Blue Lock: Episode 2 Review
The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of Blue Lock, «Monster,» now streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix.
Blue Lock, the soccer anime airing in Fall 2022, is only on its second week but is doing well in the overall rankings of anime this season. As of this moment, it is sitting comfortably at the Number 6 position according to MyAnimeList, and is currently rated even higher than big names like Golden Kamuy, My Hero Academia, and Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!. Episode 1, «Dream,» was scored highly across many websites, and now Episode 2, «Monster,» has just aired.
«Monster» gives Blue Lock a lot more context, finally explaining more about what is going on in the Blue Lock program introduced in the first episode. It also gets into some backstory, showing why the program was started in the first place, and gives more information on some of the side characters that are likely to be more important as the story unfolds. While the episode did not have any actual soccer in it this time, the background information it provided was equally important.
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The first episode of Blue Lock, while certainly interesting, also used a lot of shock factors to get people hooked and interested to watch more. It explained very little, dumping a bunch of high school boys into a dystopian prison and making them basically fight to survive there like Lord of the Flies. While that has not exactly changed in Episode 2, the Blue Lock system was finally explained.
The boys are all ranked out of 300, and separated into 25 groups of 11 each. The highest ranking members are on teams B, C, D, E, and F, all the way down to the lowest ranking players on Team Z. The higher your rank, the better your quality of training and
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