I Was Wrong About Ego Jinpachi (Blue Lock)

Ego Jinpachi from Blue Lock was a character I didn't understand at first, but as the story went on and we learned more and more about him, he turned out to become my favorite character in the series.
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[@michaelchung7258]

I can't wait for Blue lock to show us when Ego played alongside/agaisnt Noel Noah

[@mynthie2576]

He’s either a god or sucks

[@MonkeyDZak]

I feel like he was someone who played mid and maybe got injured because noa did say he once played with him.

[@Anonymous183-]

Bro imagine we see Ego with metavision but evolved, and we can see where Isagi can get to one day and surpass that. Isagi is the key to changing Japanese football

[@MonkeyDZak]

@@Anonymous183- ye he most likely does. Maybe thats why he saw potential in his national match and his talent

[@rahul91800]

Fr. It would be mesmerizing

[@katsuoft7408]

Being a good parent doesn't depend on how much candy you give to your kid, it depends on how much you prepared them to get all the candy they want themselves.

[@gpavitra85]

Bro... You just said one of the greatest quotes i've heard

[@katsuoft7408]

@@gpavitra85 Thanks, I made it

[@gpavitra85]

@@katsuoft7408 just W

[@Freeunner311]

As a parent myself this was actually a beautiful quote.

[@katsuoft7408]

@@Freeunner311 Thanks

[@youexpectedanamebutitwasmedio]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SHARES THE SAME OPINION ON EGO! The U-20 match made me love this man so much like he's such a great character

[@dinahbird7473]

Yeah, he is. I used to hate him cuz I thought he was creepy, and I did everything I could to get rid of him. Even put his name in a homemade death note. But as I played ‘All of you’ from Encanto, I thought of him and that I had treated him too harshly. So I grabbed my homemade life note and put his name in it, and got him out of my bedroom closet. Nowadays, the days I used to hate Ego are dead.

[@Vishiahma]

@@dinahbird7473 you good?

[@dinahbird7473]

@@VishiahmaYeah, I'm fine now. Me and Ego live our lives in peace and happiness now. Edit: I did try to kill him twice afterwards though. When I get really angry, Muzan Kibutsuji likes to corrupt me. He turns me into a demon without me knowing it. One day, I got very angry because I didn’t get to go on a field trip to the Knoxville sun sphere. I let Muzan corrupt me, and I started torturing Ego with Anri's help. I wouldn’t stop until he screamed. I realized I had nearly killed him after a few minutes, so I decided to get rid of Muzan, by writing his name in my death note, and a very creative cause of death to go with it (decapitated by a small rat.) Then, on the same day, I got upset because we couldn’t go on a mission to find blue lock characters. (AKA a hike) So I ended up killing him without the death note, by using the Egyptian spell for chaos, ‘Isfet’ multiple times, and then I stabbed him with scissors multiple times. I told Anri to get rid of his body, and then I cried afterwards. My dad found me crying and he decided we'd go on the mission anyways. I used the power of the life note to bring Ego back to life, and then radioed Anri through a walkie-talkie to stop and go to the grist mill at Big Ridge SP. And then, we started looking for the blue lock characters, as well as the 5 ingredients to cure Apophis fever (A very uncontrollable sickness that most of the times results in death. It isn’t contagious, but occurs when someone uses ‘Isfet’ on another person too many times.) After we had found them, we went to Sonic (I think) and then back home, as Ego healed. He ended up surviving, and ever since then, I never tried to kill him since.

[@newt2120]

I never hated him. Cool character

[@phantom3831]

Ego gives us a mindset Which might just give us almost everything in life we need But take it to extreme and that mindset will take everything from you

[@samuelallard141]

Unless you soar up in the sky as the true winner of life

[@Mikeyuubi]

"Blue Lock has already won". Absolutely beautiful video. The amount of goosebumps I got as you took us through the headspace of Ego was unreal. Fantastic. We needed a video giving Ego the recognition he deserves, and you absolutely nailed it. Loved the Manga animations too! Without a doubt my favourite video from you, great work Harsh!!

[@HarshReviews]

Bro, you are just the GOAT. Thank you so much for your kind words, and thank you so much for all the help and advice you offered me during this video. Appreciate you so so much brother :)

[@dinahbird7473]

Ego is absolutely perfect, and he’s my 2nd favorite character

[@bhems6420]

Sameeeee!!! All Mr.Harsh Reviews always give me goosebumps too, the story telling is so good

[@benkahl6575]

If this manga gets fully animated I think it has a solid chance to dethrone Haikyuu for best sports anime.

