WHO WERE TEAMMATES IN THE FIRST SELECTION? | BLUE LOCK

[@Starial.astre1]

Never in forever I thought that someone would be so committed to look at shoes over and over

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh lmao, but this should be the last one since I just wanted to do an update since it was requested a lot.

[@abdullahinasrudin2086]

At this point the author about to use your video to remember who playing with who if he makes more spin-off 😂

[@akiraendoji]

Lmao, I wish. I am hoping we do see more in the egoist bible 2 coming soon

[@smartmouth4444]

I can tell how much work you put into something most content creators wouldn't bother with. Thanks for making a video that satisfies my hype fixation.

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks! I'm glad it satisfied that niche for you

[@elsycl]

i love the little icons

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks!

[@Booya_Boi]

How does this guys have this good quality along with making little icons for every fodder character we see and still post this quickly. I’d expect more than just a month between these videos but at I’m not complaining. Loving the videos man!

[@deejay1785]

Bro it's so fascinating to watch this because there's so many thing unexplained and so many good looking character designs that I wished they explored!

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks appreciate it!

[@immortalzainteee]

Can we all appreciate how badass the thumbnail is?

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks! It was done from Lampyrcy if you want to check their other work

[@Nicolas-hm1xb]

​@@akiraendojiDid he give you a commission or does he just do these kinds of drawings of Blue Lock? If that is the case, where could I see his projects?

[@akiraendoji]

@@Nicolas-hm1xb Uh, he's a friend who I just get to do them. He doesn't read Blue Lock though so his art is about other stuff like animatics for EPIC the musical, total drama, etc which you can find on youtube.

[@Nicolas-hm1xb]

@@akiraendoji Oh thanks for the reply, you seem to me to be one of the people who knows the most about Blue Lock, is there any way we can have a chat on some social network? I need to present you with a couple of cases about my own theories, I have your reddit and twitter

[@keinstv4302]

If Hiori is in team V as Yukimiya, it make sense. I also think that Hiori had Bachira treatment. Karasu and Otoya wants to steal Hiori from Yukimiya's team because Karasu know him, but choose Yukimiya after the match. I'm glad I found your channel.

[@JustTsukiPookie]

HES COME BACK THE GOATED BACKGROUND BLUELOCK KZbinR JUST IN TIME FOR S2

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks TSUKI!

[@daniaalimrankhan6580]

13:31 I think that Tokimitsu's reaction to hearing that Nishioka got injured tells us which stratum Nishioka was in. Tokimitsu acts like he's heard of Nishioka but never seen him. He sounds in awe as if he's never seen him or interacted with him. "That's Nishioka, the messi of Aomori." If Tokimitsu has never seen Nishioka it means they can't have been in the same stratum.

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I considered that. But I also thought at that point that it could just be surprised to see him injured and they weren't teammates either so I wouldn't write them off. That being said if he wasn't then I'd just swap Nishioka/Ishikari with Sokura/Haiji and the stratums.

[@wolfy3966]

W video, but I personally still belive that Hiiragi was in Karasu an Otoya stratum mostly do to his 3rd selection performence, where they lost 5-2 but Hirragi made the bench. The reason on why he didn't team up with Karasu and Otoya could be expleined by his fascination with tarrot card. I don't think it's not possible that he wanted to team up with them but in the meantime he draw tarrot cards on people who finished the trail and seemed to have some talent. It just so happened that Niko's and Zantetsu's cards matched what he wanted and he joined them before Karasu finished.

[@akiraendoji]

Definitely a possibility, but he is also someone about data which is kinda ironic since his thing is about tarot cards and if he had data on Karasu and Otoya I think the chance he teams up with them was higher than him not teaming up. I'd rather Rin just abandon him and force him to find a new team

[@Dosenotexist]

I m lwk kinda disappointed we won’t get kunigami vs shidou

[@akiraendoji]

@@Dosenotexist Yeh, I thought we may have seen it as a flashback during the wildcard but they didn't even show that in the BM vs PXG so far

[@akiraendoji]

I'm back in time for season 2! I probably should've waited until we saw every character in season 2 but my most request video is here!

[@daniaalimrankhan6580]

13:31 I think that Tokimitsu's reaction to hearing that Nishioka got injured tells us which stratum Nishioka was in. Tokimitsu acts like he's heard of Nishioka but never seen him. He sounds in awe as if he's never seen him or interacted with him. "That's Nishioka, the messi of Aomori." If Tokimitsu has never seen Nishioka it means they can't have been in the same stratum.

