Bachira-kun.
Hm?
U-Uh, if possible, I'd like you to hit a pass or two to me, too...
Th-That was too bold of me, wasn't it? Forgive me.
Keep it coming my way.
GLAM
I will score glam goals and win the game for us.
'Kay.
Hey. Let's get this over with quickly and move on.
Instant kill.
Sure thing.
Let's go play...
some really fun soccer!
Episode 20
Super Link-Up Play
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Aryu-kun?
What do you use on your hair?
Huh?
Just the stuff in the communal bath, like everyone else.
But your cuticles are way too glam.
You must have natural-born glam.
Don't touch my hair.
Oh, sorry. Your hair's just too beautiful.
I obey the laws of glam.
It's an honor to be taking on a fellow member of the glam fam.
Nice to meet you, Chigiri Hyoma.
He's so tall.
So this is who I'm matched up with, huh?
You have rather a classical-sounding name, in spite of how you look.
Nice to meet you, Aryu Jyubei-san.
Don't call me that! That first name is totally not glam!
It oozes with the unmistakable outdatedness of a Warring States samurai.
It is my only complex.
Let me erase all thought of it with some glam poses!
Ah, stop, Aryu-kun!
GLAM
If you move around too much, you'll use up all your energy!
H-Hey, Isagi, are you sure these guys are strong?
Aryu-kun? What is it?
Yeah, they're really good at soccer.
Are you okay? You're still stylish, Aryu-kun!
Shut up, all of you!
Get into your formation already and let's do this.
Yikes! I'm sorry!
U-Um, do you think we could take a rain check?
Huh?
Well, Aryu-kun's in a state, so let's wait till we're all at our best—
Overruled.
Get in position or I'll kill you.
Ah, we're done for. This is the end.
An authoritative guy like him will end up running society.
Confident people will always win and live happily ever after.
They don't even know our pain.
They just keep winning without suffering any setbacks.
Isagi, we're changing formation.
I'm gonna end this super-negative shithead.
Who exactly hasn't suffered setbacks? Huh?!
Oh man, you're terrifying!
I can't budge him?
Is he some kind of super strong herbivore?
Okay. In that case, could you switch positions with Barou... Um, Nagi?
Sorry, Isagi. But can I make a request, too?
Huh?
I have to do something that excites me. Otherwise, not choosing Reo was pointless.
I want to play against the number one.
I want to become stronger.
Okay.
But if you lose, I'll crush you myself.
I'll be the one who devours everything on this field.
So, with that sorted...
Let's do this, Bachira.
Bachira
Aryu
Tokimitsu
Rin
Nagi
Isagi
Barou
Chigiri
Put everything on the line.
Throw everything at him.
The winner...
will be me!
Are you ready, Isagi?
Let's start with...
Ultra-fast scissors, cranked up to the max?
Just try and take it.
One backward false step...
and a quick turn!
What? I used to be able to shake him with that move.
What happened? Did he read it?
He's looking around the whole field to position himself.
He's not just focused on our one-on-one.
He's stopping me from going the way he doesn't want me to go.
Nagi's on that side, so they can recover if Isagi's slow to defend.
But on this side, there's no one behind, so if I run past him, I'm through on goal.
He matched up with me, knowing this was the most critical point in their defense.
His assessment of the situation in the moment is on a whole new level!
What's up, Bachira? Try and run past me.
I see that how you use your eyes has evolved.
In that case, I'll gamble...
on attacking down this side!
Figured you would.
I'll take that, Blunt Bangs.
Barou?
He read my movement and came to double up on me with Isagi?
Bachira-kun, hit it back here!
If I must.
Huh?
Thanks.
Isagi?
Damn it!
Move, bastard!
Huh? What are they doing?
I thought they'd positioned themselves to work in combination.
But they used the other one and devoured them while competing for the ball?
Link-up devouring? It's an anti-combo!
How am I supposed to read that on first sight?
Float one over.
I know just where you want it.
A slice. Nice ball.
Hm?
So he's not rushing in because he's wary of my first touch.
I'm not a fan of the awkward amount of space he's giving me.
If I knock it forward without slowing, he has time to react.
If I stop the ball here, he only has to take a step and he's on me.
What superb positioning.
All it took was one game for you to be able to read my game this well, Itoshi Rin?
That's a genius for you.
Now, what should I do?
You feeling this? It's the only spot available...
Red Panther.
Bring it on. I'll run past everyone!
That was a very glam pass.
If I gauge the distance of Aryu and Rin, with me running at top speed...
In that split second before we all collide...
That's the coordinates of my one and only chance to smash through!
Whoa. Are these guys for real?
They seized the ball through the anti-combo of Isagi and Barou.
