware of it he expects things to work out for him instead of looking at what needs to be done in order for them to do so I see so much for myself in the way he acts later on the desperation the way he responds to the unfair aess of it all
• 00:30 - 01:00 but we'll come back to that just to quickly cover who this guy is for anyone who hasn't seen blue lock emia is a rising soccer star with a growing modeling career alongside it he's not particularly interested in the modeling but regardless Tobe those around him he seems to have it all however whilst walking home one day his vision becomes blurred and impaired the doctor diagnoses him with optic neuropathy a disease that causes blind spots in his vision when he becomes fatigued he's told that it can't be fully cured that
• 01:00 - 01:30 he can expect headaches and nausea or in the worst cases blindness because it mostly tends to flow up when he's fatigued his modeling career isn't really affected but that's of basically no interest to him because it has a massive impact on his ability to play professional soccer we see throughout the series that he likes to have an explanation for everything and this is no exception but there isn't one this is just an unfortunate tragedy and and the
• 01:30 - 02:00 fact remains that his dream of being the world's best Striker or even just playing professionally has a time limit all of this is revealed before the match between BM man and City however if we go back slightly to the start of the Neo eist League we see him initially being the highest ranked player from Blue lock in the German team besides kuna the first moment of significance though comes in the Barker match and up until now he'd kept his condition completely under wraps nobody else had any idea
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• 03:30 - 04:00 before this game he'd spoken about how numbers alone that all that matters that the team would operate on Extreme rationality and nothing else would come into consideration but despite having higher numbers than isi isi is still chosen ahead of him to substitute on a brutally unfair decision that goes against everything he was promised before and with no real explanation given at the time outside of just fan servers just like shot in the u20 game
• 04:00 - 04:30 just as he's about to reach his goal something comes out of nowhere to stop him as though he's almost fighting this fate that demand he can't reach that level and something about this moment makes him lasering on is who yukus starts to see as someone getting everything that he wants and unfairly so in his mind whether whilst I won't spend long here as once again yukima doesn't play in this match there's a couple bits with is they are significant for ukia
• 04:30 - 05:00 later on Noah and laveno used their freem minute window to substitute themselves on and obviously being professionals at the very top of the world to this group of u20 upper cominging Stars they seem like Gods by comparison and they kind of are but ISE desperate to make a mark on the game charges in with no real plan for what to do besides make this a 2on one however lavinho is able to use E gear as a shield to break the deadlock with Noah
• 05:00 - 05:30 and puts Barker ahead as a result isi's blind desperate attempt to leave the mark massively back fired Kaiser reprimands him telling him that he simply wasn't at the level needed to get between those two that he should have accepted it and waited for an opening instead of trying to force something to happen out of a desperate desire to get some sort of result now something extremely similar to yukia's situation in the following game which will come to very very shortly but this game ends
• 05:30 - 06:00 with ISE realizing that he doesn't have the ability to score himself currently accepting his current limitations and opting to do what he can now so he instead gives an assist to kunami something that comes with a tinge of Shame for someone trying to become the best striker in the world and yes I know that if you haven't seen blue lock this all sounds slightly insane but that's just how things work in this series to ukia however it's far more than just
• 06:00 - 06:30 shameful it's outright unacceptable and he very bluntly tells isi this saying that it makes him doubt isi is even aiming to be the world's best Striker all because of this one assist so whilst eske claims that this was just a stop on the way to becoming a striker ukia has the very opposite view he says that he would never do that he'd accept defeat before passing like that so obviously two very different mindsets one looks at
• 06:30 - 07:00 what's currently realistic and does what he can within that and the other is just dead set on a goal literally and refuses to compromise on it and on the very surface what ukia is saying seems to be in line with a lot of what Jim Pache has encouraged from them you know going back to those quotes from the top players in episode one who'd rather score and lose an assist and win there's also obviously always been the benefits of aiming higher and we've seen multiple times
• 07:00 - 07:30 throughout the series that when players are backed into a corner and effectively forced to figure out a way to score themselves they'll figure something out that they wouldn't have otherwise so there is perhaps the argument that by aiming for an assist instead isi kind of shut out any chance of that happening you know if he's not really trying for a goal then he's definitely not going to score one but there's a balance between trying to aim higher and trying to force
