Blue Lock vs JJK - The Protagonist Problem

Blue Lock and Jujutsu Kaisen are some of my favorite ongoing manga, and the protagonists of these manga Yuji and Isagi are also some of the best in the business. In this video I'll be comparing and contrasting them to highlight both characters strengths and weaknesses.
#jujutsukaisen #bluelock #yujiitadori #isagiyoichi

[@Gsp0t_]

A 20 minute video abt why yuji and isagi are goats is crazy ronin😭🙏🏿

[@ionostarz]

Erm actually it's*20:21

[@HimenoWYD]

@@ionostarz 🤖

[@ichigoat1316]

LET HIM COOK 👨‍🍳

[@theoneduck13]

Im still waiting for that 20min+ how Miwa solos jjk verse from the todo vs nanami video he promised 1 year ago😭😭😭

[@Kyo_Him]

Good thing it isn't a versus battle

[@animationdude9]

Or is it?

[@Jai-ff5qn]

Imagine would take his hardest loss

[@f.index_]

​@@Jai-ff5qn'imagine' is wild

[@jambo1938]

@@f.index_imagine cus he’s gon have to imagine winning 😭

[@Jai-ff5qn]

Auto correct got me fr

[@kingt9247]

Honestly isagi is my goat and I personally feel like always being in his head with him makes it feel like I know him and when he pops off it feels like watching your younger sibling accomplish things you knew they could do. And when it comes to yuji it makes me feel like I’m watching my son do his thing every time he steps out there and starts working mfs so it’s like a different typa proud different from what I feel watching isagi

[@shice1622]

Straight facts

[@brandonedwards6119]

What Blue Lock does well is make victories feel somewhat bittersweet and still not enough for the reader. Manshine assist was a win but didn’t help his goal of scoring and Isagi’s comments to the interview showed he or the reader shouldn’t be satisfied. And the Ubers match his first goal was shut down after it happened giving room to still improve it, and the last Ubers goal was a team effort carried by Hiori so fans are still wanting him to score his own goal entirely under his own skill. Isagi doesn not need to hard lose because even in successes the author shows he still needs to improve. Also Barcha was absolutely a failure for Isagi and every character said so in the post-match chapter.

[@NinthShinigami]

Isagi is my goat, and Yuji is a really solid character too. Both characters are gonna be the the thing to overcome the main conflict of the story and they’re both slowly reaching that point, Yuji given the recent chapters, and Isagi building up his ego and plays and involving everyone as well as the best of everyone, not just himself, which kinda goes against Jinpachi and what he’s trying to prove/achieve

[@user-ob9eo3ro3r]

This makes me think isagi can be a special grade sorcerers with his mentality and adaptation

[@James-si5et]

Give bro the 10 shadows

[@user-ob9eo3ro3r]

@James-si5et he will use it better then sukuna fr

[@JadedSatoru]

Bro snapped on the editing, HOLY SHIT

[@_AJayYT]

Not gonna lie the vid started and I thought YOU edited this, def good stuff tho

[@theKogane]

Isagi vs Mahoraga video whennnn???

[@anfunifr3nzy610]

Mahoraga's soccer championship arc.

[@pbsuite]

Mahoraga as a defender , is crazy

[@Dr._Bo]

​​@@pbsuite nah, I want him as a gk, so my goat gagamaru would have a rival

[@pbsuite]

@@Dr._Bo imagine adapting to messi as a goalkeeper or defender

[@Dr._Bo]

@@pbsuite a dream for a defensive player like me to beat prime messi😂 (but let's be real it'll stay a dream)

[@lysfranc8782]

They both are suffering in different ways and in different scales but if they meet… they would have a wholesome friendship 😂

[@sightfield]

Both have stable near perfect character development, usually shonen writers only elevate MC's ability while his mind remains unchanged. I don't see that in these two, and i'm very glad for it. They grow a lot mentally. It's a small step for shonen manga to have proper writing. Usually it's only seinen manga that came up with that feature while shonen manga only brought cheap stuff like foreshadowing, massive increase of powerscaling, and plot twists. Back again, they grow from chapter to chapter. While Isagi's way of growth is much more open, Yuji is much more hidden, but you can pretty much see his growth with every decision he chooses.

