I'm a little worried about how Rin is doing in PXG, ngl
For a number of reasons:
Most importantly - his instructor is Loki.
Look at the face Rin made when that was announced.
Rin already disliked him because of how hard he outplayed him in the Blue Lock vs. World Stars mini-game, without putting in basically any effort, as both he and Isagi noted. There's a certain tension between these two if you re-read those chapters:
I think a lot of it might come just from them being so close in age. I think Rin sees him more as another player he has to beat (especially since it's another player who is at Sae's level) than a teacher.
And you know that since Loki is part of the New World 11 it's probably going to be "Itoshi's little brother" and not "Rin".
2. He's probably hit a mental and emotional slump after what happened in BL vs U20. He must have lost some of his spirit after how things turned out for him personally and with his brother, now confused about what he's doing this all for, and Isagi isn't there to light a fire under his ass
3. He has to watch Isagi, his "i'll-kill-you-even-if-it-kills-me" rival, fight ANOTHER, cooler rival. I don't know about you, but if I had Rin's personality and my bitch-ass of a rival was all "look at this better, more powerful rival I found who is like you but better and whose demise is all I think about 24/7" I'd be a little pissed
4. VERY important: His only company are Karasu, who is just as big of a bitch as he is, and fucking SHIDOU. I don't even need to say anything else. I can't even imagine the shit Shidou is telling him now that he has his dick all hard for Mr. Underlashes senior
Of course I hope that his "defeat" at the U20 game made him mature and he won't be a sad little bitchboy during the Neo Egoist League but I'm pretty sure that's not going to be the case.
A NoaEgo short comic where Chris Prince is exceptionally perceptive and ignorant.
✨My master strikers✨
Lavi: Knows nothing but smells the UST in the air and starts creating rumours with his signature creativity.
Chris: Unsuccessful on the pitch (only compared to Noa), but successful in love. Relentlessly mocks and match-makes Noa and Ego so that he can surpass Noa once his arch-enemy falls in love. His grudge doubles if we go with my Manshine-assistant-coach!Ego headcanon.
Snuffy: The only one who knows what really happened in the past. He says he respects Noa and Ego’s ~choices~ no matter what, but inwardly is super anxious because he sees Noaego as a surrogate for him and his deceased friend (OH NO).
Loki: either a bewildered little turtle who has heard too many … romantic urban legends from Hugo Lloris the French NT Cap and feels like walking on a minefield every day, or an outlaw madman who humbly laughs “Mhuahaha I will bury you all old men in the dust of history.” Or both.