The WORST episodes of BLUE LOCK
Every episode of BLUE LOCK ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of BLUE LOCK!
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
#2 - I'm Not There
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/2023
The combination of Isagi's spatial awareness and Nagi's pin-point control finally allow them to even out the score to 2-2. However, Rin's fighting spirit is ignited by their play, and he takes control of the field by understanding the abilities of his allies and enemies alike, including ball positioning and strategic thinking. Isagi and his team once again find themselves cornered by Rin's domination, and they struggle to break through. Meanwhile, amidst the chaos and clash of egos on the field, one man secretly sharpens his fangs to challenge Rin and break through his game.
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#3 - Voice
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/12/2023
The thrill of finally finding the "monsters" with overwhelming talent was short-lived, as Bachira realizes he is being left behind in the battle between Isagi and Rin. Meanwhile, the game reaches its final stage and a fierce struggle unfolds, centered around the joker, Barou. As Isagi's skills evolve even further, Bachira must confront his own "ego" in order to find his path forward.
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#4 - Luck
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/2023
Bachira sheds his ideal of the "monster" and finally awakens his own ego. Until now, Bachira had been seeking someone to follow, but now he charges forward towards his own goal, finding in Isagi a companion who trusts in his ego. Isagi performs a decisive cut, but the ball makes its merciless way to the victor's side... The time for the ultimate showdown has arrived, and sparks fly as the eight egoists clash. Which team will emerge victorious in the second selection's "Rivalry Battle"?
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#5 - The Time Has Come
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/2023
Rin chooses to add Isagi to his team, and together with Bachira they pass the second selection. Waiting for them on the other side is a 5-on-5 match against a team of world-class players. Thanks to Isagi, Bachira, and Rin's coordinated play, they manage to score the first goal, but they soon find themselves overwhelmed by the opposing team's superior skill and ability. Despite this, they desperately keep fighting until the last second, unleashing their own "egos." As a result, the "Blue Lock" project, aiming to produce the world's greatest striker, enters a new phase.
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#6 - Tryouts
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2024
35 forwards remain after the 2nd selection at Blue Lock. With a big match against Japan's U-20s in three weeks, Ego announces that the team will be centered around the top 6 players. The tryouts for the rest of the positions begin.
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#7 - The Assassin and the Ninja
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2024
Isagi is chosen as Team A1 along with Nanase and Hiori to play against Team B1, which includes Karasu, Otoya, and Chigiri. While Isagi struggles to find a way into the game, Chigiri and Hiori demonstrate their worth.
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#8 - The World You Feel
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2024
Seeing how incompatible Rin and Shidou are, Isagi hopes to take advantage of it. However, his physical abilities are not enough to get him where he needs to be. Then, Hiori suggests that Isagi does the thinking "on reflex."
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#10 - FLOW
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2024
The tryouts are complete, and Isagi is chosen for the starting lineup. But Shidou is nowhere to be seen... It turns out Sae has picked him to join the U-20s. Meanwhile, Ego begins the final training camp, where he discusses the secret of "flow."
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#11 - Super Link-Up Play
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/2023
Isagi and others are set to play a revenge match against the "Top 3," who have defeated them and took Bachira from them. They have fought against formidable foes and advanced by repeating the process of ego and chemical reactions, and they're ready to throw everything they have at the Top 3. The final battle of 4 vs 4 is finally about to begin. Isagi, Nagi, Barou, and Chigiri desperately try to keep up to the extraordinary individual skills of the Top 3. But one pass from Bachira starts to evolve the game...
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#12 - Itoshi Sae
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2024
When Itoshi Sae scores the first goal of the match, the crowd goes wild, making it clear to Team Blue Lock that they're here to watch Sae. Rin changes the strategy and Nagi makes the memorable first goal for Team Blue Lock.
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#13 - Blue Genes
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2024
Rin and Sae's sibling match goes to Sae as he takes the ball. But Niko, Karasu, Otoya, and Chigiri set up another goal chance, and Rin scores despite shooting on his non-dominant leg. At 1-2, the U-20s are finally ready to go all out.
