Messi and Ronaldo’s quotes about teamwork. www.azquotes.com/author/10009-Lionel_Messi/tag/team www.azquotes.com/author/12588-Cristiano_Ronaldo/tag/team The Cantona quote in the anime is fake. The Cantona quote in the manga (seagulls and trawlers) is about reporters, not selfishness Pele on teamwork: quotefancy.com/quote/887195/Pel-A-team-is-not-made-up-of-isolated-individuals-Always-stay-in-the-game-Don-t-be Neymar on teamwork: www.azquotes.com/author/24900-Neymar/tag/team If you’re going to comment about how you had a personal experience that was similar to Blue Lock, save it. Anecdotal evidence is not good evidence for an argument. What matters is the rule, not the exception. In general, the rule is that teamwork wins trophies in soccer. And the clips are in 2x speed to avoid copyright, so don't ask.
The concept of "Ego" isn't focused on the concept of being selfish in matches, but rather one's it is how a player's mindset, and Isagi as the MC is the best example of this, he actively helps out his teammates, but those are means to end which is his own development. He actively improves because if his ego, he WANTS to become the number 1 striker through any means necessary, and he doesn't do it by being selfish, he does it by learning from his teammates, contributing to team attacks and defense, playmaking, teaming up. He actively has to change his thinking at any problem and improves, and all his achievements are what feeds his ego. They covered the whole selfishness thing with Barou during the second selection, where he won't pass because of his pride. The whole speech Ego gave at the start of the series is 1. A way to get the characters riled up and 2. A way to get the audience hooked on a never before seen concept. Not EVERY player in the series is a ball hogger There's also that complaint about weapons and awakenings being unrealistic because "that's not how soccer works irl" which is a fair arguement, but that kinda doesn't make sense coming from you considering you have a video glazing kuroko no basket lmao
And besides, the first selection was more of a introductory arc to the series, it gets better after it And 2. It's anime cuh, the whole point is to entertain not teach people how to play football like in Haikyu and stuff
True and the whole it's not real football argument is not even good. This is fiction not non fiction. Since when did people judge fiction on how realistic it is. Blue Lock doesn't even try to be realistic with its premise. The argument is based on a false premise and a lack of understanding
See I was also on that side until he pointed out something. The Noel Noa “Lose 3-4” and Kuon about to “Lose 3-4” but getting yelled at for it was actually eye opening since it proved inconsistencies within the show. I’m not saying it has to be like Ao Ashi but I’m saying that’s not even something that is “anime-like”. Someone having values like Ego should have and then flipping it doesn’t make sense. It’s kinda hard to put into words for me but I hope this made you understand
@@GodsChosenEagleEgo didn’t flip his vslues. His values were always ‘the team is otherwise good except for the striker so we need to do something we aren’t doing to make our strikers better’ This is explained if not in the first episode then certainly in the first few. It’s about context. Not even Noa hold his lose 3-4 at all times. It’s about instilling ideas that motivate people to make them better.
Wait, you’re telling me this overly dramatised and exaggerated sports anime made for entertainment purposes, not at all representative of real life football, isn’t realistic and has flaws? And here I thought we actually had these high tech facilities coercing all these teenagers and training them to become football players and putting their careers on the line in real life! Of course, Blue Lock makes no sense at all, but if you look at it from a practical and objective perspective, then what are you watching anime for?
@@uzair7387 Criticizing a piece of art will always be subjective. Where's "objective" about it? You can criticize it but don't make your opinion a fact.
@@darkenedpp it's not about making it a fact it's about criticising by looking at objective standards, in this case it's how well does it represent actual football. You can do that objectively. Whether or not you care about it being representative of the sport is a different matter
@@encouraginglyauthentic43 blue lock was actually great, the mindset is definitely not realistic but the writing was great. it definitely took a nose dive after nel tho
I think it's funny that the story is about your ego and winning but lokey encourages team work and assistance from others. Like ego gaslighting everyone there 😂 I still like blue lock tho
He gaslit nobody. He straight up told them this was about creating the best striker via instilling the values of winning in them entirely so the Japan Team as a whole could be made better.
Before watching the video: Blue Lock is innately a critique of Japanese collectivist thinking and a preach towards the originality of the individual. I might give the video a watch later but 99% of criticism towards this masterpiece I see boils down to braindead takes that take things too literally with very little understanding of nuance. This show has some of the best character writing, development, creativity, planned out storytelling and symbolism I've seen in a Shonen series, with the characters being love letters to individual soccer players and their talents.
I dont think u understand the point of blue lock, its more so about cultivating the ego of individuals and focus more on individual skill, rather than to focus more on teamwork. An easy phrase to think about is before helping others you must first help yourself. Individualism matters the most in soccer, more than a team. Theres even an interview of a European coach saying exactly that. If u have mid players working together in perfect unity, they would still get outclassed by a team that has 1 or maybe 2 outstanding players and shakey team. Its because the best players can destroy a team and creat new possibilities. Like he says 1 player can change the game and force the creation of new strategies to mark them. When barous team starts working together its because barou scored that they can work together. Its because of 1 player, it gave the team a framework and strategy to score goals because he already did it once. Thats what creating 1 from 0 means in egos talk. Also blue lock does question ego, and the ideas brought into it at times, suggesting its philosophy is not the end all be all. As blue lock continues, you see it does become about teamwork but ultimately its still about how your individualism enhances your team and that can only be achieved through cultivating your own ego and desire to be better than your not only your opponents, but your own teammates. Which makes the first selection necessary. If you understand that, then you can compete in high level soccer. Because being part of a team isn't all fun and games you are competing with each other for higher salaries, a better career and to be on the starting 11. All the selections are steps to cultivating a person. The first selection is to see your ego and how you would Naturally fall into a team, will u be the one to get goals? Play defense? Compromise? Be a passer? How does your ego naturally fit into a team? The 2nd selection is about how skilled are you in your 1v1s obviously because soccer is about 1v1s and as the 2nd selection goes on, its about how the ego that you cultivated in the first selection clashes and mixes with your teammates egos to get a win and score goals. Because its less people adapting to each others playstyle is much more do or die than in a team of 11 where u might jot need to be the one to do that. I dont wann spoil the next parts, but you see its a natural progression really to find your ego, cultivate it, test it in combination with a variety of players and see how you will become part of a starting 11. It focuses first on just the striker position because technically its the most important position. However it does focus in on what it means to be a team. Its just blue locks philosophy is a perfect team revolves around a few best individuals, unlike a team like japans which revolves around making sure everyone is trying hard to make up for the fact that they dont have an outstanding otherworldly level player. That was the criticizism. Because again ego believes a team is built around 1 or 2 outstanding players, not really good team tactics. And its a debate that coaches will have with each other too.
I can see why BL looks quite unrealistic from real life football (cause it is, especially from how the current arc is going) but just because an anime sport is not being true to sport doesn’t make it a bad anime. The subgenre BL is part of is what makes it different from other sports anime (like Ao Ashi or Haikyuu) First of, Japan’s current ideology about football sucks. Instead of prioritizing individual strikers to become the center of their team, they care more about tactics. Most other teams in European clubs or nationalities are usually centered around one striker. Even if said striker works more as a team player, that striker is the core. That’s why Ego is presenting a completely new ideology, which will make Japan’s football compete with the rest of the world. It definitely has its faults, but the objective is the important thing. A similar situation also happens in Ao Ashi. 2nd, formulas are not Kekkai Genken/supernatural thing. It’s essentially a way for strikers to make goals at a high-rate. Now, in real life, you can’t do the same formula a hundred times in a match, because then the opponent has already figured it out how to counter it. But a specific formula is what makes a striker capable of scoring goals at a higher rate than usual. There are real life players who have specific placements to score at a reasonable. Even the main character of Ao Ashi has a bird eye’s view, which is the same thing as Isagi. Does that mean Ashito has superpowers? No. 3rd, the way all 5 teams work are in different ways, but they are centered about one (or more) guy scoring goals. Barou’s team has him, Niko’s team had Okawa, the twins scored for themselves and Team V was centered around 3 strikers. Unlike Team Z, the other teams were capable of providing an actual team comp because that player(s) just happened to be better than the rest of the team. Team Z’s problem is that they were desperate after their first loss, so their strategy had to work in a different way. 4th. The way you find contradictions for every argument is plain annoying. Not every idea is immune to “contradictions” you provide. You said that what Kuon did is contradictory is Ego’s philosophy, but it only works in a vacuum. Or what Isagi said to Niko. Isagi did the same thing twice before, but he was able to “move on” from they way he played football to become a striker. That’s why he criticized Niko after the match. Let’s not forget that Niko also did the same thing as Isagi and was able to pass the 1st stage. All in all, you are most likely overhating on this, simply because it is not as realistic to football as Ao Ashi, or even sports like Haikyuu. But that’s not a negative to the show’s writing.
