Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 11: Entering the Flow State

summary

• Shidou shines with unpredictable moves and intense offense.
• Arrogance and uncertainty are the keys to winning intense games.
• Barrow's chaotic style could be Blue Lock's ticket to victory.

The Blue Locks vs. U-20 Japan game kicks into overdrive with second-half intensity, but the stakes have never been higher. During this highly anticipated and intense showdown, every second feels like it could be a win or a loss for either team. The players on the field continue to push beyond their limits as they enter the final moments in what feels like an all-out effort from them.

The star of recent episodes, Shido continues to take the Blue Lock XI team by storm with his fiery, unpredictable style, leaving the team confused as he evens the score with his insane goal. A last-minute defensive option, Reo was able to block his next attempt at a clear goal by copying defensive weapons, but it was only a matter of time before Shido found a way to break through his defenses.

Satan once again unleashed

Shidou is definitely unstoppable if left unchecked

The match continues with Sae trying to create more opportunities for Shidou to show off his monstrous skills. Seeing how Sai is so in sync with him, it creates something exciting within him, and he realizes that this is how he always understood football as a means of survival on the field. He tries to score but Gagamaru saves the ball when a header clears the ball and stops his attack.

Football is not a game. It is life-sustaining. Everything about me is focused on scoring goals, living on the pitch and perfecting the penalty area. – Shidou Ryusei

As we think the Blue Lock XI is clear, we get to see the craziest over-the-top and best goal in the series so far, to the point that it seemed impossible to pull it off, but not so much. For the monster inside the stadium known as Shido. The goal was not only important for Shidou but to take the lead and get the U-20s back into the game with a lead.

The blue lock needs to close the script

Arrogance and uncertainty are the keys to victory

Shidou's goal puts the U-20s in the lead but completely dashes the Blue Lock XI's hopes of winning. Isagi, thinking himself completely useless so far, goes to ask Ego for a way to win. Frustrated with his answers, his ego starts to come to the fore—something that's the bread and butter of the Blue Lock program, and the answers needed to win. The ego gambles by using its last option.

The king, Baro Shui, joins the team; Immediately after he joins, we can see the chaos on the field (very true to his nature). Barrow was instructed by Iago not to follow the game plan and swallow everyone on the field to win, and the funny thing is, Barrow was planning to do so without telling him to do so. That's exactly what it is Blue lock What was needed to win was – someone who played on the same wavelength as Shidou – two monsters on a collision course, and only having a strong ego wins.

Will Barrow's Ego levels the score

Or the big bang drive is the last trick

Baro reminds the audience why he is called King. As the game continued, he planned to score himself, and the best way to do so was to create chaos on the field, confusing both opponents and teammates alike, a double-edged sword that worked very well in his favor. Backed by his superior skills, but in the end, his ego was a little bigger than he could handle, and he missed the target.

But this style of play clearly indicates that the only way they are able to score is not only to enter a “flow” state, but also to go beyond their normal skills and devour opponents and teammates to score goals. . Realizing that Yukimiya counterattacks and even enters a flow state, an amazing display of street-style dribbling skills follows, just as he thought he had the goal. Aiku dives out of nowhere, able to enter a flow state by gambling on a dive that shouldn't save a goal, but at this point, everyone is playing for survival on the field and performing otherwise seemingly impossible skills.

The animation has been improved but still leaves a lot to be desired

Amazing target sequence but slow CGI

After Shidou realized the purpose of why he plays, the idea of ​​'flow' became very important. That's the seamless way in which Shidou has been able to integrate on the field, showing with flow before culminating in a spectacular big bang drive that scored another goal for the U-20s. This display of power sets a spark among some of the other players to gather their own flow states, thereby increasing the intensity of the game as the best moments are yet to be seen near the end of the game; It's still anyone's game at this point.

All of these scenes were exceptionally well done considering the animation in most scenes from the previous episodes; However, some scenes left a lot to be desired. Once you set such a crazy goal, your expectations become so high that at that point anything less feels like a disappointment. It adds insult to injury that the episode had some slow CGI sequences in some scenes, especially when Gagamaru throws the ball after defending it, and freeze frames during critical moments of peak action, ruining the immersive moments.