[@sightfield]

What i'm trying to say is that, it's not about winning the fight, it's about achieving new understanding (basically mental awakening).

[@chefcinnabutter]

If you consider making more blue lock content. I think it would be interesting to hear about what makes Rin such an opposing force compared to the other rival characters. Besides being blue lock's "no. 1" i think a big part is that we never get to see whats going on inside his head, which makes us question what he'll do next.

[@vyomsrivastava3759]

Bro the thumbnail had me so confused 😭 I thought he was gonna make them fight

[@tcynical4579]

Dude literally my two fav ongoing manga too amazing vid

[@MindsThoughts]

The editing and the script writing video is insane!! Props man, blue lock and jjk have inspired me immensely, both manga/characters are 2 sides of the same coin

[@TheeKing7]

When it comes to the Vigilante arc in MHA, I believe it's just a training arc. He learns and masters most of his abilities and combinations of them then they bring him back. He does indeed suffer but that suffering pays off with Class 1A vs Deku and Uraraka's speech which are two insanely good scenes for emotional pay offs. Those are probably my favorite scenes in the series and it really boosted my feelings for the series.

[@Mr.Negative2004]

Fire thumbnail 🔥

[@Beazt1101]

Your word choice is amazing, I love the use of all the narrative terms

[@datboi1861]

I know it was very brief, but you pointed out 'Juujika no Rokunin' as a trashy manga. Would it be possible for you to elaborate more on why you think so? I have issues understanding undertones and characters in stories, so I'd really like to hear your thoughts on what makes it low quality so I can look out for them better I guess lol. Your character analysis videos have been very enjoyable, and they point out things I've failed to notice by myself. Hope to see more from you soon.

[@crazyfam2261]

As someone who read the manga, the criticism i could give are, the author gives the mc toooo much bullshit and it feels out of nowhere like suffering for the sake of suffering, and the villains are cartoonishly evil, unrealistically sadistic in a realistic setting. Idk man it reminds me of bad writing Korean manhwas that depicts revenge, but with extra mc suffering each arc.

[@datboi1861]

@crazyfam2261 okay, that makes sense. I read the manga a bit and stopped it for this reason - it was getting too edgy for no reason. Lots of rape and cults and torture. I did like some parts of it though, like the fight against the guy that killed his grandfather. I recently saw a video about this manwha called Shark. The way the creator talked about it made it clear that it's approach in handling characters was far different from the typical revenge manwha. I guess I'm just trying to figure out how to recognize when a story does it "well" and when it doesn't. Thanks again bro.

[@anuragdas4605]

So it is a fight between two characters in turms of writting, well i always want those types of Videos, pls do Taro Sakamoto and Fable (in turms of Writting)😊

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

I will say that while I don't mind too much how Isagi-centric Blue Lock is usually, I would've definitely liked to see the other NEL matches. I'm not asking for them to be extended for 30 chapters like BM vs Ubers, but I don't think 5 chapters or so is too much to ask instead of 1/2.

[@Synchro-tq1mo]

A well thought video man keep up the good work . Although I d say that there are other major issues regarding these 2 . As for my fav it's isagi .

[@Batman_Courage]

Next vid monk vs junpei

[@Batman_Courage]

Or should it be monk vs miwa🤔🤔

[@aidanmcreynolds]

For me I’ve just never really liked protagonists that seem to win all the time. I love isagis progression but like it’s just harder for me to root for him when he’s so dominant. The manshine game was the last time I really liked isagi.

[@10INGENIOUS]

This is actually interesting too because I'm the opposite. With Yuji, whom I also love his progression, it's harder for me to root for him when he loses so many times especially after he gets a victory. His *moments* truly do feel small when I know we will be hit with another event of loss or suffering. Will still always love Yuji though (especially with the recent chapters)

[@Randommtf]

blue lock is a life changing manga because of that active suffering and the visible thoughts of isagi, showing us how even a loser could change and honestly for the past year i've been growing alot. more then the 16 years of my life combined (yes i was the loser)

[@Hensley_Jb]

Yuji is my goat. Success is a long hard battle and he embodies that

[@noaware6106]

I think what you meant with "suffering" is "conflict", fits better your explanation

[@nathankeel6667]

I love both isagi and yuji but yuji is interesting because his antagonists and other characters around him push him in directions both plot and mentality wise he is a very passive protagonist but isagi is a extremely active protagonist he is constantly pushing not only him self but the rest of the cast to improve through his rivalry's isagi constantly adapting and planning keeps him continually interesting and exiting to watch.