• 07:30 - 08:00 something that simply isn't doable and Jim Pache spoke about this earlier in the series with regards to the flow state is something I made a video on a long time ago but this is all starting to become a bit of a side tangent so we'll come back to all of that soon in the manine game there's only really one more Scene before that one of Kai are asking lukemia if he's just jealous of isi's success and him admitting that he honestly might be you know then afterwards accepting that it might be
• 08:00 - 08:30 time for him to look at his own weaknesses for that I don't think he really does so until after this match you know so getting into the main event the manine city game where ukia is selected as the team's left wing bag not quite the striker all he hoped for but it will have to do for now there's very little of him in the next 15 chapters he blocks nagi's shot and that's it up until until chapter
• 08:30 - 09:00 192 where we see him lamenting his lack of impact on the game and I see so much of myself in this one page you know the reassuring himself his condition isn't playing up yet the tinge of self-loving when he talks about how he should be grateful that he hasn't being subbed off yet you know it feels like he's kind of overanalyzing his performance here even though there are plenty of other players on the team that have had just as little impact as he had and as such with the
• 09:00 - 09:30 timer on his eyes starting to run out despite the world's two best players subbing on he has no choice but to go for what should be an utterly absurd play but is actually quite common in the series stealing the ball off his own teammate telling isigi don't think the world revolves around you this match is mine and I'll come to what happens next in a moment but again back in episode 1 Jim Pache told them theard Common Sense
• 09:30 - 10:00 live only for their own goals and remember that out on the field they're the star and that is essentially what yukim is doing you know even telling blue loock Ace that he won't let the world revolve around him that yukimo is going to get what he wants for himself and it does start off incredibly well you know blitzing past chiger and Rio in an instant then getting past all of man shines been field on his own leaving him alone with just the center backs and the
• 10:00 - 10:30 goalkeeper a crazy feat of dribbling and had he scored at the shot it would have been an unbelievable win to the game but whiler was enough to 4 the u20 goalkeeper Chris Prince the world's number two player shuts it down and so it feels to me based on that that if he just waited 3 minutes for these professional players leave the field then he likely could have scored her or alternatively once he's Blitz pass half the team then he can just pass to
• 10:30 - 11:00 someone else and got a incredibly impressive assist so why didn't he well because he wanted to be the hero and he felt like he was running out of time so he was desperate to make an impact before he did but unfortunately no matter how intensely you want something the world doesn't change because of that the Defenders aren't suddenly going to get easier to beat the goal doesn't suddenly get larger and so in comparison to to isi who about 15 chapters prior
• 11:00 - 11:30 recognized his own inability to score and followed Kaiser for a while to learned from him or at the end of this match recognizing he couldn't score himself and opting for an assist because that was the best option for him at the time he was very willing to accept his current limitations but emia is just kind of demanding that he gets a goal here at the very least expecting that he does it's something saw a lot of him who
• 11:30 - 12:00 every PR video I make somehow links back to the sky but in the second selection it expected that he simply win on account of his talent and hard work becoming frustrated when it didn't happen and initially refusing to make any changes despite the mounting pile of evidence that his approach just wasn't working it summarized best than his later conversation with Snuffy who tells him ego alone won't get you anywhere to which he responds that he already knows
• 12:00 - 12:30 blue lock has already hammered in that lesson more than enough that kind of hunger to win the belief you can reach the heights you want it's really just the starting line you know it's part of the process in which you use it to better yourself and above all no matter how frustratingly unfair the world may be towards you the second it crosses the line into delusion it starts to become a huge hindrance later on even no Noah the world's best striker is willing to admit
• 12:30 - 13:00 that Snuffy is a better all around player than him in fact earlier on we saw him acknowledge that Kaiser's kick speed surpasses his own and when we look at the chapter following his attempt on goal we see two polar opposite responses from hre and Jim Pache hre is obviously shown to be fairly naive or at least in comparison to Jim Pache who is unbelievably good at predicting the future of these players and he says something initially a little counter to