I understand that were all human and make mistakes and make mistakes but man i hate when people claim a story is bad while simultaneously failing to understand half a second of the story they just witnessed it feels like this person went into blue lock thinking it was going to be bad and didn't even attempt to find a hint of deeper understanding to the story and instead used moments from the show to fuel the agenda that the show is bad without even trying to understand the show
I mean, he's not wrong about the quality of it in my eyes. It's somehow down there as one of my personal least favorite Shonen out there, even less than Fairy Fail (Which believe me, is really saying something.)
I honestly kinda agree w everything ur saying, but i still like reading blue lock even despite that lmao. However when i see somebody saying 'blue lock is the best sports anime' my eye starts twitching and i'm like... *no*
I do hate the first tag challenge for this test. Not only are you getting rid of good players or potentially good ones by ending their career as a professional. Honestly I don't think ego can do that anyways
He isn’t ending their career as a professional. He was ending their ability to play on Japan’s National Team. They can still play on teams in lower leagues or for other countries teams.
I do agree how philosophy on scoring for yourself is stupid for a team sports but the idea of ego the opposite of a team sport like soccer is entertaining. I agree with the idea of the striker should care about only their score is dumb. How a strong defense and strategy can trump on of the best strikers with no team
Its more about creating the perfect striker rather than making a man that can win alone. I mean as I a striker your only damn Job is to get the ball into that net. I mean sure u got players compromising their own team to get their goal all that shit is to get the top spot in the team. For Isagi, its to be the best striker in the world and its only gonna happen inside the blue lock facility. Irl U take any sports top players that kinda play the striker role or even a top players in a individual sport they def got some ego in them. That Ego is part of why they are at the lvl they are at. All in all. Blue lock is more about self improvement to reach the top spot rather than football or team work.
The more you describe the anime, the more I see it not as a presentation of real soccer, but a exciting and entertaining show. If the anime is entertaining then it's not really all bad
Unfortunately, at least for me, it's not entertaining, and neither is the manga. Look at it if you want, but it's something that makes me make this face (😐), when I see or hear about it.
@@lehothaiduong4363 Fair enough. I just have a naturally strong distaste for Sports anime/manga as a whole. Mainly because, if I want to watch sports stuff, I'd watch real sports on the TV or on my phone.
I don't want to be a hater, but I think this video was made by someone who didn't really understand "Blue Lock". It seems like you're frustrated because it's popular. I will be brief because explaining all the points of disagreement would take too long. So I'm going to address the main aspects that annoyed me. The aim of "Blue Lock" is to show future generations of the Japanese team that football is not only about teamwork, but also about individual abilities. Even if you work as a team, if you're a mediocre striker and you find yourself facing a defender like Antonio Rüdiger or Kyle Walker, you're going to get outplayed. Let's take the example of Mitoma: he knows how to play as a team and has a pretty nice arsenal, but what makes him formidable is his dribbling which terrorizes Premier League defenses. This autonomy contrasts with the 2018 Japanese team, which was considered passive by the author. Think about Ego's morality and expand on why his explanations of tag are wrong. The second goal of Blue Lock is to teach these concepts in a fun way. Yes, football in Blue Lock looks like a system of powers, that's normal, it's a manga and BL doesn't want to be 100% realistic. It is designed to be eye-catching just like kuruko basket. Analyzes player actions and "powers" in detail to attract casual readers. The awakening in Blue Lock is inspired by reality (do some research on flow to understand), just like the flow which will be introduced in season 2. The "weapons" system is there to be fun and not only to attract casuals. The first selection aims to allow attackers to find a "recipe for scoring", to know how to use it and above all to know how to score in all situations. For example, Bachira's weapon is dribbling, and he must learn to score whatever the situation and not play tricks like we all do in the playground. Also, why didn't you analyze Baro's importance in the team? Do you realize that the team revolves around him, that he is the playmaker and that no one is at his level? This is why the Baro team plays as a team. In short, I advise you to watch the second part of the season more objectively. Yes, "Blue Lock" has flaws, it's not a "Haikyuu!!" or an "Ao Ashi", but stop disrespecting a work just because you don't like it.
I suggest you to stop coping. You say I'm frustrated that it's popular, but there are manga that I love that are far more popular than Fraud Lock. You'd know that if you looked at my channel for even a minute. The characters in the show are saying specific things and I'm debunking them, meanwhile you're trying to twist the meaning of the words so that they don't sound ridiculous and contradictory. I'm seeing what's there while you're seeing what you want to see. I'm watching the show objectively, you're watching it subjectively.
@@YumesukeSutashika guy looking at a work objectively is not an excuse for not understanding what Muneyuki wants to tell through his manga, have you understood what annoys Muneyuki in the 2018 Japanese team? did you understand why blue lock advocates individual potential rather than teamwork like all shonen? Personally I don't think so.
@@laskouide_newragingbulls The fact that you don't think I understand Fraud Lock just because I disagree with it and despite the fact that I went through several clips and debunked them shows that you're a stan that will say anything to trick themselves into defending Fraud Lock. It doesn't matter that the story cherrypicked and lied about quotes or constantly contradicts itself.
@@YumesukeSutashika You know if you don't like muneyuki's philosophy in real fair enough, but just stop making Muneyuki look like a footix or someone who contradicts himself because it's not true, if you really understood that BL is not about to create a player in twelve quotes "totally egocentric" (even if the anime presents him like that) but to create an autonomous player who can score his goals with or without a teammate (and that even if he is a finisher), me who has read the manga I confirm that this is the case. But hey I don't care, it's not this video that will ridicule Blue Lock because we are very much able to understand what this manga is really saying.
Not gonna lie, that First Selection was the closest to real soccer so far in the anime since it’s 11v11 and the weapon thing was also pretty cool but if I was Kira I would actually air out the entire facility if someone I trusted kicked me in a game of soccer tag which ended my dreams basically. Me and Ego’s bloodline having issues after that.
