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| It was pretty good. I have some worries on the production side, but the writing might be great enough to carry it. |
MGrid said: Why else would you read or watch blue lock then if it's not for the sports representation? I personally think it's grounded in some form of reality if you don't factor in the cringey lines from the characters.Jaytaro10 said: As a huge fan of the sport, seeing that most of the animes regarding the sport have been below average, I really don't want to raise my expectations for this one. I've heard good stuff about the manga, so I really hope it'll stand out amongst the others. That said, we do have Blue Lock coming out later (really hope it'll be adapted nicely). If you are hyped for Blue Lock just because you like football, I recommend you drop the expectation. Since Blue Lock is terrible if you are watching it for the sports representation. |
  𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊. - 𝑅𝑒𝒾 𝒦𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶   |
| I've definitely seen more boring starts, but it's not pretending to be anything other than a generic sports show. Not my favorite genre, though I liked Ippo, Haikyuu, Kuroko, and a couple others. Unlikely I'll stick with this, but if I'm going to give Love All Play a second episode then it's only fair I watch another of this. |
| Might be the best sports anime this season. I'm hyped for this. Very good head start! |
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| A pretty solid first episode for a football anime. I'll keep my expectations low but this show seems to be different from other sport anime in recent years. That headbutt reminded me of Zidane lol. |
| I was afraid I'd get tired of MC very quickly, but the angle they're taking with him is actually quite great. I appreciate how maturely the incident in the opening match was handled: it's shown to mostly just be an unfortunate incident between kids not fully understanding the consequences of their actions. The coach was really cool too, this is shaping up to be quite solid. |
| Trying out (almost) every anime that airs each season since 2018. |
| It's has alot of potential I'll keep watching to see where it goes |
| Gotta love that not-so-subtle homage to Zidane's headbutt. Rival goalkeeper feeling so ashamed for calling MC's mother a whore was unexpected tho. Promising first episode. As expected from Production I.G and their excellent record of sports anime. |
| Great op song. And Production IG Sports series are something else. Much better than the common no-name/bad animation stuff. I like the protagonist so far and football is the one of the only things I like as much as anime so hopefully this can end up becoming great |
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| Interesting episode. Next week let's go to Tokyo!!! In the end your family still supported you. Arigato okasan to niichan. I already loved the OP music. I hope the visuals will be amazing as well. Looking forward next week! |
| Oppai check! 111 cm: Hancock 110 cm: Zoro 100 cm: Robin |
| Production IG back at it again. That was a really solid start! Big bro's a real bro for that, looking forward to the next episode to see how he compares to other more skilled players. |
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| I've watched first episode and it was pretty decent. But I don't think it's some kind of show for which I can wait for a week. Guess I'll just binge watch it at the end |
| Had a bit generic start to it but there was some realism to it nonetheless. I like how their financial condition is displayed to be an obstacle. Haven't really seen much sports anime but from what I've seen, they never have an issue with money. The older brother Shun is already my favourite character. I might be wrong but is his mom a prostitute or something? If so then the kid who was trash-talking him should have had a few of his teeth knocked in. Seriously what an asshole. I wonder if his old team will ever come back into play. Like maybe someday they'll have to play on opposing teams? Overall pretty nice start. |
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| AYYY BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS !!! idk shit abt soccer but man that was fun to watch. im liking mc a lot already |
| One of the GOAT sports manga finally has it's own Anime adaptation. Hopefully blue lock won't overshadow this, which it most probably will EDIT: Nvm, I thought Blue Lock was airing this season. |
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Red_Ranger_Wien said: phantomfandom said: There are five sports anime in this season, I already watch other four. And after watching this episode, Ao Ashi is definitely the worst among them. I'm not saying it's a bad anime, just the worst sports anime in this season. Manga reader will probably claim that it'll only get better from now on. Bruh no this is already miles above the crappy CGI horse show and the mediocre badminton show. It's also better then the golf show. What's the fifth one? I don't see any other sports shows on the season chart. Fifth one is probably the dance show which is listed as performing arts rather than sports... I haven't seen the horse and golf shows yet, but from the other three I can't say that Ao Ashi is the best. It has a pretty standard start like any other spots anime and only later episodes will tell if it's incredible or not. Surely, it has potential and ambition to become very popular but so far my hype for this anime is mostly because of the studio making it and not from the episode itself. |
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| This is a really good watch for fans of the european soccer scene judging by the namedrops and references. |
| I love how this won’t be captain tsubasa (I read like 30 chapters when the anime got announced and by then it’s different immensely). This is not a typical soccer show and it won’t even be like blue lock, this show is special in it’s very own way, and many will come to find that out. If you are interested I would say read the first 30 or so chapters, very solid stuff. |
| MC's mom is one friggin' hot pretty MILF!!! 4/5. is it only me or the music sounds cheap? even that ED...or is that OP???!? |
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| I'm glad that the kid felt so guilty about what he said earlier that he wanted to apologize in person. Turns out the kid is actually a decent person after all. Not sure how I feel about Ashito's mom though. I hope she gets better as the story goes on. And I'm expecting Ashito to show his older brother some gratitude for being so supportive. |
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| I love this anime so far. The MCs story is truly inspiring and I can't wait to go on this journey with him. Him and Hinata from Haikyuu would be beat friends for life with all that dedication they got. |
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| Very good introduction |
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| What's does the mom do at night? being a hostess? |
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| tbh, I'm not a big fan of football but this anile looks good lol + the coach is hot jk |
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| Been looking for a good football anime, hopefully animation doesn't drop the ball (heh) and the writing stays consistent. Really hoping this stays good |
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| I really liked the first episode, and I'm honestly curious to how well his path takes him. They really did well in presenting the whole entire episode from start to finish. Can't wait for more. |
| I am the tactic. Lol, K |
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| Good start. I liked the MC , at least he's not a wimp. I thought first he's brainless but actually, he has potential when it comes to playing strategically. Looking forward for the next episodes |
| I am enjoying the hell out of the manga and am caught up to it so for sure I'm gonna be checking out the anime weekly to see how well it'll do and so far pretty damn good..... |
| Amazing first episode. Getting heavy Diamond no Ace vibes. |
| 「Self Aware Cringy Weeb」 |
| For people who have played football in youth teams of professional teams or amateurs ones, football related sequences feel really stupid. Football is the least compatible sport for anime because there is not much action going on in 90 minutes compared to other sports and they try to spice things up with idiotic things that would never happen in football matches. Also, the main character is a basically cheap copy of Sawamura from Daiya no Ace with his character and relationship with his teammates. |
| That was a good start. I like the MC. He isn't all about instinct and stuff and actually practises and pays attention. Looking forward to the next episode. |
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