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Thinking about...

How Nagi's favorite movie is "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".

This explains so much why this bitch is such a romantic even if he's oblivious af.

Okay, other than that, I think it also aligns with his journey to figure out that a life of ignorance and lack of care and effort is meaningless bc he now knows that pain and frustration and struggles are important. There'll be no eternal sunshine, not if he doesn't actually understand and try hard for it.

Also thinking about how Reo's fav is "The Truman Show" and the way it resonates with his desire to break free from the life scripted for him by his parents and prove that he's more than what everyone views him as.

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I rushed this. THEY THEM THEMMM. THEHYYY AHHGGHGGGH

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overwatered

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I drew Bakugou looking at Setsuna a gecko. Chapter 208 got me so excited.

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He does not mean that, Gojo.

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I've seen a lot of people saying things like 'Reo will leave blue loxk if Nagi leaves' after the leaks, but honestly. I don't think he will.

Cuz let's not forget that, unlike Nagi, his dream started as something individual, something for him and only him. Even if it eventually morphed to include Nagi, his dream still has that base of individuality. Because of this, it's much more important to him than it is to Nagi.

There's a huge difference in the way that him and Nagi perceive their shared 'dream'. For Nagi, he dreams of winning the World Cup with Reo because that's what Reo wants. It never holds any other meaning or importance to him besides that, and that's why he would've left blue lock if Reo never made it to the third selection. Reo is the base of his dream. Without Reo, there's nothing else to support it. Without Reo, Nagi's dream crumbles.

This is something we see from the very moment we get access to Nagi's perspective. Throughout the entire story, his motivation was always Reo, even during their fallout.

The same goes for Reo, but only to a certain degree. Different from Nagi, we're shown that Reo's actually able to move on from their duo and better his skills for himself. This is because even though Nagi is a huge part of his dream, he isn't the base of it. Without Nagi, Reo's dream can still exist because it has other support, said support being the thrill of having to work to get what he wants and building himself an identity outside of Mikage Corp. and his family.

Obviously, he cares about Nagi a lot, and he definitely will protest against him getting disqualified in the upcoming chapters - but he doesn't really need Nagi the same way Nagi needs him, at least not in terms of playing.

Reo's dream is something so incredibly important to him, and while Nagi does contribute a whole lot to his it, there's no use in destroying it all just because Nagi can no longer be a part of it. He still has something to support it and to keep him determined even without Nagi, so why would he give up now? It just doesn't seem like something plausible to me. Having Reo leave Blue Lock and throw away his dream just because Nagi locked off feels out of character.

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Nagi getting eliminated is the most interesting thing Blue Lock has done in a very long time, and I don't understand his fans or NagiReo fans being mad about it.

Nagi has nowhere to go but up and tragic romance is sooooo juicy.

Like what, you wanted them to be happy forever and ever, in the MIDDLE of the story?

They'd do nothing then. They'd be a side note. They'd fade into the background.

Another divorce is like... prime fanfic angst material. It's beautiful.

You are so spoiled. I'm a RyuSae Kunigiri BachiRin IsaBachi shipper, and I think you don't understand just how blessed you are, to have this wonderful narrative focus when my favs have been AWOL for a very long time, and irrelevant.

Like you really think Nagi is gone forever? Oh please.

and NagiReo is just ramping up.

I don't get how you don't see that as the absolute treat it is.

This feels like a return to form for Blue Lock. It's a perfect decision, to show him and Isagi's arcs developing in reverse.

Isagi passed to someone, and lost bc he couldn't take the shot himself. Nagi passed to someone, and lost because he couldn't take the shot.

Isagi started off as the worst player in his stratum. now he's number one.

Nagi started off as the number one of his stratum. he is now eliminated. the worst player in the whole potential blue lock team.

and it's for doing the same thing that started Isagi's journey.

that's actually amazing writing.

the kind of writing blue lock forgot it had.

