Meguru Bachira

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“	It's not a matter of making the right choice; I'll make it so the path I choose is the right one. That's how you get to the top of the world. So what I trust most isn't logic... it's instinct.	”
	— Bachira to Isagi

Meguru Bachira
Japanese	蜂楽 廻
Rōmaji	Bachira Meguru
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Age	17
Birthday	August 8
Height	176 cm (5'9")
Blood Type	AB
Hair Color	Brown (yellow underneath)
Eye Color	Yellow
Relatives	Yu Bachira (mother)
Professional Information
Occupation	Student
Affiliation	Blue Lock
Former affiliation(s)	Namikaze High
Blue Lock rank	5 4 3 2 7 16 270 268 265 290
Team	FC Barcha (Starter)
Former team(s)	Blue Lock Eleven (Starter) Team A (4th Game) Team C (5th Game) Team Blue Lock (1st Clear Team) Team Red Team White Team Z Namikaze High (formerly)
Jersey Number(s)	8 (Main) 16 (Second Selection) 7 (Third Selection)
Position	Forward Side Back Left Wing
Weapon	Dribbling Passing Bee Shot Flow State
Debut
Manga	Chapter 1
Anime	Episode 1
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Kaito Tasuku Miho Okasaki (Young)
English Voice	Drew Breedlove Monét Tatianna Lerner (Young)

Meguru Bachira (蜂 (ばち) 楽 (ら) 廻 (めぐる) , Bachira Meguru^?) is a contender of Blue Lock who currently plays as a center forward for Spain's FC Barcha in the Neo Egoist League.

Bachira is a whimsical forward who plays following his instincts. He was a member of Team Z during the First Selection. His main goal was to find soccer rivals who also had a "monster" inside of them, but his goal later changes to becoming the best striker in the world when he overcame his childhood trauma.

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What position does Meguru Bachira play for Spain's FC Barcha?

In the Neo Egoist League, Meguru Bachira serves as the center forward for Spain's FC Barcha. His role as the main striker is complemented by his exceptional dribbling and passing abilities. Bachira's instinctive, whimsical style of play encapsulates FC Barcha's ethos of creativity and freedom.

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What was Meguru Bachira's main goal before he decided to become the best striker in the world?

Before aspiring to be the world's best striker, Meguru Bachira aimed to overcome the trauma from his childhood. His exceptional football skills and eccentric personality led to bullying. His passion for football, particularly dribbling, was evident from a young age. His goal eventually shifted towards becoming the top striker globally.

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How did Meguru Bachira overcome his childhood trauma?

Meguru Bachira, a prodigious football player, faced bullying in his childhood due to his unique personality and superior football skills. This resulted in a deep-seated fear of solitude and the creation of a 'football monster' as an imaginary companion. His journey to overcoming this trauma began when he joined Blue Lock, where he found companionship in individuals like Yoichi Isagi, enabling him to confront his fears.

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What team was Meguru Bachira a part of during the First Selection?

During the First Selection, Meguru Bachira, a whimsical forward from Blue Lock, was part of Team Z. Initially, he aimed to find soccer rivals with a 'monster' within, later shifting his goal to become the top striker.

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What is the significance of the 'monster' inside Meguru Bachira?

Meguru Bachira's 'monster' is a metaphorical entity that influences his soccer decisions. Bachira perceives all great players as having a similar 'monster'. It guides his actions, like passing to Isagi or tagging Kira. However, Bachira's 'monster' also creates a dependency on Isagi, which he recognizes as a hindrance to his progress in soccer.

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Appearance

Bachira is a young man with a slim build, above-average height, and an oval-shaped face. He has bright yellow eyes and bob-cut hair that reaches up to his chin and is black with golden under-lights (when Bachira was younger, his hair was only ear-length). When he was in a junior football league, he wore jersey #8. During the Chiba Prefecture Tournament, Bachira wore the #8 jersey for Namikaze High, which had a special bird design in the center.

At Blue Lock, Bachira wears the standard-issued body suit (black with gray stripes) and tracksuit. During the First Selection, he wore Team Z's blue #8 jersey, and during the Second Selection, he wore Team White's #16 jersey, later switching to red. During the Third Selection, he switched between Team A's black #7 and Team C's white and blue #7 jersey, and he wore Team Z's gray-capped cleats.

During the Japan U-20 match, Bachira dons an official Blue Lock player uniform with the #8 that resembles his jersey in the first cover spread, minus the Japan flag. Bachira wears the FC Barcha uniform when competing for them.