[@scythe789.]

isagiiiii is one of my favs tbh the series does him so well

[@UnifiedEntity]

Both are great. Modern anime and manga readers don't deserve main protagonists like them. They would bitch if an MC is "too good" at stuff but then bitch when they are challenged and have to grow.

[@CTRen]

crazy how Isagi is someone who never was really destined to be insane from the jump and kinda just became top tier in BL through his skills and training. Meanwhile Itadori is the literal nephew of “the strongest sorcerer in history”, planned and executed by Kenjaku (another top tier), trained by “the strongest sorcerer of today” and others, and has an innate talent for things like causing black flashes and using shrine and RCT, yet only became crazy in the more recent chapters where everyone but him is mostly cooked.

[@thebearminimum1649]

Have u read the isagi novel? Its stated isagi was amazing but japanese football killed his talent

[@CTRen]

@@thebearminimum1649 Yeah but at the same time it’s not like he’s Rin or Nagi, players who’re naturally blessed with certain talents that other blue lockers had already worked hard to achieve.

[@thebearminimum1649]

@@CTRen ye isagi in talent isn't low but he isn't high he's more high low class cause of that

[@matthewm1446]

A lot of speculation about Kaiser crushing Isagi in the u-20 wc before we see isagi make his comeback on the senior squad and lift the trophy in the wc

[@OLegacy69]

I love both of them they are both in my top five favourite mcs in new gen with isagi being no one and yuji in no three

[@razefighterlite290]

whos no 2

[@OLegacy69]

@@razefighterlite290 boruto cus i naruto and boruto was one of the first mangas i read so i always have a small bias to the franchise but ik a lot of pple dont like boruto but honestly i think he is a great mc

[@dontask9000]

Something I find that Blue Lock handles better as a story is the filler. JJK gives you no time to breath between action, but with Blue Lock you sort of get that. Even if it’s just with getting character backstory, or flashbacks. It allows time to breathe and take in the story that’s going on, as well as letting us really and truly care about the characters. JJK needed that. Story wise.

[@UVBSHORTSS]

Broken yapper back at it again🫡

[@jakemon1017]

We love Himsagi Goatichi

[@deccwith2cs]

For me I felt like it was like you said, jarring for yuji and I haven't read the manga but it didn't make sense to me how he lost to choso then after being beaten goes toe to toe with mahito now I've only watched once through but that felt weird to me and unsatisfying like maybe if he learned a small technique that made it feel different ?? Idk

[@asaaddarwish621]

Wow what a great video man you made some great points

[@Melancholy_Mudkip]

I too, am waiting for Gege to do something with Miwa at this point. Even kusakabe has played a vital role against a man who had him shook like 2-3 arcs ago. GEGE, WHERE IS THE MIWA PAYOFF 😭😭😭😭

[@mrmcawesome9746]

Gege and payoffs are like George RR Martin and actually writing a book.

[@Melancholy_Mudkip]

@@mrmcawesome9746 lmao this is true. But at the same time, I saw the vision with Maki years before anyone else did, and gege paid off with that, so idk. He need to do something doe lol

[@pbsuite]

Miwa should kill sukuna , she has been sidelined and deserves better

[@nacligang]

She just protected Maki from MS with Simple Domain so i could see her helping them get a really good mental advantage over suki

[@gojostvn7779]

ISAGI THE GOAT

[@crazyfam2261]

Personally i like many characters in jjk more than yuji, he is more of a side character that i like in my eyes, while isagi is just straight up my favorite in blue lock even tho there's many characters i love in the manga, they all give off main character energy, but isagi is just undisputed at that front.

