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| sports injuries really do give mental effects and anxiety T_T |
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| As an anime only watcher each episode is a surprise to me and having said that it was awesome to see Isagi score a goal! However, I especially liked how both players that scored a goal shared their steaks with the entire team. On a side note, that Anri girl is cute! I'm intrigued about Chigiri and I hope he gets the spotlight soon and shows off his special ability. |
| 2.5/5 Another good-ish episode. Sure it might have had much needed development for some characters and EGO, of course but the animation is still lagging behind which is a bit of a turn-off That one Isagi moment was good or whatever but most of the other sequences were below average. I already complained about the background models last episode and it carried over to this one as well. The red haired guy and his motives were interesting but for the most part, Ego stole the show again. He is definitely scheming hard. Was that a EOE reference in the middle of the episode? If it was, then neat. Also, they finally name-dropped Messi in this episode which I was eagerly waiting for. The team is finally gelling but im still not sold on the MC and his intentions. The episode showed a little glimpse of his true development and hopefully it comes sooner than later. |
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| Absolute insane episode, especially the first 5 - 6 minutes. If you've ever played soccer yourself, you definitely know what I mean. I liked the fact that all of Team Z were sharing their food with each other, no matter what ranking they got. The Chigiri part hit me very hard in the feels, because I had to go through a very similar thing when I was playing. It honestly just sucks having to deal with difficult injuries. Now with 3 teams being tied at 3 points each, Team Z's game against Team W will be as intense as it gets. Considering the goal difference, Team Z also has to score at least 3 times to eventually transition into a positive one. Isagi being the top ranked player is well deserved after the last game. You can almost say that he became the key element for Team Z. Him starting an extra training session made everyone motivated to do the same. Can't wait to see the next match. |
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god i love their Friendship...yeah |
| Super late but I have to say that the protagonist and his development is getting more and more incredible. Ego and his tactics are having an effect, he is making the selfishness within Isagi begin to grow little by little. It's not like he's the strongest now, but he's not weak either so I don't know what kind of monster he turned into). |
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| The story isn't that inspiring from the last hero standing part. It is worth noting that Bachira is a massive threat to heterosexuality. |
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| Best episode so far |
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| spatial awareness huh...kinda like Ao Ashi RIPOFF!? 4/5. |
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| What makes me very happy about this episode is that Japan recognizes that the best in the world today is Messi, since I am Argentine and I am proud that they choose him. |
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| i am a brazilian, when was a child i had a great football. The thing is that most of what the anime is saying doesnt make sense, to be a good striker is not about a weapon is about being complete, see cristiano ronaldo, he is good at header, dribling, everything, messi is too besides heading he is like cr7 plus good passing and long ball he could be even more close to a complete maxed out. strikers like lewa or benzema they look that they dont have all the attributes but they sure do, benzema can be play maker and lewa is way faster than the average forward. so about the episode with this weird team i can see chigiri hiding a full broken "power" if isagi is going to save the team everytime it would be a bad anime, so it seems bashira, kunigami and ofc chigari will have to carry this team too. and also the anime just changed again to basic concept of many anime that friendly rivality will make them all grow together hahaha ofc not, what the f is that blonde hair and beard with his weird face and light eyes, like if messi born in germany emryildrim said: I don't want to get too high quickly but nothing else is there to have! each and every scene feels out of this world. especially isachi rules. Btw what's with this spatial awareness quality that is told both here and ao ashi? another newly discovered quality that was lacking in Japanese football maybe who knows... is what Romario mainly had, positioning so perfectly that him would be where the ball might land, is like knowing when to attack the ball and when to wait for a defender mistake and such. thats one of a few reasons why he had so many goals, is also a form of inteligence in the theory of multiple inteligences. |
GoldSlashNov 8, 2022 2:15 AM
i know that back when neymar drip made him start to dye his hair, make himself some tattoos, lol. but that doesnt mean it looked like messi anyway, everything was weird with that picture. |
| épisode plus tôt lent et l'anime prend du temp a se mettre en place |
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"If something that is named talent is not being improved, it's just a garbage." EPISODE 5 REVIEW: It is fair to say that Blue Lock has lived to others expectation, despite of the fact there were some who still thought it still was carried by animation, which I really don't think it's necessarily to be the case. The main character, Yoichi Isagi, gets something that he deserves as a striker, or to be precise, a football player while then, you could also see cough an intimate cough chemistry between Bachira and Isagi as well, which might seem wholesome but eh, let's not get too far into it. Hence then, Ego's philosophy of Blue Lock was described accurately here as well. And speaking of which, are you sure that he only builds strikers on this project? If you were to follow the common sense, I would doubt that. Aside, as you can see, there are many players who don't seem to suit perfectly into the role as a striker, so it's something to keep an eye on as well. And also, for the next episode, it probably was known that Chigiri would get more screen times, and not to mention that there will be something wicked about football in general too. Well, no spoiler by the way, I will let you think about it, that's all. |
