CRINGE, EMBARRASSING, AWKWARD
The amount of cringe, embarrassment and awkwardness I feel when watching this anime is unbelievable😂The worst second hand embarrassment I felt so far.
The dialogues are killing me! HAHAHAHAHAHA They are talking with the demons inside them literally, face to face lol. And they want to kill each other just for the title 'the greatest striker😂" It's so childish really. It's like hundreds of grown-ups fighting for a single candy offered by an old man they met along the street (yes that old man is ego)
And the way they keep mentioning the 3 real life football players over and over again, in the same order and the same manner is so funny and cringe worthy. Instead of feeling proud that famous forwards are getting mentioned, I feel embarrassed instead like what the heck.
The premise and basically the plot of this anime is "TO BE THE GREATEST STRIKER IN THE WORLD" Lol striker here, striker there. Does football only has strikers as position? Idk but it sounds corny af.
The story and the characters doesn't have the inspirational impact like with Haikyuu. Characters in blue lock felt like robots programmed with only one mission. I can't feel anything special for them, I can't feel the pull and the need to support them like what I normally feel with sports anime characters... I just watch them and sometimes say, "Oh wow he's gorgeous" but that's it. It's like being attracted only with the looks.
On the other hand, they do said blue lock is not made to be inspirational and relatable. It's not made to be realistic. Well too bad though because that's what I'm looking for in sports animes. Being realistic, inspirational and relatable are the greatest feelings a sports anime can provide to it's audience. Emotional impact is better than just "hype".
Animation is good, that why many people are hyped about it. But Haikyuu's animation is still way better and way cleaner. Sometimes blue lock is like a slide show of events.
Music is fine. Nothing amazing.
Overall (2): I didn't enjoy it much because like I said, the cringe is unbearable. I wanna smack in them in the face for saying idiotic and corny stuffs everytime. it's not for me.
Summary:
✓Blue lock world revolves on strikers alone. So if you're waiting for other positions to appear, don't bother.
✓Dialogues are cringe af and bad af.
✓Characters are not that interesting. But they do have gayness vibe in them when they're looking at each other so if you're a shipper that's a plus.
✓ Trying hard to be edgy. It's almost stupid.
If you still wanna watch it after all I said, go ahead. To see is to believe anyway.