One last point—Niko and Zantetsu rock up to Nagi's dorm deliberately, but the lengths they go to find him... Tracking the wet floor marks? Genius.
Niko does so with purpose, and I'd like to highlight the way this was implied early on in the main manga. Even the way Hiiragi goes, huh—this is the guy you two wanted to see? indicates the precision in how Niko plans their 3V3 match-up.
Throwback to the volume 9 omake:
We know Niko's a strategist; Zantetsu is a reliable forward and defender, when directed by someone with good playmaking sense (see how Reo uses him in Team V's first selection matches).
The "someone [Niko] can actually talk to" turns out to be Hiiragi, who seems to have a reasonable level of intelligence and calm. His playstyle is a mystery, so I'm curious to see how he fits into among the others. He may be an excellent passer, like Hiori, or maybe something we haven't seen before.
Anyway, I love that Niko looked at his team, decided let's ball, then tried poaching the best player from his stratum... on a team that also arguably has that stratum's second best player. Before even commencing a match, Niko gets the rules of the second selection, understanding that success there is driven by individual talent more than teamwork overall (while still looking to cover his own shortcomings). In addition, he recognises Nagi's prodigy, and believes he can nurture it in the absence of Reo.
Such an underrated character. He's a mirror of Isagi in many ways, or like a shadow. They have similar talents, but their paths to the top are very different.
Still, this 3V3 didn't work out for Niko. The second stage results don't give us a whole lot of insight into how the other teams were formed... but Hiiragi/Niko weren't a duo that could ultimately triumph.
We know Hiiragi and Niko lose Zantetsu to Nagi's team. Then, they must have won once (to pick up a third player), then lost twice (allowing Hiiragi and Niko to be stolen, respectively). Alternatively, they go on to win twice, then lose (when Hiiragi is stolen)... then lose again (Niko is stolen). Bear in mind, this is in addition to the three days it took Rin's team to steal Isagi and emerge as a 5V5 team.
The second selection timeline will forever bug me, because the final numbers were capped, and the qualifiers were up against many other teams. With 24 hours between each match, surely playing 4+ matches like Hiiragi and Niko would have jeopardised their odds of qualifying overall? Yet, neither Hiiragi nor Niko's teams were last to qualify.
I guess... the teams made up of mob characters were so afraid of disqualification, they didn't seek matches at all? It's something chapter 58 alludes to. Kind of hilarious in retrospect: if they had just gone on and beaten one another, they'd have easily won out on time over the last three or four qualifying teams. Fortune favours the brave in Blue Lock.
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i N T H E E ND
T H E R E i S N O HE R O .
you did what you had to do, right? ,why? it's too late now, he's already gone. you were too late. maybe if you were a better best friend, you would've stuck around, and he would've still been here. did you have to do this? ,why did you do this to him? ,what have you done? it's like you've taken over his life, it's like everything is even more miserable than before, it's like you're just pathetic, an emotional bastard, undeserving of anything, and you still couldn't handle yourself. this'll go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on. if you were just faster enough. if you were just faster enough, this wouldn't have happened. this shouldn't have happened in the first place, if you just stayed. it wouldn't be like this. you wouldn't have done this to him. him. he's gone, gone_too_long
V i LE .
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Some goofy lil Milliot fanart
If you can’t read my absolutely shitty handwriting, Milly said “SO on the weekend I went to the skatepark across from my friend, Jake’s house, and I used Jake’s scooter from when he was 10, so it was way too small, and then I went on this huge ramp but it was badly designed and I fell and broke my leg and I was laugh-sobbing, and since Jake can’t drive, we had to call my friend, Sean, so he drove us to the ER and I’m actually super lucky I didn’t break any other bones! What’s you do?”
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Just watched ep 2 of the spin off so here are my thoughts
It was so cuteee!!!!!! I love Elliot smmm! And he and Milly are so cute too!
Elliot has no right to be this relatable lol
I also really love the new side characters (especially Brad)
I think that Brad joining the club was really predictable from the moment he was introduced the first time but I still really liked it
And I really like him as a character
and none of the gardening club having any good, proper social skills???? Yes!! They're great.
The Milliot!!!!! Incredible!!!! 10/10!!!! And Elliot giving Milly the cactus????? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa they're perfect <3
As a second ship that I noticed but don't like as nearly much as Milliot is Brad and Elliot but that might just be me reading into it too much/how much I love both of those characters lol
Another detail I love is how Elliot still has anxiety at the end. I love that he doesn't learn to get rid of it, he learns to work with it.
It bugs me so much how many series there are where characters 'get rid' of their mental illness or disability or whatever because that's just not how it works.
Thats something that I love about tmf in general, their problems are real things that kids their age go through and they handle them in ways that make sense for people their age. And the above point
Anywaysssss
Loved the spinoff, can't wait for season 2
Really hope we get some more jake development and cool jomies content. Maybe a Drew redemption, hopefully a Drew redemption, please a Drew redemption please-
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