Why Does Bachira Meguru Say There Is a Monster Within Me?
Bachira Meguru, a prominent character in the anime Blue Lock, is an exceptionally talented football player. However, what makes him so intriguing is not only his skills on the field but also his distinctive phrase that he often utters: "There is a monster within me."
The question is, What is the actual meaning behind these words? Certainly, this raises significant curiosity among the dedicated viewers of the Blue Lock anime. To that end, this article will delve into detail about the monster figure referred to by Bachira.
Here are four Fascinating Discussions About Bachira's Monster Figure:
1. The Reason Behind Bachira Meguru's Creating an Imaginary Friend Called "Monster"
Since childhood, Bachira has been a talented practitioner of freestyle football. His extraordinary dribbling skills left his childhood friends struggling to take the ball from him, making it challenging to match Bachira's exceptional abilities. Consequently, Bachira's childhood friends began to avoid playing football with him and opt for video games instead.
However, Bachira didn't give up. He created an imaginary friend called the "monster," and with this monster, Bachira continued to play football with great enthusiasm. As a result, Bachira became a footballer who enjoyed passing the ball to the monster, as he was impressed by the monster's goal-scoring abilities.
When he was still a child, Bachira didn't forget to tell his mother about the existence of this monster. Bachira's mother wisely told him that the figure was merely an imaginary friend visible only to Bachira himself. However, she understood that Bachira was not considered strange because she knew that the monster could play football according to Bachira's wishes and bring him happiness.
Nonetheless, Bachira didn't deny his desire to have a real friend who could play football joyfully with him. Bachira shared this wish with his mother, and she joined him in praying that he would find the friend he longed for. Bachira fully believed that someday he would find the friend he anticipated.
Before joining Blue Lock, when Bachira played football with his school team, his teammates always asked for passes, but Bachira wisely recognized that his imaginary friend's position was better than theirs. Consequently, Bachira chose to pass it on to his imaginary friend. This made it difficult for his teammates to reach Bachira's passes. In fact, Bachira was considered lacking in passing skills, even though he had excellent passing abilities.
Bachira's football friends at school repeatedly advised him not to focus too much on individual play and to pay more attention to teamwork on the field. They believed that Bachira had the potential to become a professional football player, as long as he stopped his habit of making vague passes to his teammates.
At times, Bachira experienced haunting fears. He was constantly filled with thoughts about what would happen if he never met someone who truly understood him. What if Bachira continued to play football alone, without any friends? Such feelings led Bachira to experience deep emptiness, as if he would die from the loneliness enveloping him.
2. Bachira Meguru Discovers His Ideal Monster Figure
There are 12 participants positioned as strikers inside room Z, and they will undergo the first Blue Lock test. These 12 participants will be given 2 minutes to play a game of chase-the-ball. Anyone who gets hit by the ball will become a chaser, and they must also avoid getting hit by the ball to avoid becoming chasers. Those who remain as chasers when the time limit is up will be immediately eliminated from Blue Lock. For those who are eliminated, the dream of playing for the Japanese national team will be lost forever.
In the final minute, Isagi was chosen to be a chaser. However, Isagi faced significant difficulty aiming the ball to hit the other participants. These participants possessed exceptional athleticism, making their movements agile, and they were skilled in running and evading the trajectory of the ball. Yet in the end, Isagi got a rare chance to shoot the ball towards Igaguri. At that moment, Igaguri was falling and vulnerable.
Even though Isagi understood that realizing his own dream meant shattering the dreams of others, he refused to eliminate a low-ranking participant like Igaguri. For Isagi, his target was the highest-ranked participant in room Z. Bachira was intrigued by Isagi's extraordinary thinking at that moment. Without hesitation, Bachira took the ball from Isagi, thus automatically becoming a chaser. In his heart, Bachira targeted the highest-ranked participant, Kira Ryosuke, as the prey he would chase.
With 10 seconds left, Bachira was determined to pursue Kira Ryosuke with unwavering resolve, intent on hitting him with a powerful ball shot. However, Kira Ryosuke was an incredibly agile and skilled player when it came to evading Bachira's attacks.
As time dwindled, Bachira didn't give up. They made a bold decision to make a precise pass to Isagi, who was facing Kira Ryosuke. In an instant, Isagi shot the ball with tremendous force, hitting Kira Ryosuke's face. As a result, Kira Ryosuke fell powerless to the ground, was eliminated from Blue Lock, and lost his grand dream of securing a position on the Japanese national team.
Ironically, Isagi himself didn't understand why he automatically shot the ball at Kira Ryosuke. Among the participants in the room, Isagi was the closest to Kira Ryosuke. Eventually, Isagi asked Bachira why he passed to Isagi, considering that if Isagi hadn't kicked the ball towards Kira Ryosuke, Bachira would have been eliminated from Blue Lock. With a goofy smile, Bachira told Isagi that he was confident Isagi would kick it, surprising Isagi with Bachira's answer.
After officially joining the same team, Team Z, Bachira approached Isagi, who intended to practice playing football alone at night. With genuine sincerity, Bachira offered to join Isagi in training together.
