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Apr 19, 2023 11:46 AM
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While im not a hater by any means but it seems this anime wasnt for me. The concept seemed nice like how you made a reality show kind of scenario to find the best young striker in japan. But the first selection was extremely disadvantageous to the players playing goalkeeper, like they didn't get enough game time or opportunity to improve and grow like other players. They were stuck playing a role they werent used to and hence they would exit early in the 2nd selection (even if their team qualified). Was it all about ego at the end? i mean what if these players had decided to not play GK then no one would play that position in that team and as a result their teams prolly wouldn't have qualified for the next selection. Basically what this means is to hell with team play, achieving individual milestones is all that matters with the how rules were laid out (which i believe is fundamentally wrong, its not football anymore). Another thing to take notice is the amount of free kicks and corner kicks, they were non existent during the 1st of the anime (free kicks might have been cuz of the fair play points and as for corner kicks, its prolly cuz the DFs and GKs werent good enough to block or parry the shots) but missing these aspects of the game really impacts my enjoyment as a football fan, like how you dont get a single unforced error in a full 90 mins game.

And these players skillset are more suited for entirely different role (its just a nitpick of mine like how chigiri should be a winger with that pace and isagi should be a central midfielder or a ball playing centre back) but it doesn't really bother me since that was the nature of this anime.

My views maybe convoluted but i thought this anime was a little misinformative. Sports anime usually get me excited and hyped during matches, in case of blue lock I found the matches to be boring and 1 dimensional (things start to get tight and then isagi has his moment, thats pretty much every game)

No hate but why did you like this anime? I want to know your thoughts
HystiqueApr 19, 2023 11:55 AM
Apr 19, 2023 9:15 PM
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who asked?
I didn't
Apr 19, 2023 9:43 PM
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Hystique said:
While im not a hater by any means but it seems this anime wasnt for me. The concept seemed nice like how you made a reality show kind of scenario to find the best young striker in japan. But the first selection was extremely disadvantageous to the players playing goalkeeper, like they didn't get enough game time or opportunity to improve and grow like other players. They were stuck playing a role they werent used to and hence they would exit early in the 2nd selection (even if their team qualified). Was it all about ego at the end? i mean what if these players had decided to not play GK then no one would play that position in that team and as a result their teams prolly wouldn't have qualified for the next selection. Basically what this means is to hell with team play, achieving individual milestones is all that matters with the how rules were laid out (which i believe is fundamentally wrong, its not football anymore). Another thing to take notice is the amount of free kicks and corner kicks, they were non existent during the 1st of the anime (free kicks might have been cuz of the fair play points and as for corner kicks, its prolly cuz the DFs and GKs werent good enough to block or parry the shots) but missing these aspects of the game really impacts my enjoyment as a football fan, like how you dont get a single unforced error in a full 90 mins game.

And these players skillset are more suited for entirely different role (its just a nitpick of mine like how chigiri should be a winger with that pace and isagi should be a central midfielder or a ball playing centre back) but it doesn't really bother me since that was the nature of this anime.

My views maybe convoluted but i thought this anime was a little misinformative. Sports anime usually get me excited and hyped during matches, in case of blue lock I found the matches to be boring and 1 dimensional (things start to get tight and then isagi has his moment, thats pretty much every game)

No hate but why did you like this anime? I want to know your thoughts

i think it gets better but I would also say that the manga was better than the anime adaptation.
Apr 19, 2023 10:44 PM
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Hystique said:
While im not a hater by any means but it seems this anime wasnt for me. The concept seemed nice like how you made a reality show kind of scenario to find the best young striker in japan. But the first selection was extremely disadvantageous to the players playing goalkeeper, like they didn't get enough game time or opportunity to improve and grow like other players. They were stuck playing a role they werent used to and hence they would exit early in the 2nd selection (even if their team qualified). Was it all about ego at the end? i mean what if these players had decided to not play GK then no one would play that position in that team and as a result their teams prolly wouldn't have qualified for the next selection. Basically what this means is to hell with team play, achieving individual milestones is all that matters with the how rules were laid out (which i believe is fundamentally wrong, its not football anymore). Another thing to take notice is the amount of free kicks and corner kicks, they were non existent during the 1st of the anime (free kicks might have been cuz of the fair play points and as for corner kicks, its prolly cuz the DFs and GKs werent good enough to block or parry the shots) but missing these aspects of the game really impacts my enjoyment as a football fan, like how you dont get a single unforced error in a full 90 mins game.

