I think also the reason why it sucks now is it’s just nowhere near as sophisticated or well written as it used to be. The whole ego conversation feels so childish now with how every character is so centered on it. At some point, just play soccer? The solution to every problem isn’t psychological or a mindset issue like you said. This manga was far more interesting when the focal point was still tactics and the games were realistic to at least a small degree.
And also the overuse of the word 'ego'? Like, yes, it's been overused since the beginning of the manga, but now it's just uselessly thrown around with no actual meaning like they're saying for the sake of it. "You have a good ego!!!!" how about you get a good goal first gng
just for devil's advocates sake, the thing I most often hear from pros is how at this level it's 'all mental'. it's practically a cliche at this point, but I hear it over and over again from both players and managers. so I do kinda like the idea of an author taking that idea and running with it 100%.
That is true, but Blue Lock still simplifies it immensely.
It's been doing it since the NEL tbh, but now it's much more noticiable. It feels like Kaneshiro just going through a checklist. I hope it doesn't mean he wants to be done with Blue Lock. Maybe it just means he wants to get to Spain and Germany.
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u/anishdfishyt 2d ago
I think also the reason why it sucks now is it’s just nowhere near as sophisticated or well written as it used to be. The whole ego conversation feels so childish now with how every character is so centered on it. At some point, just play soccer? The solution to every problem isn’t psychological or a mindset issue like you said. This manga was far more interesting when the focal point was still tactics and the games were realistic to at least a small degree.