Forwards encouraged to have ‘ego’, like anime hero
Even as the Cristiano Ronaldo opinion-tsunami rages over this World Cup, Japanese football is excited about the dawn of what they call the ‘Egoists’. A 4-0 win over Tunisia, was evidence of what had shifted. Creator of the hit anime series Blue Lock, Muneyuki Kaneshiro, said last month, “We are waiting for serious egoists who aim to win the World Cup.” His illustrating artist Yusuke Nomura went a step further, saying, “We look forward to applications from all ego-driven people who believe, “I am the world’s best striker!” For surely anybody that watches football understands that a striker needs to be obsessed with scoring goals. What else is there – new Japan’s neo-egoists from the world of anime and manga, ask. ALSO READ | Curacao’s Eloy Room, goalkeeper without a club, just broke a World Cup record Playing Tunisia late on Saturday, Japan made history as the first Asian country to score 4 goals. And these came from confident, unapologetic strides in the box. While Daichi Kamada needed simply to divert Keito Nakamura’s delivery goal-wards …