Volume Cover 2

Young Bachira

Namikaze High Football Kit

Team Red uniform

Blue Lock Eleven uniform (Manga)

Team Z Uniform

Blue Lock player icon

Team A Uniform

Blue Lock Eleven Uniform (Anime)

Personality

Bachira has a rather eccentric demeanor and personality. He is usually very energetic, cheerful, and enthusiastic during matches, rarely losing his cool, and will play, describing soccer as something fun to play with others. Bachira immediately relates to Lavinho, who is also eccentric and energetic, and his way of playing football inspires him. He has a tendency to sleep in unexpected moments, such as when he was sleeping during the tag test. He mostly oversleeps and ends up relying on Isagi or Kuon to wake him up, and then falls asleep during their team meetings; he's also been known to fall asleep during meals. He also tends to show up completely naked after every training and soccer matches. When the Neo-Egoist League starts, Bachira takes his football training more seriously in an effort to become the world-class egoist he imagines himself to be and edge closer to becoming the best in the world. Bachira now actively weight trains and mediates.

During his childhood, he was actively bullied because of his eccentric personality and exceptional skill in football, which made him terrified of being alone. This trauma causes Bachira to create an imaginary friend who is a "monster," more specifically a football monster, because it motivates Bachira and his plays in the game. Only after he comes to Blue Lock does Bachira start facing his trauma for he finds people he is similar to and can call friends, like Yoichi Isagi. Bachira can be seen casually befriending all sorts of people despite his somewhat strange demeanor, including Isagi, Rin, Chigiri, and Kunigami.

After the rematch between Isagi's Team White and Rin's Team Red, Bachira has moved past his previous trauma and has decided to be more confident and dominant on the field. He wants to become the world's best striker who scores only for himself, and thus will only pass someone the ball if they have the potential to excite him and help him play the kind of football he wants to play. Bachira has also steeled his resolve for moving forward in Blue Lock; no matter the challenge, Bachira looks optimistically at the situation, resolving to get stronger and reach the peak of each trial ahead of him.

Abilities

Archetypes

• Forwards: also known as strikers, have the main objective of scoring goals. They are often the players who get the most attention since their role is designed to be in a scoring position. They also take part in penalty kicks and corner kicks when the opposing team kicks the ball out of bounds. They are normally the players in charge of starting off the game at the start and halftime.

• Dribbler: Dribblers are players known for their close ball control ability, which is used to go past defenders by sudden change of direction and acceleration, sometimes combined with great pace. The skill is used to create opportunities for other attackers or to score themselves after breaking through the opposition's defense using what is sometimes referred to as "trickery." One of the great spectator sights in football is a player going on a "mazy run" with the ball, twisting and turning to avoid opposition tackles, beating a number of players.
  
  Bachira's dribbling technique allows him to break through most defenses, with only high-level players being able to stop him, but it is very rare to see the ball stolen from him. Team Z heavily relied on his dribbling ability to get the ball down the field during First Selection. Only a handful of players in Blue Lock rival his dribbling, and mixed with his key passing skills, he has proven to be a much-needed asset on any team. After the initial training of the Neo-Egoist League, Bachira has evolved his dribbling by moving away from proactive dribbling to more counteractive dribbling, preferring to read his opponent's movements first, maturing in the way he moves down the field.

Skills

• Elastic Dribbling: Bachira's dribbling style relies on his supreme technique and creativity to get through other players' defenses. His dribbling ability is so advanced that Isagi has noted before that it would be impossible for him to outright steal the ball in a one-on-one.
  • Egotistical Style: During the Second Selection, Bachira evolved his dribbling to a new egoistic style, where he refuses to pass the ball, preferring to move dynamically past defenders alone. If his team will not challenge his expectations, then he does not care to have them in his plays. This was demonstrated to devastating effect when he dribbled past Isagi and then proceeded to take on all three defenders: Chigiri, Baro and Nagi, breaking past them all to go through on goal and once again when he single-handedly broke past the entire Japan U-20 defense. After training under Lavinho and with FC Barcha, Bachira has decided to mix his dynamic and explosive dribbling with the free flowing style of FC Barcha, creating a whole new egotist style.
  • Hyperspeed Scissors: Bachira performs a scissor feint at incredible speed, making it hard to follow.
  • Marseille Turn: In order to get around an opponent, Bachira performs a roulette, almost immediately after his scissor feints.
  • Midair Elastico: Bachira can perform the complex elastico dribble while the ball is in the air, drawing in his opponents to try to steal the ball before breaking past them.
  • Rabona: Bachira kicks the ball where his kicking leg is crossed behind the back of his standing leg. He has managed to kick the ball over an incoming defender while doing this.
  • Nutmeg: During the Second Selection, Bachira was able to perform a triple nutmeg on Isagi, Chigiri, and Baro, all in succession, demonstrating his technical ability.
  • Double Touch Feint: Bachira performs hyperspeed scissors and flows into a one-two touch feint.
  • Aerial Rush Turn: Coming off of a double touch feint, Bachira moves towards the opponent and, while maintaining top speed, turns on the ball and rotates around the defender, easily breaking through their defense.

