Alexis Ness

**Alexis Ness** (アレクシス ネス, *Arekushisu Nesu*?) is a U-20 midfielder from Germany who plays for Bastard München and participates in Blue Lock during the Neo Egoist League.

## Appearance

Ness is a young man of average height with pale skin, purple eyes and light brown hair that turns purple towards the edges. Ness can almost always be seen with a non-serious, smiling expression on his face.

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## Personality

Ness is seemingly nice and well mannered and also an extremely loyal individual to his team, especially Michael Kaiser. Ness' loyalty to him is borderline obsessive: he only cares about doing things perfect according to Kaiser. He is even willing to start fights with his teammates over it.

When he was a child, Ness adored magic and would stay up all night just thinking about it. Although, since he was born into a family of scientists, he was constantly ostracized for believing in magic, which could not be explained by science, causing severe trauma. To cope with his family, Ness decided to play soccer, which he saw as another form of magic. During the tryouts for Bastard Munchen, Ness was about to give up on his dream due to his overwhelming disadvantage on the field. This is where he met Kaiser, who taught him that nothing was impossible. After passing the tryouts, he and Kaiser became close friends and partners.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Dribbler**: Dribblers are players known for their close ball control ability that is used to go past defenders by sudden change of direction and acceleration sometimes combined with great pace. The skill is used to create opportunities for other attackers or to score themselves having broken through the opposition's defense using what is sometimes referred to as "trickery". One of the great spectator sights in football is a player going on a "mazy run" with the ball, twisting and turning to avoid opposition tackles, beating a number of players.

### Skills

* **Professional Football Technique**: As the center midfielder and heart of Bastard München, Ness' ability to dribble and pass are heavily relied on as all of Kaiser's shots are started with Ness and in turn every Bastard München play.

* **Flexible Dribbling**: Ness' dribbling style is a mix of his hyper rational technique and flexible ankles. He uses his flexibility to easily feint the ball or switch directions away from his opponent in order to perform smooth and efficient plays with no wasted movements.

* **Key Passing**: Along with his dribbling, Ness is also a very efficient passer. As the key passer for his team, his passes are always accurate and efficient, only serving to help the forwards score.
	+ **Vertical Pass with Backspin**: A super clean pass between two defenders that hugs the ground while slowly rising up in the air. The pass is so perfect that it doesn't affect the speed of the player meant to receive it.
	+ **Illusion Cross**: As the wings perform a unified cross, Ness' options are increased and he performs a smooth pass to the wing that nobody expects.
	+ **Killer Pass**: After successfully intercepting the ball, Ness immediately attempts to kick a strong pass directly to his teammate from the defensive line.

## Quotes

* (To Bachira) *It's over, bee boy; the same rhythm won't work again.*
* (To Kunigami) *A violation of loyalty to Kaiser. That's your first yellow card.*

## Etymology

The name **Alexis** means "defender or protector". Alexis' surname **Ness** means "from the headland", which is a narrow peace of land that sticks out from the coastline into the sea. **Alexis Ness** can therefore be interpreted as "the defender/protector from the coast".

## Trivia

* He started playing football at the age of 8.

## References

*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 157.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 166.
3. ↑ *Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 159.