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#14 - Night Snow
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2024
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri's families are happy to see their sons on the field. Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of what transpired between Rin and Sae. Sae is about to quit the match, but he decides to stay when Shidou is thrown into the fray.
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#15 - The Subs Take to the Stage
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2024
Shidou joins the match in the second half and throws everyone off with his crazy play. After he scores a free kick, Chigiri and Niko get swapped out with Reo and Hiori. With Blue Lock’s new formation, Reo proves his worth with Chameleon Defense.
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#16 - What You Taught Us
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2024
Shidou enters the "flow" and unleashes his Big Bang Drive to score another goal. Isagi demands that Ego let them win, and Ego subs Barou in to cause chaos on the field. And the other players start to find their "flow"...
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#17 - Flowers
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2024
As Aiku looks back on why he converted to a defender, the U-20s uses their specialty quick attack. Reo copies Nagi's skill to hold them off. Isagi yields the last step to Rin, which is stolen by Barou who has waited for the chance in the dark.
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#18 - Not Alone
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2024
Seeing the players' upgrade, Sae takes the play to the next level. In response, Rin starts to align his thought process to Sae and drastically changes his play style . Then Rin realizes that Blue Lock players have been keeping up with his play.
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#19 - Last Attack
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/2024
Rin enters his “flow,” and Isagi’s faith in Rin’s trance state pays off when Isagi applies what he’s learned about the mechanism of luck back when he lost to Rin. Can the Blue Lock XI beat Japan’s U-20s, and what awaits them after the match?
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#20 - The Final Piece
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/2022
By Kuon’s self-sacrificing foul, Team Z has a little bit of hope. During the last play that determines their fate, Isagi finds the final piece of the puzzle that’s necessary for his evolution. With the players’ “awakening” and “evolution,” the first selection of Blue Lock where ego comes head to head, finally comes to an end.
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#21 - Monster
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2022
Blue Lock project is led by a mysterious Ego Jinpachi to produce the world's greatest striker. The top five players will be registered to play as forwards in the U-20 Cup that takes place in six months, but if you drop out, they forever lose the chance to play for the Japanese team. What is the egoism Ego is looking for in a striker? Isagi and others make up their minds to survive in Blue Lock, and move on to the first selection that can make or break their future soccer career.
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#22 - Soccer's "Zero"
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2022
The first selection is the round-robin tournament of five teams of V, W, X, Y and Z in Building Five, with only top two teams being eligible to move forward. Isagi's Team Z, the lowest ranking team, plays against Team X. But because of the special rule that allows the top scorer of the team to proceed to the next section, the match turns into chaotic scrambling for the ball, regardless of the teams. It was Barou Shoei, Team X's formidable striker, who changes the flow of the game.
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#23 - Premonition and Intuition
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2022
Team Z was crushed by Team X, who centered the offensive play around egoistical yet skilled Barou. Responding to Ego's urge to "take up a weapon," the players discuss what their weapons are in preparation for the next match. However, Isagi struggles to identify what it is. Using "the smell of the goal" he felt in the game against Team X as a hint, Isagi and the others go against Team Y in the next match.
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#24 - To Be Reborn
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2022
Isagi relies on "the smell of the goal," his raw instincts, to make a move, and it leads to the fierce battle of "reading" each other's hand with Team Y's playmaker, Niko Ikki. Isagi and Niko's battle as they both watch over the whole field and throw their ego at each other, brings them to the last one minute of the match. Can Isagi and Team Z beat Niko's final strategy, "One Time Kill Counter"?
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#25 - I'm Sorry
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2022
After the match with Team Y, Isagi's rank moved up, and he became the center of the team. The next match is against Team W, led by the Wanima twins. Their eye contact and impeccable combinations are hard to beat. They used to play in the same team as Chigiri Hyoma, and they use his past trauma to egg him on. Chigiri says that he joined Blue Lock to find a reason to quit soccer. Team Z leads the game with Kuon's play. Everyone's elated for the good start of the match, but Isagi feels something is off.
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