Jinpachi Ego/Synopsis

**Table of Contents**
Introduction Arc • First Selection Arc • Second Selection Arc
References
## Introduction Arc

Ego speaks to the assembled 300 players chosen to participate in Blue Lock.

## First Selection Arc

### Chapter 05

Ego appears on the TV screen and he begins to reexplain the First Selection, a round-robin tournament between 5 teams, with only the top 2 teams advancing forward in Blue Lock. An alternative to survive is to be the top-scorer on your team at the end of the selection. With that information given, Ego states the first match (Team X vs Team Z) of the tourney will begin in two hours.

### Chapter 08

Team Z is wondering what the first selection was all about. Both Chigiri and Isagi shared their thoughts about it. Ego then appears on the screen and tells Team Z that their conclusion is correct. Also, he showed the results of today's match and each team's rankings. Team V is first; X is second, W is third, Z is fourth, and Y is fifth. Ego then changes the topic to the importance of having a weapon. Every striker carries a weapon. A weapon that disrupts the opposite team's organization, making them yield and unable to move. Ego noted that every single elite striker carries their own unparalleled weapon. Ego challenges the players to find and sharpen their weapons.

### Chapter 15

Inside Ego's room, Anri is asking Ego Blue Lock's progress. Ego tells Anri that they're still at the honeymoon phase. Anri then scolds Ego for his unhealthy lifestyle. Ever since Blue Lock, Ego has been eating instant ramen and yakisoba.

After that, the screen in the training field turns on, showing Ego eating yakisoba. Ego announces the results for the sixth match of the stratum. Based on the rankings, all teams are tied except for Team V, who is in the lead. Ego then announces to Team Z the change in their rankings. Ego tells them that the striker whose goals were most valuable for the team will stand at the top of the chart. Because of this, Team Z's top ranker is now Isagi. Ego then urges them to score a goal if they want to have a higher rank.

### Chapter 24

Ego appears in the screen to explain how the "top striker" is decided. Ego tells them that the winner would be decided based on their standing in the Blue Lock ranking. Ego then shows the updated rankings. Now, the player with the highest rank in Team Z is Kuon. Followed by Chigiri, Isagi, Kunigami, Gagamaru, Bachira, Iemon, Raichi, Imamura, Naruhaya, and Igarashi, respectively. Raichi furiously asks why a traitor has the highest rank. Ego tells him that the rankings only depends on the number of goals scored, regardless of the player's means of scoring. However, Ego considers Kuon, as a striker, the filthiest scum in all of this facility.

Ego believes that to survive in Blue Lock, Team Z must focus on finding the formula to produce and create as many goals, instead of betraying one another. Ego tells Team Z to understand every key concept of a goal. If they can do so, repeating goals after the other will be made possible. Ego believes that every world-class striker possesses their own unique formula to score goals. Team Z, who has been relying on sheer luck to survive, must find a formula to claim victory as a logical consequence. Ego then disappears from the TV screen. After that, Raichi tells Kuon to not participate in their next game. Raichi threatens him, saying that if he moves, he'll be in a wheelchair the following day. Team Z has exactly a day before their next match.

### Chapter 30

Anri and Ego are watching the match between Team Z and Team V on a screen. Anri tells Ego that the match is really heated. Ego then says to Anri that a striker's ego can only be born during the most extreme and harsh conditions. During this, the striker is challenged to go beyond his limits to overcome the obstacles in front of him. Ego then remarks that, according to his observation,  a great striker should be able to constantly evolve.

### Chapter 31

At Blue Lock's monitoring room, Ego asks Anri if she knows what awakening is. Anri wonders if it's related to suddenly awakening superpowers. She asks if it's like how someone normal gets superhuman powers. Ego tells Anri that she's wrong, saying that only idiots would say that. Ego explains that awakening is not a supernatural phenomenon. Ego notes that awakening is like a puzzle. Like a puzzle, football has many pieces toward success. When these scramble parts fit into their proper places, the ego will bloom. Ego concludes that awakening is the moment when a striker learns who he really is and his capabilities.

### Chapter 37

Meanwhile, Chigiri yells at Isagi to call his attention. Kunigami then tells Isagi to pass to him; however, Isagi does not want to. Isagi wants to score his own goal. Isagi then remembers himself scoring his own goal in the previous matches. Also, he remembers Ego's lesson about the formula to produce goals. Isagi believes that the missing puzzle piece is Isagi's trap piece. Isagi will, however, automatically lose to Nagi since he is just a regular player when it comes to trapping. With that in mind, Isagi rejects the idea of trapping the ball. Isagi then realizes that the final piece to complete his goal, his missing puzzle piece, was through a one-touch shot.

## References

*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 5.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 6.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 15.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 24.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 30.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 31.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 37.