[@illuminesys]

wonderful video as always! also you DRAWING all of those BG character icons is seriously amazing :-) *the editing is perfect as well! i love the “stratum” banners having symbols and colours associated with their “captain” (eg nagi with the skull)… the detail is great!

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks! Yeh I tried to give a bit more detail for extra charm. Those icons took too long that some I just gave up half way lmao, but they should be good enough to at least identify the characters.

[@ackerman9734]

Season 2, chapter 278, and now Akira dropped? Bro this is the best day to be a blue lock fan 😭🔥🔥

[@Lumastarrr]

its crazy how you put in more effort into these "lore" videos than the author does lol, im excited to more theories based on any new information that comes from season 2

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh I like to put a bit of effort but to be fair it's all kinda irrelevant in the manga so I don't blame the author for not caring but it would be nice if he at least put a rough table like mine.

[@deejay1785]

​@@akiraendoji fr since the manga chapter is once a week only, it's cool to see this blue lock lore being explored more!

[@KOLODZIEJEK23]

9:00 and in the chapter 105 Aryu has predicted Yukimiya shot so for sure they were teammates

[@KOLODZIEJEK23]

but i tink that HIori really was in Karasu and Otoya Stratum manga have a lot of mistakes in numbers like you said and I think they randomly put this guys

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, Aryu seemed like he had experience with the Gyro shot so I'm pretty sure they were together. Hiori being in Karasu's stratum is still up in the air though and could go either way

[@7aemr]

@@akiraendoji people that knew each other outside of bluelock were paired together so hiori could very well be in the same stratum as karasu

[@Gonk10000]

Probably. But Aryu can't be in Yukimiya's team. It's Yukimiya who is in Aryu's team. And he's lucky that he is a model. Because otherwise he wouldn't have survived Aryu's GLAM

[@Nicolas-hm1xb]

Oh god, I didn't expect this video so soon, I thought you were going to wait until these 3 things happened. 1 The first 3-4 chapters of the anime about the third selection, to reconfirm the colors of the shoes and see some interactions 2 the release of the selfish bible 2 to see more data about the supporting actors 3 the release of the chapter of the spin off of Nagi to pray and see something of Reo, Shidou and Igarashi but you surprised me out of nowhere, wow, you are definitely my favorite Blue Lock content creator, I enjoy each of your videos as if they were a batch of 5 new chapters of the manga, thank you so much

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh I was considering waiting for the anime to show the shoes but I think just using the manga colours is sufficient. I was making this before egoist bible 2 so I didn't want to prolong another few weeks before this video since I like to do at least 1 video per month. As for the spinoff it just will take too long until we see them in action, like the Kiyora match is taking forever and there's no guarantee we see Reo's match + third selection takes too long. But I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@kareempeart5347]

You are one my favorite blue lock content creator on this platform keep up the amazing work my friend 🎉😊

[@akiraendoji]

Ty ty

[@ohdeez2116]

hearing octopath music being used in a blue lock video throws me off so hard lmfao, goated music choice though

[@akiraendoji]

Facts, never played the game but amazing OST

[@goratuti1098]

The king of Blue Lock KZbin content is back 👑

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks appreciate it!

[@robbiesmool]

another day, another akira banger 💯analysis on point as always and the icons / stratum banners are fiiire

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks! Appreciate it

[@miraxivi]

Amazing video as always

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks!

[@joaomatos2798]

Peak content as always!

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks!

[@ademarslan3479]

dude this is a lot of work ı seee nice job ı was really curious about whos from which stratum especially the top 3 so thank you for making this video

[@pedriquepompey4753]

You know Hiori is actually in Team Z in his Stratum. You can see his number when he had one of his many flashbacks during the BM vs Ubers match. The number on his shoulder shows that he was within the number range of a Team Z. He was even the one to eliminate a player during the game of tag in the dormroom test arc. Awesome to see that you pointed out the Hiori situation in your video man 👍🏾

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh Hiori's situation is weird since he could be either one. All the promo says V but manga had Z, until I see a direct confirmation I'll still take it as V

[@rim7115]

I hope you keep making these until we have a definitive answer

[@akiraendoji]

Well luckily with season 2 it probably won't be required to do another unless episode Nagi throws a curveball and get some lore dump or in the second egoist bible we see it.

[@othamneil8958]

I think Kiyora is on the same stratum as Karasu and Otoya, since they team up together and are familiar with each other in Episode Nagi

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I considered that but judging how Otoya, Karasu and Himizu make fun of him and call him weak, I wouldn't be shocked if he wasn't. We also have people like Toki and Aryu seem close but only became friends after forming a team. I just think it's more likely that he barely survived the first selection & the borderline by winning his final game against team Y and think it would be more interesting than being in Karasu's stratum.

