I Was Forced To Read Blue Lock...

I had to read Blue Lock after losing a bet.

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#bluelock #manga

[TheMaskedMan]

the joy I felt when Japan lost. Anyways lets go Portugal

[M.W.]

Blue lock is THE manga for competitive mindset. The soccer is just the power system they choose to narrate the story. It can be silly or edgy at times but the parts with Jinpachi Ego are gold for more than just entertainment

[alohano]

As a Croatian, I just want to say that we were happy to help with this blue lock situation

[jsi]

Yes it is repetitive. I kinda felt it too.
But then my mind was like, it's football. The next match will also be football.
It is repetitive. But climbing a ladder is something this manga has done well.

[minuteman]

One thing I love about blue lock is how different a lot of the characters are. Whether it be in play style, personality or design they all have something unique about them.

[owl]

if you’re really passionate about football ao ashi is so good. it shows the struggles you have to go through as a footballer and how to overcome those struggles.

[M.W.]

I've got to agree, chapter 197 felt like a dejavu of a dejavu of the protagonist theme already talked about in the manga. I hope since the level isagi is reaching, this will be one of the last time he has to adapt as the underdog, but rather we will see a change in the narration and not just him adapting to the player he already knows. Then again next team to face us Italy and with barou I don't see the gimmick disappearing anytime soon

[breadguy]

There isn't a single episode that has no cringey line

[pibenjy]

The power of God and anime was not with us

[logeshraj]

Pls try Aoashi. A Football manga which is very close to reality and has unique perceptive of footballer. I think you will love it. Gaint killing and e blues are also good football manga which are worth mentioning.

[chaitanyasingh]

I perceive the repetition to be a kind of emulating real life, where you did learn a lesson once, but then you need to keep reminding yourself of the same thing multiple times to really drive the lesson through and make it a regular thing.

[silversauceran]

I think blue lock is one of the best mangas I’ve ever read, I like the sports psychology, twists and battle shounen type action. Isagi and the crew are great characters to follow, who all get to shine. The story is about finding a striker with a world class formula to reproduce goals in football so there is going to be a grinding nature to the story, it kinda reminds me of solo leveling. The author does an amazing job establishing a foundation and building on it brick by brick. Reading this series has genuinely improved how I think about challenges in life.

[LeWolfmanR]

One of the things I really really appreciate about blue lock in particular is that we see a whole cast of characters grow and develop, it's not just the main character and the feeling of a known face still being a threat, at least to me, makes it feel great even when it becomes repetitive

[TheLuigiufc]

My friend said it best, if you don't like Blue Lock, change your perspective as a fuck you to the normal sports anime along with a survival thriller show. But if you watch football and are not a casual, you will not like it. I applaud Masked Man for following through with the bet. Ego or no ego does not matter, for me as a defender (used to play like Rudiger and would launch long range kicks thinking I was CR7, Messi and Zlatan), I consider team chemistry more important as a team on paper with the best of the best will not always deliver especially in important situations.

Blue Lock has one of the best narratives, art, and character writing in sports writing as it not only focuses on Isagi but the other side characters. Remember Masked Man, the Cameroonian goat Samuel Eto'o and Chelsea's best in Didier Drogba, considered two of the greatest African players. They had ego, they were strikers, they won a lot, a good case for Blue Lock's Ego ideology working. But if you watch their matches, their selflessness in assisting when they could have scored gave them not only their league titles but Champions League trophies against more selfish teams.

[CheesyDale]

it's the same author as Jagaaaan not the artist, the amazing art is by Yusuke Nomura

[sunflowersamurai]

Midfielders deserve way more credit man, have to run a marathon every match and get no credit for it.

Edit: *THE MIDFIELDERS MANIFESTO*

To the plebs in replies who have clearly never kicked a ball in their life saying - "tHeRe's mOrE tO iT tHaN jUsT rUnNiNg'
- i never implied that there wasnt.

My point is that football is a physically demanding sport that REQUIRES you to cover large distances in order to play it in the first place. The job of a midfielder is both to defend, attack, and manage the pace and flow of the game.

In the last 10-15 years there has been a major shift towards PRESSING, as midfielder you are now expected to cover
distances above 10km per 90.

Gone are the days of mesut ozil-like midfielders whos only job is to be a creative playmaker with no resposibility of tracking back.

Wihout a hardworking midfield your defence has no shield and your attack has no build up.

Sure you can rely on individual skill of your defense and attack to an extent but to succesfully achieve LITERALLY ANYTHING tactically, consistently over 90 minutes you need hungry motherfuckers to RUN and work hard to: keep the ball, transition the attack, make key passes/assists, press etc.

For fucks sakes how do you think space is created during attacks, EVERYONE (except maybe cbs) not just midfielders run into space and drag opposing defenders with them. Even to get in a scoring position you have to RUN.

Even shit like positional play requires you to run to get back into position in the first place. I could go on and on about chasing loose balls, the role of cdms etc. The one constant in football is you have to RUN.

Only idiots and armchair fans who dont know shit see players like jude bellingham, benardo silva, sofianne amrabat, kante or even prime yaya toure and their running off and on the ball and call it irrelevant.

Fuck blue lock, fuck fans blinding obsession and misintepretation of goals and assists statistics and fuck armchair "pundits", actually watch a game or even better play it for yourself to understand wtf is going on.

- signed an angry representative of the mildielders union, peace ✌🏿🎤

[dantegeorge]

Reading Blue Lock and watching the World Cup has inspired me to play football again..

One more thing, I think a lot of manga; including sports, have that repetitiveness you mentioned, where main protagonist faces an opponent who is seemingly unbeatable and then monologues about their ideals and motivations and suddenly, he has an ace up his sleeve that he can use to be victorious.. it's a common trope in manga!

[IamDeftly]

I would recommend Ao Ashi if you're looking for a soccer series that's more realistic and truer to the sport. To me Ao Ashi is more like Haikyuu or Slam Dunk in how the series represent the sport, while Blue Lock is more like Kuroko no Basket which is a more exaggerated version of the sport. Both can be good and it largely depends on what you like, but Ao Ashi seems closer to what you'd enjoy in a sports series.

[Tensesumo]

I’m still waiting on your Billy Bat review.

[ougi]

finding out blue lock is done by the same guy as makes much sense