A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game–meets–World Cup manga, now available in print!
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COULD YOU IMPROVISE TO SURVIVE?
The curtain finally rises on the Blue Lock Eleven versus U-20 Japan game. Deprived of their wild-card striker, Shidou, the Blue Lock Eleven must find a way to break through the ironclad defense of the so-called "diamond generation." Individual battles play out across the field as the Itoshi brothers revisit old rivalries and Isagi goes head-to-head with a fellow "reflexive thinker" on the opposing team...
Muneyuki Kaneshiro broke out as creator of 2011's As the Gods Will, a death game story that spawned two sequels and a film adaptation directed by the legendary Takashi Miike. His latest work is the stylish and twisted soccer battle manga Blue Lock.
Manga artist Yusuke Nomura debuted in 2014 with the grotesquely cute cult hit alien invasion story Dolly Kill Kill, which was released digitally in English by Kodansha. His latest work is the soccer battle manga Blue Lock.
A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game–meets–World Cup manga, now available in print!
Anime airing now!
COULD YOU IMPROVISE TO SURVIVE?
The curtain finally rises on the Blue Lock Eleven versus U-20 Japan game. Deprived of their wild-card striker, Shidou, the Blue Lock Eleven must find a way to break through the ironclad defense of the so-called "diamond generation." Individual battles play out across the field as the Itoshi brothers revisit old rivalries and Isagi goes head-to-head with a fellow "reflexive thinker" on the opposing team...
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Muneyuki Kaneshiro broke out as creator of 2011's As the Gods Will, a death game story that spawned two sequels and a film adaptation directed by the legendary Takashi Miike. His latest work is the stylish and twisted soccer battle manga Blue Lock.
Manga artist Yusuke Nomura debuted in 2014 with the grotesquely cute cult hit alien invasion story Dolly Kill Kill, which was released digitally in English by Kodansha. His latest work is the soccer battle manga Blue Lock.
