Blue Lock

Yoichi Isagi was mere moments away from scoring a goal that would have sent his high school soccer team to the nationals, but a split-second decision to pass the ball to his teammate cost him that reality. Bitter, confused, and disappointed, Isagi wonders if the outcome would have been different had he not made the pass. When the young striker returns home, an invitation from the Japan Football Union awaits him. Through an arbitrary and biased decision-making process, Isagi is one of three hundred U-18 strikers selected for a controversial project named Blue Lock.

The project's ultimate goal is to turn one of the selected players into the star striker for the Japanese national team. To find the best participant, each diamond in the rough must compete against others through a series of solo and team competitions to rise to the top. Putting aside his ethical objections to the project, Isagi feels compelled to fight his way to the top, even if it means ruthlessly crushing the dreams of 299 aspiring young strikers.

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Bachira, Meguru Main

Kaito, Tasuku Japanese

Isagi, Yoichi Main

Ura, Kazuki Japanese

Chigiri, Hyouma Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Kunigami, Rensuke Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Nagi, Seishirou Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Itoshi, Rin Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Barou, Shouei Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Shidou, Ryuusei Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Mikage, Reo Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Itoshi, Sae Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Nagahama, Hiroaki Producer

Arisawa, Ryouya Producer

Hirano, Tsutomu Producer

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Mar 1, 2025

Aku_Bukan_Wibu

Recommended

after watching this soccer anime... I want to say, what is Tsubasa, who is he, the ball is a friend? why are friends kicked around... you're right, on the field, eating or being eaten, we are all fans of Isagi Yeager Yoichi, we expect him to immediately rumble his enemies on the field. tatakae!!! tatakae!!! a soccer anime wrapped in a dark style, psychopath, psychology, dark system, like in the anime attack on titan, this is very interesting. especially with background music that is very pleasing to the ear. this anime is one of the best.

talking about MC, is he the overpowered type? yes he ... is an OP player, but not an instant OP, he is a talented player, developing his abilities from zero to a hero. the story is very interesting to watch, I highly recommend it, at first I was hesitant to watch this anime, because my preference is isekai and comedy anime, but after watching this anime, my views changed. this is a very good anime, especially since I am a big fan of the Japanese national team. I still remember when the Japanese national team first came to my country in the 1940s, they came very peacefully. They also visited other countries to practice matches. But their achievements then faded after the match against America in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But this anime, raised my spirit again! Tatakae!!! Shinzou Sasageyo!!!!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 22, 2025

farcillieftw

Mixed Feelings

I must let it be known: I have NO respect for this show AT ALL lmfao and my rating is solely for the absolutely delicious yaoi content. As a sports anime it’s absolutely ridiculous with a nonsensical plot that it’s impossible for a mature, developed brain to accept—that being said, pretty boys talking about devouring each other? Yeaaaahhhh baby that’s the stuff! Homoerotic tension has surpassed subtext and is very much literal in Blue Lock (BL for a reason LMFAO) and for that reason alone, I’d recommend this train wreck of an anime. My advice is to avoid bothering to understand whatever “lore” or logic ... that goes into this (trust me, it’s not worth the headache or strain that comes from rolling your eyes so hard) and just appreciate the wonderful yaoi feast laid before you instead. Isagi harem, Reo Nagi break ups and make ups…absolutely beautiful. You seriously cannot get this anywhere else.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 14, 2025

RyanSpring

Not Recommended

Pulling no punches, Blue Lock underwhelmed me from start to finish. Its base concept on which the entire show revolves around and within which it takes itself extremely seriously, youth soccer, simply isn't all that intense or all that dramatic. The setting wildly underwhelms as it is an entirely true, non-hyperbolic statement when I tell you that literally every single episode, 24 out of 24, takes place within the Blue Lock facility and after reaching said facility in the first episode, the characters literally never leave. The writing and manufactured drama have a very juvenile, blatantly aimed at teenagers kind of tone and never has ... any meaningful stakes beyond simply winning or losing at soccer. Expect eye-roll-inducing lines such as an antagonistic rival player telling the main character "You're just an NPC!" that SCREAM "We're trying really hard to make 14 year old boys think our show is cool". Its run of the mill modern graphics and equally run of the mill modern voice acting, while not detrimental to the show, never do anything to distinguish themselves from its contemporaries, nor does the soundtrack.

Ultimately unless you really, really love soccer or if as far as you're concerned any shonen is automatically good, there's just no reason to watch Blue Lock. It isn't particularly good at ANYTHING. A score of 8+ here on MAL is WILD to me. That MUST be a very young crowd with low standards and/or recency bias, but this show is super overrated.

OBJECTIVE RATING- 6-7
PERSONAL ENJOYMENT RATING- 6.5

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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