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| Welcome to Engrish part of sports anime aka the worst part. |
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| Rin picking Isagi and everyone switching gears gave me mad goosebumps and we're starting off strong against the world. Another banger episode. |
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| I am conflicted on whether or not the match had a good ending or not. It is obvious Isagi was picked because of the plot armor bur he really showed himself off in this match. I'm excited for the match with those international players but I don't know how they can stand a chance against the best of the best. |
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Elyshion said: MBAPPÉ!!! More seriously, for the references of the 5 players: • And for Brazil, it's really hard to find him. By default, Ronaldinho but he is already there for Bachira. I think it's this guy.  |
| Rip Isagi missed one piece. The piece of luck change everything even on those last second in an instant. But not necessarily its all about the luck itself because surely Rin working hard to reach in the position where the possibility to grab the piece of luck higher when everyone else doin nothing. Right man at the right place on the right time. Purely coincidence xd. But anyway, not expecting they already hold the third selection by having a match with those world class players. Surely at that point, its not about win or lose anymore, i guess, experience shall be important too for them development. Ego also doing a godly speech before and i wish him to instruct the boys in the face, not from behind the monitor. But yeah keep it for later, perhaps... |
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| made it past the 2nd selection, isagi with the L but still moved on thanks to rin giving him a front-row seat. i feel for the others tho, not my boy nagi. 3rd selection is here and we got some engrish which i didn't consider while reading the manga so it caught me off-guard T-T rin's engrish is better than dada silva's tho. julien loki who's very clearly based off mbappe is still yet to utter a word. next episode will be crazy. |
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perfectionFound said: samsince04 said: Doesn't make any sense because in real life birds don't have a fucking bathroom, they shit everywhere and most of the time while fliying so there is no real chance you can avoid it.I don't even know what you're on about. "The bird shit example" was used to signify that you're not just unlucky when bird droppings fall on you. Ego says the shit could've been avoided if you noticed factors such as looking up to see if birds are right above you or looking down to see if bird droppings are below you... In the same way, you could drive in a different lane to avoid a bird shitting on your car, it's not just due to your luck or lack thereof. That links to the final goal because Rin(whether knowingly or unknowingly) put himself in an ideal position to get the rebound by following Isagi. Ego says it wasn't due to luck and Rin dismisses that statement. Ego believes that Rin could've stayed at the edge of the box instead of following Isagi and that would've resulted in him getting tackled. It makes a lot of sense to me. A better example would be something like "if you never leave yout bedroom a bird will never shit on you", which is true 99.99% of the time. Birds do have regular roosting spots and you can identify those spots by the massive amounts of dried bird poop around the area. Anyway, Ego isn't saying that you can avoid bird poop 100% of the time if you are ultra-observant, but that an observant person will be pooped on less. or at least an observant person can avoid being pooped on when it is avoidable. And that a person can't blame bad luck when he walked right into a roosting spot. It's not the best analogy but the main take-away point is that in soccer you need to make your own luck. Sometimes a ball can deflect off you into goal without you meaning to do anything, but an actual good striker regularly looks for goal-scoring chances to fall his way. I think the word to describe these players is 'opportunistic'. It's not luck that players like Haaland always seem to be at the right place at the right time. Likewise, crappy defenders tend to score more own goals. It's not like elite defenders will never score own goals. It's just that with their elevated sense of positioning and reading of the game, such 'bad luck' seldom fall to them. |
| Sad to see that luck played such an important role, even tho Isagi was able to surpass Rin in the end. But honestly in a situation like this it's not "only" luck. Rin simply anticipated where the ball could eventually land after getting blocked so he would have the biggest chance of scoring a goal. One of the greatest examples for such anticipation was Filippo Inzaghi. This guy always had a good nose for goals and therefor he was one of the greatest strikers. With his Isagi's evolution in this game it was pretty clear Rin would choose him. I felt bad that he had to leave Chigiri, Barou and not to forget his bro Nagi. I hope we'll see all of them again, but for now Isagi has to concentrate on himself. Ego's little speech definitely gave more information and hints on what Isagi is still missing. What's extremely exciting now is the fact that Rin's team will be playing 5 world class players. Not sure why people are complaining about the English. Not counting England in they represented France, Argentina, Brazil and Spain. So either way their English wouldn't sound perfect. I'm hyped to see more of this match. Isagi's team might've scored the first goal, but I feel like this was only the world class players testing the waters. The real test will begin now. Crazy to think we're already reaching the last episode, but nonetheless I'm looking forward to next week. |
