Blue Lock Episode 8 Discussion

ryzxgum said:

its simple, barou is the king
but nagi is the god.

LS_07 said:

can't you just enjoy the show instead of focusing on the background players 🤦🏼

anime_on_demand said:

I guess so. Barou needs to be humble then lol. He's not undefeatable.

Ary125tues said:

animation comes with enjoying the show..if you want ..then enjoy breserk anime....plot is amazing but only problem is cgi and animation right...it is called anime because it depicts story by animation...if it's bad then whole setup gets bad....I am not saying blue lock is bad...I love the series but the animation was not it...this time

yellowheartren said:
Bachira and Isagi's relationship is quite something. I love how absolute soft and intimate Bachira is around Isagi: the body language, his voice in their private convos, the way he speaks even (very informal, very direct, doesn't even use any honorific at all). It's a joy to watch - and it also makes me dread the day these two will inevitably have to face off.

anime_on_demand said:
I'm still confused about Barou. If he's the "king" why did he also lose to team V?

yellowheartren said:
I think the problem with the basic premise is really starting to shine through the rest of the... story? setup? something.

Ego wants to create a sort of über-striker to make the national team the best, the one to win the world cup - one striker, on the "corpses" of 299 others, whose "whole career" is supposed to end altogether when they inevitably fail, at one point or another. But that's just... not how any of it works? I mean, sure I get the whole national pride angle, especially in the year of an actual world cup, especially now that it's ongoing. And yet, even with my lack of interest in pretty much all actual sports, I know that's not all there is to it. Hell, "national teams" themselves often have a lot of foreign players from any and all parts of the world. Even beyond that, there's a hell of a lot of other opportunities, a bunch of other leagues to play in as professional athletes. There's no way failing this team deathmatch (which in itself is nonsensical anyway) should mean the end of their career as a whole. Dream? Sure, if someone dreams about being in the same league as the likes of, idk, Messi and Ronaldo - but then that kinda ephemeral, really big dreams are just that, too: ephemeral. Good thing to aim for the top, but by the time you're in highschool, especially as you get closer to the end of it than you are from the start, you should be aware of the realities.

Point being: the more they try to hammer home this "my entire career is on the line here!" shtick, the less effective it becomes, and soon enough it'll just turn outright annoying. And when Igaguri laments on having to take over the temple if he doesn't become a soccer player? Dude, it might be less than ideal, but at least you've got a ready-made backup plan to fall back on: that's actually invaluable af. Hell, I'm willing to bet even Reo is more relatable when he tells us nothing his parents have given him has been what he wanted, their actual life circumstances notwithstanding.

On other notes...
Horikoshi might want to check in, because Raichi really feels like a Chinese knockoff Bakugo, voice included which is really quite incredible.
I really don't understand why soccer players have to look like bodybuilders. Especially at this age. Thing's actually going on, everyone can check out any FIFA game, none of those guys look like that. Barou would feel more at home in a Tekken game than he looks here.
Bachira and Isagi's relationship is quite something. I love how absolute soft and intimate Bachira is around Isagi: the body language, his voice in their private convos, the way he speaks even (very informal, very direct, doesn't even use any honorific at all). It's a joy to watch - and it also makes me dread the day these two will inevitably have to face off.
"Wife material Reo" is hilarious, I saw the clip on Twitter after the episode aired in Japan and they posted it, I didn't catch the title itself but that made the entire thing magnitudes better. They feel a bit like they got lost on their way to the EnStars set, not that I mind. lol

Torrible said:


More importantly, why isn't he in team V? At most 3 players in Team V are better than him, so why are the other 8 players in Team V rather than him? And why is he ranked 200+ to begin with? Are there 200+ strikers better than him in Blue Lock? If so, how the hell is he king of anything?

Zevven said:
This anime's only standing out aspect is well-animated action part and it was mediocre this episode + really too little of it. What sucks even more is that it will take at least 3-4 episodes to show the entire match so essentially waiting an effing month to watch 1.33 hours of content. The good thing is that judging by current pacing, 24 episodes will be enough to animate the series in its entirety.
Damn, I miss Haikyuu.

anime_on_demand said:
I'm still confused about Barou. If he's the "king" why did he also lose to team V?

Torrible said:


More importantly, why isn't he in team V? At most 3 players in Team V are better than him, so why are the other 8 players in Team V rather than him? And why is he ranked 200+ to begin with? Are there 200+ strikers better than him in Blue Lock? If so, how the hell is he king of anything?