"Manga Characters dont need special moves to be cool" its cool if u like sports manga more that are realistic and dont have this "Powers" but this mangaka obviously does like the idea. U also dont have to be an expert about the topic when writing a story about it. Especially when it obviously not meant to be realistic. That should be clear the moment u see the Blue lock Facility and think about the fact that they later use holograms as goalkeeper. Its a Sport SHONEN Manga so its meant to mainly appeal teenage boys . Also i think u completlely missed the point with Ego judging Kuon even tho he is the top scorer. Yes in terms of the ranking goals might be the only thing that matters but remember that Kuon wants to create the best striker and Kuon didnt score a hattrick because he was the best, no he scored them because the enemy team let him as part of that scummy deal. Or the point about "Players dont just reproduce Goals". Yeah youre right that they dont just reproduce them but its more about finding what situation ur most likely to score a goal and try to get urself in that situation. Ofc that is impossible to always reproduce but this is still a show to entertain people and not be super serious. Thats why u saying "the Casuals" ist dumbest part of this video. This isnt about showing how real football works . Its about fxcking being entertaining. If u want realistic Football then watch real matches or a documentary. Or even other animes that are more on the realitic side. This one is clearly not meant to like that. Thinking that he really usues mainly real quotes is dumb if u think about the fact that in BL the best player in the World is a made up Character that doesnt exist, so mentioning those actually real players more likely fan service for Football fans so that they can be eexcited about names they know being mentioned. So to Summarize: This show isnt meant to be realistic and represent real Football. Its meant to be an Entertaining Sports Shonen Manga/Anime thats about football but with the main focus on selfimprovement and exciting matches. (I also could have talked about so many other things u said but i dont have the motivation to keep typing rn lmao)
I think if you look deeper into the anime ego focuses a lot on individual strengths but he focuses more on chemical reactions between two individually strong players that he has validated as strong. He teaches team work and a lot read the manga infact in the last arc of the anime and for most of the manga....the most important thing which he makes clear every single time is improvising and chemical reactions were players will play irregularly but still coordinated even without planning which is far better
Bruuh im pretty sure all the things about being selfish and ego is ironic its not meant to be taken seriously. This is one of your worse take so far. How can you miss the point this much
@YumesukeSutashika you shouldn't expect real soccer in an anime. Anime has a different style compared to watching irl sports. Most of bluelock isn't based off truth cause it isn't supposed to be. It's supposed to be entertaining showing more elements to Shonen anime than irl sports.
@@YumesukeSutashikaBro I thought it was known by now that anime is dramatized to be entertaining, it's really not meant to be taken as seriously as thinking a show is an insult because it's not entirely accurate. Besides, it's a show meant for young teens, most young teens care more about the cool-ness factor, just enjoy the ride instead of nitpicking about things barely anyone cares about
@@YumesukeSutashika Bro I can't take you seriously. Every single criticism you've gotten has been responded to with "you're coping 🤓☝️" It's clear that you're not an analytical person in the slightest. You're just a guy with a platform who got mad that a show didn't play out how he wanted and decided to make 2 videos balling his eyes out on it. Disgrace to soccer yet doesn't even call the sport the correct name. Do you even know how an offside works?
the mangaka could not have chosen a worse sport as the setting for their critique on Japanese collectivism. Soccer a sport with one of the highest amounts of players per team with multiple positions and roles. something like doubles tennis, relays, Volley ball, or hockey could have worked better but nope picked the sport with 11 guys on each team chasing a ball around nearly two acres of land. Yugioh of all things took pot shots at this mentality and ironically that's a 1v1 game most of the time.
You really went for my favorite manga like that, whatever opinions are opinions, and this video is good The tag was just a demo on how far he is willing to go to mold other players, no matter the sacrifices, like a fascist state making its people scared for control. Either way ego really thinks he can create another striker without the loses But the weapons explaination you made is kinda just you being a little judgy, their “powers” are just skills they honed, and isagi’s is supposed to be is IQ, but it isn’t really explained the best imo until the second explanation. The thing ego tries to teach is what ego can provide to your game, thinking solely for what you want can create with what weapons you have at your disposal. Furthermore, with said ego and weapons you can create “formulas” or just habits/tactics they can use to give a clear path towards those goals. The awakening gimmick is just them thinking about what they are doing wrong and how something can change.
@@YumesukeSutashika just kinda helped me in my own sport of lacrosse when I just started and didn’t know how to improve, I used some of its concepts to simplify the sport when I wanted to stand out. I should’ve probably said one of my favorites though
@@YumesukeSutashika BL is not really about football or teamwork tho. Its about self improvement. Cultivating that Ego to reach the pinnacle cause u def need that shit to be no 1. Also Nobody said the matches inside the facility is supposed to be the same as a real match. Its literally just a bunch of strikers trying to prove that they are the best. BL is not supposed to be about the spirit of football or teamwork or none of that shit. Its mainly about self improvement.
Honestly, the reason why I don't like this series isn't because of the fact it doesn't represent actual soccer. I don't like it because it's a sports anime, period. With the exception of Hajime No Ippo, there hasn't been any sports anime that has gotten even a hint of liking from me. 👀
If you're looking for a football anime / manga then watch /read ao ashi it's realistic and it's literally all about tactics, it's peak and that unrealistic battle Shonen stuff only gets worse, blue lock creator admitted himself that he intended to make it more like a battle Shonen for casuals who don't watch or play football
I used to dislike the anime too, I know all the reasons why people would hate it but relying on how accurate it is irl is the worst one, what's appealing about blue lock is its story and characters, just because it's not realistic doesn't mean it's automatically mid, I'm sorry if youd just found out about that
@@YumesukeSutashika dang youve got me, I saw the comments and assumed what the video was about, finally got the time to watch it and some of my points still stand, what you said are opinions and that doesnt make the anime mid, bllk got people hooked bc of its characters and entertaining factors Normally contradictions kill a story, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that bllk has tons of that, but many comments have pointed out already, it doesnt make sense in football but the anime is more about motivation and inspiration Id like to counter some points you made in the vid but you glossed over too quickly and man it’s been a while since Ive seen bllk sorry I dont remember many details, I tried not to be too biased when typed this so... you do you I guess, srry if I came across as butthurt over this
He def is and I'm a Ronaldo fan. Like 99% of the top players on any team sport are egoists. Not even have to be a team sport just any sport. Its kinda that I'm the best mentality. A lot of athletes have that. Ronaldo, Mike Tyson, Kobe. But it isn't necessarily a bad thing. That mentality plays a huge part on their success .
The difference is that all the other soccer anime teach people how soccer is played. Blue Lock teaches how soccer is won. You don't win by playing great and having fun and by passing a million times. You win by scoring goals. What mentality do you need to be able to score goals? What mentality pushes you to be the best at deciding games? What do you need to be able to win? That's what Blue Lock teaches you.
Wrong!!! You don’t win games by scoring the most goals, you win by having a balanced team, and it’s was proven that defence wins you more titles than offense like the legendary manager Jose Maurinho said. Blue lock philosophy is flawed and is targeted towards casuals with 1 dimensional view of Football/soccer.
@@vainqueurhero8823 its focused in on one position and what it takes to be the best at that position. The team that scores the most wins the most games. Sorry, that's sports. Mourinho's teams are defend-and-counter teams. He builds strong defenses that do not let teams score goals easily, then stacks his tactics to attack swiftly and decisively once they take possession. Look at his Chelsea teams in 2005 and 2006 or his Inter team in 2010. Or, better example, his 2012 Real Madrid team that scored the most goals that year and had the best attack in La Liga and in Europe. Didier Drogba, Diego Milito and Samuel Eto'o, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. The attackers all had the correct ego, they wanted the ball and they wanted to score goals. To do so, they got the ball to their attackers and let them work. Mourinho is the best example of a manager whose philosophy aligns well with Blue Lock's philosophy.
@@sirbenedict2519 absolutely not. I still don’t understand why people say ego instead of ambition/mentality, it’s so cringe. Because striker have mentality, but my point still stands, you can’t say only scoring goals wins you games when there’s other positions in the field. That’s my problem with Blue lock and other football animes or even media in general, they have a strong bias that makes people think the striker position is everything, reducing all the importance of the other positions. Again, Blue lock philosophy is flawed and I hate it. Because tell me, did Real Madrid wins the champions league in 2012 when they broke the record of in la liga,the answer is no. There’s more to the game than the offence and there’s situation you can’t score goals,so you have to adapt to win games, but blue lock doesn’t teach that.
