What ACTUALLY Happened To Itoshi Sae? | Blue Lock Theory

BLUELOCK's Itoshi Sae is one of the best, yet one of most mysterious characters in the series. In today's video, I'll uncover ALL of Itoshi Sae's mysteries and find out what ACTUALLY happened to Itoshi Sae!

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[Hirryoo]

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[איתן-יו]

I also think Sae said about Isagi that he would be able to change Japan because he finally realized that talented learners can beat people with natural talent and he would also prefer to play as a midfielder to provide the "talented" with the goals

[AJ.]

To me it felt like Sae had no intention to shut Rin out at first, but as Rin went on and on about their dream, it caused Sae to become extremely frustrated w Rin, since Rin kept reminding Sae of his faliure. As time went on and they met up again on the field, Sae understood Rins destructive playstyle and fed into the tough love role you described throughout the video.

[motivationallizard]

I don’t actually think anything bad happened to sae at real. I say this because if sae was really crushed he would’ve washed out of the academy and gone back to Japan. Instead he stayed at real and adjusted to fit his actual dream of being the best midfielder.

Sae never actually wanted to be the best striker. When he tells Rin he wants to play with him he says it because he knows Rin can score goals if he passes to him. Sae from day one was more focused on dominating the field through logic and his intellect rather than through scoring goals.

Thus when he got to real as a striker he quickly realized it wasn’t what he wanted because there’s people around him (genius’s) who are much more committed to becoming a pure striker and hold far more natural talent. Because of this sae would’ve gone through a grind to stay on the team but he wouldn’t have been crushed. We forget that sae is ridiculously talented as well and works harder than most of the cast. He would’ve been able to keep up with the genius‘s at Madrid if he wanted to but instead he switched places. I think Sae realized that he could control genius’s as a midfielder (what he actually wants) to score goals for his team and win at any cost.

That’s actually why he picked Shidou for the U20 game. Shidou is a goal poacher who sits around the box waiting for an opportunity to score. He can’t create his own plays but can capitalize on any opportunity given to him. Sae would’ve realized this trait and that as a midfielder he could be the general of a team and allow his logic to truly shine through and get them wins. That’s why he was exhausted when he got back to Japan because he’s effectively playing as the entire team in his head each time he heads out to the pitch.

It’s exhausting and it’s why he wants a striker like him (a talented learner) who can take some of the burden off and allow them to create super plays. That’s why he originally asked Rin to continue his dream of being number one and why he was so disgusted when Rin said no. Only a player with their own passion for the game separate from personal obsessions can bring a team to victory like him. Isagi just realized that and sae saw that spark in the U20 game. It’s why he thinks Isagi, not Rin, will save Japanese football, because Isagi thinks and scores on his level as a striker. If Isagi can do more than just capitalize on Sae’s passes, but also create his own plays, then Sae will have his perfect striker. Someone who can think without his guidance and command a team alongside him with unbeatable logic. Rin showed Sae the exact opposite. That he can never think without Sae at his side or in his mind meaning he’d never take the next step as a striker. It’s why Sae disowned him, both out of legitimate disgust but also out a desire to see Rin abandon his obsession with him. Sae still has hope for Rin to be the next best but for him to do that he needs to abandon his obsession with Sae and play without his conscious.

[TheTrueStrongest]

12:15 I dont think sae fake shut out Rin i think he was genuinely pissed that Rin could give up so easily he realized Rin had been using him as a crutch which is hwy he was disappointed to see Rin still using him as a reason to play soccer in the u20 match

[Mystery_Hunter]

I feel the scene in their flashback where Rin would always get "you win" after eating his popsicle and Sae would get "you lose" is probably a metaphor relating to geniuses vs talented learners

[pranavaggarwal]

i don't think he got humbled or anything but rather his ego was never about scoring Goal, he never looked happy scoring a goal in those flashback plays but you can literally see that astonishment and curiousity when Rin scored on that pass Sae made in the flashback .

