February 10, 2025 12:38 pm
Finally, we see a real spokon.
The debut season of Blue Lock hooked viewers with an unconventional synopsis: a knockout competition among underage forwards sounded like a bright spot among numerous spokons.
Blue Lock Season 1 Wasn't a Resounding Success
In fact, upon closer inspection, Blue Lock used all the clichés of a fighting shonen. Yoichi Isagi discovered hidden talents and used selfishness as a master key to solve game, psychological and emotional dilemmas.
Of course, overcoming, a favorite motif of anime about young athletes, played an important role. Combined with not-so-good animation, Blue Lock was remembered as predictable and underdeveloped.
Friendship/rivalry, a series of trials, narration through annoying flashbacks. Blue Lock really lacked an individual gimmick.
The previous 24 episodes spent their stamina on character introductions, trivial ways to advance the story, and forced suspense. However, the laconic timing and tournament grid in the second season worked a small miracle on the title.
Blue Lock Season 2 Animation Is Still Not Impressive
The first thing you notice is the lack of high-quality animation. The jokes that the 8bit series is more like a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation turned out to be true.
Most of the second season is built on transitions and shaking backgrounds, but there are only a few more animated movements than in the original manga.
Compared to the First Season, the Second Season Picked Up Speed
This seems to be enough to give Blue Lock a zero in the score column. However, an unexpected element comes to the rescue, cementing the characters, the intensity of the passions, the adrenaline and the disparate scenes – football.
Even with the stakes at almost zero, the second season still generates tension because it is based not on fantasy fights, but on an almost real team battle.
Facing a real opponent, the members of Blue Lock find themselves squeezed from all sides: the urge to play in a stadium filled with spectators, the ominous whispers of inner demons, physical limitations, and a goal that is not so easy to achieve.
Blue Lock Season 2 Shows What's a Real Spokon Is
These 90 minutes, stretched over several hours, give not only the characters much-needed space to develop, but also the audience – to seriously appreciate the charm of a football match through the prism of anime.
Whereas before the members of Blue Lock were competing to see whose super-kick was the coolest, now they are balancing egoism and team play, not in a shonen battle, but in a real spokon – mixing spectacle and drama.
Finally, we see a real spokon.
The debut season of Blue Lock hooked viewers with an unconventional synopsis: a knockout competition among underage forwards sounded like a bright spot among numerous spokons.
Blue Lock Season 1 Wasn't a Resounding Success
In fact, upon closer inspection, Blue Lock used all the clichés of a fighting shonen. Yoichi Isagi discovered hidden talents and used selfishness as a master key to solve game, psychological and emotional dilemmas.
Of course, overcoming, a favorite motif of anime about young athletes, played an important role. Combined with not-so-good animation, Blue Lock was remembered as predictable and underdeveloped.
Friendship/rivalry, a series of trials, narration through annoying flashbacks. Blue Lock really lacked an individual gimmick.
The previous 24 episodes spent their stamina on character introductions, trivial ways to advance the story, and forced suspense. However, the laconic timing and tournament grid in the second season worked a small miracle on the title.
Blue Lock Season 2 Animation Is Still Not Impressive
The first thing you notice is the lack of high-quality animation. The jokes that the 8bit series is more like a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation turned out to be true.
Most of the second season is built on transitions and shaking backgrounds, but there are only a few more animated movements than in the original manga.
Compared to the First Season, the Second Season Picked Up Speed
This seems to be enough to give Blue Lock a zero in the score column. However, an unexpected element comes to the rescue, cementing the characters, the intensity of the passions, the adrenaline and the disparate scenes – football.
Even with the stakes at almost zero, the second season still generates tension because it is based not on fantasy fights, but on an almost real team battle.
Facing a real opponent, the members of Blue Lock find themselves squeezed from all sides: the urge to play in a stadium filled with spectators, the ominous whispers of inner demons, physical limitations, and a goal that is not so easy to achieve.
Blue Lock Season 2 Shows What's a Real Spokon Is
These 90 minutes, stretched over several hours, give not only the characters much-needed space to develop, but also the audience – to seriously appreciate the charm of a football match through the prism of anime.
Whereas before the members of Blue Lock were competing to see whose super-kick was the coolest, now they are balancing egoism and team play, not in a shonen battle, but in a real spokon – mixing spectacle and drama.
