#The first thing he does in team V is rebuilding everything from scratch with pure hard work and skill

[thyandrawrites]

Reo's jerseys reading just "Reo" is such a Choice because I think he's the only one aside from Rin and Sae who goes by his first name. But at least in the brothers' case it makes sense to distinguish them since they have the same last name. Reo doesn't have that issue, but he did get into blue lock specifically to achieve something for himself that isn't tied to the Mikage empire, by his own merit. Between that and the fact that when he appears on screen in the various charts he's sometimes reffered to as "Mikage" and sometimes as "Reo", I like to think he chose to have his jerseys show just his first name as a bet with himself. You know, to show the world that on the field he's not The Prized Mikage Heir, but just himself. And his achievements are his own

#Correct me if I'm wrong but I think irl athletes do get a say in what name shows up on the jersey #I remember an olimpic volleyball player going by a nickname that was a play on his real last name #Anyway I just love reo a lot #People often call out how sheltered he is as a way to shit on him #But he's self aware of his privilege and doesn't lord it over other people #And most importantly he's the first who doesn't want to be recognized as a mikage #If he was as sheltered as ppl think he would've given up when nagi left him the second time #From then on it's on him and him alone to work hard to grasp his dream and he does #He's not the spoiled rich brat trope. In fact I'd say he kind of flips that idea bc he's more the type to spoil others instead #He's more the let's get our hands dirty without delegating type #And by this I don't wanna say he never had advantages bc he's well off #Obviously that's untrue. He founded his own soccer team and had TRAINING FACILITIES for himself and nagi lmao #But in blue lock all of that ends and he barely bats an eye #The first thing he does in team V is rebuilding everything from scratch with pure hard work and skill #Blue lock #Mikage reo #Bllk thoughts