As goofy and edgy as Blue Lock gets, I still think that the show has a lot of tactics and concepts that ACTUALLY kind of portray real-life football. With the world cup literally feeling like an anime, I thought I'd take a deep dive into just HOW realistic Blue Lock is.
I do not own any rights to the footage used. All credit goes to FIFA, with the use of footage from the 2022 World Cup as well as Kodansha with their rights to the anime Blue Lock. The usage of the clips fall under fair use.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
1:05 - Being an Egoist
3:01 - The Kira Dilemma
5:18 - Luck
5:59 - Formulas
8:04 - Outro
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Mbappe hard jokes never get old
Getting turned on by your goals is TRUE EGO
@@itshyfen shidou
Fr dawg
hard to go wrong with them
They’re starting to get old
Good example of formula for Messi's sweat spot of shooting and passing, but another one that instantly striked me, was Robben always cutting to the inside to his left. Everyone knew what's gonna happen, but he still delivered pretty much each time.
Oh my god I haven't heard that name in a WHILE. I feel old.
Robben cutting inside and scoring is like death. Everyone knows about it. Everyone fears it. But no one can stop it from happening
Robben is that one guy who practiced a move 1000 times
Someone who currently does it these days but isn't as prolific, is Anthony for Man United. It's obvious he's going to cut inside for his left footed curling shot and yet he always seems to get it off.
@@fishyfish6510 And when you do try to stop him, he flops like he was shot by a gun and gets you eliminated from the 2014 world cup
Blue Lock is great, it's a shonen with football. I do think Blue Lock is better in terms of pure hype, but I do believe that Ao Ashi goes under the radar as the football anime. In Ao Ashi, they talk tactics, half spaces, positions, how youth football academies work, real life matches, etc.
yea, but i think i prefer blue lock just for how extra and over the top it is lol. its so edgy its both hilarious and hype in terms of accuracy, ao ashi definitely takes the cake
or giant killing
Anime wise i definitely prefer blue lock for what it is. But manga wise i prefer ao ashi. But there's this manga that goes super underrated called Days, and personally it taught me much more about football( both when i was novice to it all and when i read it again with a bit more understanding) Ao ashi teaches some really decent tactics, but it also seems hyper focused on one type of playstyle being like ultimate When I read Days, it kinda compares and contrasts each moment and tactic, and different type of footballers and spectators derive different concepts from a particular play, and it gives you some really well rounded concepts that you can apply to both in real life and in football I definitely recommend Days as a manga(the anime didn't get a good enough budget to make it worth while)
Isnt blue lock also talk about tactic, create space, flank, positions, blind spot etc.. But yeah Blue Lock is focus on how to be good as individual(Striker) not as a team
@@itshyfen Ao ashi takes the cake over anything. I’ve read both and I’ve read blue lock way before and was shocked by how much the manga is on another level. If you want to go into ao ashi start the manga not the anime
As a football fan Blue Lock the concepts either impresses me or is just total bs. No in between 😂 I'd say in the last few episodes it's definitely getting better and better
bachira goes from doing a simple roulette to a fucking mid air spin 💀
@@itshyfen He's just that guy bro, only possible explanation
@@itshyfen tbf I've seen better skills irl football
@@fishyfish6510 EXACTLY. Non football players think these are over the top skills but ive seen WAY BETTER online/on TV
@@itshyfen In blue lock everyone is trying to be the protagonist, that’s a running theme through it so Bachira is just him
🤔 devouring your opponent/ teammates does happen in real life. It's just the urge to overshadow them with your ability. The monster thing, is just your inner ego trying to come out, most pronounced when you enter flow state
couldnt agree more! i think there are a lot of overexaggerated concepts like that but people always refuse to try and understand how it can be viewed in real life in a less exaggerated way and just call it unrealistic. it bums me out how so many people dont like blue lock because of that, as if they just changed their mindset they could really enjoy it. to each their own tho
it ain't even just in football. istg in my own doubles matches in tennis, i feel desperate just to completely destroy my opponents as a volleyer, so yeah it's true
I’m in the art industry and it’s funny how much blue lock’s philosophy fits there too. Most famous artists are just insanely egotistical enough to make people believe in their art + the feeling of wanting to devour someone’s art, learn the secret tricks behind it and making it your own is too real.
