BLUE LOCK THEORY— ITOSHI BACKSTORY
wc: 550
a/n: covers content up to ch 120— i compiled all of my thoughts about their possible backstory, what we know about rin’s motivations, and character analysis for rin.
honestly, rin acts like a child who has been constantly compared to an older sibling and expected to achieve success on a greater scale than them. the additional element of being abandoned by sae as he prioritized his own football career and left rin behind further adds onto rin’s resentment towards sae.
while their backstory is still unconfirmed, sae pushing his family away for the sake of becoming #1 in the world would fuel rin’s desire to /become/ someone that sae would pay attention to. surpassing sae would become rin’s ultimate triumph and final statement: “i’ll make you regret neglecting me back then.”
and sae /is/ aware of the rivalry and rin’s desire to surpass him because he directly addresses rin’s motivations in this panel.
A 2023 UPDATE IS SOOOO NECESSARY I need to hit this before the pxg match happens and new rin lore drops omg
i actually have sooooo many new ideas post u20 match ESP CH 124 NIGHT SNOW that srsly changed everything like wow