And these players skillset are more suited for entirely different role (its just a nitpick of mine like how chigiri should be a winger with that pace and isagi should be a central midfielder or a ball playing centre back) but it doesn't really bother me since that was the nature of this anime.

My views maybe convoluted but i thought this anime was a little misinformative. Sports anime usually get me excited and hyped during matches, in case of blue lock I found the matches to be boring and 1 dimensional (things start to get tight and then isagi has his moment, thats pretty much every game)

No hate but why did you like this anime? I want to know your thoughts

that's the point of the show, it's destroy fundamental of sport itself by doing something egoist instead doing team work, about the GK, they literally force them to find out by themself who's gonna be the GK, is it the weakest? is it decide by rock paper scissors? or maybe no one gonna be GK because everyone has their ego. back again it's all Ego, which is in real life probably wrong but you get the point of this show want to make, Sometimes you must be an egoist to improve, you gotta sacrifice another to reach your limit, its life lesson but also don't do it every time, you have a brain don't you?

and also just don't take it serious and bring real life situation, you have brain and you can decide when you gotta be egoist and when you gotta do a teamwork.

l mean l just see blue lock as an anti mainstream sport and have unique plot, if you want to see realistic football? read Ao Ashi(which l prefer than blue lock)

it's like a shounen anime where the main character did not forgive the enemy instead kill them brutally

or romance anime where the story is not sweet wholesome instead about cheating and betraying their lover

see it like an anti mainstream show, not just put it in real life situation.
Apr 20, 2023 4:17 AM
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People seriously need to stop posting their reviews as a forum thread.
Apr 20, 2023 6:44 AM
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Good point there about positions allocation. It falls into my thinking, especially against the backdrop of the last episode and Kunigami's lock off, that this model is viciously unfair. Incompetent players may make it through for a host of contributing factors. It's also highly encouraging of self-service and ego, which I suspect all prominent coaches would endorse for a thriving career. The biggest flaw for me I guess was Isagi's whopping and jaw-dropping evolution at a pace the likes of which have never seen before. He's always lucky, he always wins, he never flops. Reminds me of Bleach's Ichigo, a protagonist destined for success. It was never explained what is the majestic source of Isagi's booming talent. 

My take might imply dislike or ambivalence, but I overall was overjoyed watching the show, I applaud the unpredictability of the course of actions, and I will happily watch the next season.   
Apr 20, 2023 6:49 AM
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Bluelock is good why are we complaining about goalies when the main point of the show is to be a striker it looks amazing,it’s badass asf, and it tears down what makes soccer a sport. it’s a brand new concept of sports anime cuz let’s be real if you play a sport like this or any other are you going out there to win for the left back or maybe one of the center mids…hell nah bcz u wanna win for yourself others can’t make you strong unless you put in the work they can help you and at the end of the day yes you want your team to win including all on your team but nobody else can share the excitement you feel about winning. yes the manga is def better but the anime definitely doesn’t disappoint. why hate on bluelock when aoashi exists that shit had me spitting Zs not even 10 ep in
lolskidoodledooApr 20, 2023 6:54 AM
Apr 20, 2023 6:53 AM
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I mean... Iemon wasn't forced to play goalkeeper the whole game. He could've come out of goal and gone full Blue lock. And remember he chose to play in that position so he was aware of that sacrifice.

The whole point of the first selection was for the players to find their unique weapons and their strengths. You say it's about achieving individual milestones but Team Z succeeded by good team play. Some of Isagi's best goals in the series i.e that back heel in the second selection came from excellent team play.

Idk why people say Blue lock's message is about being selfish when it actively contradicts that sentiment with every arc. It's not even just anime onlies, people that are caught up on the manga still have such a jarring take on the series.