I think ego is pushing solo play because that is what japanese players are lacking in he knows team play is important but thats what they have already been shown and are great at so he is pushing being great by yourself because thats what they need to improve and his point was they have a decent team but missing a star player striker so he isn't trying to beat other teams that have 11 great players with 1 the japanese team already has 10 great player's he trying to fill the last spot that they are lacking in
I think BL takes itself too seriously, instead of accepting that it’s an edgy shonen/action sports anime that people enjoy watching. Also, I would say it’s closer to shonen than an actual sports anime.
I knew you didn't like this so thought you liked more realistic sports anime and not over the top ones so thought u would hate kuroko's basketball but it seemed liked you enjoyed that one why do you have a problem with blue lock not being like real life but kuroko's fine with a guy that can make full court shots with 100% success or and of the generation of miracles super powers?
You missed the whole point like that pos Kuon. Claiming it to be an insult is an insanely outrageous statement. Do you even realize how massively popular Blue Lock is and what it has contributed to the sports world? Real-life football clubs like Inter Milan and Liverpool have collaborated with Blue Lock, and the Japanese national team wore Blue Lock-inspired jerseys. Surely, these prestigious teams wouldn't promote something they believed insulted football.
it is an anime bruh, chill its for the enjoyment of a mix of the basic sport and to drive people to goals and their will to want to win. if you take this seriously then u dont enjoy any anime that way
Oh my god as I watch more of this video i realize more and more the lack of any skills in interpretation and analysis☠️ " smell a goal and vision on the field bro☠️..... If you can't interpret that you are lost
😂😂😂😂buddy you are sad.. your crying because a FICTIONAL show isnt realistic?🤣😂🤣😂😂bro whats next your gonna hate on naruto, one piece, dragon ball and every other shonen anime for not being realistic🤣😂😂... Not to mention you dont even understand its story.
I like your videos. As a massive football fan, I think this one is very flawed because you have a too deep analytical view of blue lock, feeling very flat when we hear your arguments, especially since I feel like you like the sport, but you’re not passionate about it. I watched football anime all my life , and I don’t like blue lock,but I reliazed it was not because of the message of the anime but the image it gives to soccer/football. I wish shows like captain tsubasa and Ao ashi were mainstream because they have a better foundation in their message. It seems like you understand the anime, but you’re trying too much to compare it to real life and I think that not how you should view it. I think you should view as batttle shonen with soccer as a side quest. I personally think Blue lock is not close to the best sport mangas( Slam dunk, Kuroko, haikyuu) and as a football/soccer fan, it piss me off to think there’s not anime in my sport category which equals the best ones in quality.
How are you going to accurately examine my passion about soccer from this video? Furthermore, if you were to make an assumption about my passion, the fact that its titled "Blue Lock is an insult to soccer" would imply that I'm extremely passionate about it to claim that a tv show is an insult tot the sport.
@@YumesukeSutashika I personally think you could have used another subject if you done more research of football anime of the past and media perspective of soccer/football, because you see the problem does not come from blue block, but a strong bias towards strikers, reducing the role of other positions( that takes away the fundamental of the sport). That what I meant by passion of the game, there’s a more important issue in Blue lock than it narration.
Damn, that was some D1 hating. Lowkey, I feel you dont really believe all of that and just did it to trigger the fandom. But if you truly do, this is not your year since the movie and season 2 are dropping in the coming months. Wouldn't be surprised if you become a hate watcher.
You're just salty for some reason and then nitpicking points to justify why you hate itm If you don't like it just don't watch and move it. You genuinely sound miserable over an anime, you're taking this too seriously. Critique videos are only good when the points are logical but this whole video is just you being emotional.
As someone that's been on RUclips for around 13 years, this was one of the WORST video essays I've seen in that time. I lost track of the amount of times you either ignorantly forgot information covered in the manga or just outright LIED. I have no way of knowing which it was, but you were factually wrong about a ton of points you levied against Blue Lock. Really doesn't help you provide ZERO citations, sources, etc to back up any of your points while complaining about Ego not providing examples either. Hypocritical much? EDIT: Apologies for missing the pinned comment. Thanks for providing at least a few citations, however there were plenty other points that could use a source backing them. I highly suggest putting your emotions aside next time you analyze a piece of media, because I got the feeling this video was emotionally charged instead of an objective analysis.
As someone who watched fraud lock, I suggest your rewatch the anime. Obviously the vast amount of clips to back up each of my points wasn't enough to satisfy you, so you can do your own research.
@@YumesukeSutashika The vast amount of your points were wrong. Doesn't matter how many you made. You should apply for Blue Lock btw, you'd def become #1 with that ego.
@@sleshstamp Fascism is not x does this thing. Fascism is a word with a specific meaning(although including many elements). Just bc you watched an explanation point video that was completely reductive does not mean you suddenly understand the word. Fascism is a mass political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism, militarism, and the supremacy of the nation over the individual. First the let's understand one simple idea. Fascism is a political/government idea not a sport philosophy. You can say blue lock has elements of fascism but that is comeptely reductive. Second Blue Lock prorirotizes the INDIVIDUAL(Ego) over the Team in terms of striking. That idea alone completely sets it apart from fascism. It would be more accurate to relate Blue Lock to Objectivism(and that would also be reductive). Third. Please open a book or learn basic critical thinking skills and don't believe everything you see on the internet without first understanding the underlying ideas.
Soccer is about scoring goals more than anything even team work. Team work is just a strategy that works most of the time but just cause a team can work well together doesn't mean the produce results
Okay....you're annoying, not the anime....if you want realistic football anime, then go watch Ao Ashi man! If someone wants to see a football anime in an action battle sort of way, then they'd enjoy watching blue lock. It's what its supposed to be. Why would you want two Ao Ashi with different characters? Thats stupid 😑! One is exciting for its realism - Ao Ashi....and one is exciting for its uniqueness - Blue Lock....and that's a wrap
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Messi and Ronaldo’s quotes about teamwork.
www.azquotes.com/author/10009-Lionel_Messi/tag/team
www.azquotes.com/author/12588-Cristiano_Ronaldo/tag/team
The Cantona quote in the anime is fake. The Cantona quote in the manga (seagulls and trawlers) is about reporters, not selfishness
Pele on teamwork: quotefancy.com/quote/887195/Pel-A-team-is-not-made-up-of-isolated-individuals-Always-stay-in-the-game-Don-t-be
Neymar on teamwork: www.azquotes.com/author/24900-Neymar/tag/team
If you’re going to comment about how you had a personal experience that was similar to Blue Lock, save it. Anecdotal evidence is not good evidence for an argument. What matters is the rule, not the exception. In general, the rule is that teamwork wins trophies in soccer.
And the clips are in 2x speed to avoid copyright, so don't ask.
We know it’s u Kira, we get it u got out first selection. 💀
Yoshikage?
@@YumesukeSutashika kira is white hair dude who got out first selection
fr bros mad at ego
@@YumesukeSutashikalol
The concept of "Ego" isn't focused on the concept of being selfish in matches, but rather one's it is how a player's mindset, and Isagi as the MC is the best example of this, he actively helps out his teammates, but those are means to end which is his own development. He actively improves because if his ego, he WANTS to become the number 1 striker through any means necessary, and he doesn't do it by being selfish, he does it by learning from his teammates, contributing to team attacks and defense, playmaking, teaming up. He actively has to change his thinking at any problem and improves, and all his achievements are what feeds his ego.
They covered the whole selfishness thing with Barou during the second selection, where he won't pass because of his pride.