Surprisingly, Bachira added an extra answer when Isagi asked why Bachira thought Isagi would kick the ball towards Kira Ryosuke. Bachira revealed that there was a monster within him that instructed him to pass the ball to Isagi. Bachira honestly admitted that he felt fortunate to be part of Blue Lock because he could meet Isagi.
In truth, during the chase-the-ball game in Blue Lock's initial test, Bachira earnestly witnessed the imaginary friend monster that appeared and clung to Isagi's body. Without hesitation, Bachira chose to pass the ball to Isagi, who was standing with the monster.
As expected by Bachira, Isagi immediately shot the ball towards Kira Ryosuke. It was the first time someone was able to receive a pass from Bachira and act according to Bachira's wishes. Therefore, Bachira confidently believed that Isagi was the monster he had been searching for.
After joining Blue Lock, Bachira met Isagi and saw the true monster figure that brought happiness to Bachira's football playing. The main reason Bachira often passed to Isagi was because he saw the imaginary monster figure that was always attached to her. Bachira believed that Isagi was the true monster he had yearned for all along, as Isagi enthusiastically accepted passes from Bachira and consistently scored goals according to Bachira's desires.
3. Itoshi Rin's Comment Enlightens Bachira Meguru
Once upon a time, Bachira observed Rin, who was focused on training alone, directing the ball with precision towards the goal. Carefully and bravely, Bachira approached Rin, hoping for a chance to join the ongoing training session. Although Rin was initially somewhat disturbed by Bachira's presence and asked them to leave, eventually Rin and Bachira found themselves engaged in a football training session together.
After completing the joint football training, Rin commented on Bachira dribbling the ball with enthusiasm, appearing to genuinely enjoy the game of football wholeheartedly. However, Rin also revealed that Bachira seemed afraid to play individually, as if searching for someone's presence within their gameplay.
Bachira was taken aback when Rin realized that, while playing football, Bachira was actually searching for someone. This left Bachira astonished, as it was the first time they had heard this from someone. Bachira felt that Rin understood the existence of a "monster" within them, an imaginary friend with extraordinary abilities to play football perfectly according to Bachira's desires. This imaginary friend had become a soccer player with exceptional individual skills.
Rin seemed puzzled by Bachira's strange words about the existence of a monster within them. However, Rin perceived that Bachira had succumbed to a silly fantasy, which was causing Bachira's football game to appear timid and lackluster. Nevertheless, Rin continued to encourage Bachira to have fun playing with the imaginary monster within them. While Bachira was busy playing with their whimsical monster, Rin made sure to become the number one football player in the world.
4. Bachira Meguru Removes the Monster from Their lives forever.
When Isagi from Team White challenged Rin from Team Red to a football match once again, it was because Isagi had a strong desire to defeat Rin and reclaim Bachira, who had been taken away by Rin after Isagi was defeated by him before. As the match was underway, Bachira was mesmerized by the greatness of the battle between these two monsters clashing against each other. Rin and Isagi showcased extraordinary abilities in reading each other's movements, competing at a remarkably high level.
Although Bachira had realized the dream of playing the football they always longed for and meeting their dream monsters with great abilities like Isagi and Rin, Bachira still felt that their presence in Rin and Isagi's world wasn't truly meaningful. It was as if Bachira was merely a passing shadow, leaving no lasting trace behind.
Bachira judged that Rin and Isagi found happiness in scoring goals that fulfilled their personal ego ambitions while playing football. Meanwhile, Bachira found happiness in providing assists and supporting the monsters to score goals. However, in the end, Bachira realized that constantly playing just to seek the imaginary monster and a friend who could play football according to their desires wouldn't elevate them to the level of Rin and Isagi.
After contemplating the true purpose behind their football passion, Bachira came to the understanding that their true talent lay in the art of freestyle football. Bachira remembered the unforgettable joy of playing football during childhood, even when playing alone. Now, even without the presence of a friend, Bachira no longer felt the fear of fighting alone.
Although their teammate from Team Red pleaded to be given a pass due to being in a favorable position, Bachira firmly ignored the request. They saw the monster figure attached to their teammate, but Bachira didn't want to rely on others or be bound by that monster. Bachira decided to disregard passing and remain focused on their ultimate goal: scoring goals that belonged solely to them. Diligently and without anyone's assistance, Bachira continued to dribble the ball with enthusiasm.
Despite facing difficulties in breaking free from the shackles of searching for the monster and passing to the monster while playing football, Bachira ultimately succeeded in banishing that monster from their lives, erasing it forever as if it disappeared like mist carried by the wind.
As a result, with their freestyle football talent, Bachira amazed the players of Team White by executing three spectacular Nutmeg skills on Isagi, Chigiri, and Barou. Bachira had transformed into a highly skilled ball player, capable of easily bypassing numerous players from Team White. Moreover, Bachira impressed everyone by using the Rainbow Flick skill to escape the inevitable siege by three players from Team White, namely Barou, Chigiri, and Nagi.
Although they had successfully erased the presence of their imaginary friend called the monster forever, Bachira didn't forget to express gratitude to that creature, who had always been their loyal companion in playing football. Now, from the depths of their hearts, Bachira was ready to enter the battlefield for themselves, without depending on the monster or a friend. Bachira had found true satisfaction in playing football, no longer needing the presence of Isagi or Rin as a reason.