Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2 Review: What Happened To The Animation?!

This episode could have been a great start to the very important match, but alas, the studio decided something else. Read to find out how the episode went.

Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 1 Recap

The story picks up as the remaining Blue Lock players are about to face one of their toughest challenges yet: the Japan Under-20 team, widely regarded as one of the strongest in the country. To take them on, the Blue Lock players must prove they’re the best of the best. However, since the 35 players left are all strikers, some will have to adapt to different positions, even taking on defensive roles to compete against such a formidable team.

Ego devises a plan to push the players to their limits and give them a chance to prove their worth. The top six players are divided into three groups, and the rest of the players are given the opportunity to choose one of these groups to face in a series of 1v1 matches. The instructions are clear: each player must coexist with their teammates while also striving to outshine the top six. If they can’t step up and steal the spotlight, they don’t deserve to remain in Blue Lock. Meanwhile, Ego challenges the top six to maintain their dominance and crush anyone who tries to surpass them.

Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2 Review

The much-awaited second episode is here, where the teams will finally start battling against each other. The way the matches have been set is fairly simple as here, in total, there will be five matches, and each match will have a six-hour break in between. In the first match, the A1 team is going to go against the B1 team, and here, we see Isagi’s name pop up along with two other characters whom we have not seen before. The worrying thing is that Isagi will be going against one of his friends, Chigiri, who is also the only known member of the new B2 team.

This match is unlike anything else as here Isagi will have to prove himself not only to his rivals but also to his teammates. He realises that no one is his friend in this match, and even though he will have to win for the team, he must play for himself first. But all his animosity boils down when he finds his teammates surprisingly friendly than the ones he had before.

This is how one of the best matches of Blue Lock should have started, but sadly, we were not that fortunate. This anime had all the bearings to be a great sports anime, and this season, I especially looked forward to the growth of Isagi. However, who would have thought that this show will get tanked so badly, not because of its storyline, but because of the extremely shitty animation that I had to witness in this episode.

It literally felt like the animators used the manga drawings, coloured them and then presented them as slide shows with some editing to make them seem animated. I’m pretty sure some of the fan-animated videos on YouTube look better than this. Sadly, the moment the animation gets this bad, the entire segment just does not feel good anymore. Even the moments that could have given you goosebumps make you constantly feel disappointed.

Verdict

This episode was a big letdown, and I am absolutely shocked to see the makers thought it would be a great idea to put forward this kind of animation for an anime like Blue Lock, where animation is essential. Honestly, I do not know how they are going to animate the main clash with the Japan team. I think it is better for us just to read the manga at this point.

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