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| Good ep. I really didn't expect Isagi to lose! Great plot point imo and it's satisfying that Rin chose him still, acknowledging that in that moment he briefly lost to Isagi. Isagi's scream when he lost was weird af though haha. Little gremlin or something This match vs the world five should be good. Although I really can't stand the terrible English voice acting. It is really bad and cringe haha. I'd rather they do the thing where they speak in Japanese for us but they're supposedly speaking in English in the anime. You know it's bad when you have to read the subtitles to know what the "English" guy is saying lol Question - How is this third selection meant to work if they're playing the world five? Does every team that passes the second selection play the world five? Maybe you get graded on how many goals you score against them, dunno Another question - Is this world five all U18? |
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BenchNaldo said: they're most likely saving it for the next episode so they can introduce him and then end season 1 on that crazy plot twist cliffhanger scene (you know which one)Am I tripping or did they just skip the whole shidou match. I literally read the manga today & the shidou match happened before the world 5 V blue lock. |
GakutoDeathGlare said: Agreed. I don't mean to be toxic but surely it isn't that hard to find some?That was the worst Engrish I've heard in a long time. Is it that difficult to get some fluent English speaking VAs? Talk about a break in immersion. Pay me I'll do it XD |
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anime_on_demand said: This match vs the world five should be good. Although I really can't stand the terrible English voice acting. It is really bad and cringe haha. I'd rather they do the thing where they speak in Japanese for us but they're supposedly speaking in English in the anime. You know it's bad when you have to read the subtitles to know what the "English" guy is saying lol GakutoDeathGlare said: That was the worst Engrish I've heard in a long time. Is it that difficult to get some fluent English speaking VAs? Talk about a break in immersion. tbh i think there's nothing wrong with the english voice acting here. Unlike other animes, it makes sense why they have accents. The guys with accents are from Spain, Argentina, and Brazil, none of which have English as the national language so you can't expect them to speak perfect English. The England guy can speak English perfectly which fits his nationality, so nothing wrong with that either. |
| Bro not me crying because Isagi was picked and Rin had to be the one with the last goal. Rin is on a whole different level dude. That was insane. Who were the 5 plays supposed to represent irl? Also the English had me dying, especially Rin's. Also the link up between Rin and Bachira was impressive, a little sad that they looked past Isagi. I feel like the glam guy and the probably autistic guy aren't contributing to the show other than being glam af and cringe. I appreciate Ego reviewing how "luck" worked, even though it genuinely was luck. Hopefully, the original gang can get back together. I just hope Reo and Nagi don't end up on the same team again. |
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ttcchen said: Yeah, but they don't sound like they're enunciating English poorly simply because they're from Spain, Argentina, etc, it just sounds like a Japanese man struggling to pronounce English words. anime_on_demand said: This match vs the world five should be good. Although I really can't stand the terrible English voice acting. It is really bad and cringe haha. I'd rather they do the thing where they speak in Japanese for us but they're supposedly speaking in English in the anime. You know it's bad when you have to read the subtitles to know what the "English" guy is saying lol GakutoDeathGlare said: That was the worst Engrish I've heard in a long time. Is it that difficult to get some fluent English speaking VAs? Talk about a break in immersion. tbh i think there's nothing wrong with the english voice acting here. Unlike other animes, it makes sense why they have accents. The guys with accents are from Spain, Argentina, and Brazil, none of which have English as the national language so you can't expect them to speak perfect English. The England guy can speak English perfectly which fits his nationality, so nothing wrong with that either. I like Engrish when it's used comedically, purposefully or not, however here it was just executed poorly. |
| An episode that seemed calm but turned out to be the opposite! So Isagi's team lost to Rin and Rin himself chose Isagi? Incredible So the luck factor is important when playing games, this can be quite important for the series. I really didn't think that Rin and Isagi's team would start playing against those professional players, but from what I see, and from what I see, Rin and Isagi's team started to win 1-0 with an instant chemical reaction, I wonder If for the next chapter, which is the last one, they will animate this whole game or leave it to a part of this I am looking forward to the next chapter which is already the last of this season 1 and a possible prequel to season 2! |
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| After I think 3 episodes the match has finally ended with Isagi joining Rin's team and now them playing against these engrish speaking team lol. How are they going to end this part so quickly, maybe a season 2? who knows. |
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| I actually like how this match ended due to "luck" since it's also an important factor to any kind of match irl, and Ego's explanation made sense to me - how "luck" is in part acquired by the actions you yourself take to get to that point. I just wish the anime didn't place the conclusion of the match so awkwardly such that the match ended in the first five minutes of the episode. Anyways, the Engrish though. Aside from the England dude, their horrible pronunciation makes sense since English isn't their first language, but it was still way too funny to hear lol. Though Loki not speaking at all was kinda weird.... |
