Blue Lock season two is in full swing. Half of the seven episodes at this point have aired, and there are seven still yet to come. This week's seventh episode, titled "Sae Itoshi," was the season's most exciting installment yet, finally getting into the true action of the U-20 match. The threat of losing not just the Blue Lock opportunity, but their soccer careers entirely, looms over the players' heads. So much is riding on this one game, but astoundingly, Blue Lock's players are not cracking under the immense pressure so far.

Not only was the episode groundbreaking and emotionally tense, it included one of the best scenes of the season thus far, featuring Blue Lock player, Nagi Seishiro. Disgruntled fans have continued to voice their displeasure with Eight Bit's animation style that has resulted in a few choppy sequences and admittedly mediocre scenes. Although there has been...