• Key Passing: Bachira is also a very talented passer, enabling him to assist many different goals. He has, on multiple occasions, gotten an assist by crossing from the wings as well as passing from the midfield. He has also demonstrated a range of passing techniques.
  • High Speed Ground Pass: A quick pass with an incredible top spin that bounces across the ground.
  • No-Look Pass: Bachira uses the Rabona technique to pass without looking.
  • Long-Range Backspin Pass: Bachira can perform a long-range pass, travelling nearly 60 meters with backspin, allowing the ball to hug the ground whilst rising up. This pass is best used in a chemical reaction with a tall player, who can intercept the ball in its flight path rather than on the ground.
  • Quick Cross: Using the movements of another player as a precursor, Bachira fires a quick cross into the box, which can only be met at great speed. He used this to assist Rin's goal against the Team World Five.
  • Heel Lift Pass: While running with the ball in tow and into defenders who begin pressing him, Bachira quickly lifts the ball with his back heel over their heads, swiftly passing it to a teammate to avoid the press.
  • Bee Shot: After swiftly passing the ball to his teammates and running through defenders, Bachira receives the ball again and makes a close free-form shot that is too quick to react to.

• Flow State: Flow, as Ego describes it, is the state of "total immersion" or "being in the zone." It is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.
  Bachira has unintentionally and intentionally entered Flow State numerous times during Blue Lock, as early as the First Selection. In this state, he has performed a triple nutmeg on some of the best players in Blue Lock and has broken through their defense with ease, almost scoring all by himself if not for the confidence and respect his opponent had in his skill, which caused them to intercept him.

• Monstrance: When he enters the Flow State, Bachira enters a challenge-centered trance, performing techniques incredibly quickly, including multiple feints, and moving purely on instinct. Since he moves without conscious thought, it is incredibly difficult to predict and stop for the defenders. In this state, Bachira was able to easily overcome the U20 defenders and even Oliver Aiku. Bachira has evolved this further by being able to go into Monstrance at will and even combining his explosive style with the free and flowing Ginga style of Lavinho to be able to produce even more explosively creative plays.
  • Monster x Ginga: After fusing Lavinho's Ginga style with his Monstrance, Bachira evolves his dribbling to be even more explosive, free-flowing, and unpredictable, with flexibility and stability at the same time.
    • Trick Break: After waiting and reading his opponent, Bachira lunges towards a defender, performing a chop dribble between his legs while hugging the defender, using their posture to limit their response and pushing himself forward with the ball. When the defender attempts to respond, Bachira is able to push off the defender with ease while still following the ball and counteracting any further stops.
  • Monster Lift: Bachira is able to perform an audacious lift by first lifting the ball and moving into a shooting motion before kicking the ball downwards with force and topspin. Upon bounce, the ball spins over the head of the defender for Bachira to chase down. Bachira used this to great effect against Aiku.

Manga Appearances

Introduction Arc
1. Dream	Debut & Cover
2. Moving In	Appears
3. Monster	Appears
4. Right Now	Appears

First Selection Arc
5. The "Zero" of Soccer	Appears
6. Individual.	Appears
7. We'll Meet in Front of the Goal	Appears
8. Message	Appears
9. Superhero	Appears
10. Operation: Me, Next 9	Appears
11. Premonition & Intuition	Appears
12. Signal	Appears
13. The One to be Reborn	Appears
14. Resolve	Appears
15. Spiral	Appears & Cover
16. One Shot	Appears
17. Sorry	Appears
18. Thanks for the Help	Appears
19. Overwhelming Disadvantage	Appears
20. Boiling	Appears
21. Break Through!	Appears
22. Until This Fire Burns Out	Appears
23. Until They Met	Appears
24. Goal Formula	Appears
25. Trick	Appears
26. LAST GAME	Appears
27. Only One	Appears
28. Super Special	Appears
29. Flash of Evolution	Appears
30. Extreme Frenzy	Appears
31. Awakening	Appears
32. Impetus	Appears
33. Attack Waves	Appears
34. At This Rate	Appears
35. Last Chance	Appears
36. Right Here	Appears
37. The Last Piece	Appears
38. More	Appears