i love how you solve your issue's w copy right by just showing your genuine reaction to the clips, idk why it's so fun to hear you being so hyped up 😭
nahh even that wasnt enough 😭 this is like the 4th reupload of this video
1:24 Mbappe shows he's one of the hardest football player in the world 🔥
If you want to see a combination of nagi's trap, bachiras dribbling and isagi's face. Check out kaoru mitoma from Brighton. He's definitely the main character of japan in football rn. Probably the best asian player this year. He's also in the blue lock magazine lol.
Only legends know this is reupload😂
Bruh how r yall so fast 😭
@@itshyfen idk😅
@@itshyfen imagine not being fast on your own channel
@@Pant10 I WAS IN A PLANE OK GIMME A BREAK HAHAHA
@@itshyfenlmao
cant lie ive been a good player but blue lock gave me an ego boost and i became much better. i believe for a person to be better he should have ego within him self
How to get kicked from the team in easy steps 1. Pass less 2. Get an unearned ego boost 3. Think you're him
@@redflame5366 lmao
@@redflame5366 the anime isnt about passing less it was just like that in the blue lock project. and i meant the ego boost gave my confidence to react faster and to not be afraid on field
@@raiderontren For the ones who we can say are actually the type to play striker, yeah they pass less. But now I get the ego boost part.
@@raiderontren Read ao ashi you’ll get better at football even more
You have a great editing, how do you not have a thousand more subscribers?
original vid hit 9.8k 😭
Ho up, is that good or bad
@@tmcdojo9768 I posted this comment when the vid was under 1k views. Original vid spiked in views WAY faster. (10k in 12 hours) But I guess the reupload worked out in the end :)
@@itshyfen nice nice
Now gotta find how to keep milking Blue Lock until new season or chapter drops 🤣
@@itshyfen 82k :o also, u filipino?
I clicked this before because it looked like a really good video, then 20 seconds in it said that it was taken down by FIFA, lucky that it came back into my recommended again cause it was a good watch.
KZhead algorithm doing good for once. Thanks for watching!
omg this is really good quality video. keep up the good work man. i'll wait for the part2.
5:19 That's what i love about Blue Lock, it teaches you to not hate luck as an indisputable factor in life but to do everything within your capabilities to make it your ally
Didn't expect you to be so small. Great quality video mate
People that have at the very least played a game of poker know that you create your own luck
Great, funny and enthusiastic content may you get recognition you deserve
bro ur vids are low key good man i want part 2
This video was very entertaining and has very good editing! I checked your KZhead channel and saw that you just started uploading these essay type videos and don't have many subscribers, So I wish you the best of luck! keep up the good work!
Nah but for real you are great for making a video like this. Keep up the work my man!
Subscribed 💯and waiting for part 2.
Deam that was a pretty good video! Hope you get a lot of subs!
BRO THIS VIDEO IS ACTUALLY INSANE, i thought u had like 100 thousands of subscribers but u have 4.4k only bruhhh. You deserve way more, ur video editing and the whole video as a whole is so entertaining, didnt get bored at all thru out the entire video. Keep up the good work man. From now on i will try to watch every video u upload cuz already became one of my favourite yt channels not even joking
You don't know how much comments like these mean to me. Glad you enjoyed it!