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| This anime is a roller coaster ride for me. But I enjoyed this episode. |
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| Rin's Engrish kinda made his declaration of crushing the World 5 seem lame. But at least we had the British guy to balance his out. So I guess the final episode is probably them losing to the Five and then hopefully a S2 announcement. |
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| Amazing episode!! It's super cool seeing Rin in the blue uniform for once. Also crazy that they actually got someone with fluent British English for that one guy. |
| Here I was thinking Barou was Mama Barou, but it was Isagi all along. |
| Its almost inevitable Isagi will lose, he had to learn a lot before he can beat Rin. And now they going against Mbappe and his friends, I wonder what will happen if they lose |
| Nooo... I'm gonna miss my boys for sure but good for Isagi that he got chosen by Rin after all. And, now they're gonna face against World's best. They look cool AF and some of them are talking in Engrish and some have really good english. Props to the VA. But, it's gonna be exciting to see them against each other. Mbappe!!! |
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Elyshion said: Yeah Mbappe is here in Blue Lock as world's no. 1 rising star. Also Brazil one seems to be a physique of Hulk rather than Ronaldiniho.MBAPPÉ!!! More seriously, for the references of the 5 players: • For Spain, I would say either Fernando Torres but he never played for Real Madrid... • For England, no doubt Harry Kane • For Argentina, I would say Julián Álvarez • And for Brazil, it's really hard to find him. By default, Ronaldinho but he is already there for Bachira. |
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BarelyCreative said: Yeah let's go EAT SHIT JABERWOCK!!Absolutely loved the Engrish at the end, felt like Kuroko Last Game all over again. 🤣 |
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KANLen09 said: Well only one player from the big 5 is native english speaker so it makes sense they are not fluent speakers and Rin english was good too imo Even as Isagi tried his best to avoid the ball for the match point, all of this couldn't make the deception that his team lost in the pivotal match against Rin's team with a score of 5-4. As customary, the winner team must pick someone from Isagi's team, and Rin, for better or for worse, chooses Isagi to join in his conquest to become the best, completing the 5-people team for the 2nd Selection. The last goal that was pure luck, Isagi feels regret that he's moving on, but Chigiri, Barou and Nagi will not back from their own fight. Tokimitsu and Aryu welcome Isagi with open arms, and the reunion of both him and Bachira reunited the hope of fair competition and teamwork. Now that all 5 people have passed the 2nd Selection, now it's all down to teaching what luck means in the football world from Ego himself, thrugh explaining the ruses of the final decisive goal, the part where Isagi's planning could not catch up to. Ego is truly right: luck only comes to those who fight hard for it, be it either coincidences or not, and that is the difference beween Isagi and Rin, in the process of victory and defeat. The 3rd Selection against the World Five in a 5 vs 5 match, this is the brutality of the outside world of football. Isagi wanting to one-up Rin by following in his footsteps, even in his cooldown, it's a bit on the stretch that Isagi is forcing himself upon. But with Bachira, these two are peas in a pod to do things together, to devour the World Five. The World Five aren't to be trifled, and apart from the somewhat scamping Engrish, it's Team Blue Lock vs. Team World Five in a standout play of individuality and teamwork, with Bachira and Rin scoring first blood. Gonna be a finale that's worth watching. |
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dasprn said: Yeah Mbappe is here in Blue Lock as world's no. 1 rising star. Also Brazil one seems to be a physique of Hulk rather than Ronaldiniho. Yeah, come to think of it, that's also a possibility. In this case, there is also Adriano or even Roberto Carlos by changing positions. |
| Okay so only one epsiode left and they play vs the best strikers in the world. Hm. Was a crazy anime till now, i hope they do a season 2. One episode will not be enough!!! |
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_animesekai said: itoshi rin gives me the feels of deidara from akatsuki ! Actually he reminds me of Rukawa from Slam Dunk. They give off similar vibes. |
| I think it's not surprising to the audience that Rin wins against Isagi. And Isagi got chosen to go with the winning team for the next selection. I wonder who Bachira would pick if Rin didn't interrupt. It's a good start that they got the first goal against the team with the best strikers. Looking forward to the continuation of their game. I have read the manga but I forgot who won. |
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Elyshion said: I'm from Brazil, the character is based on Dada Maravilha. A complete pure scorer type of player (Haaland is a good similar example of style, scoring machine). He has a famous quote here "There is no such thing as an ugly goal, ugly is not scoring a goal" and he was an amazing header with crazy vertical jump.MBAPPÉ!!! More seriously, for the references of the 5 players: • For Spain, I would say either Fernando Torres but he never played for Real Madrid... • For England, no doubt Harry Kane • For Argentina, I would say Julián Álvarez • And for Brazil, it's really hard to find him. By default, Ronaldinho but he is already there for Bachira.  |
GakutoDeathGlare said: Do you really think that young football players around the world have good english? Except form the guy representing England, none of the others would have. They are doing a good portray of the reality and you are breaking it.That was the worst Engrish I've heard in a long time. Is it that difficult to get some fluent English speaking VAs? Talk about a break in immersion. |
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