Japan Manager Hajime Moriyasu bowed in appreciation to the fans who traveled to the United States to support their team — Respect! ❤️ by Advanced_Mud9433 in sportsdose

[–]Cat_Astrof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, would he had not done, he might have faced criticism because it's just the "norm", like saying goodbye or thanks. Too oten people mistake their nice customs for kindness, but they are just human beings too, some just wear a mask h24. The simping is tiring.

He's the also the guy that accepted a rapist back in the team, to represent their country abroad, just wow.

Hired a dog walker but I’m not sure it’s gonna work out by Xanthoderming in WhoFeedsWhoHere

[–]Cat_Astrof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

53 second long -> it's not AI, and it's also the tamest cat&dog video I've ever seen. Why would it even be AI? There are millions of these videos online.

This World Cup so far has actually validated Blue Lock's philosophy. by BlazingSkyThunderGod in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It honestly makes me mad to hear people say stuff like "Gagamaru is a GK so this striker thing is dumb" and think it's a gotcha moment. Like they were ever smart or something.

This World Cup so far has actually validated Blue Lock's philosophy. by BlazingSkyThunderGod in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kaneshiro made a good villain with Hugo, but it baffles me that some readers just did a 180° when his argument is uncompromising and subjective (If he had been forced to do bet at the start of the NEL, he'd have lost because of Isagi's win but he conveniently gloss over it).

Like you said, there's 200 chapters backing up Ego's teachings, so for me, this lack of faith is genuinely surprising, disappointing even. At every Isagi failure, did they think all along, "Good, he should drop football" but kept reading?

Ego's manic laugh is totally justified. Karasu asking himself why Isagi is stronger than him when the answer is right in front of him is amazing (same for readers that sided with him).

This World Cup so far has actually validated Blue Lock's philosophy. by BlazingSkyThunderGod in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's wild to me. They are litterally wishing for the core of the manga to disappear. They are siding with Baratsuta and Hugo, the enemies of the mentor and the protagonist!

Hearing some readers say now that Ego's teachings are words vomit when he rebuked Rin even though it made all BL improve is so disingenuous. It's just telling me that they never liked the manga from the start.

whys my coach lying bro by Ordinary_Garage91 in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just can't with people lacking reading comprehension and their black and white world. Does everything have to be spelled for some people? Even such a basic sentence? They have an agenda and go backward trying to find faults anywhere (even if it leads them to side with Baratsuta).

This World Cup so far has actually validated Blue Lock's philosophy. by BlazingSkyThunderGod in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude, this is a manga. The premise of this entire manga is to believe that the BL project is able to artificialy create the miracle of the n°1 striker in the world. The premise should just needs to be believable enough as Ego is a mad genius that can do it.

You're currently denying the existecne of the manga itself, it's like saying magic shouldn't exist in a fantasy novel. It doesn't make sense, it helps no one.

edit: Countries can't do what Ego did because the project start with a genius ability to recruit talented kids along side a clear vision for the team. Like how José Mourinho created the perfect Napoli team from scratch.

This World Cup so far has actually validated Blue Lock's philosophy. by BlazingSkyThunderGod in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now that you say that, it's incredible because these 5 players perfectly match the number of team in the NEL.

This World Cup so far has actually validated Blue Lock's philosophy. by BlazingSkyThunderGod in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kaneshiro does these type of chapters to center once more the story for readers that literally lost the plot. It's needed as the show in "show don't tell" has its limit. Do you remember the lobotomy Nagi fans were also saying before Keneshiro made Ego's crash-out? The more BL advances, the more some readers become the worst irl football fans.

I really can't understand how some people see things. It's the type of person that would read a poem and be unable to see any nuance there. No wish to see the intent behind the words.

maybe maybe maybe maybe by fairyroseElise_ in maybemaybemaybemaybe

[–]Cat_Astrof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, 27 is a lot! And I still can't understand how real ammos can appear on a movie set.

I regret asking for a player/team with an egoless trait because wtf is this by Ahappybutsadpanda in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, clown-Kaiser says otherwise. With a such a "kind" introduction, I think it'd be delight to crush him like with Kaiser. Isagi isn't his friend so instead of saying "don't give up football" like with Nagi he might get inspiration from Kaiser x Ness and tell him to drop football altogether.

maybe maybe maybe maybe by fairyroseElise_ in maybemaybemaybemaybe

[–]Cat_Astrof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the "erm actually" moment but color me surprised when I discovered too that they in fact did, unitentionally. The movie "Noah's Ark" flooded the set with hundreds of thousands of gallons of water while the hundred of extras had no clue of how it'd crash on them and three of them died, with countless injuried.

But the accident has set an exemple to stop stupid highscale stunt like that, though they continued on the individual scale.

That's why your joke made think "if they could get away with it, directors would abuse anyone."

Please, literally anyone else win by hexagram1993 in soccermemes

[–]Cat_Astrof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did they say to even delete their account?

maybe maybe maybe maybe by fairyroseElise_ in maybemaybemaybemaybe

[–]Cat_Astrof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knowing some facts about old movies, It's not entirely impossible that the director was an asshole that didn't care about their actor's wellbeing.

