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Kogure Yuuya analysis

Hello dearies and welcome back to the only serious part of my blog: the analysis YAY!

Today we will dive into another misunderstood minor character of Inazuma Eleven: Kogure Yuuya requested by @ygreczed (hopre this is what you were looking fooor hng)

First thing first: we all have to be more understanding of ages. I know it can be quite hard, but we really have to take a step back and ask ourselves “do I really have to attack a twelve years old boy for acting childish?” because, lets face it, we reeeeally tend to forget how being kids was as we grow old and we end up being like those strict adults from which we felt so misunderstood back in the days. By saying this I obviously don’t mean that everything has to be forgiven and that kids should be kids, lash out and behave as spoiled brats, but that everything should be considered and analyzed in its own context. Now, let’s go!

We first meet Kogure during the Aliea arch when Raimon goes to talk with Team Manyuuji. He’s always doing boring chores and errands instead of playing like he wishes he could.

From his point of view, that is the one of a child, everything’s done to him as a spite, it means that his teammates don’t like him, and he doesn’t stop to question a possible motif behind everything. Exactly like when a kid is punished by their parents for something they did. I, having younger siblings, have seen first hand that children don’t stop to reflect, if you punish them then you’re mean. And that is why communication is so important! Kogure’s team, as many parents do, acts without explaining, with the best of intentions, of course, since they care for him, but doing so they prevent him from understanding exactly where and what he did wrong.

He just goes on thinking they all hate him for some unknown reason, so they’re mean and what do kids to someone who’s mean to them?

Pranks.

Later on, it’s explained to us that he suffered greatly as a small child, being abandoned by his mother during a trip and this enlighten us even more on why he is so much more prone to see others as malicious than any other kid. His trust has been severely damaged by the one who should’ve been the closest to him, so obviously, if he she betrayed him, why shouldn’t everybody else?

Aki: "but why does he find so hard to trust others?" Captain: "apparently, Kogure was betrayed by his parents when he was young. after that he lost his ability to trust anyone"

Things begins to change when Otonashi arrives and does what his team should’ve done ages before: confronts him heads on, no filter, but also with kindness. Because sure, what he was doing wasn’t right and had to be stopped but he was also a scared, lonely kid who needed to feel the warmth of another’s sympathy. (You can understand a situation, disagree with how someone’s acting and still try to have tact towards them to get them to change their curse of action, remember that folks)

Haruna: "that doesn't give you a right to do this. everyone's making you do all of that because they care about you! They're putting you through training again because they want you to become even stronger!”

And she doesn’t stop there, she says what Kogure was probably waiting for since forever:

“I believe in you”

Just look at how surprised he is

By putting her trust in him she demonstrates to that lost boy, and to everybody else, that he is human, not only a mean prankster, he is a kid and as such he deserves to be relied on and pushed forward to improvement of his self.

And not surprisingly at all, it works! Sure, he still does pranks to basically everyone but those are no longer a mean to an end, a tool to get back at people for being mean, they’re just regular annoying pranks and he’s scolded for them

(except that one time to Someoka, there he did it because he once again didn’t understand that Some was trying to give him an advice. Poor Someoka).

With Raimon he begins to feel part of something. The whole team compliments him on their first match together and he couldn’t be happier! Look at him being a child who has received praise for the first time in his life, look at him.

Slowly they become his family, he cares for them and wants to help as he can even when he doesn’t have a direct connection as shown in the fight against the Dark Emperors

and he is even able to create a combined hissatsu with tsunami and Touko!

His learning trip continues during the FFI arch where we can see him growing a special bond with Kurimatsu and Kabeyama, hanging out with them most of the times,

but also how willing and determined he is to help Tachimukai out.

Sure, he was the one to put our dear first year keeper in such an uncomfortable position, but what he said to him wasn’t exactly wrong. It was rude, of course and he was scolded, but somehow it was the right thing to say to make Tachimukai want to challenge himself.

We can also see how quicker he is to understand his mistakes, even if he’s still learning to behave.

And in the end, he’s so happy when Tachi actually pulls off his own new hissatsu!

He’s also a very good player. His stamina is remarkable as shown in the second season

and during the match against Argentina he was one of they key that brought Inazuma Japan to break that impenetrable defense, so kudos to him for not giving in!

Fuyuka: "don't tell me you're giving up already!"

Fuyuka: "so what? no matter what happens, you never give up, isn't that Inazuma Japan's soccer?! [...] you've got to stand up once more!”

More kudos to Level5 for showing us not only his confident prankster side but also the child that needs someone to teach him and that just wants to have fun with the only family he has: his friends.

He has still much to learn but his achievements were rewarded by gaining the title of Captain once he went back home to Manyuuji. Imagine how happy and proud must have been that once lonely, wary child. And it gets better! In Inazuma Eleven GO ep 21 we are shown a grownup Kogure. He’s more mature,

works for a top-class company (as stated by Kidou)

and most importantly: he shows with WORDS how much he cares for his new team, for his friends!

I hope this was of some help to you all and I will see you in the next analysis

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