Second Selection Arc
39. Hungry	Appears
40. Second Selection	Appears
41. BLUE LOCK MAN
42. About-Face	Mentioned
43. Three-Man Teams	Appears
44. Rivalry Battle	Appears
45. Battle to the Death	Appears
46. TOP 3	Appears
47. Chemical Reaction	Appears
48. The Beauty of the Parabola	Appears
49. After the Parting	Appears
50. Match Confirmed	Appears
51. Creator
52. Talent and Mediocrity
53. Blind Spot
54. Devour
55. A Dream that Won't Come True
56. Proof I've Wagered My Life
57. Chance Encounter
58. The Battle Begins	Appears
59. Triple Combo
60. Field Vision
61. Leverage
62. Loser
63. Buried Ego
64. The Lead Actor's Stage
65. Trick of Fate
66. Loser's Crossroads
67. Power of Despair
68. Promise
69. Chaos	Appears
70. Dancing Boy	Appears & Cover
71. Friends	Appears
72. MATCH UP!!	Appears
73. Ultra-Coordination	Appears
74. Monster	Appears
75. Wild Dance	Appears
76. Can't Go Back	Appears
77. All-Out	Appears
78. Irregular	Appears
79. I'm Not There	Appears
80. Unlimited	Appears
81. Last Action	Appears
82. I Don't Need You	Appears
83. Voice	Appears
84. Initial Impulse	Appears
85. Eight Seconds Ago	Appears
86. Pride

World's Best Arc
87. Luck	Appears
88. World All-Stars	Appears
89. Demon
90. Third Selection	Appears
91. Divine Speed	Appears
92. The Closest	Appears

Third Selection Arc
93. Gathering	Appears
94. Time has Come	Appears & Cover
95. Tryouts	Appears
96. Chosen Path	Appears
97. Last Ticket	Appears
98. Villain
99. The Assassin and the Ninja
100. Optimal X Supreme - Worst	Cover
101. New Relation
102. The World of Feeling
103. Total Sensory Experience
104. Trance
105. 5 X 6
106. Chameleon
107. All Matches Over
108. Top 11	Appears

U-20 Arc
109. Battle Group	Appears
110. Newcomer	Appears
111. FLOW	Appears
112. Grand Stage	Appears
113. Cops and Robbers	Appears
114. Quartet
115. Sae Itoshi	Appears
116. Revenger	Appears
117. Nice to Meet You
118. Warped
119. Third Arrow
120. Blue Genes
121. 1st HALF
122. Headliner
123. World's Best
124. Night Snow
125. Ruin
126. 2nd HALF
127. Dragon Drive
128. Dramatic Exchange
129. Cool Head and Chameleon
130. The World Doesn't Know Me Yet
131. What You Taught Us
132. Dictator
133. Extreme Focus
134. Flowers
135. Shachihoko
136. Culmination
137. Last Step
138. One Mind in Two Bodies
139. Synchronize
140. Essence
141. Monster Trance
142. World Standard
143. Not Alone
144. Disposition
145. Born Slippy
146. Final Match-up
147. Last Attack
148. Declaration
149. Complete
150. Holiday
151. Changing World

Anime Appearances

Season 1
1. Dream	Debut
2. Monster	Appears
3. Soccer's "Zero"	Appears
4. Premonition and Intuition	Appears
5. To Be Reborn	Appears
6. I'm Sorry	Appears
7. Rush	Appears
8. The Formula for Goals	Appears
9. Awakening	Appears
10. Just the Way It Is	Appears
11. The Final Piece	Appears
12. The Second Selection	Appears
13. TOP3	Appears
14. The Geniuses and the Average Joes	Appears
15. Devour	Absent
16. Tri-Fusion	Appears
17. Donkey	Absent
18. The Stage for the Lead	Absent
19. Dancing Boy	Appears
20. Super Link-Up Play	Appears
21. I'm Not There	Appears
22. Voice	Appears
23. Luck	Appears
24. The Time Has Come	Appears

Season 2
25. Tryouts	Appears
26. The Assassin and the Ninja	Appears
27. The World of Feeling	Absent
28. Chameleon	Absent
29. Flow	Appears
30. Grand Stage	Appears
31. Sae Itoshi	Appears

Etymology

• His given name, Meguru (廻 (めぐる) , Meguru^?), means "round, go around, revolve."

