Best Players Who Can Access Flow State In Blue Lock

Summary

• Players like Yukimiya, Aiku, and Kunigami access the flow state to excel in football.
• Unique abilities emerge, from La Croqueta to spatial awareness during the flow state.
• Entering the flow state helps players like Shido and Isagi unleash their full potential.

Jinpachi Ego, as a mentor and coach, dreams of creating the world’s best striker who will help Japan win its first World Cup and revolutionize the country’s football culture. In order to inspire and educate his mentees, he often gives passionate speeches, and in one of them, he discusses the importance of playing in the flow state to evolve as a footballer.

Being locked in brings out the best in footballers, and Ego considers it an important ingredient to achieve the status of best in the world. In this article, we look at the best players who can access the flow state.

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Kenyu Yukimiya

Japan’s Best 1v1 Players

• Manga Debut: Chapter 93
• Anime Debut: Episode 24
• Age: 18-19
• Position: Center Back, Forward, Offensive Midfielder, Left Wing

Kenyu Yukimiya has optic neuropathy, but the challenge that it poses has failed to stop him from chasing his dreams and playing football at the highest level. He is not only regarded by Jinpachi as one of the best players at Blue Lock but also plays for Germany’s Bastard München as an offensive midfielder.

God only gives us trials that we can overcome.

In the flow state, Yukimiya can perform the La Croqueta consecutively at a high speed to completely break down the opposition’s defense and create goal-scoring opportunities. While he is already a talented player, when he is truly zoned in, it is almost impossible to stop him.

7

Oliver Aiku

The Forward-Turned-Defender

• Manga Debut: Chapter 110
• Anime Debut: Episode 25
• Age: 19
• Position: Forward, Center Back

Oliver Aiku started playing football, dreaming of becoming the best striker in the world. Unfortunately, circumstances beat that dream out of him, forcing him to evolve his game. Instead of giving up on football, Aiku adjusted his playing style and became a defender, hoping to achieve greatness.

When Aiku enters the flow state, he is able to feel the gaps in his team’s defense to move ahead of the game and spoil any goal-scoring opportunities.

6

Rensuke Kunigami

Bastard München’s Clinical Finisher

• Manga Debut: Chapter 1
• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Age: 16-17
• Position: Defensive Midfielder, Center Midfielder, Forward

Despite getting eliminated from Blue Lock, Kunigami makes a comeback in the Neo Egoist League, completely transformed after playing against Shido. Rensuke adopts an egotistical brand of football and evolves himself into an attacking player.

I will fulfill this dream of mine and fight against the world for it, fair and square. I don’t think there’s anything embarrassing about that.

Like some of his peers, he also manages to consciously and sometimes accidentally enter the flow state to control his team’s flow of offensive play. In the Neo Egoist League, he plays for Germany’s Bastard München as a center defensive midfielder.

5

Seishiro Nagi

Blue Lock’s Best Trapper

• Manga Debut: Chapter 22
• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Age: 17
• Position: Goalkeeper, Forward, Right Wing, Offensive Midfielder

A creative midfielder and a dangerous forward, Seishiro Nagi is one of those rare footballers at Blue Lock who are naturally gifted. His perfect ball control and ability to score from anywhere make him an extremely challenging player to contain.

When he is in the flow state, Seishiro unleashes nearly impossible-to-replicate goals. One of them comes during the game between Team White and Team Red when Nagi performed the 2-stage fake volley shot under pressure to net the ball. In the Neo Egoist League, he went a step further and scored a goal with the five-shot revolver fake volley.

4

Shoei Baro

Ubers’ Dominating Striker

• Manga Debut: Chapter 5
• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Age: 18
• Position: Right Wing, Forward

Shoei Baro is a dangerous striker who likes to dominate his rivals. He perceives himself as a king on the field and is one of the few players who can walk the talk when he gets going.

In the flow state, Baro evolves dramatically and is able to use his weapons to good effect to convert even half-chances into goals. In the Neo Egoist League, he plays for the Ubers and has been able to prove himself to be an invaluable asset for the team by scoring several crucial goals.

3

Rin Itoshi

Sae Itoshi’s Younger Brother

• Manga Debut: Chapter 40
• Anime Debut: Episode 11
• Age: 16
• Position: Forward

Arguably Blue Lock’s most talented player, Rin has the uncanny ability to score goals at an astounding rate. Although he is initially driven by the desire to take revenge on his older brother, Sae Itoshi, Rin is slowly overcome by the passion to become the best striker in the world.

You guys don’t learn at all, do you? I’m staking my life on each moment here.

Rin, like some of his peers, has been able to fully access the flow state consciously in many instances. His variation, which is often called the Pure Destruction, is just an extension of his aggressive gameplay in which he pushes his opponents to play at their best before completely dominating them to not only net the ball but also achieve a ruthless psychological victory.

2

Ryusei Shido

Paris X Gen’s Explosive Center Forward

• Manga Debut: Chapter 88
• Anime Debut: Episode 24
• Age: 18
• Position: Forward, Center Forward

Very few players in the world in Ryusei’s age group can match his goal-scoring prowess and his ruthless playing style. While he is a naturally dangerous player, Shido truly explodes on the field when he achieves the flow state. When he is zoned in, Ryusei’s spatial awareness is pushed to the extreme, allowing him to score unconventional goals using the long-range bicycle kick.

1

Yoichi Isagi

Bastard München’s Talented Forward

• Manga Debut: Chapter 1
• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Age: 16
• Position: Offensive Midfielder, Forward

Isagi is one of the rare players at Blue Lock who was handpicked by Jinpachi Ego. While he may not be as naturally talented as other players like Nagi or Rin, Yoichi makes up for it through his sheer desire to become the best in the world. In the Neo Egoist League, he plays for Bastard München and is rated as one of the most impactful players.

Isagi accidentally accessed the flow state as early as the First Selection. However, he only realizes its influence on his game and becomes more clinical in using it as he evolves as a player. Perhaps the most noteworthy instance of Yoichi entering the flow state is when he played against Manshine City during the Neo Egoist League.