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Apr 20, 2023 7:32 AM
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bro post his review to the forum, there's a review corner here why would you just post it there?
Apr 20, 2023 7:33 AM
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i liked blue lock for its over the top nature, the way its structured it also made matches unpredictable especially in the second half of the season and that kept me on edge, blue lock isn't perfect by any means and i can certainly see why someone would dislike it but i personally loved it just because it is over the top and hype
Apr 20, 2023 8:17 AM
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I don’t even know anything about soccer but I don’t like the anime bc every 2 seconds it’s a freeze frame of them talking I’m trying to watch them play not talk the whole time
Apr 20, 2023 9:26 AM
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Hystique said:
While im not a hater by any means but it seems this anime wasnt for me. The concept seemed nice like how you made a reality show kind of scenario to find the best young striker in japan. But the first selection was extremely disadvantageous to the players playing goalkeeper, like they didn't get enough game time or opportunity to improve and grow like other players. They were stuck playing a role they werent used to and hence they would exit early in the 2nd selection (even if their team qualified). Was it all about ego at the end? i mean what if these players had decided to not play GK then no one would play that position in that team and as a result their teams prolly wouldn't have qualified for the next selection. Basically what this means is to hell with team play, achieving individual milestones is all that matters with the how rules were laid out (which i believe is fundamentally wrong, its not football anymore). Another thing to take notice is the amount of free kicks and corner kicks, they were non existent during the 1st of the anime (free kicks might have been cuz of the fair play points and as for corner kicks, its prolly cuz the DFs and GKs werent good enough to block or parry the shots) but missing these aspects of the game really impacts my enjoyment as a football fan, like how you dont get a single unforced error in a full 90 mins game.

And these players skillset are more suited for entirely different role (its just a nitpick of mine like how chigiri should be a winger with that pace and isagi should be a central midfielder or a ball playing centre back) but it doesn't really bother me since that was the nature of this anime.

My views maybe convoluted but i thought this anime was a little misinformative. Sports anime usually get me excited and hyped during matches, in case of blue lock I found the matches to be boring and 1 dimensional (things start to get tight and then isagi has his moment, thats pretty much every game)

No hate but why did you like this anime? I want to know your thoughts

That's the whole point of the show, how can you convince the group of boys and dominate on others through your ego

Moreover most of the sports anime are predictable, however that's not the case with Blue Lock except Team Z vs Team V match

Moreover the mangaka depicted this more as "Battle shounen manga" rather than only sports manga

Just wait for the "Peak" Lock's future seasons
Apr 20, 2023 9:25 PM
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because I watched the whole thing and you only explained the beginning... the rest of it with the bot goalies becomes extreme and the end does result in ego. come back to this forum when you can explain that luck is designed by parameters
Apr 20, 2023 11:12 PM

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Fukuro26 said:
Hystique said:
While im not a hater by any means but it seems this anime wasnt for me. The concept seemed nice like how you made a reality show kind of scenario to find the best young striker in japan. But the first selection was extremely disadvantageous to the players playing goalkeeper, like they didn't get enough game time or opportunity to improve and grow like other players. They were stuck playing a role they werent used to and hence they would exit early in the 2nd selection (even if their team qualified). Was it all about ego at the end? i mean what if these players had decided to not play GK then no one would play that position in that team and as a result their teams prolly wouldn't have qualified for the next selection. Basically what this means is to hell with team play, achieving individual milestones is all that matters with the how rules were laid out (which i believe is fundamentally wrong, its not football anymore). Another thing to take notice is the amount of free kicks and corner kicks, they were non existent during the 1st of the anime (free kicks might have been cuz of the fair play points and as for corner kicks, its prolly cuz the DFs and GKs werent good enough to block or parry the shots) but missing these aspects of the game really impacts my enjoyment as a football fan, like how you dont get a single unforced error in a full 90 mins game.

And these players skillset are more suited for entirely different role (its just a nitpick of mine like how chigiri should be a winger with that pace and isagi should be a central midfielder or a ball playing centre back) but it doesn't really bother me since that was the nature of this anime.

My views maybe convoluted but i thought this anime was a little misinformative. Sports anime usually get me excited and hyped during matches, in case of blue lock I found the matches to be boring and 1 dimensional (things start to get tight and then isagi has his moment, thats pretty much every game)

No hate but why did you like this anime? I want to know your thoughts

that's the point of the show, it's destroy fundamental of sport itself by doing something egoist instead doing team work, about the GK, they literally force them to find out by themself who's gonna be the GK, is it the weakest? is it decide by rock paper scissors? or maybe no one gonna be GK because everyone has their ego. back again it's all Ego, which is in real life probably wrong but you get the point of this show want to make, Sometimes you must be an egoist to improve, you gotta sacrifice another to reach your limit, its life lesson but also don't do it every time, you have a brain don't you?

and also just don't take it serious and bring real life situation, you have brain and you can decide when you gotta be egoist and when you gotta do a teamwork.