[@metis7534]

I started liking ego around the second selection. His “that’s what it means to be a genius” speech is something I started to live by, honing my skills, putting everything on the line and showing this skill to the world. The jungian model of ego of forming your own identity is well used by Jinpachi and it shows very well within our favorite players who shine all in different ways with their own shine and charm

[@tuilleri]

What does it mean to be a genius ?

[@Asriel_Cypher]

Finally someone spoke out about what an amazing character and mentor in Blue Lock. Everyone in the Manga-space community that I see are always up on the air about the other characters and how hot they are, bla bla bla but not many speaks about Ego Jinpachi. What an amazing character he is. Brutal but merciful. He doesn't discard the lesser talents as easily. We've seen him getting rid of players who are unable to change their mindset but those who fought to the very end, he gave them a chance as well as a way in. To cultivate their talents in different ways as a different player. Calculative and cold, yet endearing and possesses a warm kindness that he sheltered. He knows what are the costs. Even himself as a sacrificial pawn. He knows that he'll be discarded. Yet he doesn't want the children he raised, to be thrown away. So he made sure to train them and change their mindset properly and slowly show them the results and outcome after a brutal treatment of what they need to do. When it was time for him to go, he lets them go but lets his children know, that he's proud of them, of what they have become and will continue to grow without him. That is why the players of Blue Lock wants to win. To prove Ego was right all along. They all just need to let go and embrace the new. If you view him as a father figure, he would make any boy, into a man. Sacrificing even himself, all that he is and love in the deepest parts of himself, for the future of the child he raised. All for the sake of letting them change and chase their dreams as well as his own, despite not being able to do it himself. I find that very beautiful.

[@dinahbird7473]

I do picture him as a father. Especially since, well, I know he's not real but I decided that I wanted to marry him.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

@@dinahbird7473 He is very inspiring, I get it.

[@dinahbird7473]

@@Asriel_Cypher He definitely is. I love him so much, and being lonely all the time because he’s not real is also completely normal

[@Ascendion_Mine]

"We've seen him getting rid of players who are unable to change their mindset but those who fought to the very end, he gave them a chance as well as a way in." Oof rip Yukimiya, I think he's gonna get taken out soon(or become a lot less relevant after neo egoist league). Latest chapters indicating a player switch with Hiori.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

@@Ascendion_Mine Perhaps. I see that he's still got some ways around it.

[@hish33p32]

I would like to comment on how Ego's lesson about luck entirely changed my perspective of life, i mean he's not the first character to teach about it's mechanisms and I might've learned about it from a self help book a while ago but this manga in particular when he explained it in terms of football and sports mechanics, i was stunned by how deep the author can go in his themes. Truly this manga isn't just your average fictional story

[@loremipsum2237]

The whole u-20 arc was amazing, but Ego's moment was definitely what makes it blue locks peak for me.

[@DuclosDocuments]

Honestly never noticed that part about his eyes at the very end, actually cool that you noticed that.

[@overheaven8684]

i just know Ego felt like a proud father in the moments after BL11 won. This video only cemented this idea more when you explained that Ego genuinely sees the boys as his children.

[@dinahbird7473]

I do as well.

[@hish33p32]

Such a banger, it's like the most interesting philosophies of the writer is being conveyed through Ego then through Isagi, in the manga currently, so does Noel Noa

[@skippyskippy7687]

I knew which panel you meant as soon as you spoke about it lol. One of the greatest panels i have ever seen. To be able to completely change the perspective of the readers and to shift Egos entire character with just one single image of a clenched fist. His face isnt even expressing emotion. If anything the fact that he is containing all of it inside makes it so much more powerful. His hearth on the verge to explode. He was the one with the most to lose and to gain from that game. He gambled everything and won. Cant wait for his backstory.

[@vray2904]

On which chap the current season ends?

[@Aadhitiya]

chapter 94@@vray2904

[@Qyshawn]

Another way to think about it, that is said in the story, are quotes from the first chapter and episode. "In the world of soccer, first-class goalies, defenders and midfielders can be raised...First-Class strikers will suddenly appear in the place where the game is hottest!" Ego is creating strikers, but he already states you can't "raise" the mindset needed to become a top striker. Just give them the tools and form the hottest place. BUT they can be trained into other positions.

