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All the bad reviews written for this manga are premature and reek mostly of the same utter shit haha and before I continue, I come from a football background now first point they badmouth this manga by saying its centered on egoism and only focused on personal glory
THEY MISSED THE GODAMN POINT This manga is all about becoming the best in the world now the way the author used football as the medium and he undoubtedly excels at it most of the bad reviews I saw were from 2020 to 2022, now about the People of other role then the striker honestly with all ... due respect I don't think any of the bed reviewers has quite knowledge of football like that game is in fact scoring the godamn goal and that happens via striker supposedly so don't you think that plays vital role in game defend and pass the ball all you like in the end its up to striker to goal now again another thing any other players are not completely discarded either later in game we will find the importance of all starting from MF to Defenders exp aiku and hiori and gagamaru man manga has covered it all for uh to understand it whole thing starts with explaining the deal with it all, besides here are other reasons why this manga excels not just as a football manga but a guide of understanding self potential with a perfect character variety and realism, I can 100% say one thing that no matter of what kind of football player you are YOU WILL FIND ONE CHARACTER THAT IS EXACLY LIKE YOU, I am pretty godamn sure all the characters in this manga are made with so much effort you can feel their individualness, Basterdisation of sport disrespectful of sport my ass this thing makes every real player realise where he want wrong and if he is currently playing he will find his answers here, every chapter I wished only if I had this manga few years back. in the end I just wanna say ART 10/10, Story 10/10 and not just football if you are related in any sports YOU GOTTA READ THIS AND READ THIS WHOLE and still if you feel like its just egocentrism then you got it wrong. thanks for reading my rant But I felt it was needed

The reason why I'm making this review is because I love this manga and I don't want people to go through what I did, so read this attentively.

First, I would like to say that this manga is not for "anime-manga nerds" only. I know plenty of people who like football and/or play football (and I don't mean with their friends, I mean fr), who like this manga, as much as people who don't. I think the issue is that many people took what Ego said too literally and weren't bothered to see how what the manga would progress, so they missed out on what the ... manga can actually offer. So please, give it a chance if you want to read it and don't stop just because of the first few chapters.

With this out of the way, I'd like to start talking now about the manga itself rather than the "drama"/claims that people make by only reading the start. Why's this manga good? The manga presents itself pretty well and the football matches are crazy good. It makes us readers feel like we are supporting a team and cheering on them. The first arcs are very interesting and different, the players clearly weren't ready for what came to them and it's cool to see how strategies and emotions they're going through. You feel the stakes and, honestly, even though some plays might be crazy, the manga can be pretty grounded.

The art is also a big complementary role to that and honestly it makes the goals pretty badass. I will talk about this later, as it'll become important, but as of now it's all happiness. The characters are also super enjoyable and honestly they're very diverse, I'm sure most people can find at least one character they like. What's neat is that they also don't feel closed in a box, even though some are stereotypes or have super defining characteristics, they're not limited by that and go through pretty good development.

I'd say that until around half of the manga, this was truly a 10. Maybe a bit over the half, I don't recall 100% which chapter specifically I started feeling like this manga was going downhill, but the arc that is around the middle of when I'm currently reviewing (ch. 150 should be around the middle) was probably one of the best things I've ever seen.

Now, the arc after the aforementioned one is the sole reason why my grade got this low and I love-hate the manga.

The first reason why I'd say it ruins the manga is the pacing. Even though the other arcs were shorter, they felt greatly paced and it was as if they had the perfect amount of seasoning. This one arc has basically the same amount of chapters as all of the other ones together. It's crazy how slow the pacing is and it's so bothersome. Every day I was wishing it would end.

The second reason I'd say this manga gets super bad is because the "weapons" (which is a concept of what the player excels at, explained at the very start) become crazy, it just doesn't become like Inazuma Eleven because it doesn't want to. It took out everything that was good on the matches, like the emotions, threats and stakes, and lost it.

The last reason is the art. The manga stopped flowing through matches properly and every chapter the author tries to make an "aura farming phonk edit" art on the very last page, so tiktok and youtube shorts kids and editors go full dopamine mode. It becomes obnoxious. That is not to say that there aren't moments deserving of it, it's just that every chapter is not worth of having a badass art.

Edgy, but with no substance.
Blue Lock makes me feel like I'm watching a middle school play full of band kids who all think they're Light Yagami.

Everything from the eyes, the expressions and the corny lines spewed from these walking stereotypes are the agglomeration of aspects and elements someone who has read 2 Shonen manga think manga as a whole is.

Characters are stupid, the art style is alright, the story is predictable and the dialog is eye-rolling bad.

This is barely a sports manga, it's slop material for bad phonk TikTok edits aimed at 13 year olds with a main character complex.