Michael Kaiser (ミヒャエル・カイザー Mihyaeru Kaizā?) is a prodigy U-20 forward from Germany who plays for Bastard München during the Neo Egoist League as the team's ace and main striker. Kaiser is regarded as a genius and is also a member of the New Generation World XI.
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What is the significance of Michael Kaiser's blue rose tattoos?
The blue rose tattoo on Michael Kaiser's neck signifies his determination to overcome perceived impossibilities. It's a constant reminder of his past mental weakness and his commitment to never surrender to challenges deemed unattainable.
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What position does Michael Kaiser play in Bastard München?
As the main striker for Bastard München, Michael Kaiser plays the position of a forward. He is recognized for his exceptional ability to position himself for scoring, receive diverse passes, and create space under pressure. His notable skills include spatial awareness, metavision, off the ball movements, and a technique known as 'Kaiser Impact'. His prodigious talent in professional football has earned him a spot in the New Generation World XI.
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What makes Michael Kaiser a prodigy in the U-20 league?
Michael Kaiser, a U-20 prodigy from Germany, distinguishes himself with a lightning-fast and precise shot. As the ace and main striker for Bastard München in the Neo Egoist League, his skills include superior football IQ, world-leading kick speed, and a potent shot. He excels in positioning himself for scoring, receiving diverse passes, and creating space under pressure to score seemingly effortless and illogical goals.
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Who are the other members of the New Generation World XI along with Kaiser?
The New Generation World 11 comprises upcoming football prodigies. Michael Kaiser, a striker with Bastard München, is part of this group. Other members include Itoshi Sae, a Real Madrid midfielder, and Don Lorenzo, an 'Ace Eater' defender with Ubers. Each member, falling under the U-20 category, possesses unique skills that set them apart.
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How does Michael Kaiser's height contribute to his role as a main striker?
While Michael Kaiser's height isn't directly linked to his role as a main striker, his skills, including omnipotent vision, high football IQ, and the fastest kick speed globally, make him a clinical finisher. He excels at positioning, receiving passes, and creating space under pressure, leading to effortless scoring. His team, Bastard München, builds their style around his play, and he is highly esteemed in professional football.
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Appearance
Kaiser is a tall young man with blue eyes and blonde hair, accented by red eyeliner. His hairstyle includes a mullet with blue streaks at the ends and two deep blue rat-tails. He symbolizes blue rose tattoos on his neck, which transition into chain-like intertwined thorny stems down his left arm, culminating in a crown with a keyhole on his left hand. He is typically seen wearing his Bastard München #10 uniform, which features red and black with gold stripes, complemented by black and gold striped socks, sneakers, and a long-sleeved shirt.
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Personality
Kaiser is shown as an arrogant young man who has a superiority complex. He sees everybody around him as merely small time actor compared to his big time main role as the star of his world. Though he is arrogant and slyly rude to people he sees as beneath him, he is not unnecessarily rude to his teammates but will put them in their place when they unnecessarily speak out even if it's for his sake. Even though Kaiser is arrogant and rude, he knows when to control himself around people who are definitively better and superior to him, such as his team leader and the best striker in the world, Noel Noa.
After the match against the Ubers, Kaiser was immensely frustrated when he lost to Isagi a second time. Originally, he joined Bastard Munchen because it was the quickest way to get into Re Al, but now he cannot just leave the Neo Egoist League after losing to Isagi.
Kaiser believes that the moment people believe things are impossible, they are programmed to give up. Those who sacrifice their talent in exchange for living long and tedious lives are the ones he hates the most.
Before, Kaiser was a mentally weak person who constantly gave up on things he believed to be impossible. To remind himself to never again too fall into that weak mindset, he got a blue rose tattoo on his neck, which he believes symbolizes the achievement of the impossible.
Abilities
Archetype
- Clinical Finisher: Clinical finishers are forwards that specialize in their accurate shooting ability. They are "clinical", in that they need few opportunities to score a goal being able to strike and place the ball exactly where it will beat the goalkeeper. They can be identified by their high goal to shots ratio. Clinical strikers usually play as center forwards though other attacking players can often be said to be clinical finishers.
With an omnipotent vision, high football IQ, the fastest kick speed in the world and a powerful shot to match, Kaiser is the ace scorer for Bastard München. Kaiser is easily able to get into an ideal scoring position, receive any kind of pass, and create space for himself when pressured by the opposition to score effortless and illogical goals.
Skills
- Professional Football Technique: Kaiser is regarded as a genius player in the professional world of football. He plays football for one of the best teams in the world as the main striker. His skills are highly respected by teammates, opposing teams, club owners, investors, and even the best striker in the world. His skill and technique is so high level that his team's style of play and philosophy revolve around him and his style of play.