The whole speech Ego gave at the start of the series is 1. A way to get the characters riled up and 2. A way to get the audience hooked on a never before seen concept. Not EVERY player in the series is a ball hogger
There's also that complaint about weapons and awakenings being unrealistic because "that's not how soccer works irl" which is a fair arguement, but that kinda doesn't make sense coming from you considering you have a video glazing kuroko no basket lmao
And besides, the first selection was more of a introductory arc to the series, it gets better after it
And 2. It's anime cuh, the whole point is to entertain not teach people how to play football like in Haikyu and stuff
True and the whole it's not real football argument is not even good. This is fiction not non fiction. Since when did people judge fiction on how realistic it is. Blue Lock doesn't even try to be realistic with its premise. The argument is based on a false premise and a lack of understanding
Your mistake is thinking this is meant to be a sports anime at it’s core instead of being an anime about motivation, drive and improvement
fr bro is taking the anime too seriously
See I was also on that side until he pointed out something. The Noel Noa “Lose 3-4” and Kuon about to “Lose 3-4” but getting yelled at for it was actually eye opening since it proved inconsistencies within the show. I’m not saying it has to be like Ao Ashi but I’m saying that’s not even something that is “anime-like”. Someone having values like Ego should have and then flipping it doesn’t make sense. It’s kinda hard to put into words for me but I hope this made you understand
@@GodsChosenEagleEgo didn’t flip his vslues. His values were always ‘the team is otherwise good except for the striker so we need to do something we aren’t doing to make our strikers better’ This is explained if not in the first episode then certainly in the first few. It’s about context. Not even Noa hold his lose 3-4 at all times. It’s about instilling ideas that motivate people to make them better.
@@mrbubbles6468I would reply to your comment but for some reason it’s not making sense for me so good for you I guess
The problem is the manga acts like it said the pure truth about football in a really arrogant way
Wait, you’re telling me this overly dramatised and exaggerated sports anime made for entertainment purposes, not at all representative of real life football, isn’t realistic and has flaws?
And here I thought we actually had these high tech facilities coercing all these teenagers and training them to become football players and putting their careers on the line in real life!
Of course, Blue Lock makes no sense at all, but if you look at it from a practical and objective perspective, then what are you watching anime for?
So you cant judge anime objectively?
@@uzair7387 What does this even mean? It's fictional soccer vs real life soccer.
@@darkenedpp There's nothing difficult about what I said. Can you judge anime objectively or you can not criticise no matter what?
@@uzair7387 Criticizing a piece of art will always be subjective. Where's "objective" about it? You can criticize it but don't make your opinion a fact.
@@darkenedpp it's not about making it a fact it's about criticising by looking at objective standards, in this case it's how well does it represent actual football. You can do that objectively. Whether or not you care about it being representative of the sport is a different matter
"Dont mock football" ahh video 😭
Don’t forget the “🤓☝️”
"I watch poorly made sports anime" ahh comment
@@encouraginglyauthentic43 blue lock was actually great, the mindset is definitely not realistic but the writing was great. it definitely took a nose dive after nel tho
@@shinobuily It's mid
@@encouraginglyauthentic43 why do you guys act as if your opinion is objectively true?
I think it's funny that the story is about your ego and winning but lokey encourages team work and assistance from others. Like ego gaslighting everyone there 😂 I still like blue lock tho
He gaslit nobody. He straight up told them this was about creating the best striker via instilling the values of winning in them entirely so the Japan Team as a whole could be made better.
you cannot win by yourself, you still need teamwork, whats next is who devours who in sake for their own goal of scoring
I consider Blue Lock a more of a Battle manga mixed with battle Royale setting. It's just Kuroko no basket, but imo that show was more self aware lmao
Kuroko was far better
@@YumesukeSutashikaLsss
@@YumesukeSutashika I agree. It's basically the antithesis of Blue Lock. Even if you have superpowers, you need teammates to win a game.
@@YumesukeSutashika nope
Looking for sanity in a anime was the first mistake 😂
Before watching the video: Blue Lock is innately a critique of Japanese collectivist thinking and a preach towards the originality of the individual. I might give the video a watch later but 99% of criticism towards this masterpiece I see boils down to braindead takes that take things too literally with very little understanding of nuance. This show has some of the best character writing, development, creativity, planned out storytelling and symbolism I've seen in a Shonen series, with the characters being love letters to individual soccer players and their talents.
Then maybe it should be about an individual sport, not a team one? It literally doesn't make sense
@@minedantaken1684 Why exactly would a critique of collectivist societies be set in an individualistic setting?
If it's one of the best Shonen series out there, then how come I derive no enjoyment from it? 🤔
The amount of thumbnails he went through in 3 days is insane
I dont think u understand the point of blue lock, its more so about cultivating the ego of individuals and focus more on individual skill, rather than to focus more on teamwork. An easy phrase to think about is before helping others you must first help yourself. Individualism matters the most in soccer, more than a team. Theres even an interview of a European coach saying exactly that.
If u have mid players working together in perfect unity, they would still get outclassed by a team that has 1 or maybe 2 outstanding players and shakey team. Its because the best players can destroy a team and creat new possibilities. Like he says 1 player can change the game and force the creation of new strategies to mark them.
When barous team starts working together its because barou scored that they can work together. Its because of 1 player, it gave the team a framework and strategy to score goals because he already did it once. Thats what creating 1 from 0 means in egos talk.
Also blue lock does question ego, and the ideas brought into it at times, suggesting its philosophy is not the end all be all.
As blue lock continues, you see it does become about teamwork but ultimately its still about how your individualism enhances your team and that can only be achieved through cultivating your own ego and desire to be better than your not only your opponents, but your own teammates. Which makes the first selection necessary. If you understand that, then you can compete in high level soccer. Because being part of a team isn't all fun and games you are competing with each other for higher salaries, a better career and to be on the starting 11.
All the selections are steps to cultivating a person. The first selection is to see your ego and how you would Naturally fall into a team, will u be the one to get goals? Play defense? Compromise? Be a passer? How does your ego naturally fit into a team? The 2nd selection is about how skilled are you in your 1v1s obviously because soccer is about 1v1s and as the 2nd selection goes on, its about how the ego that you cultivated in the first selection clashes and mixes with your teammates egos to get a win and score goals. Because its less people adapting to each others playstyle is much more do or die than in a team of 11 where u might jot need to be the one to do that.
I dont wann spoil the next parts, but you see its a natural progression really to find your ego, cultivate it, test it in combination with a variety of players and see how you will become part of a starting 11. It focuses first on just the striker position because technically its the most important position. However it does focus in on what it means to be a team. Its just blue locks philosophy is a perfect team revolves around a few best individuals, unlike a team like japans which revolves around making sure everyone is trying hard to make up for the fact that they dont have an outstanding otherworldly level player. That was the criticizism. Because again ego believes a team is built around 1 or 2 outstanding players, not really good team tactics. And its a debate that coaches will have with each other too.
I can see why BL looks quite unrealistic from real life football (cause it is, especially from how the current arc is going) but just because an anime sport is not being true to sport doesn’t make it a bad anime. The subgenre BL is part of is what makes it different from other sports anime (like Ao Ashi or Haikyuu)
First of, Japan’s current ideology about football sucks. Instead of prioritizing individual strikers to become the center of their team, they care more about tactics. Most other teams in European clubs or nationalities are usually centered around one striker. Even if said striker works more as a team player, that striker is the core. That’s why Ego is presenting a completely new ideology, which will make Japan’s football compete with the rest of the world. It definitely has its faults, but the objective is the important thing. A similar situation also happens in Ao Ashi.
2nd, formulas are not Kekkai Genken/supernatural thing. It’s essentially a way for strikers to make goals at a high-rate. Now, in real life, you can’t do the same formula a hundred times in a match, because then the opponent has already figured it out how to counter it. But a specific formula is what makes a striker capable of scoring goals at a higher rate than usual. There are real life players who have specific placements to score at a reasonable. Even the main character of Ao Ashi has a bird eye’s view, which is the same thing as Isagi. Does that mean Ashito has superpowers? No.
3rd, the way all 5 teams work are in different ways, but they are centered about one (or more) guy scoring goals. Barou’s team has him, Niko’s team had Okawa, the twins scored for themselves and Team V was centered around 3 strikers. Unlike Team Z, the other teams were capable of providing an actual team comp because that player(s) just happened to be better than the rest of the team. Team Z’s problem is that they were desperate after their first loss, so their strategy had to work in a different way.