And the moment they got it, Isagi and Nagi instantly shared the same vision.
Nagi responded by taking it down superbly and hitting a killer pass.
And Chigirin's legs were able to react to all of it.
This is the chemical reaction they've come up with to beat us.
Isagi Yoichi
Barou Shouei
This super link-up play!
Isagi Yoichi
Barou Shouei
Nagi Seishiro
Chigiri Hyoma
They are truly worthy opponents.
All right!
Nice one, missy.
Yes!
I've been waiting for you, egoist.
The monster inside me is over the moon.
It's 35 meters to the goal.
Even for Rin, that's not a distance he can shoot from.
And yet...
Is it just me or have they gotten stronger?
The glam in my veins is all aquiver.
There's no way the Top Three will allow it to end here!
But we'll keep on attacking so they get no time to rest.
We are...
the challengers!
Let's do this, Isagi.
It won't make it so easy this time.
Silky dribbling while keeping one eye on Barou...
It's impossible to take the ball off Bachira when he's on the move.
Down the wing? Aryu?
No, we'll be fine.
Nagi's in our half and Chigiri's tracking back.
It's only an issue if he gets past me. We can handle everything else.
Blunt Bangs!
He stopped dribbling?
Nice one, Barou. Now we can steal it.
Huh? A no-look pass?
It got through! Aryu-kun!
Run!
Get it, missy!
That reach is practically cheating.
Don't make me laugh. This airspace is my territory.
And all I need to do is to release it...
before you catch up!
I-It's here! M-My ball!
No, it's my ball, you musclebound dumpling!
It's the scary gorilla man!
Who you calling a gorilla?
This guy...
Even with my strength, I can't budge him?
I hate this!
Is his core super strong?
There!
A one-touch pass? But to who?
Crap!
That's inside Rin's shooting range!
No, I'm here.
I won't let him.
Nagi!
Are you just gonna blast it?
Nagi's seen through it. There shouldn't be any routes for the shot now.
No! That's exactly why this will work.
A fake shot!
He lured Nagi in.
Rin's one step ahead.
But with the time that took him...
I can catch up!
Nice covering, Isagi!
We'll double up on him!
Chigiri, nice!
Now it's two against one.
Bachira?
Crap. Now it's two-on-two!
Will he pass or dribble?
He's gonna shoot it between us? Talk about getting greedy!
No, you're wrong.
This is a fake out, too!
He didn't give us time to think after it became a two-on-two.
Tch, it's no good.
Everyone on the field's being manipulated according to Rin's master plan!
Shooting, dribbling, situational awareness, an eye for strategy...
Rin is a monster who can create limitless variations by himself,
without needing any chemical reactions!
He's on a whole other level!
Damn it!
Huh. Looks like you finally learned how to use your eyes on the field of play.
But playing half-baked soccer like that...
will never make my heart dance.
Seriously, how are we supposed to stop that?
No. We might not have stopped it, but we were close.
In the last match, I couldn't even grasp why we lost.
But this time, I understood the logic behind every move Rin made.
If I devour him, I can win!
Think.
Come up with a way to neutralize Rin and take control the field.
N-Nice goal!
I'm giving you one glam point for that jumping shot.
Are you kidding me? I had no idea Rin was that good.
Sorry, I couldn't stop him at all.
But how does he even make a play like that?
Maybe his thinking is just simply next level?
No, I can explain why he managed to get past you.
In that play just now...
Rin positioned himself to receive the ball within his shooting range.
We lost the initiative because all we could think about was how to react to that.
Predict the future of the field a few steps ahead,
and pull us in by making us unable to think for ourselves.
That's likely Rin's standard operating spec.
Man, I don't know if my operating system can keep up with that.
But you know, Isagi...
Your spec must also be pretty out there if you can instantly analyze Rin's play like that.
Huh?
I see.
So I'm the only one on this field who can keep up with how Rin's mind works?
Then, the only things that can stop him...
are my eyes and brain!
It's still 1-1. Come on!
Yes, our attack works.
The counterattack...
starts here.
Okay.
Against Aryu and his long reach, should we take him on or bypass him?
But...
Rin's taken up a position where he can respond to whatever Chigiri chooses to do.
Though that leaves Nagi free.
Bachira can't mark both Nagi and me by himself!
The moment everyone targets Nagi...
Run behind and emerge from the blind spot!
Notice me, Chigiri! Pass it here!
Nice. That's perf—
Is he serious?
He read my off-the-ball movements perfectly!
Damn it!
So my movement was part of his calculations, too?
He must be seeing the same vision of the field as me! But...
Rin gets there one step before me!
I won't let you.
Stop showing off, brat.
