

Their coach will be Ego Jinpachi, who intends to “destroy Japanese loser football” by introducing a radical new training regimen: isolate 300 young forwards in a prison-like institution called “Blue Lock” and put them through rigorous training aimed at creating “the world’s greatest egotist striker. Isagi Youichi, a forward, receives an invitation to this programme soon after his team loses the chance to go to Nationals because he passed to his less-skilled teammate – who missed – without trying to make the game-changing goal by himself. The story begins with Japan’s elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which prompts the Japanese Football Union to start a programme scouting high school players who will begin training in preparation for the 2022 Cup.

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An anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit is set to premiere in 2022.īlue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021. It has been serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018. In 2021, Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.Ĭhapter 200 - I Don’t Need A Next Time 26-FebĬhapter 133 - Extreme Concentration 26-FebĬhapter 130 - The World Doesn't Know Me Yet 26-FebĬhapter 129 - Cool-Headed and Chameleon 26-FebĬhapter 123 - Number One in the World 26-FebĬhapter 107 - All Matches Finished 26-FebĬhapter 103 - Total Sensory Experience 26-FebĬhapter 102 - The world you perceive 26-FebĬhapter 100 - Optimal X Strongest = Worst 26-FebĬhapter 76.5 - The Various Three-Man Teams Part 2 26-FebĬhapter 71.5 - Teieri Anri's Blue Lock Diary 26-FebĬhapter 67 - The Talent to Despair 26-FebĬhapter 66 - The Crossroads of a Loser 26-FebĬhapter 58.Blue Lock (Japanese: ブルーロック, Hepburn: Burū Rokku) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. A second season and an anime film adaptation have been announced.īy April 2023, the manga had over 25.5 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 24 tankōbon volumes as of May 2023.Īn anime television series adaptation produced by Eight Bit aired from October 2022 to March 2023. Using this golden opportunity given by the Blue Lock Project, Yoichi aims to clear his doubts and chase his ultimate desire-to become the greatest striker in the world and lead Japan to World Cup glory.īlue Lock ( Japanese: ブルーロック, Hepburn: Burū Rokku) (stylized as BLUELOCK) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura.

After choosing to pass to a teammate who missed instead of scoring on his own, he could not help but wonder if the results would have been different had he been more selfish. Selected to join this risky project is Yoichi Isagi, a striker who failed to bring his high school soccer team to the national tournament. The sole survivor of Blue Lock will earn the right to become the national team’s striker, and those who are defeated shall be banned from joining the team forever. It has been serialized in Kodansha ‘s Weekly Shnen Magazine since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 24 tankbon volumes as of May 2023. Believing that Japan has lacked an egoistic striker hungry for goals, Jinpachi initiates the Blue Lock-a prison-like facility where three hundred talented strikers from high schools all over Japan are isolated and pitted against each other. Blue Lock ( Japanese :, Hepburn : Bur Rokku ) (stylized as BLUELOCK) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. After reflecting on the current state of Japanese soccer, the Japanese Football Association decides to hire the enigmatic and eccentric coach Jinpachi Ego to achieve their dream of winning the World Cup.
