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i will say even after my last post about isagi being boring i do think he has a potential interesting plotline in the future. with his rebel style being established we now know isagis playstyle will center around destroying the strongest, which we’ve known for a while but now he seems to know and wants to lean into this aspect of play. i think one of the few ways isagi can remain interesting as a main character is if his new rebel style starts tying into the egos of other characters.

the best example i can think of right now is sae. rin wholeheartedly wants to defeat sae and prove him wrong. with sae being a guaranteed member in the new buratsuta three and blue lock beginning to turn against isagi, i could really see a future where isagi and rins goals become aligned to defeating sae and breaking off from his system. through this isagi remains the catalyst of blue lock but gives space for more interesting characters to share the spotlight and develop their stories.

there are definitely other interesting ways to go about it as well. teaming with kunigami to beat shidou, with reo to prove nagi wrong (although i dont think thats exactly what reo wants anymore), that sort of thing. letting him share the spotlight is probably the best way for isagi to stay the main character but not overpower the other narratives in the story, and is in line with his playstyle

i want to preface this by saying isagi is honestly a breath of fresh air when it comes to shonen protagonists. i really appreciate that he gets adequate time to be intense and weird and kind of a dick to the people around him just like everyone else does. in that regard i am happy with the main character blue lock has, and with nagi as a second mc its pretty satisfying.

but at this point in the story, it feels like isagi has been cruising off plot armor for the past hundred+ chapters with no end in sight. he is consistently a deciding factor in matches and gets a lot of screentime doing important things. is that to be expected of a main character? yeah for sure, but its reached a point where it’s not tense anymore.

we all know isagi is going to be the striker who makes it out of the blue lock program. hes already #1 with so much more time left in the series. it feels like nobody can keep up anymore and its really hurting the series. at the beginning of the france match they seemed nearly untouchable, like a wall isagi couldnt do anything about. he was shut out of his own team, began to question himself, and everyone left him to join karasu as the dominant system of play. which is awesome and an interesting plotline.

why is he already over it? the match hasnt even ended and hes back to being the star player. why isnt he struggling with the ideas hugo put forth? why is he not allowed to have one match where things go bad for him?

isagi has grown and continues to grow too rapidly for anyone else in the series to pose a significant challenge to him for a significant amount of time. matches have become a waiting game to see how many chapters it takes isagi to go from losing badly to scoring the winning goal. hes outgrown everyone else in blue lock and continues to improve faster than they do.

wouldnt a less set in stone main character make it better?

isagi has become to everyone else what rin was to him over half the manga ago. hes the final boss that everyone has to struggle to keep up with. at this point he works better as an antagonist. it feels pointless to follow the best player when so many other characters are extremely interesting and now have a new goal to aspire to?

chigiri and bachira are already isagis friends. itd be interesting to see how they rise to meet this new challenge, with personal stakes. kunigami is sad and angry now, but his past with isagi could be an interesting plotline (how? idk im not a professional writer clearly.) reo and nagi both have a lot more to offer. there are all the defenders who are basically forced to give up on their egos as strikers, why dont we see how that hurts them? karasu, otoya, yukimiya and hiori are all very interesting characters with a lot to explore.

not even to mention barou, rin, or shidou. barou and rin have intense history with isagi and already have an intense desire to beat him. shidous stakes arent as personal but with isagi beginning to take him over and even emulate sae in certain plays, i could definitely see him taking an interest in him.

its just disappointing how soon isagis underdog story has turned into an overwhelming and growing gap between him and everyone else, and i truly believe that him being at the top now gives every other character a chance to shine and try to catch up to their old friend who used to rest at the very bottom of blue lock.