[@othamneil8958]

@@akiraendoji I think Nanase's team could instead be on Yukimiya's stratum, which means Kiyora's team is on Karasu's stratum. All of what you said could still apply

[@Nicolas-hm1xb]

​@@othamneil8958 Nanase's team can't be in Yukimiya's stratum because Aryu implies in chapter 93 that he didn't know them.

[@othamneil8958]

@@Nicolas-hm1xb In that chapter, Aryu said "Some of them have a stylish vibe". Aryu was probably referring to someone else, and didn't care to acknowledge the opponents he played against

[@Nicolas-hm1xb]

@@othamneil8958 I know, that's why I said "Aryu implies", I don't deny that there is a small chance that Aryu and Nanase shared a stratum

[@toughestnugget]

Awesome video always fun seeing your predictions, is it possible that I get the icons you made for the side characters?

[@akiraendoji]

Hoping so, but judging by some author comments it seems like he may not get development now which would honestly be a huge mistake if he doesn't

[@mitchr1619]

Damn i was just playing octopath traveller last week, thought the ost was invading my brain in this video 😂

[@akiraendoji]

Honestly never even played the game myself, but the OST slaps

[@beras6172]

yo bro love your videos keep up the good work and did you make the icons by yourself?? they look sooooo nice

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks! and yeh I made all the icons myself, thought they'd add a little charm to the video and help with explaining my thought process.

[@timsmith5004]

Another akira banger 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@akiraendoji]

Ty ty, I try

[@Fantilow]

Hey, just came across your channel as I'm getting back into blue lock for obvious reasons. I wanted to see someone breaking down what I think is the first glimpse at U 20 match selected team (in anime), which happens in episode 1 of s2 after itoshis flash back when we can see ego's tablet and some familiar silhouettes. So I'm suggesting ths idea for a video if you want to, unless you only do mangas. They re is also another one actually at the end of episode nagi, a lot less enigmatic, it shocked me they wanna spoil so bad

[@akiraendoji]

Hey, I don't mind doing Anime but I'm pretty slow at making vids so they usually become a bit outdated by the time I upload them. I'm not sure exactly what scene/silhouette's you're referring too though.

[@Fantilow]

@@akiraendoji at 1:30 in episode 1 of s2 there is a tablet with 12 silhouettes, It was for me the starting 11 (12) of u20 selection. I tried to differentiate every one of these but there is some very similar profils, black hair player. I was wondering if this is the kind of subject you like to do. Now that I think about it there is probably not enough for the durartion you are used to and it would probably not fit your audience.

[@TD_EG11]

Good job on the video, love the channel super underated. However I still belive that Hiori was a team v player on Karasu's team due to the interactions with Otoya in the third selection. Good video

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, Hiori seemed familiar with Otoya having a Ninja heritage but that could've happened in the second selection assuming they played against each other. Also, respect the Noah profile pic, he was goated.

[@ethanel4222]

Unless I miss something I feel like Hiori has to be on Karasu and Otoya's team. We see how familiar Hiori is not only with Karasu, but more importantly Otoya (which we are confident didn't meet until blue lock). Additionally, there is a track record of players from the same district in the same stratum, which makes it feel most likely that Hiori would be in Karasu's stratum whether he liked it or not. I also think Kiyora was in Karasu's stratum. The rumor that Kiyora was the top scorer has better odds with him in that stratum (with weaker goal scoring players), and would've made him a great "target" for Karasu in the 2nd selection to pick off as a team member.

[@akiraendoji]

Well I mention it in the video, we see 7 people in Hiori's team and 6 from Karasu's which leads to 13 people in the game of tag which is too many. One of them could be shared (the black haired one in the back of Hiori's) which could make it possible but seeing as how Aryu and Tanaka who are other team V players were standing around Hiori's teammate then that would once again push the num of players above 12. Hiori could be on Yukimiya's team in the 2nd selection where they could play their 3v3 or 4v4 against Yuki's team. One of my previous videos/theories has Yuki, Hiori and Ishikari beating Barou, Nishi and Naruhaya. Then Yuki, Hiori, Ishikari, Nishioka vs Karasu, Otoya, Himizu, Yuzu so that's how he could become more familiar with him.

[@marcusyt2521]

Shidou was mentioned in ch89 that he was the top scorer of a team so he prob is a sole survivor

[@akiraendoji]

He was top scorer but there was no indication that he was a sole survivor. Like I mentioned in the video, for Shidou to be a sole survivor requires two other teams to defeat his and seeing as how dominant he was against good players like Reo and Kuni then I find it difficult to believe he would lose to 2 teams.