[@PrinceKumar-oo2dp]

I mean how can someone present soooooo beautifully 😭😭 ... I love your language, every word , every line everything is just perfect !!!

[@dqc7179]

12:48 I still can't believe that it was a Bluelock player nonetheless that changed the course for the U-20 team. Even if they had won, Ego would've had a hand in their victory. It's such a satisfying fact. Great video, made me want to read the U-20 match (and the entire series!!) again. Thank you

[@paulmaloney4387]

I started to appreciate Ego during the 2nd Selection, grew to love him during the U20 match, and now see him asa character with tons of depth thanks to his ties with Noel Noa and his interaction with Yukimiya regarding his offer

[@ivorynektahz1983]

Ego is a interesting perspective and it’ll be interesting to learn more about it in the future. Ego is quite the complex character too, I also wonder how his soccer career played out

[@vinaysoni1197]

bro has a voice that just makes me think positively about that character

[@nathankeel6667]

When I read that panel for first time I was shocked that ego was giving up the cold calculating man who alwayse acted like everything was going to plan said despite saying things went as he envisioned I could not believe he would give up on his dream so easly but when his team who lives and breaths his philosophy didnt want to give up and breathed new life into ego to come up with a plan to win made already one of the best arcs iv anime/manga iv seen even better

[@tuilleri]

You didn’t comprehend when reading then cause he never gave up , if anything he knew someone (being isagi) would still want to win . Everything went according to how he envisioned , go reread

[@MrLuuuuv]

Honestly, hard to think of a better way to have written that u20 game. Love Ego and cant wait for it to get animated and show the doubters how amazing the show is

[@AhmierWilliams]

This show has doubters?🤔🤣

[@dinahbird7473]

I also love Ego.

[@palat3362]

This guy is so underrated! Great use of the animated manga panels. Your storytelling is so captivating too! 😊

[@user-ks3ps8ef6v]

Ego is like a combination of isagi's ego, noel noa's playstyle but less better cause of his physical attributes and the body and flexibility of lorenzo

[@nou7448]

Great video, like every other. It's kinda awesome how your videos develop a meaning from just anime about guy who want's to be the best at football or small guy who love volleyball to life changing lessons. It's incredible how much talent you have to telling stories like this, i love hearing it and sometimes i just go back to videos about HInata, because of how awesome they are. I would love to see video about Kōrai or Kunigami, but I know that every episode you make will be great.

[@HarshReviews]

Thanks so much dude! I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos :)

[@yashpandey4983]

Love your presentation man. Its so beautiful! Keep it up

[@srensen9948sander]

Crazy powerful video, was thinking about ego and Noa character but this was great

[@arijan7123]

This is a BEAUTIFUL video, great editing and the video is so well composed. Keep it up!

[@dalhadalha7533]

Elite Story telling

[@ManuOkoye]

i really appreciate these analysis videos. they really shift my mindset on certain perspectives and help me throughout my athletic endeavours. id love more videos on blue lock especially and its stance of ego

[@torbenvonsomm7133]

You're Videos honestly make me tear up with joy and happiness ,the way you portray the glorious moments of these Manga is just beautiful and i look forward to everything that comes :D

[@sakshi2367]

Even though I have not completed the series, just watching your video makes it all the more exciting!! god, I really do love how you make these videos and how every time watching them, there comes tiny tear drops at the side of my eye!! please keep making such videos as watching them really keeps me going!!

[@djinnGamingLive]

After watching all the behind the scenes effort, I can surely say that this guy puts great effort in all his videos. Hope your channel grows to 10M soon bud.

[@TapC14]

Glad that you’re back man. This channel was and still is the comfort channel for me. Calm analysis, clean editing and music. Great work! :)

[@angirasplayz1459]

Harsh Reviews, I humbly respect the videos you make and am a big fan of them. No matter what happens, keep pushing such great content man

[@angelmakima]

Dude, that last few seconds of your video was so impactful, it reminded me off the blonde guy with glasses from haikyuu when he blocked the aces block from the other team

[@ylliparduzi8764]

This video is my feelings toward Ego like this man know what he is doing, he had all things planned win or loose! And what I like about his speech about blue lock already won is that he knew someone was going to come and asked him what to do but he didn't expect the Ego of blue lock to be so stong that they didn't think that this match was just a way to gain a stable position but they thought of it has a death match! And his reaction toward this Ego that he nurtured was something really beautiful!!!!!! Thanks you for this amazing video as always!!!