4th. The way you find contradictions for every argument is plain annoying. Not every idea is immune to “contradictions” you provide. You said that what Kuon did is contradictory is Ego’s philosophy, but it only works in a vacuum. Or what Isagi said to Niko. Isagi did the same thing twice before, but he was able to “move on” from they way he played football to become a striker. That’s why he criticized Niko after the match. Let’s not forget that Niko also did the same thing as Isagi and was able to pass the 1st stage.
All in all, you are most likely overhating on this, simply because it is not as realistic to football as Ao Ashi, or even sports like Haikyuu. But that’s not a negative to the show’s writing.
aint no way bro made a 20 min vid crying and missing the entire point of the series 😭
I understand that were all human and make mistakes and make mistakes but man i hate when people claim a story is bad while simultaneously failing to understand half a second of the story they just witnessed it feels like this person went into blue lock thinking it was going to be bad and didn't even attempt to find a hint of deeper understanding to the story and instead used moments from the show to fuel the agenda that the show is bad without even trying to understand the show
I mean, he's not wrong about the quality of it in my eyes. It's somehow down there as one of my personal least favorite Shonen out there, even less than Fairy Fail (Which believe me, is really saying something.)
I honestly kinda agree w everything ur saying, but i still like reading blue lock even despite that lmao. However when i see somebody saying 'blue lock is the best sports anime' my eye starts twitching and i'm like... *no*
@@samninjago8216 wdym?
@@samninjago8216 also it isn't, stop glazing it 😃 it's good but it's not the best, and I'm saying this as someone who reads blue lock
Who takes animes like real life hahahaa
I do hate the first tag challenge for this test. Not only are you getting rid of good players or potentially good ones by ending their career as a professional. Honestly I don't think ego can do that anyways
He isn’t ending their career as a professional. He was ending their ability to play on Japan’s National Team. They can still play on teams in lower leagues or for other countries teams.
@@mrbubbles6468but when Your goal is to get the best ones, why would You basically randomly eliminate them?
I do agree how philosophy on scoring for yourself is stupid for a team sports but the idea of ego the opposite of a team sport like soccer is entertaining. I agree with the idea of the striker should care about only their score is dumb. How a strong defense and strategy can trump on of the best strikers with no team
It’s almost like the seties is about creating good strikers because the other positions on the Japan Team are good.
Its more about creating the perfect striker rather than making a man that can win alone. I mean as I a striker your only damn Job is to get the ball into that net. I mean sure u got players compromising their own team to get their goal all that shit is to get the top spot in the team. For Isagi, its to be the best striker in the world and its only gonna happen inside the blue lock facility. Irl U take any sports top players that kinda play the striker role or even a top players in a individual sport they def got some ego in them. That Ego is part of why they are at the lvl they are at.
All in all. Blue lock is more about self improvement to reach the top spot rather than football or team work.
The more you describe the anime, the more I see it not as a presentation of real soccer, but a exciting and entertaining show. If the anime is entertaining then it's not really all bad
Unfortunately, at least for me, it's not entertaining, and neither is the manga. Look at it if you want, but it's something that makes me make this face (😐), when I see or hear about it.
@@justintime2461 Well, entertainment is subjective to each person. You don't have to watch Blue lock, just watch whatever you like
@@lehothaiduong4363 Fair enough. I just have a naturally strong distaste for Sports anime/manga as a whole. Mainly because, if I want to watch sports stuff, I'd watch real sports on the TV or on my phone.
I don't want to be a hater, but I think this video was made by someone who didn't really understand "Blue Lock". It seems like you're frustrated because it's popular.
I will be brief because explaining all the points of disagreement would take too long. So I'm going to address the main aspects that annoyed me.
The aim of "Blue Lock" is to show future generations of the Japanese team that football is not only about teamwork, but also about individual abilities. Even if you work as a team, if you're a mediocre striker and you find yourself facing a defender like Antonio Rüdiger or Kyle Walker, you're going to get outplayed. Let's take the example of Mitoma: he knows how to play as a team and has a pretty nice arsenal, but what makes him formidable is his dribbling which terrorizes Premier League defenses. This autonomy contrasts with the 2018 Japanese team, which was considered passive by the author. Think about Ego's morality and expand on why his explanations of tag are wrong.
The second goal of Blue Lock is to teach these concepts in a fun way. Yes, football in Blue Lock looks like a system of powers, that's normal, it's a manga and BL doesn't want to be 100% realistic. It is designed to be eye-catching just like kuruko basket. Analyzes player actions and "powers" in detail to attract casual readers. The awakening in Blue Lock is inspired by reality (do some research on flow to understand), just like the flow which will be introduced in season 2. The "weapons" system is there to be fun and not only to attract casuals. The first selection aims to allow attackers to find a "recipe for scoring", to know how to use it and above all to know how to score in all situations. For example, Bachira's weapon is dribbling, and he must learn to score whatever the situation and not play tricks like we all do in the playground.
Also, why didn't you analyze Baro's importance in the team? Do you realize that the team revolves around him, that he is the playmaker and that no one is at his level? This is why the Baro team plays as a team.
In short, I advise you to watch the second part of the season more objectively. Yes, "Blue Lock" has flaws, it's not a "Haikyuu!!" or an "Ao Ashi", but stop disrespecting a work just because you don't like it.
I suggest you to stop coping. You say I'm frustrated that it's popular, but there are manga that I love that are far more popular than Fraud Lock. You'd know that if you looked at my channel for even a minute. The characters in the show are saying specific things and I'm debunking them, meanwhile you're trying to twist the meaning of the words so that they don't sound ridiculous and contradictory. I'm seeing what's there while you're seeing what you want to see. I'm watching the show objectively, you're watching it subjectively.
@@YumesukeSutashika guy looking at a work objectively is not an excuse for not understanding what Muneyuki wants to tell through his manga, have you understood what annoys Muneyuki in the 2018 Japanese team? did you understand why blue lock advocates individual potential rather than teamwork like all shonen? Personally I don't think so.
@@laskouide_newragingbulls The fact that you don't think I understand Fraud Lock just because I disagree with it and despite the fact that I went through several clips and debunked them shows that you're a stan that will say anything to trick themselves into defending Fraud Lock. It doesn't matter that the story cherrypicked and lied about quotes or constantly contradicts itself.
@@YumesukeSutashika You know if you don't like muneyuki's philosophy in real fair enough, but just stop making Muneyuki look like a footix or someone who contradicts himself because it's not true, if you really understood that BL is not about to create a player in twelve quotes "totally egocentric" (even if the anime presents him like that) but to create an autonomous player who can score his goals with or without a teammate (and that even if he is a finisher), me who has read the manga I confirm that this is the case.
But hey I don't care, it's not this video that will ridicule Blue Lock because we are very much able to understand what this manga is really saying.
@@YumesukeSutashika Jesus Christ dude, way to enable constructive conversations by opening with an insult
Not gonna lie, that First Selection was the closest to real soccer so far in the anime since it’s 11v11 and the weapon thing was also pretty cool but if I was Kira I would actually air out the entire facility if someone I trusted kicked me in a game of soccer tag which ended my dreams basically. Me and Ego’s bloodline having issues after that.
"Manga Characters dont need special moves to be cool" its cool if u like sports manga more that are realistic and dont have this "Powers" but this mangaka obviously does like the idea. U also dont have to be an expert about the topic when writing a story about it. Especially when it obviously not meant to be realistic. That should be clear the moment u see the Blue lock Facility and think about the fact that they later use holograms as goalkeeper. Its a Sport SHONEN Manga so its meant to mainly appeal teenage boys .
Also i think u completlely missed the point with Ego judging Kuon even tho he is the top scorer. Yes in terms of the ranking goals might be the only thing that matters but remember that Kuon wants to create the best striker and Kuon didnt score a hattrick because he was the best, no he scored them because the enemy team let him as part of that scummy deal.
