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Nov 27, 2022 2:02 AM
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Do you think this would be even better as a BL anime? They've at least got the characters for it. As a sports anime, mostly guys are watching this anime but if this was BL then girls would watch it too which would mean a boost of popualirty for this anime.

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Nov 27, 2022 2:07 AM
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Nah, just take these delusions somewhere else. Hot guys don't always have to be BL.

"๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช... ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ."
โป๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜–๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช
Nov 27, 2022 2:09 AM
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most stupid thing I've read today
Nov 27, 2022 2:11 AM
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i love bl but this post makes no sense wtf
Nov 27, 2022 2:11 AM
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as a sports anime it should be about sports
Nov 27, 2022 2:12 AM
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haven't you ever seen sports genre before? where the hell that BL thought came from?
Nov 27, 2022 2:20 AM
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I love bl but FUCK NO, what would the point of random romance be๐Ÿ’€, that would completely destroy the tension. Who the hell would be able to fall in love when their dream and job is at risk๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€
Nov 27, 2022 2:21 AM
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no. absolutely not.
Nov 27, 2022 2:23 AM
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there's no place for love in sports manga
Nov 27, 2022 2:29 AM
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And I don't understand the stupid "girls would watch it too if it was bl" ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€ I'm a girl mf and only my girl friends watch it ,at least atm, I'm still working on getting the dudes to watch it๐Ÿ’€ but like common I feel like I got brain damage just from this thought. Can we stop stereotypes already, I'm tierd, you either like it or you don't ez. Sorry for going off at you, it just felt too brain numbing๐Ÿ˜‚
Nov 27, 2022 2:33 AM
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Hell no. Def the most stupid thing I've read today ๐Ÿ’€ This is a sport anime SPORT.
Nov 27, 2022 2:33 AM
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Don't tell us your personal interest.
Nov 27, 2022 2:42 AM
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Never understood what was straight girls deal to make straight guys look gay
Nov 27, 2022 2:42 AM
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we need to free sports anime from mlm fetishizers
Nov 27, 2022 2:52 AM
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How's this show even related to any sort of BL in the first place?
Nov 27, 2022 3:09 AM

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No, i don't think so. ๐Ÿ˜ถ
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Nov 27, 2022 3:19 AM

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Not the focus of this anime so no.




Nov 27, 2022 3:25 AM

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where you found love genre btw?
Nov 27, 2022 3:28 AM
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TsutanaiFuun said:
Do you think this would be even better as a BL anime? They've at least got the characters for it. As a sports anime, mostly guys are watching this anime but if this was BL then girls would watch it too which would mean a boost of popualirty for this anime.

got a feeling that if it was bl a lot of the male sports fans would lose interest
Nov 27, 2022 3:28 AM
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haerin said:
there's no place for love in sports manga

say that to blue box lol (rly good manga btw)
Nov 27, 2022 3:31 AM
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I mean ๐Ÿ˜ฉ [๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญwhy]

Nov 27, 2022 3:31 AM

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to clarify i didn't say anywhere that this had "love" genre. i'm saying WHAT IF it had BL. it's a question out of curiosity and yes this is my first sports anime.

The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama.
Feeling half happy, half sad.
  

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Nov 27, 2022 3:36 AM
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nah blue lock is a place for survival and being the best we dont got any time to see 16 year old boys start kissing in the fucking locker room
Nov 27, 2022 3:44 AM
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haerin said:
there's no place for love in sports manga

Yeah but there is place for sucking each other off in locker room because they are all pent up after games
Nov 27, 2022 3:45 AM

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This anime already has a very large fanbase of fujoshis without having to be BL, if it were BL there would be an increase in fujoshis/fudanshis and a decrease in male fans.

Nov 27, 2022 3:46 AM
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Monkiesmata said:
nah blue lock is a place for survival and being the best we dont got any time to see 16 year old boys start kissing in the fucking locker room

They are 18 yo btw. Also this anime doesn't need BL to be spicy it's already so fucking spicy with locker room scenes
Nov 27, 2022 3:47 AM
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im sure one reason that shojo anime is dying because fan girls finds more hot boys in shonen anime like this
Nov 27, 2022 3:52 AM

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Girls are already watching this

Making it BL would put off the guys

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Nov 27, 2022 3:58 AM

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Yatagarasu18 said:
Monkiesmata said:
nah blue lock is a place for survival and being the best we dont got any time to see 16 year old boys start kissing in the fucking locker room

They are 18 yo btw. Also this anime doesn't need BL to be spicy it's already so fucking spicy with locker room scenes

gagamaru and sae itoshi are the only ones 18, everyone else is either 16 or 17
Nov 27, 2022 3:59 AM

