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NeedMoreCats
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I thought this episode was particularly good. I really felt for Naruhaya. In my heart of hearts, I was hoping Isagi and Nagi would pick him over Barou—like Barou’s last match (because he’s such an a-hole)—even though I knew they wouldn’t.
I was also delighted to see Chigiri and Kunigami team up with Reo. And that Additional Time bit with the toothbrush was a hoot! |
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tintor2
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Man, Isage is so savage that I expect him to turn into a Titan next episode. The moral he has is insane.
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Kirki
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One of my most favorite things in this series is its portrayal of friendship which says a firm no to co-dependence and stresses out how it is important to walk next to the person you like as an equal and still remain honest and true to your goals and desires. Leo does not intend to become the best alongside Nagi. He's dumping everything on Nagi and takes for granted that Nagi will do the heavy lifting for both of them while Leo just supports him. Leo has not overgrown his rich boy mentality yet of having people offer him what he wants - that and he admires Nagi a bit too much to even imagine himself as being able to get to Nagi's level. So he is the one being dishonest about their promise as he does not intend to grow personally, and Nagi just understood that so now he officially dumps him.
All of this has excellent parallels with Bachira and Isagi's relationship but since Bachira is a whole different beast, the conclusion should be much more hopeful than this. And I can't wait to see it. (Why can't all my boys just get along?  Isagi and Barou are already in much better ground than before since they told each other off. Brutal honesty is key sometimes.)
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tintor2
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The more player the team gets, the more monologues we have
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tintor2
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Agree with the sudden Bachira treatment. Isagi already savaged a guy with an innocent backstory cos he needed a better player and now he is basically ignoring Bachira. It's like Seto Kaiba but as the protagonist rather than the villain.
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Minos_Kurumada
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I still haven't catchup, but there is something I don't get:
Why everybody acts like their soccer carrier its in the line? We are told numerous times the ones who leave get banned from the JP National Team... OK... What about normal teams? What about international teams? I mean, yeah, if you are not part of the national team you lose a descent amount of money and exposition, but the big majority of players never play on the national team. They can still play in normal national teams and if they are good enough they can go to play in international ones. You think that the Real Madrid it's gonna care if you lost a random "It" game when you were 15 in Japan? "Oh yeah, you defeated our A team defense and scored 5 goals, but you couldn't defeat an hologram 10 years ago, sorry, next!" Yet, we are told again and again that your hopes and dreams are over if you lose, I don't get it. |
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Kirki
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Because spoiler[they are impressionable 16 year old kids who have bought everything Ego Jinpachi has told them, hook, line and sinker. The entire Blue Lock Project is a huge psychological trick/ experiment. Bait them with the dream of winning the World Cup that can only happen through the national team, lock them away from society and have them constantly compete with each other under extreme psychological conditions and heavy stakes. If anybody stopped to think for 5 seconds only, they would realize Ego could maybe guarantee them getting into the national team, but he could not possibly have the power to exclude them from anything. But he doesn't give them the time to even form such thoughts.] |
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SenseiAgot
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Oh boy, this got OLD after the World Cup |
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Minos_Kurumada
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Nah, the series itself makes this point that neither of them won a WC, so, it got old after the series itself said it. |
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Kaoru G
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Interesting show!!
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tintor2
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Isagi's team suddenly losing in the first minutes despite the focus of his encounter against Bachira caught me by surprise. Still, I kinda wonder where is this current match going. Feels kinda random after seeing so many Isagi's rivals being Japanese. Almost feels like Captain Tsubasa where they put Westerns out of nowhere to compete with the main cast.
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Kirki
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Oh trust me they have a point, but it will come up much later in the story. For now treat it like a little special to close the season with. |
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Dernu
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I was surprised by the defeat personally, I did not see it coming. But then, we know what happens in LoL: the hero always wins 
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tintor2
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I liked the finale except for that part where isagi starts feeling bad about Kunigami. He spent the entire series trashing everybody he defeated in a match... almost hypocrite.
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akamarulover
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I was really surprised about the loss of Kunigami too. However I did note that there was one player who did not join them because of an injury. My theory is he will be forced to drop out and there will be one open spot for any failed character to take. (Giving Kunigami a shot at coming back in)
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