[@AventSir]

bro really likes to upload randomly, and i'm here for it! 😎

[@trafish7095]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING ON YOU TO PUT OUT THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG!!! YES YES YES THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@CoreRedRS]

Thank you for another awesome video.

[@dalhadalha7533]

Let's go!! my favorite KZbin harsh reviews uploaded

[@richardwells4333]

Worth the wait! Great quality on the video. We can tell you put a HELL of an effort on polishing this gem

[@HarshReviews]

🙏 Thank you so much!

[@abdulhammad386]

you make great videos that give motivation i thank you you taught me some things that i thought never existed

[@user-um8iz9cb9g]

Beautiful, just beautiful!

[@GogetaEiyuuYamcha]

Absolute banger video

[@reinaldomartinez13]

This has been and incredibly well produced video as well, keep it up ! Ego's backstory is the most interesting mystery in the series as well

[@MindfulGamer]

Your videos are the best!

[@devalpatel3060]

a banger as always

[@adityavaishnav8213]

This video is as hype as the blue lock itself 🔥🔥

[@gunisfun6673]

Amazing video Love it absolutely

[@Sei003]

Ego always gives that same vibe as Itoshi Sae. That vibe where he seems to have given up on something. Unlike Sae who only gave up on becoming the world's best striker though, Ego seems to have given up on a much bigger thing. At least Sae's eyes still have a bit of light in them unlike Ego's that's like the eyes of a dead fish.

[@Fariha_12]

Wow ! I loved the way described ego ❤ specially since ego has been one of my favourite charecters because of his banger speeches and life lessons but the way you described how he really wanted tobchange Japan's football ⚽️ 💙 was awesome. Keep up the good work 👌

[@gertjanoffinga695]

Great video

[@bhems6420]

Brooo!!!! All of your reviews always touch my hearth bro like why you always make me cry?? Especially the Hinata shoyoo review :((((

[@user-je7oc3cy2d]

truly an amazing character

[@albertomoreno-torres7776]

Great video! I'm glad you like blue lock its truly fantastic!

[@HarshReviews]

Blue Lock is so fire dude

[@krampusrage1417]

Holy shit, a blue lock review Luvd it

[@diledile89]

Hello ! I still have to watch it i will come back later for this video 😁

[@superrich8187]

Amazing video, I was a fan of ego since the beginning,his first speech after Isagi just pass the ball to lose the game, is what sets the tone but the U-20 Arc is truly a work of art love it

[@who_dis.]

the legend is back.

[@kangkong8348]

“You can see the pure rage in Ego’s eyes” Ego: 🗿

[@Yoshi-qp1mg]

after catching up to the latest chapters of the manga. I realize blue lock has put into the words of a very healthy competitive philosophy that legitemily challenges this conforomist pressure anyone who has worked on a team for anything competitive has felt. Conformotiy can lead to complacency,which may increase synergy but limit the growth of individual parts. While constant self challenge that only yields to your own ideals can produce elite individual components of skill to be utilized in a competitive team setting. For young competitors in any field, individual growth being limited for team synergy is extremely detrimental since to reach the next level often individual skills need to be rapidly Improving. W vid as always.

[@keakileaobakwe1]

Its been so long pls upload more frequently

[@mul.ezdddd9295]

tf u deserve more subs the quality of this vid is just >>

[@Hbizznits]

this video's fantastic, god I wish they could inject some genuine time into still-lock the anime so that this can carry even half the weight as it did here.

[@whothis5318]

When everywhere u go u hear I pulled a qiqi

[@musekek3935]

how am i always sobbing at your videos. actual masterpiece of analysis and storytelling. and quite frankly i 100% agree, that moment at the end of the match had me in tears, seeing him so human in that moment really changed blue lock.

[@hagi7841]

Great video🔥 and you need to de video on vinland saga

[@ALex-zz3ns]

True that scene from the blue lock 11 vs the u-20 surprised me

[@real_chalky]

The chad is back

[@jobansamra19]

You’re back

[@Nxck45]

W video Ego is my 2nd favorite character only behind Isagi himself.

