Survival of the Fittest | BLUELOCK 

No

so bad

May sure to have eng dubs

Damn I didn't even think about that. He could have simply avoided the pass to obtain safety and an easy win. And the trust that bachira had in him to make the last second pass.

To add to this - to be the striker here means to acknowledge that you're the star of the show, _with all that entails._ If the star of the show is unable to perform, _everything else will fall apart._ In essence, as the striker, if you can't make the winning kick when doing so is absolutely critical, then nobody else will be able to either because at that point, you've already lost.

Mhm

@Crassus I’d say it’s a similar situation to Slam Dunk vs Kuroko’s Basketball. Each has their aspects of the sport but one supports a realistic approach while the other supports a superhuman ability approach. In my opinion though, Blue Lock slams Ao Ashi. Never had an interest in soccer until now.

It’s basically being willing to take your fate into your own hands

Is that why your pfp is like that?🤔

Its over used

@@jeanbersongermain9782 XD

@@jeanbersongermain9782 lol poliwhirl the goat

@@Mugetsu1984 get used to it buddy, you haven’t seen nearly any of it yet. Btw it’s amazing bad opinion

Based on where I feel it’s headed is it’ll go back to that I’m after awhile as he’ll learn or relearn the value of teamwork etc

@@nnightkingj Nope, it's gonna be prime egoism till the bitter end

@@bat5231 hopefully it does

@@bat5231 After establishing their egos I feel like focus immediately goes back to how that ego must fit within a team.

@@nnightkingj It doesn't

Just like real football

Yeah, in fact there's going to be a big betrayal that's going to be a whole arc in itself.

@@schris3 don’t tell ‘em

yea i love how he believed in isagi

First its insane how Isagi throwed his chance away even though he only had 10 seconds. Then how Bachira took the ball from him after Isagi went for him, then after attacking Kira he passed the ball to Isagi, trusting him that he would shoot Kira and Isagi did it. Honestly, the amount of trust and craziness here is insane. Even Kira thought that Isagi wouldnt do it first and that Bachira missed.

@@matthewplploof5720 there’s quite a fun conversation about that when they finish that selection I believe meguru said something about Isagi also having a monster like he does

@@regobing5435 Bachira trusts the 'monster' in him which tells him to trust isagi

From what I know about the black hair dude is that his whole gimmick is that he’s really good at manipulating people into doing what he wants. He gets a bunch of cocky egotists on his team and he controls them through manipulation. So it goes without saying that his teamwork would be good.

Lol, same. When Bachira kicked the ball I was like "No way the ball is gonna hit him". Then Kira stopped in front of Isagi, and I was very confused, I couldn't imagine he was gonna eliminate a guy that was nice to him

Despite it, i bet this scene stole the hearts of most viewers and got them hooked. Wether is was confusion, bewildered, excitement, sadness, anger, or happiness. This scene had it all and it was the 1st ep only.

I don't trust you.

@@AT-ie2og then doubt. But just be ready to eat your words

Wym "it's gonna get better" that was already so friggin hype

@@Moblue39 hype train just gonna keep climbing from here 💪

@@Moblue39 just wait for the end of the second match😳 trust me you'll love it

But they just used teamwork to tag Kira. And don't let the series oversell you on teamwork not being a thing

LOVE IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST ENERGIES OUT THERE THO

@@Dualities ofc bro we love love

It definitely doesn’t push teamwork to the side completely. That’s what I love. I see a lot of “woah a sports anime that isn’t about teamwork or friendship” but as you see later on there’s still plenty of collaboration and showing how to work well with others but at the same time it puts a focus on letting yourself shine too and wanting to be the best.

@@ReblazeGaming it is a team game, but it comes down to individual performance. I have been playing a Support role for years in MOBA games. it is always the same story. people don't adopt and counter build and then they blame their support when things go bad ^^ but I can't build instead of them and even if I tell em what to buy they don't listen

Same, as soon as the episode ended, went to read the scan and I'm going to buy the volumes. Real gem.

The art is insanely good

the flow

I like to think of the spiral eyes being correlated to how insane they are

@@anthonyr622 Just like Hugo Sánchez, one of the greatest egotists in soccer, and also outside of soccer.

Its about who’s crazy inside basically

that’s 100% what the author is trying to portray. they’re in a tunnel vision, trance-like state that comes when you completely clear your mind and have absolutely no thoughts but just rely on instinct. i used to feel that way playing this beautiful sport before. you just zone out all outside distractions and everything else and just put pure focus on the ball and all the players

Don’t forget that he’s also friends with ichigo now.

