Bachisagi

"Ah well. I wanted to stay with Isagi until the very end... But Isagi... I won't be waiting. If you want me... come and steal me."

- Bachira to Isagi, Chapter 49.

"I love you, partner."

- Bachira to Isagi, Chapter 113.

Bachisagi is the slash ship between Meguru Bachira and Yoichi Isagi from the Blue Lock fandom.

Canon
Yoichi Isagi meets Meguru Bachira in the Blue Lock challenge, where they are placed on the same team.

During their entrance test, Bachira compulsively passes the ball to Isagi in the hopes that it would awaken his "monster" inside him. Isagi ends up defeating Ryosuke Kira and blames Bachira for passing the ball to him. Bachira smiles enigmatically and reasons that they won in the end, so it was all fine.

Three nights later, Isagi is trying to sleep, but to no avail, so he decides to use his time to practice his soccer skills instead. On his way to the training facility, a stray ball whips past his face, and he turns to find Bachira sitting outside as well. The boy suggests that they practice together. While warming up, Isagi asks Bachira a question: How did he know that Isagi would be able to take out Kira for them? Hearing this, Bachira launches into action. Because of the "monster" in him. On instinct, he listened to the monster, and it just happened to tell him to pass it to Isagi. Isagi is hooked, understanding Bachira sm eaning, and also left with the desire to learn more. According to Bachira, all good strikers have their own "monster", so he was really glad he was able to meet someone like Isagi. They continue drilling for a little while, Isagi getting really pumped up, before they're interrupted by an announcement from the loudspeaker.

Bachira checks in with Isagi before their game against team X, reminding him along the way that they need to have fun. After the opposing team's first goal, Isagi tells Bachira that they should keep the ball between them. But before Bachira can take possession, Gurimu Igarashi steals the ball from him in a bout of selfishness. X Team continues scoring until they're up by a five-point lead, so within the last three minutes, Bachira plans for him and Isagi to make a last-ditch shot. He distracts the defenders, creating an opening for Isagi.

Bachira's pass in the game between Team Z and Team Y, seemingly meant for Gin Gagamaru, misses. Everyone thinks the forward whiffed his chance, but Bachira consolidates them quickly—he meant for Isagi to get the ball anyways, and they see the raven speed down the field and make their winning shot.

As they are discussing Isagi's winning shot, Bachira pipes in, reminding everyone that he was the one that saw Isagi and passed to him. With a grin, he holds out a fork with steak on it, deeming it Isagi's reward. Isagi dodges his attempts to feed him, but Bachira succeeds in the end and stuffs it in his mouth.

Bachira taps Isagi on the shoulder as they walk towards their last game with Team V, noting that if they lose, they will probably never be able to play soccer together again. It's a lonely feeling, so he implores Isagi to do his best with him.

On the field, Isagi and Bachira work in tandem to block off Team V's star shooter, Reo Mikage. When their defenses are breached and points scored by Seishiro Nagi, Isagi notices how everyone on his team seems hopeless—that is, except for Bachira. Bachira begins running down the field, solo, pressing Isagi to pass him the ball. Isagi watches the striker escape the opponents in a frenzy of dribbling, and thinks to himself how impressive he looked. Bachira's goal emboldens Isagi and the rest of the team, who join in with renewed vigor.

During Extra Time, Isagi comes up with a full plan to entrap all the opposing players and get the ball to the goal no matter what it takes; he trusts Bachira to be able to see him on the other side and pass the ball to him. Bachira does, putting his reliance on Isagi completely. Isagi's effort pays off and he makes the winning shot for their team. Bachira is seen with a proud expression, congratulating him on the win.

Isagi and Bachira volunteer to go and retrieve drinks for their team from the dining hall. There, Isagi takes the chance to personally thank Bachira for that last pass. The shorter boy doesn't think it's much and attributes the goal itself to Isagi, which confuses him for a moment. It opens up a conversation where Isagi finally tells Bachira about what he had figured out about his own skills and the formula for it. He sees the expression on Bachira's face and mistakes it as indignation for oversharing, so he quickly backtracks before Bachira genuinely compliments him on figuring it out. When they arrive at their shared room, they find the rest of their teammates already fast asleep.

With Isagi's first stage of the 2nd Selection over, he enters the waiting room for the next stage to find that he must create a group of three to advance. Bachira enters the room not soon after him, and they clap hands in greeting. Straight out, Bachira starts thinking about whom they should add for their third teammate, then Isagi notices how Bachira had already automatically included him as part of the team—not that he minded. Isagi suggests that they should add either Kunigami or Hyoma Chigiri, which Bachira agrees to, but reminds him that they can only have one extra teammate.

