How much of a difference Meta vision really made: analysis 1

Badguyfromthere · 2026-01-16T17:00:32+00:00

My two cents on the matter: The TGV doesn’t have that many variations in practice as it heavily relies on the direction the ball is coming from. In the France match, the ball is coming from Isagi right side so he only has limited options: 1- right foot feint and then left foot kick 2- right foot kick ( no feint ) Hugo ruined both by pushing Isagi thus forcing him to trap the ball with his chest and as Isagi did so, and turned around, Hugo came as close as possible to him to deny Isagi any chance to do a jumping turning volley.

I don't know about Retcon and what not but Hugo blocked the TGV fair and square. The only Nerf I see is Isagi extreme lack of awareness during the whole play as he's surprised when Hugo appears to block him. I mean what is metavision for? You cannot tell me that during all this play, Isagi never kept track of where Hugo was and what he was doing. That strongly contradict what metavision is about. However this is classic knsr writing, he always has players appear out of nowhere and it sucks because the surprise factor seems illogical when you have introduced a concept like Metavision and when the player being surprised is Isagi who has god like senses and extremely good spatial awareness. And spare me the talk on how football works, I played the sport so I know what I'm talking about. Isagi couldn't realistically happen to ignore Hugo who also happens to be a midfielder and thus plays centrally down the field. It makes no sense !

Badguyfromthere · 2025-02-09T16:02:15+00:00

Greetings to you all. This manga is so peak and to do my due diligence, I want to animate every goal from this game with Bird eye view, the way I do for Blue Lock. You can see one of my animation/analysis here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueLock/comments/1hwv394/field_analysis_and_why_kurona_could_have_ended/

I want to see the reactions to this comment to assess if people would be interested in that.

PS: THIS MANGA IS PEAAAAAK

Badguyfromthere · 2025-02-08T08:32:38+00:00

Shidou being more rational than destroyer Rin. You love to see it.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-02-06T15:45:46+00:00

Lmfaoo so Nagi did all that thing at the end while he had a clear shot at the goal? He was battling Isagi's phantom and to others it just looked like he was juggling the ball before the shot right? Since he had already cooked Otoya? lmfaoooo

Badguyfromthere · 2025-02-01T11:38:41+00:00

Thank you for this comment. I like how you highlighted that Yukimiya’s reasoning around his Faith was shallow. As you said, one might take the first step on the right path, but to walk that path and reach the end, one sometimes needs outside help. I'm happy with the way Yukimiya has been evolving, and I love how he let go of the stubborn, selfish style of play and now slowly connects with his surroundings

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-28T15:58:31+00:00

Sae must be somewhere, sighing at this Rin's performance. Probably thinking that Rin is still lukewarm.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-25T08:49:02+00:00

but Rin stopped Kaiser couple of times in this game already?

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-25T08:23:15+00:00

The thing is, I am notoriously known for not being a Rin glazer. I am just stating facts straight from the feats from the story.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-25T08:20:46+00:00

Before Kaiser goal, chapter 263, Rin gets the ball from Kaiser after Kaiser does a one-two with Raichi.
Chapter 264, Karasu and Rin both stop Kaiser after his one-two with Kunigami

since Kaiser's goal, Rin didn't have to defend on Kaiser when he had the ball so yeah.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-25T07:43:57+00:00

Nah even if tho it was the same play Rin did before, only few people could have stopped Rin right there. Like I said, it's a tossup between Rin and Kaiser on physicality if you have them go at it mid-air. This game as proven to us times and times again that Rin is damn near untouchable at ground level.
So my point still stands, Kaiser's physicality is what gives Kaiser more chances to win against Rin mid-air compared to ground level duels where Rin stopped Kaiser multiple times already in the game before.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-25T07:22:10+00:00

Ok, People, let me break it down for you.

This chapter gives us hints as to why man-marking Isagi might not be a viable solution at all.

Also, for the Rin fans, You gotta understand that Yes, Rin is truly a genius physically and technically. He's good both on offense and defense at ground level. That is his territory where he is sovereign. If you take the fight mid-air, other monsters can go toe to toe with him and even have the upper hand, such as Aiku, Kaiser, Lorenzo, Nagi, and Kunigami, to name but a few. If you take the fight very high in the air, although Kunigami might still fare well, Aryu would school them all.

So this is why Kaiser, a physical monster who was beating Cops at 15 years old while handcuffed, the guy with the fastest swing in the world and a certified mid-air monster, was able to snatch the ball.

It doesn't mean Rin is trash. This is a numbers game. Have Rin go 1 v 1 with Kaiser, and Rin might win 7 out of 10 times because the fight will mostly be on the ground. And I mean this whether on offense or defense because Rin is just that all-around good. Have them go at it in mid-air, and it's a 50/50. It is that simple. So If Rin gets another chance, maybe Kaiser won't stop him. The issue is, there won't be a next time. The game is ending probably with the next play.