GoldSlash said: i am a brazilian, when was a child i had a great football. The thing is that most of what the anime is saying doesnt make sense, to be a good striker is not about a weapon is about being complete, see cristiano ronaldo, he is good at header, dribling, everything, messi is too besides heading he is like cr7 plus good passing and long ball he could be even more close to a complete maxed out. strikers like lewa or benzema they look that they dont have all the attributes but they sure do, benzema can be play maker and lewa is way faster than the average forward. so about the episode with this weird team i can see chigiri hiding a full broken "power" if isagi is going to save the team everytime it would be a bad anime, so it seems bashira, kunigami and ofc chigari will have to carry this team too. and also the anime just changed again to basic concept of many anime that friendly rivality will make them all grow together is what Romario mainly had, positioning so perfectly that him would be where the ball might land, is like knowing when to attack the ball and when to wait for a defender mistake and such. thats one of a few reasons why he had so many goals, is also a form of inteligence in the theory of multiple inteligences. I don't think it's Romario's, I must say it's Thierry Henry's instead. Romario himself was shown to be a good dribbler, Yoichi Isagi can't even do that, and there is a spoiler that I can't tell about that. Also, the idea of striker is not about being complete. Being complete certainly is a difficult task for the striker. For example, despite Messi is good in everything, while Cristiano Ronaldo as well. they both have one "identity" or a way to score a goal, which is derived from the principle of pleasure-- see how CR7 scored a goal, there definitely was a quality of finishing and dribbling, but what makes him to be distinguishable compared to the other strikers is his egocentric mind to become the best, and not to mention about his long-range shooting ability, this is the most powerful trait that he has, whose skill was also demonstrated by Barou. By the way, I have done a research about these characters, and turned out that Bachira is Barcelona Neymar with the influence from Messi, who was influenced by Ronaldinho. While Kunigami is indubitably inspired from Lewa. |
KiyaHaru said: I don't think it's Romario's, I must say it's Thierry Henry's instead. Romario himself was shown to be a good dribbler, Yoichi Isagi can't even do that, and there is a spoiler that I can't tell about that. Also, the idea of striker is not about being complete. Being complete certainly is a difficult task for the striker. For example, despite Messi is good in everything, while Cristiano Ronaldo as well. they both have one "identity" or a way to score a goal, which is derived from the principle of pleasure-- see how CR7 scored a goal, there definitely was a quality of finishing and dribbling, but what makes him to be distinguishable compared to the other strikers is his egocentric mind to become the best, and not to mention about his long-range shooting ability, this is the most powerful trait that he has, whose skill was also demonstrated by Barou. By the way, I have done a research about these characters, and turned out that Bachira is Barcelona Neymar with the influence from Messi, who was influenced by Ronaldinho. While Kunigami is indubitably inspired from Lewa. I wasnt comparing the protagonist to said player for me isagi is not even comparable to anything, he has too much to grow. I was refering to the weapon alone, for me romario is the prime example of positioning, he was scoring goals when he was above 30 and even 40+ he was still playing in the serie A of Brazil, when he didnt have the pacing he once had nor strenght and different from cristiano, romario used to drink alcohol a lot, some non sleep nights(if you get what i mean) it was different, so he was considered the king of positioning and the he said himself he had over 1000goals!!! only a handfull of players can do that. Romario way after peak had one of the best smell of goal you can tell. With the age you have to change the way you play and he focused on fisinishing skills(a bit what ronaldo did too). Romario is not too different from thierry henry. You must be accostumed to romario in europe and not his whole career. Like im using strike as a forward, not only the number 9, actually ronaldo was once a winger so its neymar, messi is barely a forward, he has also that maradona vibes, so he is like an offensive middlefielder n10 which can play as false 9 or any other forward position depends on the team strategy. I have to disagree having a good mindset wont make you be ronaldo, some people like to ignore his talent and say is just about mindset when it only helps when you are already at peak, its just a plus, not a defining of talent. He sure take care of the body and mind though that would be unfair to call that his best quality lol or his "weapon" its very unfair. Ronaldo will score most goals from the area, ofc he can score out of it too, ronaldo have all traits including the one gagamaru has too, he is a top class finisher, there also lots of heading goals(he is one of best headers in the world too), penalty kicks(i feel like there is more pen kicks in this era than before, so thats why all top scorers are exploting it a lot), being one of the best in that category as well and the list goes on. So Players like those i mentioned have almost every stat close to max thats a truth it cant be ignored, if you took em cards from football games they represent the same aspect. It has nothing to do with reality to focus on one skill alone and become as great as those names is just a dream, is garbage, that is not how it works definitely. Not gonna happen and that is what anime is getting it wrong. If bashira only will dribble he will be easy marked, he has to be good at everything else and finishing as well. Vini jr had bad finishing for a long time, was his worse trait thats why even as having good pace, being a good drible and winger he still had lots of struggle and instead of trying to focus in what he was already good(his pacing for example) he focused in work in his finishing skills without it he was pretty mid. Only after that(even zidane helped him in that) he could become a true dangerous player, scoring in a ucl final and top8 of fifa the best. THis example shows that you have to focus in your weakness too not only what you already good at. Though i know is just an anime so they are using just whatever bs they can to fill it up even if doesnt make sense. I was going to say to not have deeper thoughts on this, lol Ofc at the end of day it wont matter is just fiction and used for have superpowers. For me the creators are getting everything wrong in my opinion they sure dont understand football at all. Which was already expected. Japan being japan. |