Suddenly, Nagi approaches their two-man team and invites Isagi to team up with Reo and him. Nagi asserts his conviction, reasoning that Isgai was the most amazing during their match so he wanted to try playing alongside him. Isagi thinks it over for a moment but definitively affirms that there's no way he would leave Bachira. In the end, Isagi accepts Nagi's proposal to join their team instead, and Bachira smiles, having figured that was the course of action he would've taken.

In their match against Itoshi Rin, Aoshi Tokimitsu, and Jyubei Aryu, Bachira notices how Isagi's shooting accuracy had gone up after his training time with the Blue Lock Man. When Isagi has his ball stolen from him by Aryu, Bachira pats him on the back and says it's okay.

After losing to the top three, Aryu and Tokimitsu decide to take Bachira for their own. It hits Isagi like a blow, who's at loss for words. Bachira doesn't console him, but expresses his regret, reminding his friend that if wanted him back, then he would have to go and steal him. With Bachira gone, Isagi reminisces that it felt like something was missing.

While Bachira's four-person team is struggling to find an opponent, Bachira casually comments that it didn't matter no one accepted their offer because he was waiting for Isagi's team anyways. He puts his trust in Isagi even when Aoshi Tokimitsu frets over whether or not they'll be able to find someone within the time period.

On Bachira's first day at the Blue Lock, he wakes up just in time to hear Jinpachi Ego finish dictating the rules of "Tag". He was only worried about the possibility of nobody in Blue Lock being on par with the monster, because if no one had one, then they wouldn't be able to understand like his past friends; he would become so lonely that he could die. Despite not being sure and scared of failing, he decided to believe, to believe that he would find someone with a monster inside them as well. During the play, he kicks a ball in the direction he knew a monster would have to be in. If there was a monster in that room, it would be there. After having chased it for so long, Bachira finally sees a monster take shape in the form of Yoichi Isagi.

"Bachira Meguru felt like he was being told "Pass to him". "This guy is the monster". That's why Bachira Meguru believes in Isagi Yoichi."

Ever since then, the one who understood and enjoyed Bachira's soccer the most was Isagi. However, Bachira remembers that Rin told him he dribbles like he was "waiting for someone", who is assumed to be Isagi.

When Bachira and Rin leave their training field they find Isagi waiting outside for them. he speaks to Bachira, telling him that he is finally here to make good on his promise to steal Bachira back.

Right before their 4-on-4 match, Isagi's team suddenly decides to change their marks, leaving Isagi with Bachira instead of Aoshi Tokimitsu. Immediately when the game starts, Bachira takes possession of the ball and does a max scissor feint in front of Isagi so that he wouldn't be able to steal it. Yet somehow, when he does a sharp turn, Isagi is able to predict his movements, making Bachira wonder if Isagi was actually able to keep up with him. Bachira realizes that Isagi had seriously gone up a level from being able to grasp the situation of the field. Isagi even goes as far as to taunt him, asking if he couldn't get past him. Upon realizing how much their whole team had grown, Bachira plants himself on the ground, stating that "The 'monster' is rejoicing".

For their next point, Bachira begins with the ball again. Isagi believes that he'll be fine as long as he can stall Bachira in the same position, as Jyubei Aryu is being guarded by both Nagi and Chigiri. When a shout from Baro distracts Bachira, Isagi jumps in to steal the ball but it gets kicked away. Isagi is stunned that Bachira (who has stuck out his tongue in victory) was able to pass without looking.

When Rin gets surrounded, he passes the ball to Bachira, who is followed to the goal by Isagi. Bachira is impressed by Isagi's ability to keep up with the number 1 genius, but he isn't worried because he can also make a splash on the battlefield. From 60 meters away from the goal, he kicks a backspin ball in front of Isagi, who fails to stop it.

Bachira figures out Isagi's goal of using Chigiri to block anyone with the ball and finds his pass range to Rin is cut short by Isagi covering off his path. Stuck, Bachira begins trapping the ball left and right to confuse Chigiri, but just as he thinks he's halfway through, Isagi appears right ahead of him, prepared to keep him there. Bachira hadn't noticed him move from Rin at all and realizes he's in a 1-on-2 predicament. With his shot to the goal mostly obstructed by Isagi and Chigiri, he manages to find a small spot and charges—but too late does he realize Isagi had been setting up Baro just for that and has the ball stolen away from him.

After watching Isagi and Rin's fierce mind battle over the struggle to make Baro a puppet for their own means, Bachira becomes thrilled over the appearance of two monsters on the field whom he can finally play his dream soccer with. He runs toward them with electrified enthusiasm, but they completely disregard him and run by him. Bachira is stopped short and doesn't understand why they didn't see him. At long last, after finding the monsters of his dreams, he grasps that they don't see him merely because their monsters were on a completely different level. He sees Rin and Isagi as a pair of monsters fighting each other but wonders what he is to them.