[@profiesx]

Beautiful video, great editing throughout can't imagine the hours you put into this project. I never really thought that much about Ego before so this video was a real eye opener.

[@blackarts7787]

More bluelock character analysis please. Especially Barou please please

[@mcnub7379]

Bro legit that ending gave me shivers

[@cykablyat1652]

keep doing this stuff man you're the only indian anime tuber who does this stuff good.

[@tuilleri]

15:50 ego knew they wouldn’t give up , him saying “blue lock already won “ was bait all along lol

[@driftgd2565]

Aww what a heartfelt moment cut to isagi "shut the fu*k up you shitty four eyes and help us win"

[@MercW11]

I recommend the spinoff novels. Tells us more about Ego's ideas when he talks about Isagi.

[@MandeepSingh-pw1vw]

Amazing video as always brother 😊😊😊. I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH❤❤❤

[@samydc310]

And then isagi was like "Let's win or u are gay" And ego answered "Bet"

[@KenzoSunya]

Lmaoooo is that the actual dialogue?

[@samydc310]

@@KenzoSunya No that's a summary of his conversation It was more like "I don't care about the future, I want no, we want to fuckingnwin right now, THAT'S the ego you thaught us" Ego was like "let's gamble on a wildcard then" and send out barou

[@KenzoSunya]

@@samydc310 that Barou is a monster 🙌🏽

[@ruslannurimbetov8099]

this is one of the videos that i will svae and watch again and again many times thanks for this amazing content

[@vailingbow1068]

I don't understand how you would think someone so drastic like someone as Ego wouldn't have depth? He isn't an omnipotent being like in other series where they'll never get depth. He's still a human. Ofc he was going to have depth. And we haven't even seen anything yet. He isn't some crazy radical dude. The way he explains things is with a clear understanding of what he's talking about, so obviously he knows the world of soccer. He didn't just pick this up on a whim. And if you really deconstruct and analyze Ego's tests from the 1st selection, it didn't just improve their striking ability, but their overall sense of the game. Like with the 2nd selection, if you go to the 2v2, you basically act as a midfielder sometimes because you're not always going to be the one scoring. This is also true for the 3v3 and 4v4. Tbh, I think Isagi benefitted from this programe the most since he was always the bottom of the barrel. He had to claw his way and learned so much with each setback.

[@sherokun3692]

The Dragonspine OST going hard at the start

[@montrephilio7045]

I can't wait until they animate the Blue Lock team vs U-20match🔥

[@wardenworks5750]

Woah. Trully beautiful content. New subs here. Im moved by it

[@sleepingdanger]

That genshin ost really set the mood in the beginning

[@TheDangerNoodle]

Ego was entirely willing to give up football (his entire LIFE) in losing the U-20 game just to give those kids a chance to make a name for themselves in Japanese professional Football and change the scene forever

[@grqfes]

unleeeeessss that was a story he crafted to get isagi hyped up 200iq style and further encourage them to win.

[@NiTeLightYears]

I always felt about Ego this way since the first time I see him, and my respect for him just increase exponentially for him every time. Such an amazing man/character. Random fact : His psychological cognitive functions are TeNiSeFi/ENTJ which is

[@alexisjohnasuncion8736]

This shit makes me cry men every single time

[@Myk4my]

This man changed my life... The Bluelock philosophy became my way of living...

[@Mochi-qj4qu]

POGGERS

[@kissigus5797]

I also didn't like ego much But after his explanation on luck i was just amazed by his knowledge.

[@HaseebKhan-np2lz]

A vid on nagi plz 🙃

[@ILuvDilfs69]

I just started reading blue lock and I use little nicknames to memorize characters. Like for Hinata ( from Haikyuu) I use ‘orange boy). So when I saw Ego ‘Giraffe Neck’ came to my mind immediately

[@skippy3607]

Bro you always drop a vid like a week after I'm like when will harsh post

[@HarshReviews]

Glad to have your back homie 🫡

[@evuusan]

This guy could make anyone seem like a multi layered complex character

[@abhishekvaishnav488]

great fucking video u kept the veiwer interest the whole time

[@shriyankm]

@Harsh Reviews wanting to know which country you have gone to and what you are studying.

[@nicolecurtis1782]

i thought my computer had randomly started up genshin when the video started lmao