In Blue Lock, we learn that crushing your enemies and surpassing your teammates is the point of sports. In Blue Lock, we learn that focusing on teamwork is holding you back. But Blue Lock breaks the mold in a new way, introducing a premise that flies in the face of, even mocks those formulae. Just had to try not to throw up for a second.Įven the most lauded sports anime still fall victim to this formula, like Haikyuu and Kuroko. You have an underdog who is talented go up against several opposing teams and try to be the best, while developing relationships with their teammates and discovering the joy of winning, the pain of losing, and most importantly of all, the power of friendship and the importance of teamwork.Įaugh. have been stricken by formula more than perhaps even battle shounen have. To see a character we love do something extraordinary, to see a cool idea play out, to explore a world different from our own, to see a wild out-there premise go as far as it can. But when you think of Anime that are simply fun to watch, designed to give you a feeling of excitement that you can watch with your friends and make a night out of it, you'll likely think of a shounen.īlue Lock fulfils all of these requirements for being a good memorable shounen while also being revolutionary in its own genre to some degree, and most importantly, it reminds us why we watch this kind of anime. It isn't always the best, nor most artistic column of anime out there, and it's rarely, if ever, revolutionary. The shounen subgenere/demographic of anime is characterized by continually building on what came before, and inspiring people with unforgettable moments of character growth.
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