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| Always remember, this is a sports manga. So please explain to me WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON??? We got this dude DROOLING ON THE FUCKING FIELD WITH HIS TONGUE OUT... bro. This show man... and this studio had the FUCKING NERVE TO PUT THE LICKING SOUND EFFECTS WHEN HE CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH OLIVER... LIKE HELLO??? But yeah, again, we in a shounen, so Rin whipping his tongue out and drooling all over the field is all that it takes to make him untouchable... unless THIS DUDE SHIDOU JUST FOULS HIM???? But even with that foul, Rin LOCKS THE FUCK IN... and misses the shot and passes it straight to Sae... LMAOOOOOOOOOOO. Though, I gotta hand it to them, only a second into the second half of the episode AND GOD THEY MOVED... IN 2D??? NOT CGI??? HELLO??? And that kagenashi style part with Rin vs. Sae... god. 8bit man WHY COULDN'T YOU COOK LIKE THIS ALL SEASON??? No dialogue, good animation, AND THE MC ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING FOR ONCE??? NOW THIS IS A SPORTS MANGA. Was this payoff worth the tourment of the all the rest of the season? FUCK NO. I think in my head I remembered this arc to be better, but nah man. The constant talking was so tiring PLUS the animation... what a blunder of a season man. But that post credit scene does get me scared. I mean, one, ANOTHER SEASON of this would be an embrassment PLUS, this next arc, well, isn't the best lmao. |
IzanaSolosDec 28, 2024 6:56 AM
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| Yeah somehow they managed to do the Rin’s flow right. He looks like a creep, talks with limited vocabulary and kind of really owned everyone with his tongue out lol. Except he again missed the goal and didn’t get the validation he wanted soooo bad from his brother. At this point it feels like dude is just there to make Sae look like the “bIgGeST” player he is, according to this series. Feel for him but hey, he got his chance again with Sae who kind of recognized him for who he is as well, EXCEPT he couldn’t score the goal… … and Isagi did. The luck he missed back then didn’t betray him this time around. Though yeah, this being this, I mean I’m glad we saw a goal from him, but the main question is… WHERE WAS THIS BUDGET, WHERE WAS THIS ANIMATION… WHERE WAS ALL OF THIS from the past 12 weeks?!?!?!?!? They went bonkers in the second half with the entire bit leading up to Isagi’s goal. Seriously, if it looked like this, it would’ve been 10x better than what it is right now. Feels like such a big fucking waste of a series which sells like hotcakes. Manga pacing was atrocious, but at least they did something with the adaptation, with the pacing aspect. Dope post credit scenes as well, with the Neo Egoist league introduced and all. I haven’t been reading the manga for quite some time but I think that was Kaiser in the end. So yeah, the third season will come. Hope the animation that time around won’t be as disappointing as it was here, minus the finale. Though the pacing gonna suck lol xD |
| Got Nanatsu flashbacks with this. I really hope S3 gets the treatment that S1 got. RIP this season. 6/10 |
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| So after the Big Realisation™๏ธ that he's not alone... Rin goes ahead and tries to do it all alone. Surprisedpikachuface it doesn't work. ... Yeah, that makes sense. And then he's the one Big Mad™๏ธ when someone else takes the chance he actually did carve, like now they're rivals? Jfc. So much tantrum trying to break free from Sae, now he chains himself to Yoichi. As Sae basically shrugs. Yeah, I said it before and will continue to say it: I really don't care for the Itoshis. The post-game scenes were very well done, boys are themselves once again. Even Ego seemed happy, though wtf has he been doing in the background all this time... sigh. Ah well. |
| Rin’s VA nailed it! I knew something was coming but a complete berserk mode like this was not on my cards at all. Capt. Aiku’s computer nearly burst there, lol. Sad that he’d to go through that final jump in vain there. As a CDM player myself during my football days, I know how that can feel. Even with half the animation quality after that Rin miss, this season could’ve really challenged the AOTY position. But well, we all know what happened behind the scenes and there’s already enough been said about it so I won’t get into that now. It was directed superbly and really took adrenaline to max 100+%. Seal of approval from Itoshi Sae, much to the despair of Rin. I’m sure that’ll liven up the rivalry a bit and make things more competitive in the already competition jam-packed Blue Lock squad. I thought Ego-san would go a little soft after seeing that clenched fist scene it’s good to see that’s not the case. He did state his plan was to get this scheme/programme some attention but clearly that wasn’t all. Fitting that Isagi took that tone on him and delivered in pure style. That’s how a striker’s ego is supposed to be, yo! Let phase two begin! Hopefully the production will be better handled for whatever’s to come next. I know S3 seems to be the talk of the town but they haven’t officially announced it yet, it seems. Give some love to the music composer of the season! My man delivered throughout and finally got the ensemble with the animator in the very end here to land the ultimate punch: https://x.com/jun_murayama/status/1873027006188921203 |
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| this was the best ep of the season they give everything in the animation everything was perfect so why only that for one ep... - story : 8/10 - Characters :8/10 - Animation :6/10 - Music : 8/10 15/20 |
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Always remember, this is a sports manga. So please explain to me WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON??? We got this dude DROOLING ON THE FUCKING FIELD WITH HIS TONGUE OUT... bro. This show man... and this studio had the FUCKING NERVE TO PUT THE LICKING SOUND EFFECTS WHEN HE CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH OLIVER... LIKE HELLO???
