My life was full of boredom. Until I met him.
“That’s a hassle.”
That was second-year high schooler Nagi Seishirou’s favorite phrase as he lived his dull life. Until Reo Mikage, a classmate who dreamed of winning the World Cup, discovered Nagi’s hidden skill, inspiring him to play soccer and share his outstanding talent. Nagi is pulled into Reo's world of soccer and out of his leisurely lifestyle. What fate awaits this prodigy in BLUE LOCK?: A world he’s never known.
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
<center>*Disclaimer: This review doesn’t contain spoilers for those who have watched season 1 of the anime. If you haven’t, I can already tell you you are not supposed to watch the movie before season 1 of the anime.*
>*Director: Shunsuke Ishikawa*
*Script: Taku Kishimoto*
*Action Director: Hisash…
Blue lock. Blue lock. Blue lock. How? How, with a movie budget, did you disappoint me this much?
[WARNING: SPOILERS]
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So, this is Blue Lock: Episode Nagi. I will say, I haven't read the manga, so maybe the same problems plague the manga as well, but still. This is hardly a movie. Anime Specials…
My personal thoughts on BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-
There will be time to talk about the good aspects of the movie, so I will start with the things I didn’t like.
What bothered me the most were the lacking matches. I understand they were included mainly to give us insight into Nagi’s personal feelings, but they were so heavily cut that they became mu…
An unfortunate waste of time and potential for a narratively useless spinoff.
A warning: there are no explicit spoilers, but this review does consider you to have watched the first season in its entirety.
When reviewing a spinoff, the first thing that ought to be asked is: why do we need *this* story? Why this person? Why now? What does this story tell that its parent media…