Julian Loki

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**Julian Loki** (ジュリアン・ロキ, *Jurian Roki*?) is a young French prodigy football player, who is a member of Paris X Gen and the France National Team regarded as a supernova in the French league.

Introduced during Third Selection, as a member of Team World 5, he is initially at Blue Lock to analyze and rate the last string of Blue Lock players. He later returns to help train Blue Lock and participate in the Neo Egoist League as the master striker/coach of the France Stratum, all in order to train his protégé, Charles Chevalier into becoming his personal passer so they may become the best in the world together.

## Appearance

Loki is a fairly tall teenager with dark skin, brown eyes and short black hair in a buzz cut. He is well built, for his age, being bulkier than Isagi despite being around his height.

During the Third Selection, he wore the Team World 5 white jersey with the #1 on it. During the Neo Egoist League he wears Paris X Gen's uniform.

## Personality

Before the game against Team World 5, Loki was the only member of his team not to make light of the match or bad mouth the Blue Lock Project and he stopped his fellow players from doing so showing a certain level of maturity. Isagi noted that Loki was very polite, having apologized for his teammates and his wishing for a good match. Despite his politeness, Isagi sensed that Loki was not the least bit nervous about playing them, which indicates a supreme confidence in his own ability, regardless of his manner. Loki was also quick to recognize and praise the team when they had done something noteworthy, as well as critique them when they presented openings, showing that despite his confidence, he does have a sense of sportsmanship about him.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Counterattacker**: Counterattackers are any attacking player that uses their pace to beat defenders and cause unexpected scoring opportunities at any time. They also need some degree of shooting skill. Counterattacking opportunities occur when the opposition are themselves attacking a team with most of their players forward. A counterattack happens when the ball is won back and is quickly played into space for a counterattacking player to run onto or where a player takes the ball themselves and runs with pace into a sparsely defended opposition half.

### Skills

* **Professional Football Technique**: Julian is considered one of the best strikers in the world, being handpicked by Ego to play as one of the World Select. Despite being 17, he is already a rising star and is considered a prodigy in the world of football, having been selected for France's National Team already and playing professional-level football in the French League. His skill was demonstrated in the Third Selection, where he was able to easily bypass the First Clear Team's defense, scoring on Team Blue Lock with little effort.

* **Explosive Speed**: Loki's speed is his defining weapon, being able to explosively take off from a neutral position and reach top speed very quickly. This speed is so devastating that Isagi had no chance to react despite Loki being directly in front of him. In addition to this acceleration, he has the endurance to maintain this speed for an extended duration. Since Julian can angle his dribble, he is able to dribble as wide as his stride, which combined with his speed makes him almost impossible to react to or stop. His speed is the best in Blue Lock till now, far surpassing Hyoma Chigiri, Ryusei Shido, and Zantetsu Tsurugi, as he was able to effortlessly overcome all of the Cleared One Team by his lonesome.
	+ **Godspeed**: When Loki is confronted with someone who can read his direction, he is able to shift into an even higher gear of speed to burst past them before they can stop him. He used this to completely evade Rin when he was intercepted.

## Trivia

* Loki bears many similarities to real-life player Kylian Mbappé.
	+ Both are well-known for their incredible speed and sprint.
	+ Both are Black men with very short hair.
	+ The club where Loki plays, Paris X Gen, is an obvious reference to the French club Paris Saint-Germain, where Mbappé has played since 2017 and has become a legend.
	+ Both are French.
	+ Both were considered great players at an early age.
	+ Julian Loki's name is very similar to Mbappé's: Julian faintly resembles "Kylian", while Loki resembles Mbappé's second surname, "Lottin".
* Loki is the youngest Master Striker in the Neo Egoist League.

## Quotes

* (To Leonardo) *Hey, that's enough, Luna. You're going too far.*
* (To Team Blue Lock) *I apologize everyone. This guy (Leonardo) has a nasty personality. Putting those selfish grown-ups aside... It's nice meeting you. Let's have a good match.*
* (To Isagi) *Yessir. Um, is that it? Because all I see are openings.*
* (To Rin) *It's obvious where you're headed. Good call. But I'm fast, you know?*
* (To Rin) *The match was already settled on the premise you guys would lose.*

## References

1. ↑ Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
2. ↑ Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 90.