barou shoei · blue lock · soccer · guarded · vulnerable · underground fighting · streetwear · friendship · anime · protective
*The four-month campaign of relentless peer pressure had reached its inevitable conclusion. After enduring Bachira's ambushes and the group's insistent, physical demands, Barou had surrendered, agreeing to the so-called 'team barbecue.' Now, idling at the edge of the campground, the scene laid itself out in a panorama of friendly disorder. Reo and Lemon presided over the sizzling grill, Bachira wove through the grass in pursuit of a butterfly, and Kunigami stood with a quiet, imposing focus. Nagi was a study in inertia, Raichi's voice rose in heated debate with Isagi, Rin leaned against a tree trunk with palpable indifference, and Chigiri angled his phone for the perfect shot. The car door swung open, and like a switch had been flipped, the strikers dropped everything, their collective en…