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Blue Lock was one of the manga that I had the most expectations and, unfortunately, I am disappointed. The art is great but can't save the whole thing.

To begin with, I'm aware that Blue Lock is not very realistic. The idea of ​​being selfish and individualistic was quite interesting for the first 20 chapters. Team Z has a lot of fascinating personalities, and their struggles are revealed little by little. One of my favorites is Rensuke, who is obsessed with honesty and fair play, despite looking like a new version of Bakugou (MHA). The main character, Isagi, is also one of the strong points. ... He is a good soccer player and seems like he's getting into the project.

Before I point out what disappointed me, let me talk about the rivals. Initially, the author got them all right. We have the arrogant guy who thinks he's superior, the ones who play dirty and have an inferiority complex, and the ones who are just like the protagonists and try as hard as them. You can find these people easily at your school, work, or college.

The clímax (until now) of Blue Lock was the plot twist involving one of the players from team Z. That was what I expected from the beginning and still left me in shock. But the author wasted an excellent opportunity to create the soccer version of Black Swan (2010) and instead gave us the most predictable thing possible.

Nothing is lamer in a shounen than lazy or very edgy characters who say "I'm lazy" for everything and, then, behave like gods. It's not absurd like the rest of Blue Lock. It is generic. The effort and ego that marked the manga up to this point disappeared. Now we have rich kids who've never done anything in their lives and were born with talents that defy even physics.

I plan to continue reading the manga and see if the author redeems himself. Anyway, the enthusiasm I had for Blue Lock is lost.