12/10/2023 0 Comments Blue lock manga book![]() ![]() i had to stop to admire the character designs multiple times. Volume 1 is pretty fast-paced and surprisingly doesn’t cycle through the same motions that often plague the sports genre. just 300 of Japan’s best high school soccer players rounded up and given one objective: defeat your fellow players battle royale-style to become the striker that will lead Japan to World Cup Victory no matter what it takes. There is no goal of teamwork here, no meaningful friendships to be made, no philosophical lessons to be learned. and that is precisely what sets it apart from every other sports series out there. ![]() My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.īlue Lock is absolutely, incredibly, RIDICULOUSLY absurd. If it stays this over the top, I think I may continue along with it. I never thought I would say this, but I'm actually genuinely intrigued where a sport's manga is going. While I can't say I'm a huge fan, it was a fun read. It's strengths are well done from an objective standpoint and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least entertained for my read (some times extremely so). Was it a solid enough read that I would suggest it for fans of such manga? Absolutely, especially if they like the survival game style of manga its colliding with. Was this enough to change my opinion on sports manga? Not really. It makes this over the top nature more fitting as the people involved in this project are literally going to ruin 299 lives for the sake of one and the book seems to alternate between "wow, that's horrible" and "what a great idea." It's ridiculous to the extent that it actually makes this usually unintentionally comic aspect, turns it up to 11, and makes it entertaining for me. It somehow manages to combine the "survival game" style of manga with a sports one, which is an odd choice, but certainly unique enough to make it stand out and generally pulls it off. It's going to go so much further, that this little moment at the start mentioned above honestly seems quite reserved. Why? Because that's just the start of the over the top extremes. Response: "But we cannot abandon our precious teams!") ![]() That's immediately going to set me at a disadvantage here, as is the fact that I think sports manga in particular are hilarious (not in a positive way) as they are treated in such life or death terms and with a passion higher than any sane person would hold for any topic (YOU MUST TRAIN AT OUR FACILITY AND YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME. I felt a bit bad about that and went ahead and gave it a proper read though, as I didn't want to be that guy who just requests anything and lets it sit. ![]() It was a button slip on my phone and then it was accepted. I'm going to be completely honest, I accidentally requested this one on Netgalley. We get to know these characters, their strengths and their faults as they try to rise up to be great players. They are all considered the best candidates to be the next ace striker for Japan, as it has been decided that the country needs to rework its soccer game if it's ever going to win the world cup. 300 kids under the age of 18 are gathered to a secret facility. ![]()
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