Команді Z вдалося зрівняти рахунок із командою V, у якій перебуває приголомшливий геній-бомбардир Сейшіро Наґі.
Гравці один за одним мусять пробуджувати свої приховані можливості, а для цього знову й знову уважно аналізують свою гру.
Чи вдасться Йоїчі виправити свої недоліки й відкинути сумніви, щоб забити гол надзвичайно сильним суперникам та відшукати серед навченого саме ті найміцнішіі удари. Настав час крокувати до перемоги.
i don't like nagi as much as i do a lot of other characters...but alas. he's a cool character tho, i'll give him that.
OMGOMOGMOG GAKJDSGJKL THIS WAS JUST AS RIVETING AND AS AMAZING AF AS IT WAS IN THE ANIME OMG I'LL NEVER STOP SAYING THIS THE ARTIST IS FUCKING TALENTED AND THE EXTRA BITS?!?! EHHEAH AND WE MET RINRIN BOTTOM LASHES YOUNGER ITOSHI EHEHE
Now we're talking! Things are really starting to get fun. I also feel like I shouldn't get too attached to anyone but you know I'm failing horribly (future me agrees as well, Bachira I love you).
I take back everything I said about Kuon, he’s completely redeemed in my eyes. The red card move was sick, and the short glimpse of his backstory definitely added depth to his character/motives.
The next round is about to start!! I’m excited for what the individual trials will entail, especially now that team Z will be forced to split up.
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO TEAM Z IM SO PROUD OF THEM🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
what another badass volume 100000000/10 ego??? 🤯🤯🤯 nagi and reo are so cool, i need MORE MORE MORE MORE. nagi has only been in the last couple volumes but he’s quickly becoming one of my favs already. he is such a mood. that match was so intense, i was on the edge of my seat. and isagi was killing ittttt like wowwwwwww. also RIN 👀 new characters incoming HELL YEAHHHHH.
also, maybe i forgive kuon a little bit after what he did for the team in this volume 🥺
they’ve made it to the second selection so i’m excited to see what’s to come next. i really don’t know what to expect because ego is a little insane and very unpredictable. but I just know it’s going to be amazing and i’m so ready 😎
pre-read: NAGIIIIIII AHHHHHHHH THIS COVER IS SO GOOD 😍
Seriously, each volume has me more and more enraptured😍. It's like I'm watching the games on TV. I NEED THIS MANGA TO BE ADAPTED INTO ANIMEEEEE. NOOOOWWWW.
Este manga engancha un montón y le estoy cogiendo bastante cariño a los personajes.
Al margen de eso, la verdad es que no acabo de ver a Isagi y a Bachira como delanteros, sino como centrocampistas. Este último es increíblemente bueno regateando, y, respecto a Isagi, como creador de juego que es, lo más lógico es que esté en la mitad del campo para así poder dirigir a sus compañeros y observar qué sucede en cada momento.
As the excruciating soccer match between Team Z and Team V continues with a 3-point tie, we see Nagi using his skills and a possible opportunity for his team to win. During it, we learn of how Wataru got into the program and how he became passionate about the sport.
Despite both teams gaining momentum, it doesn’t stop the tension and it luckily sees Team Z making a victory while three eliminated from the competition. It then sees them all in the second selection round where each will face a five-stage path to see who truly has the skill to move forward.
I think it's a okay-ish volume, the MCs face new powerful opponents and have to build up trust and teamwork again. I look forward to seeing what will happen next!
(Looking back on it, I think I had way too much fun reviewing the last volume.)
Our boys in blue are back to finish off their match against top-rated Team V. As Team Z rallies, mutations are flying faster than the X-Men touring Chernobyl. Can Isagi and Team Z dig deep and overcome or will their dream die here? Here’s a broad hint - this isn’t the last volume of Blue Lock.
After suffering through a couple of manga lately where the action was aggressively poorly staged, I have to give it up to Blue Lock because for all it’s grotesque facial contortions and such, it knows how to put on a soccer match.
We always know where the ball is, where the important players are, we always know what’s going on. The broader field is zeroed in to what, exactly, we as readers should know. Don’t get me wrong, it’s all still patently ludicrous - if soccer had this many speed lines in real life it would’ve supplanted all sport years ago.
But it’s entertaining and makes perfect sense in its own stylized world and that’s super important and the difficulty in maintaining that consistency and the fact that it does is worth a couple paragraphs of praise now and again.
Especially since the match takes up most of the volume and I don’t have much else to work with. Even with the outcome not especially in doubt, I do think the mangaka manages to wrench every last ounce of drama from seeing Team Z pull themselves together. If you buy into the story at all there’s some good stuff here.
Some of it doesn’t work - there’s a little backstory and a reversal that makes sense for the character but it kind of taints what Team Z pulls off for me. I mean, soccer’s full of that sort of shenanigans, so I suppose there’s no harm, no foul in one sense.
We also get, somewhat obliquely, an explanation for just how Japan is paying for five wings of high tech soccer torture. If nothing else, it cements my suspicion that even if Japan does win a World Cup from this, Ego will likely be watching from jail.
I’ve barely mentioned the characters, who are all paper thin but at least look distinct. I appreciate the attempts at fleshing them out but largely it all boils down to ‘I wanna win’ in various shapes.
Isagi is more our guide than a full lead at this point, but I do love the way that we finally see him grow into his quirk, uh, I mean, special ability after five volumes and that it’s powerful but not overpowering. The art where the pieces literally fall into place for him is pretty great stuff.
3.5 stars, for well crafted sporting mayhem. It is, as it has always been, a book of glory hounds engaging in soccer tomfoolery, but this is some next level tomfoolery and this, for all its faults, is never a boring book for me. Even better, next volume promises the return of the ludicrous high-tech soccer-adjacent death game challenges and you best believe I won’t be missing that.
ratings of the following omnibus volumes: Vol. #3: ★★★★☆ (4.5) Vol. #4: ★★★★☆ (4.5) Vol. #5: ★★★★★
This is the first volume (5th) that I've read when we have the adaptation already and I can say it is keeping up with the amazingness. CHIGIRI so cool, I'm proud of him like wtf. Fuck Kuon but also they made me empathize with him later on? character development. So far I love our team Z the best but V comes closer. That game gave me anxiety and it was intense! My favorite so far and the twist at the end was genius. Never saw it coming.
Fight till the end! This one was a ton of fun. Watching all these strikers work as a team was great, and our main lead even got a bit of an upgrade. The twist was also nice, even if the abrupt ending left me a little cold.