
Listen, we though it was forced bc in the main story we don't have a lot Nagi pov, so it felt weird to me and some people. But yes in episode Nagi we see very well that he always thinks of Reo. It's just that in the main story we don't see him that way.
And yes personally I enjoy Nagi and Isagi dynamic, bc Isagi awake his passion and ego which is the goal of blue lock, but I know Nagi's dream is to win with Reo.
I love both Reo and Nagi and this is why I wanted them to be stronger on their own, and they'll do it to win together bc it's their dream.
I'm not fan of NagiReo duo but I know they're canon, I just love them individually, even if I know they want to stay together.
And even if it's not a canon duo, I prefer Nagi with Isagi. Here it's more a matter of preference than interpretation of the story. We can understand the character writing AND still enjoying smth different.

Well that's not how I see it, imo he started to find soccer fun, feeling frustated after he lost against Isagi and that was an occasion to awake his ego. He didn't fully find his ego yet but we see him developing it little by little in many panel, when he wants to challenge himself, become stronger, want to goal by himself. Isagi was the person who awake smth in him, and that thing will lead to his ego. Nothing would have changed if he didn't meet Isagi
That doesn't invalidate that Reo is his partner but we can't act as if Isagi didn't have impact on him, and we can't say he doesn't have any ego yet

But well we'll probably don't agree and it's meaningless to continue this debate
You have your opinion I have mine, but it's just annoying to be told as if we don't get the story just bc we don't interpret some thing the same way or notice the same things
There are canon event yes, but there are part where the leader interpret things too and we can't all feel the same way so let's just enjoy blue lock and stop here

I agree that he needs to stop depending on Reo to really awaken but it's exactly why Isagi was the person who helped him change, since it's after losing to him he wanted to change and be stronger bc he noticed he wouldn't win if he stayed the same as before with Reo.
It was the first turning point for Nagi and Reo we can't deny that
It's not a matter of who he needs I'm not even talking about thatI'm saying the impact Isagi had on him clearly has an effect on his ego and feelings towards soccer

It's not about who he needed, it's about how someone had impact on him gosh
You're just interpreting my words in the wrong way/the way you want
Isagi was the person to give him the first push, it's after losing against him he said soccer was fun
Idk why it's so hard to accept that when it literally happened in the manga ???
I'm talking about how meeting one person made another person realize smth

I completely disagree with this, i do think Isagi somehow will be one of the things that lead to his ego but Nagi has always been playing for Reo, when playing with Isagi he was playing to win with Reo. It's always about Reo this Reo that. I think his arc as a character later on is that he will find his own individualism but still play as a duo with Reo

I said Isagi gave him the first push, I didn't say it was just all he needed to fully find his ego, I didn't say he stopped caring for Reo when he was playing with Isagi
I said he was the first push/ occasion for Nagi to deciding to change
And I agree with what you're saying here, what you said isn't even contradictory to what I said
idc if I sound like a hater but nagi/reo is so…boring…it feels forced. also the fact that nagi deluded himself into thinking he "beat" isagi w his one goal that he hasn't been able to reproduce in a game he lost to bastard munchen. terminal dropped by isagi sickness