Or the point about "Players dont just reproduce Goals". Yeah youre right that they dont just reproduce them but its more about finding what situation ur most likely to score a goal and try to get urself in that situation. Ofc that is impossible to always reproduce but this is still a show to entertain people and not be super serious. Thats why u saying "the Casuals" ist dumbest part of this video. This isnt about showing how real football works . Its about fxcking being entertaining. If u want realistic Football then watch real matches or a documentary. Or even other animes that are more on the realitic side. This one is clearly not meant to like that.
Thinking that he really usues mainly real quotes is dumb if u think about the fact that in BL the best player in the World is a made up Character that doesnt exist, so mentioning those actually real players more likely fan service for Football fans so that they can be eexcited about names they know being mentioned.
So to Summarize: This show isnt meant to be realistic and represent real Football. Its meant to be an Entertaining Sports Shonen Manga/Anime thats about football but with the main focus on selfimprovement and exciting matches.
(I also could have talked about so many other things u said but i dont have the motivation to keep typing rn lmao)
I think if you look deeper into the anime ego focuses a lot on individual strengths but he focuses more on chemical reactions between two individually strong players that he has validated as strong. He teaches team work and a lot read the manga infact in the last arc of the anime and for most of the manga....the most important thing which he makes clear every single time is improvising and chemical reactions were players will play irregularly but still coordinated even without planning which is far better
Bruuh im pretty sure all the things about being selfish and ego is ironic its not meant to be taken seriously. This is one of your worse take so far. How can you miss the point this much
That's just you coping and coming up with an excuse for the bad writing.
@YumesukeSutashika you shouldn't expect real soccer in an anime. Anime has a different style compared to watching irl sports. Most of bluelock isn't based off truth cause it isn't supposed to be. It's supposed to be entertaining showing more elements to Shonen anime than irl sports.
@@YumesukeSutashikaBro I thought it was known by now that anime is dramatized to be entertaining, it's really not meant to be taken as seriously as thinking a show is an insult because it's not entirely accurate. Besides, it's a show meant for young teens, most young teens care more about the cool-ness factor, just enjoy the ride instead of nitpicking about things barely anyone cares about
@@YumesukeSutashika Bro I can't take you seriously. Every single criticism you've gotten has been responded to with "you're coping 🤓☝️" It's clear that you're not an analytical person in the slightest. You're just a guy with a platform who got mad that a show didn't play out how he wanted and decided to make 2 videos balling his eyes out on it. Disgrace to soccer yet doesn't even call the sport the correct name. Do you even know how an offside works?
I'm going to need someone to explain me what ”soccer” is. I have never heard of ”soccer” before in my life.
I agree with a lot of this video and still love blue lock 😂 great video
This video is definitely something haha
bro put so many tags into the vid description like its some YT shorts video lmao, some of these weren't even mentioned in the video
This up there with "Itachi was dumb" both are correct. Blue lock is fraudulent, and Itachi was a sped
the mangaka could not have chosen a worse sport as the setting for their critique on Japanese collectivism. Soccer a sport with one of the highest amounts of players per team with multiple positions and roles. something like doubles tennis, relays, Volley ball, or hockey could have worked better but nope picked the sport with 11 guys on each team chasing a ball around nearly two acres of land. Yugioh of all things took pot shots at this mentality and ironically that's a 1v1 game most of the time.
You really went for my favorite manga like that, whatever opinions are opinions, and this video is good
The tag was just a demo on how far he is willing to go to mold other players, no matter the sacrifices, like a fascist state making its people scared for control. Either way ego really thinks he can create another striker without the loses
But the weapons explaination you made is kinda just you being a little judgy, their “powers” are just skills they honed, and isagi’s is supposed to be is IQ, but it isn’t really explained the best imo until the second explanation.
The thing ego tries to teach is what ego can provide to your game, thinking solely for what you want can create with what weapons you have at your disposal. Furthermore, with said ego and weapons you can create “formulas” or just habits/tactics they can use to give a clear path towards those goals. The awakening gimmick is just them thinking about what they are doing wrong and how something can change.
I suck at explaining, so cant wait to so how this goes
Idk how this is your favorite manga. Go read Catenaccio, Ao Ashi, or Farewell My Dear Cramer. All of them are better soccer manga.
@@YumesukeSutashika just kinda helped me in my own sport of lacrosse when I just started and didn’t know how to improve, I used some of its concepts to simplify the sport when I wanted to stand out.
I should’ve probably said one of my favorites though
@@YumesukeSutashika BL is not really about football or teamwork tho. Its about self improvement. Cultivating that Ego to reach the pinnacle cause u def need that shit to be no 1. Also Nobody said the matches inside the facility is supposed to be the same as a real match. Its literally just a bunch of strikers trying to prove that they are the best. BL is not supposed to be about the spirit of football or teamwork or none of that shit. Its mainly about self improvement.
Honestly, the reason why I don't like this series isn't because of the fact it doesn't represent actual soccer. I don't like it because it's a sports anime, period. With the exception of Hajime No Ippo, there hasn't been any sports anime that has gotten even a hint of liking from me. 👀
If you're looking for a football anime / manga then watch /read ao ashi it's realistic and it's literally all about tactics, it's peak and that unrealistic battle Shonen stuff only gets worse, blue lock creator admitted himself that he intended to make it more like a battle Shonen for casuals who don't watch or play football
I used to dislike the anime too, I know all the reasons why people would hate it but relying on how accurate it is irl is the worst one, what's appealing about blue lock is its story and characters, just because it's not realistic doesn't mean it's automatically mid, I'm sorry if youd just found out about that
Please watch the entire video
@@YumesukeSutashika dang youve got me, I saw the comments and assumed what the video was about, finally got the time to watch it and some of my points still stand,
what you said are opinions and that doesnt make the anime mid, bllk got people hooked bc of its characters and entertaining factors
Normally contradictions kill a story, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that bllk has tons of that, but many comments have pointed out already, it doesnt make sense in football but the anime is more about motivation and inspiration
Id like to counter some points you made in the vid but you glossed over too quickly and man it’s been a while since Ive seen bllk sorry I dont remember many details, I tried not to be too biased when typed this so... you do you I guess, srry if I came across as butthurt over this
My handsome king Yumesuke back in is prime but I’m still gonna read bluelock week to week though 🌚
Saying Ronaldo is an egoist is wild
He def is and I'm a Ronaldo fan. Like 99% of the top players on any team sport are egoists. Not even have to be a team sport just any sport. Its kinda that I'm the best mentality. A lot of athletes have that. Ronaldo, Mike Tyson, Kobe. But it isn't necessarily a bad thing. That mentality plays a huge part on their success .
The difference is that all the other soccer anime teach people how soccer is played. Blue Lock teaches how soccer is won. You don't win by playing great and having fun and by passing a million times. You win by scoring goals. What mentality do you need to be able to score goals? What mentality pushes you to be the best at deciding games? What do you need to be able to win? That's what Blue Lock teaches you.
Wrong!!! You don’t win games by scoring the most goals, you win by having a balanced team, and it’s was proven that defence wins you more titles than offense like the legendary manager Jose Maurinho said. Blue lock philosophy is flawed and is targeted towards casuals with 1 dimensional view of Football/soccer.
@@vainqueurhero8823 its focused in on one position and what it takes to be the best at that position. The team that scores the most wins the most games. Sorry, that's sports. Mourinho's teams are defend-and-counter teams. He builds strong defenses that do not let teams score goals easily, then stacks his tactics to attack swiftly and decisively once they take possession. Look at his Chelsea teams in 2005 and 2006 or his Inter team in 2010. Or, better example, his 2012 Real Madrid team that scored the most goals that year and had the best attack in La Liga and in Europe. Didier Drogba, Diego Milito and Samuel Eto'o, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. The attackers all had the correct ego, they wanted the ball and they wanted to score goals. To do so, they got the ball to their attackers and let them work. Mourinho is the best example of a manager whose philosophy aligns well with Blue Lock's philosophy.