@@itshyfen bro like im not even joking. I even showed ur videos to my sister( this blue lock video and the oshi no ko one). I watched both the videos without even skipping 10 seconds and instead even rewatched some scenes multiple times(for example the scene towards the beginning of the video where you were showing the comparisons of the players goals and blue lock goals like richarlison and nagi) Please dont quit cuz i watch alot of videos like urs where they go over animes and their episodes and stuff and ur actually one of if not my favorite KZheadr who does that and that even in just two videos. I rlly like your personality, your video editing as well as your analysis basically everything in ur video. Just like how you said oshi no ko had the perfect first episode in all aspects, i wud say ur blue lock and oshi no ko videos were perfect in every aspect. I even liked that fact you are such a big anime and football fan like me and u like messi alot as well just like me lol. Just keep up the videos man cuz i really enjoyed it and i do not have any way to actually prove my honesty but i actually mean it. Stay well and take care 👍 Edit: i subscribed with notifications on, i will be waiting for this video's part 2 for sure
You earned yourself a new subscriber YOU ARE SO GOOD KEEP UP
😂okay i have subscribed… need that part 2
Very good vid, def subscribing
Great video man
The formula for success in football is not all about building a team around a star player. Neither the Barcelona, with Neymar, Suarez & Messi or the Iniesta, Xavi, Barcelona were a "one star" team (especially the latter, where teamplay was KEY to success, NOT ego & individual play). The CR7 Real Madrid era had the best midfielders and defenders to ever play the game. Messi is 100% NOT a egoist player, could be argued for Ronaldo, and Mbappe is not even close to those two. Sure, some games have huge individual performances but at the end of the day having a structured team with both solid defence and offense is what wins championships. Blue Lock is fun but it's very unrealistic.
You're actually right, I feel like I shouldve changed my wording because yeah of course a team isnt ONLY run by 1 player. But you cant deny that some players are able to inspire their whole team. and I think you need some kind of sense of self importance to be that leader figure. In a literal sense yes its a team sport so of course the overall performance of every podition matters, but some teams do better when they are all inspired by a certain star player I think ill try to explain this point better again on part 2
@@itshyfen yeah I liked the vid and I see your point for sure, looking forward to part 2
Cap Messi could be considered an egoist, look at many of his solo goals there are many moments where he could have passed with a guaranteed goal but he didn’t and his team mates don’t argue because they know it’s Messi and I think the reason people consider Ronaldo an egoist is because he talks outside the game and of course Messi isn’t as much of an egoist as described in bl because it’s an anime and everything is exaggerated
@@K_dawgerrmessi doesn't pass the ball in certain situations because in most cases he is the best person to take the shot as he has much superior technique than others. Doesn't have anything to do with ego.
I love it when I see a smaller creator ask for a small amount of likes or subs and then it turns out to be a breakout video with an amount that completely blows their hopes out of the water. Happy for you, HyFen!
Nice content bro, can i suggest for the next part to also talk about the real life counterparts of blue lock players like isagi-inzaghi etc.
Was considering this, but im pretty sure another youtuber (karu) already covered this. so we'll see
I just got this vid recommended yesterday and u were at 120 likes and a few hundred subs, look at u now!
Ok, u got me, I want to see the second part... I subbed lol
Mahn really went from a few thousand fews to quarter million in a few days, you can definitely use this to help grow your channel exponentially 🤝🏼🔥
make moree ❤ love the content
Bro you're qualify is 🔥🔥🔥👍🏻
This is amazingly well made
great video, you got my follow :D
That last second bit is like me and chess while the early and mid game are important to try and take control of the board the final moves are where everything matters
I know the video is old, but I want to give my thougths: I think that what makes blue lock strikers so good is the level of consciousness that they put in a match, I mean, if you think in your goals or matches, normally you just run to one place to another without too much in your head, it just memory and being use to play in certain position. In blue lock, every character plays with an objective in his head and thinking what they did and what to do(what to improve and why they fails). I was trying to play against my friends with that in mind and I found that run less than before, but with better chances to score because I am in a better position, when I am deffending I try to look everyone in the field, so I am always thinking in the next pass, blocking that position instead of block the player. I am forcing my rivals to play as I want, in a low level, but I think that almost everything in blue lock is completly possible.
I've never cared about soccer until Blue Lock. I just like the anime, but it made me want to try kicking a ball around for the first time in my life.
4 months later have you ever screamed to your teammate "You retard!" yet?