l mean l just see blue lock as an anti mainstream sport and have unique plot, if you want to see realistic football? read Ao Ashi(which l prefer than blue lock)

it's like a shounen anime where the main character did not forgive the enemy instead kill them brutally

or romance anime where the story is not sweet wholesome instead about cheating and betraying their lover

see it like an anti mainstream show, not just put it in real life situation.
I think the word you are looking for is 'Decontruction'. But it contradicts itself multiple times in the show. The philosophy that this anime preaches is half baked from what I have gathered so far. Team Z qualified because of their team play and Isagi's ability to dictate those plays, not due to an individual performance. 
Apr 20, 2023 11:13 PM

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People seriously need to stop posting their reviews as a forum thread.
Its not really a review... I would have constructed it better and touched upon more things otherwise.
Apr 20, 2023 11:18 PM

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Aziz_Iso said:
Good point there about positions allocation. It falls into my thinking, especially against the backdrop of the last episode and Kunigami's lock off, that this model is viciously unfair. Incompetent players may make it through for a host of contributing factors. It's also highly encouraging of self-service and ego, which I suspect all prominent coaches would endorse for a thriving career. The biggest flaw for me I guess was Isagi's whopping and jaw-dropping evolution at a pace the likes of which have never seen before. He's always lucky, he always wins, he never flops. Reminds me of Bleach's Ichigo, a protagonist destined for success. It was never explained what is the majestic source of Isagi's booming talent. 

My take might imply dislike or ambivalence, but I overall was overjoyed watching the show, I applaud the unpredictability of the course of actions, and I will happily watch the next season.   
Actually, I did mention how Isagi's is able to pull something out of his ass every time. This very fact made Bleach dull and repetitive for me.
Apr 20, 2023 11:20 PM

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lolskidoodledoo said:
Bluelock is good why are we complaining about goalies when the main point of the show is to be a striker it looks amazing,it’s badass asf, and it tears down what makes soccer a sport. it’s a brand new concept of sports anime cuz let’s be real if you play a sport like this or any other are you going out there to win for the left back or maybe one of the center mids…hell nah bcz u wanna win for yourself others can’t make you strong unless you put in the work they can help you and at the end of the day yes you want your team to win including all on your team but nobody else can share the excitement you feel about winning. yes the manga is def better but the anime definitely doesn’t disappoint. why hate on bluelock when aoashi exists that shit had me spitting Zs not even 10 ep in
I'm not really hating on it... I just thought it was dull and fundamentally wrong.
Apr 20, 2023 11:26 PM

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shash_sama18 said:
Hystique said:
While im not a hater by any means but it seems this anime wasnt for me. The concept seemed nice like how you made a reality show kind of scenario to find the best young striker in japan. But the first selection was extremely disadvantageous to the players playing goalkeeper, like they didn't get enough game time or opportunity to improve and grow like other players. They were stuck playing a role they werent used to and hence they would exit early in the 2nd selection (even if their team qualified). Was it all about ego at the end? i mean what if these players had decided to not play GK then no one would play that position in that team and as a result their teams prolly wouldn't have qualified for the next selection. Basically what this means is to hell with team play, achieving individual milestones is all that matters with the how rules were laid out (which i believe is fundamentally wrong, its not football anymore). Another thing to take notice is the amount of free kicks and corner kicks, they were non existent during the 1st of the anime (free kicks might have been cuz of the fair play points and as for corner kicks, its prolly cuz the DFs and GKs werent good enough to block or parry the shots) but missing these aspects of the game really impacts my enjoyment as a football fan, like how you dont get a single unforced error in a full 90 mins game.

And these players skillset are more suited for entirely different role (its just a nitpick of mine like how chigiri should be a winger with that pace and isagi should be a central midfielder or a ball playing centre back) but it doesn't really bother me since that was the nature of this anime.

My views maybe convoluted but i thought this anime was a little misinformative. Sports anime usually get me excited and hyped during matches, in case of blue lock I found the matches to be boring and 1 dimensional (things start to get tight and then isagi has his moment, thats pretty much every game)

No hate but why did you like this anime? I want to know your thoughts

That's the whole point of the show, how can you convince the group of boys and dominate on others through your ego

Moreover most of the sports anime are predictable, however that's not the case with Blue Lock except Team Z vs Team V match

Moreover the mangaka depicted this more as "Battle shounen manga" rather than only sports manga

