Blue Lock

Yoichi Isagi was mere moments away from scoring a goal that would have sent his high school soccer team to the nationals, but a split-second decision to pass the ball to his teammate cost him that reality. Bitter, confused, and disappointed, Isagi wonders if the outcome would have been different had he not made the pass. When the young striker returns home, an invitation from the Japan Football Union awaits him. Through an arbitrary and biased decision-making process, Isagi is one of three hundred U-18 strikers selected for a controversial project named Blue Lock.

The project's ultimate goal is to turn one of the selected players into the star striker for the Japanese national team. To find the best participant, each diamond in the rough must compete against others through a series of solo and team competitions to rise to the top. Putting aside his ethical objections to the project, Isagi feels compelled to fight his way to the top, even if it means ruthlessly crushing the dreams of 299 aspiring young strikers.

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Bachira, Meguru Main

Kaito, Tasuku Japanese

Isagi, Yoichi Main

Ura, Kazuki Japanese

Chigiri, Hyouma Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Kunigami, Rensuke Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Nagi, Seishirou Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Itoshi, Rin Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Barou, Shouei Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Shidou, Ryuusei Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Mikage, Reo Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Itoshi, Sae Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Arisawa, Ryouya Producer

Mori, Yuuki Producer

Hirano, Tsutomu Producer

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Oct 7, 2024

alberrtorres

Recommended

It’s an anime that breaks away from traditional sports molds, in this case, football (soccer). From the start, the premise is intriguing: a project aimed at creating Japan's most selfish and lethal striker, challenging the idea of teamwork that has always characterized collective sports.

I enjoyed the intensity and fierce competition between the characters. The series does not shy away from showing the dark side of football, highlighting how ruthless high-level sports can be. However, as the story progresses, I realized that the characters are quite one-dimensional, almost all motivated by selfishness and personal ambition, which, while aligned with the theme of the series, can ... become repetitive.

Visually, "Blue Lock" is impressive. The action scenes are dynamic and vibrant, and the visual effects during critical moments add tension and excitement. However, at times I felt that the plot moves at a somewhat accelerated pace, leaving little room for in-depth character development.

In summary, it’s an exciting anime if you enjoy extreme action and competition, but don’t expect too much depth in character evolution or a traditional focus on teamwork. If you like to see the harsher side of sports, this is the show for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Oct 5, 2024

databercuse

Mixed Feelings

TLDR: The show is fine. If you like typical shounen power fantasy or if you like isekai you'll probably find this fun. There's nothing inherently wrong with the show I just wish it wasn't such a typical predictable edgy shounen power fantasy. Ultimately this is less of a sports show and more of a shounen battle show flavored as a soccer show.

The animation is by far the best part a lot of effort was put into it and it looks amazing. It by far carries the show during its action segments. If you like the show this is probably one of the main reasons ... why it looks amazing.

The story is just so incredibly disappointing. It ultimately has nothing new to say. Everything it mentions about ego or what it takes to be a striker is just edge bait to make the viewer feel empowered through their para-social link with the characters. The actual plot is far far far closer to something like The Berserk of Gluttony than an actual sports show. It is genuinely like someone took an edgy isekai plotline and inserted it into a show about soccer. Each character has some unique super power (because of course they do its a fkin shounen sports anime) and games ultimately come down to bullshit plot contrivances.

Yes the show is incredibly overrated. It is essentially just another hyperconsumable isekai but with a genuinely unique setup and great animation. However, that setup wears thin after a couple episodes and (personally) animation is not enough to carry a show. It is enjoyable trashy fun but that's it. The ultimate crime of this show is just how typical, forgettable, and unoriginal its plot is.

7/10 but its far closer to a 6 than an 8 (probably like a 6.7 in reality).

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 6, 2023

exvxa

Not Recommended

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Story: Literally non-existent. Each episode resolves of pseudo-developing football skills. The characters get a pass from another player and than stand face o face for 30 seconds and talk toxic redudant bullshit to each other to make sure the one speaking is more alpha than the other.

Characters: Nothing special here. Typical shounen character set, fancy hair styles. There is the already mentioned pseudo-developing of each character's individual skill set, which some people might find interesting. While this is a shounen anime i can understand this doesn't have to be near to realism, but it gets boring pretty soon. Its a typical schema: Isagi faces a ... better oponent which is depicted as super overpowerd, then he get's an epiphany on his oponents individual skill and tactic set and becomes better in ca. 45min. And this repeats on each story stage. Boring. Only Bachira's stoy background is kind of interesting and supports his development but thats all. The other 40 characters are not very individual to each other, they are all a bunch of toxic, narcistic losers who should better go to college.

Music: Typical shounen garbage.

Design: Some chars look cool, most of them have guffy hairstyles. Another boring part about the anime is the surroundings. These wannabes are caged inside a isolated cage. There is nothing, really nothing, that makes this anime in any way beautiful and a piece of art.

Animation: Literally non-existent. There is maybe 5min of total football animation in this anime, the rest are stand alone pictures. I didnt know time pauses when you play football.

Overall: Bad, redundaant, meaningless shounen anime, A score of 8.25 is blasphemy but shows, how bad anime fans can judge art lmao

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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