[@pbsuite]

So we are still doing this 😢😢

[@RealSealest]

@@pbsuite That's what I'm saying bro

[@pysonicTheGoat]

bro just didn't watch the video

[@Untitled_Slugger]

The fact I got a jjk game ad in a video with jjk related topics

[@motherwar3698]

I'm glad you are willing to wait because people just don't want to do that anymore. I'm not saying I'm 100% sure the wait will pay off, but the authors give the readers enough reasons to trust them. People just let creatives cook, that's all

[@kimmyedd4950]

Isagi is like Paul from Dune, and Itadori is like Frodo from LOTR.

[@Brok3nRonim]

Isagi is like Neo from The Matrix and Yuji is like Aang from Avatar

[@Brok3nRonim]

Isagi is like Neo from The Matrix and Yuji is like Aang from Avatar

[@UNREALlTY]

Lowkey I came in here expecting to hate, but ended up enjoying the video. Peak content bruh, will be staying 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣‼‼‼‼‼‼

[@BrokenRonin]

I really appreciate that! Hope you continue to enjoy the videos

[@Chrollostasis]

Erm actually, a majority of Isagi's dialogue isn't to himself, because that would be monologue, not dialogue.. ☝🤓

[@MPLWRLD]

I love Isagi's mentality!!!!

[@radiantseven]

yuji > your favorite shonen manga protagonist

[@Fresh_1288]

Sorry but Isagi is a sports manga protagonist ☠️

[@radiantseven]

@@Fresh_1288 its still shonen -.- u might need to look up the definition of shonen before u make urself look dumb :3

[@Fresh_1288]

@@radiantseven shonen is based on action and blue lock is based on sports, Never the less, isagi outclasses all of JJK in writing and its a fact lil bro

[@karvegui6501]

@@Fresh_1288 blue is action btw it’s sports shonen

[@radiantseven]

@@Fresh_1288 u went full retard xD

[@FemboyKiyo]

Boys abyss mentioned 👀

[@godonomas]

Awesome analysis. You've given me more reasons to like these two

[@samydc310]

The cog that accepted the gears VS the cog that goes against the gears

[@Driger1792]

I almost gave up on this video when you were bad mouthing midoriya. Saved it when you said it doesn't mean the arc is bad.

[@NinthShinigami]

Our boy Deku with the constant never ending diss 😭

[@Yuh_zhimmy]

Blame the fandom

[@Sonofkratos13]

What's up with the Boy's Abyss shots

[@Aashtray]

I wanna see Isagi try and use meta vision to dodge Sukuna’s world cutting slash

[@koiikoii1427]

Thought it was gonna be a nuke vs coughing baby situation

[@Koogis_]

could you make a vid abt juujika and what you dont like abt it or somethn

[@voidgamerz3474]

When i saw the thumbnail i thought you were power scaling isagi to itadori i just thought “what has anime fandom come to”

[@Deathstorm927]

Hope the percy jackson content is coming soon!

[@johnmartinez8938]

Yuji itadori is my favorite

[@shlime7740]

We need a vid on HxH since there’s so little wrong with it (gintama would be amazing too)

[@goatnator1491]

Watch world trigger hidden gem💎

[@Xyntorix]

It could be getting more focused on Isagi as his ego grows. This is becoming "his story". He even said it to that dude, this is his story, and that guy is just a clown in it.

[@animationdude9]

Now THIS is peak constructive criticism

[@bwillsskates2638]

IY vs YI

[@LordSnoot1]

I would like to see your reason on why those manga are trash I most likely agree it probably shallow revenge tropes

[@user-iw1pt5jq2y]

Can you talk about juujika no rokunin and why its terrible

[@theoneduck13]

Wheres 20min how miwa solos jjk verse vid at?

[@JoelGarcia-lu3tw]

I think Kaiaer ia gonna beat Japan in yhe U20 World Cup Finals, and that's gonna be huge.

[@ScumOfTheEarths]

bro I thought this was a power scaling video 💀💀💀

[@notn80xOfficial]

Naruto and sasuke reference one the thumbnail?

[@Chriso22]

I only just remembered that this guy use to do anime what ifs and I use to watch them dang it's been years

[@YoursTruly44]

Blue lock worth it?

