| “ | Football is, at its core, a sport about scoring goals even at the expense of your teammates. The best player is the one that scores the most. | ” |
— Jinpachi Ego's philosophy
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Jinpachi Ego (
Appearance[]
Ego is a tall, skinny, and pale man with an unusually long neck. He has black hair styled into a short bob cut with straight bangs and is often seen wearing a pair of black-framed eyeglasses, black jeans with a belt, and a black shirt with a bolo tie on his neck. By the time of the Neo Egoist League, Ego's hair had gotten noticeably longer.
Personality[]
Ego is an ambitious and overly-confident man; beneath that ambition, however, is something even more sinister, as he puts the emphasis on "ego" as he is shown to be an extremely egotistical, cruel, and self-serving man, seeing teamwork and "putting your teammates before yourself" to the equivalent of being "second-rate." He never wastes an opportunity to tell his players the cold truth about themselves and their reality, either seeping them into further despair or inspiring them with his coldhearted truth.
Ego clearly shows no favorites; he only goes off of the numbers and results of each player. He is extremely calculating and methodical, having singlehandedly designed Blue Lock, tricked the Japan Football Union executives into a game when pushed into a corner, and perfectly predicted the Japan U-20 match. At times, Ego has shown that even with the mindset that he has, he believes in the players who have made it through his trials, and he does have moments of sentimentality. Ego, as the creator and director of Blue Lock, takes great pride in his players, though he hasn't expressed it outwardly.
He is also very awkward and eccentric, making strange poses, sitting unconventionally in uncommon places, and giving dramatic speeches to his players, often with a devilish smile on his face. Ego loathes people like the executives of the Japan Football Union for preferring money over the development of football in their country and losing their will to believe in the future for their players. That's why he enjoys manipulating them towards reaching his own goal, as he did during the U-20 match. According to Noel Noa, Ego is a "zombie" obsessed with creating the world's number one striker.
Quotes[]
- (To the 300 gathered players) "Congratulations, you unpolished gems. All of you Under-18 strikers have been chosen solely based on my criteria and biases to be here. All 300 of you. I am Jinpachi Ego. My job is to make Japan a team capable of winning the World Cup."[2]
- (To the 300 gathered players) "I'll put it in simple terms. Japan only requires one thing to become the strongest powerhouse in football. And that is the creation of revolutionary striker. From the 300 players gathered here today, I will forge the best striker in the world through a certain project."[2]
- (To the 300 gathered players) "All of them revolutionary strikers!! Their extraordinary egoism is the one thing Japan's football lacks. You will not become the greatest strikers in the world unless you have the ego to match. My purpose here is to create such a player in Japan."[2]
- (To Kira) "The one who is 'it' in tag, that is, the one who has the ball, decides who they want to 'win,' but also gets to decide who they want to 'lose.'"[3]
- (To Kira) "A striker carries all responsibilities on his back. A striker is the one who keeps on attacking until the very second."[3]
- (To Team Z) "Nonsense? It is nonsensical indeed. But then, so is the world. Either you win or you lose. While you were getting excited over your mediocre successes, true strikers tread a path of winning or losing everything — every single day to keep on surviving."[3]
- (To Team Z) "How was it? Since you were born... Wasn't this the first time you felt true danger? Were you scared? Shocked? You understand that much, right? The football you've played all your lives is for weaklings! Didn't you get those shivers? 'Nice. I survived.' That is the feeling of victory! So shove it in those brains of yours!"[3]
- (To Team Blue Lock) "You grew up in tepid Japan, where you can still survive even if you fail at football. Since you guys will never reach the same point as them... I created Blue Lock... to give you that level of 'goal hunger.' That hunger will become an ego that will change the world."[4]
- (To Anri) "Humans are creatures that only see what they want to see but by acquiring critical consciousness, their perceptions and patterns of thought do an about face. Right now, Yoichi Isagi is calling forth his own evolution."
- (To Blue Lock 11) "Your only order for the second half is... overwhelm them. There is no need for more than one protagonist."
- (To Anri) "Seishiro Nagi's talent is off the charts, but even for him, that went a little too well. Attaining success above your talent level can have dangerous aftereffects. The depths of his ego are about to be tested."
Etymology[]
- His given name, Jinpachi (
甚 八 ?), means "great eight." - His surname, Ego (
絵 心 ?), means "desire to paint."- Phonetically, it can be the abbreviation for "egoism" or "egoist," referring to his aim with the Blue Lock project.
Trivia[]
- Ego ranked 10th in the first popularity poll with 437 votes.
- Likewise, his glasses were included and ranked 23rd in the first popularity poll with 46 votes.
- His cup yakisoba was also included and ranked 31st in the first popularity poll with one vote.
- He and Noa are rivals.
- His dominant foot is his right foot.
- His favorite movie is Whiplash.
- His favorite comic is Magical Taruruto.
- His favorite color is white.
- He is committed to eating unhealthy foods like instant ramen and yakisoba.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Character profile from Egoist Bible
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 2.
- ↑ Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 40.
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| Japan Football Union |
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| Anri Teieri · Hirotoshi Buratsuta · Jinpachi Ego · Yasumori Hoichi |
| Blue Lock Eleven | |
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| Faculty | Jinpachi Ego · Anri Teieri |
| Main | Gin Gagamaru · Jyubei Aryu · Ikki Niko · Hyoma Chigiri · Kenyu Yukimiya · Tabito Karasu · Seishiro Nagi · Meguru Bachira · Eita Otoya · Rin Itoshi · Yoichi Isagi |
| Sub | Aoshi Tokimitsu · Gurimu Igarashi · Jingo Raichi · Nijiro Nanase · Reo Mikage · Shoei Baro · Yo Hiori · Yukio Ishikari · Zantetsu Tsurugi · Ranze Kurona · Jin Kiyora · Reiji Hiiragi |