History & Headcanon

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Headcanon

• He was very isolated as a kid; his parents were never around and the maids were scared of him (because he threw things at them when he didn't get his way)


• started soccer when he was seven and for the first time in his life found something he liked. He's also surprisingly good at it


• when he was ten, he got into a fight with a player on another team and got his face kicked in. It ruined his right eye. After that he stopped playing soccer and became even more withdrawn than before


• at eleven, he gets scouted by Kageyama even though he hasn't played soccer in a long time. He meets Kidou and Genda and the other two boys help him retrain and relearn how to play soccer with just one eye


• when he gets to middle school,he joins Tekikoku's soccer club and immediately gets put on the first team

Canon History

• Along with the rest of Teikoku's soccer team, he deflects from Kageyama because they don't agree with his way of playing soccer. On Sakuma's part, it's mostly because he wants to follow and support Kidou


• and then their team gets beaten by another pet project of Kageyama's and he gets put in the hospital


• Kidou leaves to join Raimon to avenge his team but eventually stays with them. This hits Sakuma hard and he starts doubting his self worth. He then goes back to Kageyama and joins Shin Teikoku because he wants to get stronger. During the match against Raimon, he uses forbidden techniques and it almost ruins his chance of playing soccer ever again but with Kidou's help he manages to snap out of his power hungry phase and go back to normal.


• During Frontball Frontier International, he gets called to tryout for the national team but doesn't make it. Eventually he does get on the team but only because one of the other players got injured so he replaced him. This actually really bugs him because he feels like he doesn't compare to the rest of the team.


• more at: http://inazuma-eleven.wikia.com/wiki/Sakuma_Jirou

Game History

• He arrives at the tower after Kidou and at first he thinks it's a good thing because he can help Kidou!


• Only he can't and he's basically useless here. He's watched as his friends get hurt/die without being able to do much to help. Start emotional downward spiral.


• Everything gets worse when both his friends get girlfriends. It feels like they're moving on and leaving him behind. He's happy they're happy but at the same time it makes him feel terrible. He doesn't tell anyone this.


• Then Kidou accidentally ingests some Ghoul Powder and tries to attack him resulting in him killing Kidou. While he knows there wasn't anything he could have done about it, he still feel guilty.


• About a week later, he meets his shadow and the shadow makes him realize he needs to stop being dumb and moping all the time. Also, his shadow told Kidou things he never wanted Kidou to know so now he's avoiding his best friend.

Notes

• He's extremely loyal to Kidou since Kidou is his friend and his leader and he kind of idolizes him.


• He has a lot of self doubt issues that border on self hatred, but instead of ignoring that now, he's trying to work past it. By himself because what is asking for help.


• Most traumatizing experiences for him is probably having to kill Kidou, realizing Kidou's not coming back after he joined Raimon, the entire Shin Teikoku thing and the first time he realized he couldn't play soccer anymore.