I’m back from the og vid and happy this did better
W vid man unfortunate for the copy right
I like to think of blue lock as not unrealistic but like most anime it's over exadurated sure some of the plays are crazy and vary consistent especially for high schoolers it is still semi based in reality and I think that's cool even meta vision wail stupidly unrealistic as it may seem and kinda is does have some roots real life a top player of a sport should be able to have a general idea of were there teammates or opponents are at any time
exactly. the over the top edginess makes it entertaining and the SLIGHT hint of realism keeps it from being inzauma 12 i mean inazuma was goated as a kid but its cool to see real life concepts applied to such an over the top show
I think another thing about blue lock that people need to understand is that it’s from the perspective of a Japanese football fan. The outlandish claims for sure are overdone for narrative, but the core message is something that is meant for aspiring Japanese football players.
dont worry bro, because the reupload, me and other people will suscribe to your channel
u deserve more subs fr
6:50 in the manga chigiri has a golden zone that lets his goal scoring oppertunity increase waay moore kinda like messis favourite position to shoot in
it's got a sick af name too, 44 Panther Snipe
Tf do you mean a golden zone? Did he piss himself?
@@duongthanhtung492 What do you even mean by that?
@@duongthanhtung492 💀
@@jackmanleblanc2518 issa joke
Good video!
150-200 likes, you can have my like and the other 6.5k likes now lmao you earned it, this is really gud content
great video, love from argentina!!
Mbappe has that one spot near the top left corner of the 18 and he almost always scores from there with his right foot
Henry esque
hey man, love the channel and content. as a fellow anituber, a few questions for you: what music do you use and do you get copyright claims on them? i need some BGM and im not good at music selecting. hoping you can provide some track names you used.
For this video i just got the Blue Lock OST. But watch out because 1 song in my video got me demonetized :// ill edit this when I find the playlist I got them from.
Bro when I subscribed to you at date 4 you have like near 700 subscribers
Bro, your conyo accent resonates with me HAHAHAH. Good vid too. Keep up the good work ☺️.
As a college striker in the farthest back corner of my football brain I can feel that little blue lock ego in there so this was spot on to me 😂
amazing video
in my opinion blue lock shows a realistic kick from a certain point of view, because those actions are not unreal, but in the real world do not happen so often. blue lock shows football in its best actions constantly, never going beyond the limit of realism, for this is a fantastic anime, because what you see you can potentially replicate, clearly it takes a great commitment and a lot of training, But you can do it, you can be like a bachira doing skills at every action or isagi doing direct shots. That’s why I love blue lock
just dont bother emulating nagi my guy has virtually impossible goals to recreate, and my guy doesn't even train seriously ;-;
i knew from the second i heard your voice that you were a fellow weeb countryman. kudos on the vid brother!
6:50 in the manga it's explained as a "golden zone" the most optimal place where you could score. every player has stheig own "golden zone"
Since you record ur reaction to the world cup thing, is it like possible to have a compilation of ur reaction to it? Hearing your voice pog out was funny lol😭
DUDE YEAH I RECORDED SO MANY OF THEM. ill make one soon enough lol
@@itshyfen yayyyy
Before the WC finals, blue lock episode just came out. In that episode, Isagi scores a crazy anime type-shit goal. Whats even more crazier is Mbappe scored strikingly similar goal and i was just flabbergasted. That was one crazy hell of a night.
You deserve more subs
perfect man speaking about formulas is Robben he always did the same thing run along from the wing cut in put it in the far corner always works everybody knows its coming but nobody can stop it
Not tryna be mean but plz don’t compare this shit anime with a beautiful sport like futbol
@@time_fyte2743 anime is literally about futbol, why not compare
Best blue lock video I have see so far
"Barou is flabergasted" got me a good chuckle
blue lock whole philosophy breaks apart from just the existence of Lionel Messi
All your points made complete sense, keep it up rising star!
The monster in 0:16 is a beast
3:07 - 3:13 this part will always make me laugh 😂
"You can pass and still be the best" Isagi is that, he is a great striker and great on assist too!
Part 2 needed
bachira spin is unjustified
OK YEAH THAT WAS THE MOST UNREALISTIC SHIT EVER 😭
@@itshyfen anime only fr
I know that dolphins are his favourite animals and his name means something along the lines of ‘a revolving, happy bee’ but that was unrealistic asf like his reaction speed in the first ep
Part 2 now!!