• 13:00 - 13:30 his past features that his self-esteem is too high I don't think self-esteem is quite the right phrase for what he's trying to say I think that's just a bit of a translation thing I think this next line instead there's a difference between confidence and zealotry sums it up pretty well but I think we've kind of covered this point by now you know it's good to aim high but don't be delusional on your route there and think you found the shortcut that you're further long than you actually are but the other interesting interesting thing about ukia
• 13:30 - 14:00 to me is his conversation with isi afterwards we see isi walking towards him absolutely fuming you know de anoy just oozing out of him before he absolutely rips into emia who just has no fight in him you know he's too deep in thought over something to even really listen but isi proposes that they work together with yukia's dribbling helping to cut open a path for isuki to score because with everyone on guard against
• 14:00 - 14:30 yukim shot it should be very easy for him to break open a route for his team but he once again refuses calling this a trial that he must overcome and I don't intend to downplay his condition at all you know I completely understand his frustrations but what do you mean a trial you must over cut you know who has decided that besides you you know why do you have to score in this specific game
• 14:30 - 15:00 why do you have to be the hero of this specific game I don't think it's true at all that he'll never get another chance if he doesn't score in this one it kind of feels to me like part of him sees himself beneath everyone else you know so he has his own separate trial to see if he's actually worthy of standing on the pitch and it's almost though he wants to overcompensate for that by becoming the hero he calls eally out on how only thinking about how he will be the the best in the end and I won't
• 15:00 - 15:30 spend too long on that in this video um I do think there's a bit of both from Mei here he does genuinely believe this to be the most logical option of the options where he scores but for this video I'm more interested in what yukia says next that if only shrewd bastards like you get rewarded then this world is messed up and I remember I had to kind of stop for a few seconds when I read this for the first time because I really see my younger self in this one you know yeah it can be pretty messed up it can
• 15:30 - 16:00 feel extremely unfair that that some people are able to get all these rewards that you can't without all the extra challenges that you have on top of it but again whilst I completely understand yukia's frustrations over his condition the fact remains that he's still just getting in his own way and I'm not talking about just you know instead he should just act like it doesn't exist or anything like that but he just needs to honestly look at what he can and can't do in the moment instead of getting
• 16:00 - 16:30 pissed off at EIG or needing to be a hero and we see the difference in this if we go back to before this attack started in 192 whilst is was thinking of a plan in response to the two masters coming onto the pitch ukia just found himself getting frustrated at them going back to the intro of this video it's almost like he's expecting his frustrations to get him what he wants but the part that I'm sure some of you have been waiting for me to address is
• 16:30 - 17:00 where he says that he knows what isi is saying is correct as such but if he only listened to what was logical he would have stopped a long time ago because logically as such his condition is a barrier to him becoming the best in the world and just to be clear I know this video has probably felt like I'm kind of criticizing him and I sort of am but I absolutely love this guy you know he's one of many characters in the series
• 17:00 - 17:30 that I always just want to see more of I always find myself rooting for you know it's crazy just how many characters like that this Series has but whilst I completely get what he's saying here again it comes back to the point of you don't let that get in the way of how you're going to get banned everything else we've said so far you know the world unfortunately doesn't care at all in fact it's quite the opposite and I say this from experience that this kind of mindset really holds you back because you stop looking at what you actually need to do you know and this happens in
• 17:30 - 18:00 the following chapter with ukia dead set and crushing ISE and stealing the ball off him but to isi he's just another player the same as everyone else on the pitch and so he's able to use ukia as a decoy to leave himself unmarked leaving lukemia in despair however Kaiser barges into isi making it impossible for him to score himself and so in a very similar Fashion To The Barker game he can even choose to accept this defeat and try again to get a goal himself or do the
• 18:00 - 18:30 best he can in this situation give an assist to emia who initially seems extremely relieved you know it almost looks like there's tears in his eyes here but as soon as he goes to take the shot he has this whole Whirlwind of conflicting thoughts in his head you know the frustration at isi kind of deciding his goal for him that slight kind of anger at the fact that he wasn't able to get a goal himself it's being almost kind of gifted to him in a way
