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First Impressions – Blue Lock
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Second Impressions – Blue Lock
Any time the subject comes back to soccer I just want to yank my hair out. Read more
First Impression: Blue Lock
Losing a match leaves a bad taste in your mouth, especially when it’s the prefectural finals where a win would have lead you into nationals. It’s even worse…
First Look: Blue Lock
The Japanese national soccer team has yet to win a world cup. In a bid to create future champions, they take modern, drastic measures: putting 300 high school…
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Blue Lock
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Blue Lock
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Blue Lock
A soccer manga about an elite Japanese training facility, Blue Lock, that pits high school athletes against each other in a cutthroat elimination contest to create the ultimate…
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「声」 (Koe) "Voice" Thank you, Goblin Mode... For being by my side until now...
Blue Lock – 20
「超連動」 (Chou Rendou) "Super Link-Up Play" Never hesitate to stroke your bro's hair if it's looking luscious.
Blue Lock – 16
「者融合[トライ・セッション]」 (Tri Session) "Tri-Fusion" You Tri'd your best and failed miserably. The important lesson is never Tri.
Blue Lock – 14
「天才と凡才」 (Tensai to Bonsai) "The Geniuses and the Average Joes" Which Second Banana will come up on top?
Blue Lock – 18
「主役の座[ステージ]」 (Shuyaku no Stage) "The Stage for the Lead" The things I do for the World Cup.
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First Impressions – Blue Period
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Unpopular Opinion: Blue Lock
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Episode 267 - Blue Lock
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Blue Lock Epi 15-16
Two well liked matches. One deciding on who will join the other. And the other with some comical moments
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Blue Lock Epi 17-18
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A look at the strange, oddly fascist narrative of Blue Lock.
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Blue Lock Epi 19-20
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Does this series have game? David and Jordan give their first thoughts on Shonen Jump manga Hakutaku. Listen in as they give an overview of the first…
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