#if you didn't understand the true motivations of noa for knowing what he did then i don't know anymore

[lazysublimeengineer]

Everyone be hating on Noa just because he betrayed Isagi in this chapter is unreal.

What betrayal happened? I didn't see any of it in the latest chapter.

First and foremost, Noa is a MASTER, A REAL EGOIST & A COACH FOR BM. The initial core of BM is to make decisions based on rationality and logic.

It's not the first time that something like this has happened in the manga. Character is being devoured left and right to make way for their growth and ego. ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST AND SECOND SELECTION.

He doesn't owe Isagi anything just because he idolized him. I feel bad for Isagi and I hope that this situation would foster for his further growth and evolution.

But to say that Noa didn't give a shit about Isagi and sided with Kaiser is utterly wrong. He wasn't siding with anybody.

And did anyone forget that he values Isagi's opinion and strategy as well? This is evident when he allowed Isagi to let Hiori in the Ubers match when logically speaking Kiyora should be in there because he had higher stats than Hiori as to what Noa had said to them. But he placed his trust in Isagi's judgment back then which also led to their team's victory.

I can't even believed I'm defending Noa right now because I'm mostly neutral about him.

But the hate is uncalled for. Stop glazing about your favorites and understand why he did what he did.

Honestly, it made the manga interesting again because lately it's been getting stale at the moment.

Glad that the author took a risk and took this route.

[riririnnnn]

Warning: Anime Spoilers.

So this:

It was revealed in the very start of NEL that Kunigami was trained/made to be a copycat of Noel Noa.

But.

Until now it was never said that the whole program of Wild Card was to help the Blue Lock-ers (not eliminated) get better.

And as sad and heartbreaking it was for me to see Kunigami like this, I also couldn't help, but notice that this, ironically, has been the calmest he has ever been while talking with someone. I mean, it's probably one of rare times when he actually talked without hurling curse words or roasting someone (Yes dear, it's only one word, "No," but let a girl dream, okay?)

Which makes me think that Kunigami is purposely, consciously sacrificing himself. Why? Well, what heroes do? Yeah, they sacrifice themselves for others. He is sacrificing himself to be a stepping stone for his peers to walk on and go ahead.

BUT.

We know that Ego and Noa had been rivals in the past, and judging by the former's hostility towards the other in the recent chapter, which by the way, is the first time we are seeing them interact, it's safe to say that they didn't have a friendly rivalry at all.

Which brings me to my actual theory that what if Wild Card was a lie? What if everything was a lie? I mean, we know for sure that Ego is a proficient liar, so it wouldn't surprise me if he did it more often. So what if Kunigami is just faking it till now about everything under Ego's orders? To raise the level of players you know, just as the way Ego lied about having higher stratums or something like that before the second selection.

OR

This goes a bit darker.

What if Ego already had his eyes on Kunigami? Especially since the orange head and Noa are VERY similar (people who have read the LN would understand better) to eachother especially in the emotions department. So, maybe, Ego already had some kind of plan to pull out Kunigami from Blue Lock, and to train him in order to dethrone Noa since he himself couldn't do it on his own.

If that's true, then Kunigami getting out in second selection was just a golden opportunity for Ego. Further, the humiliation Kunigami felt because of Shidou made things more easier for Ego to mold him to his liking— that man is a really good talker.

Well.

Even though I had fun making my two braincells roundhouse kick eachother while thinking about this theory, deep down, I highly think this thing isn't plausible. Wild Card has been hyped up till now, and readers are very curious too. I don't think so that Kaneshiro-san or Nomura-san will break the silence just to make Ego a villain.

Personally, I too believe in the widely popular theory that Kunigami eliminated the rest of the players during the Wild Card training which includes the Team Z which in turn made him hollow since he is crushing people's dreams, and Heroes don't do that.

However, one small plot hole (?) I can't wrap my mind around is that NEL wasn't planned. I mean, when the Blue Lock project started, I don't think that Ego had thought that JFU would try to halt it in between, but even if he had thought about that and beforehand made plans of taking over the Japan's U-20 soccer team, I find it really hard to believe that he had predicted that the whole world would get invested in Blue Lock.

So, it leaves me with a question, "What the hell Ego was trying to do?" I mean, if NEL was never planned to happen, then what would've happened to Kunigami? Why was Ego invested in Kunigami to give him a second chance? Would he have just thrown back Kunigami into the pit with others without explaining anything? What was even the motive?

Maybe only time would tell.

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Ego is my babygirl. Even if he indeed becomes a villain, I'll just be like, "oH hi vEnOmOOsE!"