The only hate I've seen Ego get is for his philosophy and for the battle royal format he teaches it through. That's the premise of the entire story though, so I don't think "most people" dislike him at all.

I don't know, does he get hate for anything else?

Because he’s an unhinged maniac? And me personally, because he’s wrong. He’s been saying from the very beginning that Japan’s team needs to be 1 hero and 10 assistants, but everything the story has shown us tells us that the best teams are made up of 11 heroes instead.

I thought that was where the story was going with Ego admitting that everyone in the BL11 is a great player during the U20 match, but after the match he goes right back to saying “remember that you’re the only hero”, and by this point, I’m kinda tired of that stick.

I actually wouldn’t happen to notice that, I think ego does have more followers than haters :4

I saw a lot of people hating him too and was genuinely shocked

Least insane football coach

First, his ideas aren’t crap. Second, we don’t know much for his achievements but he built up a team from scratch that defeated u20 Japanese team. A rando redditor wouldn’t have the kind of observation and knowledge he has about football. He clearly is not just a casual soccer fanboy. It appears he used to play football himself once as far as we know but seeing how relatively unknown he is to general folks in the manga, he may not have been a good player. But don’t let this distract you from what’s important, he has deliver the desired results as the coach and director of blue lock.

Whaaaaat, the show doesn‘t give the viewer a CV for the enigmatic instigator for the absurd setup of the show in Episode 1?

How stupid, it needs to give a lot of slow, detailed exposition about someone who‘s not the main character so it can pass the Japanese football spending association board, which is me! I decide whether the story‘s premise would get funding, that‘s what the episode should spend 20 minutes explaining!

The viewer doesn‘t need an engaging setup for the main character‘s motivations and an intriguing hook through a mix of mystery, spectacle and a well laid-out perspective on sport unique for the show‘s genre.

Bro is an ego hater already lol :4

I think they tell you more about him in ep2. It's a choice in the anime to skip who he is to build hype in ep1 but in the manga they verify his role at the very start.

yea that’s the cool thing about ego, he’s super mysterious

i still dont buy the no one knows ego bs, cuz if he was a star whose dream got crushed or sm shit then why does no in japan know him

Ego’s been spamming junk food and hasn’t worked out in years he’s not ready for the pitch 😭

ngl Ego humbling the "stars" of NEL before the U20 WC would be perfect Cinema

i also think he would rather say stuff like "you still achieved nothing you >!Nagi!< Cosplayers" or some other fd up shit

I want him to give Nagi like talks (obviously not that traumatizing) to all the playes after crushing them in a series of 1v1s or someother way, showing them the final pieces they need to excel in the U-20 world cup, and humble them a little.

I'd prefer if Anri puts the boots on and cooks them all.

I'd like to see him and Isagi interact more, Ego's thoughts on Isagi.

Neutral on him tbh . Seems like a radical dude, happens to work out in Isagi’s case buuut he’s the wizard / man behind the curtain so it’s likely he’s hiding something

Love seeing ego’s reactions live during the games

I can’t wait to see him and noa’s backstory prob won’t be until the World Cup arc though 😪

Can’t wait for his backstory

We have to get a back story for Ego he's one of the most interesting characters we even got back stories for side characters that don't like Yukimiya, Chigiri, Barou and Bachira I'm expecting it.

So, like, "ego" isn't your self, per se. It's the self you envision yourself as, try to project to the world and therefore actualize. It's your ideal self.

So, according to the philosophy he himself pushes, and that the manga preaches, we already know everything there is to know about Ego, because his truest most authentic version and vision of himself is the one he presents with his actions, not with his past.

In fact, for most of the characters who have made it this far and whose backstories have been shown, leaving that past behind is an integral part of their journey towards becoming someone.

So we might never find out Ego's past because that's not him and with his every action he is quite literally "ego" incarnate: a fully realized individual, truly fulfilling his potential.

Ego is and with his backstory will go down as one of the best teachers along with jiraya, kiske, and Rayleigh. I’ve learned more from ego than from all of my teachers combined

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Are you a striker because you are an egoist? Or are you an egoist because you are a striker?

lmfao we jjk fans really are infesting every other anime sub like rats 😭

I- MUST RESIST... THE JJK . .... ITS CALLING F OR ME

He doesn't care that his name is gone. He cares that people see his work. Realistically no Blue Lock member will forget him. He may disappear but never forgotten. His own ego is based off his work.

I agree! Do we think Ego secretly likes Nagi and that’s why he’s so hard on him? I mean, Ego hates with such a passion you cannot help but wonder if Ego has some love for him.

Brotherrrr this guy stinks!!! - Ego when Nagi said he couldn’t betray Blue Lock probably

Ego using every bone in his body to hate on Nagi 😭

Ego the biggest Nagi hater is gonna respect that shit

Ego would deadass fw too

one can only aspire to be the level of hater ego is 🔥🔥🔥

THATS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING! Nagi is still a minor, and minors can’t sign legally binding contracts in japan. He is under no obligation to honour that deal. Like bro, LIE TO HIM.

Nah it's not that in my opinion. Personally I think Ego is just like Isagi and is a talented learner as he has great analysis skills and can pick up easily on the game (Knows when someone is in flow, great ball understanding, knows players individual strengths easily ). So when he sees somebody with like insane talent he has high standards because he was once world class without any "talent" ( Like rin or loki is what I mean). So he kinda just hates on that like who wouldn't tbh. To see someone given the gifts you weren't given but still fail to reach where you reached is kinda just embarrasing and ego isn't a person who takes that.

SRY for yapfest

ego is mad because he saw all that talent go to waste on a player with no ego

he told nagi right at the start that nagi would never be the best in the world because he didnt have the drive from the get go. he likely saw a spark in nagi during team v vs team z when he went off and during phase 2 when nagi was on isagi's team because those were the times nagi showed his actual ego

but hes mad that nagi reverted back to relying entirely on reo instead of his own abilities

I would say thinking of it from Ego's perspective; he's staking his entire professional career on the Blue Lock project being a success. That he'd be able to perfectly craft a team that would finally win Japan a World Cup in football. And then you're dealing with kid who's participating in the program but doesn't hide that he actually doesn't want to be there.

For all the accusations of Rin's favoritism to Isagi, Ego deeply loves the idea of a genius who does have that innate drive and puts in all the effort. Its why Rin is one of his golden boys (the other being Isagi). Nagi runs counter to everything Ego craves out of a player, and the fact that he burnt out exactly as Ego predicted after Nagi talked all that shit about it being an easy task for him to get a World Cup. Yeah. lol

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Also it was interesting when Isagi asked Ego what happened to Nagi Ego actually kept it short "he was playing too inconsistent, that is the type of salary you should expect from that result." It wasn't until Reo tried to debate him on it that Ego pulled out the powerpoint. lol

I was the biggest Nagi simp, I loved it when he left Reo and went with Isagi and Bachira. It’s what got me sold on Blue Lock, the fact that the power of friendship will not get you by. But I get it, dude “couldn’t” play soccer anymore because he “couldn’t” get motivated. Why would anyone bother with that?

I’m hoping he has a rebound, and I’m hoping we get the cold Nagi back, but I don’t want to hold my hopes for this “I’m so talented Idk what to do with myself” Nagi.

High expectations on Nagi since he has so much talent which we're wasted due to his laziness.

I see talented learners and genius like someone who grinds vs someone who has a free 5x exp buff. Yeah, both of them can grind and become the best, but the geniuses have an inherit edge up.

But if you don't grind, that exp buff is useless.

he’s the cover of the newest volume so i’m hoping we get to learn more about him!

He is a famous critic

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