Why does Isagi act...

Oct 18, 9:18 AM

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like he's playing soccer for the first time in his life 90% of the time? lol
Have you noticed that he talks and thinks about the most obvious things that happen while playing football as if he was discovering some secrets of the world? there are plenty of situations like this from the previous season, such as Isagi running towards an empty goal and wanting to score a goal, but another player runs behind him (i think it was Rin) and prevents him from doing so, and Isagi is like: '' Omg, HOW, how did he predict what I wanted to do?'' like, dude wtf, I'm not a football expert but it's obvious what you wanted to do. This is what playing football is like. His philosophical monologues have already begun this season.
It's actually quite typical behavior of characters in sports anime, but sometimes it's funny and sometimes it's very tiring because it throws you off track, and stating such obvious things makes the audience feel like they're stupid and you have to explain it to them.

The situation is somewhat similar with Tanjiro in Kny. He mentally describes the entire course of the fight or what he does and it's very irritating,
''I have to get up, I have to attack from the left, but it hurts, I have to fight, but it hurts, he's so strong wow, I can't give up, my leg is broken and I can't move (two minutes later he runs normally XD), etc. Manga artists seem to love unnecessary thoughts and conversations

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Oct 18, 9:44 AM

Ripperdoc

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I agree, it really is annoying. He is probably the most boring sports anime protagonist.

Oct 18, 9:45 AM

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Honestly, I don’t really have a defense for him in this case. I don’t pay attention to real life soccer, so I wouldn’t know.

So using that, I assume the reason they did this was so people who aren’t familiar with soccer can understand what’s going on.

Oct 18, 9:53 AM

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also the excessive monologue often interferes with the match

Oct 18, 11:59 AM

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That's called 'exposition'. Is a narrative tool to dump information, set the rules or context for the reader/viewer. Is BAD storytelling, because it stops the flow of the story and treats the reader/viewer as idiots, and most series that abuse this use it to order the reader/viewer in what he is supposed to think and feel.

Oct 18, 12:09 PM

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Agreed. He was devouring player's left and right after the midway point of S1, so I'm not sure why he has gone back to monologuing all the simple stuff, like it's still brand new to him. At least tell us something insightful, if he's gonna continue to monologue! 🤦🏽‍♂️

Oct 18, 12:27 PM

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I did not see Isagi evolving too much. It is clear that in Blue Lock are players way better than him and that’s why he was not among top 6 best players.

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Oct 18, 2:16 PM

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OtakuKun1 said:
I did not see Isagi evolving too much. It is clear that in Blue Lock are players way better than him and that’s why he was not among top 6 best players.

That's just not true tho. He scored with new tactics/skills in every game of the second selection except for the first game, where they got destroyed by Rin

Oct 18, 3:16 PM

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It gets better after some time, they are just explaining the basics to viewers but they could have done it some better way for sure

Oct 18, 6:38 PM

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That’s what makes blue lock interesting

Oct 18, 6:39 PM

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Musashi_Arun

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If you want matches without any inner monologue or dialogues I would say you should watch irl football matches not blue lock.

Oct 19, 2:09 AM

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Merve2Love

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It's Anime, my boy.

Overexplainatory / Overly dramatic stuff will happen.

Deal with it.

Oct 19, 6:29 AM

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as someone who watch football all the time blue lock (and not only isagi) is pretty stupid ngl, but it's fun at the same time, like if you focus on details you will hate it but I like to just go with the flow, act dumb to enjoy, that's why I don't hate the way he acts

Oct 19, 7:21 AM

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Thats why Ao Ashi is the goat. Even tho MC struggles almost every match he doesn't make same mistakes over and over, still waiting for 2nd season, copium :<

Oct 19, 10:29 AM

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Who gives af it's not that big a deal

Oct 19, 12:35 PM

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Those monologues are probably for the audience to understand what he's thinking.

Oct 19, 2:14 PM

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if you want something that's a more serious/realistic depiction of football watch Ao Ashi, Blue Lock is a lot more fantasy and exaggerated flair for a flashy shonen appeal. I wouldn't take the way it presents the sport, it's players and attitudes towards it that seriously, it's just trying to be entertaining and appeal to a specific niche.

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Oct 19, 7:22 PM

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deg

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he is a self insert character for the audience point of view

Oct 20, 4:11 AM

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Jollyne7 said:
like he's playing soccer for the first time in his life 90% of the time? lol
Have you noticed that he talks and thinks about the most obvious things that happen while playing football as if he was discovering some secrets of the world? there are plenty of situations like this from the previous season, such as Isagi running towards an empty goal and wanting to score a goal, but another player runs behind him (i think it was Rin) and prevents him from doing so, and Isagi is like: '' Omg, HOW, how did he predict what I wanted to do?'' like, dude wtf, I'm not a football expert but it's obvious what you wanted to do. This is what playing football is like. His philosophical monologues have already begun this season.
It's actually quite typical behavior of characters in sports anime, but sometimes it's funny and sometimes it's very tiring because it throws you off track, and stating such obvious things makes the audience feel like they're stupid and you have to explain it to them.

The situation is somewhat similar with Tanjiro in Kny. He mentally describes the entire course of the fight or what he does and it's very irritating,
''I have to get up, I have to attack from the left, but it hurts, I have to fight, but it hurts, he's so strong wow, I can't give up, my leg is broken and I can't move (two minutes later he runs normally XD), etc. Manga artists seem to love unnecessary thoughts and conversations

then why are you watching? bro just watch a IRL match then

Oct 20, 1:57 PM

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Romaysa

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I have to agree with this one, i noticed it in season 1. i dont mind monologues at all, in fact i enjoy characters that use thier brain the most but the Isagi or Tanjiro are really boring and annoying beacause as you said they describe basic and obvious stuff. they really should decrease the amount phrases to only useful ones.

Oct 21, 6:29 PM

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To be honest if Isagi suffered a torn in the cruciate ligaments of both knees,I wouldn't complain.

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