Bachira sees that both Rin and Isagi are playing for the sake of their soccer egos and recognizes that he doesn't have much pushing him on—only the prospect of being able to play soccer with other monsters. Even Nagi realizes this and comes over to Bachira when he squanders the ball after being too lost in thought. The white-haired boy remarks on how unlike him it was for Bachira to lose the ball dribbling and warns him that they wouldn't want Bachira on their team—even if they won—because he hadn't contributed to anything. When Nagi says he, and Isagi probably as well, would rather have Rin on their team, Bachira snaps. The prospect of not being able to play soccer anymore with their monsters terrifies him into action.

"If we lose... I won't be chosen...?! Then I won't be able to play soccer... With either Isagi or Rin... Hell no! Hell no!! HELL NO!!! I'M GONNA WIN EVEN IF IT KILLS ME!!!"

- Bachira, Chapter 82.

Nagi's words spark a fire within the striker, who begins running furiously after the rest of the players.

"I don't want to lose everything that I've found here...! I really would have been happy just being able to keep playing soccer with Isagi by my side. I don't want to lose the first friend I've ever made."

- Bachira about Isagi, Chapter 83.

He chases Isagi in an attempt to get back in the game. He had gained so much at Blue Lock, the fear of losing his first friend and going back to those days of being alone scared him. Suddenly, he remembers something his mother told him. Bachira slowly comes to a realization that he had begun playing soccer not for himself, but for others to want him. In order to avoid being left behind, he adapted his play style to fit someone else's, namely, Isagi's. It's at this point that Bachira hears the voice of the monster again. It tells him to "Win even if it kills [him], and steal back Isagi!"

Bachira slams on a burst of speed and comes at Isagi, who's handling the ball, with a straining kick. Isagi jumps up with the ball, avoiding him, but observes the level of ferocity that Bachira came at him with. Isagi passes to Chigiri, who kicks in just the right area for Isagi to score, while Bachira is on his heels the whole time. The enigmatic striker desperately pleads for Isagi to wait up and give him another chance to prove himself, even as he watches Isagi make the winning shot.

Then Rin jumps in and blocks Isagi's goal from succeeding. The stray ball lands in Bachira's lap, who pauses for a split second. Then he jumps into action, knowing immediately what he must do to play for his own values.

As he streaks across the field with the ball driven by reckless instinct, he is at the same time, trying to extinguish the monster that he had relied on for so long. Though he thanks the monster for getting him all the way to Blue Lock and letting him meet Isagi, he knows that he must discard it if he wants to keep on playing on par with Isagi and the rest. Isagi dashes ahead of him, and Bachira has to fight in order to suppress the urge that says listen to his monster and pass it to someone else. Bachira successfully defies the monster and nutmegs the ball past Isagi, who was expecting him to pass to Tokimitsu.

Isagi also realizes that this was not the same Bachira that he was playing with earlier, and it brings a new dash of energy to him. He calls Bachira an "unreadable wild card".

Bachira is propelled by his desire to keep playing, so he is able to get past Nagi, Chigiri, and Baro's three-person attack by pure defiance alone. He aims for the goal to make the winning shot... and then Isagi jumps in front of him with his foot extended and sends the ball flying.

"I believed in you, Bachira... I believed that you would come here alone."

- Isagi, meeting Bachira at the goal, Chapter 84.

Although Isagi saw through Rin's positioning that lets Bachira easily pass to him, he decides to go for the attacker's unreadable future, instead of Rin's carefully-planned out one. That was why Isagi was able to intercept his shot. But all isn't over yet. By mere chance, the ball that Isagi deflected lands right in Rin's area. The star striker exploits the opportunity perfectly, slamming the ball into the goal and granting a win to the Red Team.

White Team is in shock. Isagi crumbles to the ground in defeat while Bachira watches. Bachira recognizes that he was able to play spectacularly all by himself, and he didn't need Isagi's help to do it. With that, he could now confidently say that the person he wanted was Isagi—not because he needed someone to rely on, but because his conscious descision was just that Isagi happened to be the person he wanted. Either way, even when Rin interrupts and declares that he will be choosing, Isagi ends up joining their team anyways. Bachira tears up in joy that he'll finally be able to play alongside Isagi as a friend, as an impartial partner.

As the whole team is leaving, Bachira points out to Isagi that although he had promised to be the one that stole him, it ended up being the reverse. Isagi apologizes for being so lame and unable to do that, but Bachira brushes it off by saying that he was able to figure out his own strengths because he didn't have someone like Isagi to "save him". Bachira thanks Isagi for the miraculous play and expresses his delight that his friend was there with him. Isagi accepts his words and they go in for a high-five.