• His surname, Bachira (蜂 (ばち) 楽 (ら) , Bachira^?), means "happy bee," referring to both his personality and appearance.

• His name can thus be interpreted as "a revolving, happy bee."

Quotes

• (To Team Z) "My greatest weapon is my dribbling."

• (To Team Z) "Great! Real great! Finally, something fun to do."

• (To Team Z) "You see, all of us came to Blue Lock to become the best strikers in the world. So we must trample over Team V; that's what it takes to be a striker."

• (To Isagi) "Isagi... I won't be waiting. If you want me, come and steal me. I'll follow the will of my inner monster."

• (To himself, about Isagi and Rin) "They're trading blows on an unbelievable level on this field right now. There are two monsters! I knew it! They're both monsters! I don't even care which one… At long last, I'm not alone anymore."

• (To himself) "I'm gonna win if it kills me!! Since coming to Blue Lock... I don't want to lose everything that I've found here! I really would have been happy just to be able to keep playing soccer with Isagi by my side. I don't want to lose the first friend I've ever made. I don't want to go back to those days of being alone!! That's why I've been seeking someone else's voice instead of mine. Win even if it kills me, and steal back Isagi! That's what my voice is telling me!!"

• (To himself) "Back when becoming one with the ball was all that mattered. Back then, that was the only reason I needed to play soccer!! For me, there is nothing in this world that's more fun than this!! Fight or lose yourself!! That fire is within me!! I will become the monster even if there's nobody else waiting for me!!"

• (To Kunigami) "Muscles alone aren't enough to be my dance partner."

• (To Kaiser) "As expected, the world is full of nasty egos. You're the best, Kaiser. I'll crush you~"

• (To Isagi and Kaiser) "Say no to violence!"

Trivia

• Majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
  • His zodiac sign is Leo.
  • His hometown is Chiba.
  • His foot size is 27.5 cm.
  • His vision is 1.0.
  • His blood type is AB.
  • His dominant leg is his right side.
  • He doesn't have a single favorite football player. He just likes all of the awesome ones.
  • He started playing football at the age of 6.
  • He thinks his strong point is being optimistic and being able to have fun in any situation. He thinks that his weak point is not worrying about things enough.
  • His favorite food is canned pineapple. His least favorite food is mozuku because it's like eating snot.
  • He thinks the best thing to have with rice is a raw egg and soy sauce.
  • His favorite season is summer because it gets him excited.
  • His favorite song is "Yume Ippai", the opening song for Chibi Maruko-chan.
  • His favorite movie is Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure in Henderland. He says it was so funny, it'll make you bald.
  • His favorite manga is Ping Pong. It made him cry.
  • His character color is yellow.
  • His favorite animal is the dolphin because they look fun.
  • He doesn't have a favorite subject because he doesn't study. His worst subject is Social Studies because he can't remember any of it.
  • He has a fetish for eyes. He thinks that they are where you can see a person's heart the clearest.
  • He likes when he is given gifts, no matter what they are. He doesn't like it when his freedom is taken away.
  • He received a total of zero Valentine's chocolates in the previous year.
  • He gets 7.5 hours of sleep each night.
  • He does not like Jamal Mason.
  • The first place he washes when in the bath is behind his ears.
  • He always finds himself buying soda water whenever he's at the convenience store.
  • He can't remember the reason for the last time he cried since he cries a lot, so he forgot.
  • He never received any presents from Santa on Christmas. But in place of Santa, his mother would make him pancakes. They were really yummy.
  • If it were his last day on Earth, he would dribble a football as far as he could go.
  • If he received 100 million yen (~$739,000), he would either scatter the bills from a rooftop or lay in a bathtub full of them.
  • He spends his days off doing whatever he feels like doing on that specific day.
  • His morning routine consists of stretching, juggling a soccer ball, having breakfast, juggling a soccer ball, brushing his teeth, juggling a soccer ball, peeing, and finally juggling a soccer ball.
  • When Bachira asked what he does for luck before a showdown, he said, "If Zico shows up in my dreams that day, I'm pretty much gonna win!"

• Bachira ranked 3^rd in the first popularity poll with 2,184 votes.