Just wait for the "Peak" Lock's future seasons
If you like this is "Peak", thats greats... and I guess, it being a "Battle Shounen" now explains why there's a freeze frame monologue every 2 seconds instead of actual match going on.
Apr 20, 2023 11:28 PM
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Hystique said:
Fukuro26 said:

that's the point of the show, it's destroy fundamental of sport itself by doing something egoist instead doing team work, about the GK, they literally force them to find out by themself who's gonna be the GK, is it the weakest? is it decide by rock paper scissors? or maybe no one gonna be GK because everyone has their ego. back again it's all Ego, which is in real life probably wrong but you get the point of this show want to make, Sometimes you must be an egoist to improve, you gotta sacrifice another to reach your limit, its life lesson but also don't do it every time, you have a brain don't you?

and also just don't take it serious and bring real life situation, you have brain and you can decide when you gotta be egoist and when you gotta do a teamwork.

l mean l just see blue lock as an anti mainstream sport and have unique plot, if you want to see realistic football? read Ao Ashi(which l prefer than blue lock)

it's like a shounen anime where the main character did not forgive the enemy instead kill them brutally

or romance anime where the story is not sweet wholesome instead about cheating and betraying their lover

see it like an anti mainstream show, not just put it in real life situation.
I think the word you are looking for is 'Decontruction'. But it contradicts itself multiple times in the show. The philosophy that this anime preaches is half baked from what I have gathered so far. Team Z qualified because of their team play and Isagi's ability to dictate those plays, not due to an individual performance. 

that's the point, that's why he is the main character, he is controlling everyone in his team, he literally core part member in team Z. that's why in the second selection, many of team Z did not survive because they are depending on Isagi. so was everyone in every team who did not survive, they are too depending on one or two people. so we know from the first selection who's gonna be selected is the one who control the team in his hand, like Isagi with his team, or any other team. the core part the team always survive like nagi, barou, rin, or anybody else.
Apr 21, 2023 12:39 AM
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When this anine get started i start liking it till 6th episode but then after every episode my interest gets low and low even at episode 15 i dropped it but after 1 month i started it again and this time i suddenly gets interested in it again i binge watched all episodes that was available till that date and started to wait for another episodes and ended it but for me this was a 6.5 out of 10 not fine not good somewhere in between.
Apr 21, 2023 3:46 AM
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a fair opinion, no matter how much of a real one Iemon is its all bout ego and Iemon didnt have the ego to put himself in the striker position causing him to fall behind and be eliminated, personally id love for u to give it another chance especially since everything afterwards is a return to the actual basics of sports where characters have or are finding their true positions, idk if they’ll continue with the pure striker stuff but they most likely will just everyone’s beginning to fall into other positions instead of just striker personally I love the hype surrounding games and just the absurd nature of the skills they perform its like knb in a way, u make a fair point and the premise can be a turn off but if u can look past it u might enjoy it especially since the anime is about to enter the best part
Apr 21, 2023 1:19 PM
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Well, yeah. We know it’s all about the Ego. The goalies failed because they didn’t have the ego required, they accepted being goalies.
Sounds like you enjoy Ao Ashi as a soccer anime more than Blue Lock.
Apr 23, 2023 8:54 AM
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I love it when people say certain things like "the anime is misinformative or that isn't how it is in real life" when it's literally an anime. Look at any other big sports anime. You can't just consistently shoot 3 points from a full court. The chances of someone less than 5 foot tall becoming the core of a volleyball team arent high. You can't have a hot-glue gun mix of players from different sports and backgrounds just win a whole tournament against schools that are just for sports, but we see it all the time.

And for those that think Isagi is "lucky", not only in the last 2 episodes did we get an explanation of how luck isn't really just being lucky, but Isagi's win-lose/draw ratio is literally 4:5 times that he has won in the first season. It's not like he is randomly getting the ball in a good position either, he is calculating where a goal might be produced at. Not everything goes his way all the time either.

(I will agree though, this anime is probably the biggest offender with talking during the sport, I would wait till this is all out to watch first).

Also, Team Z did have a bit of team work, but there were only about 5 of the 11 players that actually did anything scoring-wise, and one of them was a betrayer. It was even better in other teams where there were 3 major players or less. Of the 11 major players in that building, all but 2 pasted the 1st selection and all but 1 pasted the 2nd after that. I don't know how much you can say that individual strength didn't matter and it was mostly teamwork.

As someone that likes Ao Ashi, there were full episodes when we didn't see him play soccer, so complaining about the 2 minutes of dialogue during a game in Blue Lock is kinda weird and contradictory.
Apr 25, 2023 4:37 AM
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Hystique said:
No hate but why did you like this anime? I want to know your thoughts
because it's way too exciting, re-watchable, and there are a lot of funny scenes. oh, and there are also many shippable characters ><

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