Oh? You're passing it to me, Rin-chan?
Now take the ball toward the goal.
Yessir! Aye-aye, sir!
Get back! It's a counter!
Tch!
Damn it!
Amazing, Isagi. You've improved so much, you can even face Rin head-on.
No fair. I want in.
Lemme introduce some more...
Shocking!
...ideas to this field!
A shot? No...
It has backspin on it?
It started off as a daisy cutter, then flew up. Is it a super-long pass?
But it's not to Rin. Bachira's target is...
Aryu!
Sublime vertical spin. Sheer poetry.
But Chigiri will catch up to him with his speed!
Hey, glam jackass. I'm gunning for you.
I'm here, too, you know.
Nagi's also back in front of the goal.
Great.
Nagi can match Aryu for height,
and Chigiri can get to where the ball will drop before he does!
This pass isn't getting through!
Notice it, Mr. Glam.
See the line of the pass, instead of a dot on the field.
I see.
If I wait for the ball to reach the end of its arc, someone else will get it.
That's why I must meet the ball in the middle of its arc.
Only I can reach...
this midair end point!
Jumping already?
You're kidding me.
I dance.
Crap! This is the chemical reaction between Aryu and Bachira!
The Top Three who were only fighting individually before
are now starting to link up as a team!
I thought we could win if we stopped Rin.
Bachira's ideas are accelerating the evolution of this game.
I'm grateful, Bachira Meguru.
Your pass led me to glam that I hadn't yet explored.
GLAM
My pleasure.
This is the final showdown!
What a game!
This game is crazy.
Isagi and Rin are going at it, battling for control over the field.
On top of that, we have our hands full just dealing with Rin,
but now his ideas are becoming the catalyst for the Top Three's chemical reactions!
So half-baked.
Bleeding stemmed.
We came back to lead.
Aw, man. Now they're more than just a team of individual skills.
They're seriously strong.
Man, oh man...
I really want to crush them!
The only reason I can be so fired up...
is because Reo introduced me to this world back then.
Hey, Reo.
Maybe you were right about me.
I came to Blue Lock, played soccer, learned defeat, and yes, I changed.
But I want to get stronger.
I'm sorry, Reo.
I'm sorry I'm not with you.
Nagi, we won't let them run away with it.
I'm sorry I'm changing without you.
Let's devour them all.
I'm sorry I'm fighting alongside Isagi.
Yeah.
Please, for now, let me do this.
We can do this all day.
We'll stop you every time.
Hey, Chigiri!
Pass me the ball!
No! You can't do that!
Get lost!
Isagi's always looking for a pass from Chigiri.
Plus the perfect position for his direct shot that even Rin can't touch
by using Barou, who's constantly buzzing around Chigiri, as a decoy.
But Rin can see through that.
Quite frankly, I don't really know what those two are seeing.
But maybe the level of vision they're seeing is the same.
So the reason Isagi can't beat Rin is due to the differences in their physical skills.
Spatial Awareness
Jumping
Acceleration
Strength
Speed
That's why Isagi can't take that last step.
In that case, I will be...
the final piece!
Isagi. Rin.
The future of the field you two are envisioning and drawing...
I'm going to obliterate it!
Come on. Try to respond.
Don't assume I'm the type of person to stay within your expectations!
Nagi!
That was a quick response! I'm within reach for him.
In that case, I'll leave it.
C'mon, Isagi. Read the battlefield situation!
So that I can score a goal...
Redraw the future of this field in an instant!
Go direct behind Rin.
Perfect.
Whoa, him again?
Even though it was a perfect pass, he read it and caught up, if just barely.
In that case...
I'll shoot!
Or rather, I'll control it.
And then...
My two-stage fake volley!
Are you a god or something?
With Isagi, there's no limit to how strong I can get.
Sorry, Reo.
Now that I know how good this feels, I can't go back to how I was before.
What was that?
Big glam, that's what.
They got you, Rin-chan.
Still think this is half-baked?
Shut up, Bob Cut.
I also get fired up when I'm frustrated.
Blue Lock, Additional Time.
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Doze
And therefore, uh...
Nagi's School Life
Nagi Seishiro
O-Oh! This bit is very important, so pay attention!
Doze
Mikage Reo
Ungh
1st Period
Nod off
Zzzzz
2nd Period
3rd Period
Zzzzzzzzzz
Huh?
He's totally asleep.
Wait, is he dead?
Lift
Thunk
M-Minovsky particles!
Clatter
This is World History! No one would ask about that! You're going to fail this class!
Test Scores World History
Mikage Reo
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Nagi Seishiro
You're amazing, Reo.
You're in first place.
No, you're more amazing for coming second.