- Off-the-Ball Movements: A term used to describe the moments where players are not in possession of the ball.
Kaiser uses these moments to position himself where he can always receive a pass, whether in his opponents’ or teammates' blind spots. When marked by a defender, Kaiser always runs towards the course most troublesome to his opposition and then immediately steps in the opposite direction of their center of gravity to bypass them finding an open position for himself.
- Metavision (
超越視界 Meta Bijon?, Transcendence Sight): A term used to describe a player's evolved vision that gives them an omnipotent perspective of the field. Using his eyes to constantly take in information from his central and peripheral vision, Kaiser constantly collects data on every player, every play they make, and their positions on the field; mixed with his high football IQ, Kaiser is able to interpret that data and use it to heighten every move he makes to unpredictable levels and find opportunities before others can. This ability escapes the logic of even the most highly advanced football players. Mixed with his other abilities, Kaiser is able to dominate the field creating illogical opportunities born from his vision. Kaiser uses Metavision to find the most optimal positioning where he can score by "revealing what is impossible". In order to do so, he willingly places himself against strong opposition and ultimately achieves this effect with his Predator Eye for a spectacular finish.
- Predator Eye: Described as a complete opposite of Metavision, instead of expanding his vision, Kaiser drastically narrows it down in order to score a goal. Kaiser uses Predator Eye to find the smallest of gaps for a shot course, when aiming and shooting his Kaiser Impact.
- Kaiser Impact (
皇帝衝撃波 Kaizā Inpakuto?): With the fastest kick swing speed in the world, Kaiser uses his god given talent to take a volley shot that is so fast, people have difficulty in noticing the moment the ball is being fired, as well as tracking the ball as it is travelling towards the net. When used in tandem with his Metavision and Predator Eye, Kaiser is able to fearlessly score near impossible shots with extreme accuracy. His shot has the speed and power to pass by the heads of five defenders in front of the goal and the goalie with pinpoint accuracy into the goal.- Kaiser Impact: Beinschuss: While in midair, Kaiser uses the Kaiser Impact in the form of a bicycle kick. The ball then nutmegs under a defender, bounces off the ground, and lands a goal without loosing any speed. "Beinschuss" means "nutmeg" in German.
- Kaiser Impact: Blitzkrieg: Kaiser dribbles the ball forward, immediately taking a one-step cut to the side before shooting. This allows for him to temporarily throw off the defender's timing, giving him an opening for a lightning fast surprise attack. "Blitzkrieg" means "Lightning War" in German.
- Kaiser Impact: Magnus: Unlike with the regular Kaiser Impact where he prioritizes kicking the ball straight, Kaiser will put some spin on the ball, making it curve while intentionally using the air valve to guide the ball towards the goal. For this shot to work, Kaiser needs to determine exactly where to strike the ball to up its accuracy to a level on par with a regular Kaiser Impact. The ball must also be stationary, raising the difficulty of the shot astronomically. During Bastards match against PXG, Kaiser attempted this shot with the ball in motion, but due to being surrounded by five defenders and not putting enough spin on the ball, the shot completely missed the goal. Kaiser succeeded in his next attempt due to Jin Kiyora sending him a pass with an extreme backspin, that resulted in the ball rolling to halt right before his feet.
Manga Appearances
| 109. Battle Group | |
| 110. Newcomer | |
| 111. FLOW | |
| 112. Grand Stage | |
| 113. Cops and Robbers | |
| 114. Quartet | |
| 115. Sae Itoshi | |
| 116. Revenger | |
| 117. Nice to Meet You | |
| 118. Warped | |
| 119. Third Arrow | |
| 120. Blue Genes | |
| 121. 1st HALF | |
| 122. Headliner | |
| 123. World's Best | |
| 124. Night Snow | |
| 125. Ruin | |
| 126. 2nd HALF | |
| 127. Dragon Drive | |
| 128. Dramatic Exchange | |
| 129. Cool Head and Chameleon | |
| 130. The World Doesn't Know Me Yet | |
| 131. What You Taught Us | |
| 132. Dictator | |
| 133. Extreme Focus | |
| 134. Flowers | |
| 135. Shachihoko | |
| 136. Culmination | |
| 137. Last Step | |
| 138. One Mind in Two Bodies | |
| 139. Synchronize | |
| 140. Essence | |
| 141. Monster Trance | |
| 142. World Standard | |
| 143. Not Alone | |
| 144. Disposition | |
| 145. Born Slippy | |
| 146. Final Match-up | |
| 147. Last Attack | |
| 148. Declaration | |
| 149. Complete | Debut |
| 150. Holiday | |
| 151. Changing World | |
Trivia
- His zodiac sign is Capricorn.