| I understand what you are saying, but that doesnt really work cant single out just one aspect is not that easy. Take any top class forward, they arent just one talent maxed out, they can do everything at better and at peak. See Halland, he is great in almost every category, he will try to score anything if a fly bird flies close he will try to kick it to the net. |
GoldSlash said: I wasnt comparing the protagonist to said player for me isagi is not even comparable to anything, he has too much to grow. I was refering to the weapon alone, for me romario is the prime example of positioning, he was scoring goals when he was above 30 and even 40+ he was still playing in the serie A of Brazil, when he didnt have the pacing he once had nor strenght and different from cristiano, romario used to drink alcohol a lot, some non sleep nights(if you get what i mean) it was different, so he was considered the king of positioning and the he said himself he had over 1000goals!!! only a handfull of players can do that. Romario way after peak had one of the best smell of goal you can tell. With the age you have to change the way you play and he focused on fisinishing skills(a bit what ronaldo did too). Romario is not too different from thierry henry. You must be accostumed to romario in europe and not his whole career. Like im using strike as a forward, not only the number 9, actually ronaldo was once a winger so its neymar, messi is barely a forward, he has also that maradona vibes, so he is like an offensive middlefielder n10 which can play as false 9 or any other forward position depends on the team strategy. I have to disagree having a good mindset wont make you be ronaldo, some people like to ignore his talent and say is just about mindset when it only helps when you are already at peak, its just a plus, not a defining of talent. He sure take care of the body and mind though that would be unfair to call that his best quality lol or his "weapon" its very unfair. Ronaldo will score most goals from the area, ofc he can score out of it too, ronaldo have all traits including the one gagamaru has too, he is a top class finisher, there also lots of heading goals(he is one of best headers in the world too), penalty kicks(i feel like there is more pen kicks in this era than before, so thats why all top scorers are exploting it a lot), being one of the best in that category as well and the list goes on. So Players like those i mentioned have almost every stat close to max thats a truth it cant be ignored, if you took em cards from football games they represent the same aspect. It has nothing to do with reality to focus on one skill alone and become as great as those names is just a dream, is garbage, that is not how it works definitely. Not gonna happen and that is what anime is getting it wrong. If bashira only will dribble he will be easy marked, he has to be good at everything else and finishing as well. Vini jr had bad finishing for a long time, was his worse trait thats why even as having good pace, being a good drible and winger he still had lots of struggle and instead of trying to focus in what he was already good(his pacing for example) he focused in work in his finishing skills without it he was pretty mid. Only after that(even zidane helped him in that) he could become a true dangerous player, scoring in a ucl final and top8 of fifa the best. THis example shows that you have to focus in your weakness too not only what you already good at. Though i know is just an anime so they are using just whatever bs they can to fill it up even if doesnt make sense. I was going to say to not have deeper thoughts on this, lol Ofc at the end of day it wont matter is just fiction and used for have superpowers. For me the creators are getting everything wrong in my opinion they sure dont understand football at all. Which was already expected. Japan being japan. Well, I probably agreed to Romario being similar to Henry also some of your points about focusing on weaknesses rather than strengths, and I'm aware about these but I wouldn't say that the creators are getting everything wrong. I was about to refer from the source material but I think that the author was trying to depict football in a different perspective akin to their own country, so yeah, I guess it is fair to say that we agreed to disagree, since I don't think this conversation won't be pointless enough than what we have. But still, despite I don't really agree, I appreciate the argument that you have so far. |
KiyaHaru said: Well, I probably agreed to Romario being similar to Henry also some of your points about focusing on weaknesses rather than strengths, and I'm aware about these but I wouldn't say that the creators are getting everything wrong. I was about to refer from the source material but I think that the author was trying to depict football in a different perspective akin to their own country, so yeah, I guess it is fair to say that we agreed to disagree, since I don't think this conversation won't be pointless enough than what we have. But still, despite I don't really agree, I appreciate the argument that you have so far. I like the concept of anime at least is trying something new. Imagine a decade later or two real wc's, japan really is doing blue lock project behind curtains and they end up with a phenomenal forward, damn. Actually south korea player Son is really talented i think one of the best asian forwards in modern football |
| The MC is finally on the road to become a damn psycho. Exiting! |
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