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The manga is already borderline BL
Nov 27, 2022 4:09 AM
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chigiri do be looking fine tho
Nov 27, 2022 5:34 AM
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JUST STHU. Stop tryna make everything BL.
Nov 27, 2022 5:34 AM
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So is BL a BL anime? Find out in the next week of MAL the Bullshit Z
Nov 27, 2022 6:20 AM
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How to slap a person through the internet? ๐Ÿ—ฟ

Nov 27, 2022 7:15 AM
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No? I think Blue Lock is already popular without being a BL so its unnecessary.
Nov 27, 2022 7:17 AM

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Your username will be even better if it wasn't on this forum thread.
Nov 27, 2022 10:12 AM
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What the fuck is BL anime?
Nov 27, 2022 10:24 AM

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No and it won't boost popularity since the boys viewers will just go down
Nov 27, 2022 10:27 AM

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What the fuck is BL anime?


Boys Love.


Gay boys kissing and hugging ๐Ÿ˜˜
HACKs! ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฎ
Nov 27, 2022 10:52 AM
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What's a BL anime?
Nov 27, 2022 11:32 AM
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like half of sports anime fans are girls wtf are you talking about?, well if they were gonna make it a BL then they should just go all the way and make it a yaoi tbh
Nov 27, 2022 11:33 AM
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Holly55443 said:
Never understood what was straight girls deal to make straight guys look gay

it's simple, two hot anime guys fucking is 2 times as hot
Nov 27, 2022 11:35 AM

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and what's shidou, chopped liver?? he didn't score a hat trick to get a guy's number just to be disrespected like this
Nov 27, 2022 11:39 AM
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TsutanaiFuun said:
Do you think this would be even better as a BL anime? They've at least got the characters for it. As a sports anime, mostly guys are watching this anime but if this was BL then girls would watch it too which would mean a boost of popualirty for this anime.

I believe that if this franchise wants to rake in more female fans, the characters’ really need to have more distinct individual personalities - and not just “I want the one who’ll prevail in Blue Lock by being the best there is” type of mentality.

A huge part of Haikyuu’s appeal is that many of its characters didn’t just have great developments, but their personalities plus intra-personal relationships were also varied and fleshed out as well. Blue Lock’s concept and setting (while it can make the tension between two characters palpable since they’re stuck in a training facility with other handsome dudes after all) makes it rare to see them act out like teenage boys and have more wholesome moments together.

In other words, and speaking as a gay guy as well, despite the attractive characters in the cast (and there are a lot of them), the franchise’s lack of cute moments between two boys and its hyper competitive nature makes it a pretty terrible BL vessel.

With that said, Rei and Navi seem like good BL candidates since they do have history, wholesome moments and great chemistry together. (I would even vouch that they’re better than Isagi x Bachira or Isagi x Kunigami). Even without the BL lens, they’re genuinely entertaining to watch since they compliment each other’s abilities and personalities well.
Nov 27, 2022 11:53 AM

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Katsudon-kun said:
TsutanaiFuun said:
Do you think this would be even better as a BL anime? They've at least got the characters for it. As a sports anime, mostly guys are watching this anime but if this was BL then girls would watch it too which would mean a boost of popualirty for this anime.

I believe that if this franchise wants to rake in more female fans, the characters’ really need to have more distinct individual personalities - and not just “I want the one who’ll prevail in Blue Lock by being the best there is” type of mentality.

A huge part of Haikyuu’s appeal is that many of its characters didn’t just have great developments, but their personalities plus intra-personal relationships were also varied and fleshed out as well. Blue Lock’s concept and setting (while it can make the tension between two characters palpable since they’re stuck in a training facility with other handsome dudes after all) makes it rare to see them act out like teenage boys and have more wholesome moments together.

In other words, and speaking as a gay guy as well, despite the attractive characters in the cast (and there are a lot of them), the franchise’s lack of cute moments between two boys and its hyper competitive nature makes it a pretty terrible BL vessel.

With that said, Rei and Navi seem like good BL candidates since they do have history, wholesome moments and great chemistry together. (I would even vouch that they’re better than Isagi x Bachira or Isagi x Kunigami). Even without the BL lens, they’re genuinely entertaining to watch since they compliment each other’s abilities and personalities well.


Speaking as a manga reader, the series does have BL potential but of the, how to put this, doujinshi variety. What we've seen in the anime so far doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of how absolutely insane these guys are. Yes, they remain pretty one note throughout, but they do it in the most intensely unhinged way possible, which combined with the setup makes for a much better doujinshi premise, where the characters are much more likely to just ehm get it out of their system and move on.

Realistically speaking, unlike something like Yuri on ice, which as an anime original was able to be a mostly sports anime with a queer love story at its core, Blue lock is based on a manga and doesn't have that freedom and never could've. If there were to be BL elements since its inception, then no matter the overarching story, the manga would've been published in a different magazine, aimed at different audience, received different marketing etc. and i don't think those two elements together would've been approved by just about any editor to begin with.