• 18:30 - 19:00 but all of that is balanced with his desperation to Simply score leave him mark on the game and get himself an offer and in the end he takes the shot himself but crucially unlike before he's not just assuming his current self is enough that he'll just score as a consequence of trying to instead adapting his usual Top Spin shot to have diagonal spin this time allowing it to slip past Rio and give BM the win him
• 19:00 - 19:30 and isi reconcile after this match accepting that they have different views and everything but that's fine you know one's more idealistic one's more realistic but they could both make it work for them so who cares right and I think they also both realize that maybe they need a little bit more of what the other has you know The Sweet Spot is somewhere in between these two but the difference in leukemia from this match onwards is really admirable it's something I really like and it's made him one of my favorite characters sadly
• 19:30 - 20:00 there isn't too much of him but we do have his conversation with Jim Pache perhaps the only time in the series where I can think of that Jim Pache has called someone in to talk with them personally I'd be absolutely Brooking it and he immediately without even turning to face lukemia just lists the details of his condition that's incredibly cold on the surface which you know we've come to expect from gache but from the rest of this conversation I don't think he's being as cold as he originally seems so
• 20:00 - 20:30 yukim response to him saying that he didn't want everyone to worry about him but I think the real reason is that he was worried that he'd either lose his spot if it was found out or at minimum it would be used against him by the other players you know near the end of the match when his vision starts to go but Jim Pache already knew and he's obligated to tell the team that sent ukia an offer about it as well and man the way he s vient hangs his head when he hears this almost makes me tear up a
• 20:30 - 21:00 it honestly you know he's so convinced they'll turn him down just because of that you know that this is something he has to hide from them but it's quite the opposite in addition to the 29 million yen salary which is about $190,000 they'll pay for the finest treatment that is for his eyes for his condition which we just saw that almost like shame he has at having it and I was so happy when I saw this you know what
• 21:00 - 21:30 more could he ask for but he turns it down for now he tells them to wait till the end of the NL to see what he can do on his own claiming that his goal was just a result of isak's efforts which isn't completely true you know isuki himself says that it was only possible because of his incredible short technique but I do get why he feels that way whether the difference with this and what he was doing before before he was saying I want to score and be the best
• 21:30 - 22:00 striker in the world but wasn't actually doing anything to help him get there or at the very least in the matches he was getting in his own way he was just charging in and he was mistaking being stubborn and unwilling to look at what he's lacking with sticking to his ideals now he's decided he's not going to take something out of principle there's no deluding himself you know he knows he might lose the offer and he's fully accepting of that you know it's
• 22:00 - 22:30 completely different to what he was doing before now I'd love to talk about where his art goes from here but at the time of writing it kind of hasn't you know there's a bit of him in the Ubers match where he tries to steal the ball off the E gar again but this time when it fails rather than frustration it's just excitement at the Target he's aiming for I was kind of surprised he's not in this match more given the way Noah said the key was in winning jewels and that's emia specialty and and then in the pxg game he doesn't even start he
• 22:30 - 23:00 does end up being subbed on when inagu is subbed off which by the way is complete BS we all know Noah did this out of fear that if he left uguru on the pitch his Awakening would surpass everyone but regardless yukia Subs in in 288 uses is's old trick against him by using him as bait to get past the Defenders he then dbes pass a couple more before getting his shot blocked there's also a little bit on where he reflects on how nest is kind of like the old hym stuck in naivity not evolving
• 23:00 - 23:30 unlike the rest of the pitch he obviously has this vision of kais in his head that's very different to the reality but that's kind of it from emia you know it's kind of like the author just wanted to remind us oh yeah he can still dribble pass an entire team so I can only assume that we'll see him again in the future um although of him currently being full team I don't quite know how likely that is as I'm actually not sure if he'll make the St in lineup you know there's a lot of competition
• 23:30 - 24:00 for his kind of role from AA Bacher Etc but to me he is a fantastic character a great reminder not to delude yourself to be honest about what you really want but above all he's just incredibly admirable for doing everything he does in spite of his condition and I really hope he gets another chance to shine in future so thank you very much if you made it all the way here if you want to get these videos 24 hours early sign up to my patreon in the link below otherwise
• 24:00 - 24:30 thank you very much for watching and I'll see you soon for more blue lock videos because I am absolutely loving the SOS at the moment