Warning: Contains spoilers for Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 7
Blue LockEgo’s 2nd season covers the game against Japan’s under-20 team, a decisive moment for the future of Ego’s project. Because of this, as the 2nd season presented many flaws in its animation despite the great visuals, such as excessive visual effects and lackluster movement of the characters, it is natural for fans to worry about the adaptation doing justice to the game’s most popular moves. However, despite its controversy, Episode 7 excited fans by satisfactorily adapting one of the best goals in the anime so far.
The U20 game, which fully begins in episode 7, is a great stage for the beloved selfish players to showcase their talents to the world, which has proven to be a difficult task with all the attention focused on Sae Itoshi. But even so Blue Lock the 2nd season has not met fans’ expectations, the adaptation only proved that it can deliver in important moments by building the game’s turning point where Seishiro Nagi steals the nation’s eyes and shows what Blue Lock it’s all about.
Nagi’s goal in the U20 match is one of the best moments of the Blue Lock Season 2
The anime perfectly builds up Nagi’s biggest piece
Although Blue Lockthe animation is far from the quality shown in the 1st season, in Blue LockIn Season 2, Episode 7, the fast-paced pieces of The Blue Lock team putting pressure on the other defense leading up to Nagi’s goal was extremely well executed. Mainly the tense, silent moments after the goal and the overwhelming audience response, with additional scenes of the surprised audience observing Nagi’s skill outside the stadium.
Nagi’s debut was elevated in the anime adaptation by emphasizing the marked difference in public opinion between the Japanese National Team and Blue Lock. In several original scenes from the anime in episode 6, those present at the game are only interested in watching Sae and the under-20 team, completely ignoring the Blue Lock and even Ego’s explanation about the project, reinforced after Sae’s goal, where the crowd continued chanting his name. However, it served to make Nagi’s goal more meaningful, as it clearly showed how Viewers’ support began to lean towards Blue Lock after witnessing his incredible talent.
Nagi’s goal changed public opinion about the Blue Lock project
Nagi’s skill and influence prove why he deserves the title of protagonist like Isagi
Even though Nagi’s goal only equalized the game’s score, it improved the public’s perception of the Blue Lock players. The Blue Lock team were clearly underdogs, being treated as visitors in their own stadium, but Nagi has just demonstrated the results of the projectshowing a glimpse of these players’ potential and what they can offer to the future of Japanese football.
The fact that the role of the first goal at a critical moment was given to Nagi instead of Rin, who is the team’s ace, or Isagi, proves why he deserves to be a main character and why he received his own spin-off. from the film Blue Lock: Episode Nagi. While the improvement in episode 7 of this episode in the animation of Nagi’s goal fails to redeem the problems of season 2 as a whole, it creates anticipation in viewers to see if the rest of the U20 arc will be adapted with equal care.