A bit spoilerish review about Blue Lock including manga panels with a little personality talk of Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul Soo first off dont get me wrong Blue Lock is amazing and a really well done sports manga kudos to that. I love it but man sometimes or rather the entire time its way too overhyped and intense that we as readers dont even get a moment to breathe and thats what makes Blue Lock the most addictive sports manga you will ever read. Its more of a battle shounen with wits constantly on play but on an overdramatized football ground. Also Id like to say that blue lock has insane art I was skeptical about reading a sports manga wondering if Id be able to understand whatever is happening on the ground but I was relieved to see that Nomura sensei delivers breathtaking and immersive art which makes it super engaging to read it The comparision with DragonBall You see we all watched and loved DB when we were kids and we loved watching the hype moments and fights rather than focusing on characters or story. Blue Lock does the same but in a more engaging way. Most of the times its almost nonsensical how Isagi the main character gets a godly power like MetaVision. Well it might actually be something soccer players get through evolution but as I a non soccer player see it it seems something like Kamehameha is being given in the hands of Isagi and thats crazy AF. One more thing I realised is that if you truly wanna enjoy reading BlueLock you gotta shut your brain no for real. It has strikers running all the way from the opponents goal to their own goalbox defending the strikes it has players doing nonhumane stuff getting awakening midgame Isagi foreseeing the upcoming future perfectly and all its basically a chaos and if you want to have fun you just gotta digest it the way mangaka intended it without thinking of any realworld logic. Its a show where strikers defend strikers assist strikers saves the goal and ofcourse strikers score goals actually a lot of superhype goals Why it works? Its simple its because of the characters. All of the characters in BlueLock are egotists and extreme narcissicists. Be it the U20 team players or the worldclass players every single player wants to shine in their own way and theyll do anything to achieve it and make themselves worth even if it means going against your teammates in a game. If a protagonist like Isagi was in haikyu or aoashi it wouldve been a disaster because these 2 mangas emphasize on teamdynamics instead of solo techniques. Crazy characters like Isagi barou prince and kaiser can only exist in a story like blue lock where its all about devouring other teammates Ken Kaneki? Thats my personal hot take of the character Isagi hes the perfect embodiement of Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul. The same edgy protagonist who only cares about himself and treats everyone else like trash or simply an obstacle which he has to overcome in order to achieve what he wants. They both have a shitty personality which fits the themes of their respective stories ie A dogeatdog world.