But yeah, again, we in a shounen, so Rin whipping his tongue out and drooling all over the field is all that it takes to make him untouchable... unless THIS DUDE SHIDOU JUST FOULS HIM???? But even with that foul, Rin LOCKS THE FUCK IN... and misses the shot and passes it straight to Sae... LMAOOOOOOOOOOO. Though, I gotta hand it to them, only a second into the second half of the episode AND GOD THEY MOVED... IN 2D??? NOT CGI??? HELLO???
And that kagenashi style part with Rin vs. Sae... god. 8bit man WHY COULDN'T YOU COOK LIKE THIS ALL SEASON??? No dialogue, good animation, AND THE MC ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING FOR ONCE??? NOW THIS IS A SPORTS MANGA. Was this payoff worth the tourment of the all the rest of the season? FUCK NO. I think in my head I remembered this arc to be better, but nah man. The constant talking was so tiring PLUS the animation... what a blunder of a season man.
But that post credit scene does get me scared. I mean, one, ANOTHER SEASON of this would be an embrassment PLUS, this next arc, well, isn't the best lmao.
But yeah, again, we in a shounen, so Rin whipping his tongue out and drooling all over the field is all that it takes to make him untouchable... unless THIS DUDE SHIDOU JUST FOULS HIM???? But even with that foul, Rin LOCKS THE FUCK IN... and misses the shot and passes it straight to Sae... LMAOOOOOOOOOOO. Though, I gotta hand it to them, only a second into the second half of the episode AND GOD THEY MOVED... IN 2D??? NOT CGI??? HELLO???
And that kagenashi style part with Rin vs. Sae... god. 8bit man WHY COULDN'T YOU COOK LIKE THIS ALL SEASON??? No dialogue, good animation, AND THE MC ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING FOR ONCE??? NOW THIS IS A SPORTS MANGA. Was this payoff worth the tourment of the all the rest of the season? FUCK NO. I think in my head I remembered this arc to be better, but nah man. The constant talking was so tiring PLUS the animation... what a blunder of a season man.
But that post credit scene does get me scared. I mean, one, ANOTHER SEASON of this would be an embrassment PLUS, this next arc, well, isn't the best lmao.
| @IzanaSolos low key, when I'm playing basketball, I've gotten into a state where I go feral and let my tongue hang out when it's lock in time. I feel like some of ya'll don't get it. |
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| The direction was truly filmesque. What a glorious way to finish the season. New Kunigami, Kaiser and the Neo Egoist League tease, the hype for S3 is crazy as well. I enjoyed this match thoroughly overall, every single episode was a blast despite limited animation. 8/10 |
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| FUCK YEAH.!!!!! THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT LAST WINNING GOAL WAS ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK YEAH!!!! ISAGI! |
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| If only they had done the whole season like they did from mid-episode 14. The damage can no longer be repaired. |
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| tears of joy are running down my face with this episode, holy shit |
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| this was on par with galactic football finale, |
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| At least they went all out for Isagi´s goal. Rin´s trance state creeped me the hell out. |
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| rin really is something else when its comes to beating his onii-chan they took a page out of the naruto shippuden animation crew fro that Rin vs Itoshi matchup. Then upped it for Isagi's magnificent shot This episode really puts into perspective why they didnt just keep this level of animation going.. oh well money that wildcard at the end had me, Im guessing thats where they all went after |
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| They really did put everything for that one final goal, what could have been, imagine if all of season 2 plays were like that. Screaming, Crying, I was just so HYPED  |
 IT WAS LOOKING LIKE FAN ANIMATION, BUT IT WAS LOOKING GREAT AT THE SAME TIME. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ANIMATION RIGHT NOW THE STORY WAS PEAK. RIN'S AWEKENING WAS CRAZY. 10/10 EPISODE AND 8/10 FOR THIS SEASON. |
| The last 5 minutes for the final attack exposes a very different side of Rin tearing down the Iron Wall Quartet as his flow, though friend or foe, he will not relent until the reaches the goalpost, and his flow has with the stint of a leg, been broken. And whatever Blue Lock does, Rin's momentum has broken their sprint, and now then he ONLY knows what his own brother meant to go beyond his own limits. And the match-up between the brothers proved every single bit of impressive animation needed to amplify the final score, which Isagi claims victory with the final piece of the puzzle: winning 4-3 by pure luck. With the match over, both friend and foe teams convene over their analyses, though it's Isagi who claims stardom for the winning goal, and his aspirations to aim higher for the U-20s World Cup. This is only the very beginning for Blue Lock, as the search for the egotistical striker continues, and Rin found himself yet another enemy instead. Blue Lock project: Phase 1, COMPLETE. It's clear that Season 2's production isn't up to snuff, and God forbid 8bit delivering Season 3 with Phase 2: the Neo Egoist League, until they get their shit together. |
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Thank you for your hard work Hajime Nihari-san! For the staff working behind Blue Lock S2, you deserve the best support, hopefully Blue Lock can get better treatment in the future.  |
NezuSwallowtail_Dec 28, 2024 10:47 AM
| Oh well finally over, hate is justified but it's getting way too annoying. We get it, move on with the manga This was a good finale regardless |
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