Writing this because of so many comments saying this is the greatest sports series ever on it's crunchyroll page. It's not. Cookie cutter edgelord MC with black hair. And every other character is another common Anime trope.
The story is about some kid who messed up his dream of playing at nationals. Gets a chance at Blue Lock where they want to find the best striker in Japan. The structure of Blue Lock means that if you don't pass their various tests, you get eliminated. What's even worse is that your career as a striker is over. I think this premise is completely dumb. There are PLENTY of real life examples of people who are late bloomers. But this joker, Ego thinks it's fine to ruin someone's career at the age of 17? What?
Anime is also full of cringe dialogues like demons and "We aRE STriKeRS". I almost thought this was gonna turn into some pseudo vampire sports anime when it got that that episode with Bachira, the guy who yaps on about demons and monsters inside us. lol like what?
Carried by animation.