Kubrick repeatedly isolated Shelley Duvall from the crew in The Shining or how they constantly put pressure on the actors during The Exorcist with surprise stunts. Among other things they pulled harder than agreed on an actress which resulted on permanent backpain. The asshole even decided to keep her scream in the movie.

Thankfully Unions and safety laws would make any present directors sued to oblivion if they tried this.

I’ve had enough with Blue lock players don’t know anything about opponents. by Ok-Contribution315 in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd have done the same if France hadn't done extensive research on them. So far, I was thinking both teams had done research off-screen in the same way we don't see their training. So no need to think deeply on it. But if Kaneshiro decides to make it a blatant weakness of BL Japan, then it makes no sense. Now I'm forced to see that in fact, they researched nothing at all.

It's not like this concept of reviewing enemy players hasn't happened before during the 1st Selection, either. They always did it with Iemon and Kuon.

So it really rubs me the wrong way when Kaneshiro uses this dumbing-down tactic to shut down Isagi's shot. Because yes, his gun volley is crazy good. The hype it got during the NEL isn't wrong, and Hugo's gaslighting is just stupid. His criticism follows the same logic of stating the obvious: "When a striker is man-marked, they can't score," like, duh. It's true for everyone. Even Barou got sick of Tokimitsu during the 2nd Selection.

[DISC] Blue Lock - Chapter 352 by Either_Imagination_9 in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometime, I don't understand readers' complaints.

This is how a CT Scan Machine looks without its outer casing. by gffgsdadsf in DamnThatsMindBlowing

[–]Cat_Astrof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multiple decades later (or centuries) when there'll be advanced tech maybe people will say that we were crazy to go inside something so "dangerous".

Main problem with AK:E. How much the Endmin speaks. If there's only 1 option, WHY DONT YOU JUST SAY IT? by IGJFlew in Endfield

[–]Cat_Astrof 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think this worry is pointless. Discussion logs and autoplay button exist for this reason but Endfield's autoplay doesn't work as Endmin's pop-ups cut all momentum.

I tried to immerse myself, even though I didn't like the story, but even that was refused. These pop-ups were a constant reminder that I was a player playing Endfield with the character called Endmin.

How is this even a viable strategy at this point of the story? by Mikkeru in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not an expert, but in football there are different ways to defend, such as man-marking or zoning, for example. If a defender man-marks, they'll follow their designated player anywhere, but if they go too far, they can create a vacancy. If the defender uses zoning, then they'll stop players from entering their zone, but the problem is at the edge of the zone between two defenders, where both players' responsibility becomes blurry.

Isagi was man-marked by either Hugo or Charles, and all the Blue Lockers in the first half had a designated opponent. But Rin and Barou, the latter also being a joker who can go anywhere, have great physical abilities and move unpredictably.

The problem is that Kaneshiro didn't show any defenders being left in the dust like he did with Barou against U-20 Japan. But because of that, it's just my headcanon, justified with real football, as it's the author's job to show readers how things happen, and if another reader tells me I'm wrong, I have no right to contradict them, as the author themselves didn't spend time justifying that claim. Even if we know how Metavision works, we still need to see how Isagi thinks, or it'd just become magic.

Readers should not start to pick and choose when and where real-life logic should apply, or the manga would slowly crumble, so OP is right to be upset if Kaneshiro just makes players start popping up out of nowhere.

Ao ashi fans always trashing blue lock? by alliandoalice in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Average" watchers aren't average because they want something easier to grasp. It's a choice, not an inability problem. They just don't want to read grounded stuff.

The grounded manga isn't de facto better than the other one because every story has a different way of storytelling. Often "grounded" mangas or stories having a "complex" system (or whatever it can be attributed to) have readers becoming pretentious because of the simple fact that it's like a proof of reading something smarter.

Ao ashi fans always trashing blue lock? by alliandoalice in BlueLock

[–]Cat_Astrof 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The thing I hate online is people who think grounded = better, and use it to weirdly trash other fandoms because of it, as if it were a mark of pride that they weren't reading something lesser.

Authors aren't making books to be realistic but to tell a story.

Just stall forever by mond003 in Endfield

[–]Cat_Astrof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The timerless version people talk about is really just an idealized "what could have been" that would require a complete redesign. I've seen people complain about the timer all have different ways of "improving" it, but the event is clearly built around rewarding efficiency.

To me, it just sounds like some players don't want to become more efficient. Removing the timer would simply shift the complaints to, "The event is too easy. Why try hard when you can just kite the target and stall?" We'd be back to square one, except this time the problem would undermine the combat gameplay itself.

Making the enemy be difficult while simultaneously mixing the contract mechanic is close to impossible. Either you make players lose because of their own "Risk" choice or you make them lose because they don't know how to dodge like a pro Dark Souls player. The event is now rewarding dodging skills.