[ he will not point out that he was subtle enough that kaiser did not realize what he was doing for well over a couple months at blue lock! that it did not occur to him to wonder why noa is taking so much interest in a random japanese kid versus the star youth striker of their shared team. he won't say it... he will think it... he also enjoys watching kaiser trip into his own problems too much to call it a passing amusement. his favorite clown prince of football indeed. ]

It is necessary. That's what it means to be human - conflict, strife, these are all in our nature. Those craving stability are also craving a life free of change, and the capacity for it. And more players than not hit a ceiling where they no longer want to challenge themselves, yet desire the acknowledgment of the world that they are flawless.

[ he's not going to say the name 'julien loki' here but, again, he is thinking it. it's at the center of their conflict - loki wants to be a god and noa will never treat him as such. he is gifted and defines himself by those gifts. that's a losing mentality in the long stretch of time (see mbappe having to seriously compete with lewandoski this season when he should realistically be running circles around a striker ten years older than him) ]