Blue Lock: Episode Nagi

Absolutely comedy gold. A BLLK manga reader and a BLLK anime watcher should not go into this movie expecting peak cinema—expect zero football and just Nagi and Reo being sus, then you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised at how goddamn funny this entire film is.

Watch it with a friend who knows Blue Lock. You guys will double over every two seconds at something hilarious on screen: whether it be Reo's gay-cringe monologues, Nagi's tired internal complaints and particle-effect galaxy brain thoughts, the low-budget crappy cut-aways, the ending Google Slides montage, the re-used 3D animation from the anime, and/or the fact that you get to watch ... Reo and Nagi 'break-up' for the fifth time (manga, anime, Episode Nagi manga, stageplay, and now the movie)... AND Reo started crying too with a whole mental illness flashback, like, this is literally the highest level of comedy we can get.

All the criticism of this show is entirely true and valid: it's a glorified recap with reused scenes and feels rushed at the end. But god, it's absolute cinema. Enjoyed every second laughing like a maniac at the way all of Isagi's relevance was shelved for Nagi hyper-focusing on Reo. Our Goatsagi had ONE moment of light-shine-upon-ye glory and that was instantly dwarfed by Reo starting to have a gay breakdown. Bachira's schizophrenia? Off the charts. Second selection with Rin, Barou, Chigiri, and Kunigami? They got shoved into the PPT slide at the end. To Nagi, apparently they're not relevant enough. But bathing with Reo and getting cold-shouldered? Holy comedy, the PPT stopped next-sliding to play back Reo's emo one-liners... So THAT was relevant to the already-nonexistent plot. We even get a shot of Reo and Nagi being dramatic which ended with benchwarmer Reo at post-credits. I lost it.

There were a few moments of great animation, but the rest of the movie was so comically bad I couldn't stop cackling. The bar was so low and they delivered. Exited the cinema lightheaded and high and couldn't stop laughing with my friend for an hour talking about the bad CGI and the vaguely homosexual moments. Would watch this trainwreck again. It's a great movie to sit back and laugh at and if you're in no mood to rewatch the anime before Season 2. Everything else is 4/10, but I genuinely recommend this because I had such a great afternoon wheezing. Solid 7 for being the first movie I've laughed through from start to finish. I won't be able to recover.

Story : Episode Nagi nothing special and it just recap episodes from perspectives of Nagi and Reo from Episode 1 to Episode 24 with additional footage of their school dominating others and interaction between Nagi, Reo and Zantetsu.

Animation, Sound Design looks Fine but not for Movie Version usually we see for Shonen Anime Films. It felt like watching TV Special similar to Haikyuu OVA The Arrival of Lev.

Among Characters, they given back story for Soccer "Idiot" Zantetsu which was fun.

I personally don't recommend but if your are hardcore Nagi Fan, you can watch otherwise I will recommend Blue Lock First Season is best version.

Let's wait ... for Season 2 titled "vs. U-20 Japan" in October 2024.

Retelling a narrative from a different perspective can be quite difficult considering the knowledge the watcher already possesses. In the case of Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, the viewer gains very little when experiencing the story a second time. This series thrives in tense situations with high stakes. Without this, it needed to rely on creativity and visual spectacle to convince the audience that this was worth their time. Neither was present here. Aside from a few scenes, there was little passion put into the production. The quality of the animation varied heavily, and many sections were reused footage. You can safely pass on this one.