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I'm feeling bittersweet at the prospect of Reo leaving Nagi behind once and for all (albeit forced to do so)
Like, if he wants to survive, he'll obviously become an individualist now, there's nothing (no one) holding him back either. And I absolutely want him to get better and shine with his own light, he deserves that. But, I don't want him to completely forget about Nagi as a period of his life that's over now.
Death in blue lock doesn't mean death in real life, and I have the slight feeling that people in blue lock don't realize this. Or at least they say goodbye like they're never seeing eachother again when they could if they wanted to.
I just wished Reo realized he wants Nagi besides of what he brings into the field, and that he can pursue soccer in solitary and still love him at the same time.
Blue lock is designed to install the mentality in them that their whole life has to be about soccer when, in reality, once they step off the field, once practice is over, they also have a personal life to take care of. Because they have been locked up in there for so long many of them don't think about this but I wish they realized that eliminating a friend doesn't mean losing them forever.
In case Nagi quits soccer or keeps playing but in a smaller league, I hope he's still invested in Reo's dream and cheers him on even from afar. And for Reo to think about their relationship and how, everytime he pictured the World Cup as a treasure he wanted to aquire to prove himself, he also thought of Nagi as a treasure he failed to make his own, and perhaps, chooses to pursue Nagi too but in a different way. Like, it's fine that while you're playing you're the most egoistic person alive who only thinks of achieving greatness by yourself. But outside of that you're still a human with other feelings besides your pride.
I feel if they both realised they can dedicate themselves both to soccer and to eachother without necessarily having both things together, they'd be the perfect couple.
Maybe we'll get to see a bit of that reflexion on Nagi's part after he gets locked off in epinagi?
I just know I don't want the spinoff to just end there with Nagi don't doing anything with his life and Reo being heartbroken. I want their relationship to evolve past blue lock not as football stars but as people.
There's a lot of ways to be partners and it'd be a great chance to show that, even if blue lock's mentality is the right way to be a striker, it doesn't have to define you as a person. You can have dreams outside of soccer that don't interfier with your career. Be a star on camera and a human at home.
A striker isn't supposed to have relationships holding him back but a human is allowed to love.