[@user-ou8kg2ur6h]

KAGURA BACHI

[@RINYAGAMI-wm1qm]

BLUELOCK S BETTER' 🎉

[@lordaddison5690]

what if sukuna said kenjaku does the grossest things because kenjaku is his father and tengen his mother. So when kenjaku took sukuna's twin soul that his yujis father then he slept with yuji's father in order to conceive yuji. That's the best explanation I have since why would sukuna say the grossest things sukuna himself is gross so if kenjaku wasnt his father how is sleeping with sukuna twin gross to sukuna what is gross to sukuna would be kenjaku sleeping with his own son.

[@murderman8578]

BOYS ABYSS NOT TRASHY

[@dassinzx8975]

12:24 i completely agree. I think the story and isagi's character arc could benefit if he lost a match in the neo-egoist league. I think he should've lost in the ubers match to emphasis isagi's shortcomings and bastard's lack of team chemistry compared to the ubers. that way, there's motivation for isagi to improve and set up stakes for the pxg match.

[@rafaibrahim6345]

I agree but honestly he should only lose to pxg narrative wise. The only time Isagi ever lost was to barou 1 time and to rin 2 times. But that barous one was literally 11v1v1v... And for both rin losses isagi put his team to maximum use to his full capabilitys and still lost. Narratively even if isagi goes all out rin is just better that's how it's always been. The only reason why rin is on fraudwatch rn cause literally the best passer on the team don't wanna past to him vs isagi basically having a whole team minus kaiser and ness. And it's not like rin can't dribble through them all it's literally proven in 1 panel that he can it's just that too many numbers and too much time is taken so everyone is on defense against rin while 3 metavision watchers gatekeep him.

[@VFX_Monarch]

Yeah idc isagi better

[@Getoandgojoo]

I disagree

[@KT-hr7fc]

9:15 ngl bra i finally realized why i get frustrated w yuji as a protagonist, bro just doesn’t yap enough

[@lm4733]

My first time watching JJK….”Damn lil’ homie be BOXING !! “ 😮😮

[@Silva-ek9hd]

Earliest I’ve ever been but I what know BR is gonna cook!

[@eddy9615]

2:06 you know ball?

[@jayceewilliams5250]

Clicked just because I wanted to see wtf these two could have in common from their super different roles

[@raicoonOTG]

bro what

[@ontheinside]

Damn really came for those manga 😂

[@jnktae]

all this video made me realize is that blue lock's art manga is so much better than jjk

[@jonesy6962]

i like the dying light music

[@RedYellowBird6889]

Hmmm, this should be fun.

[@juanhaines7295]

What if choso reached his full potential?

[@yellow-vo8pn]

Yuji is pretty cool but goatsagi is just him

[@OmegaLeonidas1610]

Jesus I'm early

[@niteshanthony2324]

hey we dont know each other but i wanna say that GOD still loves u and wants u to be with him all u must do is trust in Jesus and repent of ur sins. GOD loves u more than u can imagine. ☺️☺️☺️🎉❤🎉❤❤❤❤

[@Rishabh149]

Yeah idc Yuji better

[@my2danimations478]

isagi is like yuji before shibuya

[@crazyfam2261]

??

[@pbsuite]

No

[@sunnydsyoutube]

FR

[@sus-di7lh]

Holy yap

[@danesimonson1672]

SO LOCKED

[@yourfavoriteshiba4744]

Ye

[@rodrigueajavon]

Honestly they complete oposites in terms of the way the author views them i mean u can tell yoichi is actually liked by his author yuji on the other hand uh his author actually hates him

[@pbsuite]

Why would a writer hait or love a 2d character

[@user-cd4um8xm3h]

@@pbsuitebc it is their creation, and for most authors, a self insert of themselves. to some, a authors characters can almost feel like a real person. thats how truly good character writing is created, by the love or hate of ones own characters

[@scavor5iq149]

​​@@pbsuite the author of blue lock loves Nagi seishiro, he even has his own spin off manga and movie. On an interview, he said Nagi was his favorite character (not explicitly, but he said he wishes he could be like him).

[@pbsuite]

@@scavor5iq149 blue lock isn't half as successful as jjk

[@pbsuite]

This is so 2021

[@Chris09090]

The real question is, could Isagi one shot Yuji with his DIRECT SHOT!

[@pbsuite]

Nice joke

[@pbsuite]

But he can one shot mahoraga