Japan's surprising victory over Germany in the World Cup turned the dream of the anime Blue Lock into a possible reality.
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In the late afternoon of November 23, Japan made soccer history by beating four-time world champion Germany at the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar. An incredible feat for a team that has never won a World Cup and has only qualified seven times, the victory sent fans of the Japanese soccer anime Blue Lock into a frenzy.
Serialized since 2018, Blue Lock has just received its animated adaptation and has garnered a serious following as one of the most popular anime of the fall 2022 season. Its premise is simple but effective - a group of young Japanese soccer strikers are selected and enrolled in a training program aimed at turning the best of them into the ultimate champion. This is the only way - according to the anime - to rewrite the history of Japanese soccer and finally win a World Cup title. A pipe dream according to many, it suddenly seemed much more realistic when Japan pulled off their surprise win over Germany in Qatar. Twitter was flooded with messages from fans of the anime under the hashtag "Blue Lock is real".
Blue Lock sees a path to glory for Japanese soccer
When he decides to pass instead of kicking a goal in a prefectural soccer match, teenager Yoichi Isagi loses the match himself and loses all hope of becoming a professional footballer. A few days later, however, he is summoned by the Japan Football Union and offered a place in the Blue Lock program - an intensive training program designed to create the perfect striker. Eerily reminiscent of Squid Game, the program is a series of arduous challenges designed to test, break down and rebuild strikers from scratch as players.
From the first episode, the story grounds the anime in reality. Ego, the mind behind the program, explains that due to its weaknesses, Japanese soccer has never really been competitive on an international level. Whether these weaknesses are real or not, it is refreshing to see a soccer anime that reflects the reality of the sport as well as Japan's role in it. Ego's carefully structured "Blue Lock" machine envisions a relentless but effective path to creating the perfect striker - and a victorious Japan.
Japan's victory over Germany makes this anime dream a real possibility
After a painful first half of the World Cup against Germany, Japan turned things around in the second half, changing tactics. The strategy paid off when, later in the game, Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored within eight minutes of each other (75' and 83'), securing the victory for Japan. It was a result as unexpected as it was crucial - Japanese soccer fans seemed to experience it as an effective renaissance.
Samurai Blue's win has sparked reactions among Blue Lock fans in Japan and beyond. It's clear that seeing Japan achieve such a momentous victory through the brilliant - and almost unexpected - actions of two strikers reminded fans of what Blue Lock anticipates and wants. On Twitter, the artist and the official Blue Lock account posted about the game, with Yusuke Nomura dedicating his art to the Japanese team's achievement. The official Blue Lock account also noted that "Japan" and "Blue Lock" were trending on Twitter.
As Japan prepares to battle for first place in the World Cup, Blue Lock fans may be reminded of the power of art to shape and inspire the future long before the theories and predictions of scientists and experts.
Who knows - maybe Blue Lock motivated the Japanese soccer team to dream of an impossible victory and turn it into reality.
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