Doujinshi on the other hand, well, anything fucking goes with those, doesn't it lmao

[Edit: just saw your name and wow hey friend lmaooo]
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elany said:
Katsudon-kun said:

I believe that if this franchise wants to rake in more female fans, the characters’ really need to have more distinct individual personalities - and not just “I want the one who’ll prevail in Blue Lock by being the best there is” type of mentality.

A huge part of Haikyuu’s appeal is that many of its characters didn’t just have great developments, but their personalities plus intra-personal relationships were also varied and fleshed out as well. Blue Lock’s concept and setting (while it can make the tension between two characters palpable since they’re stuck in a training facility with other handsome dudes after all) makes it rare to see them act out like teenage boys and have more wholesome moments together.

In other words, and speaking as a gay guy as well, despite the attractive characters in the cast (and there are a lot of them), the franchise’s lack of cute moments between two boys and its hyper competitive nature makes it a pretty terrible BL vessel.

With that said, Rei and Navi seem like good BL candidates since they do have history, wholesome moments and great chemistry together. (I would even vouch that they’re better than Isagi x Bachira or Isagi x Kunigami). Even without the BL lens, they’re genuinely entertaining to watch since they compliment each other’s abilities and personalities well.


Speaking as a manga reader, the series does have BL potential but of the, how to put this, doujinshi variety. What we've seen in the anime so far doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of how absolutely insane these guys are. Yes, they remain pretty one note throughout, but they do it in the most intensely unhinged way possible, which combined with the setup makes for a much better doujinshi premise, where the characters are much more likely to just ehm get it out of their system and move on.

Realistically speaking, unlike something like Yuri on ice, which as an anime original was able to be a mostly sports anime with a queer love story at its core, Blue lock is based on a manga and doesn't have that freedom and never could've. If there were to be BL elements since its inception, then no matter the overarching story, the manga would've been published in a different magazine, aimed at different audience, received different marketing etc. and i don't think those two elements together would've been approved by just about any editor to begin with.

Doujinshi on the other hand, well, anything fucking goes with those, doesn't it lmao

[Edit: just saw your name and wow hey friend lmaooo]

Even with all that tension and spicy possibilities of “letting out steam in the locker room,” I’d still think this series wouldn’t make for a good BL franchise. Good BL, at least to me, is about those cute in-between moments - the small but many reasons why one would think two certain boys will make for a great match.

Another problem I see is that even if the author decided to incorporate queer themes from the start in the manga, it would bring up scenarios - due to Blue Lock’s story structure - such as what happens if a certain team or character leaves? Is the guy admiring them or dating them would call it quits and move on? Cheat? Try to continue with what they have even with them not around anymore? It could easily create all sorts of dilemmas and drama that sports fans don’t want in the first place.

I’m honesty wondering if those are deciding factors on why, even with the cast of very good looking sporty guys, there aren’t a lot of Blue Lock fanfics or doujins out there - despite the manga being out since 2018 or being one of the more watched shows this fall season.
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TsutanaiFuun said:
Do you think this would be even better as a BL anime? They've at least got the characters for it. As a sports anime, mostly guys are watching this anime but if this was BL then girls would watch it too which would mean a boost of popualirty for this anime.

if it was a bl I wouldn't watch it
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TsutanaiFuun said:
Do you think this would be even better as a BL anime? They've at least got the characters for it. As a sports anime, mostly guys are watching this anime but if this was BL then girls would watch it too which would mean a boost of popualirty for this anime.

I think the popularity would go down actually because many guys watch this, and probably wouldn't want to see other guys falling for other guys.
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This anime already has a very large fanbase of fujoshis without having to be BL, if it were BL there would be an increase in fujoshis/fudanshis and a decrease in male fans.

Exactly, fully agree with your comment. One of my female friends here on MAL was hyped on this anime before it was released as I think she read some of the manga but beyond that just reading people's comments on each episode I know quite a few of the posts are from female fans. If this was BL (I had to google that btw) the fanbase would decrease, at least from the male side.
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viperhc said:
Absurdo_N said:
This anime already has a very large fanbase of fujoshis without having to be BL, if it were BL there would be an increase in fujoshis/fudanshis and a decrease in male fans.

Exactly, fully agree with your comment. One of my female friends here on MAL was hyped on this anime before it was released as I think she read some of the manga but beyond that just reading people's comments on each episode I know quite a few of the posts are from female fans. If this was BL (I had to google that btw) the fanbase would decrease, at least from the male side.


Yes, the male fan base would decrease because many boys think they will turn gay just by looking at two male cartoon characters kissing.

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