[@WGarita2001]

I makes sense that Karasu and Hiori weren't in the same stratum, since they knew each other before and, Karasu paired with Otoya maybe they didn't play together in the first and second selection.

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I know people assume people with prior history being from the same stratum but it's not like it's a definitive rule. Hiori being on their team makes me question why he wouldn't just team up with the other two but if he was from Yukimiya's stratum then teaming up with him and someone else like Tanaka too.

[@JoelGarcia-lu3tw]

​@@akiraendoji Aryu seemed to know Zantetsu as when Bachira comments on seeing him Aryu says that he knew he'd be there. So I would assume they played each other prior to BlueLock so yeah, I don't think people that knew each other HAD to be from the same stratum

[@darkNightcores]

20:15 That one is probably the official one lol, it looks so clean

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I think Karasu x Hiori being teammates is the most likely at least for the fandom; I'm still not sold on it though

[@ColdDrink25]

W video as always 👍👍

[@akiraendoji]

Ty ty appreciate it!

[@saberbeast1]

since you managed to find enough people to make a complete first selection survivors list i was curious if it would be possible using the 2nd selection information we know of to figure out how all 125 ranked during the 2nd selection also side note im really hoping that the new egoist bible coming out either confirms what stratums everyone played in or confirms the original 3 man teams of the 2nd selection survivors

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I probably could figure out all the numbers of the players but may wait until the egoist bible 2 comes out

[@dumflame]

Hiori knows Karasu so imo he’s probably in Karasu’s stratum

[@Lumastarrr]

Blue lock leaks just came out, cant wait to see what you think about them because holy what a crazy chapter

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh the chapter was insane. My takeaways from the chapter 1) Noa has not written Isagi off as a candidate yet but is using it as a way to make him despair before awakening again. It will be up to Isagi to show Noa that he is worthy of being his final rival and sets up Noa to be the final opponent. 2) Isagi is at his lowest I.e. the current underdog and so Kiyora is going to have another key moment in helping Isagi and doing so will cememnt himself on the U20 roster. 3) I'm guessing Shidou will be the one to stop Kaiser's free kick, he made it clear at the beginning of the match that he wants to beat Kaiser and with no Kunigami it gives Shidou another chance for an iconic moment

[@Lumastarrr]

@@akiraendoji yea I read a theory that people like Raichi, Igaguri, and other blue lockers that were supporting Isagi are now going to work with Kaiser in order to increase their odds of making it into the roster, this will lead Isagi to be alone so I feel like Isagi is going to have some sort of Barou moment where ends up taking control of the field and scoring

[@Lumastarrr]

@@akiraendoji my takeaways from the chapter: 1) it's not over for Tokimitsu

[@MyNameIsNotSteve]

5:36 speaking of the numbers two characters in the 2nd selection are rank 74, one being Wanima and the other being a fodder Kunigami and Reo meet in the 2v2, in episode Nagi the same mistake is made unless in episode Nagi they plan to retcon Wanima’s number to be 79 to match the anime

[@akiraendoji]

I think they will just change Wanima's number in the manga, not sure why the anime changed it though but it isn't that big of a deal

[@ahmadfirdausafezan4377]

GOAT

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks!

[@dolvio6493]

like for reverse ideology in the end

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, great song

[@JustTsukiPookie]

2:05 omggg the peak

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I tried doing like a smash bros roster look

[@JustTsukiPookie]

7:10 I bet SHIDOU was sole survivor come on bro lost a match for getting a red card bro was scoring goals and throwing tornado kicks

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, a possibility although we know he was the top scorer in his stratum so he couldn't get carded every game

[@SkyGodHQ]

I like the thumbnail

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks!

[@novasedits4764]

Hiori is shown on team z in one of his flashbacks

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I talk about it in his section and why there's a chance it's an error and the fact he could be in either team V or Z still.

[@owensprod3784]

I actually believe there's a good chance Tokimitsu was not in Shidou's stratum, and Shidou was the sole survivor from his team. I could totally see him pulling some Kuon shit and like intentionally throwing for his team and getting red-carded out of several games

[@МихаилФионов-э4р]

Hiory must be in team Z in first selection. In chapter 233 page 6 it was shown that he had 291 ranks.

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, I talk about the issues in the video. It says team Z there but it's shown he has team V shoes in every piece of media and if the anime gets up to that point in the NEL I wouldn't be surprised if they changed it. Could be a typo or could be intentional which is why I listed different variations.