3:38 Why this always reminds me of his famous goal against getafe, messi is a cheat code and we witnessed how this cheat code performs, unstoppable.
Glad the vids back up
dude even before the original upload, I had 3 failed upload attempts beforehand 😭 life of a youtuber i suppose
I really like the animes analysis you do hope youll make more soon,big up🫡
BTW, did you realize that Isagi's name sounds VERY similar to a one certain Italian top scorer of all time? Yes, Isagi is a reference of Filippo Inzaghi. My man possessed literally nothing special, average shot, terrible long shot, no dribbling skill, average speed, and bad air battle. Sound like a certain player we know in Blue Lock. However, his position? My man was named the King of Offside for a reason. The moment you took your eyes off of Inzaghi, he scores. His position and his direct shot got unmatched accuracy at the time. His position prediction was top notch. Most of his goals are inside the box no matter what.
i was a goalkeeper too and in the same spot as u and so gave up gk almost a year ago now i just play midfield for my team and im the captain
Season 2 will be out before part 2 of this video
yo make awsome videos that speak so much truth
07:17 bro turned into mario real quick
1:24 something looks hard there......
As a football fan Blue Lock does not make sense but the thing is it does. Japan is a team who struggle winning world cup matches and it is not because that their teamwork is bad but they need a pure striker who can give goals rather than the team winning just barely by hanging on, saw the world cup this year , they got that far on teamwork if they got a world class striker they can be one of the powerhouses of football
This video was so good fifa got scared dude
i feel like everybody forgets ego only said the striker has to be an egoist not the rest of the team and blue lock is meant to breed the most egotistical Striker
subbed
I always love the idea of people who actually like and know the sport analyzing corresponding sport anime cause I'm hearing references and love for shit idk about lol
5:28 MADE IN HEAVEN
How dare a pretentious, not even well known youtuber talk to me about my one and only sports manga and anime I ever watched and how it has relevance to real life football. Subscribed and liked
just a random question what country are you from? your accent seems familiar...
kinda sucks it was reuploaded but hey atleast its here again
Bro Got me Laughing In the First min with The Kylian Mbappe One....💀💀🤣🤣
0:15 I DIED OF LAUGHTER 🤣🤣🤣
Bro when he was talking about conceding goal I thought he was talking about me
As a football player, fan and enthusiast born and raised in Argentina (a football-obsessed culture) I just hate the whole 'egoism' part so much. It's supposed to be a commentary on japanese society which frowns massively upon such things, but it doesn't reflect the reality of football, one of the most tactically developed team sports out there. Sure, there is a certain level of self-confidence that is necessary to operate at an elite level, but that's the thing, that's the bare minimum. If anything, at a high enough level, it is precisely tactical and team awareness, communication, game-reading skills (which are essentially people-reading skills) and such collective play skills which make the great stand out from the good. It's literally one of the biggest differences between Ronaldo (pure ego) and Messi (ego+teamplay) and what basically makes Messi stand out above everyone else.
I mean, I didnt say ego was ALL YOU NEEDED. I was saying that it has SOME truth to it. And even with all the ego talk in Blue Lock there is still A LOT of teammwork shown. Even the show knows you cant win on your own. (Barou may be egotistic but he has passed many times when he absolutely had to)
Exactly, there's a reason why Ronaldo's in Saudi Arabia whilst Messi's still looking at playing high level European football. Confidence is mportant but key egoism like in Blue Lock is going to have you end up having a career like Ballotelli which is annoying how most of the fanbase go over the top with the whole egoism thing
was the original vid taken down? I saw this uploaded a while ago
It was, sadly.
@@itshyfen fucking pain my guy. But hey, Nice to see the good content back up
You may have reuploaded this video but that does not mean you have escaped making that video essay about gopal
for every ronaldo there is one marcelo or ozil or my boy benzi for every haaland there is KDB so that a footballer must be egoistic is not totally correct rather then being egoistic a striker should be brave and confident on their own strength that if times or situation needs they can create a magical moment out of nowhere..is a great striker