Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 8 Review: The Underdogs Fight Back

Today’s episode of Blue Lock Season 2 or Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan highlighted Blue Lock player’s strengths. Read to find out how the episode went.

Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 7 Recap

After Oliver successfully blocks the goal, the tide begins to turn in favour of the under-20 team. They quickly seized control of the match, with standout performances from players like Darai, Neru, and Niou. Their coordinated efforts create an unyielding “iron wall” defence that effectively shuts down Blue Lock’s attempts to score their first goal.

Sae Itoshi then takes centre stage, orchestrating his team’s offence with precision. Despite the Blue Lock defenders putting up a commendable fight to block his advance, Sae’s skills prove to be on another level. The under-20 team’s first scoring opportunity is thwarted thanks to Gagamaru’s incredible reflexes, but Sae, unrelenting and stepping out of his midfielder role, claims the spotlight with a spectacular goal that leaves the crowd in awe.

The audience’s reaction makes it clear how much faith they place in Sae, viewing him as the ultimate game-changer. This realization frustrates Isagi, who feels like a mere supporting act in Sae’s show. However, Rin snaps him out of his spiralling thoughts, boldly declaring that he will be the one to silence the cheers and turn them into despair by the game’s end.

Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 8 Review

The last goal and how the match turned in the favour of the Blue Lock team was rightly explained by Ego in this episode. He points out how a winner’s sight will always be towards the goal, and even if he faces challenges on the way, he will never stray from his path. Thus, when an egoist like Rin sought out a challenge, and Isagi helped him, it automatically paved the way for Nagi to score. This further proves Ego’s idea that Isagi is needed to awaken Rin.

Rin himself understands this and taunts Isagi to keep playing the way he is and maintain their toxic relationship of taking advantage of each other as this confuses the opponent team. After this, we get to witness some very intense moves being pulled off by the midfielders and the defenders of Blue Lock, who get the ball to Rin somehow, and he wastes no time proving why he is the best in Blue Lock.

Their intense power play makes Oliver acknowledge the Blue Lock players as ravenous beasts who only care about their own goals. He even agrees that Japanese football will forever change with the addition of these Blue Lock players. However, there has been a growing rift between the under-20 players because their striker, Shuto, can not score any points. Sae, being extremely blunt, points out his flaws openly and criticises him for not being able to utilise the chances he is giving him.

Even though the under-20 team becomes agitated with Sae’s taunts, they know he is not wrong. If they cannot win, they will be automatically replaced by the Blue Lock team, and they understand that. This is why, for the last few minutes left of the first half, each and every player of the under-20 team gives their all to support their Central Forward, Shuto.

Verdict

Today’s episode again had its high moments, but the moving pictures were not enough to deliver them in the way we would like. The bad animation is something that I must point out every time, and here, as well, we are shown a bunch of edited slide shows to depict motion in the scene. However, I believe for important goals, we will see a bit better animation than this, and that hope alone keeps me going.

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