NEL has also been such a snooze fest.

finally. there are consequences and stakes again!!

and it's also brilliant because it was Nagi who left Reo behind twice. Three times.

Now it's finally time for Nagi to be left behind.

It's time for him to chase Reo, and realize just how badly he needs to be with that boy.

winning the world cup with him.

seriously.

Nagi fans who are not homophobic dudebros and NagiReo fans.

Feel sad about it. Be upset. that's a good thing.

stories should make you feel something.

but stop acting like this was bad writing.

it was the best writing this entire wretched arc has had.

and I scoff at you for being mad that Nagi might be gone for a bit.

you have episode nagi every goddamn month.

your fav won't be gone from the main manga for long anyway.

I say this as a Bachira fan.

you'll fucking live.

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Happy Nagireo anniversary!! 💜🤍

For those who don't know what the hell I'm talking about, today is April 19th, original release date of the epinagi movie plus the booklet "Episode harajuku" containing this iconic scene

This is a marriage proposal to me.

Well, glasses up for one year of ngro. Now put them back down cause they getting separated again.

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WHAT IS THIS FUCKING DIALOGUE IM GONNA VOMIT

DUDE?????? WHY IS THIS JUST A PLAIN ROMANCE RIGHT NOW????

NOT ROMANTIC FEELINGS MY FUCKING ASS

as if you'd say this to your fucking brother oh my god I'm gonna be sick

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The Death of Nagi

"It doesn't matter how you live... but just don't die before me, you know?"

Parents were not meant to outlive their children. Nagi was never meant to outlive Reo -- he never wanted to in the first place. He only ever came to Blue Lock because Reo promised to "stay with him until the end," only ever played soccer because "it was the first time someone had ever showed interest in a guy like [him]."

Because of this, Nagi didn't fear [Death] the same way that Reo did.

Nagi had always lived half of a life. [Death] just meant returning to those listless days. But Reo...

Reo became hyperaware of his inadequacies from the moment Nagi left him in the second selection. He's been overwhelmed by his fear of his dream's death for hundreds of chapters. Reo thought he was the weak link, that his death would be the end of his dream with Nagi.

Meanwhile, Nagi lived with lazy confidence in both him and Reo. He didn't even comprehend the possibility of Reo's or his elimination.

Nagi had never acted on "pure survival instincts," because he'd never feared [Death]. By Ego's definition, then, everything he did in Blue Lock was out of Love.

Only when Ego had said it out loud did a small fear of [Death] sprout in Nagi for the first time. All he had known before was that he didn't want Reo to die (Nagi was driven by Love), but he hadn't considered that dying himself would also mean losing Reo.

He panics.

The tragedy is that Ego's spiel about dreams hits him just a bit too late. He's always been willing to die -- [Death] wouldn't affect his love. But now... now he's realizing he wants to live for his love. To stay by Reo's side, to support him and be supported. He doesn't want to leave. He begs, desperately, for his love to manifest as ego, so that he can stay, so that he can live.

Many have characterized Nagi as selfish. I don't think this is the case. He makes every decision based on what he thinks will benefit Reo. His survival in Blue Lock has been a consequence, not a priority. But here, we see Nagi finally turning selfish.

He's the one afraid of being without Reo.

He's the one afraid of being alone.

The same monster that enveloped Bachira envelops Nagi.

But while Bachira could separate his love for soccer from his love for Isagi...

Nagi... could not.

Nagi wants to play soccer to stay by Reo's side. He's always been satisfied, as long as he was together with Reo. He never manifested a dream beyond that. The undead don't dream.

He pursued a goal of beating Isagi, after seeing how upset Reo was from losing to him, and he won. He avenged them. All he wants now is to be by Reo for as long as he can.

But dreams like that don't survive in Blue Lock.

Nagi and Reo have always been Ego's foil -- the question of whether Love could overpower Ego.

And Love (Nagi) died.

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they make me happy

kuroken

nagireo

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