[@rifqikawaragi2429]

Next, guess the NPC NEL's back number

[@akiraendoji]

Hahaha, now that's a bit much even for me

[@rifqikawaragi2429]

@@akiraendoji I really like your content because I'm very similar to you... I like to guess who the players are from each start and I really agree that Rin and Hiiragi, Shidou and Toki, Karasu Otoya and Yuki and Aryu, maybe Hiori has a mistake in writing the numbers.

[@TheBlueDash]

Those panels/sketches of Tanaka and stuff like that, what is that from? I would love to learn more about the NPC chars.

[@akiraendoji]

At the end of the volumes there are additional chapters which shows some non important stuff like Tanaka, Saramadara, etc. We'll likely see them in the anime as the additional times if you're patient. Otherwise you can look at imgur.com/gallery/blue-lock-volume-extras-1-12-xqAOYZd

[@ZRodent90]

My head cannon was Tokimitsu being a Team Z sole survivor. We know in the 3v3 that tokimitsu is chronically nervous and anxious during games but scoring goals calms him down. To me it would be cool if Ego put him in the top place of team z in his stratum cause while he acknowledges his strength and athleticism, but he has the exact opposite of the egoism Ego Jinpachi is looking for. All that being said, I imagine tokimitsu's team sucks so bad that he get anxious enough to score at least one goal per game and nobody else on his team could match that, and of course he loses every game. He is a lot like Barou in that sense.

[@Nicolas-hm1xb]

Well that's impossible since Tokimitsu always wears black boots, so he's definitely from a V team, and the dynamic with Shidou seems better to me.

[@akiraendoji]

Well Toki is a team V player (black shoes) and it's difficult for him to be a sole survivor because that would mean that Shidou, Yuki, Otoya, Aryu and Karasu would need to be split between 2 stratum which is unlikely.

[@LYonddSS]

Peak video

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks!

[@lusketauba2818]

Great video

[@maranisha.]

Dang they got the player icons for every single player. You made them? ...and maybe how could i make something like that? 🤔

[@akiraendoji]

I mean any art app probably, it's mostly linear art so it's not that difficult

[@maranisha.]

@@akiraendoji oh alright thanks 👍

[@maybemiles-]

this probably took ages

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, took longer than it probably should've. Drawing all those background character icons took way too long lmao

[@Infinity0Moon]

Can we get a hint for the next vid?

[@akiraendoji]

It was going to be related to Sae but seeing as the egoist bible 2 is coming out it'll probably be that.

[@Infinity0Moon]

@@akiraendoji thank you

[@daviborgo7539]

In episode Nagy I swear I saw yo hiroyi with karasu ( Ik I spelt it wrong ) I thought there uniforms were the same leading me to believe that they were from the same school

[@davidcampbell7109]

Wait, there was a BlueLock game as in like a BlueLock videogame

[@akiraendoji]

It's a mobile game and a gacha, honestly it's pretty bad so I can't recommend but at least there's some decent art

[@JoelGarcia-lu3tw]

5 star meal once again

[@akiraendoji]

Thanks!

[@tomasmateus17]

I could see shindou being the sole survivor, getting a red card

[@akiraendoji]

Yeh, definitely a possibility. I just think Toki x Shidou would be more fun as a story than being a sole survivor

[@kamjed4053]

blue lock project world champion mentioned!?

[@akiraendoji]

Only briefly, only really used to show the shoes of Kiyora and Hiori

[@michaeldatuin15]

what I wanna know is who were teammates in the second selection and who was picked an who wasnt picked lol.

[@JoelGarcia-lu3tw]

He made a video on that too

[@akiraendoji]

Hey! Just saw the comment, just look at the who beat Barou in the second selection video; has an updated prediction on which teams beat each other, etc.

[@skyyyyyskyyyy]

Where did you see this backstory matches😂

[@akiraendoji]

Which one's are you referring to?

[@skyyyyyskyyyy]

@akiraendoji oh like Karasu where he plays his stratum matches

[@randomeditz-f5f]

@@skyyyyyskyyyy episode nagi

[@Magnificentage]

Hiori might be Rin's Past teammate or Karasu's

[@akiraendoji]

Potentially, I wouldn't write him off completely as Rin's teammate and think Karasu's is probably more likely.

[@aryan-cz6xc]

brhutha speak loudly

[@akiraendoji]

Just turn up the volume, I kid I kid. Issue is my mic doesn't input very loudly, guess I could increase the sound in premiere; I'll try to increase it for the next video

[@TheMegaFireFox90]

sry vegan voice i cant

[@akiraendoji]

:(

[@brambleblaster]

Bro put more thought into this than the author

[@akiraendoji]

Honestly I think I did lmao, no shade to the author but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even think about any of this stuff. Would love to ask him personally though, but I don't think that's possible