I think the only change that being at Real made was him identifying his true Ego and changing positions . According to me, his Ego is like

" I want the best strikers in the world to beg for passes from me, they would rather do anything to have me as their passer, I will control those best strikers through my abilities and passes "

[SowaraAkther]

I love these theories so much. I can see you've done so much research into each of these and they always turn out so good and even true on some scales. Glad to see if this theory will be true in the future.

[mohdfardan]

I think Sae and Isagi has almost the same story. Both don’t have strength nor speed but have eyes that control the game. They are forced to use meta vision to be on the team in order to score goals. That is what changed Itoshi Sae’s goal from becoming a striker to becoming a midfielder. He has no strength to win headers in the box or the speed to beat defenders but he has vision and can bring out the best out of everyone in the team. Just what Isagi is going through now. Lack in physical abilities but can dictate the game with his vision.Even Noel Noa has called him the next “Luka Modric”

[dannydunzo]

1 thing people don’t mention is that in the youth league Sae was an amazing striker he scored a hat trick and that rin even comments that he sees him on tv all the time, thus he would have noticed if he had played midfield. This mean it’s possible that in that night he made the decision to swap to mid fielder was right then and there

[emeraldace]

I think the reason why he changed positions was because he realized that his skills and wepons are better suited as a midfielder and he didn't want to stagnate on his true potential, so he reshaped his dream of being the best but in a different position so he can become the best version of himself

[tomomihisaya]

Sae thinks that there is a metaphysical thing that separates strikers from other footballers. He came to the same conclusion that Isagi did recently, but in a more intuitive sense. It definitely wasn’t as thought out as Isagi’s theory. At Madrid he realised he was not a genius but instead that he was a talented learner, and that his skills were better suited to be a midfielder. He realised that strikers are more likely to be geniuses and that the ones he met in Spain were far more talented. On the wiki, it says that on his last ever day, he would want to make the best pass to the world’s best striker for a goal.

I think he adjusted himself to become a midfielder to help and provide inspiration for those genius strikers, that which he couldn’t find in Japan. Which is why he chose Shidou over Rin. He can directly control Shidou as he can’t really create his own chances, and also Rin had not awakened yet.

He knew Rin was more of an instinctual player and so was disappointed when he came back and saw he had barely improved and that Rin was still using him as the reason to play football. Everything he has done up until now has been to try and bring out Rin’s potential. But also Sae doesn’t know that Rin took his words personally, and hates him now. According to Kaneshiro, during the U20 arc Sae thinks they’re cool now, and doesn’t get why Rin is so mad and thinks it’s just a phase he is going through.

Rin doesn’t think that his relationship with Sae is totally destroyed, as he said that he would make Sae realise their dream. So he thinks that if he proves himself by beating Sae and becomes the best striker, that their relationship will be healed and he will finally be able to let go of his grudge.

[arsenalgaming]

Already know this is going to be an interesting theory

[No.二十二号]

Basically sae is the modern Itachi and Rin is sasuke

[shuutsukiyama]

It's not only the fact that he's a talented learner (Isagi and Kaiser also are and have great potential to become the number 1 striker), but the overall kind of player Sae is. The way he play, his dribbling, passes, vision, etc fits perfectly with a midfielder. He probably realized that he couldn't be the best when he played with Luna and saw what requires to be a top striker.

[choolwe]

Same thing that almost happened to isagi he was overwhelmed seeing all the talent from overseas seeing player like Julien Loki who are literally monsters, when you see players like that even if you’re a good player yourself you still feel you can never match them and it was worse for Sae because unlike isagi he’s ego probably isn’t that strong, Ego made the blue lockers have stronger egos and that’s why even though the face such threats the still push on but Sae never had that luxury he had to face reality all on his own with his undeveloped ego

[KapTuang]

Watched one of your videos yesterday and today and subscribed you are the only person that when explains something I can understand

[raahim]

Bro love the Celeste OST in the background. Love your vids too keep it up!

[AlexOutaw]

If they thought out the philosophy from that far back, then I believe reveal of the guy who shut Sae's dream will be epic. I saw a theory in the youtube, the guy said that the player who changed Sae is the 1st student of Ego, the experiment that went wrong and he decided to do it right in his 2nd attempt with Blue Lock

[priyansumohanty]

Very nice explanation. You got a sub, man. 👍