@@sirbenedict2519 absolutely not. I still don’t understand why people say ego instead of ambition/mentality, it’s so cringe. Because striker have mentality, but my point still stands, you can’t say only scoring goals wins you games when there’s other positions in the field. That’s my problem with Blue lock and other football animes or even media in general, they have a strong bias that makes people think the striker position is everything, reducing all the importance of the other positions. Again, Blue lock philosophy is flawed and I hate it. Because tell me, did Real Madrid wins the champions league in 2012 when they broke the record of in la liga,the answer is no. There’s more to the game than the offence and there’s situation you can’t score goals,so you have to adapt to win games, but blue lock doesn’t teach that.
I think ego is pushing solo play because that is what japanese players are lacking in he knows team play is important but thats what they have already been shown and are great at so he is pushing being great by yourself because thats what they need to improve and his point was they have a decent team but missing a star player striker so he isn't trying to beat other teams that have 11 great players with 1 the japanese team already has 10 great player's he trying to fill the last spot that they are lacking in
Bro the show is literally shown to be about drive and improving one’s self it’s pretty unserious idk man kind of crazy to say
Please make another video like this for season 2
I like Blue Lock, but it has major flaws:
1. The anime adaptation
2. Side characters being sidelined
3. Strikers being defenders
4. NEL is shit
I think BL takes itself too seriously, instead of accepting that it’s an edgy shonen/action sports anime that people enjoy watching. Also, I would say it’s closer to shonen than an actual sports anime.
i mean its classified as a Sports Shonen Manga/Anime so youre not wrong xd
I knew you didn't like this so thought you liked more realistic sports anime and not over the top ones so thought u would hate kuroko's basketball but it seemed liked you enjoyed that one why do you have a problem with blue lock not being like real life but kuroko's fine with a guy that can make full court shots with 100% success or and of the generation of miracles super powers?
Blue Lock is not about soccer i think you missed the point
You missed the whole point like that pos Kuon.
Claiming it to be an insult is an insanely outrageous statement. Do you even realize how massively popular Blue Lock is and what it has contributed to the sports world? Real-life football clubs like Inter Milan and Liverpool have collaborated with Blue Lock, and the Japanese national team wore Blue Lock-inspired jerseys. Surely, these prestigious teams wouldn't promote something they believed insulted football.
ok kira ryosuke
SPIT YUME SPIT
Once again, take this manga to a deeper perspective and maybe this so-called criticism will actually make sense
it is an anime bruh, chill its for the enjoyment of a mix of the basic sport and to drive people to goals and their will to want to win. if you take this seriously then u dont enjoy any anime that way
Oh my god as I watch more of this video i realize more and more the lack of any skills in interpretation and analysis☠️ " smell a goal and vision on the field bro☠️..... If you can't interpret that you are lost
oh you talking about soccer not football bet
😂😂😂😂buddy you are sad.. your crying because a FICTIONAL show isnt realistic?🤣😂🤣😂😂bro whats next your gonna hate on naruto, one piece, dragon ball and every other shonen anime for not being realistic🤣😂😂... Not to mention you dont even understand its story.
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Im a striker 😈👹
I like your videos. As a massive football fan, I think this one is very flawed because you have a too deep analytical view of blue lock, feeling very flat when we hear your arguments, especially since I feel like you like the sport, but you’re not passionate about it.
I watched football anime all my life , and I don’t like blue lock,but I reliazed it was not because of the message of the anime but the image it gives to soccer/football. I wish shows like captain tsubasa and Ao ashi were mainstream because they have a better foundation in their message.
It seems like you understand the anime, but you’re trying too much to compare it to real life and I think that not how you should view it. I think you should view as batttle shonen with soccer as a side quest.
I personally think Blue lock is not close to the best sport mangas( Slam dunk, Kuroko, haikyuu) and as a football/soccer fan, it piss me off to think there’s not anime in my sport category which equals the best ones in quality.
How are you going to accurately examine my passion about soccer from this video? Furthermore, if you were to make an assumption about my passion, the fact that its titled "Blue Lock is an insult to soccer" would imply that I'm extremely passionate about it to claim that a tv show is an insult tot the sport.
@@YumesukeSutashika I personally think you could have used another subject if you done more research of football anime of the past and media perspective of soccer/football, because you see the problem does not come from blue block, but a strong bias towards strikers, reducing the role of other positions( that takes away the fundamental of the sport). That what I meant by passion of the game, there’s a more important issue in Blue lock than it narration.
Damn, that was some D1 hating.
Lowkey, I feel you dont really believe all of that and just did it to trigger the fandom. But if you truly do, this is not your year since the movie and season 2 are dropping in the coming months. Wouldn't be surprised if you become a hate watcher.
You're just salty for some reason and then nitpicking points to justify why you hate itm If you don't like it just don't watch and move it. You genuinely sound miserable over an anime, you're taking this too seriously. Critique videos are only good when the points are logical but this whole video is just you being emotional.
As someone that's been on RUclips for around 13 years, this was one of the WORST video essays I've seen in that time. I lost track of the amount of times you either ignorantly forgot information covered in the manga or just outright LIED. I have no way of knowing which it was, but you were factually wrong about a ton of points you levied against Blue Lock. Really doesn't help you provide ZERO citations, sources, etc to back up any of your points while complaining about Ego not providing examples either. Hypocritical much?
EDIT: Apologies for missing the pinned comment. Thanks for providing at least a few citations, however there were plenty other points that could use a source backing them.
I highly suggest putting your emotions aside next time you analyze a piece of media, because I got the feeling this video was emotionally charged instead of an objective analysis.
As someone who watched fraud lock, I suggest your rewatch the anime. Obviously the vast amount of clips to back up each of my points wasn't enough to satisfy you, so you can do your own research.
@@YumesukeSutashika The vast amount of your points were wrong. Doesn't matter how many you made.
You should apply for Blue Lock btw, you'd def become #1 with that ego.
It's pretty fascist too.
You have no idea what fascist means
@@Ultra247 nobody's allowed to question ego. he tells them not to think. ignore history. textbook fascism
@@sleshstamp Fascism is not x does this thing. Fascism is a word with a specific meaning(although including many elements). Just bc you watched an explanation point video that was completely reductive does not mean you suddenly understand the word.
Fascism is a mass political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism, militarism, and the supremacy of the nation over the individual.
First the let's understand one simple idea. Fascism is a political/government idea not a sport philosophy. You can say blue lock has elements of fascism but that is comeptely reductive.
Second Blue Lock prorirotizes the INDIVIDUAL(Ego) over the Team in terms of striking. That idea alone completely sets it apart from fascism. It would be more accurate to relate Blue Lock to Objectivism(and that would also be reductive).
Third. Please open a book or learn basic critical thinking skills and don't believe everything you see on the internet without first understanding the underlying ideas.
@@Ultra247 please don't write a book and expect me to take you seriously. get a life.
@sleshstamp Lmao. The ignorant loves ignorance. Reading of course, hurts the brain and so does learning
Soccer is about scoring goals more than anything even team work. Team work is just a strategy that works most of the time but just cause a team can work well together doesn't mean the produce results
Okay....you're annoying, not the anime....if you want realistic football anime, then go watch Ao Ashi man! If someone wants to see a football anime in an action battle sort of way, then they'd enjoy watching blue lock. It's what its supposed to be. Why would you want two Ao Ashi with different characters? Thats stupid 😑! One is exciting for its realism - Ao Ashi....and one is exciting for its uniqueness - Blue Lock....and that's a wrap
the most overrated sports anime of all time by a long shot
stop glazing the author like bro its so bad