Isagi calls out to Bachira when he sees him get overtaken by Julian Loki, in this match against the world's best. Even with both of them guarding Pablo Cavasoz, the Argentinian easily passes between them in direction of the goal.

On the field against the U-20, Bachira searches for someone to pass the ball to and finds Isagi located exactly where he needed him. Isagi compliments Bachira's pass and believes that they'll be able to conquer the field—but his goal is blocked by Oliver Aiku from the opposing team.

After closing halftime with a 2-1 lead against the Japan team, Bachira jumps into Isagi's back in exuberance while Isagi pumps his fist up. Isagi drapes Bachira's arm around his shoulder, holding it in place, and hugs the other boy's waist close to him. They're noticed by Bachira's mother, who comments to Isagi's parents at how happy they looked in each other's companionship; especially her son, who truly seemed to be having fun after not enjoying soccer for a while.

With a new chance of breaking the tie, Isagi sees the pieces of the game fall into place. Bachira catches up with him, asking with a smirk if he was the last piece he needed.

"Did you call for me? Egoist."

- Bachira coming to assist Isagi, Chapter 141.

They dash down the field while trading passes to avoid defenders. When Baro forces himself into the clash and disrupts Isagi's concentration, Bachira steals the ball away from him to score on his own. Isagi catches up with Bachira later and gets ready for a pass, but Bachira cuts through the defenders on his own.

With a score of 4-3, Blue Lock 11 wins with a last-minute shot made by Isagi. Bachira is there by his side, jumping in glee as the crowd roars. Isagi is still thrilled over his goal, basking in his win as his teammates surround him. Bachira continues to stay by his shoulders. They look at each other with pure happiness etched on their faces.

In the two-week period of free reign, Isagi meets up with Bachira and Chigiri at a coffee shop in Shibuya. Bachira immediately launches into a tirade about the super sweet cream latte that he got, and tries to get Isagi to taste it, but Isagi passes on the offer lightheartedly.

Bachira goes up to Isagi when he sees the latter having trouble picking a country for his team. He tells Isagi that he chose Spain, to which Isagi nods, having guessed so. Bachira tells Isagi his way of thinking—no matter which environment he chooses, his goal is to strive to be the top in any of them, so he'll follow his instinct on it. By the next time they meet, they each should have evolved. Isagi accepts and thanks Bachira for his advice.

Yet by their following meeting, Isagi is benched while Bachira is the Spain team's starter. Isagi analyzes Bachira's new form of dribbling and realizes how much he had evolved in the ten days. He gets fired up by watching his plays and remarks on how impressive Bachira was.

Moments

 * Isagi compliments Bachira's pass to him in their first game, remarking on his superb skills of controlling the ball.
 * In the locker rooms, Bachira specifically mentions that Rensuke Kunigami's shot was a pretty amazing one, to which Isagi can't say anything except stutter at the former's lack of clothing.
 * They raise their hands as if to high-five, but Bachira fakes out at the last moment and whacks him on the head instead with affection.
 * Bachira makes an offhand remark on how Isagi's been getting a lot of attention and jokingly asks how many rivals he's already got.
 * As Isagi and Bachira return with the drinks, they overhear the Wanima twins talking. Jun'ichi Wanima hears them and whips his head back, but the two strikers have already covered up behind a wall, thinking to themselves how scary that was.
 * Isagi realizes that all of the crazy shots he had made into the goal were due to Bachira giving him easy passes.
 * Nagi gives Isagi a harsh reality check when he reminds him that he can't make a reliable goal without Bachira by his side.
 * Bachira gets Isagi with a chop on the head right as they're about to high-five each other after the 4-on-4 game. Isagi comments on how that part of Bachira still hadn't changed.
 * Both Bachira and Isagi agree that the foreign players were mocking them.
 * Bachira could intuitively guess which two teams Isagi was struggling to choose between.
 * Bachira mentions how jealous he felt that Rin and Isagi were working so well in tandem.

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Isagi, being the main character, has many other ship options, the other most popular ones being Rinsagi or Kaisagi. It's commonly shipped alongside Kunigiri as they are all teammates and NagiReo.

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Trivia

 * Isagi began as the 299th-ranked contender, while Bachira was the 290th. They are both members of the Z Team.
 * According to Bachira's character profile in Volume 3, he "has a particularly keen interest in Isagi".
 * Bachira tends to oversleep, so Isagi tends to have to wake him up.
 * Isagi's ideal type is someone that has a great smile and laughs a lot. Bachira is known for his whimsical smile and cheerful personality.
 * Bachira is just one centimeter taller than Isagi, at a height of 176 cm to Isagi's 175.