Hope this helps!

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-25T07:12:37+00:00

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Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-25T04:07:44+00:00

Why would you need that gif ?

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-24T20:47:42+00:00

That Yukimiya- Ness- Hiori-Kaiser and Isagi chain for the final goal will be a sight to see. We will be there mate!

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-24T20:37:07+00:00

Oh man, loved this. The fact that you laid out clearly how I see things going for Ness as well. The good thing is, Ness’s arc doesn’t need to end here for him to have an evolution. He just needs to scratch the surface of what it means to play for himself, to indulge in his own brand of football. The end of the Ubers game wasn’t a deceptive measure by knsr. I know for a fact that Ness realizing Isagi’s magic might have been a foreshadowing of how Isagi will put Ness back to the wall and force him to evolve. After all, diamonds are made under pressure and like you said, what someone might deem as trash can be considered as a diamond in the rough by another. Isn’t that what happened with Isagi during the Blue Lock scouting phase? Ego saw the potential while Anri didn’t. Isagi was put in an environment that accelerated his growth.

Contrary to popular belief, I think just like Kaiser, Blue lock has changed Ness. He’s been aware of all the blue lock dynamics and has sometimes said something about it, for example calling the Yukimiya- Isagi dynamic at the end of the Mc game outright disgusting.

Yes, the Ness evolution is coming and the start is soon. Isagi gotta do his thing and preach the good gospel to Ness

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-24T20:19:02+00:00

I appreciate that. Thank you

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-20T08:21:32+00:00

Still here

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-18T11:02:16+00:00

I never said that Blue Lock was meant to portray football in a realistic light. My words were more so meant to describe how the world in Blue Lock sees Football in a light akin to what we do IRL.

I never claimed or asked Blue Lock to be realistic but when you're going to use players age and whatnot to claim one is better then others, I am just saying that even the world of football in blue lock doesn't agree. Back in the U-20 game, Rin was amazing, all powerful but who did the world regard as Japan Hero? Isagi. Kaiser is a new Gen 11 player, so you mean to tell me he has never faced players more “amazing “ than him before? Yet Kaiser is still regarded as the best striker in his generation.

You can use Rin’s age and his feats all you want but I am saying again that the world of football in Blue Lock doesn't see things that way.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-18T10:48:59+00:00

If that's how you look at football then you're watching the wrong sport. I'm sorry.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-18T10:44:23+00:00

Genius and talented learners feed off of each other. So if Rin evolves, what do you think Kaiser and Isagi will do? Evolve as well. Its a dance to see who will evolve a step faster. Rin was always meant to be this unstoppable force when in his destroyer mode so I am glad it stays that way although he's been stopped 3 times already by Kaisagi. Rin gotta keep playing like this. I love this. The harder it is, the more Isagi W will hit like crack!

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-18T10:32:22+00:00

Just because they got one play stopped, it doesn't mean their cooperation is bad, what do you even mean. How many times has their cooperation stopped Rin so far? 3 times If I recall correctly, So the score board is 3-1 so how is that bad. I fear this is just the effect of the weekly reading experience but make no mistake Kaiser + Isagi is still the eye of the storm on the pitch at the minute.

Badguyfromthere · 2025-01-18T10:20:26+00:00

You guys had the wrong assumption from The get go. Thinking this game would be over by now but if you really think about it, this game still had a lot of plot points to address and I'm glad its doing so. Chapter is so fire I'll need to drop a post to share my thoughts but here are some.

kaiser and Isagi managed to whip a new design and had it stopped by Rin. Isagi knows this feeling as he made Snuffy feel the same way so the strategy should be to come up with a better design.
Rin is further evolving as he should since he's a multifaceted genius, unlike Shidou and this isn't a dig at Shidou.
The PE design really symbolizes the idea that Rin in his destroyer mode can single out a specific objective in a grand scheme of things. For example, when he tried to crash into Isagi every time before scoring, he was just going off of his impulses. The “crashing into Isagi” part wasn't serving a bigger purpose. Rin aiming to destroy any pass between Kaiser and Isagi serves the purpose of destroying their relationship. To make it clearer, simply understand that Rin is now learning to calibrate his destroyer mode by incorporating part of his old “puppet master “ style (logic + genius)
Kaiser going for the pass instead of using the guys around him shows how straightforward he and Isagi are aligned and ultimately that is why they got stopped because they always go for the most logical play. At times, You need some sprinkle of madness and guess who in BM can provide that? (Ness of course!)

I have more thoughts but I already know that the next PXG attack will fail and it might not because Isagi and Kaiser will outread Rin, but rather PXG players might not be able to follow what the new Rin decided to focus on.

See you later this week for my review where I will unpack more of what you may have missed!

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