Bro, this killed me and im not exaggerating😂😂😂😂

You forgot that the higher up is freaking Levi!

What I said

I’d be sick as hell 😭

Pretty mid

@@Gintoki_Madao 🤓

@@Gintoki_Madao Pretty cool tbh

Inazuma Eleven has perfected soccer anime years ago and Blue Lock is just riding on its ideas.

@@iberusalliumford6174 nah he tweakin

I mean they did use the power of "friendship", to destroy one of their "friends".

@@hollowman9410 undeniable proof that power of friendship always wins

@@hollowman9410 to be honest Bachi just passed it to 😂

Boom!

Other anime: The power of selfless friendship! Blue Lock: The power of selfish ambition!

You stole it out of my mouth!

And now are you still hungry 🤣?

Makes me gonna love him

Trust me .. he gets scarier

It’s even more fr, it’s amazing

Nagi and Isagi too 👌

Reo and Nagi have no brother hood reo is possessive af

I see what you did there😂

Get the lock out! 😂

Lock off

You mean blue-locked-on, right?

@@FR3NS1S I couldn't. The pun is already cringey enough.

I don't see how people can say this when this whole moment was power of friendship. Neither of them could tag Kira 1v1 and Isagi had no reason to kick the ball at all. Then Isagi bails out Bachira for bailing him out when he was about to get eliminated. Sounds very friendshipy

@@thatscrazymans that's not power of friendship or friendshipy at all, that's basic teamwork. And the essence of that teamwork was based on their egos, Bachira passed because of the monster he's played with as a kid, he didnt pass because he trusted isagi, he was passing to test isagi and see if he too had that potential to be a monster. Isagi himself kicked the ball towards the one person he knew and liked so far in the blue lock and kicked out of selfish ego. He didn't have to kick but he simply did from his instinct alone

So in a free for all where there are no teams, Isagi and Bachira team up to tag a better player than them because they couldn’t do it 1v1. That’s really weak and if it happened to the mc, everybody would understand instead of making up reasons. Mans betrayed Kira when he didn’t have to kick the ball and Kira was pulling for Isagi

@@thatscrazymans kira didn't have the ego that Jinpachi was looking for, Kira being in support of Isagi all the way led to his downfall as what brought Isagi and Bachira instinctively working together is that the two already had their ego burning brightly from the very start. The only thing they thought of was "beat the strongest guy" in this moment of time Bachiras way of beating the strongest opponents was with the "monster" so he tested Isagi if he could be the monster, and Isagi wanted to beat the strongest guy in the room "Kira" to change as a football player and become stronger. It's not supposed to be kind, and it's supposed to make you think "Yeah thats messed up" but that's the kind of rough environment the blue lock is. The tougher the environment, the faster these players can level up to adjust to said environment

@@groundzero4372 It doesn't matter if Kira had the "ego" or not. It doesn't play a factor in this moment. The most talented player with the biggest ego can get held down by everyone in that room and forcibly tagged and eliminated. Are you gonna say that player didn't have the "ego" Jinpachi wanted? If your for everything that happened in the name of rough environment, then can you agree with these points? - Isagi and Bachira could not tag Kira head up and both needed help from the other so neither 1 could get eliminated. They used teamwork to jump Kira, it's bs, but rough environment so it is what it is. - Igarashi holding Isagi making him to the shot from Kunigami was some bs, but that's just Blue Lock so it is what it is. Just fair play.

TO THE NEXUS BABY

LOL

Ao ashi was airing for a while....

But I think football has always been one of the most popular Sports in Japan in general.

@@thisaintitchief4654 I know but i didn’t watch it

Thank you. Someone who actually has sense

yeah me too, feel bad for kira too... i thought he was gonna survive alongsise MC

Wait for next ep

I don't think he's gone yet because he appears in the opening so it might have just been a test

He is gone for good

@@jordanwarner1352 No he's gone lol

Finally someone else that sees it for what it is

Honestly my favorite part too.

Maybe you were on drugs when you've watched it.

Fr the spiral eyes Make em look crazy and I’m all in for it

Haikyuu says hi

@@gerardo8570 no

@@gerardo8570 That was the anime of the 2010-2020 decade

@@TabbuEme then wait 8 more years if u wanna go by that logic. i'm fan of the show too but nah

MIDLOCK

As part of being in blue lock if you lose you can't play soccer for Japan in any way again. I feel like it would be dumb to undercut the main stress of the anime like that.