Starting today, I will randomly post content about Loki that prompts you to ask deeper questions. I believe by the end of this series of posts, we will have enough elements to craft a satisfactory theory of Loki's vision of the game.

Been seeing a lot of “The manga just expects us to believe that Isagi did something different for this play to work without showing us” posts but I think it’s actually the opposite. The manga has shown us what Isagi did differently but hasn’t told us (atleast not yet). 🧵:

Okay, fuck it, I'm gonna give you some breadcrumbs. 1- Football is a sport where variance plays a big role, just as in life. Without it, you could predict every football match result with 100% accuracy. 2- Usain Bolt is the fastest man alive. Has he won every race he's competed in? No, because of variance. 3- Every cerebral player uses a lens through which they make their analysis. That lens can skew their perspective: for example, Hugo with Suitability theory, Hiiragi and his fortune-telling thing, Karasu and his path of least resistance toward the goal. 4- When a cerebral player also has superior talent that shows up visibly on the field, what the player can "see" gets even more limited. For example, Hugo would never worry about missing a pass because his mind doesn't go there. He knows he's that good. 5- Geniuses like Rin and Loki, and superior, talented learners like Sae and Hugo, can instinctively react to luck, but they don't consciously factor it in. The reason is simple. They are too good. Factoring in luck is for "weaklings." 6- Luck is always a matter of hindsight being 20/20. When Aiku stopped Onazi, even though Onazi awakened, was Aiku lucky, or was he somewhat prepared for that possibility? 7- Yoichi Isagi is a player who fights in a den of monsters, and compared to them, he is utterly limited physically and technically. This is why Isagi has no other choice but to be aware of what others cannot even be aware of. 8- The strong see the glass as almost full because they can fill it up even more. The weak see the glass half full and half empty and account for both. To the casuals, it looks like luck, but to Isagi, it is preparation. Just like Ego said back in chapter 87, if you consider it bad luck to have pigeons shit on you, you could have avoided it if you'd been aware of your surroundings. Still no guarantee, but you account for the possibility. It's not luck if a player has contingency plans for contingency plans. It's preparation meeting opportunity.

Fam, if I gotta explain to y’all the luck thing, a thread won’t be enough. An hour-long YouTube video wouldn’t be enough either. And even then, man, fuck it. Cuz I ain’t editing all that. Fuck man, doing a short thread doesn’t do it justice. Fuck me, Kaneshiro, why do you do me like that 😭

我很愿意认真回答这位德国朋友的疑问。 你的第一个问，其实是在说，由于中国是一个威权政府，因此人民在政治上不受认真对待。 这个命题本身就是错误的。威权政府，并不意味着人民不受认真对待。民主政府，也不意味着人民就受到认真对待。 新加坡是威权国家，菲律宾是民主国家，难道新加坡人的处境，不如菲律宾人吗？中国是威权国家，印度是民主国家，难道中国人的处境，不如印度人吗？ 你的第二个问，你的发问本身并不严谨。不能笼统地说，中国人没有政治自由。这个问题要分两个维度来讲。 1、政治参与自由。 从这个维度讲，中国任何人有参与政治的自由。中国人都有权利申请入党、考公务员。筛选规则与民主制度不同，但不等于中国人没有参与政治的自由。 中国制度与民主制度的区别在于： 民主制度下，一个人只要有钱，可以在任何时候参与政治。就像川普一辈子没有从政，老了突然想要竞选总统，他就可以参选，而且成功了。 但在中国，任何官员都必须从基层公务员做起。一个人无法因为有钱，就能一步登天当上高官。 这种制度的好处有： A、公平性。 中国有大量的高层领导人出身平民家庭，如胡锦涛、温家宝、汪洋、李强，等等。像习近平这种红二代，反而是个意外。 B、专业性。 任何一个高层领导人，都必须经过几十年不同级别岗位的历练，他对国家各个层面的情况的了解，以及他的治理经验，不是一个企业家、一个明星，或者一个未治理过一个城市的议员，所能相提并论的。 C、远见性。 由于领导人不受制于短期的、非理性的民意，因此可以规划长远的发展战略，并以唯一执政党确保该战略的长期、有效的实施。 D、政策不受资本干涉。 你选择从政，就不能从商。你选择从商，就不能从政。这样一来，资本的归资本，政治的归政治，资本无法干涉政治。 2、政治权利自由。 当然，中国制度有其“表面上”的代价。为什么只是“表面上”的，后面再说。先说这种代价。 代价就是中国人不拥有谩骂政府、抨击政策的自由。我们可以批评政府，但必须在一种就事论事的理性语境中。我们不能喊“习近平下台”或者“共产党下台”。 我们也不拥有全民选举的自由，建立政党的自由。 这些“代价”为什么只是表面上的，可以从一则寓言说起： 一农场主临死前问儿子；猪抱怨饲料太差，牛报怨活太重，鸡报怨窝太脏，怎么办？ 儿子说：“喂好饲料，干轻活，清理鸡窝。” 农场主摇摇头说：你啥都别做，给他们选票，让它们选择你或者你媳妇管它们，让它们以为这个家是它们做主。 这个寓言让我们思考，作为人民，我们要的是什么？我们要的其实是更好的生活，而不是选票以及骂政府的自由。 回到开头那个举例，新加坡缺少很多民主国家所具备的政治自由，但没有人会认为新加坡人受到压迫。 这就涉及到自由的定义，自由到底是什么？ 按照罗斯福的定义，自由包括：言论自由、信仰自由、免于匮乏、免于恐惧。 在我们计算一个社会的自由度时，我们计算的是自由的总量，而不是单项自由的含量。 举个例子，很多非洲国家拥有选票和骂政府的自由，但人民生活贫困，出行只能靠双脚。我在中国，生活富足、商品丰富、服务便捷、社区安全，我坐3个小时的高铁可以抵达一座大城市，我也有经济条件时不时出国旅游。 你认为非洲人自由，还是我自由？ 诚然，中国还有很多人口，在物质生活上并不自由，但这是经济发展不充分导致的，不是政治压迫导致的。一个贫穷地区，无会因为给你民众选票和骂政府的自由，他们就变富裕了。 因此，当你谈自由的时候，你要计算自由的总量，不能单看一项自由的有无和多寡。你也不能将经济问题，归咎于某一项政治自由的问题。 坦率讲，我觉得你们的民主制度，已经病入膏肓了，中国人并不羡慕你们那种制度。

