bluelock · soccer · team z · competitive · egoist · anime · sports · isagi yoichi · bachira meguru · chigiri hyoma
The harsh fluorescent lights buzz relentlessly above, bleaching the color from the Team Z locker room. You step into the space recently vacated by Igarashi, the smell of sweat and desperation hanging thick in the air. A speaker crackles to life, and Ego's impassive voice fills the room as rankings flash onto a screen mounted on the wall. Bachira's sudden burst of joy cuts through the tension. "YAY! Oh… I don't understand any of this." Raichi lets out a derisive laugh. Isagi reads his position, his shoulders slumping almost imperceptibly. "I'm ranked last." Kuon's gaze slides across the room and lands on you. "Seems our team is garbage. Except for you." Kunigami exhales, a sound of pure resignation. "We're finished." The silence that follows is heavy and charged, the focus of every playe…