- His hometown is Berlin, Germany.
- His foot size is 28 cm.
- His dominant leg is his right leg.
- He doesn't have a favourite football player.
- He started playing football at the age of 15.
- His family consists of him, And his father.
- Something that make him happy is being regarded as an enemy ("It gives me the chills thinking about how to crush them".)
- Something that makes him sad is receiving a gift, because he doesn't know how he's supposed to react.
- His favorite food is bread crust rusk. ("When I was young, I made them using the scraps from a sandwich shop in my neighbourhood. Both the sugar and garlic-flavoured ones were really fucking tasty.")
- His hobby is Reading, psychology and philosophy. ("I'm interested in what makes humans tick")
- His favourite song is "Desperado" by the Eagles.
- His favourite animal is Stray Dogs.
- His Character image color is Metallic Blue.
- His morning routine consists of: standing before the mirror naked, gazing at himself while having a conversation (with himself), getting into the mindset that nothing is impossible, and then smiling while thinking 'this is me'.
- Re Al has made 320 million yen bid for him after the 3rd round of the Neo Egoist League.
The majority of this information is from the Blue Lock Character Profile Volume 30
- Weakness (according to himself): ("I have crazy bed hair, and I wake up in a really bad mood")
- Best meal side dish: ("I don't really eat rice. Tell me what's good with it.")
- Favorite season: ("Winter. The loneliness suits me.")
- Favorite movie: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- Best subject: ("I never paid attention in class.")
- Worst subject: ("I didn't go to school, so i don't know")
- Fetish: ("Faces of despair. I want to experience the depths of a person's soul")
- Ideal partner: ( Someone who's beautiful, smart, and full of love.")
- Number of Valentine's chocolate received last year: ("800. Apparently, they were delivered to the team's clubhouse.")
- Sleep time: 8 hours (7 hours at night + 1 hour nap)
- First place washed in the bath: Left chest
- Most-used smartphone app: ("Health app. I check my pulse every morning to feel alive in umbers.")
- Last time I cried: When I choked myself. ("Tears came out, and I looked in the mirror and laughed.")
- Age when I stopped receiving Christmas presents from Santa: ("Never got them. Santa's not real.")
- What I asked Santa for: ("Freedom.")
- What I'd do on the last day of Earth: ("Regret. I'd think there were other ways I could've lived. If tomorrow were my last day, that's what I'd feel.")
- What I'd do with 100 million yen: ("Don't care. Maybe I'd buy a rose garden.")
- How I spend my days off: ("I take a long shower, read, think about who I want to kill and reflect on myself, take a dump, and then sleep."
- If I hadn't met soccer: ("I'd be a criminal. Or I'd starve to death.")
- Favorite historical figures: ("Nietzsche, Freud, Napoleon. I'd like to talk with these three.")
- If I could bring one thing to a deserted island: "(My soccer ball")
- If I had a time machine, would I go to the past or future? ("The future. There's no salvation in the past. I want to see if there's salvation in the future.")
The majority of this information is from the Blue Lock Egoist Bible Volume 2
Etymology
- The name Michael means "gift from God".
- Michael's surname, Kaiser, means "emperor or a ruler higher than a king".
- Michael Kaiser's name can therefore be interpreted as "God's chosen emperor".
Quotes
- (To Isagi) Yoichi, is that redhead an old friend? He’s good. Fast, strong, and, above all, beautiful. He’s a gem you'll want to crush.
- (To Isagi) The script you wrote's quite boring, Yoichi. Rejected.
- (To Isagi) Well ex-fucking-cuse me. Very cool, Yoichi. Welcome to my dimension. [4]
- (To Isagi, talking to Ness) You're finally big enough to eat, Yoichi.... [5]
- (To Ness) Ness, you shithead... Who cares about 320 Million... Who cares about Re Al...? Right now, I'm just shitty trash below Yoichi's level... I can't... Let it end like this... I'll kill Isagi...
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Character profile from Volume 30
- ↑ Character profile from Egoist Bible vol.2
- ↑ Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 157.
- ↑ Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 185.
- ↑ Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 207.
| Bastard München | |
|---|---|
| Master Striker | Noel Noa |
| U-20 Regulars | Alexis Ness · Benedict Grim · Erik Gesner · Igor Schneider · Michael Kaiser |
| Blue Lock | Gin Gagamaru · Gurimu Igarashi · Jin Kiyora · Jingo Raichi · Kenyu Yukimiya · Ranze Kurona · Rensuke Kunigami · Teppei Neru · Yo Hiori · Yoichi Isagi |