I really don't understand all the uproar about Mbappe and China. You people didn't know China before? Is this news to y'all? John Cena had to do a video in Chinese to apologize for calling Taiwan a country Ozil made a tweet about China's mistreatment of Uyghurs and he got dropped and kicked out by Arsenal. According to Ozil, that's what ended his Arsenal career NBA had to apologize to China because one manager tweeted support for the Hong Kong democracy protests in 2019 Marvel had to change the origin of the bald headed lady that trained Dr Strange (Ancient One) in the movie from Tibetan in the comics to Celtic cos China doesn't recognize Tibet. Such a tiny detail in a fucking movie. Lots of many examples That's why all this western activism and moral virtie signalling will always be fake to me. In every instance they have folded and suspended their "values" rather than lose Chinese money. That's the reason for all this groveling. Money. Whenever you see them pandering with their fake activism just know they've done the financial math and know they can afford it

This won’t be enough, but it’s a step. People want to act mighty and whatnot, talking about how money ruined the sports. Please shut the fuck up. Westerners like to play this fake moral superiority thing on stuff that gets attention, but watch them in their daily lives and see how corrupt they are. You don’t like how football and most of the world revolve around money? Switch planets. You’ve got so used to telling people what to do that you think you can mess up with a nation like China? Very funny coming from people who failed to have people on the Epstein files put in prison. Particularly French people who shut up when kids are literally sexually abused in kindergarten, but godforbid China uses its right to protect what they believe belongs to their values. Westerners are so fake, man. The hypocrisy is irking me.

My favorite type of goals. No crazy acrobatic. No otherworldly curve on the ball. Straight up excellent positioning and a good old direct shot. Efficiency at its finest. The best player in the world !!!

Blue Lock chapter 87: Luck. I will give yall time to go and re-read it because yall will need it for the thread I’ll drop explaining what Isagi keeps doing consistently. If you think he’s just “lucky” then you’re exposing your own lack of understanding. Go read the chapter. Thread dropping tomorrow!

I think these are the 2 most important pages in this chapter Isagi has fully realized that he can reach the same heights as the world's best, just not by the same path Then he brings together everything that defines him as a player and asserts his own individuality to the world

Mao supported African peoples' struggles for independence, including Algeria, the country Mbappé’s family came from. With his deeply inappropriate remarks, Mbappé has lost the trust of Chinese fans. International brands such as Dior, On and Hublot have also removed Mbappé-related content from Sina Weibo. Global superstars who profit from China should understand its cultural sensitivities and show basic respect.

Félicitations à Harry Kane. Récompense individuelle méritée pour un joueur si altruiste.

I don’t know about Kane but a loss for Mbappé is a win for me. Especially after months of shamelessly campaigning for it while being completely detached from reality. Fucking loser

Football did the talking.

Football is safe! Hary Kane, thank you!

HARY KANEEEE Football is saved

Hugo was right, yes. By being focused on being “the number one,” Isagi limited himself to doing things only a “number one” would do, and in this world, just like Fox said, “number ones” can make flashy plays thanks to their disgustingly unfair talent that translates into something you see on the pitch: speed of light, ambidexterity, extreme shooting precision, etc. Isagi was nerfing himself and wasn't doing what the game needed because this is who Isagi is: he does what the game needs on his way to crushing the best players. If he gets to score his own goal on top of that, he's taking that too. I fucking love seeing Isagi play freely! PEAK

I urge you all to read this thread.

Blue lock chapter 1, for those who forgot.

Been telling y'all about Isagi.

Isagi’s goal cured Teddy’s cataracts & brought back his pupils 😭😭😭